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2/20/2002 jburneko: Abstract Premises
First off I'm using Premise in the narrow Narrativist Sense. I was thinking about Science Fiction and how it often has rather abstract Premises. One of the things that gets…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Seth L. Blumberg, contracycle, joshua neff.

2/15/2002 jburneko: Relating Sorcerer's Soul and Sorcerer & Sword
This is kind of an off-shoot of the relationship map stuff being discussed down in the Soul Reviewed thread. I'm probably making the 'Nothing-But' mistake that Ron mentions in his…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, RogerEberhart, Ron Edwards, efindel, erithromycin, J B Bell, Thor Olavsrud, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/8/2002 jburneko: The Spy Who Summoned Me
So with the release of AEG's Spycraft just around the corner I've been thinking about Spy Thriller RPGs. For a long while now I've been dying for a really good…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Valamir, erithromycin, greyorm, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, Bailywolf, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

2/6/2002 jburneko: The Pitch In Action
So, last night my weekly Tuesday gaming group met. We were about 2/3 of the way through the last part of the Freeport Trillogy and were expected to finish the…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/6/2002 jburneko: Three Rounds of The Pitch
Hello, Okay, so tonight my regular Tuesday night gaming group shows up and we're in the middle of the last part of the Freeport Trillogy for D&D3E. Turns out that…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: jburneko.

2/1/2002 jburneko: Is 'Railroading' A Useful Term
Hello All, So, I was having a discussion with one of my players about various play styles and we seem to be constantly bumping heads about the meaning of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, furashgf, Marco, xiombarg, amiel, TrizzlWizzl.

1/29/2002 jburneko: Sorcerer & Sword PBeM
Hello All, Well, for a while now Mike Holmes has been trying to talk me into running a PBeM of some kind, particularly using a more Narrativist friendly system. I've…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko.

1/28/2002 jburneko: Odd Kicker Question
Hello Again, So a couple players who have been away from one of my games for a long while are coming back. Rather than trying to squeeze them back in…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, efindel, contracycle.

1/18/2002 jburneko: Really Stupid Telltale Question
Hello, Okay, I have a REALLY stupid telltale question. I can't determine if the spotting telltale rolls are meant to be an 'in-game' thing such that if the opportunity to…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, J B Bell, Ron Edwards.

1/16/2002 jburneko: Healing System Needed
Hello All, So, I've finally gotten around to working on my game Isolation, again. The previous thread on this project can be found here. Briefly, the game is designed to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Zak Arntson, Bill_White, Garbanzo, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paganini, Skippy.

1/10/2002 jburneko: Crayola Roleplay
Hello All, So, I've been thinking about the five basic elements of role-playing as Ron puts them: Character, Situation, System, Setting, and Color. And I've determined that I'm very good…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Garbanzo, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

12/29/2001 jburneko: Concatenating Relationship Maps
Hello, Has anyone here experimented with concatenating more than one relationship map together. That is, reading say, three novels, and linking the maps together via extra links to create one…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin).

12/18/2001 jburneko: The Litterary Gamers Guide To...
Once again, I find myself with a topic that doesn't really fit a specific forum. This time I find myself torn between Indie Game Design and Publishing. What I want…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jburneko, Joe Murphy (Broin), Le Joueur, Marco.

12/13/2001 jburneko: Little Fears Art
Hello, Well, I FINALLY own a copy of Little Fears thanks to an early Holiday gift from one of my players. I haven't read it thuroughly but what I've loved…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, GreatWolf.

12/12/2001 jburneko: Gamism In Action or Why I Hate Arts and Crafts
Hello All, First off, I'd like to state that this post is an account of my personal experiences as filtered through my personal biases. Nothing I am about to say…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Epoch, Garbanzo, Eric.Brennan, Ben Morgan.

12/10/2001 jburneko: New Forum In Order
Hello All, This is just a thought that occured to me. We have the GNS forum for discussing the GNS model directly. Then we have the RPG Theory forum which…
In Site Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

12/10/2001 jburneko: Narrativist Missions
Hello All, I've had one of those weekends where I had a lot of ideas that generated nothing but questions. Some of these ideas and questions are a bit unfocused…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, gentrification, xiombarg, contracycle, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Marco, Daredevil.

12/7/2001 jburneko: GNS The Big Picture
Hello All, I wanted to address some of Fangs comments he made down in the "Name That Style" thread. The things he said reminded me of something I think WE…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur.

12/7/2001 jburneko: Stances In Actual Play
I'm not sure if that subject line is completely correct but it was the best I could do. I was wondering if anyone else, especially those of you who dabble…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

12/5/2001 jburneko: Name That Style
Hello All, There's a style of role-playing that I've found to be far more common among gamers than I originally thought. Personally, I'm having trouble understanding it mainly because I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bret, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, James Holloway, Paul Czege.

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3/6/2002 jburneko: Isolation: First Pass
Hello All, Well, I've completed the first draft of Isolation. It can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/devil_bunnys/Isolation.htm I have many more ideas for advanced and optional rules but I consider this…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jburneko, TrizzlWizzl, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Mithras, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/7/2002 jburneko: Character Simulationism & Narrativism
This is an extention of my ever changing quest to clearly define the lines between certain brands of 'story oriented' simulationism and Narrativism. I think I've finally nailed the difference…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

3/12/2002 jburneko: Whither The Quest?
Hello, This post pertains primarly to the material presented in Socerer & Sword. In Chapter 7 under the dicussion of bangs it says that fights that are merely obstacles and…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, contracycle.

3/19/2002 jburneko: Scenario Conclusion, Various Observations
Hello All, On Saturday the current story arc of my Deadlands game came to a conclusion. The session was a landmark in my gaming career since it ended what was…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, hyphz.

3/29/2002 jburneko: Simulationism, Still Causing Problems
Looking over the Dramatism threads it seems to me that Simulationism is still causing problems. And it seems to me that the REASON Simulationism is still causing problems is that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Brian Hose, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle, Felderin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2002 jburneko: Group Storytelling vs. Role-playing
Well, in one of Ron's Beef Injection he mentions acknowledging a line between group storytelling and actual roleplaying but doesn't know where that line is. I'm not so sure I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon, angelfromanotherpin, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, J B Bell, Tim C Koppang, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, joe_llama, Bob McNamee, Paul Czege, Andrew Martin.

4/25/2002 jburneko: Werewolf, 1st Session
Hello All, Well, as some of you know I decided to give my on going Deadlands game a rest at the end of the last story arc. I put a…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Erik, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Blake Hutchins, leomknight.

4/29/2002 jburneko: Inspectres - Starting Interview Question
Hello, I have some questions about the purpose of the starting interview. Now, from what I can tell the starting interview is NOT the same thing as the initial approach…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: jburneko, mahoux, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/30/2002 jburneko: What Do You Think of the 'Living' Campaign Idea?
In another thread Joshua Neff wrote this: It seems to me that the best RPGs will do this--give you the tools (the "instruments", if you will--heh heh) to make…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, J B Bell, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, Reimer Behrends.

5/6/2002 jburneko: Fleshing Out An Idea For Actual Play
Hello All, I went to the local Rennaisance Fair this weekend and while I always enjoy the experience I was thinking about how, as a time period, I'm much more…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Bob McNamee.

5/13/2002 jburneko: InSpectres - All Female Branch
Hello All, So, a large number of people couldn't make my regularly scheduled Werewolf game so I pounced on the opportunity to do something else. I asked three of my…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

5/14/2002 jburneko: Percieved Validity
Hello All, I don't often post in this forum but there's something that's been on my mind about the public perception of indie published games. Before I started coming to…
In Publishing
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/28/2002 jburneko: Post Con Observations
Hello All, Well, the last time I mentioned my local con I accidently seriously offended someone with an off-the-cuff flippant remark that really wasn't meant to be taken all that…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko.

5/29/2002 jburneko: Choice of Characters -- Mainly Sidekicks?
Down in the Sorcerer Forum Ron wrote... Many role-players, I think, have not learned to read well (or view movies well) - they can see that a protagonist thinks…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Walt Freitag, lehrbuch, Le Joueur, Julian Kelsey, damion, contracycle.

5/30/2002 jburneko: Relationship Maps - Book Plundering Technique
Hello All, First of all, I was going to send this to Ron privately because of this reason: THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR JAMES ELLROY'S THE BLACK DAHLIA. Then…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2002 jburneko: Die Mechanics & NPCs
Hello, Okay, so here I am preping for my upcoming game (WAY EXCITED) and I suddenly had a thought. How do all the bonuses and what not affect NPCs? There…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, Emily Care.

7/6/2002 jburneko: Passers & Abilities
Hello Again, Okay, so I just noticed something while preping for Monday's game. Passer Demons can not have Boost but more interestingly they can not confer their abilities onto others.…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

7/9/2002 jburneko: Sorcerer - Gothic Fantasy - Session #1
Hello All, Well, last night was the first session of my Sorcerer game. It went GREAT! First of all, I'd like to say that, as advertised, this game IS Intense.…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Petter Sandelin.

7/23/2002 jburneko: Rules Questions - Bonuses to Humanity Check/Gain
Alright so here's the big issue from last night. Do Humanity Check/Gain rolls get the usual role-playing/story/tactic bonuses and if so how? Here's the actual play session problem that occured.…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis.

7/31/2002 jburneko: Sorcerer - Gothic Fantasy - Act 3 - The End
Well, our third and what turned out to be our final session of my Gothic Fantasy Sorcerer game has come and gone. Where things ended up: Karl (Christopher's character) not…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik.

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