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4/16/2005 Jonathan Walton: [Improv] Past Glories: Adventures in Ritual Lang.
So I got up this morning with a real hankering to play something, so I log on to IRC and try to recruit some folks for a pick-up game. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, TonyLB, Paganini, Selene Tan.

4/11/2005 Jonathan Walton: [FINAL] Arthouse Wuxia
Here's Part 1 of my final draft. Hopefully I can get Part 2 done by the end of this week. I'm going to try to step up and get my…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen.

4/8/2005 Jonathan Walton: What Should I Do With These?
So, I have these amazing pictures that I did for a game concept called We Regret to Inform You the Gamemaster is Dead, which was going to be a kind…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Paka, daMoose_Neo.

4/6/2005 Jonathan Walton: The View From Here: 3 Years Hence
Time to wish and prophesai :) 1. Where do you see low-tech* roleplaying in 3 years? 2. Where do you see indie roleplaying in 3 years? *I know that technological…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Doug Ruff, Scripty, timfire, Shreyas Sampat, xenopulse, Bankuei, komradebob.

4/3/2005 Jonathan Walton: We Have a Webpage
[url]http://100flowers.indie-rpgs.com/push[/url] Look through it. It's a draft. Suggestions are very welcome. In the contents section, those who've submitted stuff have the title of their most recent draft listed. Those who…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen.

2/23/2005 Jonathan Walton: If You're Looking for Overtime Work...
...you guys should all submit proposals to this project: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14444 Despite the fact that the thread number has four 4's and, by Chinese numerology, the book is thusly doomed to…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

2/22/2005 Jonathan Walton: Bonus Feature: Creators' Commentary
I was thinking about Emily's article and Eero's and how it would be cool to actually get the discussion of them started in the journal itself, beginning to make connections…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, LordSmerf, Shreyas Sampat.

2/21/2005 Jonathan Walton: Rights
Just thought I should make this explicit, since some people were asking: PUSH is an indie publishing venture. You keep all rights to everything you submit. That means ALL RIGHTS.…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

2/11/2005 Jonathan Walton: [Draft] Arthouse Wuxia (Take 2)
I'm going to post sections as I get done revising them. Thoughts and suggestions are most welcome (somehow, my footnotes have turned into lowercase roman numerals?). ----- Arthouse Wuxia Jonathan…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen.

2/7/2005 Jonathan Walton: Bizarre Distribution/Promo Scheme: Contributor Copies
So we've already had one inquiry about whether we're doing a print run of PUSH, and I was recalling Chris or Eero saying that they'd much rather have a half-dozen…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen.

2/4/2005 Jonathan Walton: Issue #1 Outline
[b]PUSH[/b] Vol 1. - Eero Tuovinen, [i]Anglo Influence and Reactions in Finnish Roleplaying[/i] - Emily Care, [i]Collaborative Roleplaying Paradigms[/i] - Ben Lehman, [i]Polaris-Style Resolution and Responsibility Distribution[/i] - Jonathan Walton…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, clehrich, LordSmerf, GaryTP.

2/4/2005 Jonathan Walton: Member Purge & Opening
Hey Folks, So here's the deal. I'm going to go through the memberlist and get rid of anyone that's never posted in this forum and, from the look of things,…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, clehrich.

2/3/2005 Jonathan Walton: Diaspora: How I Learned 2 Stop Worrying & Love the Forge
So I posted the following text over on Vincent's Blog, but I thought that it was important enough to bring over here and maybe talk about a bit with both…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Harlequin, Ben Lehman, Emily Care, M. J. Young, clehrich, A.Neill, contracycle, JamesDJIII, bcook1971, Trevis Martin, Brendan, Bankuei, Green, Nathan, Andy Kitkowski.

1/28/2005 Jonathan Walton: [Anotherkind] Children of the Corn
So we were hanging around IRC and Paganini wanted to play something, Josh was game, and I volunteered to GM. We settled on Otherkind, specifically just the dice mechanic, which…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Piers Brown.

12/16/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Vesperteen] Creeping to the Finish Line
Okay, so design post I had going has slipped off the front page, so, according to Forge etiquette, I'm creating a new thread. The last thread was here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13549 Thanks…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Emily Care, Eero Tuovinen, inky, LordSmerf, GaryTP.

12/2/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Vespertine] So Close I Can Taste It!
So I'm trying to finish up all the system design work on Vespertine so I can start writing it. And I'm SO, SO close. And the art just came in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Tobias, Sydney Freedberg, inky, Eero Tuovinen, LordSmerf, daMoose_Neo.

11/30/2004 Jonathan Walton: Exalted Adopts Stances (sort of)
Okay, so there was all this buzz about Exalted: The Fair Folk and how Rebecca Sean Borgstrom was going to further her diabolical plans of infecting Exalted, a fairly traditional…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Valamir, TonyLB, Ben Lehman.

11/21/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Draft] Arthouse Wuxia
Hey Folks, Long time no see. http://1001.indie-rpgs.com/ArthouseWuxia.doc The biggest reason that I've been silent is that I've been preparing an initial draft of my wuxia article, which right now is…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, clehrich, Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care, Shreyas Sampat.

11/12/2004 Jonathan Walton: Idea: Free to Non-Roleplayers
So I'm in the middle of writing this extremely long article on the origins and development of wuxia for my in-the-works progressive roleplaying journal, Push. And I was thinking, "How…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Aidley, Matt Snyder, timfire, ethan_greer, jdagna.

10/17/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Notes] Ithaca: an introduction of sorts
So, I'm doing some pre-planning for the introduction, where I pick out all the relevant quotes from the sources that I want to use, and then throw them all together…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen.

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7/31/2005 Jonathan Walton: How to Sell Out
So I was talking with Rich Forest today (since I'm currently in Hong Kong) and halfway through the conversation I realized some very important things about myself and my goals…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic.

9/28/2005 Jonathan Walton: SIS: Beyond the Glossary (Help!)
[b]Emergancy theory help needed![/b] I'm in the middle of finishing the first draft of an article called [i]Negotiated Narratives: Roleplaying and the Aesthetics of the Middle Ground[/i], which is a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Valamir, talysman, Ron Edwards, Silmenume, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim, Artanis, pekkok, contracycle, C. Edwards, Alan.

11/30/2005 Jonathan Walton: [Burning Wheel] Inheritance - MACE 2005 (long)
I told Luke I was going to write this session up, but I've been thinking heavily about it, trying to figure out where my frustrations came from.  All in all,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, Brand_Robins, Thor Olavsrud, Adam Dray, lampros, Iskander, Librisia.

7/25/2006 Jonathan Walton: Push is for sale, baby!
I am very pleased to announce (having just recieved the final, beautiful copies from the UPS man) that Push vol 1 is now available.  Copies can be purchase from the…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, jasonm.

8/28/2006 Jonathan Walton: Push Sales: Our First Month
In case anyone's interested in what sales figures might look like for a new product with a reasonable amount of hype, I've posted a summery of our first month's sales…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

11/27/2006 Jonathan Walton: Proposal Guidelines for Push 2
I just posted <a href="http://thou-and-one.blogspot.com/2006/11/push-2-proposal-guidelines.html">proposal guidelines</a> for <i>Push</i> volume 2 on my blog. Those of you who have been thinking about (or just now started thinking about) writing for it…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

3/15/2007 Jonathan Walton: [Afraid] The Mistress of Erich Zann
I ran Afraid Arkham-style for the SGBoston crew this week. When I first read Afraid, the monster-creation guidelines reminded me of a number of Lovecraft stories, especially Pickman's Model and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonathan Walton, lumpley, Valvorik, Meej.

12/13/2007 Jonathan Walton: Indie Games Relationship Map Project
Hey Cats, I posted companion threads about this on Story Games and Knife Fight: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=5050 http://www.i-would-knife-fight-a-man.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=2862 I'm attempting to make a relationship map of game design influences, which I think…
In Connections
Participants: Jonathan Walton, guildofblades, M. J. Young, GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, David Artman, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, lumpley, Nev the Deranged, matthijs.

5/1/2008 Jonathan Walton: [IAWA] Prerequisites Shared Understanding
Hey Vincent, Sorry to have emoted all over that last thread.  I've just been really frustrated both times I've tried to play IAWA and have further frustrated by not being…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonathan Walton, lumpley, John Harper, Valamir, Brand_Robins, Valvorik.

8/20/2009 Jonathan Walton: Help Me Find the Roots of Game Chef!
Hey there, In preparation for this year's Game Chef design challenge, I'm trying to find information about the contest that Jared Sorensen and Clinton Nixon ran in 2001 on the…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

8/21/2009 Jonathan Walton: [Game Chef 2009] Mark Your Calendars for Aug 31
Game Chef 2009 will start on Monday, Aug 31.  This should allow folks to finish and submit whatever they're doing for Jake's contest. The weekend before, Aug 29-30, I will…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Frank Tarcikowski, Tark, Paul Czege, David Artman.

8/30/2010 Jonathan Walton: Game Chef 2010: Sept 11th-19th
Mark your calendars! 10th anniversary this year. What will that mean?  A return to the classic format? Most definitely.  A great theme and ingredients? You bet.  Unexpected twists? Always. Reviews…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Vulpinoid.

11/17/2010 Jonathan Walton: 2010 Game Chef Playoffs: Vote with Your Play!
Hey Everyone, Now that all my initial reviews are in, it's time to get serious about the 2010 Game Chef Playoffs. Out of 59 solid games that were submitted to…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

11/29/2010 Jonathan Walton: [Call for Papers & Games] "Magic Missile" for GoPlayNW 2011
And now for an announcement... <a href="http://thouandone.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/magicmissile31.jpg"><img src="http://thouandone.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/magicmissile31.jpg" alt="" title="magicmissile3" width="380" height="263" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1689" /></a> The Basics 
 Ryan Macklin and Jonathan Walton are organizing a short anthology on…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

3/16/2011 Jonathan Walton: Fantastic New Printing Option: Scoutbooks.com
So I've been watching the awesome folks at <a href="http://www.pinballpublishing.com/">Pinball Publishing</a> for a long time.  They're an eco-friendly print shop based in Portland and do really amazing work with 100%…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Jason Pitre, Airafice, Vulpinoid, CSBone.

7/15/2011 Jonathan Walton: Game Chef 2011: Ingredients Posted! All Systems Go!
The ingredients and all other rules for the design portion of the contest are now posted. Good luck!
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2011
Participants: Jonathan Walton, devlin1, Miskatonic, Kadrin, tinstargames, Hailen, sliberty.

4/2/2012 Jonathan Walton: Welcome to Game Chef 2012
Hey Folks, We're super psyched to bring you Game Chef one final time on the Forge. Our team this year, aside from me, includes Mike "Original Master Chef" Holmes and…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, MrLax, Sp4m, UserClone, devlin1, Gandalf Jones, jackvice, Gryffudd, Mike Holmes, jakevettori, gtroc, davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, mrteapot, Thomas Lawrence, Stan, PeterBB, Troy_Costisick.

4/4/2012 Jonathan Walton: Tap-in Thread
So back in the day we always had a "tap-in" thread for Game Chef, where prospective chefs declared their intention to participate.  Let's see how many folks are game this…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Nathan P., AsthmaticHamster, Sp4m, David Artman, gtroc, dindenver, Rishi, Gandalf Jones, Gryffudd, CajunNate, devlin1, davidberg, jackvice, MrLax, anders_larsen, baxil, Fractal Advocate, dkadera, ThoughtCheck, Aniventerie, tor, PeterBB, whiteknife, ekb, UserClone, mrteapot, cjbowser, The Engnine, branches, Thomas Lawrence, JeffR, princess_r, mael.rimbault, desiderata, BlazmoIntoWowee, Lavinia, Jason Pitre, Mike Holmes, OrionCanning, Michael S. Miller, Bryant, Stan, jackson_tegu, Jason Petrasko, WPTunes, C. Edwards, Charles Boucher, Tokala, osaka, jjspackle, quad, anansi, Troy_Costisick, Dev, raga, GreatWolf, Snake_Eyes, jscag, Melinglor, dmkdesigns, JTColeman, Teataine, captain.boozer, Mathalus, whduryea.

4/4/2012 Jonathan Walton: Alumni Reports
Our fifth alumni report was posted this morning and we have at last 5 more in various stages of being ready for release. Personally, I think it's been fun to…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Rishi, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., jackvice.

4/8/2012 Jonathan Walton: [Disorient] A Game About Alienation & Orientalism
I already posted some thoughts on my ingredients on the Game Chef blog. Here's my new pitch: Hong Kong, just before 1900. An aging retiree, "Doctor" Wiley Lam, has organized…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, princess_r, jackson_tegu.

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