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4/22/2005 Valamir: Motivations to Create Conflicts
As these various threads have progressed its occured to me that that the game may actually demotivate you from creating conflicts that you want to win. Consider our favorite villain…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Valamir, TonyLB, jburneko, Grover, Chris Goodwin, Sydney Freedberg, Tymen, John Harper, hyphz, Doug Ruff.

4/15/2005 Valamir: Communication
[quote="TonyLB"]Ralph, not to go all Alex Trebek on you, but would any of that have been difficult to phrase as a question? I believe that you're in this to try…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Valamir, TonyLB.

4/10/2005 Valamir: Paging John Harper
If anyone has an email address that they know is current for him and that he checks with some frequency please PM it to me. I've tried his Feng@shootingIron address…
In Connections
Participants: Valamir.

4/9/2005 Valamir: Universalis Sales Data
In the Spirit of My Life with Master and Prime Time Adventures I offer: Universalis Sales Chart Most of the categories are self explanatory. The Distribution Sales are all through…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, MatrixGamer, Michael S. Miller, Bob Goat.

4/8/2005 Valamir: Sneak Peak at new Robots & Rapiers art
Its a map...its an illustration...its REALLY cool Check it out (scroll down)
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, Paka, abzu, James Holloway, Emily Care, Gaerik, Rob MacDougall, GreatWolf, quozl, TonyLB.

4/1/2005 Valamir: Birthday Forum
Its about that time, any plans to open it back up this year? I think there might be some folks jonesing to take the pink piggie stacking title...
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

3/12/2005 Valamir: RAMSHEAD ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) ART CONTEST WINNER: With 40% of the 77 votes cast, John Harper's image wins the contest and the $50 prize. Thanks to all who voted. Special thanks to…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

3/10/2005 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] 3 Problems...1 Solution
[b]A Lesson in Humility [/b] This is an exciting time for R&R development. Some pretty key system obstacles have been overcome and while there is a lot of work left…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, gorckat, bcook1971, Noon, Harlequin, Mike Holmes.

3/4/2005 Valamir: Proper convention Posting
There seems to be a little confusion about the proper sort of posts to have in this forum and why "Hey, I'm going to RandomCon, who else will be there"…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, Andy Kitkowski.

3/2/2005 Valamir: Plausibility, Realism and game design goals [an essay]
In this thread Most traditional as well as most narration-based mechanics would be plausible but not realistic. There is no particular effort at simulation. The game designer/GM/player may…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Nicolas Crost, xenopulse, neelk, Marco, Gaerik, John Kim, Bankuei, John Burdick, LordSmerf, lev_lafayette, M. J. Young, Noon, Vaxalon, Dauntless, Nathan P., b_bankhead, Walt Freitag, Ian Charvill, Domhnall, Ben Terry, contracycle, James Holloway, JMendes, Sean.

2/15/2005 Valamir: Explaining how to create stories with Uni
In the discussions for this review Matthijs made the following really good observation that I wanted to open further discussion on Seems to me there's a lot of talking past…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, CPXB, Christopher Weeks, ethan_greer, bcook1971, komradebob, ffilz, Eero Tuovinen, matthijs, pete_darby.

2/14/2005 Valamir: The Problem With This Forum: Too much damn theory
This is a semi rant about a trend in this forum that I find rather disturbing. The theory in here has gotten REALLY thick. There was a time...or maybe its…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Harlequin, LordSmerf, clehrich, quozl, John Burdick, Jonathan Walton, CPXB, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, John Kim, Paul Czege.

1/10/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS ART CONTEST VOTING For Entries #7-#11
[size=12px]In September of 2002, an early conversation about how to pronounce "Universalis" resulted in the "Universe Alice" art contest. We were looking for the image that best captured the spirit…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Sraporn, slowdin, Christopher Weeks.

1/10/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS ART CONTEST VOTING for Entries #1-#6
[size=12px]In September of 2002, an early conversation about how to pronounce "Universalis" resulted in the "Universe Alice" art contest. We were looking for the image that best captured the spirit…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Adrienne, headcase, pigames.

1/3/2005 Valamir: Universalis play in Dallas
Bill Cook, sent me This Cool Link Looks like a pretty slick way of organizing local mini cons. I'm glad to see Uni getting some play. Bill, let us know…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

11/12/2004 Valamir: Role Playing Flair in Board Games
Recently I've been thinking about games I've played that provide some of the same feeling of characterization that I get from role playing. I'm not talking so much about "adventure…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, ffilz, Blankshield, Sydney Freedberg, CplFerro, GreatWolf, Noon, Itai Greif, Bob Goat, contracycle.

10/5/2004 Valamir: Marcus' game (latecomers to Flagging thread)
[quote]Perhaps that is been my main problem running the game- I am divided between two principles, being "don't exercise any control, the players will drive the game and interesting situations…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, marcus, Scripty, Ron Edwards.

9/23/2004 Valamir: History and Morality (split)
[quote]I object to the worst elements of history being portrayed as moral,[/quote] There is no such thing as a moral or immoral historical event. Morality of a historical event can…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valamir, lumpley, nikola, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, clehrich, Sean, Mark D. Eddy, DannyK.

8/31/2004 Valamir: Universalis Third Printing
Thanks to a fairly significant volume of stock moved by Key 20 into distribution (including 2 subsequent sizeable reorders by Alliance) I find myself running lower on Universalis than I'd…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, rafial, Christopher Weeks, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, komradebob, Bob McNamee, OnyxFlame, Andrew Morris, Bankuei.

8/31/2004 Valamir: Post Gen Con Website Update
Some good updates to the site today. There are 8 new actual play examples from various GenCon demos, including one with the obligatory zombies. There are also 2 more entries…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

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5/3/2005 Valamir: Achievement Question
I finally brow beat Seth into running some Dogs and we had our character creation session last week. My question involves the difference between simple achievements where I play what…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valamir, Wolfen, lumpley, GreatWolf, Trevis Martin.

5/15/2005 Valamir: First Fully Burned character, some questions
Ok so I sat down and Burned up my first BW character from scratch and wanted to run it it by some folks for tips and comments. I didn't do…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Angaros, abzu, Mike Holmes, Yokiboy.

5/19/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS COVER
Well, its my intention to have a sharp and spiffy new cover for the next printing of Universalis. Unfortuneately, I'm not going to be able to use the wonderful contest-winning…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Chris Passeno, John Harper, ethan_greer.

5/24/2005 Valamir: Public Service Announcement - Paypal
I'm posting this here because I know a number of indie publishers use paypal to collect payment. I've been getting a number of spoof emails claiming to be from paypal…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Andrew Morris.

6/8/2005 Valamir: Setting as Rules
In This Thread Its this sort of point of view that makes me think that certain setting elements are tantamount to system. If introducing elements into setting implies or compels,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, xenopulse, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, FzGhouL, Noon, Dauntless, SlurpeeMoney, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, pete_darby, Marhault.

6/13/2005 Valamir: [Polaris] Key Phrases
I've had this thought following a number of Polaris play posts. I haven't been able to study the game since the old outdated version, but the key phrases seem to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, Bob Goat, Emily Care, Blankshield, Harlequin, Ben Lehman, Noon, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes.

6/17/2005 Valamir: Indie Boardgame Publisher
Since there've been a recent spate of threads interested in boardgame publishing I thought I'd throw up a link to Viktory. Its an independently published wargame which could be summarized…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/11/2005 Valamir: Conflict Question
This may just be a matter of my own personal preference, but I'm having a little trouble enjoying the multiple dogs in one conflict rules (assuming for this thread all…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valamir, Technocrat13, nikola, TonyLB, GreatWolf, Sean, lumpley, demiurgeastaroth.

7/18/2005 Valamir: Any new statistics options?
Thinking in terms of my quarterly statistics updates are there any other columns availabe for the Member List (or in another fashion). Off the top of my head I'd love…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/18/2005 Valamir: Test
Testing new features. Nothing to see here
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

8/15/2005 Valamir: Final Cash Register Issues
I'm nailing down the final list now and have some questions and confirmations as I reprogram the machine Not returning to the booth this year and about to be deleted…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, TonyLB, hardcoremoose, Matt Wilson, lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, Blankshield, Paul Czege, Allan, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2005 Valamir: Forge Booth Triumphant 2005
[b]GenCon Sales Results and Comparison[/b] Click [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=12402.0]here[/url] for last year's detail. In 2003 we had 287 separate customer transactions In 2004 we had 360 separate customer transactions (+73 Customers +25.4%)…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Nev the Deranged, Jürgen Mayer, abzu, iain, Christopher Weeks, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, Meguey.

9/28/2005 Valamir: Universalis Examples
I've decided to take the opportunity of the next print run of Uni to do some major revisions to the text.  These revisions are looking to wind up much more…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Stickman, Tobias, Jack Aidley, Tony Irwin, Christopher Weeks, Arturo G., demiurgeastaroth, matthijs, GreatWolf, daHob, Nev the Deranged.

9/29/2005 Valamir: Revised Chapter 1
The draft for the revised Chapter 1 can be found here See if this addresses the concerns raised in the examples thread. Ralph
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, pedyo, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes, Arturo G., Jack Aidley, demiurgeastaroth, Tony Irwin, Robotech_Master.

11/21/2005 Valamir: Wanted: Universalis Proofreader
I've been deep in the rewrite of Universalis for my next printing.  The rules haven't changed (with a few small exceptions) but the text has been reorganized, clarified, restructured, and…
In Connections
Participants: Valamir, Jonathan Walton, Kinana.

12/10/2005 Valamir: Book Industry Study Group
[url]http://www.bisg.org/publications/radar.html[/url] Just came across this particular organization...they asked me to take a survey on my experience as a book publisher believe it or not...of course their survey didn't have any…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Calithena, nikola.

1/4/2006 Valamir: Problems with Successes leading to Facts
In The Firestarter Feedback Thread Ron Spake Thusly: 3. Basing the system on the concept of "success = introduced fact" is a tricky issue, and I'm not really confident…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2006 Valamir: Single Best Gaming Moment since last year
Ok, so what was you single best moment (scene, part of a scene, line) RPGing since B-day 2005.  And I mean single best...if you wanna list more than one start…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, inthisstyle, GreatWolf, Alex Fradera, jasonm, Andy Kitkowski, Graham Walmsley, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., Eric Bennett, MikeSands, Ben Lehman, Paka, matthijs, GB Steve, Arturo G., Gaerik, Glendower, ScottM, LeSingeSavant, Frank T, Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, dindenver.

4/4/2006 Valamir: Vegetarianism - bah
In this thread folks are talking about accomodating herbivorous diets. Bah, I say.  Our ancestors didn't spend 100,000 years clawing their way to the top of the food chain so…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, Thunder_God, greyorm, GreatWolf, Andy Kitkowski, Shreyas Sampat, Troy_Costisick, John Harper, c, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, joshua neff, Peter Nordstrand, matthijs, Ben Lehman, Marhault, ( o Y o ), Jason13.

4/5/2006 Valamir: More shameless self promotion
Check out the new Universalis Cover
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Miskatonic, matthijs, Thunder_God, Arturo G., Tony Irwin, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen.

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