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6/8/2005 Ron Edwards: [Primetime Adventures] The Heel, episode 2
Hiya, So session #2 of The Heel aired last Saturday! This is the first time I'm playing Primetime Adventures through multiple sessions, so it's a big challenge and a chance…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, Maura Byrne.

6/7/2005 Ron Edwards: Zero at the Bone post?
Just yesterday, I read a post presenting some observations about Zero at the Bone. I planned to reply today, but surprisingly, it has disappeared. That is very weird because I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/3/2005 Ron Edwards: [Trollbabe] Turk & Helga - and Deb
So, Ralph came by for a visit last weekend, and we got in some Trollbabe with me as GM, and Ralph and Maura as the 'babes. A friend of mine…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Miskatonic, Maura Byrne, Mike Holmes.

5/23/2005 Ron Edwards: [Primetime Adventures] The Heel
Hello, PTA does it again, this time for our regular group which includes me, Tod, Julie, Maura, and Tim (that's Mountain Witch Tim). As you might expect from a pack…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, jrs, Maura Byrne, Valamir, timfire, Sydney Freedberg.

4/24/2005 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2005] Buy-ins begin May 1
Hello, Buy-ins for the Forge booth at GenCon 2005 officially begin on May 1. It is not first-come, first-served. Or rather it kind of is, but subject to any arbitrary…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Jason Mical, Matt Gwinn.

4/9/2005 Ron Edwards: Eastern bloc role-playing
Hi everyone, Due to the very exciting My life with RPG's thread, I am starting up a general discussion of role-playing as it arose and persisted in eastern bloc countries,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, ( o Y o ), mindwanders.

4/8/2005 Ron Edwards: Dealing with recent spam
Hiya, Check out this profile: vismaior1411. This guy has been pretty cunning. He posts comments like "Valamir I totally agree with you" with a big sig to his obnoxious website.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [Trollbabe] Sales spike
I'm not sure why, but Trollbabe has been selling like hotcakes for about a month. I wonder why? Usually such things happen due to a review at a widely-visited site,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, inthisstyle, Rausch, Rob MacDougall, lumpley, Andrew Norris, Bob Goat, sirogit, MarcoBrucale, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Sölvi, b_bankhead, JamesDJIII, remi, matthijs.

3/17/2005 Ron Edwards: Help & confirmation regarding website
Hi folks, Do me a quick favor: click to see the Sorcerer Products page. Got it? Now tell me whether you can actually see the Paypal buy-buttons across from my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, inthisstyle, TonyLB, hix, Bankuei, JMendes, greyorm, Fabrice G., Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, joshua neff, jrs, Jack Aidley, Andrew Morris.

3/16/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Uppity Archons
Nine Worlds Events and current conflicts of play A tremendously significant Atlantean-Armada alliance is under way, courtesy of the character Gelons. He now has a developing sea-god (Nereus/Glaucus) under his…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

3/14/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] "Trick" as a term
Hello, Back in Slow and careful rules and examples, this point of mine got lost in the discussion. Side point: "Trick" is a terrible term. The act it…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, 1of3.

3/3/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] High-level play kicks into gear
Hello, So, in the last session, we had our first major god appearance and conflict, barring Athena in the first session. As of the end of the next-to-last session and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, jrs, Thor Olavsrud.

2/28/2005 Ron Edwards: Meatbot Massacre update
Hiya, I was thinking about Meatbot Massacre, which was discussed in Meatbot Massacre and the ransom model. You can read about it through the links, but basically, what's going on…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bob Goat, Brendan, groundhog, gobi, abzu.

2/15/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Slow and careful rules and examples
Hello, This is the first of three basic topics which, I think, illuminate Nine Worlds play in general as well as highlight a serious structural and procedural problem with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen, jrs.

2/15/2005 Ron Edwards: The RPG Theory forum: what it's for
Hello, What is "theory?" Don't answer that. I will, for purposes of this forum and for the Forge in general. Theory = makes the most possible sense. Point #1: the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/13/2005 Ron Edwards: GenCon Booth 2005 - first laws
Hey, 1. The booth will be an endcap, same size as 2003 and 2004. 2. The booth's purpose is short-term actual play as a form of sales and promotion. No…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Matt Wilson, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski, jrs, daMoose_Neo, Bob Goat, btrc, Mike Holmes.

1/20/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Pop-Greek sci-fantasy, plus murder and sex
Hello, The holidays did a great axe-job on our role-playing routine. However, over the last month or two, we've managed to get in four sessions of Nine Worlds, and it's…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Maura Byrne, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, jrs, joshua neff, Paka, Roger.

1/12/2005 Ron Edwards: Didn't see that coming
Hiya, I'm about 35 minutes into "The Village." Omigod! It's a Trollbabe story! I'll post more later after seeing the whole thing. Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, dunlaing, Valamir.

1/8/2005 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer on Wikipedia
Hello, While cruising Wikipedia for some Cold War details, I discovered this: Sorcerer. Various things on the page are ... dated, at best. The influence of the single reviewer ever…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

11/22/2004 Ron Edwards: [Metal Opera] That's with an umlaut, ja baby!
Hello, We've just concluded a three-session run of Metal Opera (umlaut goes over the O), one of the many games published by Zak Arntson a while back. I think it's…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire.

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7/11/2005 Ron Edwards: [Primetime Adventures] The Heel, episode 3
Hello, The story of Kimmy/Malevola continues! See The Heel and The Heel, episode 2. Follow-up for Episode #2 Looking back over the second thread, I realized…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Ben Lehman, Maura Byrne, John Harper, Matt Wilson, Alan, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen.

7/16/2005 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2005] Booth roster (final)
Hello, A couple of current threads are working with incomplete booth information. Here is the final list. Primaries Adept Press - Ron Edwards - Sorcerer, Elfs, Trollbabe Burning Wheel -…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blankshield.

7/20/2005 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2005] Second laws
Hi folks, This is a followup to GenCon 2005 - first laws. I hope everyone who's participating at the booth reads that one and this one carefully. Here are some…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Nev the Deranged, Jared A. Sorensen, btrc, Jürgen Mayer.

7/29/2005 Ron Edwards: Changes to the Forge
Hello, Clinton and I have discussed and agreed upon our next step for altering the Forge, but so far, it's not public beeswax yet. You'll see when it comes. But…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, greyorm, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, jrs, droog, cruciel, Noon, Uzzah, Gaerik, Eva Deinum, Eero Tuovinen.

8/4/2005 Ron Edwards: I love it
The new book, I mean. As an object, a physical representation of what Conspiracy of Shadows is, it's beautiful. It has "Keith" on every page, stylistically, and every page is…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Bob Goat, Miskatonic, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper, Andy Kitkowski.

8/10/2005 Ron Edwards: This one's important
Hello, I'll tell you what the Forge needs. This is directed specifically to the person who's been reading or posting for more than three months. Especially if you find yourself…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, droog, matthijs, Technocrat13, Gaerik, cruciel, Bankuei, GaryTP, John Harper, Gordon C. Landis.

8/11/2005 Ron Edwards: [Doctor Chaos] Cards, bad guys
Hi everyone, I had an idea for a game a couple of weeks ago, which I think will scrub out the final need for "must satisfy adolescent issue via Color"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Simon Marks, Miskatonic, TonyLB, Eero Tuovinen, Dantai, Bankuei, Matt Wilson.

8/23/2005 Ron Edwards: Needed: Archives
Hello, As I've stated recently, two of the forums are about to undergo some structural and procedural changes. However, one thing is needed, for both of them, and I don't…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/25/2005 Ron Edwards: [GenCon Sorcerer demo] Zhanna
Hello, I discovered the hard way in 2002 and 2003 that Sorcerer gets under-sold and under-mentioned at the Forge booth. Much in the same way that people will cite someone…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Sydney Freedberg, Technocrat13, TonyLB, Jake Norwood, Meguey, Tim C Koppang, GreatWolf, LordSmerf.

8/25/2005 Ron Edwards: [GenCon booth demos] My life as a player
Hello, During the exhibit time at GenCon, I participated in one or more demonstrations each of Infinite Armies, Capes, Shadow of Yesterday, Breaking the Ice, Kayfabe, Sweet Dreams, A/State, Under…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jasper the Mimbo, Meguey, Kesher, Gordon C. Landis.

8/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Doctor Chaos] Next phase playtesting
Wow, this is weird, posting in Indie Design. I tend to keep my designing pretty private. Playtesting so far has included the session described in Cards, bad guys,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Troy_Costisick, Doug Ruff.

8/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] DU MUMUA AK/ÑAR
Hello, What a winner of a game. I think this one's top-notch. For those who haven't followed it, the Iron Game Chef contest is now getting a little complicated -…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, jasonm, Sean, Jack Aidley, Miskatonic, Everspinner, Marco.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Introducing a new contest
Hello, I always wanted the Indie Awards to be called the Andies. Ben just started up the Bennies on his blog. Coincidentally, right when he was talking about that beforehand,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, M Jason Parent, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, PlotDevice, Andy Kitkowski, Wolfen, Gregor Hutton, Gordon C. Landis, Eric J..

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Whoops, forgot this demo
Hello, I knew I was missing something in my Booth play thread. This was the something, when I found a minute to sit in on a Shadow of Yesterday demo.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, Noon, Clinton R. Nixon, Miskatonic.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Barbaren] Today, I am a man!
Hello, At one of the dinner get-togethers during the first couple of days at GeCon, we engaged in a great deal of feminist theorizing regarding Barbaren. Several people had independently…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Emily Care, Frank T, ejh, bluegargantua.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Rules/phrases question
Ben, I'm composing a little options-flowchart of the Key Phrases, for a single player to refer to. I think I've got it down complete and right. Except for one thing.…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Brand_Robins, Nev the Deranged.

9/1/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Embassy Suites, with Jasper
Hello, This was yet another of the myriad games played in the evenings during GenCon in the lobby of the Embassy Suites hotel. I had a tough choice of games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, Gordon C. Landis, Jasper the Mimbo.

9/4/2005 Ron Edwards: September 4th, again
Happy birthday, Clinton! There are only two people on the Forge who can post about personal birthdays. I'm one of them. Clinton is the other. We only do this once…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm.

9/5/2005 Ron Edwards: The Ronnies, September 2005
Hi everyone, Here's the single thread for running commentary, questions & answers, and general schtuff about the September 2005 Ronnies. Check out Introducing a new contest for the rules. So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Eric J., Nathan P., TonyLB, Dumirik, Troy_Costisick, greyorm, Frank T, Jasper, Yokiboy, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, preludetotheend, Peter Nordstrand, rrr, talysman.

9/9/2005 Ron Edwards: Frustrating artist website
Hello, This is a very specific question. I found an awesome picture on an artist's website gallery. Not only would I like to use this picture for an Adept Press…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, Jack Aidley, Joshua BishopRoby, greyorm, Paul Czege, Certified, madelf, Adam.

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