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4/14/2005 greyorm: Devotion to Lifestyle is Narrativist?
Split from Rifts is a narrativist game?, since I did not want to derail that thread with a tangential topic. I can see how "justifying my character's lifestyle" can…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm.

3/26/2005 greyorm: Help with ORX Press Release Text
Heya all, I plan on submitting a press release about Orx to a couple gaming sites over the next few weeks to (hopefully) generate interest, and I am wondering if…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Andrew Morris, Sean, Valamir, hix, jdagna, Alan, xiombarg.

3/16/2005 greyorm: Dealing with Simulationism
During our last 3E session, one of the players revealed to me that he doesn't care about XP, which is why he has not been using the TROS-based XP system…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, John Kim, Silmenume, Ron Edwards, Marco, komradebob, apparition13, giblfiz, Kat Miller.

3/14/2005 greyorm: ORX Are Here! Run!
Yep, you heard me right, ORX is finally here! Yes, really! I finished it. To satiate the appetites of the curious, I'll answer a few questions, such as: What happened…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm.

1/14/2005 greyorm: A Demon's Need
So, I was crusing through the old Pokemon Sorcerer thread on RPG.net looking for something else, and someone brought up how reducing one's Humanity to 0 might warp the sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards.

1/13/2005 greyorm: [ORX] Font Needed
Heya all, Orx is finally being finished: I'm dropping about a chapter worth of "extras" from it that I do not have the time to finish writing up and editing…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Selene Tan, zephyr_cirrus, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, Nathan P., Jack Aidley.

12/22/2004 greyorm: [3E] The Straw That Broke The Camel
A new (and surprising) update about my continuing adventures with 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons. For those of you not familiar with my game's history, you should check the following…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Marco, Jasper the Mimbo, James_Nostack, Bankuei, Adam Dray.

11/30/2004 greyorm: The Forge in Games Quarterly
Out of the blue the other day, I recieved a magazine in the mail called "Games Quarterly." The magazine is about...well, games: board, card, RPG, etc. And as I sat…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Andrew Morris.

11/6/2004 greyorm: Why Choice Sucks: the Beauty of Random Generation
Recently, I was trying to make a TROS character for a game starting via Indie-netgaming and about five minutes into character creation, I realized something: I had no idea what…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, b_bankhead, anonymouse, Eero Tuovinen, jdagna, Simon W, efindel, madelf, timfire, Cup of Iron, Ben Lehman, Noon, xiombarg, ffilz, TonyLB, M. J. Young, jerry, Sydney Freedberg, John Kim, simon_hibbs, Bankuei, inky, Caldis, Adam Dray, clehrich, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Manxome, Ron Edwards.

10/31/2004 greyorm: Typhoid Mary in Action?
Over in Frustrations with 3E, Callan said: For example, recently I pitched a very low key problematic situation to a player so he could address the premise (A guy with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Noon.

10/23/2004 greyorm: Frustrations with 3E
Note that you will not find much "story-update" in this post, since the situations I am going to discuss transcend any particular set of events or decisions. Mainly this is…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, DannyK, Bankuei, Valamir, Noon, NN, Vaxalon, Rob Carriere, Mike Holmes, Adam Dray.

10/19/2004 greyorm: OTW: Definitions
Over in Effects of One True Way on roleplaying experience, Simon asked me: Aren't you being a bit One True Way-ist yourself? I cite 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, Noon, Marco, contracycle, M. J. Young, Cup of Iron, John Kim, Vaxalon.

9/25/2004 greyorm: [Code of Unaris] More about chat as medium
[quote="GaryTP"]From what I've found, most diehard tabletoppers tend to think of chat as a loose form of roleplay that they'll only touch if all other game choices are unavailable. Mostly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, GaryTP.

7/16/2004 greyorm: Thank God for NPCs: More Frickin' 3E
Alright, after numerous starts and stops due to players missing, leading to cancellations, we've finally gotten through what should (I swear) have been a one or (at most) two session…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, John Kim, Noon.

6/30/2004 greyorm: [IGC] Publication Update Request
Alright, what's happening with the IGC Publication? Is it going to press? I ask because we haven't heard anything about it, no one has contacted me to get the draft…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, timfire, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

6/29/2004 greyorm: Narrativism & Force
From over in the Forge Hubris/etc II thread: On the other hand, I think that "Nar is defined by Force" as a practical matter has a lot of value. In…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Jaik, M. J. Young, lumpley, Henri, Marco, Alan, Valamir, Doctor Xero, CPXB, contracycle, John Kim, ErrathofKosh.

6/18/2004 greyorm: [ORX] More About Points
Ron has his hands on a copy of Orx, and he and I were talking about it the other day...you know, that thing where you flap your lips at one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, quozl, Technocrat13, ErrathofKosh, Jack Aidley.

6/11/2004 greyorm: Intended Usage of SAs Clear?
Over in New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL, Chris made the following observation: When I find these reviews, I usually put up a short post about how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, bcook1971, Ian.Plumb, Ben Lehman, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Stephen.

6/7/2004 greyorm: The Riddle of the Fading Suns
I just recieved my TROS books (thanks Jake!) and besides indulgence in a sudden and growing addiction to Dungeon Siege that I blame on my gaming friends, I've been pawing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: greyorm, Matt Wilson, montag, Caz, jeffd.

5/6/2004 greyorm: IGC Results Discussion: At the Dawn
First off, I hate the name. I mean "At the Dawn"? How shallow and cheesy is that and completely uninventive is that? Seriously, "The Two Trees" would have been a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes, Sydney Freedberg, simon_hibbs, hanschristianandersen.

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7/26/2005 greyorm: Immersion, Childishness, and Understanding
Over in the Creator or Fan? thread, an idea came up that was discussed (barely) regarding Immersion and whether or not it is healthy. I said something about the idea…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, John Kim, Thor Olavsrud, Clinton R. Nixon, ewilen, Mark Woodhouse, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Marco, Bankuei, J. Tuomas Harviainen, GB Steve, FroglarTBGE, xenopulse, contracycle, ADGBoss, Simon Marks, M. J. Young, James Holloway, Merten.

8/10/2005 greyorm: Thread Splitting Etiquette
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=16323.msg173574#msg173574 date=1123607836]DO NOT post to older threads. I'm very unhappy with all of you more experienced posters who compounded a newcomer's understandable confusion about that. Fuckin' wasting…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Balbinus, Simon Marks, Adam Dray.

10/26/2005 greyorm: White Noise as a Sorcerer game
Ok, I just watched the movie referred to in the title about an hour ago, and during the whole thing -- particularly as it moved further and further towards resolution…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm.

10/28/2005 greyorm: [eXpendables] Ronnies Entry Examination
I've been looking over my submission and am having some second thoughts about a number of system features, plus finding all sorts of misteaakes. The most glaring one to me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards.

10/28/2005 greyorm: Parlor Narration and Simulationism
Over in  Going beyond "Parlor Narration", Callan complained: was thinking, "Hey, it'll be cool to see how the characters interact," but then I restricted it to algorithms so…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm.

11/3/2005 greyorm: Blank Printable Cards for your Card-based RPG
I know this subject come up on occassion around here, and so when I was browsing around today and stumbled across this site: http://www.plaincards.com/index.htm : I figured I should post…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Andy Kitkowski.

3/24/2006 greyorm: Welcome to Wild Hunt Studios
This is Raven with a quick note of welcome to my readers! Yes, I finally got around to getting myself one of these. This forum is the place to discuss…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Thunder_God.

3/31/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Creating Demo Scenarios
For a long time, I have wanted to create a demo scenario I (or more likely others) could whip off for convention play, and that could serve as little introductions…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Thunder_God, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] The Mechanics of Guilt and Innocence
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year that I am finally getting around to Here's the PDF over at 1km1t Here's the Ronnies thread. In the latest drafts of the…
In Endeavor
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, talysman.

4/7/2006 greyorm: Television Entertainment: What's your poison?
There is probably a great deal you can learn about a person in knowing what sorts of mass shows they watch regularly. Thus, this is my useless contribution to the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: greyorm, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, Matt, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, Frank T, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Shreyas Sampat, jrs, Ron Edwards, Bryan Hansel, Warren, pfischer, talysman, Paka, Mike Holmes, Meguey, Walt Freitag, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth, Melinglor, Thunder_God, xenopulse.

4/11/2006 greyorm: [Death's Door] I Wasn't Interested But...
I have to admit, I had no interest in either playing or purchasing Death's Door. When I heard about it, the idea just didn't grab me, what I heard about…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, ivan23, Blankshield, Noon.

4/15/2006 greyorm: [The Mountain Witch] At Forge Midwest
I should note right off that the game was not as fun for me as I had hoped it would be. I don't mean to say the game itself wasn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Jason L Blair, timfire.

4/20/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] Attributes and...Skills?
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year. Here's the PDF over at 1km1t, which is very Alpha at this point. Here's the Ronnies thread. With the basic mechanics of Guilt…
In Endeavor
Participants: greyorm, Dav, Sydney Freedberg.

5/4/2006 greyorm: [DitV] GMing and Relationships
I just recieved my copy of DitV in the mail...hrm, two days ago (yay to IPR's May sale!) and finished a read through. I have one question that has been…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

5/5/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Demoing & Playing with Kids
First question: I've posted a notice about running a demo of Dogs next Thursday night at our relatively new local comic/game store -- a nice, big, clean store with a…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, demiurgeastaroth, oreso.

5/6/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Forge Midwest Demo Observations
Juli, Tod and Tim (Kleinert) were gracious enough to play a quick game of Orx with me at Forge Midwest. This was also a milestone in Orx play as the…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm.

6/6/2006 greyorm: Starting up D&D with the kids
Saturday nights are family night around our house once we've got the youngest two in bed, as their idea of playing a game is stealing everyone else's pieces every two…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, ffilz, Valamir, cpeterso, charles ferguson, John Harper, Storn, Clay, Czar Fnord, Gaerik, Noon, Mike Holmes, Adam Dray, Calithena, Miskatonic.

6/20/2006 greyorm: [D&D With the Kids] You have your good days...
...and you have your bad days. I'm sorry to report this last session was one of the latter, and this is going to be relatively short. You'll see why. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, komradebob, Noon, Meguey, Tony Irwin.

7/23/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Wizards in the Vineyard
A number of weeks ago, I came up with an idea for a Dogs variant, and went to work on it. Basically, it concerns powerful wizards who have been given…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Rustin, lumpley, klaveshy, Ramidel.

8/1/2006 greyorm: Spot Colors and Printing with Lulu
Well, I've finally decided to take the plunge and get a print version of ORX set-up and ready for sale. And yes, those of you at Forge Midwest saw what…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc, MatrixGamer, joepub, timfire, Nathan P..

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