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8/15/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: Certain Misconceptions of Mine (Ron?)
It appears I have some misconceptions about GNS, as evidenced by something I said in http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16217.0;topicseen.  Anyone care to illuminate me?  Thanks much!
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

8/15/2005 Miskatonic: Adept GenCon titles
Ron, Will Adept Press be selling anything kewl at the Forge booth this year, other than the four Sorcerer books and Elfs? I gotta get my picks in by Wednesday.
In Adept Press
Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch, Yokiboy.

8/15/2005 hix: Perception of non .com domain names?
I want to set up a website to sell RPG pdfs. Now, the .com domain name I want seems to have been registered*. So I'm wondering if international customers are…
In Publishing
Participants: hix, MikeSands, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray, jdagna, demiurgeastaroth, Addix, Andrew Morris.

8/15/2005 Sean: Humanity as Heroism?
I haven't quite been able to make 'humanity as empathy' work for S&S, despite some broad agreement with Ron that this is at least one of the staple definitions of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2005 Dangerboy: Artis [Game setting for QBase System]
I got one reply about my mechanic not having a setting to wrap around it, so I thought I'd post up my treatment on the game setting. This is pretty…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dangerboy, Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray.

8/15/2005 Jasper Polane: [DSA] In the Cave of the Sea Ogre
We've been playing DSA, a German fantasy RPG. The 4th edition is translated into English as The Dark Eye, but we're playing 1st edition, which for the most part is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper Polane, Adam Dray, xenopulse, Halzebier, Sydney Freedberg, Victor Gijsbers, Erdog, Rimke, wkoepf.

8/15/2005 Tobias Wrigstad: [Knutpunkt 2006 RPG con] Call for Papers
[size=10pt][tt] Hi there, the Call for Papers for the book accompanying the Knutpunkt 2006 convention on role-playing is now official. It can be found here: http://jeepen.org/knutpunkt/ but is also included…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tobias Wrigstad.

8/15/2005 Troy_Costisick: What Role Does Setting Play In System?
Heya, I'm working on a problem in my latest design, and am hoping to get some good input from you guys.  Let's say you have a finite ammount of space-…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, GB Steve, Artanis.

8/15/2005 abzu: [Gencon] Forge Boother Vendors -- You Must Do This
Hello All, The indomitable Clinton has set up a small web database for our credit card scheme. You must now populate that database. Go the following link. Enter in the…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, timfire, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, daMoose_Neo, Blankshield, Michael S. Miller.

8/15/2005 RobNJ: [You're It] Conflict/task resolution system
I'm thinking of designing a near-future fascist utopian game of juvenile delinquency called You're It!  I have some ideas worked out but I want to wait a bit before elaborating…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobNJ, TonyLB, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, Alan, Technocrat13, Paka.

8/15/2005 TonyLB: Psychological Limitations in Capes
So I'm a Champions player from way back.  Big surprise, right?  And I will admit that I sort of miss the horrible, distorted strait-jackets that were Psychological Limitations.  They always…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, Vaxalon.

8/15/2005 lumpley: We're Onto Something
This weekend I happened to have Under the Bed, The Mountain Witch, Polaris, and Breaking the Ice all at my house. They look good. They don't look like anything I've…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Andrew Morris, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2005 Bandari: [Saint Sever] mechanics for an iron age game
Hi all, this is my first post, so an introduction is in order. My name is Luka*, I've been playing and GMing rpgs for 10 years or so and this…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bandari, greyorm, Balbinus, Adam Dray.

8/15/2005 Andy Kitkowski: [GenCon] People Selling Games, A Heads Up
I was preparing some adventures for demos, but realized that most of the stuff I'm going to run is going to be of the top of my head anyway. I…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, TonyLB, Adam Dray, daMoose_Neo, Miskatonic.

8/15/2005 Kesher: [dungeonkind] Otherkind meets my breaking heart...
This game was written as a tangent while in the course of working on another much larger and more complicated game, which uses Vincent Baker’s lovely Otherkind rules (http://www.septemberquestion.org/lumpley/other.html) as…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kesher, Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon, Joshua BishopRoby, Alex Johnson, Landon Darkwood, lumpley.

8/15/2005 guildofblades: Virtual Distributorship. Idea...
Hi Everyone, This is a topic I have tossed out for discussion on a indie board game group I am a member of. I thought I would toss it up…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, jdagna, Joshua BishopRoby.

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.

8/15/2005 Paka: [Burning Wheel] Words, Ghosts and Mead in the Vault
Here's the thread in which the foundation for the campaign is laid: http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=949 I ran a series of one-shots with pre-made characters in order to get a grip on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, John Harper.

8/15/2005 Toki0: AoA: Looking for Members
Lets start by saying, I want this team to be as much as a learning experience as it is a rewarding or non-rewarding game design process. It's purpose is to…
In Connections
Participants: Toki0.

8/15/2005 Artanis: [Paladin+W40K] Game prep, or my first try at conscious Nar
I've been reading the Forge since a bit more than a year and am beginning to understand some of the stuff in a way that would allow me to actually…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Surcapitaine, BeZurKur, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, Trevis Martin, Miskatonic.

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8/16/2005 Paka: Humanity Question: On the Edge of Zero Intervention
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=16375.msg174487#msg174487 date=1124147982] No, not at all. Humanity is a metagame concept, not an in-game, even when you roll it when the character tries to do something. It…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

8/16/2005 Sean: A Stupid Hypothetical
Hi Ron - So OK, we've got this 'reward cycle' thing. I get that. I also get e.g. your analysis of MLwM in terms of two separate reward-structures (love-accumulation and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards, Kesher, Noon.

8/16/2005 Trevis Martin: The Game of Design
So my group has been playing the new Vampire:TR game.  Our conclusion so far: setting is better, rules still suck.  I had gotten some intense desire back when everyone expressed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trevis Martin.

8/16/2005 Jake Richmond: Playtesters and comments needed for CrossRoads of Eternity.
Hi. My names Jake Richmond. Travis Brown and I make the CrossRoads of Eternity RPG. Familiar with it? No? Thats okay. CrossRoads is a high fantasy adventure game with an…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Richmond.

8/16/2005 Andrew Morris: Why WOULDN'T you publish a print version?
I know there are at least a few publishers out there who are either sell PDFs exclusively, or only offer certain products in PDF. My question is why? When there…
In Publishing
Participants: Andrew Morris, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, John Harper, GreatWolf, Jake Richmond, M Jason Parent, PlotDevice, Nathan P..

8/16/2005 John Harper: Ghosts
Here's a bit of new text from the book, regarding what happens to dead relationships: Consequences Relationships can be damaging to the people involved. If a re-roll based on a…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, rafial, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, philaros, tonyd, Matt Wilson.

8/16/2005 Thor Olavsrud: Burning Sand: Jihad
For anyone that's interested, we've managed to sneak in a new PDF supplement ahead of GenCon. It's 88 pages of space opera goodness.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, dunlaing, rafial, John Harper, M Jason Parent, abzu.

8/16/2005 KingOfFarPoint: Player vs GM Assertion Rights
I recently read a DitV thread that said something along the lines of: the characters went round the town and tested everyone for possession. No one was possessed.…
In lumpley games
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, lumpley, Bankuei, Wolfen.

8/16/2005 jaw6: Indie gamers in Toronto/Mississauga/Oakville ?
I recently moved to Mississauga (West side of Toronto) and my wife and I are looking for a new gaming group, hopefully one that's indie-game-friendly. Also, recommendations for good local…
In Connections
Participants: jaw6, Becky Cowdy, two_fishes, Allan, Rob MacDougall.

8/16/2005 ephemere: A prefabricated story: is it Nar or Sim?
So, I have this story. It's a serialized psychological drama, in the genre of modern occult conspiracy, in the tradition of Twin Peaks, and somewhat in the gaming style of…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: ephemere, Gaerik, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Alan, bcook1971, Halzebier, Miskatonic, M. J. Young.

8/16/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... Full Edition is done!
I've updated the site. (Yes, I know the date is wrong. oops) There's a thumbnail of the cover as well as the following update: Yesterday I picked up the full…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, pfischer, Christopher Weeks, dyjoots, Spooky Fanboy.

8/16/2005 jburneko: Other Trollbabe Rules Changes
Hello Ron, So, I noticed in the other thread you mentioned one of the reasons that the print version of Trollbabe wasn't going to happen is that your desire to…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2005 Noon: Address of challenge examples [AD&D, D&D]
Providing some examples for the GNS thread about address of challenge: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16117.0 I'm kind of screwed for examples though. The fact is I've pursued exploration of challenge primarily, though my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards, xenopulse.

8/17/2005 Simon Marks: [Can't? Won't] Resolutions, Complications, Hiccups, Faliures and Traits
Ok, so you guys have all inspired me (Yay you!) and over on my blog I have posted up an example of play I thought about reposting it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon Marks, Adam Dray, xenopulse.

8/17/2005 slavlin: Inspiration question
I am a bit confused about gaining inspirations. I finally managed to work out that you get them based off of the dice matches. However, the example gives 2 different…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: slavlin, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

8/17/2005 jasonm: [Fire Moon] Gradually ramping up disaster
So I'm revising one of my Game Chef entries, The Governor's Report Concerning the Doomed Assault on the Fire Moon.  You can see the revision here if interested:  http://www.meekmok.com/sassy/games/fire_moon/ One…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, TonyLB, Nathan P., Frank T.

8/17/2005 Paganini: Combat System Inklings - Part 1
So, I've had this idea for a combat system bopping around in my brain for a while. The idea is to have the combat system be a sub-module in the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Alex Johnson, Hereward The Wake, contracycle.

8/17/2005 Darcy Burgess: [nameless homebaked] bouncing player feedback off the illuminated crew
I recently ran an early playtest of what I consider to be a Narrativist game that uses conflict resolution.  Up until recently, our group has been firmly entrenched in Task…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray, xenopulse, Andrew Norris, Halzebier, Miskatonic, Selene Tan, Joshua BishopRoby, Sydney Freedberg.

8/17/2005 Christopher Davies: CCG Designer Wanted
Twisted Chronicles LLC are looking for either an individual or small independent company to help convert Gothic Society into a CCG to join there new game line releases.
In Connections
Participants: Christopher Davies, mangaocid.

8/17/2005 JamesDJIII: Cartoon Network Cartoon for Sorcerer
Just a quick heads up: I was watching Cartoon Network with my son today, and we came across a show called (I think) "Life and Times of Juniper Lee." Within…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, dyjoots, Mike Holmes.

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