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3/16/2002 Valamir: GNS incoherency
Mike and I spent a good couple hours discussing this last weekend (after his entire gaming group bailed on us....;-) I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. We…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2002 Valamir: Profile Comments
Hah, Bailey. I never thought I'd find anyone else even willing to admit they'd HEARD of the Street Fighter Story Telling game. That game rocked. A far better use of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Bailey, Le Joueur, Rich Forest, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Sidhain, Jared A. Sorensen, razar, unodiablo, xiombarg, amiel, Matt Gwinn.

3/14/2002 Valamir: Vanilla Narrativism
Really the basic definition of Vanilla Narrativism is "Narrativist play, without all of the Narrativist mechanics bells and whistles" The word having sprung from the idea that vanilla is "plain".…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, joshua neff.

3/8/2002 Valamir: Submitted for discussion:
[b]A GNS Primer[/b] 3/8/02 Based on the GNS Theory created by Ron Edwards, and on the collective work of members of The Forge. The purpose of this primer is to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

3/1/2002 Valamir: Ported GNS Thread from Sorcerer
As Ron pointed out one of the threads over in the Sorcerer forum evolved into a GNS discussion and by rights should be over here. So since Gordon made some…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, joshua neff.

2/25/2002 Valamir: Traits as resistances
One of the things we tried to accomplish was to create a game with no real need for "hit points" or other such measures. Yet given the semi competitive nature…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

2/25/2002 Valamir: Scene Framing
Ok, i've been stirring around a few ideas. For awhile now Mike and I haven't really been satisfied with the definition of Facts and the subjective nature of Flavor vs.…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

2/24/2002 Valamir: Flavor and Significance
In another thread here, Baileywolf, Bankuei and I have been tossing around thoughts on Flavor and Significance in the game. I thought that the comments were "significant" enough to warrant…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/23/2002 Valamir: Paging John Wick
Any one hear from The Wick recently? Wicked Press hasn't been updated since early November and I've heard no news about the big changes. I hope the Real World hasn't…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, xiombarg.

2/23/2002 Valamir: Pitch Generator
Ok, anyone who enjoys The Pitch must now go to this web site and click multiple times... http://www.rain-street.org/fightcrime.htm A near infinite variety of random dumb pitches such as: He's a…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, TSL, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, wyrdlyng, Jürgen Mayer.

2/19/2002 Valamir: My Dungeon Krawl Session
Ok, got a chance to play some Donjon Krawl this weekend. Wasn't a very long session but it did confirm for me that this is definitely a game with a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/7/2002 Valamir: Invited Members
1) can moderators add new members to the private forum or only site administrators. I would assume moderators could, but when I clicked on the "you can moderate this list"…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

2/6/2002 Valamir: I feel old
I was just playing around with the new sorting features on the memberlist. Counting only those people who stuck around long enough to accumulate 50 posts or more, I was…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

2/1/2002 Valamir: Lets get some discussion going
Its been about a week since V4 went out, who has some further thoughts, comments, criticisms to share? Baliley and Balbinus got things started, lets keep it going. Anyone thinking…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

1/29/2002 Valamir: Logging in from other computers
Ran into a problem while on the road with the private forums. Do these forums use a cookie in order to get access to them? I can log on from…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

1/27/2002 Valamir: Email addresses
Ack, slight problem...or maybe a how to question. I'm having trouble sending email with an attachment to a forum member. This is because niether the member list nor the profile…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell.

1/27/2002 Valamir: The PC in Universalis
Theres a number of comments on this topic in a couple of different threads here. Thought I'd start of a thread specific for this discussion. I'll get it started by…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Balbinus.

1/26/2002 Valamir: Great look to the Forge
I had taken a break from on line activities for a good month or two (including the Forge). When I came back the Forge was brand spankin new. New look,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/24/2002 Valamir: Crazy Question on mini sups
Any thought to publishing a compilation of mini-sups in a format to go along with Sorcerer, Sword, and Soul HC? Don't know what kind of hassle would be involved in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mario, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell.

1/18/2002 Valamir: Whoa nelly
While I share Mike's enthusiasm for exploring these topics in some detail these thread topics may be a bit of putting the cart before the horse. Perhaps we should ensure…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

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3/19/2002 Valamir: Broken link
FYI: Clinton the link to your "Web publishing for $100" article appears to be broken.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

3/20/2002 Valamir: Complications
I'm working on a way to integrate Complications more closely with the normal scene framing turn. These are my current thoughts on it. Instead of spinning off into an entirely…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Ayrizale.

3/22/2002 Valamir: ForgeCon
You know I just had a crazy idea. There is a substantial number of Forge gamers between Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. We should pitch in rent a hotel conference room…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Le Joueur, unodiablo, Dav, Laurel, Christopher Kubasik, Seth L. Blumberg, Zak Arntson.

3/25/2002 Valamir: Motivations in GNS
[quote="Ron Edwards wrote:"] Hey Ralph, I'm a liiiiittle uncomfortable with your phraseology, although I do agree that we're aiming at the same thing. I don't think we are dealing with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2002 Valamir: Dramatism, what is it.
[quote="Mytholder"][quote="Valamir"] What you are describing as D, as an observable behavior and as a "fully functional" play style I believe is well explained by GNS as follows. [u]Dramatism: [/u]A game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Mytholder, contracycle, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/30/2002 Valamir: Riddle of Steel
I was browsing their web site recently and came across some pretty cool items. John Clements (author of a couple of books which are mandatory reads for anyone who wants…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Misguided Games, Jake Norwood.

3/30/2002 Valamir: Version 6.1
Well, it took me almost a week longer than I thought it would, but that was primarily because I decided to go back in and add alot of the stuff…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

4/2/2002 Valamir: True Story
I have this non gamer girlfriend. For the last nine years she's been amazingly indulgent of my mistress...er...hobby, and while she occassionaly will join us for a board game or…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Ayrizale, joe_llama, Bankuei.

4/3/2002 Valamir: Refreshment
I'd like to ask playtesters to really look hard at the Refreshment mechanic because as it is completely new to V6 it has never been tested. Particularly the amounts given…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

4/5/2002 Valamir: Rewarding Color
One of my next projects which is gurgling around in the ooze and muck at the base of my skull is a western game. I've decided that I don't really…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, contracycle, J B Bell, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paul Czege.

4/5/2002 Valamir: Statistics
Some interesting numbers I came up with while fiddling around on the Memberlist. The top 10 posters are responsible for 40% of the total posts (+40%) The top 20 posters…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Laurel, Seth L. Blumberg, peteramthor, Reimer Behrends, Trevis Martin, clehrich, M. J. Young, wraeththu, deadpanbob, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Hunter Logan, greyorm, gobi, Lxndr, cruciel, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Rob Carriere, Green, jdagna, Doug Ruff, Andrew Morris, abzu.

4/8/2002 Valamir: Donjon this weekend
Played Donjon some this weekend. Here are some thoughts that came up, in no particular order other than the order in which they occur to me. 1) There are clearly…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/10/2002 Valamir: Dungeon Siege
Ok, I know that its a CRPG and definitely isn't indie, but I thought I'd throw up some commentary about it since I just dumped $50 on the thing. Dungeon…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ace, Robotron666, hyphz.

4/11/2002 Valamir: Capitalization
[quote="joe_llama"] [quote]There's way too many Capitalised Words of No Real Importance. [/quote] Yeah man. Drop the Capitals. Do it for real this time. [/quote] Ok, I'm listening. Convince me. I've…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, joe_llama, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

4/22/2002 Valamir: Fortune in the Middle
[b]In the Alyria Forum, Ron Spaketh Thusly: [/b][quote]However, the key ingredient of a true Fortune-in-the-middle system (which is why Sorcerer doesn't quite qualify either) is the ability to affect the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

4/25/2002 Valamir: Some Initial Questions
Ok, I went home and started delving a little deeper into RoS. Came up with some initial questions (not the least of which is how will I ever remember the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Wolfen, sirjaguar, Mainboard.

5/2/2002 Valamir: Traits + Skills
Split off from the "Do you believe" thread and the Dreamspire thread is a topic near and dear to my heart. Traits and Skills. I think most of us are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Paganini, Bankuei, Bailey.

5/23/2002 Valamir: Sorcerer Database
Can someone explain to me how to make use of the Sorcerer database. There is a decided lack of instructions. When I try to pull up "Demons" expecting to see…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Clay, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf.

5/23/2002 Valamir: Possible bug
Ran into a problem when trying to follow the Sorcerer Forum link from the Sorcerer web page. First, the Sorcerer Forum link goes to the Forge Forums directory, not to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clay, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2002 Valamir: octaNe
Any update on when I can get my grubby paws on a copy?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg.

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