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9/20/2005 MatrixGamer: Comparing and Contrasting Engle Matrix Games and Narrative RPGs (Long)
The following are two article I put out in my newly resurected newsletter "The Matrix Gamer". These are my thoughts on narrative RPGs. I'd like your thoughts on the subject.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, Halzebier, komradebob, Valamir, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Ron Edwards.

9/5/2005 MatrixGamer: Breaking the Ice: one gamers thoughts and memories when reading the game (long)
BREAKING THE ICE Observations from a Matrix Gamer. I traded games with Emily at Gen Con and have gotten to reading it over the Labor Day weekend. First off –…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: MatrixGamer, jasonm, ejh, Emily Care.

9/1/2005 MatrixGamer: MLWM as a Matrix Game (split)
Cool! I just happened upon this thread. I will take the feedback to heart and write a better intro article for the site. As to Matrix Games not being RPGs.…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: MatrixGamer, Paul Czege.

8/23/2005 MatrixGamer: Folio Engle Matrix Game at Gen Con
First - to be up front - I publish these game. BUT this is based on my playing in one as a player (keeping my mouth shut about how it…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, Miskatonic.

7/22/2005 MatrixGamer: Being different
At Origins my wife sold more marionettes than I sold books. Grumble, grumble...hey wait. Look around. There are no other marionettes here, but there are a lot of game books.…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Miskatonic, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Travis Brown, Jake Richmond.

6/27/2005 MatrixGamer: Home Printing
I've just spent the last weekend printing a binding book for Origins and GenCon. I'll be at Origins later this week. Anybody who is there who would like to see…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Chris Passeno, Gaerik, Matt Snyder, guildofblades, Andrew Morris.

6/23/2005 MatrixGamer: Accounting - What do you do?
I'd like to see two things come out of this thread. 1. give people a chance to share what they do so people can read and learn about an important…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Resonantg, Valamir, Vaxalon, greyorm, ADGBoss, guildofblades.

5/18/2005 MatrixGamer: What is Main Stream gaming? Another look.
One of the most intriguing ideas in the "Infamous Five" threads was the look at how D+D fantasy and superhero genres are not mainstream - instead things like horror, sex,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, Jasper, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, John Kim, quozl, Trevis Martin, Noon, Caldis, Brendan, M. J. Young, Remko, komradebob, gsoylent, cerbie, Valamir.

5/10/2005 MatrixGamer: Role Playing as it is done in Historical Miniatures Games
I live in that part of the gaming world that crosses over between miniatures gaming and RPGs. Role playing is it is done now grew out of miniatures but the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, Vaxalon, Noon, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Hereward The Wake.

4/29/2005 MatrixGamer: Obstructionists in games - is it a creative agenda?
Okay, I've slept on it and I've noticed that there are some people who play games - who are following "Other social agendas" but who do play as opposed to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Gaerik, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, John Kim, Bankuei, Alan, komradebob, Valamir, paulkdad, Vaxalon.

4/27/2005 MatrixGamer: Computer Automated Matrix Games
I'm interested in getting feedback on the logic of a computer refereed Matrix Game. The next post shows the logic the Dylan Alliata is working on. I'd love feedback in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MatrixGamer, hazardous_designs.

4/22/2005 MatrixGamer: LARP Matrix Game idea
I've toyed with writing a LARP for some time. I have a variety of combat ideas. I'd like to know if these are done in anyother games and what holes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, Bill Masek, nikola, komradebob.

4/21/2005 MatrixGamer: Home Printing
Andrew Morris asked me to write about what I've done to set up a home printing operation. I told him I'd put it on the forum in case anyone else…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, xenopulse, Valamir, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, jdagna, philreed, Christopher Weeks.

4/19/2005 MatrixGamer: Therapist stance in role playing
Since one of the goals of this forum is to move towards a theory of role playing it is necessary to look back at role playing's roots - in psychotherapy.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, Paul Czege, Emily Care, Marco, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Grover, Sean, groundhog, Blankshield, John Kim.

4/18/2005 MatrixGamer: Recognizable Patterns - Simulation
Simulationists want to completely immerce themselves in their characters role (did I get that right?) Kind of like method acting. You could call them Methodists but that names already been…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2005 MatrixGamer: Playing Matrix Games - Making it up as you go along!
There is a thread on the Gamist, Narrativeist, Simulationist forum about how Matrix Games http://www.io.com/~hamster fit into this paradigm. It has been suggested that the topic has drifted into a…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, rafial, komradebob.

4/13/2005 MatrixGamer: More Observations on Matrix and Uni [split from Wiki Observa
Trevis wrote up a page for new players that should help a lot, and will give everyone an idea of how it's set up. You can read it here: http://wiki.trmfineart.com/bin/view/Unigame2/IAmANewPlayer…
In Universalis
Participants: MatrixGamer, Mike Holmes, Trevis Martin, Valamir.

4/13/2005 MatrixGamer: Matrix Games and Universalis - similar but different
Ralph commented on my game (Matrix Games) on another Forge forum and suggested I drop by this list. Our games are similar and it would be interesting to compare and…
In Universalis
Participants: MatrixGamer, Mike Holmes, Trevis Martin, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, komradebob.

4/11/2005 MatrixGamer: Matrix Games: Gamist, Narrativist, and Sim
I've never posted a topic before but here goes. Since 1988 I've been working on Matrix Games. The basic rules mechanism is VERY simple. Each turn players say what they…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Valamir, Grover, Emily Care.

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10/25/2005 MatrixGamer: Unspoken rules - boardgames to miniatures to role play games
A quote by Vincent got me thinking about implied rules. Over time, repetition makes a body of informal procedures, mere hit-or-miss guesses, into an unspoken and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes.

10/28/2005 MatrixGamer: The Great Engle Matrix Game Debate: Turn resolution and the art of contradiction
The Great Debate: Turn resolution and the art of contradiction An interesting debate has come up from the latest Play by Email Game – “Zulu.”  The game is based on…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, contracycle.

11/9/2005 MatrixGamer: Horror and players that balk
A while back I ran a Cthulhu like horror game in which the players were on a river boat which ran aground on a small island. There were two players.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, Eric J-D, komradebob, timfire, M. J. Young.

11/28/2005 MatrixGamer: Buffy the Vampaire Slayer/ Engle Matrix Game hybrid
My brother was over for Thanksgiving and as we frequently do I ran a game for him and my wife. A couple of years ago we did a BtVS one…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

1/3/2006 MatrixGamer: (Engle Matrix Game) Chaos on Campus - with the family
My sister in law and two of my nephews were over for the Holidays and in between washing dishes we played a Matrix Games. We played "Chaos on Campus" a…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, Sydney Freedberg, neelk.

1/23/2006 MatrixGamer: Presentation - As important as system?
The Lumpley Principle says that system matters. The rules of the game inform and shape all that follows. In my constant tinkering with Engle Matrix Games I've mused on how…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, guildofblades, komradebob, Ron Edwards, ChrisC, pells, nikola, mythusmage.

4/4/2006 MatrixGamer: Manufacturing cardboard counters
I'd like to hear people's experiences with making cardboard counters. I'm move Engle Matrix Games into a folio format. The game comes in a hardback cover (color and glossy) with…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Gaerik, Czar Fnord, guildofblades, Veritas Games.

5/11/2006 MatrixGamer: Interrogation: A question about role playing them.
I am interested in hearing people's perspectives on how to run an interrogation using conflict resolution techniques. First a review of other ways I've seen interrogation done. In D+D games…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, joepub, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2006 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE DEAD DUKE This is the Matrix Game scenario that I have run the most. I first ran it in 1997 and I officially…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

6/6/2006 MatrixGamer: In House production for the upcoming convention season.
I want to describe what I'm doing this year for production so people who do in house production or are interested in that can see one way of doing it.…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades, philreed, komradebob.

6/13/2006 MatrixGamer: A question about pictures
A member asked me to post pictures of my printing equipment on a thread about self publishing. I'm not aware of that happening on this site before. Is there a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Czar Fnord.

9/14/2006 MatrixGamer: Learning curves on new computer programs.
Recently I purchased Adobe Creativity Suite 2 (with a college discount so I'm not in hock for the next year!) I got it so I could start converting product files…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades, David Artman, nikola.

11/17/2006 MatrixGamer: Cartoon version Engle Matrix Game rules PDF available on RPGnow
This post serves two functions. 1. It lets people know that a free PDF version of the Engle Matrix Game rules are available on RPGnow. That is important. It's marketing.…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades, daMoose_Neo, Valamir.

2/6/2007 MatrixGamer: Example of a Engle Matrix Game interest building article.
My plan for marketing this year is to send out one new product a month to reviewers and offer the product as a PDF on RPGNow and as a paper…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C, komradebob.

2/7/2007 MatrixGamer: Dracula Engle Matrix Game - Refereeing example
ENGLE MATRIX GAME REFEREEING: DRACULA ACTUAL PLAY Three players, Tom, Bob and Chris are gathered together to play “Dracula: The game before the game” (available on RPGNow from Hamster Press).…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, Noon, komradebob.

2/8/2007 MatrixGamer: Engle Matrix Games used in RPG Character Development
The following bit is a gloss of how I've used Matrix Games as a support element in RPGs. In this case to aid character growth. MATRIX GAMES IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C.

2/14/2007 MatrixGamer: Matrix Game Decision Making Process
MATRIX GAME DECISION MAKING PROCESS I have always found that solo games are useful for understanding thought processes. Thought experiments like this hark back to the first generation of psychologists…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C, komradebob, Valamir, Aaron Blain.

2/23/2007 MatrixGamer: The curse of being original - popularizing Matrix Games
Okay - I have a few minutes - time to tackle this issue. First the curse. Say you actually have something that is "New". It doesn't easily fit in any…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, moonflovver, guildofblades.

3/5/2007 MatrixGamer: [Press Release] Jack the Ripper: Engle Matrix Game
"Jack the Ripper: The game to play before the game" Now available at RPGNow for $5 Laminate paper version available at Hamster Press for $9.95 Players: 2-6 Duration: 1/2 hour…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer.

3/14/2007 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Jack the Ripper Podcast
A group of gamers in Louisville Kentucky just posted a podcast of a game of Jack the Ripper. The show lasts a little over two hours. Podcast of an actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

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