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3/27/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Axioms of RPG Design (or, blasting away at the argument)
I find it bizarre, and somewhat ludicrous, that "GNS Model Discussion" is the second-most busy forum at the Forge. We've argued this thing to death, and I think it's high…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, gentrification, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, Zak Arntson, Julian Kelsey, Knight, Bankuei.

3/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Funny games (and the Temple of Ass)
I'm starting to dread the fact that "funny games" are coming back into vogue. I recently had a discussion at my local game store about this: a patron and the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Mike Holmes, unodiablo, Walt Freitag, Matt Steflik, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Matt, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Jack Spencer Jr, Bailey.

3/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer One-Sheet: In His Service
I'm starting a Sorcerer campaign next week, and whipped up this one-sheet after talking the game over with my group last night. I'm posting it here, as I plan to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy
I have (finally) posted a list of Forge policies. Please read and observe these from now on. I locked the thread as I want it to stand alone, permanently at…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Etiquette at The Forge (policy)
[b][u]Etiquette at The Forge[/u][/b] Created by Clinton R. Nixon and Ron Edwards. [b]I. About the forums[/b] [i]A. Purpose of the forums[/i] The purpose of The Forge forums is to promote…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

3/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum upgrade (with new warning)
I just upgraded the forums again - many problems should be fixed now. Unfortunately, I have to go through and update the Forge look to the forum, so if you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Went to the con
I attended Game Storm, a convention in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. It was better than most small conventions I've been to by far, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, quozl, Bankuei.

2/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy on off-topic posts
Mike Holmes made an excellent point early today in my off-topic thread about selling off some of my games. 'Site Discussion' is not for off-topic posts, and I made an…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

2/25/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: [really off topic] Selling a bunch of RPG books
I'm selling off all my games I don't play or plan on playing. Here's a list - e-mail me or send me a private message if you're interested in anything:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: There and Back: a meta-system
A couple of months ago, I created a quick meta-system in these forums as a response to the Cheating Death thread in Indie Game Design. The goal was to provide…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Emily Care, Kenway, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GameStorm 2002
I've been signing up to run Donjon at all the Northwest conventions this spring, and just got the schedule for GameStorm 2002 (which isn't even up on their site yet.)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Armin D. Sykes.

2/18/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Update to the Forge store
Raven (greyorm) was good enough to donate a completely kick-ass design to the Forge for us to use in the store. I've updated it with all sorts of t-shirts, bags,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon: Call for artists
I'm the forum administrator and I don't know where to put this. (Maybe a new forum for announcements is in order.) Anyway, I'm calling for art for Donjon, the game…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon, session 2
I was able to playtest Donjon yet again this weekend with Zak Arntson and his friend, Matthew. The game worked as before - I even ran the same adventure -…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

2/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon 2002: Indie explosion
Each year, I think, "I should run some indie games at GenCon. Someone will show up." Each year, I end up with a few people who already like indie games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Galfraxas, Matt Gwinn, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

2/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl, first session ever
[i]I don't want to kill anybody. I just want to take their stuff.[/i] --Jules the Hedge Troll, as played by James Cunningham I'm more than proud to say that the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Bankuei.

2/6/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl
I know I haven't designed anything new since Urge - I've been lazy. So, I decided to start finishing my projects. The first finished: Donjon Krawl, a (hopefully) incredibly Gamist…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Marco, James V. West, DaR, Mike Holmes, lumpley, J B Bell.

1/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Small change in the Resource Library
If any of you have submitted links to the resource library, you've noticed that descriptions have a limit of 255 characters. I have removed that limit, as I have found…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege.

1/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Elitism and number of posts
[quote="Eloran"] I'm fine with the idea of donations. The questions about anonymity and potentials for elitism have got me thinking. How is acknowledging donators from non donators and different from…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Laurel, Trav, Mithras, Valamir, Balbinus, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, erithromycin, Tim Denee.

1/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Idea for member discussion (donations and hosting fees)
Everyone at the Forge, Ron and I have talked for a while now about how to support the Forge as it grows. Over the last year, we've increased our membership…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, hardcoremoose, J B Bell, Blake Hutchins, Ben Morgan, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, Bailey, Armin D. Sykes, Chris Passeno, Paul Czege, Trav, Matt Gwinn, greyorm.

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4/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: "Fantasy Heartbreakers" by Ron Edwards
Everyone - Ron has a new essay in the Articles section - well worth reading, in my opinion. Post comments here.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

4/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple Questions 2: What makes a good GM?
Now that the "why GM" question has been fully hashed out, I want to move on to another question: what makes a good GM? Even more personally, why do you…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mytholder, joshua neff, Bankuei, Petter Sandelin, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Valamir.

4/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Game Formerly Known as Panels
A long time ago, I started work on a superhero game based off of relationships instead of lists of powers called "Panels." To tell the truth, it was a complete…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, mahoux, Zak Arntson, J B Bell, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Bailywolf, Matt Steflik, Matt, Andrew Martin.

4/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum policy specific to Indie Game Design
The following policies apply to all posts within Indie Game Design. 1. All threads started in Indie Game Design should be about either the process of designing a game, or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

4/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Policy: Responsibilities of being a moderator
Moderators, I have not made it clear so far what the responsibilities of having a forum on The Forge are, and think I should at this point. Having a forum…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

5/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Performance problems
I just wanted to apologize for all the performance problems we've had lately. I have no idea what's causing them, but they should be gone after I change hosts this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

5/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Any problems since the move?
Well, obviously, we've now moved. If anyone has any questions, or comments, or notices any problems, please let me know. Thanks!
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Blake Hutchins.

5/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Psychological Role-playing
All the recent discussion of Simulationist play has brought up talk about the psychological aspects of role-playing games. I've been more interested in this lately, as well, because of talks…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, lumpley, Gordon C. Landis, joe_llama, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Fabrice G..

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simultaneous multiple-scene play
In the Riddle of Steel forum, Ron said that he would explain how easy play with different characters in different scenes simultaneously could be to run, if asked. I'm asking:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Wolfen, Thor Olavsrud.

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dice pool history
Ron, I think Ghostbusters beat it to the bunch with the dice pools, but that's of little importance. It definitely is the definitive dice pool game.
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dust Devils review is up
In addition to the Dust Devils review, you'll notice a first glimpse of me using our new content management system to organize things. Check it out and make sure and…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the curmudgeon
Just this morning, I heard about some thread on RPG.net about the Forge. (It's actually about GNS.) I went and read it, and have some thoughts I'd like to share:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, A.Neill, Joe Murphy (Broin), Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege, Sidhain, Seth L. Blumberg, Eric.Brennan, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Paganini, Balbinus.

5/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Questions, and more questions
Jake, 1) Grappling. What's going on there? Seriously. My real question: I want to tackle some random guy. What's my ATN? 2) Arming gloves. Cool as hell, but - what's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Lyrax.

5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

6/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Indie play: Dread
I ran Rafael Chandler's Dread this weekend for my normal group of players (Chris Chinn, James Cunningham, and Dan Root) + Zak Arntson. It's a modern horror game, kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Bankuei, rafael, Wolfen.

6/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RoS: The Eye of the Storm
My group and I finished our four-part Riddle of Steel campaign last night. (The earlier sessions, in order, are here, here, and here. In the final session, our group really…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei.

6/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer: the Agency
(Note: I edited the title. As I've made certain to say before, games based on copyrighted works are a tricky area. Plus, I really like this idea, and might make…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, joshua neff, Blake Hutchins, Bailywolf, Clay, Seth L. Blumberg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: PDF idea
An odd idea I just had: when selling an game on your website, make it completely free for download - but set the permissions in the PDF such that it's…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, Nathan, Matt Gwinn, Adam, Tim Denee, Chris Passeno, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bankuei, hive, Michael Hopcroft, tribalkid, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Bailey, Eugene Zee.

6/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The fall of the Paladin
Paul Czege posted a very interesting thread about how humbling it is to playtest your own game, which is amazingly convergent, since I just had the exact same experience. I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Paul Czege, DaR, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Wolfen, Yasha.

7/1/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer demo play - Lincoln High 15th Year Reunion
I got a group together this Sunday to run the new demo packet for Sorcerer. Ron's distributed this with the purpose of getting it ready to be used in stores.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rabidchyld, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

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