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10/18/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] October winners
Hello everybody, Yup, the second round's judging of Ronnies is now concluded. The third round will come in November, because I'm really jazzed about the terms combination that's scheduled next,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, Jared A. Sorensen, hix, Arturo G., CSBone, Dantai, greyorm, Ben Lehman, talysman, mrteapot, majcher, Dumirik.

10/18/2005 Troy_Costisick: Troy's Standard Rant #3: The Power 19
Heya, As I was looking back through my earlier rants and the links to other threads provided, I realized two things about the three questions I examined.  First, they were…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Tony Irwin, Graham Walmsley, timfire, Joshua BishopRoby, M. J. Young, 1of3, ChrisJaxn.

10/18/2005 Emily Care: Breaking the Ice second print run now available
The second printing of Breaking the Ice is now officially available.  Get it while it's hot!  My thanks to folks who helped me clean this printing up: Michael S. Miller,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care, TonyLB, Brand_Robins.

10/18/2005 thelostgm: Cat Magic
I ran a game of Cat at our local "little" Con (Get Your Geek on a Thon), and one of my players came up with a great new spell (or…
In Wicked Press
Participants: thelostgm.

10/18/2005 Everspinner: [DitV] Lonely Creek and mechanics-created goodness
Hello This was my first time playing and GMing Dogs. The only indie game I have played before was Universalis, and I am looking forward to try out Polaris. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Everspinner, ScottM.

10/18/2005 Blankshield: Wanted: One Finnish to English translation
Poking my webstatistics, I noticed a couple links from a livejournal account.  Following it back, I was, um, confounded.  It's from someone in Finland, and I SO don't speak the…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, Eero Tuovinen.

10/18/2005 Denise: Indie RPG Awards?
Hey all! I'm creating a new web site for the ENnies (rough version is at http://www.vankleek.net/SEKRIT/ennies06/index.html if you'd care to take a gander- comments welcome), and want to include links…
In Publishing
Participants: Denise, Michael S. Miller, jdagna, Emily Care.

10/18/2005 Lycaon_wolf: Names Under Copyright
Ok so heres the thing, I am more or less done with the general system i will be using and i am getting ready to start testing.  What I want…
In Publishing
Participants: Lycaon_wolf, daMoose_Neo, greyorm, MatrixGamer, mrteapot, shehee, Ron Edwards, Sean, Jack Aidley, jerry, Mike Holmes.

10/17/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: Scope & what I mean by it
Over in Godfria, Mars thread, Roger asked me to elaborate what I mean by 'scope'. The scope of a game is the imaginary territory from which content…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Roger, Mike Holmes, jmac, M. J. Young.

10/17/2005 Paka: Another album for the Dogs in the Vineyard Soundtrack
I just picked it up on a whim, it is by two guys who make music under the band name, Earth. The album is called Hex: or Printing in the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, hix, foucalt, jasonm, lumpley, Neal, Clinton R. Nixon, jrs, Tindalos, Darcy Burgess, oliof, Matt Wilson, Iskander, Arvidos, cpeterso, Brian Newman, Leningrad, Call Me Curly, Ineti, Stefan, demiurgeastaroth, Dumirik, Calithena, reaction, ironick, David Coulter, Steven Stewart, Dustin of the Dead, TJ, sacredchao, Mandrake, TomTitTot, Manveru, Kordeth.

10/17/2005 Bret Gillan: A PTA Session is Born, Shudders, and Dies
So I tried to run some of my pals through a session PTA the other night. It was aborted three scenes in due to communal frustration and a dislike of…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Tim Alexander, Matthew Glover, TonyLB, John Harper, Jeremiah Lahnum, Frank T, pfischer, Landon Darkwood.

10/17/2005 Blankshield: Alternate not-setting for BtI
Hi Emily, Just wanted to note that after I read through the text, the first thing that occured to me was "I could play this with my daughter!" And before…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Blankshield, Emily Care.

10/17/2005 Remko: Breaking the Ice: Diplomacy [alternate setting]
[b]Facts[/b] [i]Moscow, Sovjet Republic, October 27, 1962[/i] President Khrushchev had accused the US of piracy and of trying to provoke a war which would annihilate mankind. Two U2 planes were…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Remko.

10/17/2005 Mike Holmes: Simulationism Aside
Simulationism is problematic. I don't think that I'm saying anything shocking there. There is little agreement on what it actually is, which I posit is due to the fact that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, timfire, Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray, Wolfen, WhiteRat, komradebob, Ron Edwards, Merten, jmac, Sydney Freedberg, HenryT, Andrew Norris, contracycle, Wormwood, Marco, Mark Woodhouse, M. J. Young.

10/17/2005 James_Nostack: Donjon of Oz?
Has anyone tried running Donjon in children's fantasy books?  Like, say, The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?  These books are…
In CRN Games
Participants: James_Nostack, Vaxalon, John Harper.

10/17/2005 Helvetian: Dreamation 2006
Hey all! We're now turning our attention to Dreamation 2006, January 19-22 at the Hilton in East Brunswick.  As always, we'll be providing the Forge-affiliated independent publishers a suite for…
In Conventions
Participants: Helvetian, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Nathan P., Paka, TonyLB, abzu, Jared A. Sorensen, Emily Care, Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon, Nathan, Shreyas Sampat, Bob Goat, devilbunny, mtiru.

10/17/2005 Jasper: [Geomancer] Conflict Resolution as Negotiation
I first posted about Geomancer in this thread. Now I'm doing a major rework of the conflict resolution system, so that's what this thread is about. First a recap of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jasper, Vaxalon, SPDuke, Bill Masek, Nogusielkt, TonyLB, Everspinner, Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman.

10/17/2005 Michael S. Miller: [BW] Burning Pirates--Prep for play
I’m posting this both at the Forge and on the Burning Wheel forums, just to show how I’m preparing for my upcoming Burning Wheel game, as an example of how…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

10/17/2005 Mark Johnson: Alternative Narrativism
[quote author=lumpley link=topic=17244.msg182563#msg182563 date=1129312115] Dogs is great for narrativist play, if you define narrativist play as we do here. Not so great, necessarily, if you define it any other way.[/quote]…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mark Johnson, Alan, lumpley, cruciel, Sean, Mike Holmes.

10/17/2005 emaise: First Universalis Session (Shadow of the Dragon) - Comments
I've posted a session log from our first Universalis actual play session at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17266.0 .  Besides posting the pointer here, I wanted to add some comments specific to Universalis. 1. …
In Universalis
Participants: emaise, Arturo G., Mike Holmes, Valamir, Tobias, CPXB, Christopher Weeks.

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10/18/2005 TheBulge: Legal Ramifications
My apologies as I'm sure this is a repeat post, but I don't even know what to search under.  Did my first P&P RPG last year and immediately began working…
In Publishing
Participants: TheBulge, jrs, nikola, ukgpublishing.

10/18/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet... excerpt of player stance
Here is an excerpt from the main rules about understanding the character's relationship to the setting and system. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/alls_key.pdf I hope this clarifies the Player's role better. 
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, Noon, mutex, EllePepper.

10/18/2005 Graham Walmsley: [Cosmos] Unofficial Ronnies feedback
Since I got feedback on my game, I wanted to pass the favour on. So here's some quick feedback on Owen Anderson's Cosmos, which was one of my personal favourites.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Graham Walmsley, resistor, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2005 Smithy: [Today] Conceptual Realignment
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Today.php][i]Today[/i][/url] fell into Ron's "Parlor Narration" category in the October Ronnies, about which Ron said the following: [quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=17287.msg183003#msg183003 date=1129653501] PARLOR NARRATION These games raise an interesting issue.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Smithy, Matt Snyder, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2005 Kintara: Claiming Answers to My Rules Questions
I'm a little confused on how claiming works in relation to alliance and opposition. Firstly, am I right in assuming that if you claim a conflict, but end the page…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Kintara, TonyLB, dunlaing, Anders Gabrielsson.

10/18/2005 inthisstyle: [Capes] Mayhem in the Museum
I went to Ubercon in New Jersey this last weekend to run full-session demos of indie games. Our first real session of play was on Friday night, when another scheduled…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Bret Gillan, dunlaing.

10/18/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: First Question -- Resolution Without People
This is the first among many questions I'll probably ask here.  I've read through the Resolution chapter and while it makes me grin and jump up and down, I'm kind…
In lumpley games
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, lumpley, dunlaing, xenopulse, Vaxalon, Ron Edwards, Neal, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, IMAGinES.

10/18/2005 Andrew Morris: Big crap items
Why are big and crap items 1d4 instead of, say, 2d4? I thought having more d4s meant higher likelihood of taking fallout?
In lumpley games
Participants: Andrew Morris, dunlaing, Vaxalon, lumpley, nikola.

10/18/2005 Dev: Taking a fall
As a GM, I'd like the opportunity to have an NPC take a painful fall, taking the blow (rather than blocking, even if it's possible) and perhaps folding immediately after…
In lumpley games
Participants: Dev, Falc, Andrew Morris, Frank T, lumpley, Vaxalon, Neal, dunlaing, Spooky Fanboy, Brian Newman.

10/19/2005 Andrew Morris: [DitV] Lightbulb moments abound
I ran the first session of  Dogs in the Vineyard this past weekend, and had some interesting moments observing the players. Players Dan -- I've only known him a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, jasonm, mtiru, TonyLB.

10/19/2005 Sean: Question for Vincent
Hi Vincent, I don't know if it's OK to ask you questions here about anyway, but I don't know how to work your site, and it's a GNS related point…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sean, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

10/19/2005 Noon: Burn sanity for narrativism?
Split from and thoughts about the genre Not sure if this is worth a thread or not. Chris wrote: Ron: it's also entirely possible that the 'solutions' to CoC…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

10/19/2005 CPXB: Comments on Uni as a "storytelling game" vis-a-vis an RPG
I was writing down my game notes and my general comments section turned into an impromptu essay.  Here it is: This is the first Universalis game that feels like a…
In Universalis
Participants: CPXB, Mike Holmes, Arturo G..

10/19/2005 Alan: Multiflip option on pg 100
Hi Matt, I was just reading up on the multiflip conflict resolution - both in the thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16587 and in the revised rules. I wondered why you chose to have…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Alan, Matt Wilson.

10/19/2005 LordCarter: Game Mechanic Concept...
I had a somewhat new idea for a game mechanic. Tell me what you guys think. CORE MECHANIC SYSTEM + Roll Luck Dice (4d6) + Add Ability Modifier and Skill…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordCarter, Rob Carriere, oreso, Mark Johnson, ffilz, MatrixGamer, Sydney Freedberg, talysman, Clint, M. J. Young.

10/19/2005 Spiral Jacobs: First time ST for My Life With Master: Advice?
I ordered My Life With Master and might be running it this weekend.  I haven't been the ST at a game in a very long time, so I'm in need…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Spiral Jacobs, RobNJ, Victor Gijsbers, Michael S. Miller, Arturo G., Mike Holmes, majcher, Eero Tuovinen.

10/19/2005 Neal: Sexuality and Deviance in DitV
Hi folks, I'm new here, and in the course of reading up on some of the older threads, I stumbled across a rather contentious engagement about homosexuality as a sin…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neal, Vaxalon, lumpley, Sydney Freedberg, nikola, two_fishes, Brand_Robins.

10/19/2005 Frank T: [Question] Chargen?
I've come across the term "Chargen" a couple times now and realized I don't have a clue what it means. It's not in the Provisional Glossary. According to my dictionary,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Frank T, Blankshield, Joshua BishopRoby, 1of3, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

10/19/2005 Roger: [Contenders] Roger's Analysis and Review
Contenders By Joe J. Prince 16 pages, pdf. I've divided this into two parts.  The first is an analysis of the design of the game.  The second is a review…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Roger, Dantai.

10/19/2005 foucalt: Is it always Pride?
Something Vincent said over in the 19th-century sexuality thread caught my attention, but I didn't feel like it was on-topic enough for me to post there. So, Vincent says: quote…
In lumpley games
Participants: foucalt, lumpley, Vaxalon, Joshua BishopRoby, Neal.

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