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4/9/2002 Buddha Nature: A Philisophical Question
Why do you create games? Do you do it for the money? Do you do it for the fame? Do you do it to make the RPG community that much…
In Publishing
Participants: Buddha Nature, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Le Joueur, JSDiamond, contracycle, Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell.

4/19/2002 Buddha Nature: Diagnosis and the Road to Narrativism
So through some PM's I have been discussing this but I wanted more opinions: what is the best way to test the waters of you gaming group as to whether…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Buddha Nature, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

5/4/2002 Buddha Nature: Cutting down a group...
So this isn't so much of an Actual Play question as a Soon-to-be Actual Play question: My group of gaming buddies is about eight strong. We usually game with 5-6.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Buddha Nature, Daredevil, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Paganini.

5/26/2002 Buddha Nature: GNS and organization
I have just been accepted as the Games/Roleplaying/Free Systems editor for the Open Directory Project. My question is do you think GNS categories could/would be helpful to people looking for…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Buddha Nature, Bob McNamee, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, RobMuadib, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, contracycle, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paul Czege, Evan Waters.

6/16/2002 Buddha Nature: Narrativist mechanics
Hey all, I am looking for possible "patches" or "house rules" to make a less than narrativist game (D&D 3E for example) more so. For example one thing I had…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Buddha Nature, Bankuei, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, damion, deidzoeb.

2/9/2003 Buddha Nature: Universalis Transcripts?
Hey, I just got Universalis and having read through it once woud love to see transcripts of actual games--are there any? I know some people have played online--any transcripts? It…
In Universalis
Participants: Buddha Nature, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

4/5/2003 Buddha Nature: Finding Players
Where are the best places online to locate new players to game with? My old gaming group is scattered to the four winds and I am looking for new blood.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Buddha Nature.

4/13/2003 Buddha Nature: PBEM Brainstorm
Okay for the last day or two I have been trying to think up a good way of running a PBEM game - it would be system-lite/less and would make…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Buddha Nature, Jonathan Walton, Bob McNamee.

4/23/2003 Buddha Nature: Necessary Risk
Is risk a necessary part of the roleplaying experience? This is a question I have been grappling with for a bit now. What I mean by this is whether or…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Buddha Nature, AV, Simon W, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, damion, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, Bruce Baugh.

7/23/2003 Buddha Nature: Things that make you go hmmm...
So I just started playing a "real" (aka not IRC) game for the first time in like 1+ years. It is the same old game my group always plays: d20/DnD…
In Actual Play
Participants: Buddha Nature, ethan_greer.

12/23/2003 Buddha Nature: Snowball query (with a touch of Puddle)
This is mostly for anyone who has GM'd snowball... When you GM Snowball, using 1's and 6's as the only throws that get the players monologues, how often do you…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Buddha Nature, Lxndr, James V. West, Cassidy.

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