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12/1/2005 Ron Edwards: [A THEORY STORY] The youngsters
[b]Third in a series. I don't know how many yet.[/b] Some of them arrived on stretchers. Some were born here. Quite a few arrived through the Underground, passed like parcels…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Paka, Halzebier, John Kim, M. J. Young, Iskander, Noon.

12/1/2005 Ron Edwards: [A PUBLISHING STORY] The emissary
[b]Second in a series. I don't know how many yet.[/b] They call him a freelance negotiator, and maybe he even believes it. Sometimes they think they're journalists, sometimes attaches or…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Brand_Robins, Bob Goat, abzu, nikola, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/1/2005 Ron Edwards: [A GNS STORY] The liberals
[b]First in a series. I don't know how many yet.[/b] So I'm in the foxhole, up to my mid-shins in muddy water. It's been a rough day, not so much…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, John Harper, RobNJ, matthijs, Arturo G., GreatWolf.

12/1/2005 nikola: Lines vs. Authors
Several times in recent threads, store owners, large publishers, and distributors have pointed out that game lines sell, where single books don't. I'm not going to debate that. I think…
In Publishing
Participants: nikola, GreatWolf, John Burdick, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, chadu, Blankshield, Adam, timfire, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, inthisstyle, guildofblades, James Holloway, LloydBrown, Roger, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Walton.

12/1/2005 jasonm: DoW Question
In my continuing effort to break myself on the wheel, last night I started our session with a kickin' duel of wits.  I ran into a big problem, though, and…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: jasonm, abzu, MetalBard.

12/1/2005 Ben Lehman: [Dreamation 2006] Room Party
Does the Room Party need funds or contributions of snacks / booze / party games, etc? yrs-- --Ben
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, Bob Goat, Jared A. Sorensen, abzu, Andrew Morris, Thor Olavsrud, RobNJ, Diabolik, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2005 Rossum: [DitV] First post-Katrina GMing; play with strangers
Allow me to delurk. Firstly, a shout out to El Clintonian for Findplay and D. Vincent Baker for Dogs. Since it rained, my regular gaming groups haven't met. Many of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rossum, jasonm, ScottM, lumpley.

12/1/2005 alejandro: Market Share
is there anyway to determine what the market share is like for the major players, d20, WW, Gurps, etc?
In Indie Game Design
Participants: alejandro, Eero Tuovinen.

12/1/2005 komradebob: Minis, Narr Techniques, and my 9 year old daughter [long]
I've been working on the idea of creating a minis game that uses some of the narr supportive techniques that folks around here have developed. A discussion of those possibilities…
In Actual Play
Participants: komradebob, Mark Woodhouse, Arturo G., joshua neff, Tony Irwin, Arpie, John Kim, James Holloway, Danny_K.

12/1/2005 Brand_Robins: Dog's Actual MUSH Play
Heya all, I just posted 1/5th of the Initiation session of a Dogs game I played online. The actual "game text" is fairly short, but the post is huge because…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brand_Robins, Mike Lucas, Adam Dray, Joshua BishopRoby.

11/30/2005 talysman: Reward Cycle III: hybrids
this thread isn't actually a spin-off of Reward Cycle I and II, but it may address some of the minor definition disagreements occurring in those threads. this thread is really…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: talysman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Sean.

11/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Lacuna Part 1] "Nine gram medal"
Hello, That does it. I'm outing Jared. 1. He does too role-play, just like I do - both a variety of existing games, and his own. In fact, he does…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Matt Snyder, Jared A. Sorensen, abzu, Sydney Freedberg, nilsderondeau, drozdal, Thor Olavsrud, jrs, Paul Czege, Miskatonic, Danny_K.

11/30/2005 ffilz: [Cold Iron] New Campaign
Back here I was talking about starting a new campaign. We ended up settling on Cold Iron after some hashing around between Cold Iron and RuneQuest. The players weren't really…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz.

11/30/2005 timfire: [Mexican Standoff] A Party Game for You, Your Friends, & a Pile of Money
A while ago there was where different people, including myself, posted some ideas for a "Resevoir Dogs"-style Mexican Standoff RPG. I've since developed my ideas some more, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: timfire, xenopulse, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB, GreatWolf, Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, Matt, WonderLlama.

11/30/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Playtest opens - The Face of Angels
Howdy! The Face of Angels is a new short-form role-playing game from me. It is way more drama and seriousness than most of my games. Also, it is about teens…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Aman the Rejected, Victor Gijsbers.

11/30/2005 ffilz: [D20 Arcana Evolved] Campaign wrapup
I don't think I ever posted here on this... I was reminded by Meg and Emiliy's blog. As I mentioned way back here, we decided to wrap up the Arcana…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz.

11/30/2005 Malckuss: First time here, please be gentle. (long)
This is my first post ever here. I'm very hip to the lingo, so I apologize in advance for my seemingly plebeian ways. I have a game I've been working…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Malckuss, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB, dindenver.

11/30/2005 Mike Holmes: Constructive Denial?
In the following post, Ron came up with the phrase Constructive Denial: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17334.15 Actually I think that some of his last posts were some of the best statements that I've…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, GreatWolf, talysman, Marco, komradebob, Artanis, Mark Woodhouse, clehrich, jmac, contracycle, M. J. Young.

11/30/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [The Face of Angels] A Georgian Hurricane
I just had my second playtest of The Face of Angels, my newest game, and it was good. Before I even talk about it too much, a quick side-note on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, Emily Care, Technocrat13, Rob MacDougall, Thor Olavsrud, Aman the Rejected.

11/30/2005 TonyLB: Polaris-by-post
DannyK is too classy to cross-post his recruitment thread here where it would do the most good.  But I'm not.  I've been accused of many things, but an excess of…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: TonyLB, Ben Lehman.

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12/1/2005 Halzebier: Nuances of Conflict Resolution
Hi there! This thread is a sub-thread of Task vs. Conflict Resolution – Saying it for my group wherein we discussed how I could break the concept of Conflict Resolution…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Halzebier, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim, M. J. Young, Sean, bcook1971.

12/1/2005 Paka: Gen Con SoCal Game Design Panel
Luke, Jared and John in all of their glory. Broken down into bite-sized chunks by Jeff. They're the ones clearly marked: Game Design Seminar. http://www.ithacagamers.com/sonsofkryos.html I have only listened to…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka.

12/1/2005 dindenver: [LoL]
Hi!   Lands of Lore is the name of a CRPG, here are other possible names I am thinking of using: <a href="mailto:DInDenver@yahoo.com?Subject=Legends of Lanasia">Legends of Lanasia</a> <a href="mailto:DInDenver@yahoo.com?Subject=Legends of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dindenver, Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, Malckuss, Mark Johnson.

12/1/2005 John Kim: [A GNS STORY] The Stroll
Little Johnny looks around a grassy field.  He sees a bit of commotion over to his side.  Some other kids there have a nice-looking playground and forts which they built. …
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, lumpley, Mark Woodhouse, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2005 lampros: Dictionary or Glossary?
Is there a dictionary of indie game design terms or Intro Textbook around anywhere? I'm kind of confused about terms such as "stances" and "illusionist" and would like to get…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lampros, Blankshield, timfire, John Kim, Andrew Morris, Eero Tuovinen.

12/1/2005 Lamorak33: Heroquest Demo Disaster!
Hi all I ran a HQ demo (a blood opera type game) and there was this bit where in a meeting with several npc's and pc's talking. one of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, James Holloway, Mike Holmes.

12/2/2005 Jeph: [Exemplar] A playtest campaign that's rocking some serious socks.
I wrote this light game called Exemplar a few years ago. You can find it by following the links in my signature. It was about psychic kung-fu heroes fighting against…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jeph, jasonm.

12/2/2005 Paul Czege: the tragedy of the commons
A major design objective for me with Acts of Evil is that the non-occultist NPCs have a chance to emerge via play as characters of interest, protagonists to the relatively…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes.

12/2/2005 lokis wrangling: Dice for Cards?
Hi, my copy of PtA arrived yesterday, and it really looks like a lot of fun! Only catch for me is, I'd like to play it with my online group…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: lokis wrangling, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson, BlackSheep, Chris Goodwin, oliof.

12/2/2005 woodelf: clarify Fortune in the Middle?
OK, i see references to this all over the place, but i can't seem to find the actual definition. I've read the entry in the glossary, but that sounds like…
In RPG Theory
Participants: woodelf, Paka, Arturo G., Troy_Costisick, Jack Aidley, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2005 GB Steve: D20gs in the Vineyard
Split off from this post which talks about how to run Dogs under d20 in response to players' fear of other systems. I suppose the first point is that if…
In lumpley games
Participants: GB Steve, Vaxalon.

12/2/2005 Ron Edwards: Farewell to the forum, but not to theory
Hello, This forum is no longer available for posting. That doesn't mean you have to stop talking about ideas. My hope is that the ideas can now be presented, initially,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards.

12/2/2005 Ron Edwards: Graduation
Hello, This forum is no longer available for posting. It has served its purpose: to develop a sensible framework for discussing play, and the children of play, design and publishing.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

12/2/2005 Pol Jackson: [AmberCon NW 2005] Four Days, Seven Games
I recently spent four days at AmberCon NW 2005. I've been attending this Con every November, for going on six years now. This year, I had a lot of "ten…
In Actual Play
Participants: Pol Jackson, immlass, John Kim.

12/2/2005 Troy_Costisick: Learn from my mistakes
Heya, I’ve been going over several design threads lately both here and on RPGnet.  There are some common questions I see newer designers raise that in the end, really don’t…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby, inthisstyle, Paul Czege, dindenver, FlameLover, TonyLB, Dumirik.

12/2/2005 TonyLB: Hey, that's -my- conflict!
I was playing a Stargate SG-1 derived setting in a FATE-derived ruleset, with my buds Danny (GMing), Jen, Eric, Melissa and Delenn.  Nice folks.  Not all on the same page…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, John Kim, Noon, sirogit, Supplanter, Mark Woodhouse, spaceanddeath, Bankuei, contracycle.

12/2/2005 Levi Kornelsen: Preparing to revise.
This is a game of mine which I'm thinking of revising again to make it more of an RPG again, and less of an Adventure game (the direction I was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Malckuss, dindenver, sayter, TonyLB, Mark Woodhouse, Sean, J Tolson, FlameLover.

12/2/2005 humis: [Polaris] I'm surprised.
We played a six player (three guys, three gals) Polaris game yesterday. I was the only one who really knew prior to the session what type of game we were…
In Actual Play
Participants: humis, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, Brand_Robins, jburneko, Ben Lehman, Victor Gijsbers, GreatWolf.

12/2/2005 sayter: [Realm] Character Types (semi-poll)
I was discussing with some of my friends the other day about the game. They have been giving aid in areas relating to proof-reading and ideas as I go along.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sayter, dindenver, Archer, 1of3, joepub, Ramidel, Calithena, Bill Masek.

12/2/2005 Tim Alexander: Shock Playtest, with mixed results
Hey Folks, Last night me and a friend of mine decided to give Shock a whirl and see how the playtest rules drive. He's a writer who's main experience has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim Alexander, Simon Marks, Allan, nikola, joepub, rafial, lampros.

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