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2/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [Polaris] Frenzied screwing in the icy wastes
We've been playing more Polaris since Effete, very cold knights and the demons who love them. First point is, the game moves both quickly and slowly. Quickly, in that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Solamasa, Bret Gillan, jrs, Ben Lehman, Artanis, faerieloch.

1/26/2006 Ron Edwards: Podcasting and video on-line
Hello, I am utterly clueless about this process and what it entails, and I'm months behind schedule for what I'm trying to do with it. So this is sort of…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Nathan P., Alex Fradera, Clay, talysman, rafial, jasonm.

1/25/2006 Ron Edwards: Forum re-construction under way
Hi there, Clinton and I were doing some talking. Here's what we came up with. Basically, poor old Indie Design has been pulling triple duty for far too long now.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, dindenver, Paka, jburneko, Technocrat13, daMoose_Neo, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Troy_Costisick, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Arturo G., Gordon C. Landis, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Morris, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, komradebob, Green, Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, talysman, Tommi Brander, greyorm, Halzebier, Wolfen, Rob Carriere, ffilz, Doug Ruff, Mark Woodhouse, Lisa Padol, urbanpagan, MatrixGamer.

1/9/2006 Ron Edwards: [Polaris] Effete, very cold knights and the demons who love them
Hello, We used the introductory phrases as per the rules, but when we talked about lowered lighting or candles, the group decided our ritual-opening would be a flurry of sardonic…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, jrs, timfire, coffeestain.

1/4/2006 Ron Edwards: [Dragons of Blood and Water] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Dragons_of_Blood_and_Water.php]Dragons of Blood and Water[/url][/b] by Gareth Hanrahan wavered in my mind, back-and-forth, between Bake It, Betty and Runner-Up. Gareth, there's a little bit of arty-farty angst in here, by…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mytholder.

1/4/2006 Ron Edwards: [Mud Planet] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Mud_Planet.php]Mud Planet[/url][/b] by Frank Tarcikowski gets a Runner-Up for this round. It very nearly won the award, you should know - if Frank wants to claim he was robbed, I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank T.

1/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [Infinity] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Infinity.php]Infinity[/url][/b] by Kirk Mitchell is another excellent Game Notion. This is the one where you wake up in a wasteland of mud, with one gun and one bullet; it's the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Dumirik.

1/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [delete] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Delete.php]delete[/url][/b] by Brendan Parigo presents a strong Game Notion; see [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17633.0][delete] Another Ronnies feedback thread[/url][/b]. This is the one in which the character has mud for blood and is fading…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, inoir, TonyPace.

1/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [General Mud] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/General_Mud.php]General Mud[/url][/b] by Rob Macdougall wins the sole High Ronny for this round Where do I start? This is a beautiful piece of work, specifically because of the diverse possible…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, Malcolm, contracycle, Troy_Costisick, James Holloway, TonyPace, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, droog, Ramidel.

1/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [Bylina & Bogatyr] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Bogatyr.php]Bylina & Bogatyr[/url][/b] by Jared Sorensen gets itself a Runner-Up, even if it is, as accused by someone close to the Great Man, merely the result of a high-yield Google…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Soviet Politics] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Soviet_Politics.php]Soviet Politics[/url][/b] by Remko van der Pluijm goes into the Great Non-RPG category. It reminds me of [b][url=http://www.gregstolze.com/downloads.html]Executive Decision[/url][/b]. I'm also beginning to see the possibility of a special rack…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Remko.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Krasnoarmeets] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Kpachoapmee.php]Krasnoarmeets[/url][/b] by James Holloway wins a Low Ronny! Check out some earlier discussion in [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17629.0][Kpachoapmee/Krasnoarmeets] Enemy at the Ronnies Gates[/url][/b]. At last, the Stalingrad RPG I was hoping for -…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, komradebob, Sydney Freedberg, Doug Ruff.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Firestarter] Ronnies feedback
All welcome Firestarter which represents Christopher Peterson's first participation in the Ronnies. As it stands, it's a Game Notion - the set of notes that precedes a start-to-finish sketchy summary…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, cpeterso, Victor Gijsbers, Noon, talysman.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Holodomor] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Holodomor.php]Holodomor[/url][/b] by Sambucus (Zsámboki János) wins a Low Ronny, partly because it has the biggest 'nads ever in role-playing game design. Check out [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17636.0][Holodomor] Not just another Ronnies thread[/url][/b] for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sambucus.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Stalin's Story] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Stalins_Story.php]Stalin's Story[/url][/b] by Sydney Gijsberg seems to me a thought-provoking Game Notion. I have never enjoyed a "compete to entertain me" game design, nor been convinced that it's a viable…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Troy_Costisick, Rob MacDougall.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Serpentine Thunder] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Serpentine_Thunder.php]Serpentine Thunder[/url][/b] by John Laviolette is the starting draft for a Great Non-RPG. I see it as a boxed set of specialty cards, like the game Titan from Avalon Hill,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, talysman, Sydney Freedberg.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Other] Pre-playtest questions
Tim Kleinert and I sat down over coffee to check out the playtest version of The Other, by Jeff Diamond. For those of you who don't know, Jeff is a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Dragon vs. the Gun] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Dragon_vs_the_Gun.php]The Dragon vs. the Gun[/url][/b] by Joe J. Prince got itself a Runner-Up. For those who haven't followed the august participation of Mr. Prince in the Ronnies, well, do yourself…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Dantai.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [October's Shadows] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Octobers_Shadows.php]October's Shadows[/url][/b] by Tony Pace nets itself a Low Ronny! Yay for Soviet games. This one is another 2nd Directorate Game, again focusing on ideology and directly changing one another's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, TonyPace.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Dirty Virgins] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Dirty_Virgins.php]Dirty Virgins[/url][/b] by Steve Hickey is a stupendous Game Notion which lit up the eyes among my group members at first mention. We weren't alone; see also [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17737.0][Dirty Virgins] Starting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, hix, Sydney Freedberg.

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2/20/2006 Ron Edwards: Followup to the Awful Thread of Awfulness
I'm back. My conclusion: no retractions, no apologies. I do have some comments. If you think my whole point is simply wrong Then you might be right. I never claimed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

3/22/2006 Ron Edwards: [Fell] Awesome Sorcerer-esque comic
This is an unabashed fanboy post. "Fell," a comic written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Ben Templeton, is my hands-down favorite comic of my current buy-batch. It's published by…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, James_Nostack, Paka, Eric J-D, Miskatonic, Mister Six, Lisa Padol.

3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: Rules for the First Thoughts forum
This forum is for working through early drafts and posing design questions about the fundamental concepts for new games. If you're starting a thread here, then it's very important for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ron Edwards, FinalFantasy7, Justin Berman, Steven Stewart, r_donato, Sovem, andrew_kenrick, Eric Schwenke, Paul T, Sydney Freedberg, Adam Dray, bookworm_85, castus nigh, David Artman, Greg 1, Eero Tuovinen, vilonious, Carnifex.

3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: Rules for the Playtesting forum
This is really just another Actual Play forum with a special eye toward design. For those of you interested in the ideas worked out here at the Forge over the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, demiurgeastaroth.

3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: Rules for the Endeavor forum
Use this forum for two purposes. The first is as a discussion venue for any current RPG design projects, like the Iron Game Chef, 24-Hour Game Project, and the Game-Game…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Selene Tan, Walt Freitag, Czar Fnord, greyorm, BigElvis.

3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: Big forums change!
Hey everyone, As you can see, Clinton and I are messin' with the forums, as promised. Don't flip out. I'll be pumping existing threads from Indie Design (say, from the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, abzu, Kesher, Troy_Costisick, Arturo G., Joshua BishopRoby, Clinton R. Nixon, Marco.

3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] Summary thread
Here's the history of the Ronnies. Introducing a new contest The Ronnies, September 2005 The winners for September October contest begins! October winners It Was a Mutual…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/2/2006 Ron Edwards: Drills
Hello, A couple of months ago, through a few discussions with Julie (jrs) and Tim (timfire), we developed the notion that Forge-ish activities might include ... drills. Like repetitive punching…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyLB, jasonm, Keith Senkowski, Peter Nordstrand, timfire, JMendes, Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick, Thunder_God, Justin D. Jacobson, Czar Fnord, Eero Tuovinen, chris_moore, majcher.

4/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] The kid two houses down
Hello, Two houses down from where my wife and I live, there's a family whom we like a lot. They include Christopher, who's 11 or 12. Since we moved here,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Kintara, Ben Lehman, Calithena, Noon, cmnash, Wolfen, Tommi Brander, ffilz, Adam Dray, Glendower, matthijs, ( o Y o ), Storn, Thunder_God, jburneko, greyorm.

4/7/2006 Ron Edwards: [City of Brass] Two cannibals, no Nobility
The full title was intended to be The two mad cannibals with no nobility march off to the City of Brass. Which is, basically, what happened. Let's see ... my…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/10/2006 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] My first game at Forge Midwest
Ralph and I arrived at the Forge Midwest get-together sometime around 7:30 Friday evening. I showed off my new little rat-game proofs and within moments, a game began. It included…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, tylure, Kesher.

4/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] First thread about it
Hi there, First things first - GenCon's dates are a little different this year, August 10-13. So everyone who was thinking, hmm, sometime around August 20, revise your year. I…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, abzu, Paul Czege, inthisstyle, Gaerik, TonyLB, Nev the Deranged, Matt Gwinn, Dantai, Brand_Robins, LordSmerf, jrs, Justin D. Jacobson, Selene Tan, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt-M-McElroy, Jonathan Walton.

4/18/2006 Ron Edwards: Preparation help!
Hi Keith, So, we have our characters, and I-as-GM have to prepare for next week. To orient you, the series is set in the Theocracy of Malindarov, and there seems…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, jrs.

4/27/2006 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] Case study for discussion
Post 1 of 3 Hello, Now that the It Was a Mutual Decision books are printed and shipped - yay! - I thought I'd give a little history and outline…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Adam Dray, Paka, Justin D. Jacobson, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Technocrat13, Czar Fnord, Eero Tuovinen, Clay, davidberg, Thunder_God, Bryan Hansel, Miskatonic, Adam, Dav, Andy Kitkowski, Gregor Hutton, greyorm, jasonm, Paul Czege, Sydney Freedberg, Troy_Costisick.

5/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Skill combat and blood drinking
Hooray! After an intervening family vacation and a couple of other interruptions, Dan and Christopher and I reconvened for our second session of D&D 3.25. (Definition: I have one of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, wgrzanic, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, JamesDJIII, Melinglor, Bankuei, Valamir, IMAGinES, Blankshield, contracycle, buzz, Gaerik, ffilz, Glendower.

5/14/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] Forge Booth rules - important
Hello, This is where I lay down the law for participating at the booth. By signing up (that is, by paying Luke), you are agreeing to all of the points…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Troy_Costisick.

5/18/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Spells and swords - fight!
Hello, For context and previous play, check out the threads The kid two houses down and Skill combat and blood drinking. We played our third session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Asteele, cdr, Jinx, James_Nostack, Dav, mneme, John Harper, Czar Fnord, rafial, Technocrat13, Mark Woodhouse, Noon, Aaron, TheTris, xeperi, Storn, Web_Weaver, Miskatonic, ffilz, r_donato, greyorm, buzz, Melinglor, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, Roger, Calithena, Caldis, jesterina, Ian Charvill, Jasper the Mimbo, Mike Holmes.

5/28/2006 Ron Edwards: Coolest, funnest Eurovision song winner EVER
Finland won! I know, it took me a bit to get around to posting it here. I was busy. But if you haven't seen the video yet, you just gotta:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth, Miskatonic, Everspinner, Nev the Deranged, Arturo G., ocasta.

6/20/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Undead, real dead
Dan and Christopher and I met for a brief D&D session last week, which I was thinking might lay the groundwork for the end of the adventure. To review, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paka, ffilz, Roger, Gaerik, James_Nostack, greyorm, Precious Villain, Aaron, Tommi Brander, UffeThorsen, Storn, Melinglor, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, Bankuei, Noon, buzz, Calithena, demiurgeastaroth.

6/26/2006 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer movie - who knew?
[i]A Prairie Home Companion[/i] does very nicely as an example text for Chapter 3 in The Sorcerer's Soul. If she had been a [i]demon[/i], then Guy's plan would have worked…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Miskatonic, jrs.

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