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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.

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.

4/11/2006 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.

4/10/2006 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.

4/7/2006 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.

4/3/2006 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.

4/2/2006 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.

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.

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: 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: 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 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.

3/22/2006 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.

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.

2/11/2006 Ron Edwards: Brain damage
About the brain damage. This is coming in a series of posts. Comment freely as I go, but bear in mind that it is a series. Everyone who's interested, please…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, Piers Brown, mneme, joshua neff, Jonathan Walton, Levi Kornelsen, Keith Senkowski, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth, Seth L. Blumberg, bcook1971, Halzebier, JonasB, ricmadeira, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Caldis, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Wormwood, Lisa Padol, Troy_Costisick, John Kim, Marco, Matt Snyder, Web_Weaver, LandonSuffered, Walt Freitag, Supplanter, Calithena, Bankuei, Valamir, Ian Charvill, Roger, talysman, lumpley, Rustin, jeffd, xenopulse, Peter Nordstrand, jagardner, Eric J-D, Alan, Julian, John Wick, Sydney Freedberg, iago, MatrixGamer, Arturo G., droog, greyorm, ethan_greer, contracycle, Doug Ruff.

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.

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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.

6/29/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] At long last, a dungeon
Here are the previous threads' links: The kid two houses down Skill combat and blood drinking Spells and swords: fight! Undead, real…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, kalyptein, Ben Lehman, r_donato, Melinglor, Precious Villain, James_Nostack, rafial, Roger, greyorm, Paul T, Mark Woodhouse, zmook.

7/7/2006 Ron Edwards: Character creation concept
Hello, I had a notion for making up characters a month or two ago, and only mentioned it to a couple of people. Both of them instantly utilized it, so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ron Edwards, Czar Fnord, polyesterjellyfish, Keith Senkowski, greyorm, Noon, Jixxala, Certified, Roger, joepub, timfire, Bankuei, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, matthijs, Call Me Curly, Sydney Freedberg, ChrisJaxn, stefoid.

7/13/2006 Ron Edwards: Regarding copyright and intellectual property
If you have questions about these topics, please take them to the Publishing forum. This forum is about role-playing design ideas. However, before posting, also please take some time to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ron Edwards.

7/31/2006 Ron Edwards: Proposed major change to the Forge
Hello, Clinton and I had one of our Dark Admin Discussions a couple of days ago. There's a problem to acknowledge, and a couple of possible solutions. We decided that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, r_donato, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, Valamir, joshua neff, Zathreyel, thwaak, demiurgeastaroth, contracycle, baron samedi, Eero Tuovinen, Blankshield, rafial, Nathan P., Emily Care, Halzebier, Arturo G., Czar Fnord, Wolfen, GreatWolf, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, LordSmerf, Mark Woodhouse, timfire, abzu, c, Steven Stewart, Noon, Wysardry, dsellars, ejh.

8/20/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] "untitled"
Hello, We fucked up really badly this year. I will tell you how. All right, "untitled," because it has no title, was a Ronnies winner from last September. Keith Senkowski,…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Technocrat13, Tim C Koppang, iago, Blankshield, TonyLB, greyorm, Justin D. Jacobson, joepub, lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, Andy Kitkowski, Rob Donoghue, Lxndr, Mike Sugarbaker, David Artman, nikola, Andrew Morris, c, Wolfen, Mcrow, Librisia, Gregor Hutton, Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Walton, Thunder_God.

8/20/2006 Ron Edwards: [Contenders] The folks next door
Hi there, A few nights ago, my wife and I found ourselves in a state of fatigue, after a running-around day of work and way too much focused intensity on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Meguey, Matt Wilson, Yokiboy, pfischer, Dantai, Frank T, dysjunct, Noon, contracycle, c, Malcolm, r_donato, RDU Neil.

8/22/2006 Ron Edwards: [Bacchanal] GenCon demos and more
Hello, I decided to spin off of Meg's thread GenCon AP: Bacchanal, carry, Primitive, Roach, and more. In it, she said it was interesting to see the fleeting look…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley, tonyd, Frank T, markus_cz, Jonathan Walton, hardcoremoose, charlesperez, Jasper the Mimbo, matthijs.

8/24/2006 Ron Edwards: [Don't Rest Your Head] Non-profound admiration
Did I ever mention how much I liked this game? It makes me wish I'd read The Pool before writing Sorcerer. I think you've set a new bar for explaining…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ron Edwards, iago.

8/25/2006 Ron Edwards: [Bacchanal] Three guys and a lot of wine
Hello, I brought a bunch of games from GenCon over to one of the groups I'm in, an all-guy group which includes Tim Alexander, Chris, and Tim Koppang (surnames included…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, matthijs, Paul Czege, Tim Alexander.

8/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Shock] rules question
More about setup, actually. So we're sitting at the table. Myself, Chuck, Bob, Betty, and Sue. The names are fictitious, this is not a real example, I haven't sat down…
In glyphpress
Participants: Ron Edwards, nikola, lumpley.

8/29/2006 Ron Edwards: Actual Play - special rule
this post is obsolete edited to un-sticky Hi everyone, This has been a rule for a while, but I want to emphasize it. In this particular forum, Actual Play, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/30/2006 Ron Edwards: [Perfect] Neighbors gone wild!
Hello, Remember Brian and Eliza, from the The folks next door thread? Well, Eliza's out of town this week, and Brian's long-time pal James, whom I've met, is in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GB Steve, joepub, Paka, David Artman.

9/5/2006 Ron Edwards: Important annual reminder
Happy birthday, Clinton!! Best, Ron
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, coffeestain, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, matthijs, Artanis, Marhault, r_donato.

9/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Larceny, hatred, and supportive actualization
Hi there, Last weekend, after some noodling around with a whole stack of games in front of us, my regular group and I decided upon Best Friends as a kind…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Gregor Hutton.

9/15/2006 Ron Edwards: Forge retrospective project - please join in!
Hey, I had an idea. Sort of a community project, really. Pick any single six-week period during the Forge's history. Check out all the Forge threads during that time, including…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Paka, Alex Fradera, Eliarhiman6, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, jrs.

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