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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.

5/4/2002 James V. West: The countdown begins now.
Well, this has been a productive year thus far, but not necessarily in the rpg category. My goal was to complete The Questing Beast by the end of May for…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

5/4/2002 James V. West: Sneak Peep at Trollbabe Art
I just added a couple of drawings from Ron's Trollbabe to my website. Feel free to take a look when you get the itch... www.randomordercreations.com/tbart1.html Thanks and have a better…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards.

5/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Kapow! Zam! Flonk!
Points of Articulation: the action figure RPG http://www.memento-mori.com/games/poa.pdf
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko.

5/3/2002 Laurel: Looking at the new Mall
http://mall.rpg.net/faq/merchantfaq.phtml Folks with previous experience selling downloads? How do the new RPGNet Mall Merchant terms compare to other services you've used, including hosting everything yourself and going through Paypal? The…
In Publishing
Participants: Laurel, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Valamir, Matt Gwinn, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily_Dresner, Matt, Tim Gray, GMSkarka.

5/3/2002 gizem: Little Fears in Turkey
I've heard from a Turkish RPG forum that someone ran a game of Little Fears in the biggest annual Turkish RPG convention 2 weeks ago or so. More people seem…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: gizem, Ron Edwards.

5/3/2002 lumpley: A Third Metagame Goal
Hey. My Ars Magica crew's been talking a fair bit about Gamism, Narrativism and Simulationism, and I think we're doing something else. Narrativism is about building a story. You set…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis.

5/1/2002 Bailywolf: Descriptors (split from Demon Cops)
Ron, Whoh. ::sound of brakes screeching:: I was given to understand (and in fact have told my players) that Descriptors were to be made-up to better suit character concept... I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Petter Sandelin, Uncle Dark.

5/3/2002 AndyGuest: Boundaries of narrativism ?
Probably not the right topic but I'll fire away anyway. A game is narrativist (or at least narrativist supporting) if it's focus is on the story right ? A lot…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: AndyGuest, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Balbinus.

5/3/2002 Wolfen: Dueling
I just finished a duel between my character Tiberius, and Rattlehead's character Julianos. I lost due to a bad gamble.. The combatants and battle is posted below. After that are…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Rattlehead, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Ron Edwards, Nick Pagnucco, Shadow.

5/3/2002 Ace: Played the Riddle of Steel combat yesterday(long)
I had a very intersting experience as Senechal of the Riddle of Steel Senechal yesterday. With a bit a luck I managed to get three of the players in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jaif, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

5/3/2002 Bankuei: The Riddle of Steel one shot
So I finally got a chance to try out ROS. I ran up some pregen stats, but left the spiritual attributes open for the players to define. I had pretty…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, Jaif, Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Wolfen, Lyrax.

5/3/2002 Andrew Martin: Character difficulties -> Player dice chance modifers
In the spirit of the rants by Mike: Just why are character difficulties modeled as player dice chance modifiers? For example, the character's pistol range is long, so the player's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Rich Forest, lumpley.

5/2/2002 Mike Holmes: Mike's Standard Rant #4: Stat/Skill systems
This one's title may be misleading. I am not against Stat/Skill systems per se. I am against their general mishandling, and this rant takes a look at a common problem…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Paganini, xiombarg, Seth L. Blumberg, Le Joueur.

5/2/2002 Valamir: Traits + Skills
Split off from the "Do you believe" thread and the Dreamspire thread is a topic near and dear to my heart. Traits and Skills. I think most of us are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Paganini, Bankuei, Bailey.

5/2/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Unknown Armies solo session 1: Mich Garcia
After character creation for my new Unknown Armies group (more on that in this thread), I made an appointment with each of my players for a solo session. Last night…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans.

5/2/2002 joe_llama: Theory Nostalgia: Role Playing Mastery
Hi everyone, I have recently received from a friend a copy of Gary Gygax's 1987 "masterpiece" - Role Playing Mastery. While it would be very easy to laugh at all…
In RPG Theory
Participants: joe_llama, xiombarg, Clay.

5/2/2002 Rasmus: My fantasy RPG
Hi there My name is Rasmus and I have been working tirelessly for the last... 11 years on a role-playing game, game-motor and world which is now nearing competion. All…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rasmus, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei.

5/2/2002 Petter Sandelin: Currency
Just when I thought I had everything in palce I stumbled upon this..(how do I get "Ron Edwards" into the quote headline?) ”The combat section in HB Sorc is much…
In Adept Press
Participants: Petter Sandelin, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

5/1/2002 Matt Gwinn: Getting Down to "Business"
Well, as Gencon approaches and I prepare to send Kayfabe to press I thought I should clear up a few things before I end up screwing myself. At what point…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Clay, Seth L. Blumberg.

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5/4/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Momentary lapse into practicality
After keeping my head so deep in RPG theory for so long, mostly because I haven't been able to game much myself so all I have is theory, I've sort…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, Laurel.

5/5/2002 Henry Fitch: Magic Items
You mentioned in the RPGnet thread that the Sorcery supplement will contain rules for magic items. Can you discuss a little bit how that's going to work? I'm hoping it'll…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Henry Fitch, Nick Pagnucco.

5/5/2002 Paganini: Subject... yeah... uh...
I'm really not sure what to call this thread, but it deals with an odd thought that struck me this morning while I was out back throwing knives. First, a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Sidhain.

5/5/2002 xiombarg: Toybox
I dunno about "cool", James, but you may wanna look at this thread, where my group playtested the Pool: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1983
In Random Order Creations
Participants: xiombarg, James V. West.

5/5/2002 Paganini: Forge Online Gaming Groups
I was going to make a poll for this, but I guess Clinton has disabled them. Clinton: If you haven't, and if you get time (yeah right) drop me a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Russell Hoyle, unodiablo, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/5/2002 Bailey: 3rd Party vs. 1st Person playtest & Playtester Motivatio
Sayeth Wolfen: Without a doubt or hesitation, NO. Just like hearing about a game is no replacement or substitute for actually playing it yourself, playtesting is no different. However,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailey, Paganini.

5/5/2002 Jaif: We played last night, and had a blast!
That's the first time my regular group has stayed up to 3am playing an RPG in a long time. We had a blast. I'm not going write up the whole…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax.

5/6/2002 Nick Pagnucco: weapon schools
I thought of an institution in tROS that I think would 1) exist, 2) would be very relevant to a lot of PCs, and 3) I have no clue about.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Bankuei.

5/6/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg sum
Ok, things evolving I feel. I started out thinking in terms of rather conventional terms but once here things started to transform into something different but better. I have some…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Valamir.

5/6/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: The Impractical Wheel
This is linked to my Practicality thread over in RPG Theory. Basically, I took a step back from my game and noticed a serious flaw, or I think it is.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, jjkahrs.

5/6/2002 Nick Pagnucco: Request help finding a clue
Hi there I'm relatively new here, and I've read the files in the article section, but still get lost pretty easily as I read posts. Is there any other material…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

5/6/2002 Nathan: Next Project: Interactive Format
Alright, I don't remember if we've talked about this or not -- I have another game that is taking shape in the wing of my head cavity called The Cross.…
In Publishing
Participants: Nathan, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, rafael.

5/6/2002 Ron Edwards: Dust Devils approaches the final reel
Hi there, Due to some scheduling conflicts, we haven't been able to continue the Dust Devils game until recently. It's demonstrated some interesting features, most of them very positive. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Clay.

5/6/2002 Jake Norwood: Enhanced Reading List
TROS has a suggested reading list on p. 242-243, but it's pretty small (due to paper costs and what not...those of you that have dealt with small printing know what…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, werewolf, Jakob Lightbringer, Skywalker, Rattlehead, Wolfen, malum, Jaif, Steve Danielson.

5/6/2002 Paul Czege: dream sequences: the least narrativist thing I did
Hey, When I ran The Pool last summer, I used a dream sequence on Scott Knipe's character Grazel. And I wasn't happy with it as a Narrativist device. It was…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Wolfen, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, A.Neill, Seth L. Blumberg, Walt Freitag.

5/6/2002 Ron Edwards: DemonCon draws near
Hi folks, Well, the website for it is totally not ready yet (which is my fault), but here's the relevant info. DemonCon I June 1, 2002, 10:00 AM to 6:00…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, xiombarg, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege.

5/6/2002 Zak Arntson: Pure Sim is not roleplaying
I was just reading Jared's Beeg Horseshoe Theory and thinking about my talks with him about Sim as a myth (correct me if I'm wrong, Jared!). It got me thinking…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, Laurel, Walt Freitag, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, contracycle.

5/6/2002 Bailywolf: Crazy, funny, sick, stupid- Chick does Sorcerer
check this out. I spat yohoo all over my keyboard. http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp If only D&D and harry Potter gave geeks like me real magic powers....oh, there would be some kind of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Clay.

5/6/2002 James V. West: Random Order Creations Central
For quick reference, here are a couple of links to my stuff: Random Order Creations My games Or, more specifically: The Pool The Questing Beast Thanks…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

5/6/2002 J B Bell: Last Girl on Earth wrap-up (JB's Sorcerer game)
This is the final thread about my Sorcerer game, which ran 7-8 sessions, IIRC. The most recent thread is here. I had anticipated perhaps some more play, but the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: J B Bell, Ron Edwards.

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