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7/23/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Wizards in the Vineyard
A number of weeks ago, I came up with an idea for a Dogs variant, and went to work on it. Basically, it concerns powerful wizards who have been given…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Rustin, lumpley, klaveshy, Ramidel.

6/20/2006 greyorm: [D&D With the Kids] You have your good days...
...and you have your bad days. I'm sorry to report this last session was one of the latter, and this is going to be relatively short. You'll see why. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, komradebob, Noon, Meguey, Tony Irwin.

6/6/2006 greyorm: Starting up D&D with the kids
Saturday nights are family night around our house once we've got the youngest two in bed, as their idea of playing a game is stealing everyone else's pieces every two…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, ffilz, Valamir, cpeterso, charles ferguson, John Harper, Storn, Clay, Czar Fnord, Gaerik, Noon, Mike Holmes, Adam Dray, Calithena, Miskatonic.

5/6/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Forge Midwest Demo Observations
Juli, Tod and Tim (Kleinert) were gracious enough to play a quick game of Orx with me at Forge Midwest. This was also a milestone in Orx play as the…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm.

5/5/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Demoing & Playing with Kids
First question: I've posted a notice about running a demo of Dogs next Thursday night at our relatively new local comic/game store -- a nice, big, clean store with a…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, demiurgeastaroth, oreso.

5/4/2006 greyorm: [DitV] GMing and Relationships
I just recieved my copy of DitV in the mail...hrm, two days ago (yay to IPR's May sale!) and finished a read through. I have one question that has been…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

4/20/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] Attributes and...Skills?
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year. Here's the PDF over at 1km1t, which is very Alpha at this point. Here's the Ronnies thread. With the basic mechanics of Guilt…
In Endeavor
Participants: greyorm, Dav, Sydney Freedberg.

4/15/2006 greyorm: [The Mountain Witch] At Forge Midwest
I should note right off that the game was not as fun for me as I had hoped it would be. I don't mean to say the game itself wasn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Jason L Blair, timfire.

4/11/2006 greyorm: [Death's Door] I Wasn't Interested But...
I have to admit, I had no interest in either playing or purchasing Death's Door. When I heard about it, the idea just didn't grab me, what I heard about…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, ivan23, Blankshield, Noon.

4/7/2006 greyorm: Television Entertainment: What's your poison?
There is probably a great deal you can learn about a person in knowing what sorts of mass shows they watch regularly. Thus, this is my useless contribution to the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: greyorm, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, Matt, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, Frank T, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Shreyas Sampat, jrs, Ron Edwards, Bryan Hansel, Warren, pfischer, talysman, Paka, Mike Holmes, Meguey, Walt Freitag, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth, Melinglor, Thunder_God, xenopulse.

4/4/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] The Mechanics of Guilt and Innocence
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year that I am finally getting around to Here's the PDF over at 1km1t Here's the Ronnies thread. In the latest drafts of the…
In Endeavor
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, talysman.

3/31/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Creating Demo Scenarios
For a long time, I have wanted to create a demo scenario I (or more likely others) could whip off for convention play, and that could serve as little introductions…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Thunder_God, Mike Holmes.

3/24/2006 greyorm: Welcome to Wild Hunt Studios
This is Raven with a quick note of welcome to my readers! Yes, I finally got around to getting myself one of these. This forum is the place to discuss…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Thunder_God.

11/3/2005 greyorm: Blank Printable Cards for your Card-based RPG
I know this subject come up on occassion around here, and so when I was browsing around today and stumbled across this site: http://www.plaincards.com/index.htm : I figured I should post…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Andy Kitkowski.

10/28/2005 greyorm: Parlor Narration and Simulationism
Over in  Going beyond "Parlor Narration", Callan complained: was thinking, "Hey, it'll be cool to see how the characters interact," but then I restricted it to algorithms so…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm.

10/28/2005 greyorm: [eXpendables] Ronnies Entry Examination
I've been looking over my submission and am having some second thoughts about a number of system features, plus finding all sorts of misteaakes. The most glaring one to me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2005 greyorm: White Noise as a Sorcerer game
Ok, I just watched the movie referred to in the title about an hour ago, and during the whole thing -- particularly as it moved further and further towards resolution…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm.

8/10/2005 greyorm: Thread Splitting Etiquette
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=16323.msg173574#msg173574 date=1123607836]DO NOT post to older threads. I'm very unhappy with all of you more experienced posters who compounded a newcomer's understandable confusion about that. Fuckin' wasting…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Balbinus, Simon Marks, Adam Dray.

7/26/2005 greyorm: Immersion, Childishness, and Understanding
Over in the Creator or Fan? thread, an idea came up that was discussed (barely) regarding Immersion and whether or not it is healthy. I said something about the idea…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, John Kim, Thor Olavsrud, Clinton R. Nixon, ewilen, Mark Woodhouse, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Marco, Bankuei, J. Tuomas Harviainen, GB Steve, FroglarTBGE, xenopulse, contracycle, ADGBoss, Simon Marks, M. J. Young, James Holloway, Merten.

7/2/2005 greyorm: Superheroes in Spaaaaace!
So, I was outside with the kids the other day, watching them jump on the neighbor's trampoline and wondering how best to drag them inside without them screaming their heads…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, sayter, ironick, Lonoto, Eero Tuovinen, Marhault, Resonantg, Darcy Burgess, Stickman, Danny_K, WhiteRat, Allan, Bob McNamee, ADGBoss.

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8/5/2006 greyorm: Seeking Ads
As you may know, I am publishing a print version of ORX in the next few weeks to a month, and am looking to flesh out a couple pages with…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm.

8/6/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Artist Needed for Print Version
As some of you know, I am finally taking the plunge and putting the final touches on a print version for Orx. Now, given that this is a print version…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm, Eero Tuovinen.

8/17/2006 greyorm: [ORX] on Indie-netgaming
This will be a quick post, mainly to hit a few points sloshing around inside my head. A few nights or a week or something ago I up and played…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards.

8/20/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Print Version Rules
Yes, the print version will rule, but what this post is really about is some rule clarifications and an addition or two to the text. These will be in the…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Valamir.

9/16/2006 greyorm: [Princes' Kingdom] First Session with the Kids
The kids and I had one or two interesting D&D games I didn't write up, due to lack of time, but otherwise, we've mainly been playing Carsaconne, a board game…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, r_donato, c, birdofparadox, Clinton R. Nixon, Supplanter, charles ferguson.

9/30/2006 greyorm: [TPK] The Isle of Nightmares
As mentioned over in the AP thread, I need to develop an island for the kids to play through. This is my first attempt at such a thing, so any…
In CRN Games
Participants: greyorm, Supplanter.

11/25/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Cover Art & Layout Help Req.
I've stayed up far too late having far too much fun doing this, and I'm going to pay for it when I have to leave for work in just a…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, nystul, Trevis Martin, Wolfen, Thunder_God, jrs.

1/1/2007 greyorm: [ORX] Print Version Now Available!
A little New Years' gift for all of you: the print version of ORX has finally arrived and is available from Lulu. Click me here to get your copy.
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

1/25/2007 greyorm: [eXpendable] Design thoughts on the Scene
I've been thinking about my nascent RPG design Expendable lately, and the scene-building mechanics necessary for the game to really move. Unlike in ORX, I am using the term "scene"…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

3/28/2007 greyorm: Review of Sorcerer
I was bopping around the web tonight and by means random and illogical happened to come across <a href="http://www.websnark.com/archives/2007/03/for_all_the_fif.html">a review of Sorcerer</a> on Websnark.
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, demiurgent.

4/14/2007 greyorm: A plague of 500 Internal Server Errors
As per the subject line. For the last few months I have been aggravated by "500 Internal Server Errors" that crop up more than half the time when I attempt…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Eric J., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Xeriar, Thenomain, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon, xenopulse, hix, Thunder_God.

5/19/2007 greyorm: [ORX] New Review at RPG.net
There's <a href="http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12992.phtml">a new review of ORX</a> up at RPG.net, by Christopher Richeson. Some the points he makes I want to touch on with my reactions and thoughts. <b>Price</b>: $20…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, C.W.Richeson, Valamir.

6/24/2007 greyorm: [InSpectres] More Gaming with the Kids
After hearing about the other InSpectres game played with kids, I thought I'd give it a go as well, so last Saturday night for family night we played through a…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, xenopulse, Sydney Freedberg, LandonSuffered.

7/21/2007 greyorm: [ORX] Now Available at IPR! Plus New Freebie!
Heya all, To celebrate IPR picking up ORX (yay!), I have released the "Alternative & Optional Rules" booklet for ORX, which I had mentioned working on some time back. Note…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

7/29/2007 greyorm: [Pegasus] Old System Up for Perusal
Back in the late/mid-90's (~'96-'97), I created a system I meant to be used as a generic platform for any genre of gaming. Wait, don't run away just yet! I…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

8/30/2007 greyorm: Collective Cafepress Storefront for Indie Publishers
In another thread, Christian mentioned about Cafepress: Sadly, it only allows one design per item if you've got a basic shop. and it started me thinking. That…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm, iago, Eero Tuovinen.

9/26/2007 greyorm: [WHS] On Hiatus
Wild Hunt Studios will be going on hiatus for the three months, starting October 1st. I will not be reading or posting to the forums during this time, but if…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

1/10/2008 greyorm: [ORX] News Thread
This thread is a sticky to be used for short updates regarding ORX (links to reviews, product changes, AP, etc) that don't necessarily require their own thread. To kick things…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm, Thunder_God.

2/7/2008 greyorm: New Publishing Frontiers
We all know the market for intellectual property is changing on a fundamental level thanks to the internet and the ease of copying and distribution of data -- cheap, free,…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, David Artman, guildofblades, pells.

3/14/2008 greyorm: [eXpendable] Skills and Equipment...finally!
So, I've been semi-steadily thinking my way through the tied skill-and-equipment module for my sci-fi game, eXpendable (a Ronnies entry from 2005, for the curious), and now I am at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, dredd_funk, Vulpinoid, dindenver.

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