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5/9/2002 Ace: Drat No TROS game
It looks like the TROS campaign I was going to join died on the vine However one of the better roleplayers in the group has my copy of TROS and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Nick Pagnucco, Rattlehead.

5/9/2002 Sidhain: Help! Help!
The publisher who was supposed to produce several of my works (and was under contract to do so) has basically defaulted--no money changed hands, and my property of course remains…
In Publishing
Participants: Sidhain, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Michael Hopcroft.

5/9/2002 Brian Leybourne: tRoS Combat simulator
Hi all. I'm working on a new version of the tRoS combat simulator that you may have downloaded from the webpage. It's a prettier windows based simulator and should contain…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Skywalker, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Jaif.

5/8/2002 Lyrax: Riddle of... Gold?
Hello folks, I'm the fool doing the Thieves' supplement. Right now, we call it "The Riddle of Gold," but that's not what I want to talk about. I want feedback…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lyrax, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Nick Pagnucco, Ace, Rattlehead, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Bladesinger, Mokkurkalfe.

5/8/2002 Laurel: Jumping Into Little Fears
Last Friday, I got home from work to discover 3 out of my 4 Exalted players already gathered there (an hour early) and they informed me that #4 wasn't coming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Laurel, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Jason L Blair.

5/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Playing Alyria II
Hi Seth, OK, the second run got started, although we didn't get far due to time constraints. Enthusiasm is very, very high, and I can call Alyria an unqualified success.…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/8/2002 GreatWolf: Wishlist for the next "edition"
Due to my current state of upheaval preparatory to movin' out West (well, as far as Peoria), I know that I will not be able to do any significant Alyria…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: pings and knocks
Okay, the good news is that octaNe is pretty much rarin' to go. The system is done, the text is written and its all very cool. Blood & Steel is…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, unodiablo, Rich Forest, Joe Murphy (Broin), xiombarg, reptile2k1, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Ben Morgan, Bailey, Galfraxas, Matt, Ace.

5/7/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: We need a glossary
We need a glossary for all of the various slang terms that seem to crop up in discussion to help the uninitiated. Not necessarily the articles, but a glossary presented…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2002 Paganini: Value of Quantification
In the thread about RPG Conventions I haven't noticed anyone mention this one: "Characters are defined by lists of quantified abilities." (Maybe someone did mention it and I just missed…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Gordon C. Landis, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

5/7/2002 Jaif: Weryth geography questions
Every year for the week before Memorial Day a bunch of high-school & college buddies of mine go on a vactaion to a cabin in Pennsylvania (some for a week,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Wolfen.

5/7/2002 Rattlehead: Adventure Ideas
Hi All! The forum seems to have slowed down just a bit in the past couple of days, so I thought I'd toss this out to generate some discussion... Anyone…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rattlehead, werewolf, Henry Fitch, Nick Pagnucco, Skywalker, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Jaif, Wolfen.

5/7/2002 Ace: Confession: I really am not much of a gamer anymore
That last thread, Subject Uh yeah, got me to thinking about my own gaming habits I want to say that I find talking about RPG's much more satisfing than actually…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ace, joe_llama, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Laurel, TSL.

5/7/2002 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming Monday - InSpectres Again!
Played InSpectres again. Trying to put all this talk into action. Quick synopsis: Three Players (nobody from the Forge this time), me GMing. My adventure hook was randomly picked from…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/7/2002 Paul Czege: no option to add dice with requested rolls
Hey James V., I was glad to see your recent posts clarifying the location of the official rules. Now upon reading them, I have a question. Can you explain your…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Henry Fitch, Blake Hutchins.

5/6/2002 amiel: What is a protagonist?
"Not another thread using that damned word." I'll try to be brief. This is a theory, specifically relating to N play, that may have already been covered (has been to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: amiel, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, Le Joueur, Laurel, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Walt Freitag, Bankuei.

5/6/2002 jburneko: Fleshing Out An Idea For Actual Play
Hello All, I went to the local Rennaisance Fair this weekend and while I always enjoy the experience I was thinking about how, as a time period, I'm much more…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Bob McNamee.

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.

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 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.

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5/9/2002 Le Joueur: Ideal to Application: Turning an Example into System [Long]
In the spirit of presenting 'ideal play' situations to bring rules up to par with, I'd like to present this little vignette. While I was reviewing some of my favorites…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Le Joueur.

5/10/2002 Bankuei: Manuevers questions
Clinton is starting his ROS campaign next week, and we were making characters today. Since he's taking it full hilt as far as mechanics, I had some questions about the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, ScarletJester, contracycle.

5/10/2002 Reprisal: [Character Generation] Weapon, Ranged and Combat Pool...
Hey all, I just received my copy of The Riddle of Steel, and I got started almost immediately, but I hit something of a comprehension snag when I got to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Reprisal, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Ron Edwards, Jaif, Valamir.

5/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Performance problems
I just wanted to apologize for all the performance problems we've had lately. I have no idea what's causing them, but they should be gone after I change hosts this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

5/10/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars 101
Okay, a while back Ron did a whole series of Sorcerer set-up threads, and they worked really well as a 'look under the hood' of one approach to setting up…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Ayrizale, AndyGuest, Blake Hutchins, epweissengruber.

5/10/2002 AndyGuest: Runequest meets Hero Wars
Okay, I've got this concept in my head for a 'campaign' using the old Runequest rules to do a very sim type exploration of a celtic tribe in pre-roman Britain.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: AndyGuest, simon_hibbs.

5/10/2002 Jaif: Gritty supplements
Ok, call me lazy but sometimes I'd just like to grab a module, change the city name to my campaign city, and run with it. Unfortunately, in today's d20 climate…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Bladesinger.

5/10/2002 wyrdlyng: 2nd Edition Hero Wars and HeroQuest
So, can someone tell me if there will ever be a 2nd (or at least cleaned up) edition of Hero Wars? Heroquest seems to be a seperate game but is…
In HeroQuest
Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke.

5/10/2002 Laurel: Creativity, GNS & Stances
[quote]at "push come to shove" time, it's more important that the decision be appropriate within the environment than it is for the decision to create a good story (or game).…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Laurel, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

5/10/2002 Ace: A Mini review on Net Sword
I just posted a mini "review" posting on the netsword forum http://www.netsword.com The review doesn't give a lot of information do to space restrictions but it does discuss the ARMA…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood.

5/11/2002 Christoffer Lernö: An illusion of combat flexibility?
Maybe the subject is a bit misleading. I'm not only thinking about combat here, but any other situation where you start out with a game theory resolution of and want…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2002 Nick Pagnucco: Gelure
ok, so about the setting... As I've said before, I like the setting, especially the Mainlund part of Wyrth, which I think is a very good psuedo-historical setting (or quasi...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Wolfen, The_Fey, 6inTruder, Morfedel, Anthony I.

5/12/2002 Ron Edwards: 101 part 2: where and who
Hello, I figure it's time to start a new thread; the first one was kind of big and it sets the Task at Hand pretty well. Let's get specific now.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, AndyGuest, Ayrizale, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Reality Aberrant, Christopher Kubasik.

5/12/2002 Jake Norwood: Limited Edition Leatherbounds
We've just got the first Limited ed. Leatherbounds in and they are really really really frickin' cool. All leather cover, each one is hand-bound and is done a bit differently,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

5/12/2002 James V. West: Sorcerer's Soul
Yesterday I picked up Sorcerer's Soul at The Rusty Scabbard in Lexington Kentucky. I was surprised to see it on the shelf, for some reason. But there it was along…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

5/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Any problems since the move?
Well, obviously, we've now moved. If anyone has any questions, or comments, or notices any problems, please let me know. Thanks!
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Blake Hutchins.

5/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Pieces of Eight
No, this isn't a collection of snippets from my doomed fantasy RPG. *sigh* On the way home, I had an idea for some funky die mechanic. Usually, die mechanics bore…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Bankuei.

5/13/2002 Zoetrope10: Gambled rolls still mandatory (sometimes)?
James I see that in the latest version of The Pool, you ditched the rule about requiring a gamble on a player-requested roll. The updated rules don't make this clear,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Zoetrope10, James V. West, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Andrew Martin, Christopher Kubasik, Fabrice G., joshua neff, Buddha Nature.

5/13/2002 Fabrice G.: My take at Sorcerer
After much reading about running Sorcerer here on The Forge, I have finaly come to plan my first run. In this thread I'll report what hapened and what didn't. My…
In Adept Press
Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

5/13/2002 jburneko: InSpectres - All Female Branch
Hello All, So, a large number of people couldn't make my regularly scheduled Werewolf game so I pounced on the opportunity to do something else. I asked three of my…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

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