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5/13/2002 Ben Morgan: Trollbabe and Elfs publishing
Actually, it'd be nifty to have both of them together in one book, like a Puppetland/Powerkill kinda thing. I'd plunk down cash for it. But this sorta thing has probably…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

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.

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 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 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.

5/12/2002 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.

5/12/2002 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 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 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.

5/11/2002 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.

5/11/2002 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.

5/10/2002 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.

5/10/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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5/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Sabriel and Lirael, by Garth Nix
Hi there, Has anyone read the "young adult fantasy" books by Garth Nix? I'm in the middle of Sabriel right now and have already picked up Lirael (the sequel) for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/13/2002 Bailywolf: Quick problem: spells as demons
Good news! I think I've got my D&D sodden regular group to take a serious shot at Sorcerer. It will favor a buffyverse style more than a little, and I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clay, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, greyorm, leomknight.

5/13/2002 Walt Freitag: What's a Game?
Contention over the definition of the word "game" (as a noun) has been implicit in a few recent threads. Allow me to share a definition that I’ve been using, and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, contracycle, AndyGuest, joe_llama, Jack Spencer Jr, Paganini.

5/14/2002 Scratchware: Erm... Hello.
I am... you could say.... a gamer. I do not play Diablo or any non-RPG game that thinks it's an RPG. I love D&D even though the D6 Starwars is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Scratchware, Henry Fitch, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, xiombarg, leomknight, Ian O'Rourke, Andrew Martin, Eric J..

5/14/2002 Jason L Blair: Origins Award voting has begun!
As most of you know, Little Fears is up for Best Roleplaying Game of 2001! (It's also up for Game of the Year as well!) To vote, go HERE!…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

5/14/2002 GreatWolf: Soliciting input on Nobilis in play
Okay. My copy of Nobilis should arrive any day now. (Pause to grumble about US Postal Service). I do know that there are some folks here who played the first…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Mytholder, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller.

5/14/2002 Bankuei: And now, for something totally gamist and mindless...
This weekend, I tried out a new homebrew I pulled off the web. I tried out the Zodiac rpg, which you can find at: http://www14.brinkster.com/zodiacrpg/ This system is designed to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei.

5/14/2002 hardcoremoose: One from The Vault
Hey everyone, Well, I wrapped up a five session arc of The Whispering Vault tonight, and until now I've been reticent to say much. I'd like to say there wasn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: hardcoremoose.

5/14/2002 Tim Denee: PvP cameo?
So, is the official Trollbabe site going to have a 'trollbabe of the month' series?
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim Denee, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair.

5/14/2002 xiombarg: Pure Simulationism is Not a Game: Come Out of the Closet
Okay, kids, look at this thread. Back, now? I want to talk about Jared's comments. He may not be interested in it anymore, but I kinda am. I particuarly am…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: xiombarg, Zak Arntson, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, Walt Freitag, Gordon C. Landis, AndyGuest, Balbinus, Paganini, Eric J..

5/14/2002 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming Monday, May 13 2002
Okay, we only had three participants this time (myself included). We were going to try out d20 Call of Cthulhu! It's not an Indie game, but after some emails and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson.

5/14/2002 Jake Norwood: The one true faith
Although the world for TROS, Weyrth, is intentionally broad, we did something special with the religions--something that is pretty uncommon for FRPGs... We left the matter of religion up in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Wolfen, Ace, Nick Pagnucco, Bankuei, Jaif, Mike Holmes.

5/14/2002 Le Joueur: Emergent Techniques: an Ambitious Approach...
[Reading [u]Robin's Laws[/u] by Robin Laws got me thinking. So many of his "Player Types" rang clearly of the Scattershot Model, I thought it scary, except numerous times he had…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, mtr1966.

5/14/2002 xiombarg: Vanity Publishers?
Okay, in this thread, someone talks about http://www.goldenpillarpublishing.com/... Now, I have to admit that ever since I first heard about it, my thought was: "What the f*$%? What is this,…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Michael Hopcroft, Jerry D. Grayson.

5/14/2002 Zak Arntson: Experiment - Sim Space Station Game
Okay, for the sake of experimentation, I tried to design a game with a Sim-supportive System (Exploration of Character and Situation). And by game, I mean there's play structure involved.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Balbinus, Valamir.

5/14/2002 jburneko: Percieved Validity
Hello All, I don't often post in this forum but there's something that's been on my mind about the public perception of indie published games. Before I started coming to…
In Publishing
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Introducing Myself
Hi there! Cynthia Celeste Miller of Spectrum Game Studios pointed me here, and I thought I'd introduce myself seeing as I can;t find a better place to do so. MY…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay.

5/14/2002 xiombarg: Narrativist Diplomacy (long)
Really more of a Narrativist/Gamist mix, but what can you do? This comes from this thread. I'm looking for feedback and tweaks, especially from people who, like me, both enjoy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, contracycle.

5/14/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: "Printable Version": minor gripe
The "printable version" feature is great, especially when I need to print out a bunch of threads so I can catch up after a long absence (just got back from…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/15/2002 Tim Denee: "Where'd you go, psycho-boy?"
1) Simulationism has the goal of exploration; experiencing moments through a character. 2) A person who lives only for themself and to experience the moment is a sociopath. Therefore 3)…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Tim Denee, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

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