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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.

5/14/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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..

5/13/2002 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.

5/13/2002 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 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 xiombarg: Create Work For Jared! (iSystem Wargame?)
While puttering around on BOUNCED something struck me, a chord that seemed to connect to some of Jared's theories. I've always referred to Diplomacy as the roleplayer's wargame. There aren't…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

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5/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: How do I get reviewed?
How do I get my game, once it is released in PDF form, reviewed beofre the print book comes out? Would anyone here be interested in doing a review and…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf.

5/15/2002 Ace: Narrative Tool Kit
It occured to me that a lot of Narrative gaming tricks can be used with any system. Things like The Confessional in InSpecters, Directors stance, Scene Bidding and that sort…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Le Joueur.

5/15/2002 Tim Denee: Tim's new game - "Hotel"
[url=http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/timdenee/hotel.pdf]Hotel.[/url] Believe it or not, it actually took me a while to finish this (the basic rules, that is). I'm quite fond of it. I think perhaps it lacks focus.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Denee, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes.

5/15/2002 Ian Cooper: Hero Wars prep for play
If this is the right forum here are some notes on my adoption of some of the techniques of scenario design discussed on the forge in prep for play. I’ll…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian Cooper, joshua neff, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2002 Matt Gwinn: Mind Body & Soul
I had a dream about 3:30 this morning. In it I was at a CON and I had woken up with an idea for using playing cards as a game…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Walt Freitag.

5/15/2002 Mike Holmes: Final Draft Feedback
Hello all, Well, Ralph and I feel that we want to write the final beta and move to Actual Version 1.0. We're looking closely at all suggestions so far. Given…
In Universalis
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ayrizale, amiel, Bankuei, joe_llama, Blake Hutchins, Valamir.

5/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Psychological Role-playing
All the recent discussion of Simulationist play has brought up talk about the psychological aspects of role-playing games. I've been more interested in this lately, as well, because of talks…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, lumpley, Gordon C. Landis, joe_llama, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Fabrice G..

5/15/2002 Ron Edwards: All RPG book publishers take note
Hello, This message is for those of us who publish, or are about to publish, an RPG intended to be available in retail stores. I strongly recommend that company websites…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/15/2002 Blake Hutchins: Doo-dads in Hero Wars
A comment by Ron in the Hero Wars 101 thread got me thinking about how one handles increased scores in "stuff" owned by a character. Does an increased score with,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs.

5/15/2002 Zak Arntson: Exisiting Focused Sim Games?
This is in Indie Game Design, because I want to find games to study and help me become a better designer. So ... I know there are tons of Sim…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Balbinus, GreatWolf, Le Joueur.

5/15/2002 Steve Danielson: Questions about Spiritual Attributes
Having just received the book and quickly read through it I must say I am impressed. There are a few questions that I do have regarding spiritual attributes. There are…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Steve Danielson, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Rattlehead, Jaif, Ron Edwards, Atomic Requiem, OllyG, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

5/16/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Why Riddle of Steel
Hi everybody, Christopher here, recently lurking, but now too curious to hold back. I've plowed through the RPG.net Thread. I've read everything here. (Except, perhaps, Ron's review? I thought he…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Shadow, Le Joueur, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

5/16/2002 wyrdlyng: Sorcerer Sighting... sort of...
In the Parting Shots section of this month's Knights of the Dinner Table there's the humorous question of "How Many Gamers Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?" broken…
In Adept Press
Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

5/16/2002 malum: insight rewards
when you have bonus priorities for insight rewards, do the extra priorities cancell out lower priorities (for example instead of abcdef, you have abcdee) or do you get bonus points…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: malum, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

5/16/2002 Uncle Dark: Gloranthan Metaphysical Ruminations
So, I picked up the Glorantha book a few days back, and it has cleared up a lot of my questions about the setting. It has also confirmed my impression…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Uncle Dark, contracycle, Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Seth L. Blumberg, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Jonas.

5/16/2002 wyrdlyng: Little Fears mention in KoDT
Tying into this thread that I started, I just wanted to mention that Little Fears was also listed. And I agree with Ron's comments, I think this is a "big…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: wyrdlyng, Jason L Blair.

5/16/2002 Balbinus: Sim mechanics supporting actual play
The question seems to have come up with how simulationist mechanics can support actual play. I thought I'd have a stab at illustrating this with examples of actual games I've…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Balbinus.

5/16/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Why Riddle of Steel - the title
I was wondering why the game has the title "The Riddle of Steel" If this was mentioned somewhere in a thread, I must have missed it...
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Pagnucco.

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simultaneous multiple-scene play
In the Riddle of Steel forum, Ron said that he would explain how easy play with different characters in different scenes simultaneously could be to run, if asked. I'm asking:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Wolfen, Thor Olavsrud.

5/16/2002 Ron Edwards: got my shirts!
Hey everyone, A while ago, Raven posted here about the Sorcerer t-shirts he put up at Cafe Press. I just received my two that I ordered, and they look great.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

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