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5/22/2002 nEo: Buying "Sorcerer" - stupid, but important question
I want to buy "Sorcerer", but the only credit card I own is Diners and I could not find any online store supporting it. Can anyone help me?
In Adept Press
Participants: nEo, Ron Edwards, rabidchyld, Jake Norwood.

5/22/2002 Shadeling: Guess the RPGnet thread is Dead?
Well got myself signed up here. Guess the discussion over at RPGnet has died then...so sad... :)
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

5/22/2002 A.Neill: Possession - 9/10ths of the law?
ETA to my first Sorcerer game, 2-3 Weeks. One of my players (Cathy) has come up with a possessor Demon that sporadically takes control of her character. Alexandra’s demon (Alix)…
In Adept Press
Participants: A.Neill, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/22/2002 Jake Norwood: Qualities of Real Weapons
Someone mentioned this as a good idea, so I figured I'd get the ball rolling. What are the real qualities of the weapons we all love and adore? I know…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Ron Edwards, Ace, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Wolfen, Valamir, Lyrax, Atomic Requiem, Jaif, Ben, Bob Richter, Furious D, Shadow.

5/22/2002 Daredevil: Science Fiction
I'd like to talk about Science Fiction for a bit. In designing games that present certain genres or themes I believe it is typical to first find out what is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Daredevil, Seth L. Blumberg, Andrew Martin, Buddha Nature, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson, simon, Gordon C. Landis, Paganini.

5/21/2002 Paganini: What makes a game fun?
This is something I've been thinking about recently. As an exaple, let's take a fantasy dungeon crawl, which is something my brother and I like to do, but often get…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Seth L. Blumberg, Le Joueur, Jake Norwood.

5/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Basics.
Engineers have math problems. Artists have still lifes and figure drawing. Musicians have scales. What do you guys see as the "basics" of game design? What tools, methods or exercises…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paganini, Laurel, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Bailey, Matt Snyder, Bankuei, Zak Arntson.

5/21/2002 Bankuei: Narrativist Player's Tutorial
I've got a weekend group of players who are interested in Narrativist play, but are only used to Gamist stuff. I'm getting ready to give 'em the good ol' N…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Ron Edwards, jburneko, wyrdlyng, Ian Cooper.

5/21/2002 Paganini: Dice Pool Definition
In another thread, Ron is using a definition of "dice pool" that I found a little confusing, in that he includes Tunnels & Trolls and Star Wars D6. As far…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, efindel.

5/21/2002 Paganini: Inspiration
In another thread Ron asked this question: "My question is very basic: what do the main characters actually do in play?" It's a very good question, and his following examples…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose.

5/21/2002 Zak Arntson: Harlekin Maus May Game - Metal Opera
Alright, I've written up May's game (with art!). Metal Opera Synopsis: You play Rockers, which are the embodiment of freedom versus oppression, using their abilities to rock and kick ass.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bankuei, mahoux, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, RobMuadib.

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dice pool history
Ron, I think Ghostbusters beat it to the bunch with the dice pools, but that's of little importance. It definitely is the definitive dice pool game.
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/21/2002 peterogers: FAQ ?
Hi all, I was wondering if there was an FAQ anywhere. I have a couple of questions from my reading through the book that I'm sure someone else will have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: peterogers, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Steve Danielson, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Confidence
Since Clinton suggested answering this question in another thread, I'm, starting one. Why do gamers often seem to have such low self-confience, particularly potential RPG publishers? I know that in…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards, Tim Gray, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jake Norwood.

5/21/2002 Clay: Attack and Order of Attacks
In reading these examples, and then flipping through the book again, something occurs to me that hadn't before: When that first roll in a combat round is made for proactive…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clay, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, A.Neill.

5/20/2002 lehrbuch: Real World Ideology reflected in Games
[quote="lehrbuch"]Please don't be insulted by this, but I have often heard it said that some players dislike Class so much, because of their real-world national myths about the existence and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lehrbuch, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Paganini, Seth L. Blumberg, RobMuadib, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2002 Eric J.: "No name, steriotypical, fantasy, RPG"
I'm creating an RPG without a name. Being of relativilley young age, my experience is very small. This is my third try, where every try seemed like moving through the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eric J., Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, JSDiamond, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Matt, Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/20/2002 Paul Czege: nicotine girls
Hey everyone, So...despite my history of pronouncements that I'm not a game designer, and that The World, the Flesh, and the Devil was an anomaly, I seem to have…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Henry Fitch, Walt Freitag, contracycle, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Zak Arntson, xiombarg.

5/20/2002 Jake Norwood: Help with Spells
Hey all. I'm looking for a hand in updating (and perhaps editing several out of) the example spells in Book VI. The thing is...time...I need to do this now, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Casey Goddard.

5/20/2002 efindel: Questions on Fast and Parasite Stamina
I'm getting ready to start running a game of Sorcerer, and have been re-reading the rules in preparation for it. In doing so, I've come up with a couple of…
In Adept Press
Participants: efindel, Ron Edwards.

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5/22/2002 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming Monday (5/20)
[minor editing for more coherence] We played a ton of Munchkin (5 players makes the game) and played a little d20 Call of Cthulhu. It's not indie, but I've been…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Clay, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Balbinus, Gordon C. Landis, J B Bell, Tim Denee.

5/22/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon update needed
Hey, I've been getting a lot of emails about when people should send their $60 or their $160. This raises two issues. 1) What's a good deadline? I'm thinking July…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/22/2002 Furious D: Flexible Priorities in char gen?
I've been considering allowing players to downgrade some priorities in order to upgrade others, in order to make more midline characters (like with c, c, c, d, d, d sets).…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Furious D, Bankuei, Bob Richter, Wolfen, ScarletJester.

5/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dust Devils review is up
In addition to the Dust Devils review, you'll notice a first glimpse of me using our new content management system to organize things. Check it out and make sure and…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James, Ron Edwards.

5/22/2002 Tim C Koppang: strong feelings
I’m going to try and write this without getting too angry. I’d like to stay objective, however I realize that responses may be biased seeing as I’m posting this in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei, wyrdlyng, peteramthor.

5/22/2002 Bankuei: Conveying setting
After looking at the Sci-fi thread, a question popped into mind; The biggest problem that all games dealing with the not existant(whether future tech or fantastical elements), is that you…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Eric J., Seth L. Blumberg.

5/23/2002 Valamir: Sorcerer Database
Can someone explain to me how to make use of the Sorcerer database. There is a decided lack of instructions. When I try to pull up "Demons" expecting to see…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Clay, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf.

5/23/2002 Valamir: Possible bug
Ran into a problem when trying to follow the Sorcerer Forum link from the Sorcerer web page. First, the Sorcerer Forum link goes to the Forge Forums directory, not to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clay, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2002 contracycle: premise rides again
I extracted this from the RPGnet thread, 'cos it caught my eye: Joshua Neff wrote: Basic Lit 101 stuff: if there isn't some sort of moral/ethical/emotional question being addressed,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: contracycle, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Matt.

5/23/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: (second)idoru
from my LiveJournal: - - - - - there are 99 paper swans that swim along the cool, blue skin of the pond. they dip their beaks into the water,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, erithromycin.

5/23/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Etiquette for Newbies?
The 'charter' of Forge etiquette at the top of this forum is excellent. Is there any way to ensure that newly registered people see this? I don't remember how my…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

5/23/2002 Eric J.: Now that I understand this: Gamisnm as a conflict.
I am very sorry. I have nothing against gamisnm, but now that I understand it, I see how my gaming group goes together: Me: Logical simulationist, (with gamist tendencies) flawlessly…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eric J., Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö, Jack Spencer Jr, Eric.Brennan.

5/23/2002 wyrdlyng: Sorcerer's Soul review in Realms of Fantasy mag
Just FYI, they completed their review of the 3 main Sorceror books with a very positive review of Sorcerer's Soul and a summing up and praising of Sorcerer as a…
In Adept Press
Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, rabidchyld.

5/23/2002 GreatWolf: Development proceeds apace
I may be quiet, but development continues. My wife and I ended up on a 10-hour car trip last Saturday, and almost all the time went into Alyria. I'd share…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the curmudgeon
Just this morning, I heard about some thread on RPG.net about the Forge. (It's actually about GNS.) I went and read it, and have some thoughts I'd like to share:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, A.Neill, Joe Murphy (Broin), Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege, Sidhain, Seth L. Blumberg, Eric.Brennan, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Paganini, Balbinus.

5/24/2002 Kenway: 1-page rpg (and freeform) discussion [renamed]
I was wondering about a thread a month ago started by Jack Spencer Jr about "1 page rpgs." In this thread, Ron Edwards also mentions how systems like SLUG are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kenway, Eric J., Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Emily_Dresner.

5/24/2002 Bankuei: Riddle of Steel: Who's that man?
Quick recap of last time: Having rescued Artis, a serf sentenced to die, from Baron Duvalle, as well as his wife and son, our ragtag group made its way to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/24/2002 Jason L Blair: Michael Hopcroft's GenCon Problem
Michael PM'ed me about his GenCon problem (see the GenCon thread in "Publishing"). I wrote a response but haven't sent it to him yet. I figure I'd post it here…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/24/2002 Bankuei: Grappling
Ok, two fold question here.... 1) What is the ATN to use for grappling? 2) How do you do a tackle? The rules are currently set for a set up…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Atomic Requiem.

5/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Questions, and more questions
Jake, 1) Grappling. What's going on there? Seriously. My real question: I want to tackle some random guy. What's my ATN? 2) Arming gloves. Cool as hell, but - what's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Lyrax.

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