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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 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: 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 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.

5/23/2002 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.

5/23/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

5/22/2002 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.

5/22/2002 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 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 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 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 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 ScarletJester: Meaning of some of the Numbers
Really quick easy question. Riddle of Steel turned up this morning, and my group is writing up characters right now, so an answer in the next 5 minutes would really…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ScarletJester, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Bankuei.

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5/24/2002 Paganini: Indie-netgaming Formed
I've set up a yahoo group for organizing online play sessions of indie-games. The front page can be found by following this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indie-netgaming/ Anyone who is interested, please join…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini.

5/24/2002 Bankuei: Scene framing and momentum...
Ok, I'm late on this, but I'm a kid with a new toy, and I want to know how to transform it into all 6 of its cool forms.... I've…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Actual Play page at the Sorcerer site
Hi everyone, One thing that I'm enjoying a lot right now are all the great reports from Sorcerer GMs that are cropping up. So I did a little thread-combing, and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, xiombarg, Clay, joshua neff.

5/24/2002 Eric.Brennan: Star Wars Pre-and Post-Game Report
[This post is my attempt to get more involved in the Actual Play forum after a talk with some regulars, and while it's light on local terms, if you feel…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric.Brennan, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Ian O'Rourke, Eric J..

5/24/2002 Matt Snyder: The Squeaky Wheel
I've posted a couple comments in the past about my attempts to improve my regular group's gaming sessions (including a survey I had my players answer), so that they might…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Clay.

5/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Uglub, Gelure, and Sorcery
There have been some very interesting ideas about Uglub and Gelure on this forum. I just wanted to heat things up a bit, asking what you all think of Uglub's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ace, The_Fey, Jaif, Lyrax, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Bob Richter.

5/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Forge discussion links archive idea
Hello, I know that thread title sounds like glossolalia. It refers to the suggestion made many times, here most recently, that we have some page at the Forge where someone…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/25/2002 Paganini: Premise?
Since Ron sets great store by the work of Louis Egri, I've been doing some net research into Egri's use of the word "premise" in hopes of obtaining a better…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Le Joueur, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege.

5/25/2002 Christoffer Lernö: A Good Illusionist Game
Ok, as most of you know I'm working on Ygg which I guess in the end really is an Illusionist game. No use pretending it's anything else. So how do…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Valamir, AndyGuest, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes.

5/25/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2002 - update & policy
Hello, Jason and I have spent some time hammering out these points and procedures. I know some of them are different from what we said before, but we hit a…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, woodelf, Nathan.

5/25/2002 GMSkarka: New UnderWorld Column
Just a quick note to let folks know that I'm going to be re-launching my Game Design: Step By Step column over at RPGnet, this time covering the decisions, design…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: GMSkarka, Noel.

5/25/2002 Casey Goddard: Armor Info
Hi all. I did a little research on armor and though I would post my findings here. I also added some info on how I feel the armor should apply…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Casey Goddard, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, trevayne.

5/26/2002 Zak Arntson: Chthonian Redux
Okay, now that I'm back to playing CoC, it's time to rewrite Chthonian. The working name will be Chthonian Redux, but I do want to eventually make it sound like…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, RobMuadib, Henry Fitch, Balbinus, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Evan Waters, Ron Edwards, AndyGuest, Matt.

5/26/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Freeform
This thread is born out of the "No rules, no nothing" rpg? thread Nobody should be denigrating Freeform here, IMO. It's just not the tabletop stuff we're (or at…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Kenway, Wolfen, Shard, Bailey, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Le Joueur, blackmanxy, Laurel, Bankuei, Walt Freitag, Evan Waters, Blake Hutchins, Matt.

5/26/2002 RobMuadib: Forming new gaming group and playing again.
Hi all Hope this isn't considered off-topic. But, wow, I have decided to try and do some gaming again. I think I was in part shamed into it by reading…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

5/26/2002 Paganini: Freeform Design
So, I thought I'd do a couple of freeform games to show how they can be different. #1. Illusion - The One-page Freeform Game for the Authorial Narrator Meta Introduction…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/26/2002 malum: congratulations
a little off topic, but i just want to congratulate everyone for making this such a intelligent and productive forum, with no real flames or arguments.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: malum, Lyrax, Rattlehead, Jake Norwood.

5/26/2002 Buddha Nature: GNS and organization
I have just been accepted as the Games/Roleplaying/Free Systems editor for the Open Directory Project. My question is do you think GNS categories could/would be helpful to people looking for…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Buddha Nature, Bob McNamee, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, RobMuadib, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, contracycle, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paul Czege, Evan Waters.

5/26/2002 Walt Freitag: One order of Narrativism, hold the Premise please
Thursday evening I read through the RPGNet GNS thread again. Then I followed the link back to the March thread and read that. Then I spent about twelve straight hours…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, contracycle, Ian Cooper, Valamir.

5/14/2002 Nick Pagnucco: Latest Profiling
Just stumbled on this, so... Most recent: Fading Suns (If a PBEM counts), Exalted, Changeling, Dark Sun setting for D&D2E Most enjoyed: ...This one is difficult. I'll say Fading Suns,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Scratchware, Zoetrope10, RobMuadib, Henry Fitch, WhistlinFiend, Jack Spencer Jr, johnmarron, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bob McNamee, Jared A. Sorensen, rabidchyld, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Jürgen Mayer, Ferry Bazelmans, Petter Sandelin, DeadGirl, xiombarg, Philippe Tromeur, Eric J..

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