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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.

5/26/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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.

5/25/2002 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.

5/25/2002 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 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 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 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.

5/24/2002 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.

5/24/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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5/26/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Rashomon
No idea where to put this, so it goes here. Thinking about (hypothetically) running a game where once the game is done (like, a single 4-hour session or so), the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Kenway, Bankuei, Matt, Paul Czege.

5/27/2002 RobMuadib: Gaming generation gap & other experience issues?
Hi all As I mentioned in my earlier posting about forming a new group again and doing some gaming, I met with the people today. I am already acquinted with…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobMuadib, Henry Fitch, Paganini, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng, Valamir, AndyGuest, rabidchyld, DeadGirl.

5/27/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Game designing is infectious
You people are like a disease, you know that? I never wanted to be a game designer, and now here I am designing games in my sleep. Literally. Last night…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Zak Arntson, Valamir, Paganini, J B Bell, Tim Gray.

5/27/2002 Ron Edwards: The Club Dumas (reprise)
Hello, A while ago, Thor began a thread called The Ninth Gate and The Club Dumas, which I couldn't contribute to very much as I hadn't read the novel. However,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, Fabrice G., Clinton R. Nixon, jrs.

5/27/2002 Jaif: Armor encumberance & shields
A couple of things seem a bit "off" to me about armor and shields. Note that I have limited experience here; I have worn a chain shirt, and I have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

5/27/2002 Le Joueur: Okay, Dramatism Again...
You've brought up three points (I think) that I want to address separately, no offense intended. With respect, you have fallen into the same trap that others have fallen…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

5/27/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS First Printing SOLD OUT!
Just thought I'd give a big, warm, public thanks to all you guys on account of this nifty occasion. A call from a distributor in London took up the last…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, ReverendCuster187, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, ScarletJester, Lyrax, contracycle.

5/27/2002 Jake Norwood: Memento RPG
The Rashamon thread got me thinking about this. It's not a game I'm planning on developing, but rather a way of presenting scenes to players that intrigued me (so I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Matt, Jared A. Sorensen, Bailey, Tim Denee, Walt Freitag, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes.

5/27/2002 Jake Norwood: Revisions for August
I thought that I'd post a few of the meaningful revisions for the August edition. Remember, again, that the changes for August reflect: (1) copy editing and (2) some modifications…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe, Bankuei.

5/28/2002 Judas: Is this a game?
I have a simple "add-on system" for abstract space combat which could be used for any RPG in which vehicle combat does not play a large role and/or rules do…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Judas, Jared A. Sorensen, Fabrice G., Joe Murphy (Broin), Walt Freitag, Eric J..

5/28/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Exploration of "Genre"
Hi Everybody, I normally don't jump into the theory threads -- cause a) my academic lingo just doesn't exist and b) I usually have nothing more interesting to add than…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Le Joueur, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, contracycle.

5/28/2002 RobMuadib: Gaming Resurection - Post Mortem
Hi All As I mentioned I recently made some effort to get a gaming group together again, which was suprisingly easy, I managed to round up and start gaming with…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobMuadib, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Dave Versace, DeadGirl.

5/28/2002 stillaplaya: Avitars(The Pic you use to play with)
My name is Dave and I will be opening a website dedicated to AV art and designing of talented people like you. A type of forum for designers can show…
In RPG Theory
Participants: stillaplaya, Balbinus, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch.

5/28/2002 Bailey: idoru
Got a chance to play this little gem yesterday with my normal group. First questions anybody had were how many GMs does it need and how many are we going…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailey, Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen, erithromycin, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

5/28/2002 wyrdlyng: D20 and Levels and Sunday's Game of Evil
This touches upon the previous thread regarding D20 (Star Wars and D&D) characters being fairly ineffectual. My wife is running a portion of our larger group through some small adventures…
In Actual Play
Participants: wyrdlyng, Balbinus, Ron Edwards, Valamir, WhistlinFiend, DeadGirl.

5/28/2002 Evan Waters: Licensed names/products
But suppose such a game were freeware, say on the web- technically that's still not legal, but I feel such a thing is ethically defensible, and it doesn't seem like…
In Publishing
Participants: Evan Waters, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Valamir, Buddha Nature.

5/28/2002 Jaif: Skill System Comments
I ran the game a few times last week, and it was a blast. I have a few negative observations that I wish to address, but please don't take that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Lyrax, Henry Fitch, 655321.

5/28/2002 Evan Waters: Character classes II
[quote] I pronounce this thread closed. [/quote] Seriously? Cause I was gonna say somethin' and all... Here goes anyway. Classes, to my mind, work in settings/games where different characters will…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Evan Waters, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Jake Norwood, contracycle, Mike Holmes, damion, Eric J., Blake Hutchins.

5/21/2002 Jake Norwood: Characters falling into corruption, and player choice
Well, getting to Forge-style discussion and the whole d6 starwars thing, I think what really set the game apart was the Dark-side mechanics. I OFTEN had players who wanted to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jake Norwood, Henry Fitch, Eric J., Walt Freitag, Andrew Martin, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Bankuei, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, erithromycin, Wolfen, damion.

5/28/2002 jburneko: Post Con Observations
Hello All, Well, the last time I mentioned my local con I accidently seriously offended someone with an off-the-cuff flippant remark that really wasn't meant to be taken all that…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko.

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