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6/4/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Two Hour Sessions
Hi, For those who were at Demon Con: Can someone review the styles/habits/techniques/tools/whatever that folks at DemonCon used to run effective games in two hours? How did this style of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Draw.
I must be missing something terribly important. Where is the Draw attribute used? it says "The rate at which...replenish his vagaries." Vagaries are depleted? I'm confused.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

6/4/2002 rafael: Dread
I've been working on Dread for some time now. Playtesters have pointed out a bunch of flaws that I've tried to remedy, and I've also had some time to reflect…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: rafael, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/4/2002 Jaif: A magical tangent
I wanted to share some thoughts on the evil sorcerer NPC I ran in my last adventure. Sorry this is so long. 1) My friends and I are all in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Psychopompous, Claymore, Atomic Requiem, Bob Richter, Lyrax, Ben, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Height, Weight, Wrestling.
You've already met Mallory, my Naked Pictish Archer (tm), and you know she's short. You also probably know just how unreasonably light she is. (an 80lb woman, no matter how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Furious D, Jaif, Psychopompous, Bankuei.

6/4/2002 WildElf: Methods of Adult Obliviousness?
I have an idea for a story that would include steadily vanishing children. Everything seems like a good plan...except for all the adults. I know that I could set it…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: WildElf, Fabrice G., Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, magistrate, Comte, Mike Holmes.

6/4/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg Magic (and wake me up someone!)
Ok, Ygg stuff has been kinda dead lately. Not very surprisingly considering I've been extremely busy this last month. I do want to get myself started again though, so I'm…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Wolfen, Le Joueur, Valamir.

6/4/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Amateur RPG Design Manifesto
Over in this thread I started drifting way off topic about the difference between professional, especially indie RPG design and amateur design. Ron suggested that I should start a new…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clay.

6/3/2002 Paul Czege: spare not thy protagonists from the vagaries of tWtFatD
The designer is playtesting his own game rules this evening. And this afternoon, upon reviewing the discussion about what Trials should be like on the thread about the one-sheet,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege.

6/3/2002 Jason L Blair: Cartoon Action Hour
Man... I gotta buy this game.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Jason L Blair, WildElf, Wolfen, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Mark Bruno, mahoux, Matt Snyder, Jason Sartin, Adam.

6/3/2002 Ron Edwards: Demon Con I!
Hello, Hey, we did Demon Con! It turned out successfully. I'll run down some of the stuff about it. THE GOOD PARTS The room was set up just how we…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, xiombarg, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, furashgf, Buddha Nature, Jürgen Mayer, GreatWolf, Mike W.

6/3/2002 Jason L Blair: Master List: Available Key 20 Products
For Little Fears: Little Fears rulebook When The Monsters Came Santa Claws: A Merry Old Soul (free 40k PDF) Cry Havoc: A Sci-Fi Setting! (free 417…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

6/3/2002 Ron Edwards: locking things
Hi there, Over in the RPG Theory forum, Eric (Pyron) asked a good question: "... Ron, why bother moving everything from the first tread to a new one, if you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/3/2002 Eric J.: Potential hypocrite is now GNS elitism bustin
The title was misleading, but I'm not shure what to make of this. I have viewed others trying to look on gamism and simulationism as detrimental and even one person…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eric J., Tim Denee, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

6/3/2002 Paganini: Good vs. Evil
One of the other threads got me thinking about this. So, it's a cliche, yeah, but IMO it's a good one. The simple idea of "good vs. evil" is great…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Eric J., C. Edwards, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, mahoux, ks13, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Tim Gray, contracycle.

6/3/2002 Valamir: Age of Empire
Not precisely on topic, but I just discovered this game in a used book store. It's a really slick game. Were there ever any supplements for it, as suggested in…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Valamir, GMSkarka, Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, Mike Holmes.

6/2/2002 ks13: another fantasy RPG - destined for failure?
Hello all! Let me say that this forum would have been a great thing to have 12 years ago when I got into RPGs (and game design). I started working…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ks13, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Bailey, Valamir, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

6/2/2002 Moochava: Broken Space: Space Opera with a Lemon Twist
Hello all. Time to help an aspiring game designer whose ideas are too big for his britches, if he were wearing britches instead of plaid comfy pants. I have here…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Moochava, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt.

6/1/2002 Bob Richter: The masculine flaw (and a tangent about magic)
The other night, Ulrich took a thrust to the groin (thanks, Wolfen.) Getting hit isn't normally a problem for the Stahlnish tough guy, but take one hit to the groin...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Bailey, Lyrax, Bankuei, Shadow, Reprisal, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Psychopompous, Ace, Jaif, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/1/2002 Bob Richter: Swashbuckling...
...so I decided to make a Swashbuckler. If you're going to duel, you might as well do it in style, and thus our friend is outfitted with a Rapier and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Shadow, Lyrax, Jared A. Sorensen, ScarletJester.

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6/4/2002 Paul Czege: the island of misfit games
I need a conversation about this... I don't think anyone will deny that The Forge is a steambath of design effort, a hothouse of creativity. But I can't help but…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, C. Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, xiombarg, Valamir, Bailey, RobMuadib, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Nathan, Laurel, greyorm.

6/4/2002 Ron Edwards: Missing relationship maps available
Hello, I have posted the missing relationship maps from The Sorcerer's Soul and Demon Cops at the website, at the Errata page. Also, check out the News item for the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 mallninja0088: Spy Craft
If any of you play spycraft what is a good class to play with a one on one Gm vs. Player game? I was thinking Pointman. Sry if this is…
In Actual Play
Participants: mallninja0088, hyphz, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Valamir, Andrew Martin, contracycle.

6/5/2002 Brian Leybourne: Some suggestions...?
Hi all. I'm starting up a tRoS campaign shortly (as soon as the book arrives), and I'm working on the backstory at the moment. I'm looking for some suggestions for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne.

6/5/2002 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming Monday (06/03)
Not much to report. We played tons of Munchkin. First lesson: Put a cap on non-roleplaying activity. We should've given ourselves a 1 hour time limit. We then played Pantheon,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson.

6/5/2002 Bankuei: ROS: Death by Door...
Today was our third session of ROS, and this was the first session with a fatality. Quick Recap: At the tourney, Thomas, a young boy turned sorcerer(also aged 10 more…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, Jake Norwood.

6/5/2002 Jaif: Adventure seeds for indecisive players
[apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum.] The short version: My local group has become very indecisive in games. I'm looking for a few low-fantasy adventure ideas that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jaif, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

6/5/2002 contracycle: CD burners
Theres been some discussion round cutting CD's for games. Not much, but some. As it happens, browsing a techie catalogue, I see you can get a mass batch copier for…
In Publishing
Participants: contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon, A.Neill, Ron Edwards, Clay.

6/5/2002 Nathan: InSpectres Superhero?
I was flipping through the boob toob last night - and I flipped over to TV Land and caught a couple of episodes of Batman and Robin (the old show).…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/5/2002 Ron Edwards: Who's paid?
Hi there, Here's my list of paid-up people so far: Jake Norwood ($160) Jared Sorensen ($160) Tom Fitch ($60) Jurgen Meyer ($60) Matt Gwinn (I think $145, need to double-check)…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

6/5/2002 Zak Arntson: How to get (and keep) an Actual Play group
Okay, there's been some mention at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2358 about how to get an Actual Play group playing consistently. I figured it would be better to move that particular topic over here.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson.

6/5/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Prescribing the kicker
There seem to be a fair number of N/S incoherent games which use a sort of Kicker, but with the peculiarity that the Kicker is prescribed by the game's rules…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle.

6/5/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH: the CD
At the request of my local game store owner, we burned CAH onto 10 CDs so he can sell them. I know CD RPGs don't typically sell very good, so…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, stormwerks.

6/5/2002 xiombarg: Designer Swap
Okay, at least one person liked the idea I had, so I'm rolling with it. Click here and look for my post for what I'm talking about, but in short:…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Valamir, rabidchyld, Paul Czege, Paganini, DaR, Gordon C. Landis.

6/5/2002 Eric J.: Remarkable Player Apathy: Is it just me?
Game: Star Wars D6 with modifications done by me. Timeframe:1:30-3:00 {break} 6:00-11:00{Episode 1} 8:00-11:00(AM) Characters: Vyroth Pthero (Human Slicer);Ray Wind (Near-Human friendly commander played by a newbie);Ron Wind (Near-Human content…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, Bankuei, contracycle, Scratchware, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Wart, hyphz.

6/5/2002 Shadeling: Hello
Hello. So, Yahoo wasn't treating you nicely, eh Cyndi? Well I like this better anyway.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Shadeling, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

6/5/2002 Shadeling: My Transformers Game
Well, it looks like my game will be ran less often than I initially planned. But when I do run it, I am sure we will all have a blast.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Shadeling, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Sidhain, Josh D, mahoux, Bankuei, stormwerks.

6/5/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Indie Game Night: Little Fears
In the spirit of the Actual Play thread that got moved to site discussion, I would like to present our session of Actual Play from last night. We play tRoS…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Tim C Koppang.

6/6/2002 Bailey: 2 GM Everway
Clinton asked me to elaborate so I will. This apporach is tailored to Everway and wouldn't be applicable in many other games, unless those other games used Drama, Karma and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailey.

6/6/2002 ks13: Game mechanics rebuild
First off, I want to thank everyone that offered opinions on my homebrew fantasy rpg. There is already a number of elements that I will want to expand that I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ks13, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

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