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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.

5/30/2002 Jake Norwood: Download Update
There's a new Download on at www.theriddleofsteel.com. It's a "Sorcerer's Reference Sheet" with room for spells, vagaries, etc. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, ReverendCuster187.

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.

5/27/2002 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.

5/27/2002 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: 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.

5/24/2002 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.

5/22/2002 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.

5/20/2002 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 Jake Norwood: The size of the Forge
It seems to me that the Forge has grown a lot in the last month, going from 460-ish to now about 510. Has the Forge always been pretty small and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

5/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Who's gonna be at some Cons this summer?
I'm going to be at Origins and GenCon, as well as some smaller Con down in Phoenix at the end of July...any chance I'll get to see some of you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Valamir.

5/17/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS T-Shirts
We've had growing interest in TROS t-shirts (hell, we want 'em). So here's my question... What should it look like? How much would you pay for them (so I can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Ace, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Henry Fitch, Wolfen, Casey Goddard, Rattlehead, Jhilahd, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Shadow.

5/16/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS Contests
I'd love to run some contests on the forum at some point, rewarding folks for particularly insightful or meaningful posts and threads. Any ideas on how?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

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.

5/12/2002 Jake Norwood: Limited Edition Leatherbounds
We've just got the first Limited ed. Leatherbounds in and they are really really really frickin' cool. All leather cover, each one is hand-bound and is done a bit differently,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

5/6/2002 Jake Norwood: Enhanced Reading List
TROS has a suggested reading list on p. 242-243, but it's pretty small (due to paper costs and what not...those of you that have dealt with small printing know what…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, werewolf, Jakob Lightbringer, Skywalker, Rattlehead, Wolfen, malum, Jaif, Steve Danielson.

4/29/2002 Jake Norwood: Supplement: Bestiary Plus
We're just starting up with a Bestiary and Seneschal's rescource book. We want to include NPCs, Beasts, and even some sample floorplans, etc. Instead of going for "quantity" ala D&D…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Rattlehead, Thalaxis, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne, contracycle.

4/26/2002 Jake Norwood: Supplement: Sorcery and the Fey
Sorcery and the Fey is nearing completion. We wanted to know of any last-minute requests for its contents. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Ace.

4/25/2002 Jake Norwood: Reviews
A review of the Riddle of Steel is up at www.thegamekeep.com, a retailer in Tennessee carrying our game. It's excellent. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Clinton R. Nixon, Jaif, edomaur, Brian Leybourne.

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6/9/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Indie Game Night: InSpectres
First off, it was Clinton's review that got me to buy the game. It just reeked of fun from the sounds of it. The game was very easy to start…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

6/10/2002 Jake Norwood: Playtesting/Reviewing the QuickStart
Many of you mentioned in the past a willingness to review and playtest the quickstart rules. Well, the first draft is finished and now is your time. For now only…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

6/12/2002 Jake Norwood: Extending things a bit...
The little world-destruction magic thread got me thinking of TROS as Tom Clancy (more on the John Clark side of things), more in feel and intensity than setting. Nonetheless I'm…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Bob Richter, The_Fey, Jaif, Furious D, Ace, Ben, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Wolfen, Schatten, Lyrax, Durgil, Spartan.

6/13/2002 Jake Norwood: Of Beasts and Men
The official title to the Bestiary/NPC/Seneschal's rescource book is "Of Beasts and Men," (title curtesy of Juergen Mayer, who also bought the first leatherbound edition). I have a pretty fat…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, DaR, Furious D, Ace, Ben, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Atomic Requiem, Lyrax, ReverendCuster187, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Psychopompous, Jaif.

6/20/2002 Jake Norwood: Director Stance: Fun, but is there a Challenge?
People play RPGs for different reasons (hence GNS and all that stuff). Most of us alternate or combine from time to time, even within a session. The deal is that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Seth L. Blumberg, Blake Hutchins, Walt Freitag.

6/23/2002 Jake Norwood: Calling for submissions!
We need art and text for Of Beasts and Men. Email your entries in the format used in other threads here to norwood@theriddleofsteel.com. Please include your real name with any…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Riddlemaster.

6/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Cover for Sorcery and the Fey now up
The first draft of the cover for Driftwood Publishing's February Release, Sorcery and the Fey, is now up at www.theriddleofsteel.com/news Check it out. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Brian Leybourne.

6/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Blowing the crap out of stuff
Okay, now I'm into "realistic" games. Sim or whatever, I want m disbelief to be suspended. That's easier on me for some things than for others. TROS, for example, put…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, hardcoremoose, Paganini, Buddha Nature, Bankuei, Zak Arntson, Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, Knight, Demonspahn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, wyrdlyng, TSL.

6/30/2002 Jake Norwood: Going to Origins
I'm going to be gone for about 10 days, during which I probably won't be active at all on this here forum, nor will I answer my emails. Just thought…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Christopher Kubasik, Damien, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

7/10/2002 Jake Norwood: I'm Back!
Hi ya'll. Origins was a sheer blast. I rand one of the coolest TROS games ever with a bunch of Forge-ites, as well as playing a few other games (such…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ace, Brian Leybourne.

7/11/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS Webpage: What next?
I've got a hankerin' to add to the webpage, so I'm looking for ideas and directions, as well as stuff you all want to submit. I'll put just about anything…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ace, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Mike Holmes.

7/14/2002 Jake Norwood: Confessionals in InSpectres
How often in a single game session should players be using the confessional? Once each? Once each per scene? No rule about it? I ask because when we did it…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

7/15/2002 Jake Norwood: Permission to write articles for diverse games
Clinton asked me if I'd let folks write and Publish TROS articles for RPGE, and I said yes. Who else is hopping in on that? Who's going to let their…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

7/15/2002 Jake Norwood: Use of Articles after Publication
Would it be possible to use articles from RPGE on our various websites as free downloads a few weeks/months after their initial publicaiton? jake
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/17/2002 Jake Norwood: Virus by Email
My computer got the Klez virus (or something like that), an E-mail worm from about 4 sources this morning. It then went to every address in my list, which includes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

7/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Bestiary: Print or PDF?
I've been planning to release Of Beasts and Men in print form since the beginning, but I've been wondering if an initial release on PDF wouldn't be wiser...a lot depends…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Skywalker, Jason L Blair, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Ace, Durgil, Lyrax, Janne Halmetoja, Delta1, Thirsty Viking, Scotty, Mokkurkalfe, svenlein, Silanthous, Unsane.

7/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Supplements Big and Small, Good and Bad
I've been thinking a lot about the roll of supplements lately. I've had many conversations with Ron and others about them and "what makes a good supplment" in the past,…
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Eugene Zee, Matt, Dav, Michael Hopcroft, toshiro.

7/23/2002 Jake Norwood: GNS Decisions, I think I'm starting to get it enough to talk
The way I see it, GNS is primarily about decisions, and only by extension about games, players, or whatever. So here's a definition in a nutshell: Gamist decision: What will…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Paganini, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

7/23/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS is in Stores!
TROS got released about a week or two early, it seems, and is allready in stores. From what I hear, it's doing very well. For those of you that haven't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Matt, ShaneNINE, A.Neill, Anthony I, Brian Leybourne, Fabrice G., Furious D, Durgil, Ron Edwards, hyphz, jamesdbr, Delta1, Aidan Dixon, Grex, Mokkurkalfe, Irmo, Dave Versace, Lyrax, Nick Pagnucco, Vanguard, Thirsty Viking.

7/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Version 2 of Brian's Combat Sim is up
http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/support/ Check it out. Also, Brian, why don't you hop on and tell us what's new. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Durgil, Brian Leybourne.

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