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6/9/2002 Nathan: IRC Channel For Online Play (Tomorrow?)
Hey folks, Let's give this a good ol' run. I am going to host some Eldritch Ass Kicking games on Monday nights on the Magicstar IRC Network. If interested (or…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nathan, J B Bell, Eric J..

6/9/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Last-minute Origins trip
It seems that, at the last minute, I have to go to Origins. It's a long story, but my licensee (one of them, at least) wants to meet with me…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Chris Passeno, Adam.

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.

6/9/2002 Reality Aberrant: Game mechanics of dice!
Hi all, I am new here so i am sorry if i am posting this in the wrong section. I have been playing with the idea of creating a setting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Reality Aberrant, Paganini, J B Bell, Eric J., Le Joueur.

6/9/2002 Paganini: GNS on the SFCONSIM-L
This is a copy of a post I made to the SFCONSIM-L yahoo group this afternoon. I wanted to see what you all think of it. :) BEGIN POST Sunday,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Jake Norwood.

6/9/2002 Jaif: Grappling & Wrestling
I've got a few questions about grappling and wrestling. I'm probably just being dense, but: 1) What is grappling to trap? The mechanic is clear, but what are you talking…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Wolfen, Stuart, Brian Leybourne.

6/9/2002 DaR: New Gifts & Flaws
Here are some ideas for additional gifts and flaws, plundered from a variety of sources. Additional Gifts and Flaws for The Riddle of Steel. Debt (minor or major flaw) This…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: DaR, Ben, Wolfen, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Psychopompous, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Bob Richter.

6/9/2002 Andrew Martin: Star Odyssey Playtest 9/June/2002
Star Odyssey Also managed to run a playtest of Star Odyssey system this Sunday afternoon. Star Odyssey is intended to run like a one hour SF TV series; players and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2002 Andrew Martin: Otherkind Playtest 9/June/2002
Playtested Otherkind this Sunday afternoon. Are we the first in the world? Preparation: I've read the Otherkind rules by Vincent/Lumpley several times, and printed two copies for player reference. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Martin, lumpley.

6/9/2002 Paganini: FRPG Dungeon Crawl (Whee! Actual Play! Actual Play!)
Please comment on all parts of this post, reasoning, motivation, execution in mechanics, everything. :) Okay, so I've been playing some dungeon crawl games with my brother and sister, using…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Andrew Martin, Jack Spencer Jr, Christoffer Lernö.

6/9/2002 Henry Fitch: InSpectres: The Whispering Vault
Just a thought. Come to think of it, Nobilis might work too.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/9/2002 Chuckie: Sword work:
Now I`v had a bit of time to look over the riddle of steel. Firstly, I`m not being harsh here to be mean or anything, I`m being harsh because it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Chuckie, Stuart, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, William Carew.

6/8/2002 Fabrice G.: Design Tools...what kind do you use ?
Hi all, As a closet game designer (I'm trying, but to no good so far...), I was interested by a suggestion Nathan made here. He suggests that we make…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Fabrice G., Paul Czege.

6/8/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: I have this problem, you see...
OK, here's my situation: I really haven't been able to play with any regularity in the last 4 years due to my work schedule. Now I have a new job…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Jared A. Sorensen, Eric J., Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Fabrice G., Clay.

6/8/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Shadow Boxers
I woke up with the word "shadow boxers" in my head. Only instead of being what a boxer does when training, it turned into a sect of martial-artists who fight…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, Jürgen Mayer.

6/8/2002 Wolfen: Glamour & Ritual Sorcery
Two topics, both involving Sorcery, and both things I noticed after my read-through of the Revised Sorcery Chapter. Maybe it was just that it was laid out better, so I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Jaif.

6/8/2002 Jason L Blair: Booth Numbers
The Indie Booth O' Goodness will be booths 216, 218, and 220. Not bad at all. This placement is much much much better than where I was last year. Our…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

6/8/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Missile Pool stuff
There is this one little thing I can´t understand. The book says that you can avoid missiles(arrows and stuff) with the Partial Evasion maneuver. But what about those cases where…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

6/8/2002 Ariakas: Realism and combat
Greetings, everyone. I have come to address the matter of tRoS's combat system and the realism it seeks to create when in action. Every FRPG I've ever seen has the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ariakas, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Ace, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Stuart, Valamir.

6/8/2002 Nathan: Are We Going Anywhere?
Here are some recent thoughts on the spate of island of misfits threads. My question: Are we going anywhere? In other words, is our process here on the Forge leading…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Nathan, Ace, J B Bell, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, greyorm, Fabrice G., Valamir, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Matt.

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6/10/2002 Jaif: Narrativist GMs: How do you have fun?
For those who haven't had the pleasure <g> of reading some of my other threads, let's just say I often GM for a group of traditional gamers, who happen to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jaif, Zak Arntson, hardcoremoose, Eric J., Fabrice G., Valamir, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Jake Norwood, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Kubasik, Andrew Martin, joshua neff, Paul Czege.

6/10/2002 Reality Aberrant: The Green color of Envy!!!!
Yup! I hate and Envy you all! You are all playing this cool game and somehow i got here too late to have been able to order it online... Ahhh...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Reality Aberrant.

6/10/2002 bluekabuto: Need playtesters/advice on our new release
Hello all - Bryan Kowalski from Blue Kabuto here. I am not sure where this goes, so please don't flame ok? If I am posting to the wrong place let…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bluekabuto, Eric J., Ron Edwards.

6/10/2002 lumpley: OtherKind Non-Combat Results
Over in Actual Play, Andrew Martin suggests that I give OtherKind non-combat mechanics. I personally don't think that the mechanics as they exist are only and exclusively combat mechanics, but…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

6/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Indie play: Dread
I ran Rafael Chandler's Dread this weekend for my normal group of players (Chris Chinn, James Cunningham, and Dan Root) + Zak Arntson. It's a modern horror game, kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Bankuei, rafael, Wolfen.

6/10/2002 Demonspahn: Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams released
Hi everyone. Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams is now available for purchase. You play a Dreamwalker who enters the dreams of other people in an effort to rid…
In Publishing
Participants: Demonspahn.

6/10/2002 Ron Edwards: Family matters
Hi there, This is a spin-off thread from the Remarkable Player Apathy thread, in which Eric (Pyron) has presented his concerns with the social dynamic in his role-playing group. What…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Shard, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, Laurel, Zak Arntson.

6/10/2002 Matt Snyder: The tumbling tumbleweeds
Well, just like Dust Devils says, it's time to shoot or give up the gun. After reading Ron's thoughtful review of Dust Devils half a dozen times, I've come up…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Jake Norwood, deidzoeb, hardcoremoose.

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.

6/10/2002 Furious D: Question about Mindful Gift
Does the CTN modifier of this gift affect the casting time, as well (lower CTN=lower casting time)? It's somewhat ambiguous, as described.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Furious D, Jake Norwood.

6/10/2002 hardcoremoose: Sorcerer, CobbCon, and the Charnel Gods
Hey everyone, I just returned hom from CobbCon, the annual gaming fest my friend Martin hosts every year. I'm happy to say that Sorcerer was the game of the con,…
In Actual Play
Participants: hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

6/11/2002 Reality Aberrant: The Other Side of TROS
I have read a lot about the mechanics for combat for TROS and i am very impressed about them, i am looking forward to being able to get the book…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Reality Aberrant, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

6/11/2002 GreatWolf: Off-line for a few days
In our house, we say, "Home is where the hard drive is." Tomorrow evening, I'm going off-line for a few days. After all, we have to pack the computer for…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

6/11/2002 Paganini: Indie Netgaming - SQUEAM!
We set up an impromptu game session over on the indie-netgaming list today. I was the GM and ran SQUEAM. We used IRC on the MagicStar server (which has some…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm.

6/11/2002 Zak Arntson: Chthonian - Indie Gaming Monday (6/10)
Well, spurred mostly by Clinton's evidence that there is a minority of indie play done, and by our group's dissatisfaction with d20 Call of Cthulhu, I went ahead and ran…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson.

6/11/2002 RobMuadib: In the basement again, DnD 3rd session
Hi all Well, managed to play another session of DnD 3rd this time with a few players. I ended up DMing, as the one guy we played with last week,…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobMuadib, Ron Edwards, Balbinus.

6/11/2002 joshua neff: Sorcerer review at RPGnet
Eric Brennan has written a nice review of Sorcerer that's now up on RPGnet. Just so's ya know.
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Balbinus, Paul Czege.

6/11/2002 Nathan: A Christian RPG?
Okay. Warning: What you may encounter below could be life changing, opinion altering, or healthy! :) There - my warning is out of the way. One of my projects that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Laurel, Fabrice G., Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Walt Freitag, J B Bell, Bankuei, sdemory, Clay, Victor Gijsbers.

6/11/2002 Paganini: Indie Netgaming - SQUEAM!
Just a heads up that we played a big SQUEAM game in the #indierpgs IRC channel last night. Play report is up over in actual play.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/11/2002 rabidchyld: Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
I've been debating whether or not I even wanted to post this, but decided to go ahead because I'm just so pleased about the way our game turned out last…
In Actual Play
Participants: rabidchyld, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Wart, Blake Hutchins, Jürgen Mayer.

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