Previous Topics 3/1/2007 Calithena: [Hero's Banner] The Madness of Tucaescu Paul, Danielle, George and I have started playing this game, with Paul GMing. There will be lots to say, but first I want to get something out of the way.… In Actual Play Participants: Calithena, Tim C Koppang, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, geestar3.
2/16/2007 Calithena: Miniatures-Driven Roleplaying Rules Hi all -
I'm working on a system right now which is sort of an 'alternate direction' RPGs could have evolved back in the seventies. Instead of trying to make… In First Thoughts Participants: Calithena, RyanMacklin, Leviathan, komradebob, johnwedd, Simon C, Darcy Burgess, Samael, mratomek, Thenomain, TroyLovesRPG, David Artman.
11/24/2006 Calithena: [Father & Son Fantasy] Looking for some help Hi folks -
I've now run 2 sessions of a fantasy game for a father and son in the neighborhood I like. We generated characters using a moderately homebrewed (mostly… In Actual Play Participants: Calithena, Paul T, Noon, Ron Edwards, WDFlores, David Artman.
7/16/2006 Calithena: [AP & History] Initiative Rules I was running my system for some old friends the last couple of weeks. I decided a while back that initiative rules were not worth the time they took, but… In Actual Play Participants: Calithena, Tommi Brander.
3/17/2006 Calithena: Heroquest Probabilities Question Talking extended contests here - rough answers are OK. (I already know the answers for simple contests, they're easy to analyze, and weird - I think I'd come extended or… In HeroQuest Participants: Calithena, Tim Ellis, Mike Holmes, Hans, Vaxalon, epweissengruber.
3/1/2006 Calithena: [Azureflame] Conflict Resolution & Imaginary Content So I gamed all weekend with my friend Del. There are a bunch of thoughts percolating but I want to focus on a particular scene: not the pivotal scene of… In Playtesting Participants: Calithena, Noon, heraclitusagain.
2/19/2006 Calithena: My Hangup/Grist for the Mill I was just reading Paul's starting situation stuff and I see the problem he needs to solve.
Every time I think about this game, I imagine the characters are all… In Acts of Evil Playtest Board Participants: Calithena, Paul Czege.
2/17/2006 Calithena: [S&S] Ask How I just roughed out the following text for the game I'm writing. It's an attempt to formalize the play-procedures associated with certain variations on the 'realism' question. Feedback would be… In Indie Game Design Participants: Calithena, Sempiternity.
1/22/2006 Calithena: [S&S] Managing Outsized Adversity This relates to the game I'm designing at
http://1.myfreebulletinboard.com/calithena-forum-12.html&sid=fb44d74ad26efba39c2651a46e4c5921
but has some more general application.
I'm designing a game where some key elements - adventure location, magical spells and items,… In Indie Game Design Participants: Calithena, dindenver, contracycle.
8/11/2005 Calithena: Are these two things incompatible? 1. "You're in a cavern of undulating stone, with an ancient brass demon-idol hulking above its farther reaches. Three bestial humanoids stand guard before it, waving flails..."
(During the battle,… In RPG Theory Participants: Calithena, Alan, Ron Edwards.
1/26/2004 Calithena: Weapon Traits Inspired by parts of Sorcerer & Sword, as well as discussions in the TRoS forum, I've been wondering about treating weaponry in fantasy RPGs strictly through the traits of the… In RPG Theory Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, montag, lumpley, Christopher Weeks, talysman, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, clehrich.
1/20/2004 Calithena: Making a Game out of Magic This is the kind of thread I never know whether to put here or in RPG theory. I want to discuss some issues relating to RPG magic systems in a… In RPG Theory Participants: Calithena, Lxndr, gobi, Umberhulk, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, GreatWolf, Jack Aidley, Christopher Weeks, apeiron, M. J. Young, Paul Czege, BPetroff93, RaconteurX.
1/15/2004 Calithena: Another Sorcerer Combat Question Hiero is fighting Gurk and Gookin. Hiero has five dice, gook and gurkin 3 each.
They roll off. Hiero gets 65442; Gurk gets 543; Gookin gets 331.
Hiero goes first.… In Adept Press Participants: Calithena, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, zmook, Blind Hero.
1/12/2004 Calithena: RPG/CCG hybrid scam; Monetary Awards in RPGs more generally In another thread, Mike Holmes wrote:
"The one thing that I always bring up regarding that we have this scorekeeping device… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Calithena, MachMoth, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Drifter Bob, damyano.
1/9/2004 Calithena: Follow-up Query Wow! That was an extremely interesting game. We're going to continue.
Roleplaying a whole land full of people mostly at Humanity 0, without memory or a sense of identity, was… In Adept Press Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards.
1/8/2004 Calithena: Device for Gamism This is just an aside to Mike's Standard Rant #7.
I noticed Drifter Bob there talking about a hypothetical spell 'Goodnight', which is basically a device allowing the party to… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Calithena, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Umberhulk, M. J. Young.
1/7/2004 Calithena: Resolution Mechanic Query After some initial experimentation I really like the method of opposed dice pool resolution in Sorcerer and Donjon. One thing I like about it is that I don't know exactly… In RPG Theory Participants: Calithena, Mike Holmes.
1/6/2004 Calithena: Shapeshifting in Sorcerer OK, here's a problem I've been struggling with for a while.
Let's say you have a demon concept which involves a parasite/possessor demon allowing its host to take on any… In Adept Press Participants: Calithena, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander, greyorm, erithromycin.
1/6/2004 Calithena: PBeM? Has anyone tried Burning Wheel for PBeM play?
The thing that makes me think it might be a cut above the norm is the 'combat scripting' approach, though I only… In Burning Wheel Participants: Calithena, Lxndr.
1/5/2004 Calithena: Sorcerer Friday! Okay, so I'm going to sit down with a friend and play Friday. Finally! I'm very jazzed about this.
Realization: Relationship Maps and Kickers go together. It's a kind of… In Adept Press Participants: Calithena, Valamir, Ron Edwards.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 5/11/2008 Calithena: Announcing a Summer Adventure Contest! [img]http://www.otherworld.me.uk/images/shared/omlogo.jpg[/img]
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are proud to announce our first joint adventure contest! Our panel of five judges includes the following RPG legends:
[list][*]Frank Mentzer
[*]S. John Ross
[*]James M. Ward[/list]… In Endeavor Participants: Calithena.
5/12/2008 Calithena: How to promote a contest? So, I've been working on this magazine called Fight On!, which is an old-school fantasy fanzine. All you indie designers who started out in the old days, if you have… In Publishing Participants: Calithena, Paul Czege.
2/11/2009 Calithena: Announcing the Erol Otus Art Challenge! [img]http://www.otherworld.me.uk/images/shared/omlogo.jpg[/img]
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present the
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[size=7][color=Maroon]Art Challenge![/color][/size]
Judged by Erol Otus and shown in the pages of [i]Fight On![/i]
All artists are invited to submit a picture on one… In Endeavor Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, greyorm, MacLeod, GozerTC.
10/11/2010 Calithena: Distribution Lists? I am curious whether any folks around here might have access to, or be able to point me to a place where I might get access to, lists of active… In Publishing Participants: Calithena, Jason Pitre, mratomek, Nathan P., MatrixGamer.
5/3/2012 Calithena: Public Domain/Free for Commercial Use Initials? I am wondering if any of you know of or can link me to any. Thanks for any help you can provide. "Initials" in the sense I mean are the… In Publishing Participants: Calithena, David Artman, Eero Tuovinen, kensanata.
6/1/2012 Calithena: Hey, thanks! For the friends I made here, on-line and real life both.
For the inspiration I derived here for gaming and for fantasy.
For letting me contribute to what other people… In Site Discussion Participants: Calithena.
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