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6/18/2002 Brian Leybourne: OK, can someone explain to me...
(or point me to the explanation because I don't seem to be able to find it). Gamist, Narritivist, Simulationist. Possibly others although these are the three that get bandied about,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, deidzoeb.

6/18/2002 jdrakeh: Roleplaying Under the Moons of Magnatz (revised version)
To make things more convenient for you, I've moved the Magnatz files to my web-site, here: http://www.angelfire.com/goth/oblongbox/miscdebris.html It's located under the "Fantasy" section of the site. So if you'd like…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Ron Edwards, Mark D. Eddy, Mike Holmes.

6/18/2002 bluekabuto: Dice Images for Cookie Fu now available!
Dice Mockups for Cookie Fu We've posted some mockups of the "Fu & Fortune Dice" for Cookie Fu in our games section, Check em out at www.bluekabuto.com/games.html If all goes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bluekabuto.

6/18/2002 Rhysas: A less common approach (at least I think so)
Hi everyone, I’ve been reading all the material here at the Forge and it's pretty helpful stuff. My compliments to Ron and the whole gang. A very high level of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rhysas, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf.

6/18/2002 giblin: Initiative System
Hi all, Any ideas on how to make this more streamlined and playable? I always hated regular initiative systems where one person runs across the room and attacks while time…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: giblin, Mark D. Eddy, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Matt Gwinn, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö, Wolfen.

6/18/2002 Ace: A great weapons site for TROS
I just found this site on netsword. It has big l JPG's of replica weapons and has a really great comparison tool that allows you to line up different replica…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Wolfen, Ben.

6/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Whither the Art?
The subject of RPGs-without-art* reared its head in the post A .PDF Query and I wanted to focus more on this subject. First of all, I think one assumption…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Ferry Bazelmans, Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, hive, Dav, Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Eugene Zee, Bankuei, Jason L Blair, Misguided Games.

6/17/2002 Brian Leybourne: tRoS starting tonight - skills question
(this is also posted in the tRoS forum). Finally, I'm starting a tRoS campaign tonight. After so much foreplay it's going to be nice to move onto the sex (so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/17/2002 Brian Leybourne: Starting tonight / skills?
Finally, I'm starting a tRoS campaign tonight. After so much foreplay it's going to be nice to move onto the sex (so to speak). Just a quick question to those…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Jaif, Ben, DaR, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter, contracycle.

6/17/2002 ynnen: scenario/adventure writeup -- the museum
i'd love to see more people post some of their home-made campaign or adventure ideas. to get the ball rolling, here's one i've been developing that i plan on running…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: ynnen, peteramthor.

6/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: A .PDF query
I have a query for the folks who regularly buy .pDF RPG's -- what's the most you think people would be willing to pay for a complete RPG in .PDF…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes, rafael, Seth L. Blumberg, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Ron Edwards, pigames, contracycle, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, Clay, Matt Gwinn, Bailey, Eugene Zee.

6/17/2002 Bankuei: Characters made for RoS
Sometimes you just see a character that simply must exist in RoS... Consider this thread a mix of RoS reading/viewing + characters who fit the RoS world real well... From…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, jhudsui.

6/16/2002 rafael: Dread: Demons, Shotguns, and Black Magic
After some excellent critique on Actual Play by Clinton, Zak, and Chris (AKA Bankuei), as well as several pages of responses from various playtesters, I've redesigned Dread. * Removed scenario…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: rafael, Andrew Martin, jdrakeh, S.Lonergan.

6/16/2002 jdrakeh: Oops. Let's try that again.
Sorry about files not downloading properly. Try this instead... The .pdf file can be downloaded here: http://www.angelfire.com/goth/oblongbox It's in the "Oblong Offerings" section of the site, categorized under "Fantasy" -…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Fabrice G..

6/16/2002 Mike Holmes: Faster, Better, Cheaper playtest
As part of the playtest swap program I organized a session using Kirt Dankmyer's Faster, Better, Cheaper system last night, 6/15/02. I assembled three players. Brad, who is amongst…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, joshua neff, xiombarg.

6/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Question for moderators
The PDF of my game will be coming out in two weeks -- U just found out from my typesetter it will be ready June 24th. I want to offer…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

6/16/2002 J B Bell: Announcing Synthesis v. 1.8 (was "Self System")
I am very pleased to announce the public release of Synthesis, version 1.8. Synthesis is a broad-based Narrativist system that permits a wide variety of possible Premises and Settings. The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: J B Bell.

6/16/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Now what about Ygg?
Oooh, I'm soo impatient. Sorry everyone. I want to build further on Ygg, but first I kind of want your approval. I seem to work best after I just had…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Mark D. Eddy, Laurel.

6/16/2002 Buddha Nature: Narrativist mechanics
Hey all, I am looking for possible "patches" or "house rules" to make a less than narrativist game (D&D 3E for example) more so. For example one thing I had…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Buddha Nature, Bankuei, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, damion, deidzoeb.

6/16/2002 jdrakeh: First draft minimalist rules... can I get a critique
So... I'm still moving along slowly when it comes to design. I always manage to have a few good ideas, but have problems integrating them into a workable system. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, rafael.

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6/19/2002 Eric J.: Steriotypical RPG has a conflict system
I stumbelled upon this concept while trying to teach my 7-year old sister to play Star Wars D6. It just flashed in my head and I spent the next week…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eric J., Victor Gijsbers, Christoffer Lernö, Jake Norwood.

6/19/2002 Paul Czege: the mortification of the world, the flesh, and the devil
If you have never playtested a game of your own design, let me tell you, it is humbling beyond your capacity to imagine. Yesterday I ran my second session of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

6/19/2002 Tim Denee: InSpectres bank dice question
In the text and on the character sheets it has a bank roll of 1 listed as "Account Overrun! Ignore all other results and lose all Bank dice rolled". I…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan.

6/19/2002 Dav: Del Ray Diablo, New England (!!)
(Ron, I trust if you feel this is best served in Actual Play, you will move it and give me a swift backhand when next we meet) I just wanted…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards.

6/19/2002 Valamir: On RPG's and Pricing
There've been some discussions here about the current pricing range of RPGs during which I've offered my opinion that in general RPG books are priced to low (which IMO is…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, hive, Paul Czege, Laurel, Mike Holmes, JSDiamond, Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, pigames.

6/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The fall of the Paladin
Paul Czege posted a very interesting thread about how humbling it is to playtest your own game, which is amazingly convergent, since I just had the exact same experience. I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Paul Czege, DaR, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Wolfen, Yasha.

6/19/2002 Eddy Fate: Darkness Unleashed Short Story [Revised]
[b][i]Update 6/20 - Thanks to Derrick Billings for revising this with me![/i][/b] -- Here's a little short scene about the Dark Brigade to whet your appetite. (Note that this story…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

6/19/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Linear skill ratings deciding dice pool size is broken
Adding to the "broken" series here. Let's look at the popular dice pool decided on a skill rating. Most systems have a simple: skill level x gives x dice. Similar…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Syphon, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

6/19/2002 ynnen: the character age "ability" issue -- one suggestio
i've seen it stated in reviews and some boards how there isn't a feeling of difference in character abilities based on age other than innocence. to an extent, that's true...…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: ynnen, peteramthor, Jason L Blair.

6/19/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Interrupting actions
First read the 4 steps of action thread if you haven't already. Now onto something I'm interested in. What about interrupting actions, how can one deal with the them well?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Ring Kichard, Seth L. Blumberg, C. Edwards, Buddha Nature.

6/19/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Narrated combat results - a problem
I was thinking about an issue regarding using director stance to describe combat events. Let's say player A is fighting a monster. Now the GM is really running a sim…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, gentrification, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, damion, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, Clinton R. Nixon, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, Jesse Paulsen, Andrew Martin, contracycle.

6/19/2002 quozl: dustjackets?
I finally saw Sorcerer the other day and noticed it's a hardcover with a dustjacket. What do people think about dustjackets? Do gamers like them? Also, are they cheaper or…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Misguided Games, Clay, Buddha Nature, Sidhain.

6/19/2002 Ace: A new use for Destiny SA
I thought of a new possible use for the Destiny SA and wondered what you all think Even the most fatebound adventurer can be the subject of a mishap that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bob Richter, Clinton R. Nixon, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

6/19/2002 Ace: A question about bleeding
lets say my party member has a serious wound bleeding at a TN of 6 or so. Once combat stops how do I determine I have can apply first aid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bob Richter.

6/20/2002 Bankuei: Old school fantasy the Scattershot way...
This week I have a friend who's flown in from NY, and he's telling me about this really fun D&D campaign he's in, and it's got me all hyped for…
In Scattershot
Participants: Bankuei, Le Joueur.

6/20/2002 Paganini: Dice probabilities in the Pool
I took the Pool with me on vacation and tore it apart pretty thourghouly. I see a potential problem with the gambling mechanics, and I wondered if anyone has run…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paganini, Paul Czege, Buddha Nature, Valamir, Michael Bowman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Jeffrey Straszheim.

6/20/2002 Henry Fitch: Rat D&D
Okay, so I played a very casual extemporaneous game of D&D at a party today, and the DM sucked, but it was still kinda fun. Most of the rules got…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

6/20/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Relationship Maps AGAIN?
Hi everybody, A quick question (especially for Ron): Why the novels? Why read a book, take the R-Map and twist it around? Why not just make up a map on…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Buddha Nature, J B Bell, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

6/20/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Open Play at Origins
Is there going to be open play space at Origins? And if there is, how difficult-to-impossible will it be to organize a picjkup game of something new? I didn;t get…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

6/20/2002 Jason L Blair: Booth design
Anyone have any ideas on how the booth should look? Anyone care? Do I have carte-blanche to aim for maximum gaming sassiness?
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

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