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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.

6/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: PDF idea
An odd idea I just had: when selling an game on your website, make it completely free for download - but set the permissions in the PDF such that it's…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, Nathan, Matt Gwinn, Adam, Tim Denee, Chris Passeno, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bankuei, hive, Michael Hopcroft, tribalkid, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Bailey, Eugene Zee.

6/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer: the Agency
(Note: I edited the title. As I've made certain to say before, games based on copyrighted works are a tricky area. Plus, I really like this idea, and might make…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, joshua neff, Blake Hutchins, Bailywolf, Clay, Seth L. Blumberg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RoS: The Eye of the Storm
My group and I finished our four-part Riddle of Steel campaign last night. (The earlier sessions, in order, are here, here, and here. In the final session, our group really…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei.

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.

5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

5/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Questions, and more questions
Jake, 1) Grappling. What's going on there? Seriously. My real question: I want to tackle some random guy. What's my ATN? 2) Arming gloves. Cool as hell, but - what's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Lyrax.

5/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the curmudgeon
Just this morning, I heard about some thread on RPG.net about the Forge. (It's actually about GNS.) I went and read it, and have some thoughts I'd like to share:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, A.Neill, Joe Murphy (Broin), Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege, Sidhain, Seth L. Blumberg, Eric.Brennan, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Paganini, Balbinus.

5/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dust Devils review is up
In addition to the Dust Devils review, you'll notice a first glimpse of me using our new content management system to organize things. Check it out and make sure and…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James, Ron Edwards.

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dice pool history
Ron, I think Ghostbusters beat it to the bunch with the dice pools, but that's of little importance. It definitely is the definitive dice pool game.
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simultaneous multiple-scene play
In the Riddle of Steel forum, Ron said that he would explain how easy play with different characters in different scenes simultaneously could be to run, if asked. I'm asking:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Wolfen, Thor Olavsrud.

5/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Psychological Role-playing
All the recent discussion of Simulationist play has brought up talk about the psychological aspects of role-playing games. I've been more interested in this lately, as well, because of talks…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, lumpley, Gordon C. Landis, joe_llama, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Fabrice G..

5/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Any problems since the move?
Well, obviously, we've now moved. If anyone has any questions, or comments, or notices any problems, please let me know. Thanks!
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Blake Hutchins.

5/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Performance problems
I just wanted to apologize for all the performance problems we've had lately. I have no idea what's causing them, but they should be gone after I change hosts this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

4/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Policy: Responsibilities of being a moderator
Moderators, I have not made it clear so far what the responsibilities of having a forum on The Forge are, and think I should at this point. Having a forum…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

4/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum policy specific to Indie Game Design
The following policies apply to all posts within Indie Game Design. 1. All threads started in Indie Game Design should be about either the process of designing a game, or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

4/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Game Formerly Known as Panels
A long time ago, I started work on a superhero game based off of relationships instead of lists of powers called "Panels." To tell the truth, it was a complete…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, mahoux, Zak Arntson, J B Bell, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Bailywolf, Matt Steflik, Matt, Andrew Martin.

4/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple Questions 2: What makes a good GM?
Now that the "why GM" question has been fully hashed out, I want to move on to another question: what makes a good GM? Even more personally, why do you…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mytholder, joshua neff, Bankuei, Petter Sandelin, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Valamir.

4/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: "Fantasy Heartbreakers" by Ron Edwards
Everyone - Ron has a new essay in the Articles section - well worth reading, in my opinion. Post comments here.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

3/27/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple Questions: Why the GM?
Ok - this question dives into the simple. Why do you GM? This question's been rolling around in my head for the longest time. Of all the supposed biases on…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, unodiablo, rafael, xiombarg, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Sidhain, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Rich Forest, C. Edwards, Balbinus, J B Bell, wyrdlyng, Seth L. Blumberg, Laurel, Zak Arntson, Steve Dustin, Matt Gwinn, Ace, Kenway, contracycle, JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, Valamir.

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7/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Awesome Sorcerer quote
The title of this post is kind of misleading. I don't want to get into a "Jack Chick bad!" discussion either, but anyway - in the newest Jack Chick essay…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Morgan, Clay, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

7/3/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Help with demons in The Clicking Sands
My group and I got together last night to make characters for Sorcerer and Sword. We're jump-starting the game by using the Clicking Sands setting right out of the book,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Clay, Valamir.

7/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer and Sword - Under the Blood Sun
I'm starting a new game of Sorcerer and Sword tonight, called "Under the Blood Sun." It's loosely based on the Clicking Sands setting from S&S, with a few bizarre changes.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Clay, Mike Holmes, Yasha, Zak Arntson, Uncle Dark, DaR.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: This morning's slowness
I'm not sure what's up this morning, but the database is running very slow. I'm talking with customer service as I type this, so we should be back to normal…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGevolution Proposal
This is the same proposal I've e-mailed you, preserved here for reference. RPGevolution: A Proposal I, Clinton R. Nixon, am interested in restarting the web-based independent magazine I started in…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Inactive Forums
As you can well see, I've created a new forum category (Inactive Forums) and placed two forums there. - Wicked Press has been moved there due to John Wick, the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, James, Matt Snyder, xiombarg, contracycle.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Schedule for first magazine
I'm thinking of doing the first issue on an accelerated schedule - September 1st would be the deadline for articles, and I'd publish (hopefully) on September 15th. After that, deadlines…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Types of articles I'm looking for
After this first issue, I'm going to have an open call for submissions. For the first issue, though, I'm going to keep it amongst invited contributors, and perhaps people you…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGevolution website
I've started work on the RPGevolution website. I'll let everyone know when it's ready to check out all the features, but the start's up at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/rpge/. - Clinton
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/18/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGnow
I know we've talked about this before, but I want to know if anyone around here has any hard data - has anyone sold anything through RPGnow.com? (I know for…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, xiombarg, Matt, greyorm, quozl, Cynthia Celeste Miller, rpghost.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Layout and DTP
For the people here actually publishing games, what are you using for your layout and design? Are you using a DTP program, like Quark or Photoshop, or are you using…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Adam, Eugene Zee, Matt, hive, mahoux, Ben Morgan, Jack Spencer Jr, Michael Hopcroft, Tim Denee, woodelf, Tim Gray, Matt Wilson, Clay.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Riddle of Steel review up
The Riddle of Steel review is up in the reviews section.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

7/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game (Paladin!) and new forum
Hey, everyone - I've got a forum now. After looking at how many posts there were about Donjon, Ron and I decided to give me my own little forum here.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

7/29/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Articles I'm looking for, part II
Here is a big list of ideas for articles I've come up with. I've listed some of you by name below, but don't feel like I'm demanding anything - these…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: My first game design
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~tac_ezine/current.htm]The Physical Adept[/url] Long ago - actually, in 1999 - I submitted my first bit of game design to a 2nd edition AD&D fan zine. That's it, right above. I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Le Joueur, greyorm, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Tony Durham, Matt.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: In-Fo-Mation
Two pieces of information for the forum: 1) I will be gone from tomorrow (Aug. 1) to the next Tuesday (Aug. 6). Ron is da man during that time. If…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news
After all this time, I know some of you are skeptical on if Donjon's going to get done. I have, in fact, just laid out the first four chapters, albeit…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Zak Arntson, Anonymous, Le Joueur, efindel.

8/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer wins Diana Jones award
The subject says it all - a proud night for Ron and everyone.
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ian Cooper, Mytholder, Galfraxas, GreatWolf, Stuart DJ Purdie, Gary N. Mengle, jburneko, Le Joueur, Blake Hutchins, Fabrice G., rafael, Alex Knapik, greyorm, Matt, xiombarg, Christopher Kubasik, Tim Denee, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Uncle Dark, Zak Arntson, Tim C Koppang.

8/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Find your local con!
After all the GenCon greatness, it's time to attack the local cons. I've been attending Seattle conventions for two years, and have noticed a lot of people that don't attend…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Hopcroft, Bailywolf, jburneko, K.R.Peterson, J B Bell, unodiablo, xiombarg, efindel, rafael, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Gonster.

8/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum structure
The forums are being reorganized (as we discussed in New days upon us) in order to accomodate more independent game forums. The first big change you'll see will be that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Paul Czege, Russell Hoyle, Ron Edwards.

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