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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.

7/10/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: sneak peek at the driver's seat
[i]I'm a rocker / I'm a roller / I'm an out of controller[/i] Ben has done it again, ladies and germs... http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/octanesheet-lowres.gif
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Matt, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Bankuei.

7/10/2002 pigames: Question for what players want - please help.
Our new game in development is not combat intensive. We are debating whether to use a fitness trait to encompass strength and dexterity, or just use strength and dexterity like…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: pigames, S.Lonergan, Matt, Victor Gijsbers, Paul Czege, Valamir, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Skippy.

7/10/2002 Jeffrey Straszheim: Sorcerer in play, some things worked, some didn't
It has been literally years since I've had a good roleplaying experience. In the past year I've made two attempts: an Everway group that played for about three sessions before…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, J B Bell.

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.

7/9/2002 jburneko: Sorcerer - Gothic Fantasy - Session #1
Hello All, Well, last night was the first session of my Sorcerer game. It went GREAT! First of all, I'd like to say that, as advertised, this game IS Intense.…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Petter Sandelin.

7/9/2002 Steve Dustin: Why simulationism?
I've been off and on these boards for a while, generally watching from a distance. I've been thinking about my current RPG experiences, and in that context think I might…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Steve Dustin, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, contracycle, Paganini, Matt Snyder, amiel.

7/9/2002 Ron Edwards: Universalis play at Origins
Hi there, So I finally lost my Universalis cherry, thanks to Mike's "No means Yes" approach to running a demo. Here are some of my thoughts and questions, and bear…
In Universalis
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

7/9/2002 Ron Edwards: The Forge at GenCon - CRUCIAL POST
So far, based on my financial records, here are the people who are going to be at the booth, in addition to me and Jason. Gordon Landis Scott Knipe Paul…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Jürgen Mayer, Matt Snyder, Demonspahn, Jason L Blair, Jerry D. Grayson, TSL, Misguided Games, Gordon C. Landis, GreatWolf, woodelf.

7/9/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Tons o' games at NURD
My roleplaying convention NURD went extremely well last week. We had about 150 gamers from all over the country (we even had guests from Hamburg - that's on the other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards.

7/9/2002 jjkahrs: Dark-Gritty feel and Rules Light?
I'm running into a bit of a creative clash while developing my current RPG idea. The setting is a dark and gritty superhero setting much like Dark Knight Returns or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jjkahrs, Ring Kichard, Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, damion, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

7/9/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe, GenCon and the future of MMT
Wow, sounds dark and dire, eh? octaNe is really close to being done. I just sent out the (possible) final draft for editing. It's 55 pages of balls-out rockin'. :)…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

7/8/2002 Mike Holmes: Mike's Standard Rant #5: The Myth of Opposed Rolls
[size=18px]Mike's Standard Rant #5: The Myth of Opposed Rolls[/size] When RPGs started resolution rolls were all of the "Roll vs. Target" type. Soon thereafter, however, somebody invented the idea of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, Ring Kichard, Paganini, Reimer Behrends, Paul Czege, Wart, damion, Jake Norwood, Walt Freitag, contracycle.

7/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Tons o'games at Origins
Hey there, And did we play. Oh my. These are what I got to play in. SORCERER I ran the Lincoln High Reunion demo scenario, with John Clements, Jared Sorensen,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Jason L Blair, Chris Passeno, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft.

7/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Origins debriefing
Hi everyone, Here's my Origins Report! I'll start by clarifying that Origins is one of the two big player-targeted gaming conventions, sponsored by GAMA (the Game Manufacturer's Association), which also…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Misguided Games, Michael Hopcroft.

7/8/2002 lumpley: Shadows
My 5-year-old Sebastian and I have been playing Shadows. (Uh, let's see: Shadows.) We're playing it without tokens, just very simply with the two dice. We've played two sessions. He…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Zak Arntson, Emily Care.

7/8/2002 bluekabuto: Cookie Fu Goes to Press, Gen Con, and Cafe Press
Konnichiwa - Blue Kabuto would like to announce that Cookie Fu has gone to production! The dice have gone off to the manufacturing plant and we're prepping the other contents…
In Publishing
Participants: bluekabuto.

7/7/2002 Bailey: Lead or Gold
Played Lead or Gold a couple of day ago. It went smooth but I'm wondering a few things. Is there anything in the rules that supports this being in space?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailey, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/7/2002 Jasper: Interruptions and Order (IIEE)
I suppose I should announce that this is my first topic, though I've been lurking for a bit. Bravo to everyone here, it really is a great place. On with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jasper, Ring Kichard, Christoffer Lernö, damion, Mike Holmes.

7/7/2002 Eric J.: The World vs. one.
I feel alone sometimes. Very alone. There are thousands of people working on new books, new games, new ideas, and new inventions constantly. I am but a single individual, a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., Le Joueur, Ring Kichard, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards.

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7/11/2002 Galfraxas: Thought this was funny, had to share...
Okay, I'm a regular (uh.... lurker) here at the Forge, and I'm also a regular (again, lurker) at Bad Movie Reviews, http://www.badmovies.org/, and I found this one day while reading…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Jürgen Mayer.

7/11/2002 Don Lag: Recommendations for gamemasters/narrators/directors/...
Hi, a local group for gamemasters has formed in my town and one of the iniciatives they have is preparing gamemastering tutorials for newcomers to the game. Since I've found…
In Actual Play
Participants: Don Lag, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Valamir.

7/11/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Damaging problems in Ygg - thinking out loud
Thinking out aloud here I'm not really expecting you to offer solutions. But maybe there is some food for thought, or maybe someone actually has a suggestion. So what am…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Valamir, Jake Norwood, damion.

7/11/2002 Matt Gwinn: Distribution Question
I just received an email from Esdevium Games Limited, an RPG distributor in the UK. One of their customers asked about Kayfabe, so they asked for my terms and such.…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Eugene Zee, Matt, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

7/11/2002 jrients: How do you promote?
Howdy folks! I'm a newbie here at the Forge, so please try to go easy on me. The Resource Library at the Forge has led me to a…
In Publishing
Participants: jrients, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

7/11/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils storm a brewin'
Ok, folks, GenCon is almost here. I'm up to my neck in freelance design, with Universalis and octaNe up to bat next. Just finished Trollbable, and Ron's going over revisions…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Mike Holmes, TSL, Jason L Blair, Clay, Jürgen Mayer, James.

7/11/2002 jjkahrs: Where can I find TRoS?
I'm intrigued, but I was wondering where I could find a copy of The Riddle of Steel?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jjkahrs, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Lyrax.

7/11/2002 amiel: Use of Blackjack as Mechanic
Could one of you statistics (the science not the RP term) junkies out there do some breakdowns on odds as they pertain to the popular game of Blackjack. Yes, I'm…
In RPG Theory
Participants: amiel, Matt Snyder, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Ring Kichard, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, damion, Mighty Platypus.

7/11/2002 Jason L Blair: GU, Forbeck, and Independent Games
Excerpt from "State of the Gaming Industry 2002" by Matt Forbeck. From Games Unplugged Issue 17 (June 2002). The Real Independents I'm not denigrating the independents for their efforts. For…
In Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Jürgen Mayer, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2002 Jaif: Magic system suggestions
Given the recent speed-of-light, er, "discussion", I've been thinking along the following lines... Outside of the level of vagaries used, the game system increases difficulties and places limits in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

7/12/2002 Ron Edwards: In Utero
So I'm building a vile little scenario that I think might be interesting. Demon A is a fetus, a Parasite hosted in the body of its master - a pregnant…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, rafael, Zak Arntson, Blake Hutchins, Stuart DJ Purdie, jrs, Gordon C. Landis, J B Bell, Solomon, Walt Freitag.

7/12/2002 Ron Edwards: The Marquis, plus Angel Rant
I ran across this great comic at the local store: The Marquis: Danse Macabre by Guy Davis, published by Oni Comics It's currently in graphic novel format and it's so,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko.

7/12/2002 hive: Two Weeks
I'm going to be having a couple of weeks off from the company job and looking to take up some freelance work. Naturally, i'm most interested in doing indie work…
In Connections
Participants: hive, Matt, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, talespinnerstudios.

7/12/2002 Wolfen: Simultaneous Offense
Hey all, a question just hit me... First off, it was inspired by a memory of a florentine SCA fighter I once observed in action. It was in an encounter-style…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

7/12/2002 Zak Arntson: MonkeyWrench - Convention Edition
Not sure where to post this. It's kind of an experiment. I'm toying with a "Convention Edition" flier for publicity: A fully playable game that fits on one piece of…
In Publishing
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ben Morgan.

7/12/2002 Zak Arntson: MonkeyWrench Con Edition - Harlekin-Maus Game
Okay, I've totally revamped MonkeyWrench for convention play. Feel free to print up and photocopy and give away: http://www.harlekin-maus.com/cons/monkeywrench_con.html Looking at the original MonkeyWrench, here's what I found lacking and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

7/13/2002 deidzoeb: Prepare To Be Boarded!
[url=http://evilbobdayjob.tripod.com/boarded]Prepare To Be Boarded![/url] is a game of message board combat. Slightly more organized and civilized than outright trolling, PTBB should look to oblivious observers like a reasoned debate between…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: deidzoeb, Mike Holmes, Ring Kichard, damion, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Valamir, xiombarg, greyorm.

7/13/2002 Tim Denee: Small World
Are the insects full-on anthropomorphic, full-on insects, or somewhere in between (like, say, Antz or A Bug's Life)? Or is it a case of "whatever works for you; it's your…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/13/2002 Jaif: Official First Edition Errata?
I've got the sorcery section rewrite, and the updated beat & stop short manuevers. Now that the second edition's coming out, is there any other errata? -Jeff
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

7/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: BisbeeCon
Just played some games (!) at BisbeeCon III (a friend's annual apartment convention). Here's the scoop: I played InSpectres! Finally. :) I played Gus, the janitor in the building where…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Buddha Nature, Jürgen Mayer.

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