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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 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 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.

7/12/2002 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.

7/12/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/11/2002 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.

7/11/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jake Norwood: TROS Webpage: What next?
I've got a hankerin' to add to the webpage, so I'm looking for ideas and directions, as well as stuff you all want to submit. I'll put just about anything…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ace, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Mike Holmes.

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7/13/2002 Rod Anderson: Parasite Communication
Hi, I'm starting a Sorcerer & Sword campaign in which the PCs are Sorcerer-Kings in a Moorcock-esque world of purple skies, jagged black peaks and dangerous beasts in the mix-n-match-animal-parts…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Uncle Dark, Mike Holmes.

7/14/2002 Ron Edwards: Druine, Dunnar, and Half-dead
Hi there, I was looking through the Fantasy Heartbreaker games again, comparing various features of Deathstalkers. Deathstalkers has been released this year in hardback form (called "second edition" by the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Walt Freitag, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, simondale, damion, J B Bell, amiel, Paul Czege, contracycle, Mytholder, Valamir, Matt Gwinn, Le Joueur, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, greyorm, Tim Denee, xiombarg, hive, Jesse Paulsen, RobMuadib, TSL.

7/14/2002 Ring Kichard: The Forge Archive
In the threads on the archive, Ron and Clinton made it pretty clear they didn't have time to do the project themselves. So here is the plan, 1. I'll manually…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ring Kichard.

7/14/2002 Ring Kichard: Forge Archive Discussion
My Forge Archive Plan is available. If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, or concerns about the plan in general, this would be the place to talk about them.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ring Kichard, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/14/2002 Jake Norwood: Confessionals in InSpectres
How often in a single game session should players be using the confessional? Once each? Once each per scene? No rule about it? I ask because when we did it…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

7/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Due to circumstances beyond my control....
.... I might as well crawl into a hole and detonate the nearest hand-grenade. I got home from origins (after three days on the bus in nightmaring conditions) only to…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clay, Jason L Blair.

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 Clay: Lilo & Stitch as Sorcerer
We took the kids to see Lilo and Stitch yesterday, and after laughing my posterior off for the entire length of the movie, it occurred to me that this was…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clay, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

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 Ron Edwards: GenCon plans?
Hi there, What's the plan for GenCon? Are we still on for selling copies of The Questing Beast? If so, some fees have to be discussed, as per the GenCon…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

7/15/2002 Ron Edwards: update?
Hi Seth, I'd very, very much like to see a Quickstart Alyria ready for GenCon, even in the basic form that they're already in. Right now, I'm constrained from using…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

7/15/2002 GreatWolf: Playtest begins anew
Last Saturday, Ralph (Valamir) joined myself, my wife, and my sister to set up an Alyria storymap. Play is scheduled for next Saturday. I'll be sure to write up brief…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes.

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 Jake Norwood: Permission to write articles for diverse games
Clinton asked me if I'd let folks write and Publish TROS articles for RPGE, and I said yes. Who else is hopping in on that? Who's going to let their…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

7/15/2002 Jake Norwood: Use of Articles after Publication
Would it be possible to use articles from RPGE on our various websites as free downloads a few weeks/months after their initial publicaiton? jake
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

7/16/2002 Comte: hand me downs
Good morning everybody I noticed that there hasn't been much activity on this bord lately, so I figured I'd throw up two or three posts about this or that just…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Comte, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Grave Boy 13.

7/16/2002 Comte: the fallen
Here is an idea that I have been kicking around for awhile, and meaning to put on this list but I never seem to get around to it, untill now.…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Comte, Ron Edwards.

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