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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 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.

7/15/2002 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.

7/15/2002 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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: 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 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.

7/14/2002 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.

7/14/2002 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 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 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.

7/13/2002 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.

7/13/2002 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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7/16/2002 Zak Arntson: Chthonian - Indie Gaming Monday (7/15)
Okay, after some Dreamcast Bomberman and general BSing, we got down to business and finished up the middle act of the Chthonian adventure. You can read the first session here.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, rabidchyld.

7/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: How committed is committed?
IN the back of the HeartQuest book I had an ad for the next game Seraphim Guard was planning to publish, Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG. IT's a nice-looking ad…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, rafael, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

7/16/2002 Ben Morgan: Just started Orkworld game last week
It kinda sucks that John Wick has gone MIA recently. I just started a new game of Orkworld last saturday. There were four players, the same four as the Elfs…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Morgan, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Demonspahn.

7/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: I'll be at the GPA Booth, but....
I'd like some advice on suitable activities to run at my booth to promote my game. I"m scheduled to run two full demos in the veent hall -- one of…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

7/16/2002 contracycle: treason by the book
Well, I'm not entirely sure about the appropriateness of this post, but I've come across a marvellous book for historically interested gamers. I'm not sure it is actually RPG theory,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2002 Matt Snyder: How many copies?
Here's a question sparked by Jared's pole of who will buy octaNe. I'm aiming this at the folks who've done this before, namely Ron and Jason. How many copies of…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, Michael Hopcroft, Jürgen Mayer, Eugene Zee, Misguided Games, Tim Denee.

7/16/2002 contracycle: tight framing
How tightly can we frame a game, as play event rather product? Assuming a fair amount of GM/player distinction, if I as a GM said something to the effect of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, amiel, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Michael Hopcroft.

7/16/2002 Jason L Blair: Little Fears Game Tools: NEW HAND-ME-DOWNS
This thread is where people can detail any new hand-me-downs they've come up with. Please do not just post with a "BOOYAH!" no matter how neat-o someone's hand-me-down may be.…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Comte, saint ash.

7/17/2002 Jake Norwood: Virus by Email
My computer got the Klez virus (or something like that), an E-mail worm from about 4 sources this morning. It then went to every address in my list, which includes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

7/17/2002 Zak Arntson: Chthonian and IIEE
I went and looked up the IIEE (Intent, Initiation, Execution, Effect) thread here. Chthonian is definitely a game where the Characters need to be reasonably competent. When a Player wishes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, rabidchyld.

7/17/2002 Lily: Wuthering Heights RPG Question....
To Whomever It May Concern, I'm new to this board, as you may be able to tell. I would like to join the Wuthering Heights roleplay, but I am clueless…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lily, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Philippe Tromeur.

7/17/2002 Ron Edwards: A Sorcerer novel
Hello, I just finished reading John D. MacDonald's novel, The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything (1962). The hero inherits a gold watch from his mysterious uncle. ****** Kirby, the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, Zak Arntson.

7/18/2002 Zak Arntson: Order of Independent Game Forums
I don't know how important this is, but it's a feature request: Ordering the Independent Game Forums by activity. It's a judgement call on what "activity" means, but I'd love…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/18/2002 Jhilahd: Broomstix - advancement and other quirks
Just out of curiosity(maybe I glazed over it too quickly), but how do we advance characters in Broomstix? I know, I know... they go on to the next school year.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jhilahd, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee.

7/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Bestiary: Print or PDF?
I've been planning to release Of Beasts and Men in print form since the beginning, but I've been wondering if an initial release on PDF wouldn't be wiser...a lot depends…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Skywalker, Jason L Blair, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Ace, Durgil, Lyrax, Janne Halmetoja, Delta1, Thirsty Viking, Scotty, Mokkurkalfe, svenlein, Silanthous, Unsane.

7/18/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Fun Fighters - Ygg thinking out loud again
I was thinking a little on the fighter-like professions I have for Ygg. As I stated elsewhere, my intent is to make everything interesting, no filler material. The magic is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Valamir, damion, contracycle, Wolfen.

7/18/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe exists
Ha ha! Oh, this game is so wonderful ... Matt Snyder has cemented his place in my pantheon of Amazing Role-playing Professionals, due to his work on its layout. Anyway,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, greyorm.

7/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Supplements Big and Small, Good and Bad
I've been thinking a lot about the roll of supplements lately. I've had many conversations with Ron and others about them and "what makes a good supplment" in the past,…
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Eugene Zee, Matt, Dav, Michael Hopcroft, toshiro.

7/18/2002 Valamir: Origins, much bigger than I thought
Origins this year felt very small to me. A number of people I was there with mentioned the same thing. Perhaps it was the nearly always empty food court that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, tdenmark.

7/18/2002 xiombarg: Forum-Style Play
[This all comes from the tail end of [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2761]this thread[/url]] So, it seems that more and more people are engaging in roleplaying on internet fora. These are usually pretty freeform…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, jburneko, blackmanxy, Blake Hutchins, Ring Kichard, Michael Hopcroft, contracycle, wyrdlyng.

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