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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 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: 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 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 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.

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.

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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.

7/18/2002 Noel: Underworld Characters
Here's an idea for a character that I've been playing with: "The Self-Made Man" A junkman artificer obsessed with the idea of self-improvement, and with his eventual goal of walking…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Noel.

7/18/2002 wyrdlyng: Dominating Play (long)
Setup: I'm playing in a weekly/bi-weekly D&D game run by my wife. The current group is 6 players in size and is the result of combining 2 groups, 1 good…
In Actual Play
Participants: wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Clay, Jake Norwood, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, hyphz, Andrew Martin, damion.

7/18/2002 TSL: For your amusement...
The Epic Level Handbook has an epic level spell listing that I thought you'd get a kick out of: DC 86 Memento Mori- A thought that kills.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: TSL, Dave Turner.

7/18/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: Looking ahead to september
in september me and my roomate will be needing to join a group playing in the provo utah area. Both of us would like a chance to play rather than…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood.

7/18/2002 tdenmark: What is a role-playing game?
How far can you push the envelope and still be called a role-playing game? Can a board game with a character you control be an RPG? (Talisman?) Can a card…
In RPG Theory
Participants: tdenmark, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Ring Kichard, Paganini, Le Joueur, contracycle, Stuart DJ Purdie, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Victor Gijsbers, Wolfen, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

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