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7/19/2002 Paganini: What can the dice determine?
So, I was bored this evening, and thinking about the bent my game-design thinking has been developing along. I appologize in advance for the rambling nature of this post. :)…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, lumpley, Mark D. Eddy.

7/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: CyberCon
I've been asked to get a vendor booth at this year's CyberCon and to run games there. Since this is an on-line game convention and I've never tried to sell…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Dav.

7/19/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Fun Fighters part 2 (Ygg)
I wrote this stuff at home unaware of any comments to my first posting, so I apologize for any overlap. I'm gonna keep lagging on the postings for a while…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, contracycle, Ollog Herder.

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.

7/18/2002 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/17/2002 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.

7/17/2002 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 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.

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7/19/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Player/contributor locator
I think I've asked for a Player Locator function before. But check this out: It would be very cool if there were fields in user profiles that gave info. as…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer.

7/19/2002 James: Other idea for a "finder"
[quote="unodiablo"]Like the title says, I'm looking for 2 or 3 people to game with weekly, or every-other-week.[/quote] I live nowhere near Madison (unfortunately), but I'm glad to see the posting,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: James, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, xiombarg, Matt Gwinn.

7/19/2002 Ron Edwards: Yikes! Scary picture
Hi there, Check it out here. Chills, man. I'm interested in links to other pictures people would find useful for Little Fears, so chime in if you know of any.…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Jesse Paulsen, Matt Snyder, Dios-Flakk, paulmjessup.

7/20/2002 Demonspahn: Free Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams demo
Hi everyone. I wasn't exactly sure where to put this and I apologize in advance if I guessed wrong. Dreamwalker: Musings, a free playable demo for Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in…
In Publishing
Participants: Demonspahn.

7/20/2002 Ace: Polearm use question (a little OT)
We are debating GURPS 4e changes over in Pyramid and need some feedback on how Polearms work in single combat. Lets say I am armed with a nifty halberd and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

7/20/2002 Ace: TROS to GURPS
I am a big GURPS fan from way back, over 100 books plus Pyramid print issues and counting. One thing I don't like about the system is the "minis battle"…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Matt Gwinn: CAH in print?
I'm gett'in antsy. Is CAH gonna be in print by GENCON?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Eddy Fate.

7/21/2002 Jaif: New Spiritual Attribute: Help the GM.
I'm sure many of you have seen this: people who can come up with 4 SAs cleanly, but can't get a good 5th. This got me to thinking about options...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Lyrax: Spirits and Other Magicks
Hey, I'm just trying to start a little conversation here concerning spirits (lesser, regular and greater varieties). One of my players (more specifically, the one of my players who can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lyrax, Jaif, Silanthous.

7/21/2002 Jason L Blair: The Insects of God
I got into a deep funk tonight and really wanted to pull through it. Somehow, a game came out of it. I just wrote it then made a webpage for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason L Blair, Wolfen, Petter Sandelin, Ron Edwards, Demonspahn, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/21/2002 Ace: Maces and 13th century settings- TROS Lionheart
OK I have on more question, marginally on topic. Someone on the Pyramid boards asked me about the uses of maces in the 13th century We don't have much in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Scratchware: I have an awesome idea.
Have you ever had a game master that ran out of ideas during a session? Why not have 2 gamemasters? they can create a fun plot for the players and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Scratchware, Ron Edwards, Trav, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, hardcoremoose, Andrew Martin, Paganini, xiombarg, efindel, Bankuei.

7/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Short Squeam Review
There's a short Squeam review up on gamingreport.com which says "Buy it, live it, love it." and awards it 4 outta 5 stars: http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=263
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/22/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: He-Man
Tried to email this to CCM but it bounced. Anyway, thought y'all might enjoy it. http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/506.html http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/615.html
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

7/22/2002 lumpley: Static vs. Dynamic Setting
Meguey's and Emily's and my Ars Magica game is setting-intensive. 180 named characters or so, twenty covenants (A covenant is a house of wizards, like a monastery), a history of…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards.

7/22/2002 Durgil: The New Edition Release?
I'm hearing in a different forum (The Harn Forum), that the new edition of TRoS is already in some gaming stores. In fact, one of the guys says he already…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil.

7/22/2002 coreyclark: GNS Definitions
I am new to the discussion. Would anyone provide a brief definition of each. Thanks.
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: coreyclark, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Paganini.

7/22/2002 Matt Gwinn: Precog
Something that has always eluded me is being able to successfully implement precognition into a game. In order to use it properly you need to predict what the PCs are…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon, damion, Valamir, Bailywolf, Kenway, Le Joueur, Jesse Paulsen, Balbinus, Stuart DJ Purdie.

7/22/2002 Le Joueur: Emergent Techniques: Who's in Charge
So far, most of Scattershot's Emergent Techniques have been about handling what happens between the players and their games or within those games. It's past time to discuss what happens…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

7/22/2002 Ron Edwards: The class issue
Hi everyone, I finally had the chance to sit down and parse out this issue. To give you the short form, the term "class" in role-playing design has entered that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, jburneko, lehrbuch, Andrew Martin, Skippy, damion, Mike Holmes, Don Lag, Victor Gijsbers, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Ian Charvill, contracycle.

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