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7/23/2002 damion: Which end do I point?
I've been around the forge for a short period of time, read ron's essays, searched & read some of the old threads and I've come up with following question. I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: damion, Victor Gijsbers, jburneko, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, Skippy.

7/23/2002 jburneko: Rules Questions - Bonuses to Humanity Check/Gain
Alright so here's the big issue from last night. Do Humanity Check/Gain rolls get the usual role-playing/story/tactic bonuses and if so how? Here's the actual play session problem that occured.…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis.

7/23/2002 Matt Snyder: Fantasy map download
Hey, folks, just thought I'd share a fun little map I worked up last week after reading the setting section in Sorcerer & Sword recently. I plan on using it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Clay.

7/23/2002 Jürgen Mayer: FYI: electronic publishing booth at GenCon
Just read this: http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=4673&mode=thread&order=0 and thought it might interest some of you. It's about a Wizard's Attic/rpg.net mall - sponsored GenCon booth where they apparently will sell pdf games on…
In Publishing
Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/23/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Madness & Grace: Jesse's Gothic Fantasy Part 2
Hi everybody, Well, this was just swell. I've had other sessions that were as much fun, but none so compact, engaging and compulsively "what the hell's going to happen now?"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

7/23/2002 Jake Norwood: GNS Decisions, I think I'm starting to get it enough to talk
The way I see it, GNS is primarily about decisions, and only by extension about games, players, or whatever. So here's a definition in a nutshell: Gamist decision: What will…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Paganini, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

7/23/2002 Ollog Herder: hmmm
what exactly was the problem with the magic system?
In CRN Games
Participants: Ollog Herder, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Bailywolf.

7/23/2002 Grave Boy 13: Degrees of Fright
Hi all. I had a small bit of info that I felt I would share with the rest and see what everyones opinions were. Anyway, in my game I had…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Grave Boy 13, Mike Holmes.

7/22/2002 Le Joueur: Emergent Techniques: Challenge and King Solomon's Auction
I'm gonna throw two Techniques together (mostly because it's past time I spelled out one of them). The first is mentioned in passing in the Mechanix, the second it Scattershot's…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, damion.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/21/2002 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.

7/21/2002 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 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.

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7/23/2002 Alex Knapik: Looking for writers to cover GenCon
[i](If this post is in the wrong folder here or inappropriate for this board, please kill it with my apologies...)[/i] GamesLit, an upcoming magazine featuring literary criticism of the medium…
In Connections
Participants: Alex Knapik.

7/23/2002 Evilschemer: So Who Won the Cartoon Action Hour Contest???
Wasn't the contest over July 20th? Who won?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Evilschemer, Eddy Fate, Adam.

7/23/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS is in Stores!
TROS got released about a week or two early, it seems, and is allready in stores. From what I hear, it's doing very well. For those of you that haven't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Matt, ShaneNINE, A.Neill, Anthony I, Brian Leybourne, Fabrice G., Furious D, Durgil, Ron Edwards, hyphz, jamesdbr, Delta1, Aidan Dixon, Grex, Mokkurkalfe, Irmo, Dave Versace, Lyrax, Nick Pagnucco, Vanguard, Thirsty Viking.

7/24/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Character classes, abilities, skills and other Ygg problems
Ok. I tried to make a new draft of Ygg yesterday and failed miserably as usual. What I mean by failure is that I found parts of the system which…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Bankuei, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes.

7/24/2002 Silanthous: Greetings
Hello everyone, I thought i should be kind enough to announce my presance here to everyone. As you may have heard, Lyrax is running a game of TROS and he…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Silanthous, Rattlehead, ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Ace, Sneaky Git, Valamir.

7/24/2002 Grave Boy 13: A Location in Clositland: The Mill
Hi all, this is a location in Clositland that I had created for my campaign and I figured that I would post the write up for it here just in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Grave Boy 13, Bob McNamee, Comte, Jason L Blair.

7/24/2002 Nathan: ePublishing Opportunity: Get Hosted
Hey folks, I haven't posted much lately -- on account of my busy game designing, my busy life, my hot girlfriend, and Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition. *cough* Anyway, I…
In Connections
Participants: Nathan, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Nice Sorc & Sword thread on RPG.net
Hello, Most of you probably know this already, but people are saying very nice things about the supplement on this thread. Thanks to everyone who's contributed. I confess I'm keeping…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Ferry Bazelmans.

7/24/2002 Ollog Herder: class control
maybe, if we want to keep using classes, there's a way for advancement to make sense. however, you have to bend over backwards for it to work, and in light…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ollog Herder, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Skippy, Valamir, Andrew Martin.

7/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Version 2 of Brian's Combat Sim is up
http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/support/ Check it out. Also, Brian, why don't you hop on and tell us what's new. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Durgil, Brian Leybourne.

7/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Mini-supplement finance news
Hey there, Dav Harnish just sent me this email ... I just sold my 75th copy of HELLBOUND! Whoopie!! At $4.55 per copy to me (except the first 12, which…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Dav, greyorm.

7/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Gods of War: Blowing Things All to Hell
I've got the basic resolution mechanics to Gods of War: Blowing Things All to Hell worked out and on my site at http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/otherstuff/GodsOfWar.htm take a look. Note that as I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Layout and DTP
For the people here actually publishing games, what are you using for your layout and design? Are you using a DTP program, like Quark or Photoshop, or are you using…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Adam, Eugene Zee, Matt, hive, mahoux, Ben Morgan, Jack Spencer Jr, Michael Hopcroft, Tim Denee, woodelf, Tim Gray, Matt Wilson, Clay.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Riddle of Steel review up
The Riddle of Steel review is up in the reviews section.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

7/25/2002 Mytholder: Friends in high places
I'm sitting here watching a chat over at enworld with Peter Adkinson, and the question comes up "who would Peter like to game with?". After the usual answer (Tweet, Greg…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mytholder, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, PeterAdkison, Uncle Dark, Jürgen Mayer.

7/25/2002 Tim Denee: Flawless victory! (new RPG: Final Stand)
Finally (hah) finished, my martial arty kung-fuey tekkeny RPG. Go put on the Mortal Kombat theme song and give it a read. Final Stand It's taken me an inordinate amount…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Denee, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Rich Forest, Valamir, Kenway, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee.

7/25/2002 xiombarg: John Wick Dead at 33
We might want to open the Wicked Press forum for a bit to post an announcement related to this: http://www.rpgnews.rpghost.com/article.php?sid=1613
In Site Discussion
Participants: xiombarg, Jason L Blair, Gordon C. Landis, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/25/2002 Zak Arntson: Promo Idea - Prizes for Reviewing
I'm not sure Publishing is the best place for it, but I'm experimenting with a way to pay for "advertising." Basically, I'm offering a 100x100 pixel icon based on a…
In Publishing
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, hive.

7/25/2002 Demonspahn: Dreamwalker demo
Hi everyone, I've been touting a free demo of Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams now for almost a week and am starting to second guess myself. I know…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Demonspahn, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/25/2002 Demonspahn: Banner creation
Hi everyone. It seems that banners are a big marketing tool for RPG's, I have clicked on many banners at RPGnet, but I don't recall seeing too many banner-related threads.…
In Publishing
Participants: Demonspahn, Michael Hopcroft, Matt, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, hive.

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