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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.

7/19/2002 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.

7/18/2002 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.

7/17/2002 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.

7/15/2002 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.

7/14/2002 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.

7/12/2002 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.

7/9/2002 Ron Edwards: Universalis play at Origins
Hi there, So I finally lost my Universalis cherry, thanks to Mike's "No means Yes" approach to running a demo. Here are some of my thoughts and questions, and bear…
In Universalis
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

7/9/2002 Ron Edwards: The Forge at GenCon - CRUCIAL POST
So far, based on my financial records, here are the people who are going to be at the booth, in addition to me and Jason. Gordon Landis Scott Knipe Paul…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Jürgen Mayer, Matt Snyder, Demonspahn, Jason L Blair, Jerry D. Grayson, TSL, Misguided Games, Gordon C. Landis, GreatWolf, woodelf.

7/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Tons o'games at Origins
Hey there, And did we play. Oh my. These are what I got to play in. SORCERER I ran the Lincoln High Reunion demo scenario, with John Clements, Jared Sorensen,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Jason L Blair, Chris Passeno, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft.

7/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Origins debriefing
Hi everyone, Here's my Origins Report! I'll start by clarifying that Origins is one of the two big player-targeted gaming conventions, sponsored by GAMA (the Game Manufacturer's Association), which also…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Misguided Games, Michael Hopcroft.

6/20/2002 Ron Edwards: Third print supplement - maybe
Hello, Some of you know that I'm considering a third print supplement for Sorcerer to be released in early 2003. I'm only planning to do this if the new material…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Le Joueur, Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Bailywolf, Clay, Ace, Uncle Dark, hive, Walt Freitag, efindel.

6/13/2002 Ron Edwards: The Riddle o'Steel 'n' me
Hi everyone, I'm three sessions into a fairly extended sequence for The Riddle of Steel, with Dav and Mario for players. I don't know how many sessions it'll play out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/13/2002 Ron Edwards: New demonstration packet
Hello, I've finished beefing up my Demon Con notes and handouts into an alpha-version for a Good Sorcerer Demo Packet. I am hoping to provide enough guidance and usable material…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Buddha Nature.

6/11/2002 Ron Edwards: Pokemon: feature or bug? And more
Hi there, The thread at RPG.net following the recent review has raised several important issues of play. I thought it would be good to discuss them on their own merits…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Eric.Brennan, Bailywolf, rabidchyld, Valamir, Le Joueur, xiombarg.

6/10/2002 Ron Edwards: Family matters
Hi there, This is a spin-off thread from the Remarkable Player Apathy thread, in which Eric (Pyron) has presented his concerns with the social dynamic in his role-playing group. What…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Shard, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, Laurel, Zak Arntson.

6/5/2002 Ron Edwards: Who's paid?
Hi there, Here's my list of paid-up people so far: Jake Norwood ($160) Jared Sorensen ($160) Tom Fitch ($60) Jurgen Meyer ($60) Matt Gwinn (I think $145, need to double-check)…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

6/4/2002 Ron Edwards: Missing relationship maps available
Hello, I have posted the missing relationship maps from The Sorcerer's Soul and Demon Cops at the website, at the Errata page. Also, check out the News item for the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

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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.

7/25/2002 Ron Edwards: Otherkind in action
Hi there, I'm in the process of writing up my GenCon demo pack, including character sheets, scenario notes, NPCs, a system summary for games I don't know as well, etc.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Bob McNamee, Dav, lumpley.

7/30/2002 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer play at GenCon
Hello, So here's what I'm prepping for the con. 1) The Lincoln High Reunion demo, now blessed with incredible portraits by Rod Anderson. I'd like to run this a couple…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chade, Bailywolf, Andy Kitkowski.

7/30/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2002 - THE MASTER LIST
Hello, It's time to coordinate just a thing or two about GenCon. People who will be staffing the booth and selling their games: Jason Blair and me (obviously), as well…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Ferry Bazelmans, joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood.

8/3/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe debut at GenCon
Hello, Well, Trollbabe's ready for GenCon. I have a bunch of sales copies and the original printout for backup. The website's not ready yet, though - it has some features…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/6/2002 Ron Edwards: Into the Milwaukee hinterlands
Hi everyone, I'm leavin' for GenCon today, so everyone please play nice and keep an eye on the courtesy-levels, discourse-quality, etc, while I'm gone. I'll try to check in once…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/12/2002 Ron Edwards: New days upon us
Hi everybody, This is the first of my many post-GenCon posts. I doubt I'll be able to get even the first wave of them on-line by the end of the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Nathan, pigames, Mytholder, Demonspahn, Balbinus, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, damion.

8/12/2002 Ron Edwards: Receiving the Diana Jones award
Hello, I've been trying to wear my "brave but humble" face, publicly, but here in my own forum, I think I'll let it slip. This has been a full and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Demonspahn.

8/13/2002 Ron Edwards: The bad incident at GenCon
Hello everybody, I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Dee at GenCon. This is the guy who published Villains & Vigilantes at 17, and went on to many other games.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, Jürgen Mayer, Marco, Doc Midnight, S.Lonergan, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Universe Alice art contest
Ha! My first post in the new public forum. Here's my deal: Adept Press will pay (Dr. Evil moment) $50.00 to the artist who delivers the best portrayal of ...…
In Universalis
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/14/2002 Ron Edwards: Publishing Dust Devils
Hi Matt, Um, I advise caution. I agree that the "next commercial step" is called for, for Dust Devils. But slamming it into the stores? Remember, retailers give Not One…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko.

8/14/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe comic strip artists' call
Hi there, I'm thinking about a promotional device for the Trollbabe website, when it gets going. Basically, I'm going to write a comic strip, three-panels like in the newspaper. I'll…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, xiombarg, Zak Arntson, James V. West, Prankster, offbeat!, Imp-Chan, kitten.

8/15/2002 Ron Edwards: What the industry needs (by me!)
Hello, I came to the following conclusions following some very intensive conversations after the Diana Jones ceremony, with two people who Shall Not Be Named but who Know Their Shit.…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eugene Zee, contracycle, Clay, mattcolville, J B Bell, Tundra, wizardattic, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir.

8/15/2002 Ron Edwards: The sanzoku game at GenCon
I guess there might be some interest out there regarding the Sorcerer game session played by me, Jake Norwood, Jason Blair, and Peter Adkison last Thursday night? Well, let's see.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Straszheim, PeterAdkison, Paul Czege.

8/21/2002 Ron Edwards: Third print supplement - actually
Hello, Well, it looks as if the third print supplement for Sorcerer will be a reality in the early part of 2003. The previous thread about this was Third print…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, wyrdlyng, Jason L Blair, jburneko, Ferry Bazelmans, Fabrice G., Clay, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Straszheim, lumpley, jrs, Uncle Dark, Ian Charvill, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/22/2002 Ron Edwards: Misplaced game/comics at GenCon
This is barely, barely on-topic, but I can't figure out a way to do it more sensibly ... To folks who were at the booth at GenCon, Did anyone come…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, unodiablo, joshua neff.

8/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe - loose at last!!
Hi everyone, Please c'mon by the new Trollbabe site and look around. The text is at the alpha-level and I already plan to change most of it, so cut me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, James V. West, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/4/2002 Ron Edwards: Personal note: Clinton & me are older
Yup, Clinton and I have the same birthday - today. I'm 38. Makes you just look up at the starry sky and say, "H'm," doesn't it? At least it would…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, Le Joueur, GreatWolf, xiombarg, Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, C. Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Adam, wyrdlyng, greyorm, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, Eric J., Jason L Blair.

9/4/2002 Ron Edwards: "Sorcerer" - not in English
Hey, I learned neat things at GenCon, like how to say "Sorcerer" in different languages. Zauberer (German) (thanks to Juergen) Czarodziej (Polish) (thanks to Jake) I figure "Brujo" (male witch;…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, GB Steve, Ace.

9/6/2002 Ron Edwards: What "that guy" is called
Hi there, The fellow who goes by "nipfipgip...dip" suggested, in this thread: Is it about time someone drew a list of the names given to the GM role over time?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Valamir, xiombarg, Walt Freitag, jburneko, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, lumpley, Paul Czege, Ian Charvill, hardcoremoose, contracycle, damion, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, S.Lonergan, hyphz, Mytholder, Seth L. Blumberg, JSDiamond, kevin671.

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