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6/13/2002 hyphz: Has anyone actually played ICAR?
Just asking, as I saw the link has popped up on the Popular entry in the discussion page. (I knew about it before because the designer used to work in…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, minty_altoid, Clay, brainwipe.

4/15/2002 hyphz: Loss of message text
If the login cookie expires between the 'post a message' form being sent to the user and the form being returned with the message typed in, the user is asked…
In Site Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/9/2002 hyphz: Mechanic idea: build and break consequence graph
This is largely based on the "quick silly gaming" style I mentioned in my last post and especially on Joe Murphy's response to it - for quick cartoon (or similar)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hyphz.

3/25/2002 hyphz: About to give it a try; need advice..
Well, I've just had another lame session of That Game Related To Medieval Underground Prisons (Which Aren't) And Fire Breathing Lizards. Lame because the GM was really trying to get…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Clay, Le Joueur, contracycle.

3/7/2002 hyphz: Cunning OR lucky, but...
Perusing the Elfs rules a bit, I noticed a slight concern: there appears to be no reason to ever give an Elf both Dumb Luck and Low Cunning at character…
In Adept Press
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/16/2002 hyphz: Major retrospective: narrativism vs. clueless newbie
Well, I thought I'd post this in case anyone cares for some reason. It was the result of me trying to run what I (only now) realise is considered a…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis.

1/14/2002 hyphz: A really silly idea. Could it work?
A very ridiculous idea which came to me as a result of a) being a fan of anime gaming and b) having an unexpected surprise exposure to episodes of Digi…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hyphz, Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, Matt, James V. West.

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9/2/2002 hyphz: A new type of game - how to fit it in?
Well, I had the shock of a lifetime last week. My standard group, normally D&D fiends, went through a playtest of Epic D&D I'd prepared, and then one remarked that…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2002 hyphz: Adventures for TROS
Hi, Does anyone know if any web site has sample adventures for TROS? Or does it not work that way? If not, what's the best way of constructing an adventure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter, Holt, Valamir.

10/29/2002 hyphz: Rules confusions (long!)
- The text says that Destiny SA dice "refresh every round", that Luck ones "may refresh every session". How often do the other types of SA Dice refresh? Many of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

11/10/2002 hyphz: Some other niggly little questions
Thanks for everyone's help here.. I just was wondering about a few other things: - On the Master Screen, which three sheets are supposed to face the players? - When…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Wolfen, Jaif.

11/24/2002 hyphz: TROS, Narrativism and Illusionism
To be honest I had absolutely no idea where to post this, but since I'm mentioning '-isms' I suppose I'll try here first. Here's my question. I'm led to understand…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

11/25/2002 hyphz: (was) TROS, Narrativism and Illusionism
Ok, since I have lots of questions to ask, and the thread has turned out not to be related to -isms at all, and is more close to me working…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

1/15/2003 hyphz: More Sex & Sorcery debate (split)
[quote="Christopher Kubasik"]Hi Henry, Let me take a shot at this: Yes, all male groups can ignore these rules. (In fact, they will have to.) [/quote] That's not quite the point…
In Adept Press
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards.

1/31/2003 hyphz: Re: The Conflict is Yours
I'm not trying to disagree with advice here, just ask for some more clarification because it's relevant to some issues I've had as well. You want to gamemaster something…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Le Joueur, Valamir, Matt Wilson, jdagna, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Charvill, clehrich, cruciel, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, contracycle.

2/18/2003 hyphz: The amazing adventures of RoboPlayer
Introducing the new Inuwatabetai RoboPlayer 2000! Yes, this fine device can sit in as a player in YOUR RPG sessions. Its operation is perfectly simple: - Using GM's descriptions and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hyphz, ethan_greer, Le Joueur, Marco, Thierry Michel, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, clehrich, JMendes, M. J. Young, C. Edwards, weeble, Jeph.

4/4/2003 hyphz: Now, the men's 50x50 Tactics and the Mixed Creativity...
A bizarre thought I had which I thought might bear a little discussion. We all know the "bass line" metaphor, but (IMHO at least) that's a little tricky to actually…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hyphz.

4/22/2003 hyphz: A demoralising day
The Easter weekend brought about a few good opportunities for actual play, which sadly has left me feeling demoralised and down over RPGing in general. I thought I might post…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, ADGBoss, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Ian Charvill, Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, Garbanzo, Marco, Valamir, clehrich, Spooky Fanboy, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, jdagna, Jared A. Sorensen, cruciel.

7/22/2003 hyphz: So how DO you interpret SAs?
Ok, I know I've been confused about this before, but seeing OBAM and thinking about TROS in general has brought it back to my mind again. The original thread -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, jburneko, contracycle, Jake Norwood.

8/6/2003 hyphz: Request for Play of Whispering Vault
Just before I go nuts on RPGNow, does anyone have any opinions of this game? The two complaints I've heard elsewhere were that a) the dice system makes PCs fail…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Philippe Tromeur.

11/6/2003 hyphz: [D&D] Preventing gamism becoming 'solved'?
We're playing a D&D game at the moment. Basically, pure gamism. Hack and slash, min/max characters, kick Orc and Troll ass. Nothing particularly spectacular or edifying or experimental (bah ;)…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Scripty, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jack Aidley, Andrew Norris, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, C. Edwards, Halzebier, Pyske, Harlequin, apeiron, Jaif, MachMoth, ADGBoss.

12/17/2003 hyphz: Betrayal
In a gamist D&D3E game I've run recently, the players complained several times about being betrayed by either NPCs or environment construction. Hypothesis: In a Gamist/Illusionist game, betrayal of one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hyphz, Andrew Norris, MachMoth, jdagna, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Noon, epweissengruber, Comte, Troy_Costisick.

9/23/2004 hyphz: Cut-down versions of games on Bookshelf
Hi, I recently noticed that "Run Robot Red" has been added to the Forge bookshelf, and went to look at the accompanying web site. However, I found that the Bookshelf…
In Site Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Clinton R. Nixon, John Wick.

9/27/2004 hyphz: Abuse of the need to have fun
We've been playing D&D (hey, I don't pick 'em) on and off a bit now with several different DMs, but we've just switched back to the DM who was originally…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Marco, clehrich, John Kim, Noon, jdagna, Precious Villain, beingfrank, DannyK, StalkingBlue, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, S'mon, Vaxalon, NN.

4/14/2005 hyphz: Does opposition have to mean "rolling on the goal"
Just a question that came up from the comments about narration and story tokens. Joe Hero creates the Goal "Save the cat trapped in the tree in Central Park". Not…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: hyphz, Miskatonic, TonyLB.

10/10/2005 hyphz: Rage of the broken ouija board, misery of the slow thinker
Interesting revelation took place recently. One of the players in our group, we noticed, became intensely angry if ever his character was tricked.  He'd always try to hunt down the…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Dev, Eero Tuovinen, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Ron Edwards, contracycle, bluegargantua.

6/20/2006 hyphz: Some Bookshelf games cannot be unlocked?
Hi, I recently bought the game Seven Leagues, through the "find more info" link on the Bookshelf, but when I bought it I was redirected to an RPGNow page to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards.

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