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8/9/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Greed...But not really
This was on a thread some time ago, but there wasn't any satisfying answer. Personally, I imagine that many adventurers are similar to colonists; poor lads and lasses who go…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Ace, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Lyrax, Thirsty Viking.

8/9/2002 simon: some rambling about skills & task resolution in an SF rp
Hello everyone! I’m trying to develop a SF RPG set in the not too distant future and in which the essence of what it means to be a human being…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: simon, Andrew Martin, ks13, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes, Balbinus, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2002 Wolfen: Gladiators!
Okay, so I'm a night late on posting this... But here it is. The idea was originally conceived by Darren of Imperial Outpost Games here in Phoenix. His idea was…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Rattlehead, Nick Pagnucco, Jaif, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Unsane.

8/8/2002 Bailywolf: Final Stand Playtest! (long)
I ran a quick one-shot for my almost entirely non-gamer fiance last night... and let me say, that Final Stand was a brilliant success with few hiches. I ran only…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailywolf, Tim Denee, Colin the Riot, Paganini.

8/8/2002 Lyter: Looking for Info on 'Knockdown'
In the index, for Knockdown it says pages 11, 19, and 81.. but none of these entries describes what the results of knocking someone down is? (BTW, I tried to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lyter, Mokkurkalfe.

8/8/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Which one's best?
ST and TO(big brute) or AG and WIT(quick guy)? The main(combat) reason for AG is the Reflex, and thus WIT is equally important. But for an increase of one CP-die…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Durgil, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

8/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer wins Diana Jones award
The subject says it all - a proud night for Ron and everyone.
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ian Cooper, Mytholder, Galfraxas, GreatWolf, Stuart DJ Purdie, Gary N. Mengle, jburneko, Le Joueur, Blake Hutchins, Fabrice G., rafael, Alex Knapik, greyorm, Matt, xiombarg, Christopher Kubasik, Tim Denee, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Uncle Dark, Zak Arntson, Tim C Koppang.

8/8/2002 efindel: Aaaaag! Must... have... Donjon!
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. :-) --Travis
In CRN Games
Participants: efindel, Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, wyrdlyng, Ben Morgan.

8/7/2002 Le Joueur: What's a Metaphor Phor? Metaphorically Speaking. [LONG]
You know how it is; you think you've just about got it. Everyone keeps telling you to sit down and write your darn system, it's done. So down you sit,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg.

8/7/2002 Mike Holmes: Sorcerer and Space demo
Well, I had a chance to run Sorcerer and Space for a fun group last night. Present were Ron, Josh , Jurgen, and Josh's friend Julie. Here's how it went.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

8/7/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg TOC Sketch
I'm trying to design Ygg from a specification now, working myself top down from a TOC to detailed rules. Or that's the plan anyway. Here's a snapshop of my progress.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, ThreeGee, Matt.

8/7/2002 Ace: TROS thread on ENWorld
There is a neat Riddle of Steel thread at ENWorld For the moment I am hyping (err explaining) the game to the crowd over there but anyone who cares to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace.

8/7/2002 Jake Norwood: Going to GenCon
Okay, we're off to GenCon, so ol' Jake Norwood won't be around for a while. Be nice and kill each other cleanly. Keep the good threads up--when I came back…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Mike Holmes, Bogie_71.

8/7/2002 James V. West: TQB GenCon Draft
I've posted the latest draft of The Questing Beast. This is the draft that will be hanging out at GenCon even though my sorry ass will not be.
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

8/6/2002 GreatWolf: Setting focus
I happened to be perusing the review of The Riddle of Steel in the review database when I came across this sentence. "I think it would have worked better for…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2002 Rich Forest: Playing Final Stand
Played Tim Denee’s Final Stand last night. It was a short adventure, with just one player and one GM. It was a blast. The Character: Fai Yuan, the Mysterious Stranger…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rich Forest, Tim Denee, Valamir.

8/6/2002 Sneaky Git: A Question about Armor
I was looking at the character creation process as modeled in the revised printing of TROS.. and came across something that I'd like clarified: Vhord von Drieder, our intrepid Stahlnish…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE, Mokkurkalfe, Durgil, Wolfen, OllyG, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Sir Eldaen, Anthony I, Bob Richter, Jaif, Irmo, contracycle, Thirsty Viking.

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.

8/6/2002 Jason L Blair: Off To GenCon! Be back on August 12th!
The subject pretty much says it all. See everyone in a week!
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

8/6/2002 Jaif: A few options
Just some options that I've been considering. I apologize if any of these have been covered on the boards before - I don't remember seeing them. 1) New advantage: Nimbleness(minor/major).…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

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8/10/2002 Grex: Best of the Forge?
I can't help but notice that many of the games presented here are of a very high quality. I can also see that their brevity makes them hard to market…
In Publishing
Participants: Grex, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Gonster, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Miller.

8/10/2002 Chade: eBooks
I am curious if you are considering hosting web-books related to TROS on your website. In particular, I know that people sell ebooks for Sorceror over at Adept Press's site.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Chade, Jake Norwood.

8/10/2002 Bailywolf: Final Stand thread over on RPG.net
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12318 Tim hits the big time ;)
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf.

8/11/2002 Lyrax: The Riddle or Lure of Gold
I want everybody's opinions on the supplement I'm writing, title-wise. Should it be entitled "The Riddle of Gold" or "The Lure of Gold"? Riddle can be used more facetiously, but…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lyrax, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Anthony I, Ace, ShaneNINE, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, contracycle.

8/11/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: demo
The demo today went rather well, only two people showed but one of them was the guy running the store. Anyhow one copy of TROS left the store additional to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

8/12/2002 joshua neff: first GenCon post
Yes, I'm getting here first, but with just a quick note. Basically, GenCon rocked the house & the neighbors' houses as well. It rocked the whole damn neighborhood. And the…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Trav, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Christopher Kubasik, sdemory, FruitSmack!, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Rich Forest, Mytholder, Michael S. Miller, Jürgen Mayer.

8/12/2002 ThreeGee: Slayer of Dragon RPG
Since I have created an account here to nitpick others' games, I imagine it is only fair to come under fire myself. My main offering to the world of roleplaying…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ThreeGee, greyorm, wyrdlyng, Christoffer Lernö, Kenway, Mike Holmes, CrazyIvan.

8/12/2002 lumpley: Sorcerer & Sword in Greenfield, MA
I saw Sorcerer & Sword in Griffon Games in Greenfield, MA, my new hometown. I bought it. The fngs guy said it was a special order and he'd ordered a…
In Adept Press
Participants: lumpley.

8/12/2002 Eugene Zee: Congratulations
All, I just want to say that the Forge: Indie-Rpg Publishers booth was amazings. Even though I had my own booth I saw the teamwork displayed. The work that you…
In Publishing
Participants: Eugene Zee, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, Misguided Games.

8/12/2002 Ben Morgan: Sorcerer in NYC
Sorry, I didn't mention it earlier, but the last time I was at Compleat Strategist in Midtown Manhattan, they had several (five or six at least) copies each of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Morgan.

8/12/2002 Paul Czege: Matt freakin' Gwinn
After four days at GenCon, this I gotta say. If you are ever in the position of planning for the sale of your game at a convention, Matt Gwinn is…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

8/12/2002 Jake Norwood: WWGS...what does it mean...
For those of you that aren't familiar, you HAVE to check out this site: http://www.father-ramos.com it has slow loading times, but is worth a visit. Particularly check out the sermons…
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, mahoux, Ron Edwards, WhistlinFiend, Matt Gwinn, Mytholder, Seth L. Blumberg, Clay, Blake Hutchins, John Wick, Heraldic Game Design, contracycle, Paganini, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Michael Hopcroft.

8/12/2002 Durgil: Toughness
[quote][b]Spartan wrote ([url]http://www.shadowharn.net/viewtopic.php?t=741[/url]):[/b] My main beef with the system is the TOUGHNESS stat. It functions the same as armour reduction, and I find that to be a bit unrealistic. If…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Lyrax, Bob Richter, Jaif, Bogie_71, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, MTG, Valamir, Enoch, Ace, svenlein, Jasper, Thirsty Viking, Northcott, Sneaky Git, Apprentice of Steel, Holt, Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco.

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.

8/12/2002 Mark Imbriaco: Sorcerer in PDF?
I picked up a hard-bound copy of Sorcerer at Gencon and gave it a read through on the plane ride home. To say I'm impressed with the elegance of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mark Imbriaco, Ron Edwards, Adam.

8/13/2002 Jaif: Flails and parry
I was looking through the weapon stats, and noticing that flails ignore 2 shield block successes. Sounds good, but what if I parry? It seems to me that parrying a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Durgil, Thorbrin.

8/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Black Lipstick
It's still way in the formative stages but I'm working on a new free RPG called "Black Lipstick." It's a game about the goth scene and all it entails. Some…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, amiel, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Adam, Matt.

8/13/2002 Michael Hopcroft: 38 Copies Sold, 25 given out, 85 Consigned -- 940 to go?
Well, the grand debut of HeartQuest wass what most indie puiblishers would describe as moderately successful. I sold 38 copies of the game at my first convention and gave out…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Eugene Zee, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards.

8/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Find your local con!
After all the GenCon greatness, it's time to attack the local cons. I've been attending Seattle conventions for two years, and have noticed a lot of people that don't attend…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Hopcroft, Bailywolf, jburneko, K.R.Peterson, J B Bell, unodiablo, xiombarg, efindel, rafael, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Gonster.

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