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8/14/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Soap: an extensive rewrite - help needed
[i]Note: I wasn't sure wether or not this post would now fall under the connection forum. If it needs to be moved, it needs to be moved...[/i] Soap has been…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, chaosvoyager.

8/14/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Indie Game Night: octaNe
Well, we just played octaNe. It rocked. Ben More played "the Great Muchacho," or something like that, a smartcar with a mashed potato dispenser in the cab and machine guns…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: octaNe dice question
Jared, When facing Hazards, do you reduce the number of dice rolled by the Hazard Rating, or do you roll your normal dice, and remove a number of dice (highest…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge Game Bag
No one buys this stuff (really), but I just wanted to let everyone know that I updated the Forge Cafepress.com store with new stuff, including a jersey, and two bags…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, wyrdlyng, kamikaze.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game based on The Pool
In case you guys haven't seen it, Mike Gentry's been actually writing his hobo game, Hard Travellin'. A long time ago, it had a different name, and used Fudge, and…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, James V. West.

8/14/2002 Comte: locations
Alright I finnaly got a chance to fill in this IOU, that was kinda emabarasseing but no pride for the wicked. Anyway I finnaly figgured out what to do. It's…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Comte.

8/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for editors who need practice
I'm looking for skilled but not neccesarily experienced copyeditors who need credits and experience before they can move on to bigger and better things, to help Seraphim Guard make its…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, Ron Edwards, simon, efindel, Rich Forest, xiombarg, Adam, Trevor Curtis, rafael.

8/14/2002 GreatWolf: Update (8/13/2002)
Well, with GenCon having come and gone and the Forge receiving a facelift, it seemed like a good time to post an update. So here goes. I started writing Legends…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/13/2002 Jason L Blair: TROS in InQuest
From InQuest 89, page 27: THE RIDDLE OF STEEL RPG WHAT IT IS: A new RPG set on the world of Weyreth, with origins in Celtic and Norse mythology. Driftwood.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jason L Blair, Nick Pagnucco.

8/13/2002 Brian Leybourne: Rule variants
Let me preface this by saying that I don't think the tRoS rule system is in any way lacking etc. I'm just one of those roleplayers who likes to try…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ace, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax.

8/13/2002 Valamir: Memberslist Suggestion
I was searching through the members list today trying to find the name of someone I wanted to PM (and couldn't quite remember it accurately enough to use Search) when…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

8/13/2002 wyrdlyng: InSpectres Saturday
One of our regular players wasn't going to be able to make it to our biweekly D&D game so I got them to try InSpectres. We created a small start-up…
In Actual Play
Participants: wyrdlyng.

8/13/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Spiritual Attributes by the hundreds!
Alright, what kind of cool SA's can you come up with? Give me your best shot, and include some adventure hooks and possibilites. Like so: Drive: Enforce Law and Order…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Spikor, Mike Holmes, Warboss Grock, Ron Edwards, Stephen, prophet118, Ashren Va'Hale, Vanguard, Lyrax.

8/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum utility
We're going to keep this forum - I've renamed it to GenCon Planning and Organization. I think keeping these posts will be a good resource next year when we have…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

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.

8/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum structure
The forums are being reorganized (as we discussed in New days upon us) in order to accomodate more independent game forums. The first big change you'll see will be that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Paul Czege, Russell Hoyle, Ron Edwards.

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 Bogie_71: Confusion with Battle system
Ran some test battles last night and most things ran pretty smoothly but I was left with a few questions. Does Shield Rating stack with Armor Rating in the Zones…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bogie_71, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Spikor, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/13/2002 Spikor: Oriental Weapons
Any ideas out there on what the stats would be for oriental weapons specifically, the katana and the wakizashi?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Spikor, Bob Richter, Mike Holmes, Riddlemaster, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Lyrax, contracycle, Jaif, Wolfen, svenlein, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Crusader.

8/13/2002 Brad: Twist on the Skill+Attribute Dice Pool Mechanic
Many systems out there use a common Skill+Attribute system for determining the number of dice the player gets to allocate to his dice pool. The issue I have with this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Brad, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, efindel, Andrew Martin, Le Joueur, Jeremy Cole.

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8/14/2002 Bailywolf: Printing Question
Please forgive me this morning...I'm feeling like the last pumpkin in the patch (the one with the smooshed side and the strange odor). What is the best way to print…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, Chris Passeno.

8/14/2002 Corvus: The Forge in Ken Hite's Out of the Box
The 8/9/2002 column of Ken Hite's Out of the Box talks about various Forge related things. Check it out.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Corvus, Valamir.

8/14/2002 Matt Snyder: Out of the box, into the fire
Holy Frijoles, compadres! Ken Hite has called out Dust Devils in his Out of the Box GenCon wrap-up, including a final note that he'll review the game soon. Which means,…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Clay, GreatWolf, Jason L Blair.

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 Wolfen: Dreams of the Riddle
I had a dream last night, guys. It was my typical weird dream, with all sorts of stuff going on in it that made sense in context, but after the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Furious D, Jake Norwood.

8/14/2002 Valamir: Dungeoneer
Well, I made it to the Citizen Games booth, just long enough to snap up a copy of Sidewinder. But I didn't see (perhaps because I was there for about…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, tdenmark.

8/14/2002 Matt Gwinn: Game design and your resume
I am on the verge of quiting my current job and have started to rework my resume. I would like to include my game design experience, but I am not…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clay, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Eugene Zee, Zak Arntson, talespinnerstudios, Dav, Ben Morgan.

8/14/2002 mahoux: Its so... big
Well, I have finally finished the full KOTR version that I alluded to in the hoboes thread in Game design. However, when I PDF the file, it comes in at…
In Publishing
Participants: mahoux, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Clay, Chris Passeno.

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.

8/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this the right kind of popularity?
I've been running into a very bizarre situation ever since GenCon -- about once every two days I'm approached by someone who wants to write for me. And that doesn't…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam, Clay, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2002 Skywalker: Hit Locations
Just as a matter of interest, I know people have already raised the problem of TROS letting people choose where to strike and encouraging people to always strike the most…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Skywalker, Spartan, Jaif, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE.

8/15/2002 Ian Charvill: Free Will in the Middle?
What I am trying to articulate here is the source of my current dissatisfaction with gaming: the limitations placed on player choice during a game. I’m aware that I will…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ian Charvill, Le Joueur, jburneko, GreatWolf, Andrew Martin, contracycle.

8/15/2002 wyrdlyng: Quark vs. Pagemaker
Is there anyone who has used the two and can tell me if there's anything in Quark to justify the many hundreds of dollars in price difference? I've used older…
In Publishing
Participants: wyrdlyng, mahoux, GreatWolf, Adam.

8/15/2002 ShaneNINE: The simple TROS rules
I read somewhere that you can opt for basic, simple rules in TROS instead of the full fledged combat system. Can't remember where, exactly, and I don't have my book…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Spartan.

8/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Issue 1, yet again
Ok: So far I have the following articles being submitted for issue 1: Jake Norwood's take on angels for Paladin Jason Blair's samurai version of Dust Devils, called "RoniN" I…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Jared A. Sorensen.

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.

8/15/2002 mahoux: Tell me a story...
Jason- What's the deal with the Bedtime Stories series? I haven't seen them for sale on the site.
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: mahoux, Jason L Blair, FatesPuppet.

8/15/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin - Inquisitor
My Indie Gaming Group is playing Paladin this coming weekend, and I've given them the choice (which I may have to make) between straight up Star Wars (with Jedi and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Bob McNamee.

8/15/2002 mearls: Phantasm: Competitive Horror Roleplaying
Unlike other RPGs, a game of Phantasm ends with a definitive winner. Either one character remains alive and the GM is out of dice, or all the GM has won…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mearls, xiombarg, nobrain, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, joe_llama, Doc Midnight, Jeremy Cole.

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