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8/19/2002 Andrew Martin: Fuzz: the Furry Police
Any details on Fuzz: the Furry Police? System? Setting?
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Andrew Martin, Michael Hopcroft.

8/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Musical Mistresses Update
We now have the manuscript for our first supplment, Musical Mistresses. This is a mini-campaign sourcebook for HeartQuest that is like your favorite magic girl manga, only slightly wackier. We're…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ferry Bazelmans.

8/19/2002 Roy: Soap -- Dark Shadows style
I decided to introduce my wife to the wonderful world of narrativism ... and she loved it! We used Ferry Bazelman's excellent "Soap: The Game of Soap Opera Mayhem." My…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roy, Ferry Bazelmans.

8/19/2002 Lyrax: OT: A little bit of humor
[url]http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020807&mode=classic[/url] Have fun with this.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lyrax.

8/18/2002 Christoffer Lernö: On to something? About Skills, a new scheme
I was lying in bed trying to sleep when this came to me. It's a simpler variation of the other skill system I presented, with more flexibility built in. Ultimately…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Eric J., Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, damion, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, M. J. Young.

8/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Rockin' new octaNe website
http://memento-mori.com/octane/index.html Yeah! To wit: the uncompleted sections will be for supplements, new Roles (ala Adam's cool new wrasslin' Roles) and other jazz, fan art/fiction/actual play examples and cool links. -…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Dave Turner, Jürgen Mayer.

8/18/2002 quozl: Your public image
I have a few questions that will hopefully spark some interesting discussion. How much do your posts on public forums influence whether or nor people will pick up your game?…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, John Wick, Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

8/18/2002 xiombarg: Daikaiju (long)
Okay, I have an idea for a game called "Daikaiju", a game about Godzilla-style monster-to-monster fighting. I'm brainstorming here, so suggestions/additional ideas/critiques are welcome. See, I was looking at Monster…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, damion, ADGBoss, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes.

8/18/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Why Skill Resolution in a Sim game?
Digging into the skill resolution thing, I'm starting to question the fundamentals. I guess some would say this is a good thing. I think there aren't any Simulationist games out…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Andrew Martin, Marco, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

8/18/2002 Jason L Blair: NEW GAME: MODERN MYTHS
King Arthur is alive and tending bar in New York. The Three Wise Men are searching the Nevada desert for a boy named Jesse. Hercules is a construction worker from…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, hardcoremoose, efindel, peteramthor, Daymon Mills, jburneko, Sidhain, Comte, Spooky Fanboy, Andy Kitkowski, kregmosier, urbwar, Ninchen.

8/18/2002 jeremyh: Hey Everyone.
Name's Jeremy Hynds. I'm a college student. Love the rpg concept and want to write for HeartQuest. Talked to Michael; he likes this idea; am in the process of writing…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: jeremyh, Michael Hopcroft.

8/18/2002 Eric J.: Simulationismn and overpreperation
Just a quick reminder to thoes who forgot or don't relise I exist. I'm working really hard and soon I should return as a regular on the forge. This should…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eric J., Valamir, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, damion, hyphz, Balbinus, jdagna.

8/17/2002 Grave Boy 13: Fears and Urban Ledgends Dealing with School...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with something. I had decided that I needed to do a few more Little Fears stories that take place…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Grave Boy 13, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob McNamee, Unsane, Comte, JimmyB, MK Snyder, Slant, szilard, Ron Edwards, magistrate, Little_Rat.

8/17/2002 Chade: Shoujo Manga?
Just curious. I've seen this mentioned in a couple posts, but I have no idea what it means. Any help would be appreciated.
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Chade, efindel, Michael Hopcroft, thrash.

8/17/2002 Jake Norwood: Going out of Town and the Ultimate Question
I'll be out of town for about 2 weeks. Ben Moore will be around here, though, so he might be on occasionally to answer questions and what not. I'll also…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Rick, Lyrax, Nick Pagnucco, Gordon C. Landis.

8/17/2002 lumpley: OtherKind
Hey. We played a first session of OtherKind and it went pretty well. We took it nice and easy. I GMed. Meguey and Emily made their characters there at the…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

8/17/2002 Petter Sandelin: theory AND practice
Despite being a Finn I haven't been that in to LARPs, recently my only experience was a quite booring vampire game and I haven't read a single word of LARP…
In Actual Play
Participants: Petter Sandelin, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2002 Christoffer Lernö: A Skill System
To avoid cluttering the thread on skills which has so much other interesting stuff than mechanics, I post this independently. Basically it's an attempt at an implementation of the karma-]fortune…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

8/17/2002 wyrdlyng: Blood Types
[Disclaimer: I'm waiting on my copy of the book to come in the mail so I don't know if this is covered in the book or not.] I was just…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: wyrdlyng, Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, ravi.

8/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Our Ongoing Projects
Just thought some of you might be interested in what some of our current projects are here at Seraphim Guard and their status. Title: Musical Mistresses Description: 48-page mini-campaign sourcebook…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

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8/19/2002 Enoch: Questions
I hate to make a whole thread out of this, but I have a tRoS game tomorrow and I need some clarification. Questions: 1. How exactly do you move in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Enoch, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Sneaky Git, Lyrax.

8/19/2002 Valamir: Universalis is now available
Universalis is now in print and available for purchase. After a successful Gen Con launch, the full print version is available from http://universalis.actionroll.com The price is $15 plus $2 S/H.…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, sben, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, quozl, James V. West.

8/19/2002 Valamir: Announcing the Universalis forum at the Forge
Many of you may remembering periodically hearing about this "Universalis" game being designed by Mike Holmes and myself over the past year. Well its finally here, and finally available. Be…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

8/19/2002 Tim C Koppang: octaNe errata
...and a question. First of all, just wanted to let you know Jared that I'm very happy with the game. At least three times while reading the rules, I stopped…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Math Help
I need some help figuring out how changing the number of dice in a die pool, or changing the TN, affects the % chance of success. In other words, I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Jaif, Durgil, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking.

8/19/2002 ADGBoss: Artists for Seraphim: Candlebright and Brymstone
Well we have gotten to the point where we would like some concept art for Seraphim: C and we NEED art for Brymstone. Brymstone is a mag ADG is gonna…
In Connections
Participants: ADGBoss, tdenmark.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Sorcery: Something from Nothing
The rules say you can't create something from nothing or turn something to nothing, but isn't that what the example shrink/enlarge spells do? Seems a catch 22 to me. You…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bogie_71, Unsane, Wolfen, Bob Richter.

8/19/2002 Kenway: Uses for Soap?
Besides the typical contemporary soap opera setting, what other campaigns have you tried with Ferry Bazelman's Soap? I'd love to run the game, but my friends aren't wild about the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kenway, Ferry Bazelmans, jburneko, Roy, Valamir.

8/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news (08/19/02)
Here's some exciting news: Donjon is done. Every single rule is written, equalling 46 full-size pages of fun. That doesn't mean it's going on sale tomorrow, though - I'm still…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, James V. West, Jürgen Mayer, quozl.

8/19/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's Supers Playtest Con 1 - PowerGame
Bob’s Playtest Con I have been looking into running a Supers related game…but not using Champions (which we used in the past). I created the same characters for each of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/19/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's Supers Playtest Con 1 - Paladin
Bob’s Playtest Con I have been looking into running a Supers related game…but not using Champions (which we used in the past). I created the same characters for each of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/19/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's Supers Playtest Con 1 - SuperKind - OtherKind variant
Bob’s Playtest Con I have been looking into running a Supers related game…but not using Champions (which we used in the past). I created the same characters for each of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/19/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's Supers Playtest Con 1 - Pool/TQB
Bob’s Playtest Con I have been looking into running a Supers related game…but not using Champions (which we used in the past). I created the same characters for each of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob McNamee, James V. West, Mike Holmes.

8/20/2002 Bob McNamee: Paladin Supers in Actual Play
by the way....played a short Paladin Supers playtest... in Actual Play Bob McNamee
In CRN Games
Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/20/2002 Andrew Martin: Paying for the Villain's flaws
I've just been musing over my Star Odyssey game, and it's Token mechanic, which is used to balance PC 'vantages and simulates karma in the game universe. Normally, players get…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2002 Shadeling: Pain, Does it Affect Skills?
I had to ask, Does the Pain from wounds, also affect Skills. So if I had a Pain of 5, would I subtract 5 dice from my skills (in effect…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Bogie_71, Mokkurkalfe, Spartan, Wolfen.

8/20/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Strenght minimums?
As GURPS player I'm interested in to know is there strenght minimums for weapons or can child use poleaxe with same effectiness than Conan (excluding damage)? In my opinion this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Lyrax, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Unsane.

8/20/2002 ADGBoss: Getting the License
GReetings all, Along with doing your own thing I have always felt there are alot of dead games which could be revived with the Arcane ritual of a new system…
In Publishing
Participants: ADGBoss, Eugene Zee, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2002 gentrification: Hard Travellin' - new game
[url=http://www.edromia.com/games/hobo]Hard Travellin'[/url] is a game wherein you play hobos in the early part of the 20th century. Drift into town, get tangled up in people's lives, drift out again before…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gentrification, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Tim C Koppang.

8/20/2002 Gordon C. Landis: Dust Devils: The Indian Wars
It's insane, I shouldn't be thinking about variants/supplements until I at least own the damn game, but . . . this notion is riding me like a devil, so I…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Matt Snyder.

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