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8/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Info on GenCon 2003
Well, the new floor space is going from 180,000 square feet to 300,000 square feet. More info: The convention's in July: July 23 - July 27, to be exact. The…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

8/14/2002 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.

8/13/2002 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 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 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.

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.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news
After all this time, I know some of you are skeptical on if Donjon's going to get done. I have, in fact, just laid out the first four chapters, albeit…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Zak Arntson, Anonymous, Le Joueur, efindel.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: In-Fo-Mation
Two pieces of information for the forum: 1) I will be gone from tomorrow (Aug. 1) to the next Tuesday (Aug. 6). Ron is da man during that time. If…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: My first game design
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~tac_ezine/current.htm]The Physical Adept[/url] Long ago - actually, in 1999 - I submitted my first bit of game design to a 2nd edition AD&D fan zine. That's it, right above. I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Le Joueur, greyorm, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Tony Durham, Matt.

7/29/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Articles I'm looking for, part II
Here is a big list of ideas for articles I've come up with. I've listed some of you by name below, but don't feel like I'm demanding anything - these…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game (Paladin!) and new forum
Hey, everyone - I've got a forum now. After looking at how many posts there were about Donjon, Ron and I decided to give me my own little forum here.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Riddle of Steel review up
The Riddle of Steel review is up in the reviews section.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Layout and DTP
For the people here actually publishing games, what are you using for your layout and design? Are you using a DTP program, like Quark or Photoshop, or are you using…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Adam, Eugene Zee, Matt, hive, mahoux, Ben Morgan, Jack Spencer Jr, Michael Hopcroft, Tim Denee, woodelf, Tim Gray, Matt Wilson, Clay.

7/18/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGnow
I know we've talked about this before, but I want to know if anyone around here has any hard data - has anyone sold anything through RPGnow.com? (I know for…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, xiombarg, Matt, greyorm, quozl, Cynthia Celeste Miller, rpghost.

7/16/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGevolution website
I've started work on the RPGevolution website. I'll let everyone know when it's ready to check out all the features, but the start's up at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/rpge/. - Clinton
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Types of articles I'm looking for
After this first issue, I'm going to have an open call for submissions. For the first issue, though, I'm going to keep it amongst invited contributors, and perhaps people you…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Schedule for first magazine
I'm thinking of doing the first issue on an accelerated schedule - September 1st would be the deadline for articles, and I'd publish (hopefully) on September 15th. After that, deadlines…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood.

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8/20/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Small art for Donjon
I'll continue the tradition of asking for free art around here: I have all the main art I need for Donjon, but am currently looking for small monster illustrations for…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bob McNamee, Ben Morgan, Rod Anderson, quozl, lumpley, Paganini, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

8/21/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Ron's inspiration
[url=http://www.key20.com/GenCon2002/gc020.jpg]Awesome.[/url]
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jürgen Mayer.

8/23/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Character creation: making non-balanced characters
[i]Donjon[/i]'s almost done, and I'm soon going to start work on my next game, provisionally titled [i]Riptide[/i]. This game will focus on Exploration of Setting and Character, and will be…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ks13, DaR, Matt Gwinn, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur.

8/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The grand new Forge plan
Hey, everyone. It's Clinton, your beleagured administrator, having a cup of coffee. Gather 'round. So, here's my semi-annual State of the Forge, as it were: Last week (19-24 August 2002),…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jabberwocky.

8/29/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon is on sale!
Man, it feels good to get this thing done. Feel free to purchase - my birthday's only a week away, and every purchase is like a little present. http://www.anvilwerks.com/docs/buydonjon
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

9/3/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon errata
I just read through the print version of Donjon, and found one small piece of errata, which I thought I'd share: If one person rolling the dice in a Test…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

9/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: If you read Places to Go, People to Be...
... or even if you don't, make sure and check out their new issue. I think you'll find the Once Upon a Time column quite interesting.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

9/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: we killed puppies for satan
so, tonight i was supposed to run some post-apocalyptic sorcerer & sword shit, but el inspirado never really hit this week. i didn't want to let the cool motherfuckers in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Le Joueur, DaR, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Paul Czege, Yasha, Maurice Forrester.

10/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Resource Library policies (in real world practice)
Everyone, Recently, I had an individual request links to his website removed from the Resource Library. I was caught at what to do, so I'm going to outline the entire…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

10/3/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Game Development @ meetup.com
Meetup.com is a site to plan monthly meetings of people in your community interested in a certain topic. A while back, I suggested a game development meeting to them, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/1/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum begone
For a while, I've had a train of thought that went like this: If we look like RPG.net (or other forum-based sites), then the chances of us turning into RPG.net…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

11/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: S&S: The Sunless Citadel & Less than Zero
My Sorcerer and Sword campaign ("Under the Blood Sun," a post-apocalyptic crypto-psychedelic game) is still going, even though I haven't been posting about it. The last two sessions were great,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead.

11/17/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The game that would sell to non-roleplayers
Jon's post in What would make a non-roleplayer buy your game? got me thinking about what sort of mainstream game would sell well to non-gamers. However, it's a little off…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, talysman, J B Bell, Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards, Valamir, quozl, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

11/25/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Riptide: anatomy of a design, part 1 (long)
The current round of threads here has been really inspiring to me. I'm talking specifically about threads like Chris Kubasik's Accessible? To whom?, Jon's What would make a non-roleplayer buy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, thoth, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, szilard, Tim Denee, Matt Wilson, Mark D. Eddy, Jared A. Sorensen, talysman, scobie, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Public admonition
Twice in the last month, Ron's closed threads when people proved themselves not capable of handling the topic. Both times, I've gone to bat and said, "Hey - person A…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The five percent
This is my companion thread to Ron's latest of the Big Five threads, The Forge as a community. It's inspired by recent events here at the Forge, Ron's thought that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, C. Edwards, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, jrients, Irmo, xiombarg.

12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGnow's new POD system
For those who aren't familiar, RPGnow is a website that sells PDFs online. Basically, you create your game, give them a copy, and they handle all fulfillment for you for…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Steve Dustin, Cynthia Celeste Miller, quozl, Paul Czege, Matt, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ted E. Childers, Michael Hopcroft, rpghost, Nathan.

12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Off-the-cuff Forge cultural analysis
Moved by some of Irmo's discussion in Ron's "The Forge as a community" thread, I decided to look and see where the Forge is succeeding and failing in relation to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Irmo, C. Edwards, Valamir, Kester Pelagius, Fabrice G., Paganini, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Clay, Le Joueur, Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, quozl, lumpley, wyrdlyng, wraeththu, hardcoremoose, Adam, talysman, Jake Norwood, Ziriel, Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Bankuei, Chris Passeno, greyorm, Matt, contracycle, MK Snyder, Tim Denee, Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, cruciel, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Ted E. Childers, Bob McNamee, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Universalis
I've got a confession to make - I've been dead scared of Universalis since I heard of it. First, it's universal. Second, there's no GM - and as radical as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, rafial, Paganini, Mike Holmes.

12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Thanks, and apologies for all the moderation
I know I've been super-active on the Forge lately, and I know my hand's been a bit heavy. We've had an influx of argument here lately, and, well, I'm not…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius.

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