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7/9/2001 John Wick: T&C Adventures
Quick: off the top of your head. With everything you know about the game right now, what would you do with it? I mean, what kind of adventures do you…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: John Wick, Mytholder, Gordon C. Landis, Zak Arntson, Dav, Damocles.

7/9/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Article on PDF publishing
There's an article at http://www.rpgnews.com/articles.php regarding PDF publishing, with quotes from our own Seth Ben-Ezra. I warn that the article's pretty poorly written, and asks the wrong question (can…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Dav.

7/9/2001 Epoch: Logging into author submitted library?
So, I can't do this yet. I know that there was a general problem with it a while back -- is that still a general problem, or has it been…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Epoch, hardcoremoose.

7/9/2001 Ron Edwards: Help with maps
Hello, I'm in the process of re-writing Sorcerer & Sword extensively. I'd really like to have a map for each of the three example settings (yes, three, not two). I'd…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis.

7/7/2001 greyorm: Stupid Player Tricks
Here's a doozy I ran into tonight while running my game, and something that's been bothering for a while about this specific group: There's no protracted engagement with the campaign.…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, james_west, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Damocles, Supplanter, Jack Spencer Jr, Uncle Dark, hardcoremoose, JSDiamond.

7/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Hero Scape / Plane Wars
Hi there, I went and did it. We're starting a Planescape game, using the Hero Wars system, or, if you like, we're playing Hero Wars using the Planescape setting. It's…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Peter.

7/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Call for Action
Hi everyone, The Forge is trying to convert to an entirely author-driven links and promo library. The software to do it is up and running. If you have a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, archangel_2, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege.

7/5/2001 John Wick: Basic Rules Download
I understand the basic rules are somewhere on the website, ready for me to download. Anybody got a link? Thanks in advance, John
In HeroQuest
Participants: John Wick, james_west, Blake Hutchins, mikeryan, Christopher Kubasik.

7/5/2001 John Wick: My own GNS problems
I think my chief problem with GNS has something to do with apples and oranges. First, let me make sure I've got my definitions in order. Gamism is about competition…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Wick, james_west, Logan, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder, JohnMorrow, Knight, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/5/2001 John Wick: G/N/S = 101
The title of this forum "G/N/S: Game Theory 101" is a little... well, let me start again. I really don't have any problem with it, the whole GNS thing. The…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Wick, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, james_west, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder, Ferry Bazelmans, Jack Spencer Jr.

7/5/2001 Nathan: Issue Three Is ALIVE!!
Hey everyone, Thanks for keeping the site going - keep clicking on it, passing it on to your friends, and letting me know what you think. www.mysticages.com This week…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

7/5/2001 james_west: Favorite things I've learned
Favorite things I’ve learned from reading this site: (1) Facilitating the creation of good stories as an explicit design goal. This is from the GNS discussions. Previously, I’d only thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: james_west, joshua neff, John Wick.

7/4/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Line art in Causoban
Not exactly rising to pblocks' challenge, but I couldn't help noticing . . . in the Causobon article, we're promised lovely line art from the charming Jennifer Mahr - or…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, John Wick, Ron Edwards, Peter, Dav, JSDiamond, Misguided Games.

7/4/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Simulation: another word
OK, I haven't sold myself on this, but if we must have another word for Simulation (I'm also not sold either way on that), I offer . . . Situation.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Dav.

7/4/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: I gots da first post!
Orkworld Flux Wasteland Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Let's talk about it
In Wicked Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, John Wick, Dav.

7/3/2001 Jason L Blair: It's here!
Just got back from the printers two hours ago where I picked up 180 copies of Little Fears. The rest will be shipping to Wizard's Attic at the end of…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, james_west.

7/3/2001 jburneko: Players Relation To Relationship Map
So, I'm embarking on a bit of an experiment and I'm planning on running a one-shot using a relationship map as the basis for planning. Since this is a one-shot,…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, james_west.

7/3/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Schism gets reviewed...and survives!
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_4563.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Ferry Bazelmans.

7/3/2001 Logan: At the Center of the Triangle
In the Clarifying GNS thread, Pyske (aka Eric) made some good comments about the faq. One particular point got lost in the shuffle. I'll quote him here. System does…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Logan, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Le Joueur, Mytholder, Damocles.

7/3/2001 joshua neff: expanding the network
While RPGs are a huge passion of mine, I'm not much of a game designer (not since high school, when I made my own Doctor Who RPG), & not about…
In Publishing
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Dav.

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7/10/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: idea...
There a certain style of play that's been receiving less and less attention these days, solo play. There are plenty of doomsayers out there who believe computer games are killing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Dav, Nathan, archangel_2, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Mytholder, Mithras, Jamie Thomas Durbin, James V. West, Loryndalar, Matt, FilthySuperman, xiombarg, Cadriel, Mike Holmes.

7/10/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: immersive authorship...(not sure either)
OK, those who been following the forum may have seen me say something to the effect of how I prefer to play immersively. Well, not quite immersive but the point…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Dav, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, james_west, greyorm.

7/10/2001 Cyanide: I love Little Fears!!
Hello, I was at Origins and was able to catch a game of Little Fears on Sunday. I love it!! I tip my hat to you sir on a job…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Cyanide, Jason L Blair.

7/10/2001 John Wick: Elfworld = EVIL
[quote] John, you've just put yourself out there for me. You said EVIL (as opposed to evil). I look over Obsidian, and Kult, and Unknown Armies, and In Nomine Satanis,…
In Wicked Press
Participants: John Wick, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, JSDiamond, Uncle Dark, kwill, wyrdlyng, Cameron, Astromarine, Ring Kichard, Paul Czege.

7/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: 7th Sea, character currency, and advancement systems
I'm currently playing in a 7th Sea game, and I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would, to be honest. The system is simple, and many things about it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Laura Bishop.

7/11/2001 poppocabba: getting rid of a bad egg
how does one get rid of a player, who while being generally thought of as a nice guy, is way too enthusiastic, hyper, and abuses player knowledge. he is 35…
In Actual Play
Participants: poppocabba, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Damocles, Ben Morgan, james_west.

7/11/2001 Nathan: 1,000 Hit Contest
Okay, folks... This isn't an exam or something. All you have to do is click on the 1,000 Hit Contest link on the MysticAges.Com frontpage, slap in your name and…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

7/11/2001 poppocabba: another spirt concept rpg
Recently I have gotten a lot of horror rpgs that I will never be able to convince anyone to play them all, namely Nephilim, Lost Souls, Kult, Whispering Vault ,so…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: poppocabba.

7/11/2001 Logan: GNS Doc Update
I e-mailed my draft of the updated faq to Ron. That means, hopefully, we get the update posted soon. Didn't expect to make quite so many changes. I think the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Logan.

7/11/2001 Dav: Reviews at Wicked Press
John: You said in one of your essays/columns that you were going to start reviewing things. Is this something that was carried over from another venue, or is it something…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Dav, John Wick.

7/11/2001 barteee: How much detail is needed?
I'm new so you'll have to forgive me if this has already been asked. One of the problems I always run into in game design is how much you have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: barteee, Jamie Thomas Durbin, Dav, Ron Edwards, Mytholder.

7/11/2001 Jason L Blair: Review at RPGNews
RPGNews has made Little Fears its "Game of the Week." Read the review here!
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, archangel_2, GreatWolf.

7/12/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: SOAP
Recently read the review of SOAP and I'm distrubed by how close it is in some respects to a concept I've been woring on. Bloody close. I'll have to read…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Mytholder.

7/12/2001 jburneko: Another GNS Permutation
This is in all likelyhood just another permutation of GNS and doesn't add THAT much to the ideas already out there but I thought I would throw it on the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko.

7/12/2001 Nathan: Late Issue Tonight
Issue FOUR will go up tonight, because of issues with internet access and domain names.... Can't login into the mysticages.com ftp server from here - *sigh*. So how is everyone?…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

7/13/2001 Ryan: Alternate Star Wars
Well, the author might as well get it going. Yes, I wrote an alternate Star Wars setting, and I actually posted it. So, flame away. I will be reading this…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Ryan.

7/14/2001 Uncle Dark: PBEM
I was thinking of running Sorcerer as a PBEM game. I'm happy to discuss premise and such, but right now what I'm most interested in is how to do it.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Uncle Dark, joshua neff, greyorm.

7/20/2001 Epoch: Author submitted library
And I still can't log in.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Epoch, gizem, James V. West.

7/15/2001 RobMuadib: Troupe "Universal" World Building Simulationist Shared Nar
I am in the process of writing up my RPG, tentatively titled The Million Worlds: Chronicles Of The Eternal Cycle, which I hope to "commercially" publish in some form, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: premise
The education of Jack continues.... Now I'm trying to get a handle on this thing called a premise and i know it's fairly simple, something like "It's what the game…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, James Holloway, Blake Hutchins, jburneko, joshua neff, contracycle, James V. West, Supplanter, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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