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8/22/2002 FruitSmack!: Kayfabe is a fricken blast
Got Kayfabe at GenCon and tonight we just played it. Damn that games a blast to play. Lets see, we had Tag Team match between Wicked Evil (Nemsis and Reaver)…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: FruitSmack!, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Trav.

8/22/2002 xiombarg: Ivanhoe Unbound
Well, I set up a little web page for my games, and even created a imprint name. Yee-haw. http://www.ivanhoeunbound.com It's really just a redirect. The idea is to have a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg.

8/22/2002 Michael Hopcroft: When "circumstances beyond control" control YOU
How do you guys handle it when you go to an event you planned to sell product at -- and find you'll have no product to sell? That's what happened…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, greyorm, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Eugene Zee.

8/22/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Supernormal powers in HeartQuest
I'm trying to put togetehr a liost of 30 or so concievable supernormal powers for HeartQuest. These are the sorts of things that are likely to appear in shoujo stories…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, NinjaBoy.

8/21/2002 Philippe Tromeur: simply "Donjon" ?
Will Clinton R Nixon's RPG simply be named "Donjon" or "Donjon Crawl" ? In France, we already have a "Donjon" RPG based on a "Donjon" series of comics. Isn't there…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Gordon C. Landis.

8/21/2002 jgbrowning: questions
I've been lurking here for a long time and im finally thinking of getting into the publishing business. i got 6,000 that i can spend and still have 2000 in…
In Publishing
Participants: jgbrowning, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Demonspahn.

8/21/2002 kamikaze: Art for Malevolence
I'm getting close to complete on my Malevolence setting (still need to finish the gear and a few other parts, and playtest the sample adventure before I add it…
In Connections
Participants: kamikaze.

8/21/2002 Game Mistress: Little Fears
I am really not sure if I am in the right place. I went to the Key20 publishing site in the hopes of finally finding little fears character sheets, but…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Game Mistress, Jason L Blair, Comte, Adam.

8/21/2002 Ron Edwards: Third print supplement - actually
Hello, Well, it looks as if the third print supplement for Sorcerer will be a reality in the early part of 2003. The previous thread about this was Third print…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, wyrdlyng, Jason L Blair, jburneko, Ferry Bazelmans, Fabrice G., Clay, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Straszheim, lumpley, jrs, Uncle Dark, Ian Charvill, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/21/2002 Paul Czege: an infinity of eight: Master Type/Aspect combinations
So, you know that part of creating a Master is deciding on Type and Aspect, and that the Types are Feeder, Breeder, Collector, and Teacher, and the Aspects are Brain…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, Matt Gwinn, lumpley, Mike Holmes.

8/21/2002 Mike Holmes: Web Site
Ralph and I continue to try and improve our web site for Universalis, and already we have quite a bit of support up. Check out Ralph's essays that didn't make…
In Universalis
Participants: Mike Holmes, Roy, Valamir, Ayrizale, Matt, Fabrice G., Tony Irwin, Jason L Blair, Bob McNamee.

8/21/2002 GreatWolf: Contemplated rules adjustments
As I have begun the process of considering Legends of Alyria and evaluating playtest feedback, I have been contemplating a few rules changes. So I thought that I would toss…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/21/2002 Jeffrey Straszheim: Paladin Q's
I just d/l'ed and printed Paladin yesterday, and have read through it twice now, and am very excited to play (when I can talk my wife into it). A couple…
In CRN Games
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Valamir, Bob McNamee, xiombarg, Michael Bowman.

8/21/2002 Roy: "Black Is The Knight" 2 (Soap Dark Shadows-style)
We played our second session of "Black Is The Knight" last night using Soap by Ferry Bazelmans (see the s, Fer?). Our first session can be found here. We didn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roy, Ron Edwards, Ferry Bazelmans.

8/21/2002 ADGBoss: Miscellaneous Rules
I am starting the process of getting the rules for Seraphim together, I was thinking about some of the small and miscellaneous rules that are necassary. things like Falling, Drowning,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss, Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson, Marco.

8/21/2002 Matt Gwinn: coincidence?
As some of you know, my mionion has the less than human quality of not being able to express himself unless quoting shakespeare. I went online this morning to find…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose.

8/21/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Questions about tRoS combat
I ran fight with Combat Simulator (both had arming sword, small shield, full helm and plate everywhere else, strenght 7, combat pool was 13 excluding minuses from armor and shield).…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Jaif, Wolfen.

8/21/2002 Paul Czege: a curious endeavor: Master creation
Wherein is detailed the curious endeavor of five otherwise good tempered individuals: 1. The group, consisting of myself, in the role of gamemaster, Tom, Scott Knipe, Matt Gwinn, and my…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2002 Adam: GPS?
Although I know you're a big fan of letting people wing it, I'm wondering about your thoughts about GPS in octaNe, Jared I tend…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Adam, Balbinus, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

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.

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8/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Donjon - the comic book
On a trip to my local comic store right before leaving for GenCon, I noticed that there is a comic by the French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim called "Donjon." The French…
In CRN Games
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, Valamir.

8/22/2002 Ron Edwards: Misplaced game/comics at GenCon
This is barely, barely on-topic, but I can't figure out a way to do it more sensibly ... To folks who were at the booth at GenCon, Did anyone come…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, unodiablo, joshua neff.

8/22/2002 Marco: JAGS Auto-Fire Rules Question
This is a simulationist rules-heavy design question for JAGS. I realize many/most people here aren't familiar with it (and our sever's down until the weekend). If you're familiar with GURPS…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Marco, J B Bell, Valamir, Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Stuart DJ Purdie, Gordon C. Landis, Ace.

8/23/2002 Sidhain: The problems of players.
Not all players. However, my normally good players seem to have a problem with Hearts and Souls--my superhero rpg. In it they are given more control over the various events…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sidhain, Andrew Martin, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, C. Edwards, Roy.

8/23/2002 soundwave: And so the difference is...
Okay, like most of the newbies I'm sure you guys have to deal with quite regularly, I'm in something of a larval stage regarding my understanding of the concepts of…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: soundwave, Valamir, Paganini, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

8/23/2002 soundwave: CAH for 'girly' cartoons
Now, don't ask me how this came up, but recently I discussed with some friends the possibility of roleplaying with some of the more 'girly' cartoons of the eighties as…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: soundwave, Eddy Fate, Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Harper of Oz, Clinically Insane, Slant, Jonathan Walton.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Post-Apocalyptic Game
I think the TROs Combat system could lend itself to a dark, gritty, Post-Apoc genre game very nicely. Whatcha think?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Janne Halmetoja.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Transformers:Armada
At 4:30 PM Pacific Time, on Friday August 23rd on Cartoon Network, You can catch Transformers: Armada. Looks sweet. You can catch a small clip on Cartoon Network's Website. Anyway,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Shadeling, stormwerks, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Halflings
Halflings have modifiers in their descriptions. Now would they also gain the mods of their human nation? I was just curious on this.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

8/23/2002 Balbinus: Advancement: Effectiveness v. Connectedness
Hi, the following comes out of my thinking on an advancement mechanic for politics heavy games, but is of more general applicability. I posted it initially over at rpg.net then…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, chaosvoyager, Bob McNamee, Jeremy Cole, contracycle, GB Steve, Seth L. Blumberg.

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.

8/23/2002 Ayrizale: Question about Bangs, looking for opinions.
Hello, I am about to get into running a new game and I would like to give Kickers/Bangs a try. But I'm still not sure that I fully understand the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ayrizale, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/23/2002 Bailywolf: Lark of the Week: POWERS
Ok, I was sitting in the Phily airport night before last, waiting (and waiting and waiting) for my flight, and I came up with a bare-bones scheme for a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, damion, Tim Gray, Walt Freitag.

8/23/2002 Matt Gwinn: More GenCon Pics
I put up my pics of GENCON if anyone is interested in looking at them. http://www.angelfire.com/games3/errantknight/gencon.html ,Matt G.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng, Adam, Jared A. Sorensen, Chris Passeno, Jürgen Mayer, C. Edwards.

8/23/2002 Ayrizale: Lael's Game
[quote="Mike Holmes"]Lael, I hope you get your play in. Looking forward very much to your review. [/quote] Actually, I'm planning to shanghai a small group of players (me and two…
In Universalis
Participants: Ayrizale, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

8/23/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils for sale!!!
Howdy, pards . . . I'm pleased as hell to announce that the Dust Devils Web site is up and running, and it now offers Paypal purchasing of the Dust…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Bailywolf, Balbinus.

8/23/2002 Paul Czege: Danielle says to work on the More/Less than Human mechanics
In each of the three chargen sessions I've hosted, the biggest gravel patch for the players has been coming up with the More than Human and Less than Human descriptors…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins.

8/23/2002 Jason L Blair: Props To Clinton
This post should have gone up a long time ago but, considering the heat that Clinton's catching over at RPGnet,* I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jason L Blair, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, Blake Hutchins, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, amiel, Jürgen Mayer.

8/24/2002 Jaif: Duel Knives?
I have a new player who may want to use two knives. I have know clue whether this is European or not, it's just something cool he wants to do.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/24/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil & Martial Arts (too long!)
Ok, I've drawn up the sketches of the skill system, the combat system is pretty good as is the damage system. The magic won't be all that much problem. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Marco, ThreeGee, damion, Palaskar.

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