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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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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.

8/22/2002 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.

8/22/2002 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 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 Jürgen Mayer: A comic called Donjon
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.

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.

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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.

8/24/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Defining "realistic" setting & mechanics
I feel I'm lacking some well defined terms to describe consistency in setting and mechanics. Even the term consistency seems to be unclear. In an attempt to contribute a little…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, M. J. Young.

8/24/2002 Christoffer Lernö: FitM with FitE Ygg style ponderings
In both the combat system and and the skill system I'm having something which is both FitM and FitE. Basically you can either state intention and see if you succeed…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

8/24/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Back in Action
Hiya, gang! The last month and a half or so has been the single worst period in my entire life. Everything went directly into the crapper, on every front. Fortunately,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, stormwerks, Eddy Fate.

8/24/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: first look: black lipstick
black lipstick the goth roleplaying game by Jared A. Sorensen Nights Each Night (game session) is comprised of three stages: Getting Ready: the stage when preparation for the night’s festivities…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin).

8/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe - loose at last!!
Hi everyone, Please c'mon by the new Trollbabe site and look around. The text is at the alpha-level and I already plan to change most of it, so cut me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, James V. West, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/24/2002 ADGBoss: How important is fiction
One can have the greatest game system and kewlest setting and kickingest pdf downloads on the web, but if its boring or does not grab the interest of the potential…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss, damion, Matt, greyorm, J B Bell, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Blake Hutchins, Demonspahn, contracycle, Jasper, wyrdlyng, jeff8448, mahoux, Paul Czege, Evan Waters, kaworuiskool, kamikaze.

8/24/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: When the GM says "Better Watch Out..." (UPDATE)
Those who were kind enough to comment on my self-serving and grammarically challenged venting thread When the GM say "Better Watch Out..." I have a slight update. This will end,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, Michael S. Miller, Christopher Kubasik, ADGBoss, xiombarg, Balbinus, Walt Freitag, C. Edwards, kevin671, Jeremy Cole, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, rumble.

8/24/2002 Shadeling: Doubling Up on Skill Packages...
What is the advantage of this? What have any of you done?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Spartan, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Lyrax, Sneaky Git.

8/24/2002 lumpley: a kill puppies for satan development
...I presume. I just got my first piece of hate mail ever! Apparently I'm going to pay for my crimes in hell one day. -Vincent (What she doesn't know is…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Jack Spencer Jr, S.Lonergan, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2002 Michael S. Miller: Question on Summoning Rules
I ran my second session last night, and it went very well. I'm still trying to get a handle on all the different NPCs I have to play, but that's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Some Quick Ygg stuff (not long!)
As I've mentioned in Ygg & Martial Arts thread, I was considering letting people build up moves one keyword at a time. But now I'm thinking this might not only…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, ks13.

8/25/2002 kaworuiskool: Question about GNS in computer games
Long time lurker, first time poster.... The other day I was introducing gns to my best buddy, who learns better by example than by reading essays. I decided to use…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: kaworuiskool, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Valamir, M. J. Young.

8/25/2002 pigames: Seeking SERIOUS playtesters for Psych-Horror Game
Politically Incorrect Games (www.pigames.net) is in search of playtesters for an upcoming release titled "Novus Paradigma." If you're not willing or not able to provide feedback within a reasonable time…
In Connections
Participants: pigames.

8/25/2002 Trav: The Riddle of Steel- an introduction to the game
Just the other night I had the chance to start running a Riddle of Steel game. There were four of us in total, I was the seneschal. We talked about…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trav, Ron Edwards, FruitSmack!.

8/25/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Contest Winners!!!
The voting is over for the "Create-A-Series" conest and it was very close all the way around, with quite a few series going nose to nose in the final stretch.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evilschemer, James_Stubbs.

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