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8/30/2002 Matt Gwinn: Character Flavor
My Minion for our upcoming game is and actor/playwrite who was stabbed in the head during a performance of Hamlet. The injury rendering him unable to speak properly, but like…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes.

8/30/2002 Michael James Bogue: Everway & The Pool
Hi everybody! I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. First off lemme say I read "The Questing Beast" and the Pool and loved it. A great idea for a…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Michael James Bogue, James V. West, Paul Czege.

8/29/2002 James_Stubbs: After These Messages
Hey Cynthia or Eddy When is the first After These Messages scheduled? I want to see the other two contest winners! (I'm guessing that you're going to use all of…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: James_Stubbs, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/29/2002 Tim C Koppang: to you guys selling rpgs online
This is a suggestion meant for everyone here trying to sell their game over the net... When I download a pdf file, I know more or less what to expect.…
In Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

8/29/2002 xiombarg: rules tweaks
I'm going to be running this game this Saturday. With that in mind, I kinda have to decide which rules tweaks to use and which ones not to use, of…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: xiombarg, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

8/29/2002 Mike Holmes: Synthesis Playtest
I got a chance to try out my system Synthesis with Josh and Rich at GenCon. We all wanted to talk about it, but have not gotten around to posting…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

8/29/2002 Mike Holmes: Die Conventions
A statistically similar, but possibly simpler method to the current die mechanic would be to roll the same number of d4s as before, and count each as one unless it…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

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.

8/29/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Attention: Erik Battle
I saw the mock-up action figures you designed and I'm absolutely stunned at how incredible they look. Please, please contact me as soon as you can. I have a proposal…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Erik C. Battle.

8/29/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Universalis Review at rpg.net
Look what I found: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7015.html
In Universalis
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Andrew Martin, Ayrizale, Mike Holmes.

8/29/2002 Paul Czege: proposal: two new categories for the Resource Library
Hey, I propose we get two new categories in the Resource Library: 1) Indie RPG Fan Support, which would collect links to things like Ralph's Orkworld stuff, and the recently…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/28/2002 J B Bell: Monday night Indie gaming: The Pool: Banana Republic
I was going to wait for the GM, or indeed the end of the game (coming soon!) to post aobut Monday's indie gaming on IRC, but this quote from this…
In Actual Play
Participants: J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Knight.

8/28/2002 Ed: Opponents as terrain
I was reading the rules about treating multiple opponents as terrain, and it wasn't quite gelling for me. Can somebody give a good example run-through? I guess my main question…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ed, Lyrax, Valamir, Wolfen.

8/28/2002 Mike Holmes: Character Effectiveness (or Lack Thereof)
I started my character in our playtest with 2 Self Loathing, and 1 Weariness in a game where Reason was one lower than Fear. What did this mean? That I…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

8/28/2002 Michael James Bogue: The Reviews
Hello everyone! This is a fabulous site, but I have only one, very minor, complaint. The columns on the "Reviews" section are waaay too narrow. I think prose columns should…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Michael James Bogue.

8/28/2002 mahoux: Hitting any cons with CAH?
Cynthia, Eddy et. al- Are you guys going to do any regional con work for CAH (pimping it out at a booth, selling limited copies, etc? I ask this for…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: mahoux, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/28/2002 Mike Holmes: My Master
I feel that the Premise of this game is timeless. If that's so, then I should be able to create a Master in any setting. Here' my experiment to see…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Mike Holmes, xiombarg, joshua neff, Paul Czege.

8/28/2002 Mike Holmes: Publishing
In discussing publishing of Master, I'd like to make a clarification. Universalis went direct to print. Only sort of true. While games like Universalis and Dust Devils did…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Silent Tamatama.

8/28/2002 contracycle: the scottish play
Somehow I came across this thought while pondering Rons breakdown of classes - there is a link here somewhere with how character presage, bring about, their own actions as it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Demonspahn, M. J. Young, xiombarg, simon_hibbs, GB Steve.

8/28/2002 wyrdlyng: Digital Publishers Group
FYI, off of d20 Weekly: PDF Publishers Unite Recently, a group of like-minded adventure gaming e-publishers have formed a consortium dedicated to the continued development of PDF role-playing games and…
In Publishing
Participants: wyrdlyng, Michael Hopcroft, pigames, Ron Edwards, Ferry Bazelmans, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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8/30/2002 Paganini: Indie-netgaming Monday - The Pool: Banana Republic
Tonight we played the second - and final - session of the Banana Republic game that we started on Monday. The game's already mentioned a bit in another thread, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Bob McNamee, Zak Arntson, J B Bell, Paul Czege.

8/30/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Level concerns
Ok. Maybe I have to capitulate and introduce the classes after all. Classes can be done a lot of different ways, but I was actually going with the level approach.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Valamir, damion, JSDiamond, Robert K Beckett, StormBringer, Jeremy Cole, quozl, Ben Morgan, Lee Short, contracycle, Jasper, M. J. Young, ADGBoss.

8/30/2002 rafael: username
um, i would also like to change my username. can i have it changed to rafael? thanks! -- rafael
In Site Discussion
Participants: rafael, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/30/2002 Balbinus: TROS in the real world
Cool as I understand the setting is, I have a great love of real-world settings. Has anyone tried adapting TROS to historical Europe? How hard would it be?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Ace, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2002 Balbinus: Guns query
Does TROS have rules for guns of the (equivalent) period? If not, how difficult would that be to introduce?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Shadeling, Ben.

8/30/2002 damion: Patrons and social connections-med long
This thought was triggered by the connections-advancement thread, some of the Ygg threads and plain old experiance. A lot of RPG's have mechanics for Patrons, Connections, people one knows, ect.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: damion, Zak Arntson, Balbinus, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, Jeremy Cole, Stuart DJ Purdie, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Straszheim, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, contracycle, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Bob McNamee, Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur.

8/30/2002 Lee Short: Best Method for Dice Customization
Hi, I'm new here & not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but it seems as appropriate as any. My game uses customized d20s. I've tried…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lee Short, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, quozl, Walt Freitag.

8/30/2002 GreatWolf: Update (8/30/2002)
Here is the first of the promised updates. I have begun writing the Alyria manuscript. Currently I am working on describing the Citadel, which is definitely assuming a central role…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

8/30/2002 Ben Morgan: Advancement vs. Development
I'm starting this thread in order to avoid hijacking Pale Fire's Level thread, but it relates to the whole idea of levels, experience, and advancement. I have part of a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2002 StormBringer: Mechanics question:
Hello, everyone! I just had a quick question about some mechanics I was mulling over. Nothing too elaborate or detailed, just a starter to get my brain going: I wanted…
In RPG Theory
Participants: StormBringer, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, Christoffer Lernö, Jeremy Cole.

8/30/2002 Zak Arntson: [Paladin] Inquisitor help
I'm working on the required Attributes for Inquisitor characters, and I was hoping to get some help from y'all. Here's the rundown: There's three major orders of Inquisitor, each with…
In CRN Games
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bob McNamee, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, S.Lonergan, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/31/2002 C. Edwards: Failure=Advancement
There has been some discussion in the Level concerns thread about character advancement through failure. Learning from one’s mistakes takes place in the real world and it seems only natural…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, damion, M. J. Young, Robert K Beckett.

8/31/2002 pigames: Doesn't Log me on automatically each visit
Doesn't Log me on automatically each visit. Any ideas? Running Mac MS Internet Explorer 5.1 And, yes, cookies are enabled. Thanks
In Site Discussion
Participants: pigames, Ferry Bazelmans.

8/31/2002 Ben: the ART of TRoS
Howdy Strangers, GII: So what kind of art is everyone hoping to see in the upcoming supplements. Styles? Pencils, B/W Inks, Digital, ...(Jake really hopes you say B/W Inks) Subjects?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben, Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Jürgen Mayer, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Wolfen.

8/31/2002 James V. West: Quotes for The Questing Beast
Hey everyone I'll be printing copies of TQB soon. I have a bit of finishing up to do, including some simple examples of play, a few more sample Romances, and…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Mike Holmes.

8/31/2002 James V. West: TQB errata
I found another mistake in the draft of The Questing Beast: Under the playtesters/brainstormers listing I listed Mike Holmes as Mike Hall. This was a mental burp by me. Mike…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

8/31/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Going to try after all
Anyone who's been reading my Whe the GM Say "Better Watch Out..." threads on Actual Play already know what's my deal. Those who haven't, suffice it to say that I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Christopher Kubasik, Bob McNamee, Blake Hutchins, C. Edwards, Bailywolf, Paul Czege, Unsane, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Eric.

8/31/2002 Palaskar: Newbie here with 2 new RPGs for review
Hi, my name is Michael Mendoza a.k.a. "Palaskar", and I've finally gotten up the nerve to post after lurking for a few months. I finally feel that my indie RPG,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Palaskar, Sidhain, Mike Holmes.

9/1/2002 lumpley: InSpectres Greenfield
Hey. We had gamer geek friends from out of town last night, so I ran InSpectres. There's not much to say about it, it was three or so hours of…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2002 Ayrizale: Does this sound about right? :)
Just a doodle I worked up while playing a game tonight. Will post some more details of the game once I can sort it all out and make some sense…
In Universalis
Participants: Ayrizale, Mike Holmes.

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