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5/8/2012 Ron Edwards: Finishing up
Hi, We're in the final weeks! The closure is still on schedule for June 1. I was thinking of opening a "Bye!" forum, sort of like the old Birthdays forums,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Troy_Costisick, davidberg, Artanis, Emily Care, Frank Tarcikowski, Anders Gabrielsson, Paka, Paul Czege, greyorm, Miskatonic, charlesperez, Eliarhiman6, JoyWriter, Thomas Lawrence, David Artman, Rich Forest, mael.rimbault, John Mc, Ben Lehman, VAgentZero, Andy Kitkowski, Call Me Curly, Clinton R. Nixon, Neil the Wimp, Gordon C. Landis, Alex Fradera, Matt, Christopher Weeks, Mytholder, hix.

3/20/2012 Ron Edwards: The Winter Phase and the end of the Forge forums
Ye Olde Winter is drawing to a close ... let's see, if I remember correctly, the original Hephaestus' Forge went live in the fall of 1999, and the forums of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Ghostlight Games, David Artman.

12/6/2011 Ron Edwards: [Sorcerer] First annotations available
Hey everyone, I thought you might like a sneak peek of the annotations I'll be publishing with the new print version of Sorcerer. It turns out I didn't make it…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Roger, jburneko, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn, pfischer, James_Nostack, greyorm.

11/3/2011 Ron Edwards: [Obsidian, Champs, Babylon Project] Incipient Narrativism and its discontents
This is a spinoff thread from decoupling Reward Systems from broad-scale Story Arcs, to address an issue I think lurks alongside the topic of that thread. To summarize, we're talking…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, Abkajud, Noon, James_Nostack, Web_Weaver, davidberg, Tor Erickson, Roger, Frank Tarcikowski, epweissengruber.

10/7/2011 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe: in print, in English, updated text, for reals
Hi everyone, The past year has been a constant logistic nightmare to get Trollbabe finally back in print. My plan was November 2010, and that was itself a back-up, emergency,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Neil the Wimp.

8/28/2011 Ron Edwards: Do you have a new publication? Then read here first
This is not an advertising site. This is a discussion site. Do not arrive here and post to announce a new publication. Your post will be removed instantly to the…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Sorcerer] At the GenCon booth
When I'm at GenCon, usually I spend a lot of time playing after-hours, typically in the lobby of the Embassy Suites. I either set something up with people during the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paka, ejh, jburneko, James_Nostack, davidberg, woodelf, Markus.

8/10/2011 Ron Edwards: [Apocrypha] Blind fate, blind justice, and blind love
I've been working on this post for about two years. I encountered Apocrypha at GenCon 2000, at Jonathan Tweet's suggestion. He was supportive about my advocacy of creator ownership and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, clukemula.

8/9/2011 Ron Edwards: [Ophian] A first actual session
For the background, see Three games about religion, the Adept Press page for a direct link for downloading the current document, and anxieties about death at the core of ophite.…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Gregor Hutton, ejh, Emily Care, baxil.

8/9/2011 Ron Edwards: [Tales of Lust] Frightful horror, no holds barred
A couple of months ago, Megan, James, and Rob joined me at the Dice Dojo, and Tales of Lust ( Ronnies feedback) seemed like just the thing for…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/1/2011 Ron Edwards: Finishing up this year's Ronnies, and GenCon stuff
Hi, So one of my priorities is actually to play more Ronnies entries, especially winners, but really anything that I like. GenCon seems like a good place for it, so…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God.

8/1/2011 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2011: at the booth
Hey everyone, It's going to be a little lonely at GenCon for me - not too many indie companies, and Vincent won't be there to share with me either. So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, JamesDJIII, Paul Czege, Artanis, ejh.

7/21/2011 Ron Edwards: Hard core Sorcerer talk
Hi everyone, As I talked about a while ago, I'm preparing to publish an anniversary edition of Sorcerer. It's composed of exactly the same internal text as the existing core…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Roger, Finarvyn, hix, James_Nostack.

6/8/2011 Ron Edwards: Three games about religion
Last fall, I conformed to a common stereotype about men in their mid-40s and apparently became obsessed with matters of religion. Its roots lie in my work on Shahida but…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards, Abkajud, Lavinia, epweissengruber, davidberg, Noon, JSDiamond, Anders Gabrielsson, Marshall Burns, contracycle, hansel, MatrixGamer, ejh, ADGBoss, graypawn, Alfryd, sirogit, clukemula, LandonSuffered.

6/8/2011 Ron Edwards: Upcoming: a few weeks in Sweden
Hi everyone, Again, I'm planning for a big trip to Sweden with my family, this time from about June 22 through July 12. For those of you who don't know,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, John Stephens.

5/24/2011 Ron Edwards: Ethical moderation issue
So, the question is whether I'm going to request the Forge community not to link to Torrent or other similar sites/services. I'm not laying judgment down on any current threads.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, lumpley, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic, Paolo D., contracycle, Ben Lehman, Matthew V, Rafu, Eliarhiman6, M. J. Young, epweissengruber.

5/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [Winter phase] Publisher forums drawdown
Hi, Back when Vincent and I scaled down the forums for the Winter phase, my idea was to take down all the publisher forums with the exception of his and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

5/3/2011 Ron Edwards: Back home
Hi, In case you've wondered why I haven't been Ronnying, it's because I've been in Italy for InterNosCon. I'm still trying to fix the inevitable shambles my ordinary life became…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paolo D., davide.losito.

4/19/2011 Ron Edwards: [Within My Clutches] Ronnies feedback
I placed David Berg's Within My Clutches as a Runner-Up. My take on the terms is that lust and chains are near-synonyms, making the game about one thing rather than…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, davidberg.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [In Exile] Ronnies feedback
Jacob Bouvier's In Exile, Queens of Time and Space, and Queen of Thorns make an interesting trilogy: respectively, restoring a deposed queen who is still very much the leader, serving…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tokala.

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