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9/8/2002 Erik C. Battle: New Action Figure
Background is a bit dodgy, but I don't want to mess with it any more today. Any resemblance to that Very Hot Tennis Player's photo shoot for FHM is purely…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Erik C. Battle, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Slant.

9/8/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Magazine Ads
We are currently looking into placing ads in magazines once the Cartoon Action Hour hardcover draws near(er). That said, what magazines would you recommend? Is there any way I can…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Misguided Games, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, Roy, Ron Edwards, Christian Walker.

9/8/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Naval Gazing On the Nature of Demons
I've been sort of thinking about the nature of demons in Sorcerer a bit lately. Not so much in the what are they really sense as described in the book…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/8/2002 Bailywolf: A great Sorcerer & Sword resource
If you are looking for a good gnarly resource for an anime-style S&S game, check out BERSERK , newly released on DVD. I'm still working my way through the first…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, urbwar, Zak Arntson, Unsane.

9/8/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg right now Part 2
[u]More Ygg elements[/u] Skill resolution Riskbreakers* Combat resolution Inspiration* [u]Skill resolution[/u] Skill resolution is simple. You check what your stat says. If the stat is equal to the [i]Challenge[/i] of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Palaskar.

9/8/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg right now part 1
[u][b]Ygg - a quick system overview[/b][/u] (* indicate rules which is currently under much consideration whether they fit or not) [u]Components[/u] Stats Classes Class abilities Skills Un-skills Moves* Magical Spells…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Valamir.

9/8/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Off-adventure time
You know when the characters (in the typical fantasy game) has been adventuring, maybe succeeded in beating the bad guy and all that and are ready to rest for a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Balbinus, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, ADGBoss, Jeremy Cole, contracycle, damion, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.

9/8/2002 S.Lonergan: Speck of an Idea - Paranoiaish
I would love to do something along the lines of Paranoia, in a modern setting, where the players are encouraged to backstab each other... Sure, there are lots of examples,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: S.Lonergan, Christoffer Lernö, Jeremy Cole, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2002 rumble: Going Native
This exact message is posted at rpg.net. A kind user suggested I post it here for additional comments/suggestions. ++++++ Going Native Assume you're in my situation: You love RPGs. It's…
In Actual Play
Participants: rumble, C. Edwards, Valamir, Demonspahn, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Blake Hutchins, Ace, gleepw, Gordon C. Landis, Le Joueur.

9/8/2002 Michael Hopcroft: A Publicity Effort gone Completely Kerblooie
I had planned to give a signing at my colcal hobby store, url]www.bthobbies.com, next weekend. That's Bridgetown Bobbies & Games in Portland for those who don;t want to click on…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, wyrdlyng, Matt Gwinn, Le Joueur, Valamir, Adam, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Clay, Roy, JSDiamond, contracycle.

9/7/2002 Thirsty Viking: Convention Demo's Driftwood Policy?
Is there a policy on convention Demo's? Or perhaps more to the point, Those who do Convention Demos? I'm new to this system, but have DECADES of RPG experience... some…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/7/2002 Thirsty Viking: Proposed house Rule: Shield Charge
After posting on the orc attacks in Moria I have given some thought to this. Here is a rough working draft of a new house rule. Attack Manuver: Shield Charge…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Sneaky Git, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, viktor_haag.

9/7/2002 Akos Szederjei: Arming glove question
Did anyone come up with the statistics for arming gloves (I could find anything about them)? Or do they simply act as "quasi-bucklers" for gaming purposes? Thanks, Akos
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Akos Szederjei, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen, bergh, Salamander.

9/7/2002 Matt Gwinn: Universalis, D20 and The Wheel of Time
For the last month or so my Friday gaming group has been playing The Wheel of Time. Things where not very exciting and we didn't accomplish very much in the…
In Universalis
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

9/7/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Care to see my character sheet?
I've got my character sheet for my friend's homebrewed game. He still hasn't let me have the rules yet, partially because they aren't done yet but I suspect he also…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Tim Gray.

9/7/2002 Eric: From the "It never hurts to ask" file . . . .
Ron -- Given that having all of the players read the core rule book is a requirement for playing Sorcerer, would you consider giving a group discount for an order…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2002 Paka: Definitions of Forge Gaming Vocabulary
Could we compile a list of terms that Indie Gamers use such as sim, GNS, and/or narrativist for us newbies. I am intrigued by the gamespeak here but I want…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, kaworuiskool, Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paganini.

9/7/2002 TracerFox: From Idea to Sales. Where to go?
Greetings all. Now while I know that this or similar topics have been posted over and over and over before, I am still posting this because my specific questions will…
In Publishing
Participants: TracerFox, Marco, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng.

9/7/2002 James V. West: pulp and the darkness of...
I just got my copy of Sorcerer and Sword and was reading through some of it tonight. Ron has once again reached into my deep, personal, mythical world and pointed…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, Voidwalker, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2002 Wulf: Trollbabe PBEM
Hi all. First post by me here. I've bought Trollbabe, printed & read it a couple of times. I'm considering using it for a play by email game. Has anyone…
In Adept Press
Participants: Wulf, Ron Edwards.

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9/9/2002 S.Lonergan: Untitled -- A modern horror setting
Feedback please.. I had this idea as i was walking the dog.. im not sure if its worth developing further... but... let me know what you think... Its really just…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: S.Lonergan, Tim Gray, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jasper, Walt Freitag, Christoffer Lernö, jdagna, Doc Midnight, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob.

9/9/2002 J B Bell: IRC add-on
Just a few minutes ago I wrapped up a nice session of online Universalis. An invisible world, laid over our own, with inhabitants bound to unbreakable laws and vows; 1920s…
In Universalis
Participants: J B Bell, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paganini.

9/9/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's First Game (2 player)
Hi all! I finally got the chance to play Universalis. It was a two player game with just myself and my wife (who is fairly a novice to roleplaying, but…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, Valamir.

9/9/2002 Nick Pagnucco: Possible TROS game starting
Yay... i may actually be gaming in the near future. (50/50 odds) The good/interesting news its 4 people; 2 newbies and 2 others who gamed when they were in their…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nick Pagnucco.

9/9/2002 Paka: Just Downloaded octaNe and have a game concept...
I've only skimmed it but... The world ended on a Saturday and the rejects of Roswell High were attending their Saturday Detention. It is Breakfast Club meets Six-String Samurai. At…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/9/2002 soundwave: Sorcerer and Stores
Okay, here's my dilemma: I want to buy Sorcerer. I want to support Ron's efforts in creating the game, and therefore I want to buy it in such a way…
In Adept Press
Participants: soundwave, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2002 Jeremy Cole: posting woes
Hi Clinton, I have an ongoing problem with being unable to post long posts. I can't seem to post more than one window or so, otherwise when I attempt to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jeremy Cole.

9/9/2002 Balbinus: Template based character generation
Hi, I'd like some general views on template based character generation. In this case what I mean specifically is where a character is created by taking a number of templates…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Balbinus, Marco, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, kevin671.

9/9/2002 Balbinus: Inspiration
Hi again, I'd like some feedback on the following concept for a game mechanic, which would be used in a Renaissance setting. Inspiration. This would probably be a stat of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Jasper, Jeremy Cole, JSDiamond, kevin671, simon_hibbs, Bjorn Ludvigsen.

9/9/2002 xiombarg: OctaNe and space
Finally got around to reading the rest of OctaNe. Very nice. The system is very InSpectres, which should lure in my players; they liked InSpectres. In fact, we might be…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: xiombarg.

9/9/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Web goodies- soon?
Any ETA on the Donjon web-based support goodies (moster database, donjons, setting skeches)? I'd love to see what everyone has created to inflict on their players... thanks -Ben
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/9/2002 Vahn: Writer Searching for Publisher who will buy ideas
Greetings, my name is Dustin. I am in search of a publisher or company who is or might be interested in publishing or buying some of my works. I have…
In Connections
Participants: Vahn, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2002 Valamir: Pendragon, dice, and character actions
[quote="Mike Holmes"] But Pendragon goes one further. It requires the players to "participate" in character decisions through the system. That is, when a player's Bravery trait goes off, they are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

9/9/2002 mahoux: O Gamer, part 2 (and a question)
This is just for consistency. Not much happened in our Knights of the Road game last Saturday. Two of our players (each one being in a different group) had to…
In Actual Play
Participants: mahoux, Valamir, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2002 Lee Short: Question: Exploration of System
What precisely is meant by "Exploration of System?" I see at least two possibilities: (1) given that reality is defined by the game system, what does this imply about how…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Lee Short, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Garbanzo.

9/10/2002 Enoch: Unworthy
Hiyo everybody! I’m in a sort of in a moist pool of oatmeal at the moment. This pool of oatmeal is my RPG idea Unworthy. While a pool of oatmeal…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Enoch, rafael, Andrew Martin, Christoffer Lernö, Jake Norwood, Paul Czege, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/10/2002 deadpanbob: Can a game designer work for all three (G/N/S)?
I'm new to this forum. New to game design. Been playing RPG's for longer than I'd care to admit - well, okay, since Chainmail. First off, Ron's GNS essay was…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: deadpanbob, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, Jeremy Cole.

9/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: If you read Places to Go, People to Be...
... or even if you don't, make sure and check out their new issue. I think you'll find the Once Upon a Time column quite interesting.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2002 Valamir: How strict is the indie requirement?
Hey Clinton, I had sent you a couple of articles on the history of Texas which I had used for a Deadlands Campaign. Didn't hear back as to whether you…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/10/2002 J B Bell: Ethics of rules summaries?
I've put this in Publishing since it has to do with intellectual property rights. So, on a mailing list to do with gaming, the topic has come up recently of…
In Publishing
Participants: J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

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