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9/12/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Thoughts about The Riddle of Steel
Finally I got the book and I have read about 30 pages and skimmed thorough whole book. I must say, I'm impressed. I'd like congratulate you Jake, excellent work. Spiritual…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard, Silanthous, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Bladesinger, Ashren Va'Hale, Lyrax, Ace.

9/12/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Cover design
I feel a bit awkward about this (mainly because I have no experience), but I would like to volunteer my services to anyone who needs a cool cover for their…
In Connections
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, S.Lonergan.

9/12/2002 Bailywolf: Anime Fantasy Donjon
This has been kicked around before (back when Donjon was still embriotic as Donjon Krawl), but I've got some things to riff on and ask about: I've been quite sick…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/12/2002 ADGBoss: Power Depth and Width
I have been working on some of the Powers for Seraphim and had written myself a pretty long list of powers, many of which were related to one another. So…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss, jdagna, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

9/12/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Binding Donjon
Just a quick note to Clinton. I'm busy binding Donjon in a wooden cover, with a plethora of faux-tome accessories. I'll send you pics when it's done. *smile* Crayne
In CRN Games
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, DaR.

9/12/2002 Mayhem1979: Improvised weapons....
Simple enough topic, and for the most part it's pretty simple to figure out I guess... but what, for example, would be the damage rating for a thrown chicken? (live)
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mayhem1979, Thirsty Viking, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Bladesinger, Vanguard, Draigh, Valamir, Lyrax.

9/12/2002 Paka: Dusty Ka, Wyrding West, or Destinatus in the Dust
I am going to playtest Dust Devils using my Egyptian/Norse/Roman (and Greek) Western that I've been chipping away with some enthusiasm and feedback at on RPG.net. I am thinking of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder.

9/11/2002 Eddy Fate: Transformer Tech Specs to CAH
These rules are not only unplaytested, I know for a fact they're going to be totally unbalancing. But hey, they're fun! Here's how to convert Transformer Tech Specs (those cards…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

9/11/2002 Paul Czege: Attor's hand
Matt Gwinn made quite an interesting suggestion last week related to the eventual layout and presentation of My Life with Master: that the game text be enhanced by the presence…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes.

9/11/2002 Paul Czege: where are the Game Designer's Journals now?
Hey, This morning I found myself browsing some old threads on Gaming Outpost and had a strange thought: the heyday of the Game Designer's Journal has come and gone.…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, GreatWolf.

9/11/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sorcerer "review"
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=roleplayers&itemid=294058
In Adept Press
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, James, erithromycin, Christopher Kubasik.

9/11/2002 Marco: Fault Tolerant Scenario Design
Hi, We have two new articles up on the JAGS Site http://jagsgame.dyndns.org concerning scenario design. They're not written by me. They are related and concern how to construct what are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Marco, GB Steve, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/11/2002 Matt Wilson: sanity check on G vs. S
Some days I feel slow... check my math here, someone? Shadowrun supports gamist play because it's mostly about "missions," where the players go nuts with tactics of all sorts and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, KAR 120 C, Wart.

9/3/2002 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe review
Thanks to Jeff Strazheim for a great review of Trollbabe at RPG.net!! Here's the link. Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/11/2002 Stuart DJ Purdie: Plurarity of mechanics
Like everyone else here, I'm having these thoughts about designing my own game. Despite my best efforts, they refuse to go away... Some background - The placeholder name is Enlightend.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, ADGBoss, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/11/2002 lumpley: Another bit about InSpectres Greenfield
(Um, here's the original description, such as it is.) But hey! It was gamism! The competition was: whose ideas are funniest? A la that guy, I was the referee. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/11/2002 viktor_haag: Activation Costs questions
I have a few questions about activation costs, most specifically for feints. Costs for feints ================ The costs for feint&cut and feint&thrust are listed as variable, except for Rapier which…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: viktor_haag, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

9/11/2002 Scott_Lynch: Stick an ad fer yer game in the back of one of my PDFs!
Howdy all-- I sell games (currently, my main focus is my d20 supers game *Deeds Not Words*) in PDF format from my little home on the web: http://www.allforart.com/cryptosnarkgames It occurs…
In Publishing
Participants: Scott_Lynch.

9/11/2002 svenlein: movement while fighting
Here is something I've been thinking about, it is intensely simulationist: Movement while fighting: randomly determine distance, direction, and new orientation. forward and backward would be more likely than side…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/11/2002 Shadeling: Half swording quandries
Just curious about halfswording. The description lists ATN/DTN that differ from say the Dopplehander's description and +3 Dmg against armor. Also, if you half-sword with a Dopplehander, can you bring…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Jasper.

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9/12/2002 Mike Holmes: Weapons Designs
About time for a weapons post. Give us your favorite. This thread had a lot of interesting notes about designing weapons. Here's one to start it off: Atlatl - spear…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mike Holmes, Valamir, Thirsty Viking, Jasper.

9/12/2002 Ninchen: Little Fears / Changeling the Dreaming
Please don't get me wrong! I'm familiar with all the White Wolf issues 'bout 'Changeling the Dreaming' and I also read the 'Little Fears' more than once. But - sorry…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ninchen, Jason L Blair.

9/12/2002 Thirsty Viking: Home Page
Ok it's official, I'm spending too much time here. I come in and out so often during the day i finally made this forum my home page so i didn't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/12/2002 Paul Czege: do I want Carlotta?
In my opinion, the essential text on the subject of a coherent and effective linkage across rule examples, color text, and illustrations is Le Mon Mouri. So I've been thinking…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/12/2002 Ron Edwards: state of the art - or my notions anyway
Hi Paul, Here's my rundown on the "state of the art" in My Life with Master. 1) Clarify the examples of "Less than / More than" so the latter do…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/12/2002 J B Bell: Role vagueness & cost to change
My last (and first) game of Universalis had me coming up with the excruciatingly boring Roles of "Man #1" and "Man #2". I characterized them with dialogue (talking for two…
In Universalis
Participants: J B Bell, Bob McNamee, Roy, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/13/2002 littlejohn: New member introduction
Hi all, I just joined The Forge after lurking around a while and I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is David Hendee and I'm a budding freelance illustrator. I've…
In Connections
Participants: littlejohn, hardcoremoose, Ferry Bazelmans, S.Lonergan, mahoux, greyorm, Sylus Thane.

9/13/2002 Thirsty Viking: house rules ... that page error is madening
Mike i saw a theoretical post where you had raised the fumble percentages for low dice with TN 10 ... did you have a method you were proposing that generated…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Mike Holmes, Durgil.

9/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: we killed puppies for satan
so, tonight i was supposed to run some post-apocalyptic sorcerer & sword shit, but el inspirado never really hit this week. i didn't want to let the cool motherfuckers in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Le Joueur, DaR, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Paul Czege, Yasha, Maurice Forrester.

9/13/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Skills And Yet Not
Bear with me if the posting isn't 100% coherent. I'm trying to work out the exact mechanics as I go along. Let me first state my intent: I don't want…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, damion, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag.

9/13/2002 Eddy Fate: FAQ - Please Ask Questions!
One thing we'd like to work on is a rules/system FAQ for Cartoon Action Hour. At some point I'm going to go digging through the list and forum archives to…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate, Wulf, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

9/13/2002 Tony Irwin: Tony's first game
Greetings from Scotland folks. You'll be pleased to know that you now have 6 "Universalis Otaku" on the other side of the world. Nice (and perhaps a little weird) to…
In Universalis
Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/13/2002 svenlein: House Rules Web Page
http://www.geocities.com/sgalthof/houserules.html Comments? Scott
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Mike Holmes, Wolfen.

9/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Sweden's National Gaming Week
Hi there, I have learned some very interesting things about role-playing in Sweden. 1) Apparently, a given gaming group may register with the national government to get *money* to finance…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, contracycle, Valamir, Mytholder.

9/13/2002 Zoetrope10: Sorcerer & Sword -- demons on vacation?
Ron At p. 33 of the published version of Sorcerer & Sword, where you list the features of Mystic Otherworlds, you write in part, 'They are demon-haunted; however, the demons…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zoetrope10, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, xiombarg, Tim C Koppang, Paganini.

9/13/2002 Matt Wilson: Ghosts of the Empire
[b]Premise: [/b]exploration-focused space opera in the far future, with heaps of ruins, lost tech, aliens, creepy stuff, and politics. [b]The story: [/b] The history of this setting is but scraps…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, greyorm, ADGBoss.

9/13/2002 Thirsty Viking: Thoughts on Weires and Familiars
From a discussion outside the forge. Originally posted by Scotty Welcome Viking! Everyones input is welcome. I think somewhere along the line we got confused. No you can only bond…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Vanguard.

9/13/2002 Bailywolf: Actual Play Request: Donjon
Has anyone been playing Donjon since its release? I'd like to hear some play reports if anyone has any. Thanks -Benjamin
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailywolf.

9/13/2002 deadpanbob: Soopers: A Donjon Powered Game...
Clinton, I just got through reading Donjon - WOW! Very cool game. I hope to get to play it real soon... In any case, I thought of a potentially silly…
In CRN Games
Participants: deadpanbob, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/14/2002 Colin the Riot: Resolution mechanic I'm fiddling with...
SO, this is something I'm thinking of, and it's a combination of some things I've come across that I like. Namely, Donjon (by Clinton), Clockworx (by Jared) and Shadows (by…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Colin the Riot, Jasper, damion, Stuart DJ Purdie, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

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