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9/18/2002 M. J. Young: To fight?
O.K., I can't tell you whether to fight it or not. That's something you're going to have to work out from what you know of him. But I can tell…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, contracycle.

10/5/2002 M. J. Young: Character Personal Assessment
[quote="In the Observable Probability thread Chris a.k.a. Bankuei"]Not quite going as far as a myth, but a standard is that players know everything that their character is capable of doing.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, contracycle, damion, talysman, Andrew Martin, Le Joueur.

10/17/2002 M. J. Young: Character Sheet Design for I-games
[quote="Ron Edwards"]"Boink" M.J. ... hey, I had an idea. Do you think there's any feature of an I-game that leads to different needs or standards for character sheet design? I'm…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young.

11/9/2002 M. J. Young: Responding to the Invitation
Please don't think me ungracious; I really do appreciate being invited to the forum. I have too much on my plate as it is, and my wife would shoot me…
In Scattershot
Participants: M. J. Young, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

11/18/2002 M. J. Young: Concentration: an Example
Over in Game Theory there's a thread about Illusionism and GNS; someone brought up Concentration as an example, and it came back to me as something potentially enlightening. Let…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young.

12/10/2002 M. J. Young: Use of Gender Pronouns
[quote="Emily Care"]"Do" use both pronouns in examples of play when refering to players, gms and all game participants. (This one makes a difference for me when I read a game,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton, lumpley, ethan_greer, Paganini, damion, Clay, bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, cruciel.

12/17/2002 M. J. Young: In Defense of Complexity
Periodically I read threads here at The Forge in which people argue against more complex systems, and particularly more complex combat systems. I take these with some bit of salt;…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, Thierry Michel, xiombarg, cruciel, Ozymandias, Le Joueur, Sidhain, Alan, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes.

12/21/2002 M. J. Young: Blended Mechanics?
[quote="This is part of what Ron Edwards"]I disagree with you. As I have more-or-less interpreted the terms from Everway, they go like this: 1) Fortune = use of a randomizing…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Seth L. Blumberg, Andrew Martin, Le Joueur, bluegargantua.

1/7/2003 M. J. Young: Unified Truth and Diverse Religions in Game Worlds
Ron twice has attempted to close the thread entitled The Mechanic of "Religion" in Role Playing Games; yet the topic is hot, and there seems much to be said…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Ted E. Childers, Uncle Dark, Kester Pelagius, Eric J., simon_hibbs, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Gordon C. Landis, epweissengruber, damion, clehrich, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, John Kim.

1/13/2003 M. J. Young: A New Spin on the Old Magic/Religion Question
This is yet another thread pursuing the popular topic about whether the referee has to understand the reality of the game world in some sense. I say yet another, because…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Le Joueur, greyorm, Kester Pelagius, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Drew Stevens, Blake Hutchins, RHJunior.

1/22/2003 M. J. Young: Building Religions
Kester Pelagius started an interesting thread, Is religion really that much of a mystery?, which inspired this one rather by accident. Jack Spencer Jr., an avowed atheist, posted what…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, contracycle, Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, John Kim, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, clehrich, simon_hibbs.

1/27/2003 M. J. Young: Access Problems
Am I the only one who has frequent problems accessing The Forge? I get a lot of time-outs on connection and resolving the site, and quite a few connection refusals,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Eric J., clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Adam.

1/29/2003 M. J. Young: Universal in search of distinctions
The special kind of Heartbreaker: Universal/Generic thread has me thinking about things close to my heart; and a reference within it to an earlier thread from 2001 entitled a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, John Kim, Kester Pelagius, Le Joueur, contracycle, Marco, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Sylus Thane.

1/30/2003 M. J. Young: The Limits of Sci-fi
Jareth Dakk brought up sci-fi games in Why not more Sci-fi?, and there were some good answers. But a passing comment there sparked a thought in my mind. But…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, clehrich, John Kim, Uncle Dark, Cadriel, Ron Edwards, Marco, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, Le Joueur, Harlequin, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Rod Phillips, ADGBoss, Paul Czege, greyorm, Bankuei, Alan.

2/18/2003 M. J. Young: Benefits of Undefined Premise
In the thread Premise on a Platter on the GNS Model Discussion forum, There?s a lot of issues here I?d be interested in discussing, which may…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

3/7/2003 M. J. Young: Maps: Necessary or Superfluous?
In the Real Color thread, (if you design a game, especially fantasy, make sure you include a good easily copied map) I've done a lot of fantasy settings,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, contracycle, James Holloway, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, clehrich, Airshipjones, simon_hibbs.

4/4/2003 M. J. Young: Search for Game Designers who are Christian
O.K., this isn't quite right for any forum, but I need to ask The Forge community, so it's going to go here. Maybe it would fit better in Connections, but…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton.

4/11/2003 M. J. Young: Young Playtest Group First Storymap
A few preliminary comments--I started this yesterday, and my computer froze while I was trying to find my notes, so I just gave up and went to bed. I'm trying…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: M. J. Young, GreatWolf, hix.

4/21/2003 M. J. Young: On Innovative: Ranting Against a Rant
I'm responding here to Chris's Standard Rant: "Innovative", but in a different direction. When we're talking games and folks scream "Revolutionary and New!" most of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, fabien, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2003 M. J. Young: Does Module Play Equal Participationism?
Over in the thread, Do prewritten scenarios=Illusionism/Participationism?, M.J., what you describe sounds like straight-head Participation to me. I don't see why or how it's a different category.He was…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, cruciel, Tim C Koppang, John Kim, deadpanbob.

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