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9/30/2002 James V. West: The Pool in print in new comic zine
Hey! My new comic zine Random Order Comics and Games is now available and it features the first ever printed version of The Pool. This newest…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

9/30/2002 Bob McNamee: Temple of Bast - Session 2 - Narrative
Temple of Bast – Universalis Game – Session 2 Players: Bob, Pat, Sue (visiting player) Scene 4 Location: The Temple of Bast Time: immediately following Scene 2/3 Characters present from…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, Valamir.

9/29/2002 SiliconMessiah: Wanted: Dead or Alive. Dystopia: 2155
I am looking for a few good people to run a game based solely on the free shareware download of the full game. I would like to know, from an…
In Connections
Participants: SiliconMessiah.

9/29/2002 Sykora: Riddle of Birthright
Just picked up TRoS this week and I'm very impressed. While reading through it, I kept getting this Birthright vibe, which leads to the inevitable conversion. Social class is built…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sykora, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax.

9/29/2002 Thirsty Viking: Magic ITEM: The Black Arrow of Bard
[quote="Claymore"] [quote="jake"]Finally, what do you mean by "one-shot dragon kill," so that I don't answer off-base? [/quote] A one-shot Dragon kill refers to Bard in the Hobbit, who slays Smaug…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne.

9/29/2002 Jeffrey Miller: Sending it off to playtesters
I'm curious as to what the general experience of people here has been regarding playtesters? I've been involved in my fair share, and as a playtester I've had both good…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Bailey, Mike Holmes.

9/27/2002 Eddy Fate: Angels
I'm still a bit behind, but I'll try to keep up. :-) As requested, I'm taking a private conversation open here. I offer up "Angels and the Second War of…
In Scattershot
Participants: Eddy Fate, Le Joueur.

9/28/2002 Claymore: Some Problems with TRoS Combat=Comments Appreciated
Hello All, I've been running a RoS campaign for about a month now. It's a converted older Gurps campaign that I’ve run over the last two years. The campaign takes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Claymore, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

9/28/2002 SiliconMessiah: Dystopia: America 2155
New from PIGames; Dystopia. For a free download visit www.pigames.net or digitalrpg.org This is dark future roleplaying at its deadliest.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SiliconMessiah.

9/28/2002 contracycle: micro-mechanic opinion
Hi, I came across a wargame emchanic I want to steal but am curious to know what the statisticians think of it. It is a penalty die added to a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Bailywolf, Christoffer Lernö, Bob McNamee, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Sparky.

9/28/2002 Bailywolf: combat question: multiple actions
I have a question about multiple actions taken in a round of Sorcerer combat, and to a lesser extent the Fast demon ability. On page 112 in the MRB, there…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.

9/28/2002 KAR 120 C: Traditional Call For Commentry
This is incomplete, and I seem to be having difficulty updating the damn thing atm, but I'm looking for commentry on a game I'm kicking around ideas for atm. It's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: KAR 120 C, contracycle, Paul Czege.

9/28/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Simplifying and unifying dice mechanics for Ygg
I'm currently in the process of writing down Ygg. I'm taking all the ideas I worked out and write them out and putting them together. It's maybe not surprising that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

9/27/2002 greyorm: RPG Hate Issue - important
Well folks, don't think it can't happen to you. I just lost my job over the issues being discussed here. Not because my boss wanted me gone, not because we…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Wart, Jeremy Cole, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, Clay, Christoffer Lernö, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, Blake Hutchins, xiombarg, Matt Gwinn, Dr. Awkward.

9/28/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: books and or movies with that TROS feel
Hey, just wondering here, but what books and / or movies strike you guys as having that TROS feel to it? for example, GRR Martins books (Game of thrones etc)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Shadeling, Vanguard, Apprentice of Steel, Jake Norwood, Chris Passeno, Blake Hutchins, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, qirien, Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe, Ville, Thalaxis, Irmo, luke, spunky, hix, Adrian Werner, Jon the Bastard, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Amy1419, Jason Kottler, Eamon Voss, tauman, Paka, deltadave, Sneaky Git, arxhon.

9/27/2002 Bob Richter: The Return of Bob...
...The Shock! The Horror! The HUMANITY! Bob Returns! *insert screaming* heyy'all. I'm back. What's been going on? Tested an early Alpha of Riddle of the Force. It seems to be…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking.

9/27/2002 bts: Donjon Starting Equipment
I've looked through the rules a few times, and I don't see how a character is supposed to select his starting equipment. Do you start with none, and go shopping…
In CRN Games
Participants: bts, Clinton R. Nixon, ejh.

9/27/2002 mahoux: My dilemma mechanics for Future Perfect
Okay, in a thread about Core Premnise Trait at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3613, Mike Holmes made a great point about the use of dilemma in Narrative terms. So, from there I present my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mahoux, Mike Holmes, JSDiamond.

9/27/2002 Eric: The Lighthouse Campaign – a Sorcerous BtVS Riff
FWIW, here is the one sheet for the one on one campaign I'm going to try. My wife is going to play the watcher/lighthouse keeper and she's going to be…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric, Bailywolf, Clay, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2002 svenlein: freakout flaw
This is a flaw common in people who haven't seen combat: Major Flaw : Freakout When arrows start flying, or other combat breaks out, you stand dumbfounded for 8 -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

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9/30/2002 Demonspahn: PDF size?
Hi everyone. Just wondering what the typical and/or optimal size of a rulebook PDF is. Just got Dreamwalker converted and it measures a whopping 8.8 megs. I would guess that's…
In Publishing
Participants: Demonspahn, Adam, mahoux.

9/30/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Just a quickie: Look at the "unified" die mechanic
As previously mentioned, I had problems unifying my karma mechanic (roll a 50-50 roll if stats are equal, otherwise highest stat wins) with the two other die mechanics. Those were:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

9/30/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: State of the Industry for Indie Games?
As many of you may know, we're gearing up for the Cartoon Action Hour hardcopy edition. We're going through a publisher for this, given our lack of funds. That said,…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Miller, Pramas, Paganini, Gold Rush Games.

9/30/2002 Ace: How GNS Failure killed a group (long)
I thought I'd share the recent collapse of my gaming group with folks here. The group I have been playing with is pretty diverse ranging in age from 21 to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Ian Cooper, Eric J..

9/30/2002 Eddy Fate: Nothing New
This is just some rambling - if there has been a similar thread in the past, go ahead and point me at it. :-) For the past two or three…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eddy Fate, deadpanbob.

9/30/2002 qirien: Anybody in Albuquerque?
Hello everybody! I'm new to the boards (and pretty new to tRoS, too), but my husband and I really like the game and would like to find some people to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: qirien, Brian Leybourne.

9/30/2002 Ron Edwards: RPG.net Games Day at Games Plus
Hi there, I attended the RPG.net Games Day at the retail store Games Plus in Mount Prospect, IL, on Saturday. I'd signed up for an afternoon demo slot, 3 to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, damion, Mike Holmes.

10/1/2002 Sylus Thane: Open design house idea from a newbie
Hi I'm new around here but have been gaming for many years. Along with everyone else I have also designed my own game, I have even gone so far as…
In Publishing
Participants: Sylus Thane, brainwipe, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Demonspahn, soundwave, Alex Knapik.

10/1/2002 Bob McNamee: Temple of Bast - Session 1- Narrative Revised
Rewrite of Session 1 Temple of Bast – Universalis Game – Session 1- (2hrs approx) Players: Bob, Pat Scene 1 Location: The Temple of Bast Time: Midnight Characters: Pi Wa…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee.

10/1/2002 allahlav: Questions on maneuvers and more
Picked up the game at the insistence of a friend last week - awesome! Now I need to stop reading it and start studying, but before i do, some questions...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: allahlav, Spartan, Jake Norwood, svenlein.

10/1/2002 Norbert Franz: New Yahoo playtesting group for Warriors of the Cosmos
I just started a new Yahoo Group for Cynthia Miller's Warriors of the Cosmos setting, one of the more fleshed out cartoon show settings in the Cartoon Action Hour RPG.…
In Connections
Participants: Norbert Franz.

10/1/2002 kevin671: My Mechanics (LONG!!!) (and Editted with new stuff)
So, I've been looking at a lot of suggestions for my mechanics system, and mulling them over. The current incarnation of the system is presented here, for comment. DICE 1D12…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: kevin671, Christoffer Lernö, Demonspahn, Mike Holmes, Jeremy Cole, JMendes, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg Action Resolution again (Concessions and Stuff?)
I'm cutting and pasting from my Ygg document here. I kind of came up with an idea that seems to work. Advantages and Concessions seem to be a little more…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Walt Freitag.

10/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Forge vocab one more time
I know there are threads where usefull stuff is defined, like IIEE and so on. AND we have the GNS eassay and so on. This is usually the thing pointed…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, CC Douglas, Andrew Martin, Paul Czege, Emily Care, Eric J., Kester Pelagius, Seth L. Blumberg, Marco, Adam.

10/1/2002 Jake Norwood: Problem: www.theriddleofsteel.com
As most of you know our site, www.theriddleofsteel.com has been down for some time. The short version of the story is that my domain server provider (whatever it's called) screwed…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Thirsty Viking, Bogie_71, Brian Leybourne, Claymore, qirien.

10/1/2002 GMSkarka: Apollyon Noir---Black Powder, Black Magic
As some of you may know from comments over on RPGnet and in my blog, I'm working with Jason Roberts (author of FVLMINATA) on an RPG based on my old…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GMSkarka, Matt, Jeffrey Miller, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Matt Wilson, Ian Young, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Balbinus.

10/1/2002 Zak Arntson: Indie Monday (Sep 30, 2002) - Donjon Planescape
Okay, we played Donjon Planescape (at least, a Zak-butchered version of it, not _that_ different from the real thing) last night. Here's a link to the characters: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35020 Character Creation…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir.

10/1/2002 JMendes: Feeble attempt at defining immersion
Ahoy, :) I'm bringing this over from the Site Discussion forum, specifically the thread on the forge vocab. What about the even more problematic ones like Immersion <...> The…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Marco, Wart, Merten, contracycle, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, lumpley.

10/1/2002 Zak Arntson: More Donjon Characters
Okay, here's the Actual Play thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35015 And here's our characters: Goro, the Half Human-Dragon Vir: 5, Cer: 4, Dis: 5, Whe: 1, Adr: 5, Soc: 5 Save vs. Poison:…
In CRN Games
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Nick Pagnucco, jdagna, K.R.Peterson, ejh, Clinton R. Nixon, anonymouse, b_bankhead, Chris Kucsera.

10/1/2002 Matt Wilson: system for GotE drafted and revised.
Ghosts uses a dice pool mechanic with d12s, determined by a character's Traits (general ability and competence) and Tags (write-in specializations). Always opposed (Mike already has enough to rant about),…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson.

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