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10/2/2002 JMendes: Sources of Fortune: In defense of the unopposed roll
Yello, :) I would like to add some points in favor of the opposed/unopposed dichotomy (sp?): Myth #1: Opposed die rolls have no more information than unopposed ones Take an…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Jonathan Walton, Le Joueur, Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, damion, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2002 JMendes: A new look at GNS and a new axis of analysis
Hello, all, :) A (long) time ago, I came across a wee bit of text that divided role-play gamers into three groups (sound familiar?). These groups were: the adventurers; the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: JMendes, greyorm, Wart, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

10/7/2002 JMendes: A weird mechanic idea
Hi, all, :) I have no idea if you guys do this sort of thing or not, and if so, whether this is the right forum for it, but it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Bankuei, Christoffer Lernö, Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, M. J. Young.

11/1/2002 JMendes: GNS and player rewards
Hi, all, :) Appols if this has been asked and answered (in which case check out this thread replies are appreciated). Anyway, how does one reward players in the various…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: JMendes, M. J. Young, Cassidy, MK Snyder.

11/6/2002 JMendes: Is S out of balance with G/N?
Hey, :) In my previous thread about rewards, I asked how to reward players in different GNS flavors. Also, in this thread about actor and author stance, Cassidy had some…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, MK Snyder, RobMuadib, Emily Care, contracycle, M. J. Young, talysman.

2/3/2003 JMendes: Request for old threads - resolution types
Hullo, :) Could some soul kindly point me towards threads where I might read up on differences between action, scene and conflict resolution? Also, threads on search time and handling…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, clehrich.

2/17/2003 JMendes: In Search of a Fortune Mechanic
Hey, all, :) Lately, I have found myself questing for a mechanic that would comply with a series of design specs, and I thought I'd put those specs to consideration…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee, cruciel, M. J. Young, Rob Donoghue.

2/20/2003 JMendes: Session Expiration
Hey, :) Is it just me or are sessions expiring very quickly all of a sudden? Cheers, J.
In Site Discussion
Participants: JMendes.

2/27/2003 JMendes: An alternative to Simmetry and d20
Hey, :) In this thread, we tossed around a few ideas for different fortune mechanics that would obey a certain set of specs. Walt (wfreitag) came up with an interesting…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, marknau.

2/21/2005 JMendes: [Legend of the Five Rings] GNS on display
Hey, all, :) First off, this is my first post after an absence of just about two years. I'm coming back because I've been meeting other roleplayers and they too…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

2/26/2005 JMendes: [Sorcerer] First time woes
Ahey, :) So, I finally got a chance to try out Sorcerer last night. Not long ago, I met a guy who is big on Indie games and has some…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Valamir, Danny_K, Bankuei, ricmadeira, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paka.

3/12/2005 JMendes: [PtA] Heritage - Good fun, some problems, a call for help
Hey, all, :) So, yesterday was roleplayers meetup night here in Lisbon. We had arranged to finish up our previous session of Sorcerer afterwards, but one of the players didn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Chris Goodwin, ricmadeira, joshua neff.

3/13/2005 JMendes: Several procedural questions
Ahey, :) Righty. We tried our hand at PtA last Friday, and I have several questions. Many of these are also in my Actual Play post, but I thought it…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: JMendes, Matt Wilson, Alan, ricmadeira, azrianni, Danny_K, John Harper.

3/21/2005 JMendes: [PtA] Heritage - Fun, but oddly unsatisfying play
Hey, :) Welp, last Friday, we finally got to conclude the pilot episode, which took us the better part of two hours. It left us all with a sense of…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Andrew Norris, Tymen, Frank T, jburneko, hix, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Nicolas Crost, Bankuei.

3/28/2005 JMendes: PvP in PtA
Hey, :) I'm splitting this off, because I think it's become out of topic for the original thread. don't be afraid of this... specially not in…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: JMendes, TonyLB.

3/28/2005 JMendes: [PtA] Heritage - POP goes the Hood!! (warning: long)
Hey, all, :) Yep. Last Friday was the day when PtA suddenly came together for us! If you want background info on this, go read this thread about our first…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes, ivan23, ricmadeira, Matt Wilson, B0rg, Valamir, Frank T.

4/7/2005 JMendes: [PtA] Heritage - A Spotlight Episode (again, long)
Hey, :) (I've been meaning to write this up since it happened, last Saturday, but irregular sleep and connectivity problems have precluded it...) Last Saturday, we had another episode of…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Andrew Norris.

4/9/2005 JMendes: Guest Stars
Hey, :) Ok, we had another session of Heritage, last night, with the added plus that an extra friend popped in to look at the game. We decided it would…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: JMendes, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

5/14/2005 JMendes: [Sorcerer] Again with the penalty currency thing...
Hey, folks, :) This thread from back on August 24th has been brought to my attention... two characters declare they're attacking each other. Both roll, leaving dice…
In Adept Press
Participants: JMendes, Valamir, Trevis Martin, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2005 JMendes: [Sorcerer] First try, take two
Hiya, :) So, my "indie RPG group" finally got finished with PtA. (Heritage, about five weeks ago, and yes, eventually, I'll write that up on here...) We decided we'd try…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Andrew Norris, Christopher Kubasik, sirogit, jburneko.

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