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7/26/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Virus Alert!!
I don't know if this is the right forum for this, but, eh, close enough. If you've recently received an email from me pblock eeville@dreamscape.com asking for help with the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, Epoch, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

7/26/2001 Ferry Bazelmans: Curiosity killed the freckled fritzhopper
I was wondering who out there has played Soap and what their experiences were. Ron wrote a very insightful review here that resulted in me making the winning mechanic optional…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, james_west.

7/26/2001 John Wick: Not a CAT: RPG Link, but close...
http://www.mycathatesyou.com/ Enjoy.
In Wicked Press
Participants: John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/25/2001 Mytholder: Hideous abuse of the Forge denizens
Hi all, I'm not going to GenCon (awww) but some friends of mine are (yippee). I'm fairly sure they haven't prebooked into any games, and I know from my experiences…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mytholder, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Dav, unodiablo, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Clay.

7/25/2001 tldenmark: GNS a sign of sophistication and maturity...
Eventually any new human endeavour that becomes established starts to spawn it's "philosophers". These people come in and try to explain things and put things in a box, and most…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: tldenmark, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Knight, Mike Holmes, A.Neill, greyorm, TrizzlWizzl, Jared A. Sorensen, Laurel.

7/25/2001 Paul Czege: a postcard from visiting the Forge Library
Hey everyone, Had a lot of fun on my recent trip to the Forge Library. I saw Rob Lang's ICAR and I really like the five stats: Battle, Meat, Shift,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2001 joshua neff: new directions
What are the assumptions about RPGs? What traditions have we become bound by? & how can we break these assumptions & rethink RPGs? Off the top of my head: *…
In RPG Theory
Participants: joshua neff, James Holloway, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, GreatWolf, Uncle Dark, Jack Spencer Jr, Damocles, jburneko, james_west, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, contracycle.

7/24/2001 MARS: After reading the book
I must say I thought it was great. My only problem was, I wanted more of everything. Other things I would like to see added on the site or in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: MARS, GreatWolf, Balazs, Cyanide, FilthySuperman, Jason L Blair, Darken, Shawn.

7/24/2001 jburneko: Help With A Reply
Hello, This is a bit of a personal matter and I'm not sure how "apropriate" bringing this to the public forum is but I'm affraid I'm at a bit of…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Supplanter, james_west, gentrification, Damocles, Epoch, Peter, Knight, Ian O'Rourke.

7/24/2001 Ron Edwards: War story (probably)
Yesterday I received a friendly message from someone, asking me for any "advice" on an attached file called ACPexe1_7.exe. I wrote back asking for some context - who he was,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, Supplanter, Clay, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Mytholder, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, FilthySuperman.

7/24/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Guess who's finally read the FAQ
I'll probably have to read it a few times before I post anything actually worthwhile, but anyway.... Part of the problems I've always had with any of the three-fold models…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Epoch, Supplanter, GreatWolf, Valamir, Logan.

7/24/2001 contracycle: story and plotting
Hi folks. Maybe this is a well-worn rut, but I'd like to throw it oiut and see if anyone can offer any advice. I have immense trouble with story design;…
In Actual Play
Participants: contracycle, Max Tangent, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clay, Blake Hutchins.

7/24/2001 MARS: Props
While I was at the store, I noticed school supplies for sale. But out of those things one thing caught my eye. A pack of scobby doo pencils. I thought…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: MARS, Cyanide, Jason L Blair, Mytholder, Corvus Corax, Jared A. Sorensen, trelliz, Tyrant, Ben Morgan, Clinically Insane, Petter Sandelin, Don Lag, Fabrice G., Tim Denee, ^mortis^, Trav.

7/23/2001 Epoch: "Sophisticated" Styles
A while ago, I suggested that I'd try to characterize my own playing style in terms of the GNS. I don't know if there's interest, but, with Le Jouer (apologies,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Epoch, Ron Edwards, James Holloway, Mytholder.

7/23/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: dogma '01
You guys are probably familiar with the dogma movement of cinema. An agreement to shoot with natural light, use only found objects and locations, to not use music unless it's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Damocles, James V. West, Max Tangent, Ron Edwards, gizem.

7/23/2001 Jason L Blair: New LF Website: Ideas?
The new LF website will be going up soon (Target date: Monday, July 30th). My question to you is: what do you want on it? Not necessarily design-wise (though, feel…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Dav, MARS, scothemaudlin, Laura Bishop, archangel_2, Deadstop.

7/23/2001 Paul Czege: Sigil
Hey James V...everyone, I've been thinking seriously about running a scenario using Sigil. I even bought wood cubes at a craft store over the weekend. But I'm worried about play-balance…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paul Czege, James V. West.

7/23/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: "Not enough rules"
Over on the Elfs board I mention playing briefly w/ the wife. (The game. The game.) AFterwards I asked for her impressions and she said it could be fun but…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, joshua neff, jburneko, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Gaming Library
Well, Gaming Outpost's Gaming Library is now up and running. I'm not sure what the general feeling is about GO around here these days but I do see many of…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

7/23/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: This fifth business.
OK, after reading Kubasik's Interactive Toolkit, I've noted something. He refers to a narrativist (as it were) GM as Fifth Business after an old theatre term, etc etc... Here's my…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mytholder, joshua neff, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Damocles.

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7/27/2001 John Wick: Wicked Press Gets Wyrd
WICKED PRESS is proud to announce WYRD, a new roleplaying game by SCOTT KNIPE. While fans can download a free version at http://speardanes.homestead.com/main.html and obtain an ashcan version this year…
In Wicked Press
Participants: John Wick, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, Valamir, archangel_2, Uncle Dark, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

7/27/2001 Philippe Tromeur: Introducing myself
Hello I'm Philippe Tromeur and I'm living in France (in Brest, the city at the end of the world). In fact, I'm French, which explains some bizarre grammar & style…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Levekius, joshua neff, Dav, Paul Czege.

7/27/2001 Mytholder: Wow....
Leisure Games just dropped my copy in this morning. Only glanced at it at lunchtime. Wow. Seriously. Wow. Review forthcoming.
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Mytholder.

7/27/2001 unodiablo: Madison, WI - Gamers sought
Hey Forgers, Like the title says, I'm looking for 2 or 3 people to game with weekly, or every-other-week. I'm on Madison's west side, so you need transpo, and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: unodiablo.

7/27/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: The Code
"The Code" is the name of a project I may be starting. Nothing fancy, and it'll be free (because it's way un-commerical). The gist of the game is that you…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Damocles, sdemory, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Dav, Uncle Dark, archangel_2, Paul Czege, Epoch.

7/27/2001 Nathan: Issue Six Is Up!
And guess what - just for the heck of it - we are going to updates on Fridays. Actually, this should be easier on all involved. Anyway... I am still…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan, Ryan, Ian O'Rourke.

7/27/2001 jburneko: Scene Framing
You know, I often get torn between posting in the RPG Theory Forum and the Actual Play Forum. If I want to discuss, say a GMing technique, is that Actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

7/28/2001 Levekius: The test...
I took M.J Young's test about 15 minutes ago. I know, I know. This test has been out there for a long time, but somehow I never had the time…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Levekius, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2001 tldenmark: Your opinion please
Just put up the web page for the latest game I'm illustrating, and I'm curious if this looks appealing or not to YOU. http://www.dungeoneer.net Feedback and discussion appreciated. Thanks! tldenmark
In Indie Game Design
Participants: tldenmark, Clinton R. Nixon, Levekius, Jamie Thomas Durbin, Epoch, James V. West, Gordon C. Landis, Peter, greyorm, jdrakeh, unodiablo.

7/29/2001 Paul Czege: FitM and bonus dice for roleplaying
Hey Ron, One of the things I think we've handled awkwardly in Scott's Sorcerer game is fortune-in-the-middle in conjunction with bonus dice for roleplaying. As a player, you want to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2001 Ron Edwards: News 2
Hello, I hold in my hands the first book copy of Sorcerer to be touched by a human after the printers'. There's a box of them here, to be taken…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Jason L Blair, Dav, Misguided Games, Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

7/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Suggestions for Indie Manifesto?
Among other things, I hope to get a little Indie-RPG Manifesto pamphlet ready for GenCon. It might be no more than a two-sided sheet; time is short. Any suggestions for…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, kwill, Supplanter, John Wick, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Anon LeBlanc, Jeffrey Straszheim.

7/29/2001 kwill: flyeraid at Dragonfire 2001
inspired directly from Nathan and taking Ron's option #1... if anyone would like to email me electronic format flyers I would be happy to distribute them to gamers and display…
In Connections
Participants: kwill.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: The World and Other Stories
One of the basic distinctions in RPG theories is between world-oriented and story-oriented games. We come up with a set of design principles, decision modes and play procedures to support…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: Sources of Narrativism
Most narrativist games seem to draw their structural principles from movies and TV. The two most worked out theories of narrativist gaming, Berkman's and Edwards', specifically reference screenplay writing manuals.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, Knight, hardcoremoose.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: Dice Again
When I learned about Fading Suns' die method I was really high on it. To recap: 1) You perform operations on some number of trait values and get a tally.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Supplanter, Epoch.

7/29/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Site changes
In case anyone's wondering, I'm changing the site look and feel today. I'll let you know when I'm finished.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, John Wick, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards.

7/30/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Wicked Press at Conquest?
As I was just forced to admit in a private msg, there will be no last minute miracle - I am not going to GenCon. So in a desperate attempt…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, John Wick, Dav, James Holloway.

7/30/2001 jdrakeh: New things to play...
I've noticed as of late that many game designers have taken a step away from using common genre tropes and mechanics to lure new players into the hobby. Specifically, I've…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Jack Spencer Jr.

7/30/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New reviews up
New reviews are up for The Pool, Dead Meat, Human Wreckage, and Wuthering Heights.
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Mytholder, james_west, Zak Arntson, Epoch.

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