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10/10/2002 RPunkG: The Union States of Americo
I have a RPG I have been working with for the past 2 years. The mechanics uses 2d6, but before I go into too much detail I will let everyone…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RPunkG, Eric J., Alan, Christoffer Lernö, Kuma, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards.

10/10/2002 Eric J.: Welcome to Never Winter Nights...
Well, I'm back, again. This time with the premise of creating the "Ultimite Never Winter Nights Campaign." (I put statements in quotes to express sarcasm) The toolset is marvelous and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., greyorm.

10/10/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies: New Approach?
Hey gang, I've spent the evening fleshing out and beefing up my house generic system, Pollies, and I've come to a question: Should I present Pollies as I was, as…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

10/10/2002 Tim Denee: Final Stand: illustrations...?
Hello all, I'm going to playtest Final Stand like a dog, spruce it up, clean it off, and then I was thinking of selling it. I'll have some proposed rules…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Denee, ethan_greer.

10/10/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards?
This is something I've been tossing around for a bit: What do you all think of a chance to run an "award ceremony" for Indies game designers and publishers? I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Christoffer Lernö, wyrdlyng, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, GB Steve, M. J. Young, Marco, Jeremy Cole, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Andrew Martin, quozl, Peregrine.

10/10/2002 rafael: Dizzamn, I got mine
Finally. I ordered a copy from a very MFUFLGS, and after a few weeks, they told me, any day now. I said, come on. I said it like Deniro: "Come…
In Adept Press
Participants: rafael, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/9/2002 trollboy: Business Advice
I'm looking into starting a game and comics shop here locally and want to see if there's any good write-ups and resources. I've a list of venders of course, and…
In Connections
Participants: trollboy, Adam, Ron Edwards, Alex Knapik.

10/9/2002 Alan: Questions: Scene Framing & Event Complications
Hi, I was reading over the rules and discovered some things I'm not clear on. 1) The rules say that "the framer can't be interrupted until at least one character…
In Universalis
Participants: Alan, Paganini, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

10/9/2002 Valamir: RPG Radio!
I just discovered RPG Radio and am currently listing to the grinding power sounds of Cthulhu Dream: Let Sleeping Gods Lie from Darkest of Hillside Thickets. MP3 with an option…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

10/9/2002 Zak Arntson: Harlekin-Maus: Noche de Los Vampiros
Okay, I wrote my October/November game. Noche de Los Vampiros. You can find it at the secret url: http://www.harlekin-maus.com/games/vampiros/vampiros.html. I've got to add some graphics before publicizing it everywhere. In…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö, Paganini.

10/9/2002 Mike Holmes: Let's make a game!
People keep suggesting doing cool stuff, and then not starting the projects up themselves. Guess if you want something done... OK, here's a thread for a theoretical game design that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mike Holmes, talysman, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Bankuei, JMendes, Mark D. Eddy, Paganini, RPunkG, Emily Care, M. J. Young, amiel, Jeremy Cole, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

10/9/2002 Emily Care: Credibility and System
Seems like some concensus has formed around the following: - Nothing's true in the game until all the players agree that it's true. - System, mechanics, having a GM and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care, Valamir, Mark D. Eddy, Mike Holmes.

10/9/2002 Mike Holmes: "Iron Game Chef" Lives!
[size=18px][color=blue]Iron Game Chef Contest![/color][/size] I can wait no longer! The people have spoken, and must know! Are there designers yet living who can accept the challenge to create a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mike Holmes, Valamir, JSDiamond, contracycle, Jonathan Walton, talysman, Paul Czege, greyorm, Walt Freitag, Kuma, lumpley, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Palaskar, Zak Arntson, Matt, hardcoremoose, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

10/9/2002 JSDiamond: Orbit: Die Another Day!
While addressing the 'character death' part of the rules, I thought: "Why do characters *have* to die?" Risk factor = fun. I understand this. But Luke Skywalker doesn't die, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Jonathan Walton.

10/9/2002 Jason L Blair: Out of the Box Review
HeartQuest got reviewed by Ken Hite over at http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

10/9/2002 Adam: octaNe :: west coast map
Well, I started working on this the week after GenCon, but decided to dust it off and do a little more work tonight. It's definately not finished but I decided…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Adam, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/9/2002 Bob Richter: TROS and RadCon 3C
So here I am thinking about my upcoming (in four months) local Con, RadCon 3C. This will be one of my first opportunities to show off The Riddle of Steel…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Furious D, Thirsty Viking.

10/9/2002 Alan: Sorcerer & Sword: adding Pasts
Hi, I was just finishing Sword and I noticed that the character rules say that an experienced character might have multiple Pasts. What mechanic would I use to add a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, erithromycin.

10/9/2002 Trevor Curtis: Newbie legal questions
Is there anywhere, either here or on another site, where one can get basic legal publishing questions, especially regarding copyright? Im clueless on this, so some help woudl be appreciated.…
In Publishing
Participants: Trevor Curtis, Adam, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Patrick Sweeney.

10/9/2002 Trevor Curtis: Insane idea
I had an idea two days ago, whihc came out of too much sleep or too little caffiene(or vice versa), but here goes: Ever heard of National Novel Writing Month?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Trevor Curtis, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Emily Care, Jonathan Walton, Mytholder, lumpley, Blake Hutchins, Jasper, Eric J., Maurice Forrester, Zak Arntson.

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10/10/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Gaming fiction revisited
We've been over this subject a few times already I know. I could dig up the original discussion I wanted to post this on, but that would be against the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, ADGBoss, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, TSL, Epidiah, Walt Freitag, Blake Hutchins, M. J. Young, Jared A. Sorensen, Demonspahn, Alan, talysman, Jeremy Cole, Seth L. Blumberg.

10/10/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg: Demon Form
I'm trying to do a little redesigning of the way the demonic taints appear in the game. I'm interested in if you feel like this scheme sounds like it works…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

10/10/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Generic RPGs: One system to rule them all...
[quote="No-one"]One system to rule them all One system to find them One system to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.[/quote] Ok, what's up with generic RPGs? Don't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Marco, Mike Holmes, Wart, M. J. Young, Demonspahn, talysman, wyrdlyng.

10/10/2002 Valamir: Need your help and your thoughts
Ok...I'm happy to report that we are officially running low on copies of Universalis. That means Mike and I are actually pretty close (haven't crunched the numbers yet) to break…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, quozl, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tony Durham, ethan_greer, Bankuei, Paganini, ejh, Tony Irwin.

10/10/2002 Valamir: RPG Net Review
Just noticed JB has review of Universalis up at RPG.Net today. Check it out here. Thanks JB. Much appreciated
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

10/10/2002 cynaguan: New to the game.
So, yesterday my copy of tRoS arrivd and I'm about half way done with my first reading. Wonderful stuff, best $35 I've spent in a while! I do think I'll…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: cynaguan, Jake Norwood, Spartan.

10/10/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Indie Game Night: FVLMINATA part III
We played the final installment in this story ("Fabula," that is) last night. It was a hum-dinger of an ending, with the entire Imperial Palace going up in a cloud…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, ethan_greer, Bomilkar.

10/10/2002 ethan_greer: Is Any Game An Island?
In this thread, Mike Holmes gives an evaluation of 5th-edition Hero System, and Ron Edwards follows up on the review with a summary of the history of the development of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jeremy Cole, Mike Holmes.

10/10/2002 Ron Edwards: Profiling, fall 2002
Hello, We do this every so often. It goes like this: What are the last three role-playing games that you actually, really played? What three role-playing games, out of ALL…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Maurice Forrester, ethan_greer, Alan, jburneko, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, DaR, jrients, Blake Hutchins, GreatWolf, Emily Care, Paul Czege, Tim Denee, Matt Wilson, Demonspahn, Paka, jdagna, Galfraxas, Mark D. Eddy, Rich Forest, Ace, Ferry Bazelmans, A.Neill, Ian Charvill, Andrew Martin, Ian Cooper, Chris Passeno, wyrdlyng, Ayrizale, quozl, Jason L Blair, James Holloway, Seth L. Blumberg, Jeremy Cole, Bankuei, hardcoremoose, lumpley, Jake Norwood, Yasha, Bob McNamee, greyorm, Uncle Dark, Ragnar Deerslayer, Michael Bowman, Matt Snyder, Enoch, hyphz, Mytholder, Silent Tamatama, Christoffer Lernö, damion, Peter Nordstrand, leomknight, DeadGirl, Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, Jeffrey Miller, Tim C Koppang, J. Backman, Clinton R. Nixon, Voidwalker, Ben Morgan, ADGConscience, ADGBoss, Delta1, Matt, Shreyas Sampat, GB Steve, Jim DelRosso, xiombarg, Jonathan Walton, Manu, simondale.

10/10/2002 Nathan: Been a while: FOREIGN ELEMENT
Howdy, howdy, I haven't posted to the Forge in a while, and I decided I must. I just finished a short, furious scifi rpg called Foreign Element. It uses the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, ethan_greer.

10/10/2002 John Wick: No Swordsman Skill For Me
I'm playing in a weekly round-robin Saturday game. That is, every week it's a different GM and a different game. One of our re-occuring games is a d20 Wheel of…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Wick, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Zak Arntson, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Marco, greyorm, Roger Eberhart, Gordon C. Landis.

10/10/2002 Matt Wilson: analysis: 2300 AD
I've heard rumors of a re-release of 2300 AD at some point, so I thought it'd make for a good analysis subject. And I own a copy, so that helps.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, efindel, Gordon C. Landis.

10/10/2002 Kester Pelagius: Minor Problem
Greetings, I have run into a minor snag with what I have been working on. The long and the short of it is this: I have written up everyting for…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards.

10/11/2002 jdagna: Divination Powers
Got a question for everyone... how exactly would you implement a divination type ability in Donjon? It seems like the system would handle such abilities better than anything else I've…
In CRN Games
Participants: jdagna, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes.

10/11/2002 thlostGM: Lord of the Rings RPG?
I am new to the forum, and this is my first post. I am starting a Lord of the Rings game and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I…
In Actual Play
Participants: thlostGM, Eric J., wraeththu, Demonspahn, ethan_greer, Valamir, greyorm, Landon Darkwood, szilard, ADGBoss, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes.

10/11/2002 joshua neff: trollbabe
[i]Trollbabe: The Adventures of Oga or The Game, The GM, His Girlfriend, & Her Character[/i] Last night, I ran Trollbabe for my girlfriend, Julie. The week before, we made her…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Julie, Uncle Dark.

10/11/2002 Christoffer Lernö: "Select Any Skill" mechanics?
There are more and more games out there that let the players freely write up skills for their characters. The virtue of that is that you don't need to count…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Eric J., Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, damion.

10/11/2002 Kester Pelagius: Micro Slush: A Beer & Pretzels freebie
[b][size=18px]Micro Slush[/size][/b] [color=blue][i]One GUI to Run Them All, One GUI to Frustrate Them, One GUI to Rule them All and in our Cult Bind Them![/i][/color] by Kester Pelagius [b]INTRODUCTION[/b] You…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, S.Lonergan, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

10/11/2002 C. Edwards: Omega Point (long)
Hey all, Omega Point is a game I'm designing based on the ideas presented in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3696 The basic concept revolves around the existence of The Universal Equation, which…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, RPunkG, Mike Holmes, Kuma.

10/11/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Permission?
Heya Jared, I'm working on the concept for a game about Disposal Teams (Running Man, Judge Dredd and Hardcopy all rolled into one) and I think the idea of hogging…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Gordon C. Landis, Paganini.

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