Previous Topics No previous topics. | | Subsequent Topics 5/8/2001 Dav: Minimalism vs. Half-booty
A brief open question:
Sorcerer, as well as other games, have proven that a core concept as well as good, efficient mechanics can present a saleable item. No setting. Or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dav, james_west, Ron Edwards.
5/15/2001 Dav: Actual (reading?)
Okay, so I haven't actually played the game, but I was just sent a comp. copy of "Mummy: The Quirky Subtitle".
I'm reading through this and at first was rather…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, joshua neff.
5/18/2001 Dav: Gygax is still alive?
The man should be caned.
RPGNet: Beginning around the early 1990s, the roleplaying world experienced a "movement," the nature and definition of which is still up for furious debate, characterized…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Logan, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, james_west, Mytholder, Paul Czege.
5/23/2001 Dav: Metagame mechanics
Okay, so we've got a new forum, which is dandy.
So, there seemed to be some question as to metagame mechanics, among other issues. I chose to just pull this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dav, GreatWolf, hardcoremoose, james_west, Ron Edwards, Logan, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder.
5/25/2001 Dav: Cybercon response to indy rpg question
I'm very tired, but I wanted to post this, as I think it is a good sign that rpghost.com and Cybercon want to try to make things work:
from email…
In Conventions
Participants: Dav, poppocabba, effie, Ron Edwards, rpghost.
5/31/2001 Dav: Concerning stances
Okay, after much debate and great discussion... well, some other guy beat everyone to the punch for setting out to the unwashed masses.
http://ptgptb.humbug.org.au/0017/roles.html
A good article, and worth reading.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Dav.
6/11/2001 Dav: Orkworld... die like a pig!
Okay, the title may have been misleading. What I meant was that my character died like a true ork last Thursday. While I have you here, let me spin you…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, John Wick, Clay.
6/12/2001 Dav: The Roots, The Radicals
Okay,
There has been some recent discussion about fun in roleplaying. Fun being rather nebulous as a concept, I understand, but go with it.
I've always enjoyed roleplaying. From my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Gordon C. Landis, gentrification.
7/11/2001 Dav: Reviews at Wicked Press
John:
You said in one of your essays/columns that you were going to start reviewing things. Is this something that was carried over from another venue, or is it something…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Dav, John Wick.
7/17/2001 Dav: Kingdoms
Okay, so the whole evil thing banked left and screamed off into insanity, we can leave it there I am thinking.
But looking at Kingdoms, you have a 16-page game…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Dav, John Wick.
7/18/2001 Dav: the Gamble and the Stake
I wanted to bring this theory up to the collective to see what happens with it.
on and I were talking briefly about the stakes in games. My position is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Le Joueur.
7/31/2001 Dav: Some whining and begging...
This may be humiliating for those of you reading this. If so, picture me writing it.
I WANT TO READ THE OTHER MINI-SUPPLEMENTS!!!!
I've got Jared's, which, if there are…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dav, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm.
7/31/2001 Dav: Human Wreckage
This one is for Scott Knipe:
Human Wreckage was fun. But, as Ron mentions in the review, it needs an end-game. One of the alternative methods that was floating through…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Dav, hardcoremoose.
8/19/2001 Dav: Electric Ghosts
I'm just putting in the word. Though I will certainly have more formal and well-thought remarks (as much as my remarks ever are) later.
I just finished Electric Ghosts on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dav, greyorm, Ron Edwards.
10/8/2001 Dav: Little Fears
My Thursday night group has started Little Fears. First, let me say that the character sheet, more than almost anything else, truly helps the character development stage. Filling in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.
12/18/2001 Dav: Channel conflict with distribution-retailers-manfacturers
Taking the hint from Ron's last post regarding a new thread, here it is.
Without further ado, I would like to throw out a few open questions to the collective…
In Publishing
Participants: Dav, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, GMSkarka, Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, Ian O'Rourke, Ryan Ary.
1/31/2002 Dav: Price Setting in the Gaming World
Okay, before I begin, I just want to mention that I may, to some degree, break into crazy business terms and mathematics. I don't know, I haven't written anything yet.…
In Publishing
Participants: Dav, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Gray, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, GMSkarka, Valamir, J B Bell, woodelf, Bailey.
2/22/2002 Dav: The Eternal Twilight
Okay, I finally got around and motivated enough to begin work on my new concept.
Working title: The Eternal Twilight.
System: Well then, the experience mechanic is directly tied to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, Matt, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, RobMuadib, Jared A. Sorensen, Kenway, erithromycin, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Rod Anderson, contracycle.
3/18/2002 Dav: 24.95 vs 25 (Price continuation)
Note: This is a continuation of "Price Setting..." Thread in thhis here forum. There is no attached link because I am lazy... suck me.
Bailey;
I agree that X.95 is…
In Publishing
Participants: Dav, quozl.
3/26/2002 Dav: Unfortunate Destinies
Hey all;
I just wanted to say that I have been on a creative blitz. To this end, my visuals guy (Jason Gunn) and I have set-up a new web-publishing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dav, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Ace, Mike Holmes.
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