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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.

7/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: 7th Sea, character currency, and advancement systems
I'm currently playing in a 7th Sea game, and I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would, to be honest. The system is simple, and many things about it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Laura Bishop.

7/9/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Article on PDF publishing
There's an article at http://www.rpgnews.com/articles.php regarding PDF publishing, with quotes from our own Seth Ben-Ezra. I warn that the article's pretty poorly written, and asks the wrong question (can…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Dav.

6/14/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: The FAQ is up
There'll be links on the front page and in the forum soon, but until then: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/faq/ Enjoy. And thank Logan and Ron--they've worked hard on this one.
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mytholder, Epoch, Blake Hutchins, Logan, Valamir, james_west, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Levekius, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Supplanter.

6/1/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: PDF Legitimacy
Much talk has been made about indie RPGs being easier to create and distribute on the web, especially in the .PDF format. Anyway, Monte Cook, author of the 3rd Edition…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, greyorm.

5/31/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New reviews
There are several new reviews on the Forge, including one of Soap, one of the games written by our own esteemed Crayne. Go check it out and post comments.
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, unodiablo, james_west, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Dav, Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, greyorm, JSDiamond, Valamir.

5/24/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Breaking records
I just wanted everyone to know how active the board's been--I know you've seen it in post volume, but here's some raw stats: Yesterday, we had 15,685 page views on…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Dav.

5/21/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Rune - the analysis
I managed to pick up Atlas Games' Rune this weekend and am about half-way through it. So far, I think it's a masterpiece, but I was biased going in. It's…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Ian O'Rourke, Valamir.

5/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Psychological simulationism
In the Feng Shui thread, it was asked if any thought had been given to psychological simulationism in RPGs. My three examples to rip apart would be: The White Wolf…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/9/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: System doesn't matter, as narrated by E. Gary Gygax
(from a recent interview at http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/032/127/010507-f2.html) Interviewer: There are quite a few "freeware" role-playing games on the Internet these days... EGG: Right. And they're worth every penny you pay…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Dav, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Jason L Blair, greyorm.

5/4/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Do what thou wilt
Ron mentioned he'd like a forum like this, and I think it's a good idea. Do whatever thy ass wanteth, but here's some great examples of what you might discuss:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair.

5/4/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Elfs sighting
If I didn't know better, I'd swear this was an Elfs comic strip: http://www.goats.com/archive/010429.html
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

5/3/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Guerilla publishing
Reading Cameron's need to print a hard copy product, I began pondering easy ways to get something in print. I know a lot of people are satisfied with PDF distribution,…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Dav, Ron Edwards, He who is Q, Damocles, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/3/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: The new distribution
All this talking about what makes an independent game naturally gets me thinking about distribution. What methods are available to the independent game artist (yes, that's the new title I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, poppocabba, Gordon C. Landis, Clay.

4/30/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: All out for Gamism
Perhaps because it seems to be the newest evolution in RPG's, Narrativism seems to get a tremendous focus in terms of what elements are needed for a good Narrativist game.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Mytholder, Dav, Ian O'Rourke.

4/26/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: User rankings
This is no way facilitates game thought and design, but I added user rankings for the amount of posts you have because it was easy and fun. If anyone likes/dislikes…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Dav, Paul Czege.

4/9/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Best format for web-published games
When you get a game published on the web (for free or by payment), what is your favorite format? - HTML, of course, is readable by anyone with a browser.…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, ephealy, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, Clay, Dav, seasong, Adam, Misguided Games, Nathan.

4/7/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Forums for independent games
If you're an independent game designer and want a forum for your game, feel free to let us know. We can add a game-specific forum just for you.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Testing forums
This is a test. This is a test, also.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ephealy.

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8/6/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Indie pick of GenCon
This doesn't have a good forum to go in, so: What was everyone's indie game pick of GenCon? Excluding Sorcerer, which is obvious, mine's FVLMINATA, a historical fantasy game set…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, unodiablo, John Wick, Supplanter, hardcoremoose, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, James Holloway.

8/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: What up with the web site?
Dude - your web site's down. And I want to write my review of Inspectres. Go!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/15/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Urge is up and for sale
Just a note to let everyone know that both Urge, my new mini-supplement, and Electric Ghosts, Raven's supplement, are both on the Sorcerer website now. _________________ Clinton R. Nixon…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, joshua neff, furashgf, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: A non-Edwards review! of Inspectres! Check it.
Yup, I reviewed something. I recently played Inspectres at GenCon, and it rocked my world. So I got the first non-Ron review here. Go read and weep that Jared Sorensen's…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the Union
I thought I'd update everyone on the general health and future of the Forge. Immense growth: The Forge has become very, very visible here lately, partially, I think, because of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Laura Bishop, GraveyardGreg, John Wick, Ian O'Rourke, Theory of X.

8/24/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New article - 'Publishing Your Indie Game for Under $100'
Excuse the pimping, but I've just written an article chock-filled with resources for anyone thinking about making their own indie game online. These aren't game design resources - they're ways…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Straszheim, Matt, Clay.

10/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGPublishing.com
I just found this site - it's apparently new - and thought it actually had some good resources. They manage to screw up a lot of stuff that can be…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

10/12/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New Forum - Random Order Creations
In case you're wondering what happened to all those Pool discussions, I've moved them all to a new forum for James West's Random Order Creations. I did leave actual play…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

10/14/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New essay by Ron
There's a new essay up by Ron on his newest thoughts on GNS, stances, actual play, and coherent game design. (This kind of replaces the FAQ - but it's not…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Epoch, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Logan, Laurel, James Holloway, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson.

10/15/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge R2
Well - I've been playing around with some new code, and am thinking about revising The Forge again. The author-driven game library hasn't really worked out because of bad code…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt, hardcoremoose, greyorm, Laurel, Paul Czege, Valamir, Zak Arntson, kwill, Galfraxas, Don Lag.

10/22/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism and Premise
contracycle (Gareth, I believe?) and I have been having a pretty spirited discussion in the "New essay by Ron" thread about where Premise comes from in Gamist RPGs. Here's a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Don Lag, Matt, contracycle, Marco, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir, kwill.

12/7/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Advanced Binding
I'm fully aware that the Sorcerer rules don't allow the re-Binding of a demon once the initial Binding is done, but there's a concept I'd like to explore in Sorcerer,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/12/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism in action
On another thread, Mark Blaxland wrote: This seems to me to infer that 'Gamist' games are all about winning. ... It's only natural, after all to want to 'win'.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/27/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: 100 new messages by Jan. 1
Ok, people - I know we can do this. If we post 100 (well, 99 now) messages by the new year, we'll have 10,000. I guess there's nothing particularly special…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

12/27/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: There and Back (a Meta-system) - idea from "Cheating Death"
Inspired by the ideas on the "Cheating Death" thread, I whipped this out. I'd actually incorporate this into a larger system that determined character resolution as well, but as is,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Dave Versace.

1/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Request for comments (and return of the Forge R2)
I noticed yesterday that a new version of the forum software we use here was out. So, I downloaded the forum database, loaded it up at home, and tried out…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, Joe Murphy (Broin).

1/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum version
Well, the upgrade's done. I'll be changing the colors and what not over the weekend. Post questions and comments here.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Joe Murphy (Broin), Mytholder, Paganini, Zak Arntson, Ranko, Marco, Paul Czege, greyorm, joshua neff, Logan, Tim C Koppang, Ben Morgan, Chris Passeno, Armin D. Sykes.

1/7/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum features: instructions and more
First, the FAQ for the site covers posting and all that jazz. It's quite good, and well worth reading. You'll note it mentions avatars and ranks and smilies. I've cut…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

1/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Updates upon updates
I went kind of crazy updating the look of the rest of the Forge. (If you haven't been there in a while - there's some stuff outside the forums.)…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff.

1/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Idea for member discussion (donations and hosting fees)
Everyone at the Forge, Ron and I have talked for a while now about how to support the Forge as it grows. Over the last year, we've increased our membership…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, hardcoremoose, J B Bell, Blake Hutchins, Ben Morgan, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, Bailey, Armin D. Sykes, Chris Passeno, Paul Czege, Trav, Matt Gwinn, greyorm.

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