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10/21/2002 Valamir: Support Issues
Just wanted to announce that my home PC has officially died in a most heinous and unrecoverable way. Spent a week with several different tech friends of mine and it…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

10/17/2002 Valamir: Stats Suggestion
I've been musing on the RoS attributes for awhile now and have a suggestion that really can't be implemented as a house rule (without making alot of work) but might…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, toli, Lyrax, MrGeneHa.

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 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.

10/9/2002 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.

10/3/2002 Valamir: Raw mechanic idea
Ok, I've got a couple RPG ideas storming around and have been searching for a good mechanic. I'm a sucker for original clever mechanics so I didn't just want something…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch.

9/23/2002 Valamir: GNS, Intent and Motivations
From the Ying in the Yang? thread. Hi there, No one seems to be understanding my point: that "intent" as you see it is perfectly all right for you…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, deadpanbob, jdagna, Mike Holmes, Marco, M. J. Young, contracycle, damion, Seth L. Blumberg, C. Edwards, Wart.

9/10/2002 Valamir: How strict is the indie requirement?
Hey Clinton, I had sent you a couple of articles on the history of Texas which I had used for a Deadlands Campaign. Didn't hear back as to whether you…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/9/2002 Valamir: Pendragon, dice, and character actions
[quote="Mike Holmes"] But Pendragon goes one further. It requires the players to "participate" in character decisions through the system. That is, when a player's Bravery trait goes off, they are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

9/6/2002 Valamir: Universalis Art Contest
Artists interested in $50.00 in prize money can check out the contest here
In Connections
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag.

9/6/2002 Valamir: Universalis Art Contest
Due to certain logistics issues, we are extending the "Universe Alice" Art Contest. Ron Edwards of Adept Press has graciously offered a $50.00 prize to the winner. The rules are…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Jason L Blair, Bob McNamee.

9/3/2002 Valamir: Caveman Elfs
I was watching the movie Caveman last night (Ringo Starr, Shelly Long, et.al) I kept thinking...oh yeah...this could be done in Elfs something sweet. Bring on the Oool and the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Out of the Box
Ken Hite had some great things to say about RoS in this weeks column http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Out of the Box Redux.
Well Ken didn't get to review Dust Devils this time around. But he promises next week for "his other favorite game from GenCon" http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Valamir, Matt Snyder.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Articles of General Support
In going over the types of articles I see "Support for Indie-RPGs" What about articles of general use, not just applicable to a specific game. I had an idea for…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/19/2002 Valamir: Announcing the Universalis forum at the Forge
Many of you may remembering periodically hearing about this "Universalis" game being designed by Mike Holmes and myself over the past year. Well its finally here, and finally available. Be…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

8/19/2002 Valamir: Universalis is now available
Universalis is now in print and available for purchase. After a successful Gen Con launch, the full print version is available from http://universalis.actionroll.com The price is $15 plus $2 S/H.…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, sben, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, quozl, James V. West.

8/14/2002 Valamir: Dungeoneer
Well, I made it to the Citizen Games booth, just long enough to snap up a copy of Sidewinder. But I didn't see (perhaps because I was there for about…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, tdenmark.

8/13/2002 Valamir: Memberslist Suggestion
I was searching through the members list today trying to find the name of someone I wanted to PM (and couldn't quite remember it accurately enough to use Search) when…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

7/30/2002 Valamir: Underworld
What Happened? I show Underworld as going inactive, yet there've been plenty of recent discussions there, and I had been eagerly following along the development of the new version... ???
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards.

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11/2/2002 Valamir: The issue of stand alone replies
As long as were in the mode of pointing out changes to the way the Forge operates now, I'll point out the single trend that contributes the most to my…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

11/11/2002 Valamir: Winged Hussars
For those interested in seeing what the really cool Winged Hussar armor from the 17th century looked like check the link below. If you have an extra 3 grand lieing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Irmo, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Lyrax.

11/26/2002 Valamir: Mike's Big Adventure, dice mechanics, and escaping (Donjon)
Some playtest...here was Mike's Big Adventure. 1) investigate mysterious tower. 2) Go to tower 3) get attacked by demon thing 4) everybody dies ;-) I think my Leprechan actually survived…
In CRN Games
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, RamblingMan, jdagna.

11/30/2002 Valamir: Thanksgiving 2002 Actual Play – The Pregnant Pope.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to play a game of Universalis with Ron Edwards of Adept Press, Jake Norwood of Driftwood Publishing and Jake’s wife Earta. Unfortunately…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

12/4/2002 Valamir: d20 as a Universal System
Ok, I'll kick start the d20 discussions. I'll leave some of the meatier topics for others, but this is one of interest to me. We've seen d20 get used with…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, wyrdlyng, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Matt, Jonathan Walton, Matt Wilson, cruciel, Cassidy, Blake Hutchins, damion, Bankuei, Steve Dustin, quozl, xiombarg, M. J. Young, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes, thoth, Alcar, Ace, Mark Johnson, talysman, Ron Edwards.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Paganini.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell.

1/8/2003 Valamir: Getting Paid
A topic that's come up alot recently. My question is this...WHY is it so hard to get paid...and I guess a corollary IS is really? 1) All suppliers in all…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, philreed, kamikaze, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

1/25/2003 Valamir: Errata item?
Or am I just confused. Combat Example Question 1. Page 88. Geralt successfully performs a Duck and Weave and Stefan loses 3CP as a result, because Stefan's attack had been…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, tauman.

1/29/2003 Valamir: GNS from Shadows in the Fog
[quote="clehrich"]Valamir, I know what you're saying; really I do. If this turns into a debate, we should take it to the GNS forum, but here's what I mean:[/quote] And so…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, clehrich, cruciel, M. J. Young, Johannes, joshua neff.

2/4/2003 Valamir: Sim Article and Mongrel
The Link to the game mongrel is buried in the middle of the sim article. Would it be possible to also link to it in the table of context in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2003 Valamir: Event Planning Forum
With all the discussions going on about Gen Con and later they'll be some about Demon Con and various different projects and what not...I had a thought that having a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, xiombarg.

2/19/2003 Valamir: Stop Short
Ok, In my first few times threw Stop Short was one of those moves that I skipped because it made my head hurt trying to figure it out. Now that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Spartan, Fallen_Icarus, Jake Norwood, Noon, John Resotko, Sneaky Git, Damascus, Wolfen.

2/27/2003 Valamir: Brief thoughts on Battlesystem
I didn't want to clutter up the discussion on wargaming and RPGs in general with more thoughts on Battlesystem specifically, so I thought I'd respond to that tangent seperately. Basically…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, arxhon.

3/20/2003 Valamir: Paying for the Forge
The following thoughts have been stewing around to a greater or lesser degree for the past few months. Premise: 1) That the Forge is a truly unique location on the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Paganini, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Brian Leybourne.

3/22/2003 Valamir: Web Site Update
Just completed another update to the site. Added a bunch of Add-ons from Alan's recent thread. Also put up a new essay about keeping the story focused using Traits and…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Tony Irwin, kwill, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes, REkz.

4/4/2003 Valamir: Sell me Hackmaster
heh, heh, heh. Taking full abusive advantage of Forge Birthday Days...
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, arxhon, ethan_greer, Enoch, Anonymous, Jake Norwood, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, szilard.

4/9/2003 Valamir: Green Goblin Holy Shit Some Serious PDF Useage
Got a piece of unsolicited email today from a group I'd never heard of. But unlike the other 300 assorted spams I get, this one was from a game company.…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, szilard, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, samdowning.

4/9/2003 Valamir: Question on how feature works.
Had a question about the "Mark all topics as read" feature. Does this feature mark all topics that have been posted to up to the second you hit the feature…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer.

4/11/2003 Valamir: Back?
An error, or is Adamant ramping up again? Does this mean Appolyton Noir is nearing critical mass?
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Valamir, quozl, GMSkarka, Mike Holmes, Nick Pagnucco, TSL, grafspee, Thomas Tamblyn, soundwave, Tim Gray.

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