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11/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: THE EVIL, did anyone actually try playing it?
Hi everyone (again). I'm wondering if anyone actually tried to play THE EVIL? (In any case I was thinking of maybe running a game on Sunday or Monday. I could…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

11/1/2002 Peregrine: The GNS Paradigm - a polite refute
Hi all This may be a very bad idea, and I've been warned off by others who've done similar, but: I have significant issues with the GNS paradigm. Let me…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Peregrine, Christoffer Lernö, Matt, Valamir, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, damion, Ron Edwards, Kester Pelagius, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr.

11/1/2002 contracycle: combined or singular design
A questiom about the way we are doing things here; not a serious challenge to the status quo, just a thought. The prevailing tendency, reinforced by the "creator owned" concern,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs.

11/1/2002 Tim Denee: Quick Sorcerer mechanical question
I roll 3d10, and get three 10s. The GM, on this opposed roll, rolls 10d10 and gets, um, three 10s and a whole bunch of lower crap. Now, what happens?…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim Denee, Fabrice G..

11/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Minor layout thing: Not so wide please!
I'm getting a feeling that the columns are getting wider and wider. Any chance that one could alter the width the postings are displayed at? It's easier to read if…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

11/1/2002 JMendes: GNS and player rewards
Hi, all, :) Appols if this has been asked and answered (in which case check out this thread replies are appreciated). Anyway, how does one reward players in the various…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: JMendes, M. J. Young, Cassidy, MK Snyder.

11/1/2002 Jonathan Walton: kill puppies for RPGnet
Wasn't sure where to put this post, but... My review of kill puppies for satan finally got posted in RPGnet's Halloween offerings. Yes, I am converting the masses to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Emily Care, jrients, lumpley, Maurice Forrester, Spooky Fanboy.

11/1/2002 b_bankhead: On loosing faith in simulation
When I started out in rpgs so many years ago I was a died in the wool simulationist. When my friends decided to write our own rpg we actually did…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: b_bankhead, Jeremy Cole, JMendes, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Peter Nordstrand, M. J. Young, contracycle, Le Joueur, Marco, Mike Holmes, RobMuadib, MK Snyder, Alan, Valamir.

10/31/2002 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds (or whatever): Why you DON'T CARE
This has got to work, right? Ok, in light of a certain thread in Site Discussion, I'll take a stab at something. It's a bit humorous, but the intent is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Snyder, J B Bell, C. Edwards, Bankuei, xiombarg, ethan_greer, RobMuadib, Gordon C. Landis, Andrew Martin, Demonspahn, Gwen, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Kester Pelagius, Roger Eberhart.

10/31/2002 Ron Edwards: Review policy
Hi everyone, Here's my current idea for a Forge Review Policy for Everyone ... all comments are appreciated. QUICK ENLIGHTENING INSIGHT One reason that people post reviews is so they…
In Moderators
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes.

10/31/2002 Brian Leybourne: TROS finds its way to backwards crap end of planet!!
An Auckland gaming store has TROS on it's shelves. How cool is that (and it only took many months of nagging). I know you don't care, but this forum has…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Skywalker, Thor Olavsrud, J. Backman, Spartan, MikeSands, Mokkurkalfe, Silanthous, Jürgen Mayer, gnarf, Vanguard, Wolfen, Mask-of-Winters, Irmo.

10/31/2002 Brian Leybourne: Jeez.. what does it take?
I've been trying to find a copy of Little Fears for a while now. It's not on sale in NZ, and I had a friend who was in the states…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jason L Blair.

10/31/2002 xiombarg: S Combat System
For those of you who aren't watching the GNS forum, this thread is spun off from this thread, and refers to the S combat system. Why not both?…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Gwen.

10/31/2002 Paul Czege: the missing
Hey Clinton, Can we get Cynthia Celeste Miller, unodiablo, Matt Gwinn, and Michael Hopcroft added to the Moderators usergroup? Paul
In Moderators
Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

10/31/2002 Paul Czege: so it is written
Hey everyone, I'm disinclined to publicly stir the pot further on Matt's "fear" thread, but as the descendent of prophets I somehow can't help but stand behind my prediction: if…
In Moderators
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood.

10/31/2002 Cassidy: FitM extremes
I'm a newbie to this forum and have been interested in Narrativist styles of play for quite some time ever since I stumbed on "the Window RPG" one dark night.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Cassidy, Bankuei, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

10/31/2002 Ron Edwards: Glossary startup - at last!
Hi there, In the midst of the "Change" thread, I got an idea about the Glossary. OK, here's how it'll go. Everyone has one week to mail me in 250…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö, Emily Care, Le Joueur.

10/31/2002 Sam Witt: Demo Game Needed
Is there a demo game (with pregenerated characters and all that) available for TROS? I have the chance to run this game this weekend for a few groups of people,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sam Witt.

10/31/2002 Sylus Thane: Dawn of the Magi (new and kinda long)
I've been working on the setting I'm going to offer with my rules mechanic I call Frontier, here's the intro for it and the species that are available in the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sylus Thane, J. Backman, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Demonspahn, Emily Care, Christoffer Lernö.

10/31/2002 Peregrine: Wayfarer's Song - Soulburn
Hi all This is to try and partly answer a query put to me by Palefire regarding the taints and soulburn system in Wayfarer's Song. Palefire wrote: Actually I'm…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Peregrine, contracycle, Christoffer Lernö.

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11/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Using potentially "trademarked" words of myth?!
I wasn't really sure where to put this, but it does pertain to the design of games or more specifically setting. Let's say I want to use the name Gandalf…
In Publishing
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Reimer Behrends, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, greyorm.

11/1/2002 Mike Holmes: Forge Convention?
Paul and I have been batting around an idea for, well, way too long about putting together a small convention. When I mention it to people, they often say, hey,…
In Moderators
Participants: Mike Holmes, Valamir, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, unodiablo, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/1/2002 Matt Wilson: the PCs have stats, and everything else is a diff. level
If anyone's done something like this already (I'm coming to expect it), can you point me to a game to check out? Anyway, on to this idea... In this game…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes.

11/1/2002 Sylus Thane: Really needing an artist!
I can do the artwork for my game myself, being an artist already, but I'm really bogged down with writing and real life right now. I wouldn't be able to…
In Connections
Participants: Sylus Thane.

11/1/2002 sacrosanct: Epoch Fantasy RPG playtesters requested
I have recently completed my second RPG: Epoch Fantasy RPG, and am in the stages of playtesting. My goal with this rpg was to create a simple game that is…
In Connections
Participants: sacrosanct, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Valamir, greyorm, Christoffer Lernö.

11/1/2002 Sylus Thane: How to go about Making Dragons Different
Anyone have any ideas on how to make Dragons different from the normal gold grubbing monsters they normally are in most sword and sorcery games? I would like Dragons to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sylus Thane, Christoffer Lernö, GreatWolf, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Paka, ethan_greer, ks13, thoth, talysman, szilard, Andrew Martin.

11/1/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum begone
For a while, I've had a train of thought that went like this: If we look like RPG.net (or other forum-based sites), then the chances of us turning into RPG.net…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

11/1/2002 Eric J.: What's this? Did Pyron have a GOOD session?
Star Wars: D6 Players:5 Jesse- Wanabee Mercenery; Party leader; Law abider Anthony- Former CorSec(Republic) leutenant; Pilot Cody- Medic; Fugative; Soldier; Fugative Charly- Actual Mercenary; Follower Doug- Slicer; Mercenary; Outcast This…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

11/1/2002 Jake Norwood: Gearing up for Actual Play: Siehe and the Fey
After playing lots of other stuff for a few months, we're getting ready to play TROS once again (it was all the cool stuff in OBAM that inspired me). The…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Silanthous, Valamir, Irmo, Spartan.

11/1/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: Sa's and trying to kill my character (long)
One of my biggest problems in gaming is that I come up with too many cool character Ideas.... I am currently playing a mad martigan style blade slinger that I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Mayhem1979, Jake Norwood, Roger Eberhart, Lyrax.

11/2/2002 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk: "Do you think you can tell?"
I was drafting a webpage/introduction for my game Storypunk (formerly the project called "Quixote & Coyote," discussed here and here) when I was suddenly inspired by multiple sources.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Christoffer Lernö, Gwen, talysman, RobMuadib, Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Bob McNamee, Kenway, Mark Withers, szilard.

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.

11/2/2002 greyorm: Tangentially...
Tangentially -- based on Chris' recent query about mythological names -- what sort of costs are involved in being sued by a company? (besides lawyers, saying you decide to represent…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Clay, jrients, Gordon C. Landis.

11/2/2002 Paul Czege: I just ordered...
...this: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/kane.html Paul
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

11/2/2002 C. Edwards: Applause
[b]Jake Norwood wrote[/b]: [quote]You have your own Uglub now. [/quote] Yes I do! Got my copy of TRoS yesterday and I am jazzed. I haven't been this exicited about an…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: C. Edwards, Jake Norwood.

11/2/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil: Bob made a Goblin...
I stated earlier that I was gonna avoid all the problems with game balance by making all characters able to fight in Ygg if someone remembers that? Anyway short story:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Demonspahn, Valamir, damion, Bob McNamee, Andrew Martin, Bankuei, Lugaru, Spooky Fanboy, Walt Freitag.

11/2/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Reviews?
Are there actively reviews being done anymore or is that thing kind of put on hold for a while? I mean with the review forum put away as inactive and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/2/2002 Kester Pelagius: Overview: Epoch Fantasy
Epoch: Fantasy RPG (An "at a glance" Overview) A Role-Playing Game by ??(*) To begin with this is a overview of a 39 page PDF file using computer generated graphics,…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

11/2/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Creating Traits in Torchbearer
This is partly in response to Christoffer's query in the Wayfarer's Song - Soulburn thread, which itself was an outgrowth of his own thread on Ygg: Demonic Weird, and partly…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Bob McNamee.

11/2/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Cartoon Action Hour Demo Available!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pittsburg, Ks. November 2nd, 2002 CARTOON ACTION HOUR DEMO AVAILABLE Spectrum Game Studios and Z-Man Games announce the release of the free Cartoon Action Hour demo! The…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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