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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.

10/8/2002 Brian Leybourne: We're number one :-)
Nothing serious, more amusement actually. Something I just noticed. The Riddle of Steel forum is now the most posted-to independent forum on the Forge, it's even surpassed the Adept Press…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, svenlein, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Lyrax.

10/8/2002 Brian Leybourne: Prediction?
I had posted this in my interception thread, but thought it deserved it's own thread. So shoot me :-) What about the defender who tries to anticipate an attack (useful…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Thirsty Viking, Lyrax, Bob Richter.

10/8/2002 Brian Leybourne: Interception?
Just something that has been festering in the back of my mind for a while now. The use of armour (you yanks would say armor) in TROS is very passive.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Spartan, Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Valamir, Vanguard, Irmo, svenlein.

9/3/2002 Brian Leybourne: How do you keep the fires burning?
Hopefully this is the right forum to post this question, if it's not I'm sure I'll hear something really quick :-) I've been working on a project for one of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Leybourne, S.Lonergan, Tim Gray, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins, M. J. Young, Caveman Lawyer, ADGBoss.

8/13/2002 Brian Leybourne: Rule variants
Let me preface this by saying that I don't think the tRoS rule system is in any way lacking etc. I'm just one of those roleplayers who likes to try…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ace, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax.

7/29/2002 Brian Leybourne: Desperately seeking Sus.. err.. Nevermet
Anyone know an email address or other way to contact Nevermet (he used to be a pretty regular contributor here but stopped posting recently). I need to get in touch…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

7/28/2002 Brian Leybourne: Sigh.. another group bites the dust
Had an RPG group collapse last night. It's never nice when that happens. Bascially, I have 2 groups. One is comprised of brilliant roleplayers, we have been together for 6…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, PosterX, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter, Valamir.

6/28/2002 Brian Leybourne: Pre-emptive attack too good?
Quick opinion poll / thoughts inquiry for those of you who have played TROS yet (or at least mucked about with combat). Situation - two fighters of equal skill both…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Jaif, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Psychopompous, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Ace, Lyrax, Brand_Robins, Furious D.

6/25/2002 Brian Leybourne: Another win for tRoS!
OK, I was impressed enough with this game, but this takes the cake. I have two roleplaying groups. One of them is amazing, all really good roleplayers and we have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

6/18/2002 Brian Leybourne: OK, can someone explain to me...
(or point me to the explanation because I don't seem to be able to find it). Gamist, Narritivist, Simulationist. Possibly others although these are the three that get bandied about,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, deidzoeb.

6/17/2002 Brian Leybourne: tRoS starting tonight - skills question
(this is also posted in the tRoS forum). Finally, I'm starting a tRoS campaign tonight. After so much foreplay it's going to be nice to move onto the sex (so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/17/2002 Brian Leybourne: Starting tonight / skills?
Finally, I'm starting a tRoS campaign tonight. After so much foreplay it's going to be nice to move onto the sex (so to speak). Just a quick question to those…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Jaif, Ben, DaR, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter, contracycle.

6/14/2002 Brian Leybourne: Drawing new weapons in combat...?
Hey Jake, Are there formalised rules for drawing a new weapon during a combat? Like if my sword snaps, I'm disarmed, the dagger user gets into range, etc and I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jaif, Paganini, Ben, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Ace.

6/13/2002 Brian Leybourne: Duck & Weave
Hey Jake, Any erata on Duck & Weave? Been playing around with the combat sim etc, and it seems to me that TN9 is a pretty steep difficulty for an…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Jaif.

6/5/2002 Brian Leybourne: Some suggestions...?
Hi all. I'm starting up a tRoS campaign shortly (as soon as the book arrives), and I'm working on the backstory at the moment. I'm looking for some suggestions for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne.

5/29/2002 Brian Leybourne: Quick favor
Hi all. I don't have a rulebook at the moment (stolen, as some of you know), can someone give me a quick heads up on a couple of things I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe, Shadow.

5/17/2002 Brian Leybourne: Quick question.. moons?
So, assuming the gods are not really real (yes, it's up to the individual Seneschals to decide)... ... where did the five new moons come from? Ideas? Theories? etc...
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, malum, Rattlehead, Valamir, OllyG, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, J B Bell, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax.

5/9/2002 Brian Leybourne: tRoS Combat simulator
Hi all. I'm working on a new version of the tRoS combat simulator that you may have downloaded from the webpage. It's a prettier windows based simulator and should contain…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Skywalker, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Jaif.

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11/5/2002 Brian Leybourne: RPG Tactics article
There's an article on "Elements of Tactics" in RPG's up at rpg.net. Although it's not about TROS, it does refer to it a couple of times. Interesting read. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/elements01nov02.html Brian.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Andrew Martin, Valamir, OriginalFlash, Roger Eberhart, spunky, svenlein, Jaif.

11/11/2002 Brian Leybourne: Need a quick favor...
Hey guys, I'm trying to get a file to Jake. The problem is that it's over a meg (1.6, actually) and I can't email it from any of my email…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jason.

11/20/2002 Brian Leybourne: Signing off..
I'm off to the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia in a few hours (it had BETTER be sunny) for a long weekend, back next Wednesday sometime. I'll be investigating the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ryuuko, Lyrax, Rattlehead.

11/26/2002 Brian Leybourne: Sydney Gaming Stores
Jeez man, I never thought I would envy an Australian for anything, but Sydney gaming stores are damn cool (particularly Games Paradise and Tin Soldier, for those of you who…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, allahlav, Mokkurkalfe.

11/26/2002 Brian Leybourne: Hi
Hi all, just wanted to say gidday. I managed to find a copy of Sorcerer in a Sydney Game store over the weekend, and it was so good I didn't…
In Adept Press
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Tim Denee.

11/27/2002 Brian Leybourne: Die Mechanics
I've been mulling around some ideas in my head about die systems recently. (Not that I have an actual game in mind to use them for at the moment, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, szilard, Henry Fitch.

12/12/2002 Brian Leybourne: Combat Sim update
In a burst of enthusiasm born from boredom at work I started doing some extra development on the combat sim. So far, I have fixed Dual Rapiers not being able…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Bob Richter, svenlein, Mokkurkalfe, Aaron, toli, Lucien Black, Valamir, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

12/24/2002 Brian Leybourne: Merry Christmas
Well, it's probably still xmas eve for most of you, but it's a beautiful sunny christmas morning here, and we're off to the beach for a swim. Merry Christmas all,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne.

1/7/2003 Brian Leybourne: The riddle of sorceror?
Hmm.. now that's an interesting thought. The Riddle of Steel is a cool game. Sorcerer (the Ron Edwards one; I'm not talking about the White Wolf game) is also a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Henry Fitch, Asaraludu, rikiwarren.

1/7/2003 Brian Leybourne: Search/Display features?
Hi all, Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I couldn't see a better place to post this question than "Site Discussion". When I first came to the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/8/2003 Brian Leybourne: My game: Invasion (working title): Dice Mechanics (long)
Hi all. I could do with some help regarding a game I've been working on, on and off for several years now, but have recently been encouraged to get back…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Drew Stevens, Andrew Martin, Eric J., Paganini, Jake Norwood, Henry Fitch, Steve Dustin, contracycle, clehrich, szilard, Spooky Fanboy.

1/12/2003 Brian Leybourne: SA's
Hey Jake, Is there any chance you can give us an insight into the reasons behind the different mechanisms for the different SA's? Luck: you get the dice once, split…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

1/12/2003 Brian Leybourne: Critical Miss
They don't say all that much about the game, but the guys at Critical Miss magazine apparently played Sorcerer at an Irish convention recently, and had nice things to say…
In Adept Press
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf.

1/20/2003 Brian Leybourne: Quickstart rules
Finally got around to looking through the quickstart rules. I have to say, they're pretty cool. I like what was done to reduce the complexity of the rules for an…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Stephen, Blake Hutchins, Mokkurkalfe, Spartan, Limbo.

1/20/2003 Brian Leybourne: New to the forum? Look here first.
Hi! Welcome to the TROS Forum. Below you will find links to some topic threads that you might find interesting to read through if you have any questions, to avoid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Rattlehead, Ace, Paka.

2/2/2003 Brian Leybourne: Jake: Proficiencies question
This is really a question for Jake, but I thought I would put it here so everyone can see the answer and thus benefit from it. When I'm assigning proficiencies…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, 655321, Shadeling, Jaif, toli.

2/6/2003 Brian Leybourne: Invalid Session?
Ever since the upgrade (well, it seems that they coincide, anyway), I seem to occasionally get an "invalid session" error when posting a message. It doesn't happen all the time,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Valamir, greyorm, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/9/2003 Brian Leybourne: GNS: Do I get the prize? :-)
I don't know if anyone has ever risen to the challenge before, but, well, it's a slow day at work :-) There was a young man from Schenectady Who fell…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, clehrich, greyorm, joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, marknau, lumpley, Walt Freitag, ethan_greer.

2/25/2003 Brian Leybourne: Got $35,000 spare for a sword...? :-)
Then check this baby out... http://www.unitedbladeworx.com.au/New_Folder4/maffi_new_page_1.htm Brian.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Shadeling, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Darth Tang, tauman, Jasper, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Wolfen.

3/12/2003 Brian Leybourne: Actual Play: The Spin System
This is an actual play report for The Spin System. It's a bit long, sorry about that. I'm going to start with the "story" of the session, and then follow…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jeph, Mike Holmes.

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