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11/5/2002 Wulf: Donjon Idea
Andrew Graham (and anyone else grom my group), clear off now... Everyone else, Hi! :-) I'm working on some ideas for Donjon, and a few other similarly new and narrative…
In CRN Games
Participants: Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.

11/5/2002 Anthony: Character generation thoughts. (long)
Forgive me if this rambles a bit, it is a topic I've been thinking about for quite some time and because of that I've got quite a bit I want…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Anthony, szilard, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin.

11/5/2002 Jake Norwood: Getting in touch with our inner gamist
Okay, gamism--probably due to the preferences of many Forgites--has the least positive rap around here. But, let's face it...we all have an inner gamist...something within us that wants to win.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, Alan, Matt, Marco, Valamir, RobMuadib, Seth L. Blumberg, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, MK Snyder, Rich Forest, C. Edwards.

11/5/2002 Steve Dustin: CREATURE FEATURE: GM-less Monster Movie Roleplaying
I'm currently writing up a playtest version of a game idea I got from watching a bunch of 1940's Mummy movies around Halloween. It got me thinking -- watching monster…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Steve Dustin, Matt, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, jrients, talysman, Jonathan Walton.

11/5/2002 Lucien Black: mmm...questions and concepts I suppose...
First, I finally got my very own, personal copy of the Riddle of Steel. *bliss* And I've already hinted that I'm willing to be the guinea pig for the sorcery…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lucien Black, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Lyrax.

11/5/2002 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Why You SHOULD Care (Long) (updated)
Hey all By my rash Subject,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton, lumpley, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

11/5/2002 Demonspahn: Dead Meat: Vacation Cruise Style!
Hi everyone, talking about Sean Wipfli’s Dead Meat: Ultima Carneficina Dello Zombie here! This post is ridiculously long, just so you know. OK, we had planned a session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Demonspahn, UnSub, Ron Edwards, rabidchyld, Alan.

11/5/2002 Shadeling: Solo Games, would you beef up the PC at all?
I was curious with anyone out there running just one TROS player, if you boost the priorities at all...
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, toli.

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.

11/4/2002 Patrick Boutin: some questions about "Fantasy"
Hello everybody! After a crazy year, I'm back (trying) making roleplaying games once more. The post "Dawn of the Magi" and the article "Fantasy Heartbreakers" by Ron make me wonder…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Patrick Boutin, Alan, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Eric J., Bankuei, Sylus Thane, talysman, greyorm, thoth, Jeremy Cole, simon_hibbs, Seth L. Blumberg, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, contracycle.

11/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: New RPG project I'm proud to be a part of...
Here's a teaser. More images are available on the Studio Ronin site. http://www.studioronin.com/catalogue2/prints/Print103.htm Quite the list of Forge luminaries. ;) We're very much in the prelim. design phase but it's…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Valamir, Rich Forest, Jason L Blair, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Seth L. Blumberg, Spooky Fanboy, reptile2k1, kamikaze.

11/4/2002 Brian Leybourne: [Disney]It's a small world after all...[/Disney]
So, this guy at my work, who I barely know (have seen once or twice but never talked to before) comes up to me yesterday and we have this conversation:…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

11/4/2002 Pramas: Dragon Fist is Mine!
Thought this might interest folks here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GREEN RONIN PURCHASES DRAGON FIST Origins Awarded Nominated Game to Come Back in 2003 November 4, 2002-SEATTLE, WA: Green Ronin Publishing…
In Publishing
Participants: Pramas, greyorm, quozl, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Paganini, Mike Holmes.

11/4/2002 catenwolde: Donjon Paladins?
Has anyone tried to graft Paladin characters onto the Donjon game engine? I'm new to this, but it seems like it would take Donjon skill sets to drive the scenario…
In CRN Games
Participants: catenwolde.

11/4/2002 Emily Care: Enlightenment (Group Game Design)--Character and Setting Gen
Enlightenment is a game that has been collaboratively designed on this Forum at the initiative of Mike Holmes. This thread begins the next phase of its development. The general outline…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care, talysman, contracycle, Wormwood, Bob McNamee, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

11/4/2002 thoth: XP/Reward based on Actual Challenge vs Intended Challenge?
I recently did up a mod for d20 and awarding XP. It is based on the concept of giving XP for the Actual Challenge of a critter and not the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: thoth, Mike Holmes, Robert K Beckett, Bankuei, talysman, greyorm, M. J. Young.

11/4/2002 Nathan: Experiment #4,221: PENDULUM (a double game system game?)
Yup, I had a freak idea over the weekend, and here is the first punch out of it. It seems like we've had games without systems, games with very lite…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, Mike Holmes.

11/4/2002 MK Snyder: GNS and its origins from the Threefold Model
As a newbie, I found this discussion of The Threefold Theory very useful, especially with regard tot he symmetry problem. Am I correct in assuming that the GNS model derives…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MK Snyder, M. J. Young, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

11/1/2002 b_bankhead: Re: Profiling strikes again - EVERYBODY play!
[quote][b]What are the last three role-playing games that you actually, really played? [/b][/quote] ConspiracyX,Call of Cthulhu,Star Wars D6 [quote]What three role-playing games, out of ALL the ones you've EVER played,…
In Actual Play
Participants: b_bankhead, Clay, Mark Withers, Ron Edwards.

11/4/2002 Demonspahn: Online playtesters needed for Intelligent Animal RPG
Hi everyone, I am looking to a playtest a new game where the players play PC animals after they gained human intelligence and rose up against the humans. The game…
In Connections
Participants: Demonspahn.

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11/5/2002 Overdrive: Fundamentals of combat
Hi there I've been following the forum for as long as I've had the book. I must say I love the game :) Smooth and elegant in many ways, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Overdrive, Roger Eberhart, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Irmo, Wolfen, Spartan.

11/5/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Crawling Yggdrasil
This Sunday Chris Edwards and Shreyas Sampat together braved the fuzzy mass of corruption that was my many new experimental magic rules for Ygg. Most I did away with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, C. Edwards, Shreyas Sampat.

11/5/2002 sacrosanct: Epoch RPG v2 now online!
Thanks to you all for your suggestions on the earlier thread. I've updated my site (not all links are completed yet, but the important ones are). I've done some major…
In Connections
Participants: sacrosanct, Christoffer Lernö, Kester Pelagius.

11/5/2002 Roger Eberhart: NPC's with SA's?
Just curious, how many Seneschals give their NPC's SA's? How about monsters? Animals? Or is it better to leave SA's to the player characters?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Roger Eberhart, Bogie_71, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Lyrax, spunky, Sneaky Git, Jaif, Warboss Grock.

11/5/2002 Kester Pelagius: Quick CharGen Question
Greetings All, I am in the process of revising sections of my Pixies rules find original thread here and was wondering whether character generation should be point allocation or random…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Marco, M. J. Young, Le Joueur.

11/5/2002 S.Lonergan: Untitled -- Playtesters wanted
Primate Games is seeking playtesters for its new game "Untitled", a modern horror role playing game taken from a science angle. You can read more at http://primategames.cjb.com or, mail us…
In Connections
Participants: S.Lonergan.

11/5/2002 jdagna: A few ability questions
There are a few statements made about abilities that I'm not quite understanding fully. The first is that supporting powers are supposed to have only one type of effect. I've…
In CRN Games
Participants: jdagna, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/5/2002 Sylus Thane: Can a game have all 3 G/N/S Revisited
I was tooling around and came upon this thread and kinda noticed that the original question had kinda derailed. So here it is again and my take on it. Can…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sylus Thane, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, talysman, Cassidy, Mike Holmes.

11/5/2002 Ron Edwards: [Charnel Gods] Now available
Hi there, Charnel Gods is available for purchase at the Sorcerer site. Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, hardcoremoose, Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Alan, Spooky Fanboy.

11/5/2002 MK Snyder: Problems with term "premise"
I am continuing the discussion started in this thread First off, I'm going to say that I do not care for the use of the term "premise" as…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MK Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

11/6/2002 Patrick Boutin: About the way you "design" game!
Hello again! I'm not sure where this thread belong but I will post it in the RPG Theory forum! I would like to know how everybody design there games. What…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Patrick Boutin, Le Joueur, Andrew Martin, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, Eric J., M. J. Young, Shreyas Sampat, RobMuadib, Palaskar, Seth L. Blumberg, cruciel.

11/6/2002 Tim Denee: Forge RPG bookshelf
The new bookshelf rocks mightly (mightily. Mightely. Migh..). I assume all the stuff that was in my Anvilwerks bookshelf will soon be available in my Forge bookshelf?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Tim Denee, hardcoremoose, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Patrick Boutin.

11/6/2002 Mask-of-Winters: Formalizing Spells
Hiya gang. New poster here, can't wait to play but my group has a problem. One of my players wants to be a spellcaster and has pointed out to me…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mask-of-Winters, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Lyrax.

11/6/2002 Paka: octaNe - Boys of Roswell High
The GM who runs our intense Unknown Armies game needed a well-deserved break. A buddy of the group's came in from out of town. I posted three game trailers for…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/6/2002 Don Lag: Underground RPG - has anyone here played it?
I'm about to start running an Underground game (hopefully this weekend, but more likely in about a month). Has anyone here played this game? I've tried once before and it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Don Lag, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Demonspahn, TSL, Sidhain, ADGConscience, Ben Morgan, Enoch.

11/6/2002 Demonspahn: Chris made a clam
and Christoffer made a fox for the upcoming playtest of my new game about animals who gained human level intelligence and rose up against their masters, briefly outlined here,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Demonspahn, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, J B Bell, C. Edwards.

11/6/2002 Arashi: Plug
Okay, I apologize to Ron And Clinton if this is a bit much...But since I don't often post I thought I should make my presence known a little bit every…
In Connections
Participants: Arashi, Valamir.

11/6/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer: Vision and Duty Traces
I was considering the transformative model of Torchbearer magic, and its effects on the game's mechanics. Basically, the transformative model says that whenever you activate a magical trait, it replaces…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton.

11/6/2002 catenwolde: Advice for New Paladin & Donjon Player?
Gents, With my brother and I planning our annual "get together over Thanksgiving for a week and do some gaming" event, I'm going to work up some sessions of both…
In CRN Games
Participants: catenwolde, Wulf, Mike Holmes, jdagna, quozl.

11/6/2002 Mark Withers: Dragons and Dreamers - My take on the anti-pool rules
Hi again! Here are the rules that I'm planning to use in Dragons and Dreamers - and all future games that I write. They are written with inexperienced roleplayers in…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Henry Fitch.

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