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11/17/2002 Kester Pelagius: ATTN: Question for ALL Indie Game Publishers
Greetings All, This post is primarily aimed at anyone out there who is at the buisness end of the role-playing hobby cum industry. To preface: I am in the process…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius.

11/16/2002 Kester Pelagius: What have you always wanted to know about RPGs?
Greetings All, If you were to read a article or essay about role-playing games what would interest you the most? What sort of information would you most definitely want to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, cruciel, Jonathan Walton, Sylus Thane, Eric J..

11/16/2002 Kester Pelagius: What would interest you the most?
Greetings All, If you were to read a article or essay about role-playing games what would interest you the most? What sort of information would you most definitely want to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

11/13/2002 Kester Pelagius: "RPG/GNS Encyclopedia Draft 4a"
This is a continuation of a discussion started here. Feedback is being actively sought to help develop this entry. Any and all questions are welcome, as are suggestions for sub-entries,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

11/9/2002 Kester Pelagius: Role-Playing and the GNS Theory (raw article, lengthy)
[color=blue]Copyright © 2002 C. Demetrius Morgan[/color] [color=darkblue]What follows below is intended as a encyclopedic reference entry on the subject of "Role-Playing and the GNS Theory". Alas, as there are no…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, MK Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, Walt Freitag.

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.

11/3/2002 Kester Pelagius: Devils and Demons: the RPG of Divine Lunatics (longish)
Greetings All, What follows is a short little game designed to test a mechanic principle which I have outlined in a post at RPGnet which can be found here and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Sylus Thane, Shreyas Sampat, Christoffer Lernö, Gwen, Mike Holmes.

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,…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius.

10/27/2002 Kester Pelagius: Code Name: Pleroma (Long)
Code Name: Pleroma A Peek Behind the Veil of (Potential) Game Design Software programmers sometimes give their projects “code names” so I thought, sure, why not. Thus “Code Name: Pleroma”.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, GMplayer, RobMuadib.

10/24/2002 Kester Pelagius: Are you looking for useful links?
Greetings All, Welcome to The Forge. With so many people using The Forge as a source of inspiration I thought it might be nice to have a page of useful…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, sacrosanct.

10/20/2002 Kester Pelagius: Does anyone know...
..which PDF related programs out there will directly convert Microsoft Works Word Processor files? In my search I've found a few sites that claim to be able to handle WPS…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jake Norwood, Bailywolf, greyorm, talysman, Andrew Martin, Christoffer Lernö, urbwar, razgon, cruciel.

10/18/2002 Kester Pelagius: The GNS Theory: Draft Cyclopedia Entry
What follows below is intended as a cyclopedic reference entry on the subject of The GNS Theory. Alas there are no quick and easy definitions for this topic, though suggestions…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Marco, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2002 Kester Pelagius: Board Strangeness...
Greetings, Don't know who would be the one to email about this but something wonky seems to be going on. I've tried, oh, upwards of a dozen or so times…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

10/11/2002 Kester Pelagius: Micro Slush: A Beer & Pretzels freebie
[b][size=18px]Micro Slush[/size][/b] [color=blue][i]One GUI to Run Them All, One GUI to Frustrate Them, One GUI to Rule them All and in our Cult Bind Them![/i][/color] by Kester Pelagius [b]INTRODUCTION[/b] You…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, S.Lonergan, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

10/10/2002 Kester Pelagius: Minor Problem
Greetings, I have run into a minor snag with what I have been working on. The long and the short of it is this: I have written up everyting for…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards.

10/9/2002 Kester Pelagius: Halloween Horror, what Attributes would *you* want... ?
Greetings All, Am in the process of finalizing a FRP game called "Revenge of the Crypt Fiend" (discussion about the mechanics idea which spawned it can be found here) and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Zak Arntson, ethan_greer.

10/5/2002 Kester Pelagius: Request
Greetings All, Hope you are all doing well today. I am currently on the search for decent sites with either Horror or Halloween related clip art. Or even other related…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Adam.

10/3/2002 Kester Pelagius: Hope this is the right place for posting this...
It's the oddest thing. Think it might of happened when I went to read personal e-mail, though I didn't notice it at the time, when I returned to the forums…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö.

10/3/2002 Kester Pelagius: Strange game dynamic forming...
Greetings all, I was just reading something about dice mechanics (which this post has nothing to do with) and ye olde torchlight of idea started sputtering. Say you have a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Emily Care.

10/1/2002 Kester Pelagius: Pixies: The Gleaning (outline)
Since first posting here I’ve had an idea bouncing around in my head for a game. Though I am not sure how to implement it, or even if it would…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Le Joueur, Jeremy Cole, Christoffer Lernö.

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12/5/2002 Kester Pelagius: The Mechanic of "Religion" in Role-Playing Games
Greetings All, So I was reading threads. Something about the quote below struck me like a two-by-four upside the head on a bright day when a cold wind blows down…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Eric J., wyrdlyng, simon_hibbs, John Wick, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Uncle Dark, M. J. Young, contracycle, Alan, Seth L. Blumberg, greyorm, Walt Freitag, lumpley, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2003 Kester Pelagius: What makes an RPG work for you?
Greetings, Hope you all had a good holiday season. That said, there was another thread here in which I was hoping to get some feedback about what other gamers thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Uncle Dark, clehrich, Jeremy Cole, Thierry Michel, simon_hibbs, Blake Hutchins, Le Joueur, erithromycin.

1/21/2003 Kester Pelagius: Is religion really that much of a mystery?
Greetings All, I see the debate about religion is still raging. So, if I may, my 2 cents here to offer... What is religion? Is it merely a set of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Nick Pagnucco, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, talysman, clehrich, John Kim, Le Joueur, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Tony Irwin, contracycle, M. J. Young.

2/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Holographics: A Possible Future Evolution of Gaming?
Greetings All, While reading the thread on Historical Wargaming I was suddenly struck by a very interesting thought and was wondering what your opinions of it might be. My thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Drew Stevens, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, RobMuadib, greyorm, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2003 Kester Pelagius: How much would you want to know?
Greetings All, Say someone was working on a minigame that was a melding of Ptolemaic and Medieval cosmology ala Spelljammer, but that this project was not directly based off of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr.

3/18/2003 Kester Pelagius: What is. . . 'The Alchemy of Role-Playing'?
[color=darkblue]This post is revisiting an old article posted here a while back. As always I look forward to reading your remarks and special insights.[/color] [size=16px][b]The Alchemy of Role-Playing[/b][/size] [color=darkred]Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Ressurecting ye olde 'Crypt Fiend'
Greetings All, Back in Octorber I had a brainstorm, as many of us do, likely after reading something or the other here at The Forge. This resulted in a bit…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Where Did it All Begin?
Greetings All, Given current events I thought we could all use a distraction. So, without further adieu, part two. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/20/2003 Kester Pelagius: Does theory really matter?
Greetings, Final posting, with annotations and bibliography. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright © 2002, 2003 by C. Demetrius Morgan Part 3 of 3 Part One…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/21/2003 Kester Pelagius: Question for the web savy. . .
Greetings All, Based upon your experiances what would you suggest to someone wanting to set up a site for the first time? I know, I know. Depends on what I…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Clay, laine.

3/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Crystal Spheres: Would this game interest you?
Greetings All, Meant to post something about this awhile ago. . . So I am working on something, like most of us here are, and was wondering what your thoughts…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, dalek_of_god, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat.

3/26/2003 Kester Pelagius: What do you want from game designers?
Greetings All, If you had a chance to sit down with the game designer of your favorite game when they were designing it what would you have said to them?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/4/2003 Kester Pelagius: Got a good homebrew?
Then why not share it with the rest of us! Tell us about your current game project, homebrew campaign setting, or share your favorite recipes for homebrew. Whatever floats your…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Kester Pelagius, J. Backman, Anonymous, ethan_greer.

4/10/2003 Kester Pelagius: What is the next great evolution in RPG design?
Greetings All, Since the infancy of role-playing, way back when the term 'Fantasy Wargaming' was considered synonymous with 'RPG', there have been preconceived notions of what constitutes a proper game.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Bruce Baugh, quozl, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, Le Joueur, b_bankhead, M. J. Young, hix, talysman, Thierry Michel, clehrich, kaiza.

4/11/2003 Kester Pelagius: Crystal Spheres: Looking for Playtesters
Greetings All, I am slowly approaching completion on the first rough draft of Crystal Spheres and am looking for anyone who thinks they may be interested in 1) playtesting the…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, Emote Control.

4/12/2003 Kester Pelagius: Does anyone know. . .
..if there is software out there to help design and create boards for board games? All this recent talk (I blame quozl ;) about Monopoly and board games has me…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Matt Gwinn, J. Backman, talysman.

4/14/2003 Kester Pelagius: Fellow authors and game designers, your thoughts please...
Greetings, As I slowly iron out and pound the few remaining crinkles in Crystal Spheres into sumbission I find myself wondering whether or not I should include a sample questionnaire…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Valamir, Sidhain, ethan_greer, Christoffer Lernö, Marco.

4/15/2003 Kester Pelagius: What's a newbie need to know?
Greetings All, I hope this isn't out of place. In another thread Andy Kitkowski observed that "At the Forge, you have the ernest newbies, meaning here folks that really want…
In Publishing
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Valamir, GreatWolf.

4/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Fantastic Creations awaiting visitation
Greetings All, First let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who offered space for me to put up the files fo Crystal Spheres on their sites. The offers were…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

4/17/2003 Kester Pelagius: Problem. . .
Greetings, Seems like lately whenever I log in and try to access the Independant Games Forum by the time I get there the board logs me out. Or seems to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jack Spencer Jr.

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