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11/23/2002 Christoffer Lernö: PayPal - the Frustration
Since so many of you use PayPal, and since my main reason to get my PayPal account working again is to buy indie-rpgs I post my troubles here despite it…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

11/23/2002 chikoppi: The game outside the game
I originally posted this message on rpg-create and several list members suggested I repost it here. I've added a few clarifications in this version of the post, included below in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: chikoppi, RobMuadib, Walt Freitag.

11/22/2002 Ron Edwards: El Dorado (terms clarification)
Hello, I thought I'd clarify a term or two. This may be a completely unnecessary post, but perhaps it'll help out if anyone needs it. El Dorado = Narrativism without…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Daredevil, Price Check.

11/22/2002 Shadeling: Has anyone tried TROS in Modern Settings?
I ask because to me, it seems like it might work quite well for a game of spys/espionage. I mean, proficiencies could represent fighting styles and firearms proficiencies and so…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, MikeSands, Herr Nils, Rattlehead, toli, MrGeneHa, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Psychopompous, prophet118, JSinclair, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

11/22/2002 Mike Holmes: Combat systems [Pervy and Vanilla]
Something just occured to me. Combat systems are Pervy! Mike
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Mark D. Eddy, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, JMendes.

11/22/2002 Mike Holmes: Hero Wars in an alternate setting - session 4
The previous session can be found here. I did a bad, bad thing this week. I used the game for some experimentation. Gareth, listen up. I did Shakespeare. Merry Wives…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Julie, contracycle.

11/22/2002 rpghost: RPGNow E-Zine
I'm wondering if there would be interest in a general PDF Publishing / RPGNow sponsored E-Zine? A platform to speak about publishing as well as reviews of PDF products and…
In Publishing
Participants: rpghost.

11/22/2002 Wulf: Donjon Kreechurs
I decided to split this off into another thread. So why not join in, everyone? Wulf p.s. Why can't the Forge log me in automatically? It does from my work…
In CRN Games
Participants: Wulf, Mike Holmes.

11/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Accessible? To Whom?
Hi Everyone, This is a thought spun off of Ron's Fourth of Five thread. To jump right to it: Some people are comfortable talking off the top of the their…
In Publishing
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

11/22/2002 szilard: Narrativism and Premise: a question or two
Okay... I'm still new here. I've read the GNS essay(s) and been reading through some posts. I am still not sure I understand the model. I understand that Narrative games…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: szilard, C. Edwards, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

11/22/2002 jburneko: Spaceships, Sixguns & Sorcery (Final Session)
Hello All, How Things Turned Out: The Sherif teamed up with his outlaw father. They made one last push in an attempt to pre-empt the planned bandit raid on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead.

11/21/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Self-image (split from Gay / Gamer)
Perhaps Jake is failing to see how gamers feeling proud of themselves would cause 300-pound men to refrain from dressing up as Sailor Moon. Perhaps I am as well. (Do…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, James Holloway, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, paulmjessup, Enoch, Eric J., Mark D. Eddy, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Bankuei, damion, Irmo, contracycle, C. Edwards.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Dark Ages: Mage / Exalted
[puts on flame proof bunny suit] Do you think it's feasable to convert Dark Ages: Mages spells and/or Exalted charms and sorcery for use with TROS? Just wondering since they…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Great Taste, Less Deadly
Ok, no denying TROS is way super keen. Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but we've run a few mock combats and stuff. Very cool. Lots of fun…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, toli, Lucien Black, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Rattlehead.

11/22/2002 epweissengruber: Gloranthacon ?
How many of your Forge types are headed to Gloranthacon? It would be great to pick your actual fleshy brains instead of your electronic simulacra.
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Cooper.

11/22/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Translate rating to a full fledged NPC on the fly?!
Sorry for the many threads but this problem is really, really driving me crazy. Any hints how to get started would be greatly appreciated. The situation is this: imagine you…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Marco, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, JMendes, Jack Spencer Jr, C. Edwards.

11/22/2002 RamblingMan: Spell-ing
I just mailed off for the Donjon pdf, and so I've been thinking about it as of late (and pondering possible characters), and a glaring omission in my knowledge occurred…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, catenwolde, Valamir.

11/22/2002 quozl: Really small hardcovers
Let's say I want to publish a book about the size of the Baron Munchausen book (24 pages) but I want it to have a spine so people can actually…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Jared A. Sorensen, wyrdlyng, Jonathan Walton.

11/22/2002 Christoffer Lernö: What does the box cost?
I'm a sucker for the old format - You know 2+ saddle stiched books in a box with a few fliers and maybe dice thrown in for good measure. (Hello…
In Publishing
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Ted E. Childers, Steve Dustin, John Wick, Henry Fitch, Michael S. Miller, geekspeakweekly, szilard.

11/22/2002 Wulf: Sharp pointy things
I've just noticed something about the weapon rules in Donjon. Sharp weapons get +1 die to damage. Fair enough. This makes them more expensive. Fair enough. However, unless I'm misinterpreting…
In CRN Games
Participants: Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.

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11/23/2002 GreatWolf: Clownin' Around (session 1): Unknown Armies in actual play
Okay, here's the first Saturday morning report on my Unknown Armies game. Hopefully these will continue for the duration. The characters are as follows: Agent Sunshine Black, a no-nonsense collections…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, UnSub, Steve Dustin.

11/23/2002 Walt Freitag: Citation analysis
It occurs to me that listing Forge threads in descending order of how many times each thread was linked to by another thread would make it easier to find some…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/23/2002 quozl: referrals
We know the vast majority of people get into RPGs by being introduced to it and we know gamers ddon't do all that much to introduce others, right? So what…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö.

11/24/2002 MK Snyder: Cannot stand cutesipoo terms like "vanilla" and &q
Just for the record. Applying them to *combat systems* is a pretty weird thing to do. The whole "mixing sex with violence" vocabulary does not sit well with me, not…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: MK Snyder, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, J B Bell, Manu, Le Joueur, Emily Care, M. J. Young, Ian Charvill, xiombarg.

11/24/2002 hyphz: TROS, Narrativism and Illusionism
To be honest I had absolutely no idea where to post this, but since I'm mentioning '-isms' I suppose I'll try here first. Here's my question. I'm led to understand…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

11/24/2002 The Gentleman: Erm, Hi. And what I'm working on.
Hi, I'm the Gentleman. Say no more. At the mo, I'm working on a fantasy game With Consequences, in the manner of Unknown Armies, though a wee bit less occulty.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: The Gentleman, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Jamie.

11/24/2002 Hel-Yin: Two questions on combat
I have two questions on combat manoeuvers. The first one is on grappling. In the book, it says you can do two things using a grapple: either toss your opponent…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Hel-Yin, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE, Mokkurkalfe.

11/24/2002 thoth: Codifying GM Meta-Gaming?
I hope i'm using proper terminology. What is everyone's opinion on requiring GMs to use "Meta-Points" (as i'm calling them) to alter the outcome of a roll? I'm not sure…
In RPG Theory
Participants: thoth, Jack Spencer Jr, Tim C Koppang.

11/24/2002 Arashi: FTP software
Does anyone know any shareware FTP software? Emailing these big files is a pain in da butt. Not to mention I can only send 2 megs thru me mailbox. Barring…
In Connections
Participants: Arashi, Andrew Martin, Adam.

11/25/2002 Demonspahn: Need help with Aware "narrative" mechanic.
Hi everyone. Just thought I'd post this, looking for some fresh new ideas. I'm talking about my game Aware, where you play intelligent animals. I'm looking for what I can…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Demonspahn, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö, Nathan.

11/25/2002 Malybdemus: Donjon as PBEM Engine
Hey everyone. I just purchased the Donjon .pdf's after being intrigued by the player-driven aspect of the game, and I'm still going through it. So far, very impressed. My question…
In CRN Games
Participants: Malybdemus, jdagna.

11/25/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Example for freeform play. (long)
This will require a little set-up. Stay with me here. First of all, I'm no angel. I don't think that's any secret.... I had originally talked frankly about the nature…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

11/25/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Putting Ads for other games in your game?
I'm sure this was brought up elsewhere but I couldn't find it so I don't know if this was already discussed to death but... Remember back in the old days…
In Publishing
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Sidhain, rafael, Bankuei.

11/25/2002 talysman: Court of 9 Chambers: new description mechanics
I've been working on the next version of "The Court of 9 Chambers", something a little more robust while still maintaining that flexible minimalist feel of the first version. the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Emily Care, Valamir.

11/25/2002 hyphz: (was) TROS, Narrativism and Illusionism
Ok, since I have lots of questions to ask, and the thread has turned out not to be related to -isms at all, and is more close to me working…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

11/25/2002 ShaneNINE: Cloak?
The book mentions a weapon called a cloak? What is that?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, ethan_greer, MrGeneHa, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

11/25/2002 ShaneNINE: Initiative
Just want to make sure I got this right: when you roll initiative the number rolled doesn't actually come into play. The only thing that matters is whether the die…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

11/25/2002 Nathan: Time For A Reboot
Hello everyone, For my own sake and for any of you interested out there, I am going to plop a down a list of current projects, with links and ramblings…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan, Spooky Fanboy.

11/25/2002 Ron Edwards: Universalis review at the Forge
Review's up!! Best, Ron
In Universalis
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Alan.

11/25/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer: Mythology or Setting?
Reading over Ron's essay and reflecting on my own experience, I realized that Torchbearer threatens to suffer from the conflict between detailed Character and Setting that creates difficulties for Narrativist…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Jonathan Walton.

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