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11/13/2002 Walt Freitag: Reality in flux: illusionism or not?
On this thread Marco wrote: I see Illusionism as a practice of creating an illusion of perfectly logical non-story driven world, when, in fact, the reality is in flux as…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Marco, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö.

10/5/2002 Walt Freitag: Nonstandard Rant: Opposed rolls ARE more random, dammit!
In an Indie Game Design thread, JMendes wrote: wrote: I much prefer to make "opposed" tasks that little bit more random. Er... less random, you mean. Remember, once…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, JMendes, Jeremy Cole, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/10/2002 Walt Freitag: Same game, different players, different rules?
On this thread, Ron wrote: I suggest that when a GNS-diverse group does work well together, that there may well be compensating mechanisms going on, whether at the whole-social-group level,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, deadpanbob, Jeremy Cole, lumpley, damion, Jeffrey Miller, Emily Care, Le Joueur.

6/15/2002 Walt Freitag: Symmetry: A Resolution Dicing Mechanism (long)
Symmetry is a mechanism I devised and used the very first time I ran an AD&D game back in 1979, and I’ve used it in various house rules and homebrews…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, damion, Victor Gijsbers, Le Joueur, contracycle.

6/14/2002 Walt Freitag: Linear Die Roll Modifiers Are Broken (long and math-full)
There’s been some past discussion here of various common game mechanisms that are actually mathematically broken in subtle ways. Attribue + Skill systems, for example. In the same spirit, I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Valamir, xiombarg, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Jaif, Christoffer Lernö, damion, Eric J., Victor Gijsbers.

5/26/2002 Walt Freitag: One order of Narrativism, hold the Premise please
Thursday evening I read through the RPGNet GNS thread again. Then I followed the link back to the March thread and read that. Then I spent about twelve straight hours…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, contracycle, Ian Cooper, Valamir.

5/13/2002 Walt Freitag: What's a Game?
Contention over the definition of the word "game" (as a noun) has been implicit in a few recent threads. Allow me to share a definition that I’ve been using, and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, contracycle, AndyGuest, joe_llama, Jack Spencer Jr, Paganini.

4/23/2002 Walt Freitag: Protagonizing Setting (or Situation)
[quote="On Pale Fire's 'Ygg take 3' thread in Indie Game Design, Gareth (contracycle)"]I propose we reconsider a setting thread - an active discussion of manipulating and protagonising setting, and how…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Philippe Tromeur.

4/3/2002 Walt Freitag: My Dream Game
[quote]Last night I had that dream again. I dreamed I had to take a test in a Dairy Queen on another planet. And in this dream I looked around, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Petter Sandelin, amiel, Demonspahn.

3/30/2002 Walt Freitag: GNS and "Congruency"
GNS and "Congruency" This idea was inspired by all the recent GNS discussion using examples of individual game decisions that are ambiguous in terms of revealing the GNS decision-making preferences…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Laurel, Ron Edwards, Valamir, lumpley, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Gordon C. Landis, Danny Cline.

3/12/2002 Walt Freitag: Looking deeper into Intuitive Continuity
Disclaimer: Presumptuous of me, I realize, to attempt a new thead with my very first post. Furthermore, I am new to this terminology and, while I believe I've absorbed the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Christopher Kubasik, Noble, contracycle, GB Steve, Valamir, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Steve Dustin, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, C. Edwards, Michael Bowman, Blake Hutchins.

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11/29/2002 Walt Freitag: What does role playing gaming accomplish?
"What does role playing gaming accomplish?" No, I'm not looking for an answer. I'm pointing out an aspect of role playing gaming that influences the public perception of the activity.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, simon_hibbs, cruciel, thoth, jrients, Mike Holmes, Ziriel, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, JMendes, Price Check, RobMuadib, M. J. Young, damion, MK Snyder, joe_llama, contracycle, quozl, Emily Care.

12/20/2002 Walt Freitag: Comedic Narrativism and the Arabian Nights LARP (long!)
I’m posting this description of the Arabian Nights LARP I’ve mentioned in some previous threads. For two reasons: I promised to do so many weeks ago on this pretty decent…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag.

2/17/2003 Walt Freitag: Walt's Annoying Word Usage Rants
After months of soul-searching(1), I've decided to post this at the risk of being seen as the Aunt Jo (an actual aunt of mine, who really does write letters to…
In Publishing
Participants: Walt Freitag, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Le Joueur, Bob McNamee, quozl, Scorpio, Paganini, xiombarg, ethan_greer.

4/4/2003 Walt Freitag: Lady Elaine Fairchilde: Hot Or Not?
[size=9px]OK, I was trying to come up with the least Forge-like topics I could think of. This was number -- well, actually, it was about number 158 on the list.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Anonymous, Julie, lumpley, wyrdlyng.

4/28/2003 Walt Freitag: A different perspective on the Demoralizing Day
The heart of Hyphz's problem on the Demoralizing Day thread was stated very eloquently in the last few paragraphs of the initial post: But the negative feeling I got afterwards…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, clehrich, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

5/19/2003 Walt Freitag: Index to Iron Game Chef - Simulationist
[quote="an Iron Game Chef competitor"]Chairman, allow me to honor you with this small gift.[/quote] [quote="The Chairman"]Thank you. Of course, you understand that this will have no effect on the judging.[/quote]…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Walt Freitag.

6/3/2003 Walt Freitag: Exploration of System (split)
Split from the Beeg Horseshoe Revisited thread: This topic appeared unresolved but it's tangled among other topics in the original thread. This is an attempted rescue. I agree that "fidelity…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, C. Edwards, clehrich, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards, Wormwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes, John Kim, cruciel, M. J. Young, Emily Care, lumpley.

10/18/2003 Walt Freitag: Origin of the phrase "Step On Up"
Is there some intrinsic meaning to the phrase "Step On Up" that the GNS usage with regard to Gamism builds on? I understand what the term is defined it to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Jeff Klein, Jack Spencer Jr.

11/18/2003 Walt Freitag: Questioning the "few key decisions" paradigm
On the What's the Bugaboo About Out of Character Context? thread, Paganini wrote: Before we can identify Mode of Play X as being prioritized, Mode of Play X first has…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young.

2/13/2004 Walt Freitag: Zilchplay [split from "Understanding: the "it"
I'm splitting my response to several posts about so-called "zilchplay" in the thread Understanding: the "it" of Simulationism to a new thread, since the topic is a bit of a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, cruciel, ScottM, Silmenume, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

3/15/2004 Walt Freitag: On the term "Interactive": A Rant
On this thread Doctor Xero wrote: But in the name of sanity, please make a comment which has nothing to do with the use of the term "interactive" in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, Valamir, John Kim, clehrich, Doctor Xero, Alan, Tomas HVM, M. J. Young, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Caldis.

4/4/2004 Walt Freitag: Spammed
Everyone, there are one or more new threads in each forum started by Optix. Each has a subject line designed -- albeit crudely -- to sound relevant to that forum.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2004 Walt Freitag: The Adventures of G, N, and (Prof.) S
As the pounding of the drums quickened in tempo, the lines of frenzied dancers parted like a curtain, revealing the sacrificial victim struggling in his bonds on the rough-hewn stone…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, DannyK, orbsmatt, Jasper.

4/6/2004 Walt Freitag: Morbid Topic
[b]Happy Birthday -- Uggh! -- Happy Birthday -- Uggh! Doom and gloom and deep despair People dying everywhere Happy Birthdday -- Ughh! -- Happy Birthday -- Uggh! When you reach…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer.

4/7/2004 Walt Freitag: Pointless Quiz Questions
Of all the products you can buy at a supermarket, which is the most frequently manufactured at home instead of purchased at the supermarket? (post your own, and/or answer) -…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Rich Forest, Dav, clehrich, Christopher Weeks, JamesSterrett, C. Edwards, jrs, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, coxcomb, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

4/20/2004 Walt Freitag: Index to Son of Iron Game Chef: Fantasy
[b]Index to Son of Iron Game Chef: Fantasy[/b] Please let me know about any omissions, errors, broken links, etc. [color=darkblue]1. SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED GAMES[/color] [b]The Battle of Frozen Waste[/b] Eero Tuovinen…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Walt Freitag, Dav, Zak Arntson, Eero Tuovinen.

5/16/2004 Walt Freitag: The Big Model: Unchallenged?
In Perceptions of Civility at the Forge, Chris Lerich wrote: D. I would like to see certain blocks of theory relentlessly challenged. If they're good, they should withstand it and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, clehrich, cruciel, M. J. Young, Cadriel, DannyK, Ian Charvill, Ron Edwards, Sean, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Storn, Henri, C. Edwards, contracycle, talysman, Hunter Logan.

10/19/2004 Walt Freitag: "Sim: Realizing the Ideal"? (split)
This is split from this thread in which Ron and Eric (Technocrat13) discuss "the thing Simulationism needs," the way Gamist needs Challenge and Narrativism needs Story Now. Where Eric chose…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Technocrat13.

10/26/2004 Walt Freitag: Literary Comedy, Answered Premise, and Narrativism
Brought to a thread from private messages initiated by Tim Alexander: Hiya Walt, I was looking through the archives and in the midst of following a few threads I ended…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Ben Lehman, contracycle, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander, Victor Gijsbers, GaryTP.

4/6/2005 Walt Freitag: Am I antisocial if I dislike sound-off threads?
What movie did I last see? What do I read? What book did I last read? What am I working on? Why does it rock? Which of my game moments…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Shreyas Sampat, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Andy Kitkowski, Frank T, nikola, Gordon C. Landis, Jason13, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God.

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