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8/9/2001 Theory of X: D*/"&yd^
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In RPG Theory
Participants: Theory of X, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Cameron.

8/9/2001 jdrakeh: free-form magic
I'm currently stuck on a problem with my free-form magic system. I want something that doesn't depend on spell lists or any other classification system for magic as it really…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Supplanter, Uncle Dark, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Torrent, Jeffrey Straszheim.

8/8/2001 Bailywolf: New to Sorcerer..
Howdy all. Glad to see some familiar names from rpg.net. Longstoryshort- I found the sorcerer Aprentice version on my local drive on sunday... and afterlooking at it wondered why the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Valamir.

8/8/2001 Uncle Dark: Short Games
Hi, all. I have to thank Jared for introducing me to a concept so brilliant it looks glaringly obvious, after the fact. I'm talking aobut short games. Complete, playable games…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Uncle Dark, unodiablo, Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, sdemory, FilthySuperman.

8/7/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Can the written rules make N G?
I had been thinking about this and am wondering how the GNS supporters will respond. It occured to me like this: Gamist is defined as playing the game to win,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2001 Ferry Bazelmans: Spiel Essen (Europe's largest Con) - Anyone wanna be there i
I think the subject says it all. For once I have the opportunity to do something back for people who have advertised SOAP to the huddled masses (specifically Ron -…
In Connections
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans.

8/7/2001 Epoch: Heh
From the top of the page: The newest Registered User is -Clinically Insane-. Aren't we all...
In Site Discussion
Participants: Epoch.

8/7/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Snootchie bootches.
Jay & Silent Bob: the RPG Dedicated to Sean and Dennis from SCS http://www.memento-mori.com/main/askew.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

8/7/2001 hardcoremoose: Human Wreckage: The Director's Cut
Hey guys, I'm currently attempting to revise Human Wreckage to address some of the problems Ron noted in his review of it. It's not finished yet...I am still working on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Esagila.

8/7/2001 Clinically Insane: Where do you live?
So you got yourself a new character and have a basic concept of your characters background. But where does your child live? In a house silly, where else. But wouldn't…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Clinically Insane, joshua neff, Valamir.

8/7/2001 Emily Care: Narrative Sharing
In the discussion of PC/NPC bonding Le Jouer mentioned the possibiity of the GM sharing narrative power with the players in order to involve them more in interaction with NPC's.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, Uncle Dark, lumpley, Meguey.

8/6/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Indie pick of GenCon
This doesn't have a good forum to go in, so: What was everyone's indie game pick of GenCon? Excluding Sorcerer, which is obvious, mine's FVLMINATA, a historical fantasy game set…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, unodiablo, John Wick, Supplanter, hardcoremoose, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, James Holloway.

8/6/2001 jburneko: More Questions For Narrativists
Hello Again, As I go around sharing the results of my research into Narrativism I find that I get two replies pretty universally and I was wondering what the Narrativists…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

8/6/2001 joshua neff: source material
Working in a children's library, I thought I'd post some books I think would make good inspiration for Little Fears. * The House with a Clock in its Walls, The…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: joshua neff, Paul Czege, Clinically Insane, Balazs, unterhund, trelliz, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Astromarine, Jason L Blair.

8/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer at GenCon
Hello, Back from GenCon ... and into the first actual vacation time I've had in a year. I want to thank (in no particular order): Mike Holmes, Sean Wipfli, Terry…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Uncle Dark, Mario, Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, JohnB, Clay.

8/6/2001 lumpley: An approach for mechanics and innovation
I'm new, but that doesn't stop me having crackpot theories. The point of every game mechanic is to create consensus among the players. Consensus is the underlying mechanism of roleplaying,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, Doc Midnight, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Tim C Koppang, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Logan.

8/5/2001 Supplanter: Good Omens in Campaign Prep
Our ftf Amber group has decided we'll play Nobilis as our "off game" - those Wednesdays when the Amber GM can't make it. We had our first prep session last…
In Actual Play
Participants: Supplanter, Epoch.

8/4/2001 Supplanter: Dying Earth and Covers
Seems to me the cover of the Dying Earth RPG not only provides no hint of what the game is like in play, it gives one entirely the wrong idea…
In Publishing
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, John Wick, Misguided Games.

8/4/2001 MARS: Horror/Scary Stories
Yesterday I stumbled on a story site. And it has over 1000 stories in it's Horror/Scarry section alone. Well it is a mix of stories/interactive stories/poems/images and even some surveys.…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: MARS.

8/4/2001 MARS: Miniatures
What is everyones thoughts on minatures? Either metal or card board stand-ups like pinnacle has done? I for one would like to see the Kings done in metal, myself, but…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: MARS, trelliz, Jason L Blair, jburneko, Clinically Insane, peteramthor, Laura Bishop, Ron Edwards, Devil's child, Silvertig.

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8/9/2001 greyorm: Electric Ghosts Available
Yeah! Electric Ghosts is available NOW! Right there with the other mini-supplements on the Sorcerer website! Go get it! Whoo!
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/9/2001 Cameron: Run-in with a Gamist Player
Clinton and I had a run-in with gamism last night that I thought I'd mention. We were getting together with a bunch of players that we had never gamed with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Cameron, Ron Edwards, Doc Midnight, jburneko, contracycle, FilthySuperman, TrizzlWizzl, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Valamir, James Holloway.

8/9/2001 Galfraxas: An Idea For A Game
Okay, I came up with an idea for a game, which I've decided to post here... This is only a bare bones idea, as I have yet to actually think…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Galfraxas, hardcoremoose, Theory of X, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/9/2001 Jeffrey Straszheim: What is Fortune in the Middle
Hey folks, I've been reading the archives on this site and I've noticed many references to "Fortune in the Middle". This seems to refer to the types of resolution mechnaics…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards, jburneko, joshua neff, Uncle Dark, Supplanter.

8/9/2001 Mytholder: I wuss out complete and do what I swore I'd never do
http://www.mytholder.f2s.com/gaming/blackadder.html An rpg. Ish. By me. Go tear apart, my pretties.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mytholder, Zak Arntson, joshua neff.

8/9/2001 greyorm: Forum Background
Why is the background sometimes white and sometimes black? I thought it was "logged in" vs. "not logged in", but then it turned around on me...what the heck? Personally, I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/10/2001 Theory of X: E=p/c@ert%4

In RPG Theory
Participants: Theory of X, jburneko, James V. West, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2001 Theory of X: Clinton
Didn't know hwere to put this comment, but I just read a few articles from your website and they were good reading. Just wanted to say thanks for the good…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Theory of X, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/10/2001 hardcoremoose: This is going to end badly...
Okay, I'm probably asking for trouble with this one... This afternoon I read a message from Mr. John Wick decribing a game called Blood Lust. I vaguely remembered having heard…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hardcoremoose, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2001 Laura Bishop: Lexicon: words words words
So, I've seen the terms 'Simulationist' and 'Narrativism' used several times here at the Forge, with a basic understanding of these terms by those who used them. I've also seen…
In Actual Play
Participants: Laura Bishop, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark.

8/10/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: This woke me up and kept me from going back to sleep
"The Sorcerer's Song" aka "Scream for me, Los Angeles!" Sorcerers are musicians. Demons are either passers (groupies, roadies, boy/girlfriends) or objects (instruments or affectations). Humanity is popularity. Humanity 0 =…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, gentrification, Mike Holmes.

8/10/2001 jburneko: Gamer Psychology
WARNING: This thread is likely going to generate a LOT of flack. This is definitely not for the faint of heart. In a thread below Ron pointed out something to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Logan, Uncle Dark, JohnMorrow.

8/10/2001 lumpley: Help! Can't Login!
I'm having trouble logging in. In fact, I'm just hoping this message somehow goes through. What happens: I hit login, I enter my name and password, I hit submit, it…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/10/2001 James V. West: This might be fun.
Seems like we're having all kinds of new games ideas today...here's one more. PLOT ELEMENTS- a game of competitive storytelling. In this game, the group tells a story. This is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, unodiablo, Ferry Bazelmans, Jamie Thomas Durbin.

8/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: What up with the web site?
Dude - your web site's down. And I want to write my review of Inspectres. Go!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/10/2001 Nathan: Issue Seven
A new issue after a week or so off -- has everyone recuperated from Gencon yet? http://www.mysticages.com/ What was the best find at Gencon? Little Fears? Deadlands D20? What?…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

8/10/2001 Nathan: 52 Gamer Pledge
It is time to STOP fooling around. Is this hobby going to kick some ass in the future, or are we going to keep moaning about our bespeckled fates? Are…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan, Ian O'Rourke, Matt.

8/10/2001 Le Joueur: Get Emotional!
This is what I understand. Context I think role-playing gaming is thinking within the context of the narrative; nothing more is necessary. Anything that fails to have that does not…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2001 Le Joueur: Dynamic Status Quo
Not sure where to address something FAQ related, but stemming from what I do, so I’ll put this here in Actual Play (and I’ll move it if needs be). Dynamic…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, james_west, Emily Care, Uncle Dark, contracycle, Paul Czege, Valamir, Don Lag.

8/11/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Scare-A-Thon
Make a donation, get a PDF of Squeam 3. I changed my website a little too. The old was one getting b-o-r-i-n-g. http://www.memento-mori.com/main
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, FilthySuperman, GraveyardGreg.

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