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11/27/2002 Brian Leybourne: Die Mechanics
I've been mulling around some ideas in my head about die systems recently. (Not that I have an actual game in mind to use them for at the moment, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, szilard, Henry Fitch.

11/27/2002 GreatWolf: James Wallis on the state of the industry
First, read this interview with James Wallis. Now, this is not supposed to be a "bang the drum slowly" thread (but see footnotes 1 and 2). However, I wanted to…
In Publishing
Participants: GreatWolf, b_bankhead, Le Joueur, C. Edwards, gentrification, greyorm, John Wick, JSDiamond, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Reimer Behrends.

11/27/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Going cheap
I was in the bath today when an idea occured to me. OK, no I wasn't but the idea came nevertheless. It has something to do with going for the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2002 zaal: Alternative Combat Rounds
Hi all, I posted this on RPG.net and was told to check out this forum. So here I am :) . Bear with me as I learn some of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: zaal, Andrew Martin, Gwen, Brian Leybourne, Wormwood, b_bankhead, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, cruciel, Blake Hutchins, thoth, szilard, M. J. Young, Valamir, damion, Walt Freitag.

11/26/2002 Brian Leybourne: Hi
Hi all, just wanted to say gidday. I managed to find a copy of Sorcerer in a Sydney Game store over the weekend, and it was so good I didn't…
In Adept Press
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Tim Denee.

11/26/2002 Valamir: Mike's Big Adventure, dice mechanics, and escaping (Donjon)
Some playtest...here was Mike's Big Adventure. 1) investigate mysterious tower. 2) Go to tower 3) get attacked by demon thing 4) everybody dies ;-) I think my Leprechan actually survived…
In CRN Games
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, RamblingMan, jdagna.

11/26/2002 Rattlehead: The Riddle Of Time Management?
Hi all, I'm afraid I have some bad news. As some of you know, I was working on a character generator for TRoS. I was going to call it the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rattlehead, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Bob Richter.

11/26/2002 Demonspahn: "Dread"ing cut-scenes
Hi everyone. Recently Mike Holmes brought up the interesting use of cut scenes here to help with a game mechanic problem I've been having. Maybe because I have been…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Demonspahn, Andrew Martin, contracycle.

11/26/2002 rikiwarren: GM originated encounters
Ok, here's the next question. How do you handle encounters that originate from the GMs side of the table? For example, say my band of adventurers are camping for the…
In CRN Games
Participants: rikiwarren, jdagna.

11/26/2002 prophet118: Vagaries...
they tend to be a bit...vague on some things... i hope im not rehashing old info, but i searcged and didnt find a definate answer... so maybe im just over…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Brian Leybourne.

11/26/2002 Brian Leybourne: Sydney Gaming Stores
Jeez man, I never thought I would envy an Australian for anything, but Sydney gaming stores are damn cool (particularly Games Paradise and Tin Soldier, for those of you who…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, allahlav, Mokkurkalfe.

11/26/2002 RamblingMan: Donjon Martial Artist
This is my attempt to warp Donjon to my own designs and make a DBZ-ish martial artist (e.g, able to shoot energy from his hands), albiet a relatively low-powered one…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2002 Clay: New Article at Lazarus Notes
This one may be a bit off topic, but I know that there are at least a few web application developers out there, and that you're using them for your…
In Connections
Participants: Clay.

11/26/2002 Wormwood: Drift: Spending XP during play
Resources are fun, and advancement resources tend to be put to many different uses. In Drift however, advancement resources seem to need a little modification. While the idea of spending…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wormwood, Ron Edwards.

11/26/2002 jburneko: Backstory Revisited
This thread is part of my on going quest to become comfortable in distinguishing between "meaningful choice" and "railroading", "bang" and "random encounter" from a Narrativist and particularly Sorcerer perspective.…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Clay, Ron Edwards.

11/26/2002 Wormwood: Clandestine: Sore wa himitsu desu
I'm trying to work out a mechanic to generate secrets, or at least guide their generations. By secrets, I mean in particular specific actions that produce specific effects, based on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wormwood, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2002 Christoffer Lernö: IntCon vs GM Oomph?!
I'll cut to the chase: I recently heard the opinion that IntCon meant zero GM Oomph. I was further told that in addition to the types I already thought of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2002 Gwen: Long Goodbye
This is another idea for a game I've had. I just recently came up with the idea, so there's much fleshing out necessary, but I figured I would explain my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gwen, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, thoth, Price Check, Ziriel, Psycho42, damion, Jonathan Walton.

11/26/2002 rikiwarren: Making Critters
I'm prepairing for my first Donjon game (on Wed.) and I have some questions about making critters. First, can critters go beyond the 6 pt limit for stats? Second, how…
In CRN Games
Participants: rikiwarren, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2002 Jake Norwood: Thanksgiving Break and a Poll
I'm probably going to be absent for the next 4 days, unless I get onto a computer while at Ron's house over thanksgiving. Play nice, play hard, and post lots.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Durgil, Jason, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

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11/27/2002 bluegargantua: Sorcerer One-Shot
Hi, As mentioned a few threads back, I ran a one-shot demo game of Sorcerer for Pandemonium Books and Games in Cambridge MA as part of their Iron Gamer Series.…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2002 simon_hibbs: Doomed heroes and Inescapable fate
I watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for about the 10th time again last night (first time in 6 months though!), and was talking about the ending, and how it could…
In RPG Theory
Participants: simon_hibbs, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, jrients, wyrdlyng, hardcoremoose, Christopher Kubasik, C. Edwards, Demonspahn.

11/27/2002 Michael S. Miller: Games that enforce story structure?
When working on a game, I like to see what's been done before in the same vein. Can anyone point me to games that support a certain structure for the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, RobMuadib, James Holloway, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/27/2002 Matt Snyder: Who's playing Dust Devils?
You know, I get lots of feedback about Dust Devils being a good idea, or doing something different. That's very encouraging. I hear little to NO feedback on ACTUALY PLAY…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Clay, edomaur, Adam, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes.

11/27/2002 Mageant: Persistent RPG World
Hi Everyone, I would value your opinions on the following idea: I am complemplating creating a copy of the Mysticora game world (www.mysticora.com) database for a persistent pen & paper…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mageant, Mike Holmes, RobMuadib, Emily Care, contracycle, damion, Balbinus.

11/27/2002 Emily Care: Rise Up: narrative allocation mechanics
Hello, I'm working on a game that takes place in a slave holding society on the brink of revolution. The mechanics will guide the players to create a framework of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, bluegargantua, Jonathan Walton.

11/27/2002 Le Joueur: So...What is Railroading? (Using Illusionism Terminology)
Simple (highly emotionally charged, hot button issue, loaded) question:Given Illusionism terminology, what is Railroading?For the sake of argument, we'll assume that the Railroading in question is about 'story conscious' gaming.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Le Joueur, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Marco, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Christoffer Lernö, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr.

11/27/2002 Ian Cooper: Hero Wars Actual Play Wintertop Fair
For me, one of the great things about attending conventions is the chance to play with new people and learn from their techniques. At Convulsions this year I had the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian Cooper, Mike Holmes, epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2002 Emily Care: pop the cork
1000 registered users on the forge.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Emily Care, xiombarg.

11/27/2002 scobie: Casefile ZODIAC - Soundtracks (Long)
Hi all Given some of the discussion on the forum, I'm thinking of chucking out the 'xp' model of character development based on learning new skills, instead going for thematic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: scobie, JSDiamond.

11/27/2002 Steve Dustin: CREATURE FEATURE: Powers of play in a shared-GM game
Creature Feature is a shared-GM monster movie RPG I talked about in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4138 Some conversations got me thinking about "defining" the metagame capabilities of players in terms of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Steve Dustin, RobMuadib, Mike Holmes.

11/27/2002 Uncle Dark: Quick summoning question
Is it possible to summon a bound demon? In one game I ran, the players decided to summon a bound demon (who had outlived his master) and re-bind him. I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Uncle Dark, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Valamir.

11/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Review needed
I need reviews of HeartQuest and Musical Mistresses right away up in RPGNet and other forums. Since I trust my fellow publishers both to be honest and to be fair,…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

11/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: I need reviews NOW.
I need to get my new and current e-books into the hands of reviewers who will post fair reviews to RPGNet and other forums that puvblish game reviews. What is…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, geekspeakweekly, Andy Kitkowski.

11/29/2002 Drew South: Query - Rulebook
Hello all :-) I've only recently managed to get a copy of the rulebook down here in NZ, and was wondering (having seen an earlier post) whether there was any…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Drew South, Spartan, MrGeneHa, Jake Norwood.

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.

11/29/2002 Mike Holmes: Player Power Abuse
[quote="Christopher Kubasik"] If anyone has any actual "All my fears of trusting my Players/GM with too much power played out exactly as I expected" stories, I'd love to get them…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, damion, MK Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

11/29/2002 lumpley: Pervy Sim, Points of Contact, Accessibility: an example game
Hey. I used to play in this game with Sarah Kahn and them, and holy cow were they pervs. The philosophy: 1. No game mechanics can be as good a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

11/30/2002 Sidhain: Playtesters Needed!
Trying Again: I need playtesters for Hearts and Souls, a game of dramatic superheroism. Contact Me if interested!
In Connections
Participants: Sidhain, Aethelwulffe.

11/30/2002 MK Snyder: Misanthropy and game design
I have to say, I am struck at the many statements made in this forum by designers that indicate that they just don't like people. That people, in general, are…
In Publishing
Participants: MK Snyder, James V. West, Clinton R. Nixon, talysman, Ron Edwards, Sidhain, Clay, Mike Holmes, JSDiamond, Maurice Forrester, Irmo, contracycle.

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