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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.

11/29/2002 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.

11/29/2002 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 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 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.

11/28/2002 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.

11/28/2002 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.

11/27/2002 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.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RamblingMan: Shapeshifting - Any Thoughts?
One of the guys in my group wants to make a shapeshifter. Any thoughts on how to mimic this? Would it be better to make it mundane ability-based, or perhaps…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, Clinton R. Nixon.

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11/30/2002 cruciel: Christian Gamers and Self Esteem
All this question of gamer pride when revealing your hobby to non-gamers has brought up a lot of "it's all the fundies falt" comments, and I'm curious about something. So,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Victor Gijsbers, thoth, Ted E. Childers, Bankuei, Uncle Dark, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Jonathan Walton, Clay, Kester Pelagius, contracycle, Paganini, Evan Waters, Irmo.

11/30/2002 James V. West: Black Wing: idea in the rough (long)
[i][b]Black Wing[/i][/b] is the rpg companion to my series of comic stories set in the land of Hof. These stories begin with issue #1 of [url=http://www.randomordercreations.com/rocg.html]Random Order Comics and Games[/url]…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2002 Valamir: Thanksgiving 2002 Actual Play – The Pregnant Pope.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to play a game of Universalis with Ron Edwards of Adept Press, Jake Norwood of Driftwood Publishing and Jake’s wife Earta. Unfortunately…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

12/1/2002 Wulf: That first step
Maybe this should be in the 'Actual Play' forum, but I thought I'd post here since there isn't really a lot of 'play' in it. It's just my observations and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Wulf, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

12/1/2002 zaal: Fortune in the Middle
I started a thread over on the game design forum (Alternative Combat Round), not realizing this forum was probably more appropriate for what I wanted to talk about :P .…
In RPG Theory
Participants: zaal, cruciel, Mike Holmes.

12/1/2002 zaal: Getting the Players Involved
I've made a pretty good dent into Scattershot, which seems to go out of it's way to tell the reader that player contributions during the game are at least as…
In RPG Theory
Participants: zaal, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Ted E. Childers, talysman.

12/1/2002 Ben Lehman: The Magic of Sacrifice
Hey all-- New to the fora and the game. Bought it a couple of weeks ago, am generally impressed, and am in the process of changing bits and pieces so…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, Wolfen.

12/1/2002 Rattlehead: Off Topic Announcement
Hi all! I know this is way off topic, but I wanted to announce the birth of my daughter, Allena Jolann. She was born on Friday, November 29 at 1:46…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rattlehead, Mike Holmes, spunky, Brian Leybourne, Ace, Vanguard.

12/1/2002 C. Edwards: Motion rights?
This may seem like a silly question, all I can ask is that you indulge me. In the CCG Magic: The Gathering, one of the main aspects of game play…
In Publishing
Participants: C. Edwards, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2002 Ben Lehman: Resources and Resolutions
Hey-- New here, so if this has been brought up before, please let me know and I will apologize profusely. Imbedded in Ron's GNS article is the old "Drama /…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Walt Freitag.

11/30/2002 woodelf: Re: Mainstream: a revision
[quote="Ron Edwards"]Sorcerer sells like a banshee in stores which tend toward a Page 45 model;[/quote] It kills all of the customers? ;-)
In Publishing
Participants: woodelf, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, wyrdlyng, Clay.

12/1/2002 Victor Gijsbers: Some thoughts on the Karma/Fortune distinction
This might be nothing new, but I hope you'll forgive me for not checking every thread ever written here in order to find out. :) I just realised that Karma,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Victor Gijsbers, Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2002 Ted E. Childers: Not-For-Profit Gaming Company?
Being a Johnny come lately, I've only recently stumbled on an interview with John Tynes about the gaming industry. In his interview over at Ogrecave.com (http://www.ogrecave.com/interviews/johntynes.shtml) he was asked what…
In Publishing
Participants: Ted E. Childers, b_bankhead, Ron Edwards, John Wick, Matt Snyder, contracycle, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, jrs, Walt Freitag, Clay, szilard, MK Snyder, xiombarg.

12/1/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Shared Control of Characters?
In a game I'm working on, players are dissociated from the characters. The players are to represent temptations that pull the characters away from their goals, and ultimately hinder them…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2002 MK Snyder: Re: What does role playing gaming accomplish?
[quote="M. J. Young"] It seems to me that in the 80's, the overwhelming majority of role players were guys. I know that every girl who played at my table was…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MK Snyder, thoth, Clinton R. Nixon, Uncle Dark, talysman, cruciel, Ziriel, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, contracycle, ethan_greer, A.Neill, jrs, lumpley, Matt Wilson, Clay, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, damion, C. Edwards, Bankuei, Enoch, Walt Freitag, Valamir, quozl, Le Joueur, Irmo, Evan Waters, Emily Care.

12/1/2002 GMSkarka: Web Master Needed
Adamant Entertainment is preparing a relaunch, and as such, we're in need of someone to design and maintain our website at adamant.rpg.net. The site will feature product news, regular updates,…
In Connections
Participants: GMSkarka.

12/2/2002 quozl: Is the mainstream changing?
I just read an article in Time Magazine dated December 2, 2002 about "why we crave fantasies now". (It has the characters of The Two Towers movie on the cover.)…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Andrew Martin, MK Snyder, Jack Spencer Jr, James V. West, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, Emily Care.

12/2/2002 MK Snyder: D&D on Gameboy Advance = Accessibility?
[url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2868403,00.html] This [/url]could be a great marketing opportunity for the print D&D line. Kids who play the computer/console games also pore over the lore of cheats and hints every bit…
In Publishing
Participants: MK Snyder, C. Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Fabrice G..

12/2/2002 RamblingMan: Less Dice?
Any ideas for reducing the number of dice? Rolling tons of dice is fun, but I'm not sure I'll always be able to get together more than 10 of any…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, quozl, Zak Arntson, rafial, Hogscape.

12/1/2002 woodelf: Supplement-heavy publishing strategy
[quote="Jon H"]This is fantastic to hear. How I personally think this relates to RPGs: Products that require a vast collection of supplements. The idea that supplements prove a game is…
In Publishing
Participants: woodelf, James V. West, Ron Edwards.

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