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12/3/2002 Spooky Fanboy: Yet more queries about mystic sh*t
Hi. Just got The Riddle of Steel. Loved it. Need to wrap my brain around the tactics in battle, but ate up the sorcery system. Nummy! Have some questions: 1)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Ron Edwards, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, Valamir.

12/3/2002 Matt Wilson: Peregrine: Can I sell you this game?
Here's a game I've been working on for a bit now. The setting and rules are fairly well along, but I want to be able to "sell it" without you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, James V. West.

12/2/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Project Progress Report
Okay, we've got a handful of project currently, and I thought I'd let all you guys know where we're at with each of them. 1) Of Beasts and Men -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Spooky Fanboy, Irmo, Mokkurkalfe, Rattlehead, Stephen, prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Amy1419, Durgil, Aaron, allahlav, Blake Hutchins, Sneaky Git, Shadeling, Ben, Wolfen, Darth Tang, Nick Pagnucco, Noon, Valamir, Anthony I, Ashren Va'Hale, kakitaryou, kenjib.

12/2/2002 Ron Edwards: The Forge as a community (Thread #5 of 5)
Hello, This is thread #5 of the Infamous Five, a related set of threads that I've been instigating over the last few weeks. Each one has spawned a bevy of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Ziriel, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Le Joueur, Rich Forest, Bankuei, Maurice Forrester, Steve Dustin, GreatWolf, Valamir, jrients, Blake Hutchins, Clay, Jonathan Walton, wraeththu, MK Snyder, A.Neill, Clinton R. Nixon, Irmo, Emily Care, Kester Pelagius.

12/2/2002 Cassidy: Seed of an idea
For a long time I've been looking for a simple RPG system which focuses on role-play rather than rules play. I'm a big fan of the Window and the style…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cassidy, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Paganini, zaal.

12/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Public admonition
Twice in the last month, Ron's closed threads when people proved themselves not capable of handling the topic. Both times, I've gone to bat and said, "Hey - person A…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Real honest to gosh books
I'm going to try my hand at DIY bookbinding, folks. If all goes well, InSpectres will be the first MMT game to see print (it'll be the easiest one to…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, xiombarg, quozl, ethan_greer, Chris Passeno, DaR.

12/2/2002 Jamie: Looking for Web Design / Design for Print?
If you're looking for professional multimedia design for web, print or whatever, check us out. www.primexposure.com (Flash needed) We specialise in CMS (Content Management System) tools, so keeping your website…
In Connections
Participants: Jamie.

12/2/2002 Gwen: Long Goodbye (with cards)
I think the idea of using cards is an excellent idea and would help greatly with the organization and execution of the game. Traditionally, I am opposed to card/dice games…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gwen, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

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.

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.

12/2/2002 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 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.

12/1/2002 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.

12/1/2002 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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12/3/2002 Sidhain: Seed of Virtue: A H&S Campaign Start
I was pleasantly surprised when some friends of mine showed up today and said "we want to game!" being that I was not working, and hadn't planned anything at all…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sidhain, Uncle Dark, Andrew Martin.

12/3/2002 Roy: Advancement Question
Is character advancement (gaining more Character Points) built into CAH or are the characters relatively static once they've been created? I'm seriously considering purchasing CAH, but I'd like to know…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Roy, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Wulf.

12/3/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Can we intelligently discuss d20?
I don't know about you all, but I am sick of going to other RPG sites and seeing the tons of threads on d20 on the forums that are the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, contracycle, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, thoth, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, greyorm, xiombarg, Blake Hutchins, Eric J., Jeremy Cole, Evan Waters.

12/3/2002 lumpley: Party at My Place
It's our annual winter solstice party, coming up here the 21st, from sunset on Saturday to sunrise on Sunday. If you're in or can get to Western Mass that weekend,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley.

12/3/2002 jburneko: LARPing For Fun & Profit
Hello All, I'm putting this in actual play because to some extent it's about someone else's actual play. But it might belong in either Theory or even Publishing. Please move…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, xiombarg.

12/3/2002 bastion-b: Bedtime Stories: Headlines, what's up?
First of all i want to thank Mr Blair for an awesome game. I've owned LF since this summer and although I haven't had a chance to play it yet,…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: bastion-b, Jason L Blair, Antekvist.

12/3/2002 xiombarg: D&D Fantasy -- Monte Cook version
It's notable that even people who've embraced D20 recognize D&D fantasy as its own distinct form of fantasy. Check this out: http://www.montecook.com/lineos.html Jump down to the "C'mon! Give me something!"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, bluegargantua, Jack Spencer Jr.

12/3/2002 ethan_greer: Should I buy Sorcerer & Sword?
So here's the thing: I've glanced through a friend's copy of Sorcerer, and I have no interest whatsoever in playing it or running it. (Sorry Ron...) But, I've also glanced…
In Adept Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Valamir, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, catenwolde, jburneko.

12/3/2002 Ron Edwards: Gender rules revealed [Sex & Sorcery]
Hi there, I finally got a spare moment to jot this down for public discussion. Basically, it's full disclosure time for the Horrible, Awful, Sexist Pig Discrimination rules as promised…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, jrs, Le Joueur, Bankuei, MK Snyder, lumpley, Clay, Mike Holmes, Fabrice G., Christopher Kubasik, Seth L. Blumberg, Uncle Dark, xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

12/4/2002 Spooky Fanboy: Setting and purpose
Okay, so I know how the mechanics work. I know it's a sci-fi game. What I don't know is some more meat of the setting and what makes it stick…
In Orbit
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, JSDiamond, James V. West.

12/4/2002 JSDiamond: Orbit cover art
The book cover art is finished. There will eventually be a starry background and shiny chrome text, but I'll do those in Adobe paint and illustrator. I set a black…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, Valamir, Paul Czege, James V. West.

12/4/2002 RamblingMan: Flight
So, should flight be an ability? And when should it be tested? Should flying chars be forced to roll every time they want to fly? Esp. with the level +…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/4/2002 Valamir: d20 as a Universal System
Ok, I'll kick start the d20 discussions. I'll leave some of the meatier topics for others, but this is one of interest to me. We've seen d20 get used with…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, wyrdlyng, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Matt, Jonathan Walton, Matt Wilson, cruciel, Cassidy, Blake Hutchins, damion, Bankuei, Steve Dustin, quozl, xiombarg, M. J. Young, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes, thoth, Alcar, Ace, Mark Johnson, talysman, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2002 Jonathan Walton: Religion in Roleplaying
[size=15px][b]The Problem of Religion[/b][/size] So, I was re-reading the current thread on [a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4419"]"Christian gaming,"[/a] when I slowly realized that there are very few, if any, roleplaying games that really…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, wyrdlyng, Le Joueur, thoth, C. Edwards, Uncle Dark, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon, cruciel, lumpley, Clay, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Emily Care, Andrew Martin.

12/4/2002 Enoch: Tribe 8 to The Riddle of Steel
Well I just finished converting Silhoutte (will never be able to spell it right) to The Riddle of Steel rules. It wasn't all that difficult. If anyone is interested check…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Enoch, Shadeling, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

12/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The five percent
This is my companion thread to Ron's latest of the Big Five threads, The Forge as a community. It's inspired by recent events here at the Forge, Ron's thought that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, C. Edwards, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, jrients, Irmo, xiombarg.

12/4/2002 MrGeneHa: Hand damage and dropping stuff
I'm afraid that I'm once more missing a chart or paragraph, but: When the damage tables for a hand wound indicate you might drop anything held, how do you figure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MrGeneHa, Lyrax.

12/4/2002 spunky: Sorcerous Limitations...
I've been playing with the idea of using Limitations on Sorcery to help give magic using characters a personal approach to their craft (similar to the "Affinities" used in Ars…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: spunky, Jake Norwood, prophet118, Bankuei, ShaneNINE, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Vanguard, Lucien Black, Wolfen, Silanthous.

12/4/2002 Ben Lehman: The Doomed Hero
(don't have my book right now, as it's on loan, so if this is covered in the book I apologize) So something that came up in making a character with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne, MrGeneHa.

12/4/2002 Mike Holmes: Environment
[quote="Nuredin"]We could go on to explore the ergonomics of a good gaming environment... [/quote] Cool topic. I've often heard discussions of mood stuff, lighting, music, etc, but I've not really…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ziriel, bluegargantua, cruciel, Maurice Forrester, Valamir, Emily Care, Walt Freitag, Enoch, Matt Wilson, Steve Dustin, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Stuart DJ Purdie, Paul Czege, DaR, A.Neill, contracycle, Michael S. Miller, J B Bell, rabidchyld.

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