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12/10/2002 Alan: Universalis - Red Hunger
Hi all, Last week, playing Univeralis, Clinton entered a game rule that said "Alan has to write this game up for Actual Play on the Forge." As far as I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alan, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards, rafial, Rys, contracycle, Valamir.

12/10/2002 Alan: Community Building in Seattle
I'm not sure exactly which forum to post this on - Actual Play seems as appropriate as any. Here in Seattle we have a very active email group for local…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Miller, Rys.

12/10/2002 M. J. Young: Use of Gender Pronouns
[quote="Emily Care"]"Do" use both pronouns in examples of play when refering to players, gms and all game participants. (This one makes a difference for me when I read a game,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton, lumpley, ethan_greer, Paganini, damion, Clay, bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, cruciel.

12/9/2002 jburneko: Obvious Choices
Okay, this discussion is broken off from Backstory Revisited Ron pointed out that my hash-out thread seemed to really be about three seperate things at once. So, I'll…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Thor Olavsrud, greyorm, talysman, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, epweissengruber.

12/9/2002 Spooky Fanboy: So when's this thing out again?
What time do you expect it to be finished and ready to print? Also, I heard about dragons, but what's up with the unicorn? Where does the unicorn fit in?
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, GreatWolf.

12/9/2002 thoth: Playing the opposite gender?
Off-shoot from the Sexism and Gaming thread. Is playing a character of the opposite gender a really bad idea? I can see it being bad because participants might end up…
In RPG Theory
Participants: thoth, Jack Spencer Jr, cruciel, Clinton R. Nixon, Eric J., Irmo, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, M. J. Young, Emily Care, Tim C Koppang, bluegargantua, Ian Charvill, Ziriel, Alan, John Wick, Maurice Forrester, Seth L. Blumberg, Blake Hutchins, Gordon C. Landis.

12/9/2002 Matt Snyder: 12 Days of Christmas
As you may have read on the Key 20 board, Key 20 will be offering up the 12 Games of Christmas starting December 13 through Christmas eve. Each day, free…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair.

12/9/2002 Wolfen: An idea for the forum
I just had a thought that might reduce the amount of redundant discussions, and threads shot down when someone points out that it's been discussed before. Jake, you could have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

12/9/2002 Jonathan Walton: CCGs and Deck-Based Characters
This thread is influenced both by Matt Snyder's "Nine Worlds" concept (yes, Matt, someone was paying attention) and the ideas currently be discussed on the thread on "Pre-Game Fortune." Consider…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Cassidy, bluegargantua, Eric J., Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, Reimer Behrends, contracycle, Seth L. Blumberg.

12/9/2002 johnmarron: Theatrix actual play advice?
I recently read Paul Czege's threads about the Theatrix Supers game he played in, which inspired me to pick up a copy of Theatrix again. I originally bought the game…
In Actual Play
Participants: johnmarron, Fabrice G., Alan.

12/9/2002 MrGeneHa: Spike, arrow, and rapier damage
Hey all, this is just my take on weapon damage. Disclaimer: I don't modern fence, historical sword fight, SCA, and haven't made any special study of wounds and penetration. Anyhoo,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MrGeneHa, prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Bob McNamee, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, toli.

12/9/2002 Jonathan Walton: Pre-Game Fortune = Fortuneless Gaming?
I think I just stumbled across something really cool. I was working on a set of diceless rules for Continuum, while still trying to reflect the original mechanics and allowing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, xiombarg, Le Joueur, damion, Mike Holmes, talysman, Paul Czege, Wormwood.

12/9/2002 Jason L Blair: New Games?
Clinton, Hey, man. As you probably know, I'm a big fan of what Anvilwerks has put out so far but I'm curious as to whether you have any other products…
In CRN Games
Participants: Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy.

12/9/2002 Spooky Fanboy: Got all the downloads!
Okay. read the quickstat rules and the columns. Wow! Looks good! Just a couple of questions: 1) Nothing at char gen to prevent everyone from starting as a Blessed? How…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, GreatWolf.

12/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Moderator-o-vation
Ron and I are considering the idea of having an extra moderator for Indie Game Design, RPG Theory, and perhaps GNS Discussion. Who these people will be is not up…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

12/9/2002 Mask-of-Winters: Armor of Air
Hiya gang-- Just wondering if this is going to be an errata issue or not. The Duration component of the Armor of Air spell is listed as 1, which I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mask-of-Winters, spunky.

12/9/2002 Lucien Black: thoughts for optional attribute designation...
I was thinking about the idea of character appearance and how attributes factor into that, and was wondering if anyone had any ideas for generating stats based on appearance, as…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lucien Black, prophet118, Wolfen.

12/8/2002 Ace: Preparing for play, I don't know what (Long)
I wanted to call this post "A funny thing happened on the way to the game store" bt I ran out of room and anyway it happned at the store…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes, LordFly, Ron Edwards.

12/8/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain: Wuxia Pathos and Astrology
[i]The water barely shimmered as Li Mu Bai ran across its surface. Jen followed, marring the lake with expanding rings.[/i] Wuxia is not about the kung fu. It's about the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Tim Denee, Jonathan Walton, Emily Care, Thor Olavsrud.

12/8/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: preparation: character vs setting
From another thread: Another possibility to consider is that some games are constructed such that the characters are very rich and intense pre-play. Sorcerer is a good example; a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Clay, M. J. Young, bluegargantua, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

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12/10/2002 Delta1: Just recieved Sorceror
Ron, Excellent, professional and thought provoking game. Still digesting the ideas/concepts. FYI - I was able to obtain my copy through Military Simulations in Melbourne, Australia.
In Adept Press
Participants: Delta1, Ron Edwards.

12/10/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Double-barrel update shotgun: octaNe, Mad Max 4
From my journal: octaNe Styles are not necessarily keyed to character ability. I mean, I already KNEW this (it's mentioned in the rules) but I never looked at it from…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

12/10/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain: The Relationship Sky
[url=http://www.geocities.com/torchbearer_rpg/rain.html]Refreshing Rain[/url] uses a board as a representation of the relationships of various characters in-game. Very simply, a single piece in the board represents one entity. That entity is antagonistic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Kuma.

12/10/2002 Derek Devlin: Pulling Crazy Stunts in CAH
Hi. I’m new to the forum and CAH but when I saw the game’s subject matter and names like Jared Sorensen and John Wick appearing in the forums, I knew…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

12/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Riptide and odd questions
I'm designing the 'curriculum' system for my new game, Riptide, right now. To answer these questions, all you need to know is that it's set in high school. Ok. Question…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Wormwood, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, damion, Walt Freitag, cruciel, kamikaze, Ziriel, Shreyas Sampat, Jack Spencer Jr, Mark Johnson, contracycle.

12/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon 2003 - I got my packet
I got my packet for GenCon 2003 today. The floor space is fucking huge. Anyway, I'm not sure what sort of booth the Forge/Adept Press/Key 20 wants, but I'm guessing…
In GenCon Planning and Organization
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2002 jburneko: Borderline Demon Types - Evil Pinnochio
There are two kinds of monsters in horror litterature that I hold a deep facination for, Zombies and Killer Puppets. Just the other day I was thinking about what a…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The purpose of forums
Ron and I discussed the 'sub-moderator' position some more this morning, and we decided we needed a clear vision of what each forum is actually there for. I'm going to…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

12/11/2002 Steve Dustin: First Sorceror Game
Finally getting around to it. After giving some friends a choice on different games, I'm running a one-shot Sorceror game on Friday (note: if this should go in the Adept…
In Actual Play
Participants: Steve Dustin, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, jrients.

12/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Elfs actual play - and notes to use in your own game
A couple of weeks ago, I ran Elfs for my group. This isn't an actual play post, in that I'm not going to share what we learned - there's been…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2002 Alan: Conflicts with multiple participants
Hi, I'm reading over DD for the second time, preparing to run a demo game. I'm not quite clear on a few things. Here are the rules as I understand…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Alan, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2002 Derek Devlin: A rumor for Transformers fans
This rumor comes from EGM magazine, and is quoted from 411mania.com. "Transformers! Robots in disguise! EGM’s Quaterman has word that Takara is working on a Transformers game! I’m not talking…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin, Eddy Fate.

12/11/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Cover
We have two possible covers for the hardcopy CAH book and they are both fantastic! So fantastic, in fact, that we're having troubles choosing which one we're going to use.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair.

12/11/2002 Jabberwocky: Clarification of combat with multiple opponants...
As is, the rules just say 'split the CP between the opponents'. How exactly does this work... does it mean that if you are the aggressor you may take two…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jabberwocky, prophet118, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Warboss Grock.

12/11/2002 prophet118: Challenging Players Notions
lately i have found myself wondering exactly how and what i should do to challenge the players preconceived notions of what a game should be.. that basically means that i…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Mokkurkalfe, Jaeger, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE, Bob Richter, Lucien Black, Irmo.

12/12/2002 Green: been a long time...here it is, the drama system
Not too long ago, I posted here about an RPG setting that was centered around fairy tales. After much thought and tweaking, I decided to expand the game to more…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green.

12/12/2002 Paul Czege: the importance of Sim-like gameplay to the Narrativist
So, after roughly eighteen months of fairly intensive Narrativist play, I find myself recently thinking an awful lot about Sim. And quite surprisingly, I find myself increasingly convinced that the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, contracycle, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, JMendes, lumpley, Le Joueur, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Emily Care.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Paganini.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell.

12/12/2002 Brian Leybourne: Combat Sim update
In a burst of enthusiasm born from boredom at work I started doing some extra development on the combat sim. So far, I have fixed Dual Rapiers not being able…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Bob Richter, svenlein, Mokkurkalfe, Aaron, toli, Lucien Black, Valamir, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

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