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12/24/2002 zaal: Item Collecting
Hi all, A thread in a Mutants & Masterminds review on RPG.net got me to thinking. Essentially, the thread talks about forcing players to "pay" for items/weapons/powers that their characters…
In RPG Theory
Participants: zaal, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, bluegargantua, erithromycin, Michael S. Miller, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes.

12/23/2002 rikiwarren: Random thoughts on magic...
While I'm still rather new to TROS (I've made characters, and I'm dying to try it out, but I haven't played it yet. Mostly due to a lack of good…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: rikiwarren, Wolfen, Bob Richter, prophet118, Henry Fitch, Jake Norwood, contracycle, Brian Leybourne.

12/23/2002 GreatWolf: Dragon Hunting
One of my Little Fears scenarios just went up on the 12 Games of Christmas. Dragon Hunting This was my stab at creating a lighthearted Little Fears scenario to prove…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: GreatWolf, Jason L Blair, JimmyB, Tyrae.

12/23/2002 prophet118: First Game, and Thoughts Thereof
well, ran my first real game of TROS last night, i wont bore you with details of the game itself, but fr the most part i avoided combat last night...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Irmo, Bob Richter, Jabberwocky, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Lyrax, Mokkurkalfe, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, contracycle, svenlein, Durgil, Valamir, Jasper, Ashren Va'Hale.

12/23/2002 Roy: Question on Augmentations
Hey, everyone! I just picked up the Hero Wars Deluxe Set a few days ago and I'm really blown away by the awesome simplicity of Robin Law's system. It's very…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Roy, Russell Hoyle, simon_hibbs.

12/23/2002 Jason L Blair: octaNe is Out of the Box
Check it out here at: http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/23/2002 rpghost: *FREE* Downloaders Monthly E-Zine
Ok, this is kind of spam, but it's helpful information for Publishers. At least we hope it is... even more so in future issues. Downloaders Monthly - Dec 2002 is…
In Publishing
Participants: rpghost.

12/22/2002 Alan: RPG Proposal: The Outward Urge
Outward Urge - an RPG Proposal *Premise* The Outward Urge explores the tension between pioneers on the expanding edge of human interstellar expansion. Dynamics form between the entrenched core and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Alan, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

12/22/2002 Jason L Blair: 12 Games: Cartoon Goodness
Hey all, Christmas in Cartoon Land is up at the 12 Games of Christmas: http://www.key20.com/12games
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Jason L Blair, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, urbwar.

12/22/2002 Curt Thompson: Low octaNe ideas?
Hi all. I'd like to say how impressed I am with octaNe, first up. That is a lot of game to pack into that little .pdf. Anyway, to the point.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Curt Thompson, Jared A. Sorensen, Sidhain, Derek Devlin.

12/21/2002 Andrew Martin: Game Design and Personality Type
I've been taking a personality test over the net and came across one that labelled me as: INFP, which is either "The Searcher" or "Healer", depending upon what site one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andrew Martin, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Christoffer Lernö, Seth L. Blumberg, Green, Eric J., Alan, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, WhiteRat, Marco, Palaskar.

12/21/2002 Ville: Healing times
Bear with me here... I have always loved one thing about WOTC/TSR products: The Drow and their culture. It actually provided a chance for intrigue and roleplay besides the hack…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ville, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Psychopompous.

12/21/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain Combat System
Hey, all. I did some thinking, and this is how the RR combat system might look: The three Ma Jiang suits, Bamboo, Circles, and Characters, represent respectively Attacks, Defences, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Emily Care, Jonathan Walton.

12/21/2002 Aaron: TheThingsTheySay
I found something one of my players said tonight at the conclusion of our TROS session pretty funny and felt the urge to share it with everyone. With any luck…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Aaron, allahlav.

12/21/2002 Jake Norwood: Going out of town
I'll be vacationing (ahh...) until the 2nd, which means I'll be a tad sparse around here. Behave yourselves and have fun. And enjoy the new stuff at www.theriddleofsteel.net/support Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

12/21/2002 Jesse: newbie signing on and more of pyron's gaming group (oh no!)
Hi, I'm Jesse, the only one of pyron/eric's gaming group, as he is more or less the main GM. I would like to mention that we really aren't a defective…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jesse, Ron Edwards.

12/21/2002 M. J. Young: Blended Mechanics?
[quote="This is part of what Ron Edwards"]I disagree with you. As I have more-or-less interpreted the terms from Everway, they go like this: 1) Fortune = use of a randomizing…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Seth L. Blumberg, Andrew Martin, Le Joueur, bluegargantua.

12/20/2002 GreatWolf: Just a historical note
As far as I can recall, some of the initial Universalis seeds germinated here. I thought that some of you might appreciate the trip through history to see where it…
In Universalis
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Jason L Blair.

12/20/2002 Gordon C. Landis: "In character" - another less-than-useful term?
I couldn't decide if this belonged in the tar baby immersion thread, or over in player vs. character in GNS, or somewhere else, so . . . I'm starting a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Ted E. Childers, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Walt Freitag, bluegargantua.

12/20/2002 jburneko: Prepping For Dust Devils/Deathwish: How much is too much?
Hello, I'd like a word of advice from those of you who have played Dust Devils concerning how much pre-play prep to do. I've played low director stance games like…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Matt Snyder.

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12/24/2002 IG_Kahn_Storm: happenings in Mech Warrior
Hello its me cody agian and i just thought that i should take some time and explain some of the events in my mechwarrior campaign our group is currently doing…
In Actual Play
Participants: IG_Kahn_Storm, Ron Edwards, Aragorn, Jesse.

12/24/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: The same old recuring story?
I have a thought, or half a thought. It's forming as I write this. I'll start at the begining. On the DVD audio commentary for Monty Python and the Holy…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, jrients.

12/24/2002 Brian Leybourne: Merry Christmas
Well, it's probably still xmas eve for most of you, but it's a beautiful sunny christmas morning here, and we're off to the beach for a swim. Merry Christmas all,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne.

12/25/2002 signoftheserpent: a pair of fantastic ideas
Here are some ideas i am tryting to develop; some feedback would be appreciated. 1. Martian Book fo the Dead - a steampunk horror game. the premise revolves around the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: signoftheserpent, Andrew Martin, Roy, jrients, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, Drew Stevens, szilard, ADGConscience, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei.

12/25/2002 fabien: SCAR mechanics qualities
I start a thread on RPG.net and someone suggest me to talk about it here instead. It's itself an old concept I develop with some other guys on a French…
In RPG Theory
Participants: fabien, Jack Spencer Jr.

12/25/2002 Andrew Martin: Fuzz: The Furry Police Links
Fuzz: The Furry Police Links I've been doing some research on the 'net about US Police and San Francisco (City on the bay). San Francisco Police Department: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/police/careers/mnusub60.htm San Francisco…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Andrew Martin.

12/26/2002 Drew Stevens: Predeterminism vs Free Will - a random smattering of thought
A bit of theme- Imagine that God has a perfect plan, and it's your job to defend it. That's what you've trained for- you're on of the best of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Drew Stevens, Shreyas Sampat, Michael S. Miller, szilard, Jonathan Walton.

12/26/2002 Andrew Martin: Many Uninteresting Features
Jack wrote this in another thread recently: ...a game contains many uninteresting features that "have to be there" and must be edited out in retelling. Are "many uninteresting…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andrew Martin, Jack Spencer Jr.

12/26/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Same Story Revisited
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4671]The same old recurring story[/url] thread seems to have drifted off-topic, and that is partially my fault for not being very clear about what I was getting at. Rather than…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, talysman, Bob McNamee, Le Joueur.

12/26/2002 rafial: Avoiding inflation
Well, I've played in two games of Universalis so far, and while I enjoyed both experiences, I did notice that both times, the game eventually degenerated into some final catacylsm…
In Universalis
Participants: rafial, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Alan, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

12/26/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Belated Christmas Present
We here at Z-Man Games and Spectrum Game Studios wish to give you a small gift for the holidays. We've posted a few art samples on a webpage for you…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Derek Devlin, urbwar.

12/26/2002 Ron Edwards: Quotes sought
Hello, It's easy. All you gotta do is provide your favorite lines (three maximum) from the movie, The Five Deadly Venoms. Please preserve the dubbing and exact diction. Best, Ron…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, talysman, Ace, unodiablo, Andy Kitkowski.

12/26/2002 szilard: Standard Deviants
Okay... I've been mulling around a few thoughts on a potential new game. This is still in the "random bits rolling around in my head" phase. It started with a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: szilard, lumpley, bluegargantua, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, richks, clehrich.

12/26/2002 Limbo: Thinking of buying -- two concerns about combat
I'm an old time player of AD&D and GURPS and haven't played for almost 15 years now. My son is getting old enough to play now though and I thought…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Limbo, Brian Leybourne, ShaneNINE, Aaron, samspectre, Alan, Ron Edwards, toli, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Michael Tree.

12/27/2002 mark2v: Looking for critisism
Hello: Im new to the forge but not to writing games. I have writen a game titled Light the game is availible for free, in Pdf format on my web…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mark2v, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin.

12/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Coming in 2003 from Seraphim Guard
[b]Coming in 2003 from Seraphim Guard[/b] [i]Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG[/i] See the Fuzz webpage for more information on this new game coming in late 2003. ON a world like…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

12/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Will the Forge have a table at GenCon and.or Origins
Will the Forge have a table or set of tables at genCon and.or Origins in 2003? If so, I would like to participate and wonder who I should send money…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jürgen Mayer.

12/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: 2003 -- What does it hold for us?
Gentles, Just wanted to know what you guys thionk the future holds for us small publishers in 2003? Will we thrive, fall by the wayside, continue to be productive? Will…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

12/28/2002 eef31415: Dice Apocalypse: Bug or feature?
After my first Universalis game, I noticed a big artifact of the rules systems; the dice apocalypse. Once I control a character in a conflict, it makes sense to spend…
In Universalis
Participants: eef31415, rafial, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Michael S. Miller.

12/28/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Resolution mechanics, can this particular box be broken?
Recall, if you will the old Daffy Duck cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickle where Daffy is pitching the idea for his new picture, aptly title the Scarlet Pumpernickle, to a Warner…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

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