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1/2/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: Theme Feedback
Around October I proposed the Indie RPG Awards: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3774 (please direct any comments or questions on the methodology of awarding people, how the award nomination/giving process will run, etc to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Eric J., ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Steve Dustin, bluegargantua, GreatWolf, Jason L Blair, Enoch, John Wick, Ian Freeman, Rod Phillips, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/2/2003 Johannes: On the time of narration
I’m working on a masters thesis about the narratology of RPGs (see the Please help a student –thread). One of the things that might be of interest is the temporal…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Johannes, Clay, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Rich Forest, Jared A. Sorensen, Shreyas Sampat, talysman, Andrew Martin, Bob McNamee, Le Joueur, epweissengruber, Christopher Kubasik.

1/2/2003 kwill: Adams Bookshop South Africa: Quotes requested
Hello Forgers (Additional comments edited in below...) After falling off the web for almost a year, I am now back, hurrah! I am currently working at an (independent!) bookstore here…
In Publishing
Participants: kwill.

1/2/2003 Johannes: Please help a student
Hello everyone, I’m a long term active role-player who is starting to work on a masters thesis about the narratology and fiction of table-top RPGs. I’m a Comparative literature major…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Johannes, simon_hibbs, Alan, clehrich, Le Joueur, Tim C Koppang.

1/2/2003 Spooky Fanboy: www.biohorror.com
New sight up devoted to interesection of science, ethics, and horror, fantasy or science fiction films. Good as a resource for octaNe or Schism. Have a look. www.biohorror.com
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy.

1/2/2003 bluegargantua: Playing with Pre-packs
Again, another topic I hope hasn't been done to death: Another question which has been tugging at my mind recently is: How frequently do people run published scenarios for their…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, Clay, GreatWolf, rabidchyld, xiombarg, hyphz, clehrich, John Kim, Blake Hutchins, Ted E. Childers.

1/2/2003 bluegargantua: Campaign Length
I did some searching, but I didn't see this particular topic mentioned before. My apologies if I'm recovering old ground... I'm taking an informal poll and asking people how long…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, DaR, Eric J., Emily Care, Matt Gwinn, Uncle Dark, Matt Wilson, Ardwen, cruciel, clehrich.

1/1/2003 shallow15: Believers and Seers
Hi, new to the forum posting-wise but I've lurked about for a while. I came up with what I believe to be two interesting NPC types for GMs to use…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: shallow15, magistrate.

1/1/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Truckers
I had recently gotten a weird idea of an RPG based on the folklore of truckers and the CB-era and such. I haven't read up on my road lore, but…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Eric J., Maurice Forrester.

1/1/2003 Eric J.: tLotR RPG
Another thread describing Eric's gaming group. This time Cody's picked up tLotR Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. It's the new one. Anyway, it's set in the first age, during the reign…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Fabrice G., quozl, Roy, Sage of Shadowdale, szilard, Scratchware, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Tony Irwin, Jaif, clehrich.

1/1/2003 Bog-fiend: 'My First Little Fears' - tips and tactics
Just thought I would post, say hi, and let people know how I got on when I ran my first game of Little Fears. Someone might find it useful. First…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Bog-fiend.

1/1/2003 rpghost: Self / ePublishing Handbook
We'll be writing a ePublisher Primer for sale at RPGNow.com and we're interested in input from all the people in the industry. This site is host to many non-d20 and…
In Publishing
Participants: rpghost, stingray20166, Valamir, jgbrowning, James V. West, Michael Hopcroft, Gold Rush Games.

12/31/2002 James: Roleplaying music.
While browsing through the threads on RPGnet, I saw a topic entitled Role Playing "music", and I said to myself, "I know what that thread is about without having…
In Actual Play
Participants: James, Sidhain, Maurice Forrester, Aragorn, Eric J., Thierry Michel, Michael S. Miller, Malchiah, clehrich.

12/30/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Mridangam: The Calligrapher's Sword in another Medium
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4584]The Calligrapher's Sword[/url] is a game set in a rather rarefied medium. I thought to condense it into something more concrete. So, we have [b]Mridangam[/b], the game of Vedic superheroes.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Drew Stevens, greyorm, Mike Holmes.

12/30/2002 lumpley: Egri & the "Lumpley Principle"
I just finished the Art of Dramatic Writing and Egri says: you get a story when you take a strong, driven, dynamic character at a turning point, add balanced opposition,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Drew Stevens, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Paganini, bluegargantua, Steve Dustin, Alan, Christopher Kubasik, M. J. Young.

12/30/2002 quozl: Be more than a monster -- be a playtester!
I have a very short (8 pages) Word document with the playtest rules for the rpg I'm developing, Frankenstein's Monsters. Please let me know if you are willing to playtest…
In Connections
Participants: quozl, Aethelwulffe.

12/30/2002 jrients: Humanity opposed to the Truth
Here’s my first, highly derivative crack at putting together something for Sorcerer. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu plus maybe the eastern concept of “maya”, the world-as-illusion,…
In Adept Press
Participants: jrients, J B Bell, Ron Edwards.

12/30/2002 Arashi: Hello?
hey where'd everyone go?
In Connections
Participants: Arashi, Ron Edwards, Eric J., Tim Denee, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Aethelwulffe.

12/30/2002 Ron Edwards: Asoka
What a weird movie. I mean, you have ... - This hard-core, operatic, empire-toppling plot going on. Grim and horrific and blood-stained, broken hearts everywhere. Marriages to the wrong people,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, wraeththu, Jake Norwood, Bankuei.

12/30/2002 quozl: D6 instead of D10?
First, I've read the book but haven't played it yet. I wonder if 6-sided dice can be used instead of 10-siders. If so, what adjustments would need to be made?…
In Universalis
Participants: quozl, rafial, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Valamir.

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1/2/2003 xiombarg: Playtester Begging
While people seem to be begging for playtesters at the moment, I'd like to renew my plea for playtesters for Unsung. The new girlfriend moving in and the holidays have…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg, James, ADGConscience.

1/3/2003 sdemory: Engel query
Hey there, all, Recently picked up the Feder und Schwert/White Wolf game Engel. Lovely, lovely setting, great feel, bothersome, clunky d20 gaming system. I bought the game expecting d20 and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sdemory, Paul Czege, clehrich.

1/3/2003 Jonathan Walton: Vespertine: Sin & Teenagers
Originally, this game concept was called "Vesperteen," a pun on the word "vespertine" (meaning "having to do with night"). However, I soon discovered that very few people were familiar with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, szilard, Paul Czege, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Drew Stevens, talysman, Shreyas Sampat.

1/3/2003 ejh: scene record keeping
I mentioned this in another thread but would like to see people's input... would anyone care to show off what their "scene records" look like? I'm interested in an idealized,…
In Universalis
Participants: ejh, Shieldage, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

1/4/2003 Eric J.: 8-bit Play Session
GM: Me Player: Anthony Class: Technologist Superfeat: Can make anything out of anything. Superhook: Never works right. Feat: Hook: Items: Tessla Rod; Socks GM's Reaction: Anthony had a really good…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Sage of Shadowdale, Mike Holmes, Scratchware, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Balbinus.

1/4/2003 Drew Stevens: A mechanic idea for dealing with potential
So, I idly mentioned that I really liked the idea of characters not all being equal, even with unlimited experience. And then, a fairly simply means of creating such a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Drew Stevens, Andrew Martin, ethan_greer, M. J. Young, contracycle, Jamie, James V. West, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Paganini.

1/4/2003 Paganini: Woohoo! Here it be!
And was it worth the wait? Ah yes! James, I continue to be impressed not only by your graphical skills, but in the dramatic construction of your tales. They're in…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paganini, jrients, Ron Edwards, James V. West, hardcoremoose, lumpley.

1/4/2003 Henry Fitch: Nobilis - really diceless?
Okay, this is a DFK question instead of a GNS one. Is that okay? Hope so. Anyway, I'm thinking that Nobilis isn't a fully diceless (i.e. fortuneless) system. When a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Henry Fitch, DaR, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

1/4/2003 rikiwarren: A (hopefully) less controversial question on Magic
Hey, I touched on this in my previous post, and I was wondering how others have interpreted these. In the description on durations there is a distinction made between instant…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: rikiwarren, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Jabberwocky, Bob Richter.

1/1/2003 Ted E. Childers: All or nothing (split from older thread)
Maybe I'm missing the boat, but it seems that many games that have an all or nothing limit (roll X number to succeed, otherwise you fail) has this problem. Take…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ted E. Childers, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Alan, Andrew Martin.

1/4/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: More Cartoon Action Hour pics
Two more pics from the Cartoon Action Hour book have been added to our preview site. Check them out here.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Derek Devlin.

1/4/2003 GreatWolf: Middle Earth in Paladin/Middle Earth in Donjon
Hi, all. I was recently given copies of Paladin and Donjon for Christmas. (A clarification for Clinton's sake: someone bought me copies.) Well done on both, Clinton, and I'm looking…
In CRN Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin.

1/4/2003 Wulf: Forge signon
I'm not claiming this is IMPORTANT, but... Why can't The Forge log me in automatically? It SAYS it can, when I sign on, but it never DOES... except when I'm…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Wulf, Cassidy, Andrew Martin.

1/5/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Is Inconsistency Playable?
This is closely related to my game The Calligrapher's Sword, but independent of it, so I thought to start a Theory thread. I was thinking about games set in realms…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jack Spencer Jr, bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, clehrich, Michael S. Miller.

1/5/2003 Spooky Fanboy: So, how goes the game?
When will it be out? Where's it at now?
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jason L Blair, GreatWolf.

1/5/2003 greyorm: Who Gets Narrative Power?
In designing Orx I hadn't given much thought to the idea of who narrated being important; however, during the playtest sessions I ran, I found that who had the rights…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Le Joueur, Bob McNamee.

1/5/2003 contracycle: micro-system: initiative
Another little sub-system, one which might conceivebaly be used for some extant games in place of their initiative mechanics. Everybody gets a card, one per combatant or bystander or Other…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: contracycle, Henry Fitch, Rich Forest.

1/5/2003 Shadeling: Seven Vows of the Prophet...
Do they think magic is bad like the Imperial religion? Also, in what ways would the Tataar Horde taint the religion...Any thoughts?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

1/5/2003 lumpley: Backstory vs. Strong Character Creation
Spawned right outta Egri & Me. Hi! What separates the backstory from the story is a turning point in the character. Em's character Soraya was abused by her master Severin.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Paganini, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Emily Care, Jack Spencer Jr, bluegargantua, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle.

1/5/2003 Ian O'Rourke: The Beowulf Effect
Okay, it's not actual play yet, but it will be. I'm also not wanting to go into system too much at this point (as that is mostly decided, and there…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Roy, Jack Spencer Jr, Clay, Matt Gwinn, Ian Cooper, simon_hibbs, szilard.

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