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1/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: Indie Effects on Existing Industry
I had a recent debate on another forum that stemmed from CafePress' decision to do print on demand publishing. The debate basicly revolved around how that will effect the current…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, Valamir, talysman, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, Pramas, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Matt Snyder, Le Joueur, greyorm, wyrdlyng, Michael Hopcroft, clehrich, jrs, Ben Morgan, contracycle, cruciel.

1/28/2003 marknau: Seeking Dealer Advice
I plan on Dealing a DD session using the sample scenario. My players will all be veteran RPGers, but they are all used to the GM-as-sole-director paradigm. I feel totally…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: marknau, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2003 tauman: alternative magic systems
Okay, I hope this isn't blasphemy, but I've been thinking about ways to incorporate other magic systems into TROS. Don't get me wrong, I really like the current magic system,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: tauman, Jaif, Henry Fitch, Jake Norwood, Draygen, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, John Resotko, Unsane.

1/28/2003 svenlein: Fighting Indoors
How do people handle players fighting indoors. I would guess many Terraign rolls with higher difficulties for people based on the lenght of their weapon.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe.

1/28/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
I recently caught this flick and it just struck me that it was a Sorcerer story even though there were no supernatural elements at all. Anyone else think this?
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2003 xechnao: Lots of work, lots of skills needed
I have already posted this one in the indie game design forum but guess I need to announce this one also over here: I want to create a new rpg,…
In Connections
Participants: xechnao.

1/28/2003 xechnao: I need advice and compassion
Hi to all!!! My first post over here! I want to create a new rpg, possibly with some limited commercial value. First I want to make a setting book describing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xechnao, contracycle, Gwen, Jasper, clehrich, Dave Panchyk, greyorm.

1/28/2003 Psycho42: From D&D3e to The Pool
Hi everybody, time to finally stop lurkling ;-) I'm not sure if this belongs here or into the Random Order Creations forum... Yesterday, I had my first experience with The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Psycho42, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, James V. West, rafial, scorpio rising.

1/28/2003 Aaron: Combat Sim query
Is it a mistake in the combat sim that if both fighter throw red dice for initiative it resolves that phase and goes straight back to throwing for initiative and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Aaron, Brian Leybourne, Wizdoc, Irmo, 655321.

1/28/2003 Shadeling: Game Awards for 2002
http://www.pen-paper.net/awards.php Just thought we might want to make our votes. ::nods to TROS::
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale, Nacht.

1/27/2003 Colin the Riot: PBEM possibilities
Note: I originally went fishing for interested people in actual play with this, but got no response. I'd like to find a couple of people interested in playing a slow…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Colin the Riot, James V. West.

1/27/2003 RN3G8 4E: Why not more Sci-Fi?
Hello everyone, this is my first post on The Forge! I discovered this place just today and I'm pretty excited about this community. I have a question: I don't see…
In RPG Theory
Participants: RN3G8 4E, Ron Edwards, szilard, Shreyas Sampat, sben, Daredevil, Stuart DJ Purdie, clehrich, Balbinus, Cadriel, John Kim, Uncle Dark, JSDiamond.

1/27/2003 clehrich: New game - Shadows in the Fog - help wanted
[a href="http://auroragames.com/pdf/shadows.pdf" target="blank"][b]Shadows In the Fog PDF[/b][/a] At this link, you’ll find a first draft of [i]Shadows in the Fog[/i], a new RPG set in an occult version of Jack…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, simon, Spooky Fanboy, marknau, Valamir, Gwen, Piers Brown.

1/27/2003 M. J. Young: Access Problems
Am I the only one who has frequent problems accessing The Forge? I get a lot of time-outs on connection and resolving the site, and quite a few connection refusals,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Eric J., clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Adam.

1/27/2003 Colin the Riot: PBEM Possibilities
Hi all, I'd really like to start an email game with just a couple of people using something like yahoo groups (for archiving and mailing list management). I'm thinking of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Colin the Riot, Mike Holmes.

1/27/2003 simon: quasi-narrativist mechanic for quicker/better simulationism
I've only ever posted a couple of times and so I'm not sure if this is the right place. Anyway, I've become bogged down/completely at a loss with what I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: simon, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

1/26/2003 zaal: Fate RPG
Hi all. As Ron has indicated that he would like this forum to also be a “Let’s discuss this game” forum, I’ll bite. Let’s discuss a variant of the Fudge…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: zaal, Mark Johnson, Trevis Martin, iago, Mike Holmes, Rob Donoghue, Le Joueur, clehrich, xenopulse, Deacon Blues.

1/26/2003 Eric J.: About time for another Woe...
I've been RPing with my group for a while, and made few Forge posts because of several reasons. 1. I get similar responses each time. 2. My players get mad…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Aragorn, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Roy, Balbinus, hyphz, Valamir, stingray20166, cruciel, Daredevil, Ian Charvill, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, erithromycin, Psycho42, clehrich, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Jesse.

1/26/2003 Cassidy: Sorry Players, No More Freebies from Mr GM
Hey all, Before running my first pool session I bought a bunch of D6s, same sizes, 3 different colours. I had about 50 of so black dice to represent pool…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, James V. West.

1/26/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Damn the continuing story
All of the recent discussion about Heartbreakers and I had re-read the GNS article and for the first time felt like I got it from start to finish (yep, first…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, b_bankhead, cruciel, Shreyas Sampat, Bankuei, clehrich, M. J. Young, Eric J., Christopher Kubasik, Thierry Michel, Marco, contracycle, Jake Norwood, John Kim, ThreeGee.

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1/29/2003 Nathan: Possible Promotion Model (yea, yea sounds real fancy)
Howdy, Like many of you, I write a lot, and I have a ton of ideas for games. Many of these ideas get a bit of work before they are…
In Publishing
Participants: Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, philreed, clehrich.

1/29/2003 jburneko: Gothic Knights - A Setting Of Faith, Passion and Madness
So, someone of you know about my love for Ravenloft-esq settings. I've done this setting write up for Sorcerer but one idea that has always intregued me is the concept…
In CRN Games
Participants: jburneko, b_bankhead, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

1/29/2003 M. J. Young: Universal in search of distinctions
The special kind of Heartbreaker: Universal/Generic thread has me thinking about things close to my heart; and a reference within it to an earlier thread from 2001 entitled a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, John Kim, Kester Pelagius, Le Joueur, contracycle, Marco, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Sylus Thane.

1/29/2003 urbwar: so how close are we to the Dead Tree version of CAH?
With February only a few days away, I figured I'd ask when this beauty of a book is due out. I'm getting anxious to hold it in my hands, so…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar, Eddy Fate, Wulf, Michael Hopcroft.

1/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Marketing Forum?
I was wondering if there has ever been any thought about opening up a Marketing forum on the Forge? We really don't have a place to discuss different avenues of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2003 Paka: Marsui
[i]If and when I get to run TROS:[/i] In our ancestors’ days there was a fine pantheon. They worshipped a fatherly Sun Deity, a mysterious Moon Goddess, a cunning Trickster,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Jim DelRosso, Brian Leybourne.

1/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Does running at GENCON sell games?
The game submission forms are up at the GenCon web site and I've been contemplating submiting a couple sessions of Kayfabe. My problem is that I'm not sure if it's…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jack Spencer Jr, Adam, Michael S. Miller, wraeththu, Pramas, Michael Hopcroft, Dan Geyer.

1/29/2003 Valamir: GNS from Shadows in the Fog
[quote="clehrich"]Valamir, I know what you're saying; really I do. If this turns into a debate, we should take it to the GNS forum, but here's what I mean:[/quote] And so…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, clehrich, cruciel, M. J. Young, Johannes, joshua neff.

1/29/2003 Ron Edwards: link hunt! for the Finnish Dogma stuff
Hey, Can anyone provide the basic link to Turku role-playing, a.k.a. the Dogma, a.k.a. Elaayj ... agh, can't remember the spelling, hence need the link? Sorry 'bout interfering with the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, wraeththu, Johannes, James Holloway.

1/29/2003 Cassidy: The Pool: 2nd Play Session Comments
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4889][b]The Pool: First Play Session Comments[/b][/url] Quick update on my 2nd play session running the Pool. First off, made some tweaks based on ideas I wanted to try... 1. Dispensed…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Blake Hutchins.

1/29/2003 xiombarg: YAUU!
YAUU: Yet Another Unsung Update I've made some major changes this time. I've added to virtually every section, modified the Rule of Currency, the Rule of Gifts, and the combat…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

1/29/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Wanted: octaNe reps
Man, I've been quiet lately. WELL ENOUGH OF THAT BUSINESS! Okay, so I've gotten in contact with a few stores across New England and they're all very interested in the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Gonster, Matt.

1/30/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge, version 3
All, The 3rd version of The Forge will be going live Monday morning. I've spent the last few months analyzing different pieces of software to make our time here better…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, lumpley, xiombarg, M. J. Young, cruciel, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, Brian Leybourne, Matt Snyder, Eric J., Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, J. Backman, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, Jake Norwood, Scratchware, Psycho42, Zak Arntson, Tony Irwin, jdagna, Valamir, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis.

1/30/2003 Erekon: Help needed in Medieval Fantasy Role Playing Game Design
Im currently designing a Role Playing Game set in a Medieval Fantasy World. I need help on almost everything to get the game started, and you will recieve credit for…
In Connections
Participants: Erekon, Eric J., Ben Morgan.

1/30/2003 Erekon: Help wanted in design of Medieval Fantasy RPG
I've played several different RPGs, experimenting. I've decided that I want the game to have features from the following games: Diablo Everquest Dungeons and Dragons I need help designing basically…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Erekon, clehrich, Eric J., Roy, Jeffrey Miller, Jake Norwood.

1/30/2003 Jason L Blair: Dare Devils? Interested in your thoughts.
I have no ideas on this of my own, but I'm interested to hear how others would use/abuse the Dust Devils theme and mechanic for various the supers genres? Any…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Blake Hutchins.

1/30/2003 ThreeGee: Mass Acres LARP
Hey all, Some time ago, I brought up larps in general in this thread, but today I would like to revisit the idea by presenting an actual larp rulebook. This…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ThreeGee, Walt Freitag.

1/30/2003 RN3G8 4E: Want opinions on names (Realms of Eastden)
Hey everyone- this is my second post. I know Jake Norwood, the guy who made Riddle of Steel and I made a New Year's resolution to write a rough draft…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RN3G8 4E, Eric J., Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Valamir, szilard, Jasper, ADGBoss, clehrich.

1/30/2003 Charon: Too much players!!!
I recently bought Little fears and I've told all my friends about it. Most of my friends want to try it. However, this gives me a problem. They are a…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Charon, Jason L Blair, Comte.

1/30/2003 clehrich: Sympathetic Magic
This is really an historical question, so I'm not sure which forum it belongs in, but this one seems relatively open. I've been teaching Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough…
In RPG Theory
Participants: clehrich, John Kim, wraeththu, Christopher Kubasik, Jere, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes.

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