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2/1/2003 greyorm: More Player-Driven 3E
Well, the holidays are over, and we've started to get back into the swing of playing again. For those who haven't read the previous threads about this campaign, in summary,…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, arxhon, Zak Arntson.

1/31/2003 Matt Snyder: Chimera site maintenance
The Chimera Creative website may be down periodically for server maintenance this weekend. Fortunately, my provider informs me it should take no longer than an hour, likely on Friday evening.…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder.

1/31/2003 Ben Lehman: High-Powered RoS, Oriental Styles, etc. (play report)
Hey-- In early december, we converted my friend's D&D3E campaign to Riddle of Steel, which is the system that it always wanted to run under anyway. First off, we had…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, toli, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Calder.

1/31/2003 Heavenlyrock: fumble initiative roll
would it be too harsh to say that a botched intiative roll (the reflexive roll contest for two opponents both attacking) would mean the character doesn't get to go for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Heavenlyrock, Shadeling, Jake Norwood.

1/31/2003 Jaif: What world do you run or play in? Weyrth, or your own?
I'm just curious how many here use TRoS in the given world, versus one of their own. I'm using my own - LotR, the world of men, 250 years after…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Shadeling, Paka, Salamander, Clinton R. Nixon, Darth Tang, Fallen_Icarus, Mike Holmes, arxhon, RN3G8 4E, Ashren Va'Hale.

1/31/2003 Matt Wilson: Thoughts for the Gamism essay
I don't know how far along the essay is, but I've been thinking about the categories in general and how they're so big as to be impractical for me in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Wilson, jburneko, Paul Czege, JMendes, Cadriel, Mike Holmes.

1/31/2003 hyphz: Re: The Conflict is Yours
I'm not trying to disagree with advice here, just ask for some more clarification because it's relevant to some issues I've had as well. You want to gamemaster something…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Le Joueur, Valamir, Matt Wilson, jdagna, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Charvill, clehrich, cruciel, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, contracycle.

1/31/2003 Matt Gwinn: GENCON 2003 Tidbit
I was just over at GenCon.com looking over the game submission information and discovered an interesting tidbit. As most of you know, GenCon reimburses you for your badge if you…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

1/31/2003 GreatWolf: Steve Darlington reviews Little Fears
[url]http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7965.html[/url] And he liked my story! Seth Ben-Ezra Great Wolf
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: GreatWolf, Jason L Blair.

1/31/2003 Paul Czege: precursors to AD&D2
Hey Rob, ...if discussion moves to the impact of Dragonlance, Unearthed Arcana, and other late 1980s books on AD&D, I will jump in with abandon. I'd love to hear…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, Christopher Kubasik, Maurice Forrester, clehrich, talysman, Mike Holmes, arxhon, Kester Pelagius, xiombarg.

1/31/2003 Balbinus: Base spiritual attributes
Hi, I started creating a couple of sample characters with the game last night, and got to the spiritual attributes. They seem strongly geared towards heroic characters. My first attempt…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Balbinus, Jim DelRosso, Shadeling, Ron Edwards, Stephen, Mokkurkalfe.

1/31/2003 Michael S. Miller: Do Indies have Competetive Advantage?
In the Indie Effects on Existing Industry thread, Walt said: One more shady practice can be added to Cruciel's list: Sell your product for below cost to drive competitors out…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, Le Joueur, Bob McNamee, Walt Freitag, clehrich, contracycle, Valamir.

1/31/2003 Ron Edwards: Playing Bass (Narrativism essay preview)
Hi there, So you'll see the Simulationism essay on Monday, and I'm crankin' on the Gamism one. These are mondo-big, so we're talking weeks to wait. I'm also scribbling on…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Johannes, Psycho42, Alan, Jeffrey Miller, Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Michael S. Miller, clehrich, Le Joueur, arxhon.

1/30/2003 Andy Kitkowski: What Indie RPGs came out in 2002?
Hey all, I again apologize for another Indie RPG Awards thread. Every time I sit here for like 5 minutes poring over the forum descriptions, and none of them seem…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jason L Blair, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, M. J. Young, Nathan, Michael S. Miller, clehrich, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Jürgen Mayer, lumpley, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Tim Gray, Gonster.

1/30/2003 Cassidy: Bad Stuff
What is bad stuff? All the stuff that players seem loathe to mention about their characters. The flaws and quirks that really don't help characters achieve success in the conventional…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, Bankuei, James V. West.

1/30/2003 Heavenlyrock: Animals
I have a quick question(s)… If a horse succeeds at evading an attack, while the rider tries to attack, do we nullify the attack because the horse would probably force…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Heavenlyrock, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne.

1/30/2003 Colin the Riot: Squishing Donjon and the Pool together
I'm a big fan of both the Pool and Donjon, and I'm looking at possibly combining the two in the following way. What I want to do is play the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Colin the Riot, Matt Wilson, James V. West, J B Bell, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

1/30/2003 Ron Edwards: Dungeons & Dragons role-playing history - help wanted
Hello everybody, I'm working on a great big essay on Gamism, and it's going to include some detailed analysis of Dungeons & Dragons role-playing. I use this title to include…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, sben, jrs, Paul Czege, Maurice Forrester, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, contracycle, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, Blake Hutchins, Rob MacDougall, Jack Spencer Jr, Pramas, M. J. Young, woodelf, Chuck Frizzell, b_bankhead.

1/30/2003 M. J. Young: The Limits of Sci-fi
Jareth Dakk brought up sci-fi games in Why not more Sci-fi?, and there were some good answers. But a passing comment there sparked a thought in my mind. But…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, clehrich, John Kim, Uncle Dark, Cadriel, Ron Edwards, Marco, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, Le Joueur, Harlequin, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Rod Phillips, ADGBoss, Paul Czege, greyorm, Bankuei, Alan.

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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2/1/2003 Alai: Hero Wars and Pendragon
The synergies and differences between HW and Pendragon are something I've given a bit of thought to in the past, partly as HW was ahead of time rumoured to be…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Alai, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2003 Cadriel: What is different in sci-fi gaming? [The Limits of Sci-Fi]
The question has just occurred to me, based on the (getting to be quite lengthy) The Limits of Sci-Fi thread. What is it that really separates science fiction gaming from…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cadriel, clehrich, b_bankhead, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Christopher Kubasik, Blake Hutchins, Alan, talysman, M. J. Young, Gordon C. Landis.

2/1/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Useless Detail?
This obviously doesn't belong in its parent thread. Anyway, John Kim and I started to discuss the value of the "useless detail", as I've called it. To define, the details…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Rob MacDougall, cruciel, John Kim, Andrew Martin, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Christopher Kubasik, Cassidy, Cadriel, clehrich, greyorm, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, contracycle, Marco.

2/2/2003 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2003: thread #1
Hello, OK! I am now reserving the Adept Press booth for GenCon. At least two other companies have agreed to share this booth on an equal basis, paying for the…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Michael Hopcroft, Michael S. Miller, Nathan, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Dan Geyer, Andy Kitkowski, abzu, KeithBVaughn, nerdnyc.

2/2/2003 Ubercon: GMs/Volunteers wanted for Ubercon games convention
Apologies in advance if it was inappropriate to post this in this particular forum. Ubercon is looking for volunteers to help out at its inaugaral event at the Sheraton Parsippany…
In Connections
Participants: Ubercon.

2/2/2003 Jasper: The West Wind playtest
Hello, I don't know how many people have checked out my game The West Wind, but I ran a brief session of it last night with a few friends. For…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin.

2/2/2003 clehrich: Good Taste in Gaming (from Useless Detail)
Christopher, This is a whole 'nother thread, but I'm getting really confused about this. Yes, I think it is probably another thread. Just to recap: It seems to me I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: clehrich, Jake Norwood, Jack Spencer Jr, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

2/2/2003 Harlequin: Groundbreakers [From Limits of Sci-Fi]
A couple of things got broken out of the Sci-Fi debate which seem to actually be genre-independent; there is a feeling that SF may benefit more from an exploration of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Harlequin, Le Joueur, Rod Phillips, M. J. Young, ADGBoss.

2/2/2003 Brian Leybourne: Jake: Proficiencies question
This is really a question for Jake, but I thought I would put it here so everyone can see the answer and thus benefit from it. When I'm assigning proficiencies…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, 655321, Shadeling, Jaif, toli.

2/2/2003 Limbo: Riddle Roller Die rolling program
I downloaded the Riddle Roller die rolling program available in the download section at the official site. There's a couple of problems with it however: (1) It doesn't calculate probability…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Limbo, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

2/3/2003 John Kim: The Players as Bass
I was intrigued by Ron Edward's essay comparing a Narrativist GM to a bass player. Mostly, it brought home to me that Narrativist as he conceives of it is narrowly…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Valamir, clehrich, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

2/3/2003 Limbo: Conscience
I was wondering how other people are dealing with the SA of Conscience in their games? Are character's picking this as an SA, does it apply only to "good" characters,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Limbo, Valamir, Jim DelRosso, Clinton R. Nixon, allahlav.

2/3/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Discussion of the term 'independent'
In this thread, Ron brought up the Forge definition of 'independent RPGs' and mentioned that further discussion about it should go here. I wanted to go ahead and start this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, quozl, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, talysman, Valamir, Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, wraeththu, Walt Freitag.

2/3/2003 Matt Snyder: Rethinking Simulationist character creation
Well, I’ve read through the Simulationism essay with much interest. If my history of reading and re-reading the GNS essay, I’m bound to misunderstand whole reams of stuff, but I’d…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Snyder, Andrew Martin, talysman, Valamir, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, szilard, Mike Holmes, contracycle, RobMuadib, Stuart DJ Purdie, Ron Edwards, ThreeGee, M. J. Young, btrc, Mortaneus.

2/3/2003 JMendes: Request for old threads - resolution types
Hullo, :) Could some soul kindly point me towards threads where I might read up on differences between action, scene and conflict resolution? Also, threads on search time and handling…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, clehrich.

2/3/2003 clehrich: Sim-Morality (essay thread, long)
There is a thread, now probably dead, in the Site Discussion forum, discussing Ron's new article on Simulationism, but I thought this might be a useful place to start grappling…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: clehrich, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

2/3/2003 Shade Cydel: Phoenix Dawn
I've been designing a role playing game for the last few years. Recently I completed the Players Hand Book, Magic Tomb, Guide To Phoenix Dawn (detailed maps of continents &…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shade Cydel, Jasper.

2/3/2003 saint ash: cosmology question
has anyone thought of assigning the misc. monsters of closet land to kings? in my games vampires are linked to gluttony, ( they drink human blood) and werewolves to wrath,…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: saint ash, Comte, peteramthor.

2/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Taxes
How many of you have already done your taxes for 2002? Last year it was my tax refund that essentially paid for my trip to GenCon, and this year will…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

2/3/2003 Ron Edwards: New review available - Euro-help requested
Hello, Lorenzo Trenti has begun a series of Sorcerer reviews at Kaos Online. If anyone reads Italian, I'd sure like a translation ... Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, clehrich, Clinton R. Nixon, zib, Blake Hutchins, Ace.

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