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2/7/2003 Paka: Welcome to Marsui ([b]TROS[/b])
We made up characters and all agree that the character generation system makes a whole lot of sense and was fun. Beginning the process as an e-mail asking the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, hyphz, Ron Edwards.

2/7/2003 Stuart DJ Purdie: High school cheerleading squad (Sweet Valley High style)
Well, after an interesting discussion with a friend, during which the subject of RPG's came up, she mentioned that she was not aware of any RPG's that interested her, in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Paganini, ethan_greer, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jeph.

2/7/2003 Drew Stevens: Shipping alerts?
Okay, Universalis sounds more cool than English contains words to readily express. Like, whole barrels of fun. So, I ordered it (yay me! yay second printings!) Question, thus- are there…
In Universalis
Participants: Drew Stevens, Valamir, Paganini, James V. West.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Pak B1: Men of Steel and Beasts of Terror!
I'd like to announce that the first Donjon supplement, the Donjon Bestiary, will be available within the next week or two, so save up those nickels. For $5, the Bestiary…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, quozl, John Harper, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Spooky Fanboy, sben, Wulf, anonymouse, Chris Kucsera.

2/6/2003 jburneko: Setting-Premise Nar. vs. Setting Exploration Sim.
Hello Again, Very simple question. I really like this passage from Ron's latest essay: The simple one: Consider the behavioral parameters of a samurai player-character in Sorcerer and in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, clehrich, contracycle, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, John Kim, Paganini.

2/6/2003 Timothy Moerke: Character Creation for a One-Shot
I'm planning on running a one-off game of octaNe using the Blood & Steel supplement at an upcoming con. I'm not sure, though, about how to hande the character generation.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Timothy Moerke, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/6/2003 Sylus Thane: Defining the different Verses
Over the last couple of days, especially after the various discussions on defining the differences between the different game engines, I think I have come up with a reasonable set…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Mark Johnson.

2/6/2003 Matt Snyder: Character Improvement, taken for granted?
I'd like to question something that I think is often taken for granted, or at least not spefically addressed often: Character improvement. Is character improvement (improving character effectiveness, as Ron…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, contracycle, szilard, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, xiombarg, Emily Care, cruciel, ADGBoss, John Kim, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Valamir: Event Planning Forum
With all the discussions going on about Gen Con and later they'll be some about Demon Con and various different projects and what not...I had a thought that having a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, xiombarg.

2/6/2003 James V. West: R.O.C. Update
What I'm up to, rpg-wise: 1) The Pool This one has been covered by many people here and I feel like the game is pretty solid. I won't be doing…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Paganini.

2/6/2003 James V. West: Call for Variations of The Pool
If you have created a set of variant rules for The Pool and wouldn't mind having them posted on my website (linked from the actual The Pool page), please email…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

2/6/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Ah, this explains Sorcerer
[quote="In another thread Ron Edwards"]Let's say, for sake of discussion, that you and I agree that "demons" in the common superstition/religion sense of the word do not exist in real…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Tar Markvar, ejh, Le Joueur, Nev the Deranged.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: New Donjon review
Everyone, There's a great review of Donjon up at RPG.net. For a non-actual play review, I thought it was great.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Wulf, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2003 ethan_greer: Toast: Kewl Powerz
So, as some may be aware, the magic system for my pet game Toast (the greatest role-playing game of all time) is "pending." I have some ideas, and I'm wanting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

2/6/2003 Mark Withers: Another Anti-Pool variant.
I'm really sorry, I can't help fiddling with things! Here's how I play the Pool nowadays! Your Character Write a story about the character that you’re going to play. The…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Cassidy.

2/6/2003 The8thKing: A Few Basic Little Fears Questions
Hi All, I have a couple of questions regarding little fears... (great book btw, shame my access to independent rpg's is somewhat limited in sunny old England). Just humour me…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: The8thKing, Jason L Blair, Little_Rat, Comte.

2/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Kevin & Kell
Seraphim Guard is sponsoring the february 25th, 2003 strip of Bill Holbrook's popular online comic Kevin & Kell. Kevin & Kell is the story of a rabbit who married a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/6/2003 talysman: Iron Game Chef?
with all this talk about Simulationist games, I've been wondering: is Mike Holmes about to run an Iron Chef Simulationist competition? it's been almost four months since the last one...…
In Site Discussion
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, Shreyas Sampat, Dave Panchyk.

2/6/2003 RHJunior: Size-to-strength ratios
Lord almighty. I've been hunting all over the web for information on size-to-strength ratios--- trying to find out how much, for instance, a 3-ft tall human should be able to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RHJunior, Psycho42, marknau, dalek_of_god, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Gwen, b_bankhead.

2/6/2003 ascendance: Playing/Running octaNe?
After looking through octaNe, I think its the perfect IRC game. The back-and-forth action resolution system is perfect for the back-and-forth nature of IRC. The system of total and partial…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: ascendance, Derek Devlin, gospog.

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2/7/2003 Andrew Martin: Sabriel, Lirael & Abhorsen by Garth Nix
With reference to Sabriel and Lirael by Garth Nix in this thread by Ron: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=2129 the sequel Abhorsen is arriving (in New Zealand) next month, and all three books are…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andrew Martin, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

2/7/2003 ADGBoss: Currency Question Character Goal vs Character Sheet Goal
Hello everyone, been away a little while and have managed to make it back after the holidays. Seraphim is doing fine, I am refurbishing the ADG websites (www.azuredragon.com) and re-focusing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss, contracycle.

2/7/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Mark all topics read
I have noticed that topic marked read do not stay read for some reason. I cruise the forum, read and marking topics read. Then when all are read, I'll go…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

2/7/2003 Paka: SA Question
Okay, the character is about to get into combat with his arch-nemesis who stepped on his puppy and slapped his father around. He spends his Passion - Hatred of vile…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Bankuei, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

2/7/2003 Michael S. Miller: Narrativist Games with Actor Stance?
I ran Trollbabe for my wife, Kat, and a friend of ours, Michele, this week. They both kinda enjoyed it, but pointed out that the rules "enforce a separation between…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paganini, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

2/7/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Be sombody.
Over in Narrativist Games with Actor Stance? the following was posted: I ran Trollbabe for my wife, Kat, and a friend of ours, Michele, this week. They both…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Le Joueur, Thierry Michel, greyorm, Michael S. Miller, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes.

2/7/2003 Mordacc: Maryland Players Anywhere?
Well I finished my first mini-campaign as Gm and I have to say it was quite an experience. THere were three players, and they all got very inot the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Michael Tree, Ashren Va'Hale, Shreyas Sampat, wpbarr, Valamir, Thalaxis.

2/7/2003 Andy Kitkowski: d20 D&D supplements: Are they "Indie supplements&am
Kind of a weird question. I've hit a snag and need some quick feedback. A game is Indie if it's self-produced by someone who owns all the rights to the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, clehrich, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Dave Panchyk, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/7/2003 Jeph: Gun to the Head
[i]"Val! Val, where the [/i]are[i]you!" Jake rushed around the corner--to find Valerie held tightly by the bald man, a .45 pressed agaist the back of her head. The man presses…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeph, John Kim.

2/7/2003 Michael Tree: TROS Star Wars
I've had an urge to run a mostly-Jedi star wars campaign for a while now, and I'm coming to believe that TROS may just be the best system for it,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Michael Tree, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, RN3G8 4E, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Stephen, szilard, Matt Wilson, Bob Richter.

2/7/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Mongrel in actual play
Last night, Dan Root, Matt Wilson, and I were (I think) the first people in the world to play Mongrel. Here's my extensive notes on play. The Adventure The adventure's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards.

2/8/2003 John Kim: Confused over Simulationism + example campaign
A few days ago, Ron commented about one of my examples "Look, Narrativism!" I didn't know how to reply, and I decided to read more articles and threads. I have…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Bob McNamee, clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Paganini, Garbanzo, greyorm, Andrew Martin, lumpley, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, JMendes, Matt, Valamir, ThreeGee, Mike Holmes.

2/8/2003 Jeph: Spin System: inspired by The Pool, TROS, and Princess Bride
[size=18px]One: Characters[/size]     The first step of character creation is to write a short (about fifty words) paragraph describing your character. This is not a term paper, nor is it a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeph, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Palaskar, Mark Johnson, ethan_greer, Blake Hutchins.

2/8/2003 ThreeGee: pondering further preferences
Hey all, This is an idea that I have been playing with for some time, but I want to run it past everyone here. I will be talking about something…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ThreeGee, JMendes, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

2/8/2003 Jaeger: Harder than it looks????
Based on what was said in the recent SA thread I felt an exchange of ideas of what one considers adequate preparation for running a TROS campaign. Personally, I like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaeger, prophet118, Bankuei, arxhon.

2/8/2003 r_callen221: 1st time Sorcerer Game- Need Help with my PCs!
Hey all~ Well, I've recieved Sorcerer in the mail and and am glad to say that I have decided to run a game using its materials, and I'm really excited!…
In Actual Play
Participants: r_callen221, Jack Spencer Jr, erithromycin, Christopher Kubasik, szilard, Uncle Dark, greyorm.

2/8/2003 Renard d'eau: Gaming as initiation ritual, mysticism as accessed by gaming
This is a sub-thread of “Mystical Role Play : Myth Or Reality ?” in the same forum. So, Simon mentioned the Merriam-Webster. I’ll quote it, so everybody has it and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Renard d'eau, C. Edwards, clehrich, Emily Care, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Matt Gwinn.

2/8/2003 Ubercon: Experienced GMs needed for Ubercon games convention
Scheduling trends indicate that we may be short of GMs for RPGA events at Ubercon. We are still actively seeking experienced GMs for the following systems Alternity Big Eyes Small…
In Connections
Participants: Ubercon, Clay.

2/8/2003 Paul Czege: request: play that revealed a big secret in a published game
Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about the big secrets in games like Engel and Blue Planet, the ones meant to be kept from the players until they can…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, jdagna, Stuart DJ Purdie, clehrich, Bankuei, ThreeGee, Valamir, Ian Charvill, xiombarg, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, contracycle, Mortaneus.

2/8/2003 GreatWolf: Tweaking Trait activation
I have been corresponding with someone about the Alyria rules, and he has asked a couple of interesting questions about Trait activation. I'm chewing on the issues, but I thought…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Spooky Fanboy, Valamir.

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