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2/11/2003 Bob McNamee: Soap- netgamers- In the gritty city
The indie netgamers just finished our Soap game. The players were me (Bob McNamee), Nathan (Paganini), and Chris Edwards? (Chris E). We played for about 5 nights of sessions. (…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob McNamee, C. Edwards.

2/11/2003 kbomb987: New indie RPG game - Cryn The Dark Reflection
Just released my first rpg demo. I'm looking for opinions on whether I should pursue making the full game or not. The demo is about 30-45 mins of gameplay. It's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: kbomb987, Mike Holmes.

2/11/2003 Thierry Michel: Escapists vs "Social" gamers
After reading a few threads, here and on RPGnet, about escapism and "genre", I've been thinking about something that I've rarely seen discussed about RPGs. The goal of many "non-gamers"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Thierry Michel, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Wilson, greyorm, C. Edwards, Green, arxhon, M. J. Young, Matt Gwinn, Emily Care.

2/11/2003 greyorm: Leading the Way
[quote="Ron Edwards"]No, you're fine. This is just nifty. Remember, someone has to lead, and as long as you're willing to get out of the way when the solos/jamming begin, then…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G., Christopher Kubasik.

2/11/2003 Michael S. Miller: A Gazebo of Games -- New Jersey Convention
Just wanted to let everyone know about A Gazebo of Games, Febraru 21-23 in Piscataway, NJ. Further information can be found at http://www.wildgazebo.com. Attendance is expected to be in the…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

2/11/2003 Wulf: What am I?
No, not one of those dumb quizzes (although I am MUCH bigger than a breadbox). I have a problem fitting in to my gaming group, and, being too mean to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wulf, Valamir, greyorm, Paul Czege, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, TJ, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

2/11/2003 Bankuei: Me & My Guy: Character Creation
I've noticed that there tends to be a major difference in how effective a player is at communicating a character concept based on whether they describe their character in terms…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Rob MacDougall, greyorm.

2/11/2003 clehrich: Brief theory question
Hi, I just read The Pool --- I haven't played it yet --- and I have a brief question. If I succeed at a roll, I can take an additional…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: clehrich, Valamir, James V. West, Ron Edwards, xiombarg.

2/11/2003 arxhon: Retired gamer brought back to the fray! Thanks, Mr. Norwood!
I have been out of general circulation for rpg's pretty much since White Wolf released Mage, except for a few months here and there playing WFRP, and a few rather…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood, GreatWolf, OriginalFlash, Spartan.

2/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: DunDraCon Plans
Is anyone here going to DunDraCon in San Ramon this weekend? Tempted as I was to cancel, I've decided to follow through and have some fun at the convention. I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/11/2003 clehrich: GNS model as artistic principles
In the RPG Theory thread Be somebody, greyorm wrote: Another example is groups who struggle to gain their Holy Grail of play -- frex, that moment of Narrativism…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: clehrich, Ron Edwards, greyorm, John Kim, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

2/11/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: weapon stats
any ideas for the stats on the the ahlspiel, the flemish gudentag, the large messer and the hammer and spike of the pole axe?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Mordacc, Shadeling, Jeffrey Straszheim.

2/11/2003 Dios-Flakk: Little Fears based short story
Heya again, its Richard here I recently completed a short story based off of our faaaaaaav game Little Fears (why else would I be here yammering?) If all is working…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Dios-Flakk, saint ash.

2/8/2003 Thorsten: How long will it take to Germany?
How long will it take to get TROS to Germany? My FNLGS awaits it march at best or april?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thorsten, Jake Norwood, Jürgen Mayer.

2/10/2003 Matt Gwinn: How has gaming effected your life?
I have no doubt that certain people are drawn to roleplaying games and there has always been an association between roleplaying games and geekdom. Scott and I were driving the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, clehrich, M. J. Young, C. Edwards, arxhon, Mike Holmes, ThunderCheetah, Bogie_71, Le Joueur, John Kim, ThreeGee, contracycle, Ian Charvill, Meguey, quozl, Ron Edwards, Jeremy Cole.

2/10/2003 jburneko: 7th Sea and Last Minute Prep
Hello All, When I was in High School and College I noticed a funny trend concerning my writing skills. If I procrastinated and waited until the last possible minute to…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Brian Leybourne, Jeph, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, clehrich, John Kim, Ian Charvill, Valamir.

2/10/2003 ThreeGee: OurCon 2003
Hey all, I am not affiliated with OurCon (not this year, anyway), but I would like to invite people in the New England area to this year's OurCon in Amherst,…
In Connections
Participants: ThreeGee, Jared A. Sorensen, lumpley.

2/10/2003 Shadeling: TROS Supers?
Well I am not insane. While thinking on my Wuxia TROS, this idea hit me like a Dopplehander. TROS Supers. I have always been a fan of the gritty...and a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Mordacc, Clinton R. Nixon, RN3G8 4E.

2/10/2003 murazor: Armour piercing (and another thing)
Hello all. I have now bought, read and digested The Riddle of Steel, though I have yet to test it. Nevertheless, I have a few questions. What is the advantage…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: murazor, Paka, Valamir, toli, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Aaron.

2/10/2003 ADGBoss: A Question of Premise
In the vulgar, unrefined form most people percieve it at, Premise is the idea, the why, and or the motivation for Action. In our case, Premise if the idea, the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, ThreeGee, Jonathan Walton, Dave Panchyk, clehrich, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

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2/11/2003 ace pilot: Some Printing Questions
Hello All! Things are going extremely well for my RPG project- the core rules are written and being tweaked as playtesting continues, I have a cabal of excellent artists working…
In Publishing
Participants: ace pilot, Matt Gwinn, Chris Passeno, Mike Holmes, samdowning, Valamir, abzu.

2/11/2003 quozl: Game Storm
March 14-16, 2003 in Portland, Oregon www.pdxgames.com for more information.... Now, who's going to be there? I will and my brother will (who's there for the wargames but I may…
In Connections
Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.

2/12/2003 JSDiamond: 2nd Print run
Matt, I know that Gencon is still a while yet, but have you decided on whether to do another print run? I love the preview and I'd really…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: JSDiamond, Matt Gwinn.

2/12/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Against the Reich! review
Against the Reich! gets 5/5 stars! http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=472
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

2/12/2003 Shreyas Sampat: A Magic System for Exquisite (maths questions)
So, I'm trying to design two parallel magic systems for my game Exquisite. As it stands, there are 15 'facilities' a character has; these are the product of three attitudes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, szilard.

2/12/2003 Rob MacDougall: Sorcerer: Incorporated
I’m splitting this off from the thread Executive-Class Sorcerer, which points to some if not all of the threads that inspired this idea I had for a Sorcerer game. Sorcerer:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rob MacDougall, Clinton R. Nixon, Bryant, szilard, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

2/12/2003 greyorm: Revelations: an Immortal-inspired adaptation of Sorcerer
Heya, Something I've mentioned on and off for the past two years has finally recieved my full attention: an adaptation of the game Immortal utilizing the rules and style for…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, xiombarg, Spooky Fanboy.

2/12/2003 Cassidy: The Pool: 4th Play Session Comments
Previous threads... The Pool: 1st Play Session Comments The Pool: 2nd Play Session Comments The Pool: 3rd Play Session Comments This was the last session in the short game I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, James V. West.

2/12/2003 Drew Stevens: Agh! Explaining Universalis!
So, I have an interesting dillimea. I mean, it's a good dillimea, but it's still interesting. How do ya'll explain Universalis to other people? Since my efforts at either 'A…
In Universalis
Participants: Drew Stevens, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

2/12/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: How does one Explore Colour?
I think I understand at least some of the possible ways to Explore the other elements of roleplay: Character, Setting, Situation, System; but Colour eludes me. Perhaps it's because I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Emily Care.

2/12/2003 Ron Edwards: Comparison: Dread / kill puppies for satan
Hello, I've now played two pretty intensive sessions of Dread, and I've just completed yet another guffaw-punctuated read-through of kill puppies for satan, in prep for an upcoming game. So…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, Clinton R. Nixon, rafael.

2/12/2003 Darth Tang: Fighting nets
Still working on my application of RoS to the War Hammer world. Now, the Goblins, among others, use nets. Good idea, think it'll prove interesting. Problem is, how to apply…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

2/12/2003 Treves: Sales #'s
Hey there folks, This is about publishing a CD rather than music - I'm investigating the possibility of selling a CD of background music for horror gaming. I plan to…
In Publishing
Participants: Treves, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, GMSkarka, Matt Gwinn.

2/12/2003 Matt Snyder: Deathwish -- Back in Action!
Deathwish, Espionage Role-playing on the Edge, is now available for FREE! Deathwish is super-spy modification of Dust Devils, a critically acclaimed indie RPG. Where Dust Devils finds inspiration in the…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Rob MacDougall.

2/12/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Lefthandedness
Excuse me if this has been covered in a previous thread. As you can see I am new to the forum. I've been playing a very by the book adventure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Fallen_Icarus, Shadeling, TAROT, Mike Holmes, deltadave, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Bob McNamee, prophet118, spunky.

2/12/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Comments from the Masters: How do you avoid Using It All?
So one of my biggest design hurdles these days (aside from throwing something together, running it with friends, seeing how it flies, taking notes and doing it again ;^) )…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jasper, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Jeph, Zak Arntson, clehrich, Mark Johnson, Stuart DJ Purdie, M. J. Young, Paul Czege.

2/12/2003 Scott_Lynch: A GenCon Noob Asks About Booths
Howdy all-- So, I was looking at booth photos from the '02 con and trying to construct a mental image of what mine will look like this year. I'm after…
In Publishing
Participants: Scott_Lynch, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/13/2003 Le Joueur: All Things in Moderation
It's about time I got around to posting the Scattershot Forum's moderation guidelines. Without further ado:There are no 'dead threads' (unlike the remainder of the Forge). If you have any…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

2/13/2003 Ashlin_Evenstar: Ember Twilight: Setting vs. System
Greetings! I believe this is my first time to start a thread here, so forgive my nervousness. :) But I've run into a dilemma and I'd very much like your…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ashlin_Evenstar, ethan_greer, peteramthor, clehrich, ADGBoss.

2/13/2003 greyorm: "Revelations" background
Over in Revelations: an Immortal Inspired Adaptation of Sorcerer the follwoing was requested: Personally, I'd like to see an Actual Play thread on the Immortal LARP that spawned this, explaining…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, xiombarg.

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