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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 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.

2/12/2003 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.

2/12/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

2/11/2003 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.

2/11/2003 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 Darth Tang: Combat query: combined arms
I'm planning on using the RoS game system in the War Hammer background. Now, the group I'm with has, through bitter experience with my games, gotten well accustomed to 'combined…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Shadeling, Aaron, Ashren Va'Hale, Bob Richter, allahlav.

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2/13/2003 Noon: G'day G'day, a few Q's
Heya all, I've run some of these through the search engine here already. Didn't find much so I thought I'd ask. Scuse me if I screw up some terms, just…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Noon, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale.

2/13/2003 Aaron: Spoiler?
Any chance or a spoiler on the pack animal rules? I was almost embarresed when I set a couple of war dogs on my guys. Looking at their stats they…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Aaron, Brian Leybourne, Valamir.

2/13/2003 Mordacc: A Question about damage
Ok, i have some questions on damage. First, in the appendix it will say for some weapons that it has a damage of, say, ST + 2c. Now i take…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Noon, arxhon, Fallen_Icarus, Ashren Va'Hale.

2/13/2003 Dave Versace: First game, now with dinosaurs...
At last, at last! Simon, Chris, Linda and I got together for our first game of Universalis last night. Despite the usual uphill battle of explaining concepts and rules, it…
In Universalis
Participants: Dave Versace, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/13/2003 Jamie: Chargen to fit the setting
First 'New Topic'. Be gentle... This question has arisen as I ponder the chargen system in a game I'm working on. I have basically opted for a twist on the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jamie, szilard, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Comte.

2/12/2003 clehrich: Interpersonal reward system
I actually think the Pavlovian system can be made to work well, but the trick is to do it without it becoming the GM and all his dogs. A trick…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: clehrich, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Bankuei, Wulf, Valamir.

2/13/2003 Mortaneus: Tri-level GNS play & Tron
Hmm....I can think of a possible way to incorporate all three into a game design...don't know if this would work or not...but.... Concept: TRON (the movie) Play the users from…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mortaneus, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, szilard, Stuart DJ Purdie.

2/13/2003 Paul Czege: building community via blog
Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about Nathan's recent call to arms for indie folks to start promoting themselves better. And he's right, Jared really is outpacing most…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Le Joueur.

2/13/2003 ThreeGee: DRAGON SUN : JAZZ NINJA
Hey all, I have finally typed my scrawled notes on DRAGON SUN : JAZZ NINJA into something vaguely resembling English, and I would appreciate impressions. This is only the rough…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ThreeGee, ADGBoss, Jeph.

2/13/2003 Le Joueur: The Official Scattershot Reading List
This is The Official Scattershot Reading List. As a Forum 'topper,' I intend to keep modifying it's content to keep it as up-to-date as possible; feel free to add comments…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

2/13/2003 Shadeling: There is a Quickstart Review on RPGnet
I just saw it!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Stephen, Irmo, Blake Hutchins, wpbarr, arxhon, Noon.

2/13/2003 Ben Lehman: Thoughts on RoS mass combat
I don't know if Brian Gleichman is a dirty name around here (he has said some mean and nasty things about RoS) but I have just been reading his articles…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, toli, Brian Leybourne, Darth Tang, arxhon, Noon, Jake Norwood, Calder, svenlein, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco.

2/13/2003 Bankuei: Manuever Mods...
Ok, so here's some modified and new manuevers... most have been simplified or are not very different from the book. Bash/Bind/Check/Toss/Weapon Hooking/Expulsion Gamewise, all these things are basically either distracting…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, Aaron, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

2/13/2003 jburneko: Revisiting Relationship Between Humanity and Premise
I was just rereading Christopher's description of Biliomania and a very weird thought occured to me. Doesn't defining Humanity simultaneously define the Premise AND Answer it? Obviously, the answer is…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Alan, Michael S. Miller, Le Joueur, clehrich, szilard, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Ian Charvill.

2/13/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Glamour as a physical force
On page 107, under the heading of Glamour lvl 2, it mentions that the illusion can be made solid but lacking real sound or tactile componants. In one of my…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Fallen_Icarus, Bob Richter, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne.

2/13/2003 arxhon: What are Kickers and Bangs?
I see these terms kicked around here frequently, and haven't been able to really find anything defining them. Could someone give me a quick overview?
In RPG Theory
Participants: arxhon, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

2/14/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" -- The Joker, Batman (The Movie) Hey all, I am still procrastinating over the Game Concepts: Shared Play chapter. I have finished outlining…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

2/14/2003 clehrich: Aurora: New Book and Forthcoming Species References
So over here at Aurora, we've just finished the Ships Book, which is some 400-odd pages of game material on ships -- design, specs, stats, shipboard life, etc.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, greyorm, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Dave Panchyk, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag.

2/14/2003 Darth Tang: Weapon images (Pole Arms)
Its important to give players a visual image of what their gear looks like. In my current campaign, I have the Janes pocket books so players can see. One of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, Mike Holmes, Michael Tree, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, arxhon.

2/14/2003 Darth Tang: War pick
I haven't been able to find an illustration of this in any of my books on period weapons. I'm extremely hesitant to include a weapon for which I've no reliable…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, Shadeling, Irmo, Salamander.

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