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8/20/2001 peteramthor: Grey matter a smokin'
Okay with me now running two seperate weekly Little Fears games a week, each for a different group, I have to ask. How is the new site coming along? I'm…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: peteramthor, Jason L Blair.

8/20/2001 GraveyardGreg: Incomplete Games
It was mentioned over in the "Publishing" aspect of the forums that Sorcerer was not complete because it had no sourcebooks. It struck me as odd. Sorcerer doesn't need any…
In RPG Theory
Participants: GraveyardGreg, peteramthor, Laura Bishop, James Holloway, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2001 FilthySuperman: How much is enough?
To get straight to the point.. let's say I want to print, bind, and publish a book. Complet with artwork.. the whole 9 yards. How much content is enough? How…
In Publishing
Participants: FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards, jburneko, John Wick, Emily Dresner, Cameron, JSDiamond, kwill, Dav.

8/20/2001 Ron Edwards: Why this business pisses me off
Well, well. Yesterday - yes, YESTERDAY - I discovered something really aggravating. NONE of the individual orders made prior to this week got sent - apparently store orders had to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Bailywolf, Laura Bishop, Paul Czege, Valamir, Uncle Dark, Ben Morgan, james_west, Ian O'Rourke, Tundra.

8/20/2001 effie: CyberCon II - Want to Expose Your Game?
For those of you who were not there, CyberCon I was an online RPG convention prepared and promoted by the RPGHost network. It was a rousing success for a first-time…
In Conventions
Participants: effie, Ian O'Rourke.

8/20/2001 jdrakeh: Community Design Project (Code Name: Rogue Gamer)
I'm looking for a few GW fans to assist in the creation of a set of role-playing rules for use with the "Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader" game. The ultimate goal…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh.

8/20/2001 Coleslaw: I just picked up Glorantha
Not that I think too many people will care, but I just picked up the Glorantha boxed set today. I must say, I am very, very pleased with the system…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Coleslaw, Jason L Blair, joshua neff, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim.

8/20/2001 Thededine: Setting + Plot Packaging
Here's a stray thought I had. I'll throw it into the mix and see what you-all think of it. It would have to be a boxed set package (and if…
In Publishing
Participants: Thededine, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Dav.

8/19/2001 Clay: Mini-supplement Sales
I have some questions about the mini-supplements. First, how have sales been? From what I hear on these forums, at least some people are buying them. Have sales numbers reached…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Dav, Valamir, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2001 Dav: Electric Ghosts
I'm just putting in the word. Though I will certainly have more formal and well-thought remarks (as much as my remarks ever are) later. I just finished Electric Ghosts on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dav, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2001 jdrakeh: Backing plays
Joshua Marquart wrote: abuse is actually a problem with the GameMASTER, not the game itself. It's the GM's job to reign in his abusers, not the systems. A system…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Ron Edwards, Dav, Laura Bishop, joshua neff, Supplanter, contracycle.

8/18/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Kick A_ _!
Finally got paid for my crumby column and used some of that money to buy LF. Now five weeks of patience will make all the diference... ... ... ... ...…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

8/18/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Squeaming from the Depths of Infinity!
http://www.memento-mori.com/main/cocsqueam.html Squeam 3 + Call of Cthulhu = (polite) madness, chaos and blood!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, kwill.

8/18/2001 hardcoremoose: The Misbegotten
Hey everyone, Lately every time I try coming up with an idea for a new game I always arrive at the same conclusion: It would work better as a Sorceror…
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose.

8/18/2001 Paul Czege: see Ron Edwards and Mike Holmes sell Sorcerer at GenCon (kin
Mike's the one with the beard: http://www.wizards.com/gencon/virtual/exhibitor.asp?x=virtual/display&E=103 My guess on the timing of this shot is sometime about the middle of the day Thursday. The display of the Sorcerer cover…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

8/17/2001 jburneko: On Author and Director Stance
This post is probably more 'thinking out loud' than asking an actual question. But in my gaming circles I find it difficult to explain why having Author/Director power given to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Emily Care, Laura Bishop, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the Union
I thought I'd update everyone on the general health and future of the Forge. Immense growth: The Forge has become very, very visible here lately, partially, I think, because of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Laura Bishop, GraveyardGreg, John Wick, Ian O'Rourke, Theory of X.

8/17/2001 contracycle: player character premises
Hiya, Just wanted to ask if people are conscious of the character premises brought to the table by players. I imagine the root concept of a character is/strongly related to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, jburneko, Ron Edwards, TrizzlWizzl, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Laurel.

8/17/2001 morbus: Gamegrene.com Article on R/N/S
Entitled "The Great Divide". Read more here: http://www.gamegrene.com/gm/997796770.shtml A snippet: One of these sets of terms is my springboard for this article: the Gamist / Simulationist / Narrativist divide.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: morbus, kwill, Ron Edwards, Knight.

8/17/2001 Emily Dresner: Uh... Hi!
Hi all-- I'm pretty sure a good half of the people here know who I am. In the last three years, I've contributed to about a dozen different books (another…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Emily Dresner, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Dav, GraveyardGreg.

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8/21/2001 Paul Czege: talkin' 'bout degeneration
On the "Mixing Styles Across the Table" thread, Gordon wrote: I'm already well aware of many degenerate forms of G and S. I would like to see more discussion…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Zak Arntson, Supplanter, pacific_steve.

8/21/2001 Cameron: Any suggestions on genre support mechanics?
I did another playtest of my still unnamed crime genre game. One of the things that struck me was how action-oriented the players were. That is to say, they were…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cameron, Ron Edwards, Time, Paul Czege, jdrakeh, Cadriel, FilthySuperman, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Straszheim.

8/21/2001 Matt Gwinn: Narrativist Wrestling RPG
I just posted my newest game venture. It's call Kayfabe and is a narrativist game about wrestling. It involves all of the behind the scenes intrigue as well as promos,…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, FilthySuperman, unodiablo, Doc Midnight.

8/21/2001 james_west: Running Elfs at a con ...
I've got a convention coming up in two weeks, and I've got two sessions of Elfs in the schedule. One in which I'm planning on running a perversion of Keep…
In Adept Press
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/21/2001 james_west: S.O.A.P. at a con ...
I'm planning on running (presenting? whatever) SOAP at a Con in about two weeks, and I'm wondering if anyone's ever come up with more examples/transcripts for me to give the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: james_west, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/22/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Got it!
My HB Sorcerer book arrived this morning - this means international orders are fulfilled very quickly. Since it was only sent out a few days ago?
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair.

8/22/2001 FilthySuperman: Creating Awareness
Well I have a game nearing completion and I'm awful damned proud of it so far. (of course I say that about putting my shoes on the correct feet) So…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards.

8/22/2001 Otyugh: Little Fears in Ireland
I am working to organise some LF in Ireland on a convention bases and/or on a home/private group bases. Any one interested just contact me... otyugh@postmaster.co.uk Max
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Otyugh.

8/22/2001 jburneko: The Role of Genre In RPG Design
Down in the Theory Forum Ron made the claim that Genre is not a very useful term when it comes to RPGs. I'd like to explore this assertion. When someone…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, FilthySuperman, Laura Bishop, Marco.

8/22/2001 Bailywolf: Something a bit... lighter
I want to run Sorcerer for a small group of non-gamer friends, but don't want to freak them out too much. Those who've read some of my ideas in the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, jburneko, kwill, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/22/2001 GreatWolf: Writ on Water: A Tale of Alyria
Writ on Water A Tale of Alyria A flame flared in the darkness of the small hut. The paper caught and burned. “I was born twenty years ago today…” The…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/22/2001 GreatWolf: Bloody Heat: A Tale of Alyria
Bloody Heat A Tale of Alyria It’s this bloody heat. It’s making it hard to think straight. I just want to write down what happened to me tonight so that…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/23/2001 Zak Arntson: Premise vs. Convention
For those of you emulating a particular genre, I would recommend following that genre versus established RPG conventions. Snippet from an interview about the upcoming Lord of the Rings RPG…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/23/2001 Valamir: Rules Question on Contains
Ok, been reading through the new book, came across something in the Contain rules I had missed before about Preparation. The actual contain is Sorcerer Lore vs Demon Power, but…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Jeffrey Straszheim, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2001 peteramthor: My Little Fears games
I've been running Little Fears since I got it back from Origins a little while back. Thought I would share some of the action with everyone here. Its been rather…
In Actual Play
Participants: peteramthor, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: First impresions.
Got the game the other day, and I'm impressed. 3e PHB has a few hundred pages on it and is slightly larger but I think the money was better spent…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2001 Uncle Dark: Uncle Dark's Capsule Review
I just got my Sorcerer hardback yesterday, and I finished it this morning. I'm glad I spent the money on it, but if I'd been able to see what all…
In Adept Press
Participants: Uncle Dark, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Jeffrey Straszheim, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/23/2001 Zak Arntson: Adventures in Space!! - Freebie RPG
http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/ais.html Okay, I've put my newest game up. It's for playing in those cheezy space serials/comics. Main drive behind game: Players should have a large part in driving the story,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, FilthySuperman, Cadriel, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2001 FilthySuperman: Cooperative GMing Mechanics
I was struck with the idea of comprising a gaming system around strictly two players. It would be more of a "world building" fantasy game than an epic fantasy /…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2001 Matt: Bedlam! - a game concept
Okay, I'm new on this board, so go gentle :smile: This is a game idea a friend and I came up with last night, which I'd like peoples thoughts on.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt, james_west, FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, John Wick, trelliz.

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