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3/1/2003 John Harper: Coil: I'm writing a Sorcerer novel, and I didn't know it
So, I finally got around to buying and reading Sorcerer today. I know, I know... I have no excuse. I guess I put it off for so long because I…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Harper, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, DaR.

4/16/2003 John Harper: Rolling gobs of dice... yet another alternative
I'm developing a system for an upcoming game project (Danger Patrol) and it sometimes calls for great handfuls of dice to be rolled, much like Donjon can. My "solution" is…
In CRN Games
Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, ethan_greer, Valamir, Rich Forest, Russell, Michael S. Miller, Bailywolf, Jason, Mike Holmes.

4/19/2003 John Harper: Sorcerer fan art
I recently put together an entry for the Universalis art contest, and then decided to do a few more pieces in that style, starting with my take on the covers…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Harper, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Fabrice G..

4/21/2003 John Harper: Paladin Fan Art
I've been inspired lately to do some fan art pieces for the indie RPG community, starting with my take on the core "image" for a few different games. After doing…
In CRN Games
Participants: John Harper, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, J. Backman, Jared A. Sorensen, Andrew Ciotti, rafial, ejh, tetsujin28, joshua neff.

4/23/2003 John Harper: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Take one naked woman, a big horn sheep, and a website for ren-fair accessories and what do you get? No, not that you sick monkey! You get the Trollbabe Desktop…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, greyorm, jrs, Nev the Deranged, Solomon.

5/14/2003 John Harper: Ancient Greece Uni stories
Bob's posts about Trollbabe Demigods reminded me that I haven't posted the write-ups of my first few Uni games here in the forum. I'm hosting a come-one-come-all Uni game every…
In Universalis
Participants: John Harper, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/5/2003 John Harper: [Universalis] Foxy Noir
We had one of our best Universalis games yet last night. "I want to play noir," quickly turned into a funkadelic detective story on the streets of New Orleans in…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Harper, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

7/17/2003 John Harper: Adding traits, control, and other rules questions
Hello, We're playing Universalis like gangbusters over here in Seattle. I have a game that meets every Tuesday, and we usualy have 5-7 players each time. It's a total blast.…
In Universalis
Participants: John Harper, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

8/7/2003 John Harper: New Indie RPG Desktop: MLwM
I finally got around to doing a desktop image for My Life with Master, and I think it turned out rather well if I do say so myself. You can…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: John Harper, Jason L Blair, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, iago.

10/20/2003 John Harper: PTA Bridgewater
[b]Primetime Adventures: Bridgewater[/b] My friend Matt Wilson has written a wonderful roleplaying game called Primetime Adventures. Perhaps you've heard of it around the Forge. It's in the late playtesting stages…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Harper, Meredith, hix, Matt Wilson.

10/21/2003 John Harper: Dice Mechanic: Trading Narration
I came up with a little dice mechanic today, and now I'm starting to think that maybe I didn't invent it after all. I think the odds are good that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: John Harper, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2004 John Harper: [Pool variant] The Poodle
We just started a new game series (set in Joss Whedon's Firefly universe) and we're using a Pool variant that I developed. It's working pretty well, so I thought I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: John Harper, Matt Wilson, Cassidy, James V. West, Mike Holmes.

1/31/2004 John Harper: UniPool -- Its Universalis! It's The Pool! It's both!
[b]UniPool[/b] Universalis meets The Pool Each player gets a stack of 10 coins at the start of each session. Any coins left over from a previous session are lost. These…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: John Harper, HMT, Alan, James V. West, Bob McNamee.

2/1/2004 John Harper: The UniPool -- It's Universalis! It's The Pool! It's both!
I started this thread over in the Random Order Creations forum, but I figure it's just as applicable here. If any Uni folks wanna jump in, here it is: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9558…
In Universalis
Participants: John Harper.

2/13/2004 John Harper: House Rule: Arm Hits
I'm interested in a house rule that will result in more hits to the arms. In my experience in Kendo and Aikido, the arms tend to be in the way…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: John Harper, Lxndr, toli, Jake Norwood, timfire, gregkcubed, Ingenious, Salamander, Jaeger, Gideon13, Edge, kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Poleaxe.

6/30/2004 John Harper: [Danger Patrol] Conflict Resolution with Cards
Lately I've been toying with a conflict resolution system for my retro-sci-fi game Danger Patrol, and I figure it's time to give the Forge a crack at it. Specific questions:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: John Harper, TonyLB, The Fiendish Dr. Samsara, Matt Wilson, Valamir, TnT, W Alexander.

9/16/2004 John Harper: PTA Shows: Elevator Pitch Time
So, we all know that show creation is a group process for PTA. But it's a good idea to arrive at the planning session with a couple of basic "elevator…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: John Harper, Tobias, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, joshua neff.

10/22/2004 John Harper: Techniques for driving conflict in a scene
One of the jobs of the Producer in PTA is to drive the action of the a scene towards conflict. How do you do this? I'd like this thread to…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: John Harper, Alan, Matt Wilson.

3/11/2005 John Harper: Dogs on the Desktop
I had a few spare hours at work the other day, so I put together a desktop image for DitV. You can grab it here: http://www.shootingiron.com/dogs/dogs_1280.jpg It's ironic that a…
In lumpley games
Participants: John Harper, Paka, jporrett, Andrew Morris, lumpley, apparition13, Karasu, demiurgeastaroth, Iskander, Technocrat13, Everspinner, Neal, dazzler96, Ben Lehman.

7/25/2005 John Harper: [Stranger Things] Social Rolls
So, I'm busy working on Stranger Things (the used-to-be Trollbabe mini-supplement now turned full stand-alone game "inspired by Trollbabe" -- thanks to Ron's kind indulgence) and I've come to the…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, demiurgeastaroth.

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