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2/20/2003 Jake Norwood: La Famiglia: First Draft
I would like to turn everyone's attention to the first (and partially incomplete) draft of La Famiglia, a Mafia game that revolves around Reputation. I'm really proud of it, as…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Norwood, ThreeGee, Valamir, simon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Rob MacDougall, Bankuei.

2/20/2003 Mainboard: Is this a good idea to make combat a little easier?
To make comabt less deadly take their AGL + PRS divided by 2 to create a Body (BDY) stat. Body give the characters a few extra "levels" to absorb damage.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mainboard, Spartan, spunky, Jake Norwood, Noon, Paka, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Aaron, Michael Tree, Mokkurkalfe.

2/19/2003 AdamG: ideas towards a resolution mechanic
I’ve been working on a system, and a bit towards setting, on a game I’d like to play. I’m just putting this out there to see if anyone has any…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: AdamG, Jeph, Matt.

2/19/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday (immense)
I've been working on and off for the last few weeks on my newest game, The Shadow of Yesterday. It's a post-apocalyptic fantasy game that sprung from my head like…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, szilard, Valamir, James V. West, Alan, Walt Freitag, Jake Norwood, quozl, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/19/2003 drake113: Roadmage
Well, I just got my copy of OctaNe and spent the entire morning basking in its chewy goodness (not to mention wasting a huge amount of company time doing it).…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: drake113, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy.

2/19/2003 Drew Stevens: InSpecteres question...
Question- Do all the Franchise dice earned from completing a mission go to the Company? Because if they do, it seems like companies grow at a gangbusters rate. I mean,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Drew Stevens, Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko.

2/19/2003 Bailywolf: Sorcerer for driven, tortured, conflicted super heroes
OK, don't have much time but wanted to throw this topic out while it was figural. I've been on a supers kick of late. Green Ronin's excelent point-build supers game…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

2/19/2003 Paul Czege: your last chance for despair
This week I began writing My Life with Master up for publication. So I've been working my way through feedback from private messages and threads in this forum to make…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, quozl, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Paul's Girl.

2/19/2003 Drew Stevens: Social Combat
*paces while waiting for his full copy of Riddle* I was pondering recently, specifically about social intrigue and such- given the deadlier nature of combat in Riddle, I rather expect…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Drew Stevens, toli, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Brian Leybourne, Noon, Mainboard, Mike Holmes, Durgil, svenlein, Fallen_Icarus, arxhon, Ryuuko, John Resotko.

2/19/2003 Valamir: Stop Short
Ok, In my first few times threw Stop Short was one of those moves that I skipped because it made my head hurt trying to figure it out. Now that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Spartan, Fallen_Icarus, Jake Norwood, Noon, John Resotko, Sneaky Git, Damascus, Wolfen.

2/19/2003 Drew Stevens: A more formalized Social Contract
So, while I'm sure that several people have already seen this, I imagine some haven't. And in any case, it's an interesting read on a way to formalize a social…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drew Stevens, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/19/2003 quozl: Bookshelf: Anvilweks->Forge
Is the Anvilwerks bookshelf going to be moving to the Forge bookshelf? If so, could I get the Donjon stuff moved? My account on Anvilwerks is quozl and on The…
In CRN Games
Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/19/2003 erithromycin: I Ran Sorcerer And It Was Awful
Or, rather, it was Simply Ghastly. I’ll start at the beginning, with the players – D, J, K, and W. W lurks here on occasion, and I've just noticed that…
In Actual Play
Participants: erithromycin, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, ThreeGee, weeble.

2/19/2003 Drew Stevens: Shock...
Maybe I'm misunderstanding how it's meant to work, or maybe the Quickstart rules don't explain it right, but Shock seemed to be Really Brutal, and Brawn seemed to make a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Drew Stevens, Valamir, Stephen, Mike Holmes, Noon, Bankuei.

2/19/2003 John Harper: Donjon Buffy
As I mentioned in the Serious Donjon thread, I'm going to be running Buffy using the Donjon system. I made a character sheet for the game that you can grab…
In CRN Games
Participants: John Harper, Bailywolf, Russell, Wulf.

2/19/2003 Hyper Jacks: My Game Idea
Hi, I am new to this forum and stumbled across it accidentally. I have been working on a game and thought I would run the ideas acorss the forum to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Hyper Jacks, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, quozl, Jeremy Cole.

2/19/2003 Jeremy Cole: Narrative Premise.
In RPG terms, I have seen Narrative Premise given mostly as a question, such as "What will you risk for..." or "What price will you pay for...". Now, I always…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jeremy Cole, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Valamir, contracycle.

2/19/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: GNS will fade into the background of RPG Theory
I realized something very important about GNS which is that it will and should fade into the background of the theory. I doubt if it will fade away entirely. It…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Rob MacDougall, M. J. Young.

2/19/2003 James V. West: stinking elfs!
Got my copy of Elfs! Just wanted to say my wife and I had some real out-loud laughs just reading it. I had planned on playing Trollbabe first, but now…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, jburneko, Rod Anderson, greyorm, Mike Holmes.

2/19/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Game Concepts: Shared Play Chapter PDF
Hi all I have just finished the first draft of the Game Concepts: Shared Play chapter for The Million Worlds: Chronicles Of The Eternal Cycle (TM). This chapter lays out…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes.

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2/20/2003 wyrdlyng: Overly rules dependent?
[size=9px][I think this is where this should go. If not then please feel free to plop it where appropriate.][/size] I was reading posts on another board and found a sentence…
In RPG Theory
Participants: wyrdlyng, clehrich, Comte, Ron Edwards, Alan, Ben Morgan, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Cassidy, lumpley, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young.

2/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Travel to multple conventions
One of the major anime conventions, FanimeCon in Santa Clara, has asked me to help with their game programming (this happened at DunDraCon). All fine and dandy, but it poses…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Matt Gwinn.

2/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Prose writers wanted
Seraphim Guard is looking for talented prose writers and comic artists for an unannounced project. Payment will be work-for-hire, 10-15% of gross reciepts. Familiarity with the Seraphim Guard product line…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/20/2003 JMendes: Session Expiration
Hey, :) Is it just me or are sessions expiring very quickly all of a sudden? Cheers, J.
In Site Discussion
Participants: JMendes.

2/20/2003 James Holloway: Historical wargaming and the development of RPGs.
Over the last couple of years, I've been getting increasingly involved in historical miniatures gaming. And, although I'm just a young 'un and wasn't around for the early years of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: James Holloway, Ron Edwards, Thierry Michel, b_bankhead, Kester Pelagius, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, talysman, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, M. J. Young, Wulf, Ian Charvill, arxhon, Rob Brennan.

2/20/2003 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Adventure Style
I'm working on some new stuff for Kayfabe and had an interesting idea I'd like people's opinion on. I want to give players the option to play Kayfabe like a…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

2/20/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: More Invalid Sessions
I just got an Invalid Session message trying to email someone. Ask if you need more details.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, GMSkarka.

2/20/2003 Stephen: Something wrong with the website?
I've been trying to get onto www.theriddleofsteel.net all day and I can't, and now the Web can't even find the site. Nothing wrong, I hope?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen, Jake Norwood.

2/20/2003 Ashlin_Evenstar: Does Cover Matter?
Greetings! I am coming close to finishing up work on my RPG. Layout and art are taken care of, so I'm in the process of choosing printing options. The main…
In Publishing
Participants: Ashlin_Evenstar, quozl, Mike Holmes, Sidhain, Scorpio, Valamir, Paul Czege, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

2/20/2003 cusidhe: Drought of Refersing Rain
Greetings all, First time poster, long time lurker. I have been followingthe development of four willows weeping's game Refreshing Rain for some time. I have noticed that little has come…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: cusidhe, Shreyas Sampat.

2/20/2003 Jonathan Walton: Initial Thoughts on Paladin
Hey Clinton et all, Just bought Paladin a couple days ago, planning to use it to run an Engel game at an upcoming con. Anyway, I absolutely love the concepts…
In CRN Games
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Clinton R. Nixon, iago, Paul Czege, Ben Morgan.

2/21/2003 b_bankhead: Never Enough Rules:Manifesto of a rules-lite convert
Taken together the two actual rulebooks (PHB &GMG) of 3ED&D are about half the length of Lord of the Ring or Atlas Shrugged. This mind you is for a GAME.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: b_bankhead, M. J. Young, Valamir, Thierry Michel, quozl, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, clehrich.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Day jobs for a publisher
What is the best kind of day job for a publisher/business student to be looking for at this time (given that there is essentially no economy in Oregon, where I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, greyorm, Paul Czege, geekspeakweekly, Darklance, Clay, abzu, clehrich, Dav, Chris Passeno.

2/21/2003 Mordacc: Thoughts on d20/DnD
Ok, since im assuming im not the only one who has..."evolved" shal we say, from d20 or DND to TROS, im curious as to your reasons for switching systems. My…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Bankuei, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe, cresotko, Mike Holmes, spunky, arxhon, Jim DelRosso, Vanguard, Jake Norwood, Noon, contracycle.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: School & Publishing
My admissions officer confirmed with me today that I will begin taking online classes at Devry Univeristy's business school on April 28th. Anything that helps me become a better entrepenuer…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Scorpio, Valamir, Treves, wyrdlyng, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 Cryostorm: Union-TOS: Check This Out, Please
Uh, Hi! My name is Cameron Harsh, and I just found this site two nights ago. I was impressed and thankful to find it. You see since last night when…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cryostorm, quozl, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Harsh Attack, clehrich, Valamir.

2/21/2003 reptile2k1: DECAY: Status update?
So how far is DECAY? Can we see some playtesting snippets? Just interested...
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: reptile2k1, Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/21/2003 Paka: Riddle Adventure Trailers
I posted this thing on RPG.net and since the Riddle is on my mind lately many of my adventure seeds have concered this game. A campaign trailer is what I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Jake Norwood, Vanguard, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Wolfen, Morfedel, Kaare Berg, Jasper the Mimbo, Draigh, Mayhem1979, Caz, Ashren Va'Hale.

2/21/2003 wyrdlyng: FYI: New Distributor for Hero Wars stuff
[b]February 19, 2003: SJ Games To Distribute Issaries Line[/b] Steve Jackson Games will take responsibility for sales and distribution of all Issaries releases, effective immediately. All existing Issaries back stock…
In HeroQuest
Participants: wyrdlyng.

2/21/2003 clehrich: Shadows in the Fog: New Stuff
[size=14px][b]Session Structure[/b][/size] A number of people have suggested that I put in something about session structure, and this is more or less a sketch of the piece to be inserted.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, Spooky Fanboy, Le Joueur, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Piers Brown.

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