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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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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.

2/20/2003 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.

2/20/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ryuuko: Questions...Go figure!
Hello all! I've been trying to keep up with this forum (because this game and you guys are so darn cool) but it has been quite hard because of all…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ryuuko, Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Aaron, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Ashren Va'Hale, Damascus, Sneaky Git, arxhon, toli, Salamander, Valamir.

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2/21/2003 marknau: Thinking about Rules
I have a ball. I bounce it against the wall. There is a rule that states that a ball thrown against the wall will bounce back. My 3-month-old daughter sees…
In RPG Theory
Participants: marknau, Le Joueur.

2/21/2003 jdagna: What should I charge?
Hello everyone! I've had an unusual offer recently from an old high school friend who currently works as an editor for a company that has been very successful with manga.…
In Connections
Participants: jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, philreed, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/21/2003 TomJustTom: Behind The Door?
Umm, the link about the new book has been up for a VERY long time... and well, I've been itching to get my little hands on it... is there any…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: TomJustTom, Jason L Blair.

2/21/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Is meaningless detail really meaningless?
I'm going to talk a bit about one aspect of my friend's game that I just don't get but since we really won't be discussing it with him, let's address…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Ian Charvill, clehrich, contracycle, greyorm, Bob McNamee, b_bankhead, M. J. Young, weeble, Johannes, Thierry Michel.

2/21/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk and Transparency
So I was writing the introductory "What is a Roleplaying Game?" section of Storypunk in my head today. It started out by talking about different types of social contracts: those…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2003 arkcure: Artwork for RPG in design Phase
Hello. This is my first post on this Forum so bear with me. Right now I am in the first stage of writing an adventure RPG and am approaching the…
In Connections
Participants: arkcure, greyorm, Valamir, Scorpio.

2/22/2003 James V. West: The Pool Variations Are Up
Hey I finally got around to posting some of the variations on The Pool. Check it out here! If I've left some out please don't be shy. Let me know…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Cassidy, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

2/22/2003 Mordacc: Insight question
Ok this is a question about spending insight points on a new character. Lets say that bob has 50 insight points and he dies, so the new character fred beginsplay…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Noon, spunky.

2/22/2003 Mordacc: Martial Arts
In TFOB, i assume there will be some coverage of oriental martial arts, however i have some specific questions about the applications of specific types of martial arts to the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, tauman, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Enoch, Shadeling, GreatWolf, Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne, Jon the Bastard, wpbarr, Thalaxis, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Mokkurkalfe, Sneaky Git, MrGeneHa, Bob McNamee, svenlein, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

2/22/2003 Mordacc: WHat is it?
Hey all, ive been playing THe Riddle of Steel for some time now and i saw the add for Sorcerer in the back of the manual and it got me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mordacc, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

2/22/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday design log
For the last month, I've been working on a new game entitled The Shadow of Yesterday. I detailed a bit about the setting in this earlier post, but wanted to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Matt Wilson, Blake Hutchins, Jared A. Sorensen, heldenhammer, szilard, DaGreatJL, ethan_greer, Valamir, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Drifter Bob, rafial.

2/23/2003 cruciel: The FooFoo Factor
The FooFoo Factor is my pet name for measuring how "heroic" a game's system is. I'm primarily talking about the damage system, but rules for things like fear, pain, and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, RobMuadib, clehrich, contracycle, Ian Charvill, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Thierry Michel, Marco, b_bankhead, Fletcher, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, erithromycin.

2/23/2003 Jon the Bastard: Howdy All. New Guy with Some Martial Stuff Experience
I just love TRoS. If only I could convince the D&D players I game with to let me run a game. Or hell, play a game. TRoS really appeals to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jon the Bastard, Salamander, Spartan.

2/23/2003 krang: DOMINATION - testing
You are the leader of a territory on a post apocalyptic planet. You know your neighbours want your land and to remove you as well as your people from this…
In Connections
Participants: krang.

2/23/2003 Mordacc: Sniper Scopes
WHat would the appropriate adjustment for a primitive sniper score on a crossbow be. This is assuming that it utilizes maybe two crystals that magnify the range. Would making the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Mokkurkalfe.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: hi, I need some information
Hi, I am a 3.5 + GPA high schooler, and I want to get into the video game world for a job, especially RPGs (Squaresoft is my dream). I would…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, Dave Panchyk, Kester Pelagius, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 arxhon: There's no Research Skill description....
I'm looking through the skill section, and i noticed that while Research is listed in the Academic skill packet, and in the list of skills, there is no such skill…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: my game: Clash of the Worlds
Hi, I am currently in the process of making a RPG series called "Clash of the Worlds". I am running the first two chapters of "CotW: From Past to Present"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, greyorm, Drew Stevens, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 Paka: Turning it Over to the Players (at times)
My Sunday D&D game just hasn't been popping. I have a lovely group, a lovely set of alternate games that feed my other gaming needs. It has occurred to me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka.

2/24/2003 svenlein: shied walls
One idea i had (untill we get flower of battle): when you have 2 lines of people face off, NOTE; assuming hallways or some other reason to be cramped (like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein.

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