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3/1/2003 Sneaky Git: Spears
I've got a quick question concerning the translation of a real-world weapon into TRoS terms. The citizens of Helena (an interesting analog of Classical Greece) fight in close order (a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sneaky Git, arxhon, Mokkurkalfe, MrGeneHa, svenlein, toli, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Anthony I, Valamir, Drew Stevens.

3/1/2003 Nev the Deranged: Asian Cult Cinema Sorcery
I regularly read a magazine called Asian Cult Cinema, and sometimes pick up other similar magazines. Unfortunately I have yet to scrounge enough cash to order any of the DVDs…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, hardcoremoose.

3/1/2003 Nev the Deranged: Demonic Voices
I was thinking about demonic voices. Would demons speak in the ur-tongue that anyone can understand? Or do they have their own infernal language? I think it would be cool…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, greyorm, John Harper, Ron Edwards.

3/1/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Delay in CAH release
We have had some vexing problems at the printers with the CAH book. We're working those out now, but this does mean a slight delay in the release date. Rest…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Blood Froth, Shadeling, Eddy Fate, Doc_Chronos.

3/1/2003 Colin Chapman: Carnivals in OctaNe.
Hey, I was just thinking that a wandering Carnival would fit OctaNe brilliantly. It'd have that entire freaky, weird, trash culture vibe. I can see it now: mutant hot dogs…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/1/2003 Johannes: Two senses of realism
Hi, After teching Russian classics to my students I came to think about how relism in litterature has been defined in criticism and what is realism in general. I think…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Johannes, ThreeGee, Marco, Mike Holmes, lumpley, clehrich.

3/1/2003 Comte: le mon mori
recently I had my freind order a copy of the .pdf version of Le Mon Mori from the webpage...http://memento-mori.com/lmm/index5.html. We haven't received any news about it since. It has been…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Comte, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/1/2003 Gwen: The Rise of the Nihilists: Setting
I suppose this will also help with the understanding of the game, but I didn't want to lump this discussion in with the Mechanics discussion. I will try to sum…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gwen, Spooky Fanboy, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards.

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.

2/28/2003 Gwen: The Rise of the Nihilists: System Mechanics
It seemed apparent in my other thread that perhaps I would be better served to adopt a system mechanic more befitting the odd, dream-lyke setting I created. I suppose it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gwen, szilard, Mike Holmes, marknau, Garbanzo.

2/28/2003 Drew Stevens: InSpecteres- Bugs or Features?
So, I ran a lil' InSpecteres one shot a few nights ago, and it went reasonably well. Some of the players much more clearly 'got' the mood and feeling and…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Drew Stevens, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller, Tim C Koppang.

2/28/2003 Mike Holmes: Universalis Wiki
For those who may not be aware, I am starting a game of Universalis using the innovative Wiki web technology. The game is hosted by the inimitable JB Bell. To…
In Universalis
Participants: Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Psycho42, Valamir, quozl, dragongrace, hix.

2/28/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk: The Universalis Mod Version
I was working on getting Storypunk ready for the playtest I'm running in two weeks (at a local Con), when I decided I need some kind of currency for handling…
In Universalis
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat.

2/28/2003 jburneko: Not-Here, Not Here-And-Now Plus Demons, and NaN.
First Ron talks about some funky place called Not-Here which is pretty much defined as The Place You Can't Define. And now down in the Character Ideas thread he's talking…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Bankuei, Drew Stevens, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, random.

2/28/2003 Mike Holmes: Age-old Imponderables
Quoting Jason from another thread: To list or not to list? You're kind of fighting the impossible to answer question. That was a good point. Over the years, I've…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mike Holmes, clehrich, cruciel, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, Andrew Martin, Thierry Michel, Drew Stevens, simon, Le Joueur.

2/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: Alternate Kung Fu Setting
Hey everyone, I'm hard at work putting together what looks to be 24 to 32 pages of new material for Kayfabe and I was thinking about adding a small section…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Bogie_71.

2/28/2003 szilard: PC/NPC Symmetry
In a game I'm working on, I'm struggling with the issue of whether PCs and NPCs should be constructed in (at least vaguely) the same manner. My immediate inclination (born…
In RPG Theory
Participants: szilard, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/28/2003 Andy Kitkowski: The new Marvel RPG, Or: Why Jared's Games Have a Shot Now :)
Maybe some of you had heard about this new game on other forums: From this site: http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16029 "MURPG is unlike any other roleplaying game, even other diceless ones. The entire…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, arxhon, Drew Stevens, b_bankhead, ghoest, Brand_Robins, Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Bill_White, Le Joueur, Matt Snyder, szilard, Paka, M. J. Young, Stuart DJ Purdie, talysman, John Harper, Sparky, Evan Jones, DaGreatJL.

2/28/2003 A.Neill: Defence Dice
Brief rules question – can anyone help? I know this info is bound to be in the rulebook, starring me in the face – but I can’t find it. If,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: A.Neill, Spartan, Sneaky Git.

2/28/2003 Jake Norwood: GAMA Trade Show Rooms
Okay, so who here is going to GTS? I've got a room with just me and Ron in it and I'd *love* to share the bill with someone else. The…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Norwood.

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3/2/2003 Matt Gwinn: Ebay
I was wondering how many of you sell your games on ebay. If so, how have your sales been through that option? I've been thinking about selling Kayfabe through ebay…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Arashi, Paul Czege, quozl, szilard, Chris Passeno, Treves.

3/2/2003 James V. West: TQB: Counting the days...or hours?
Hey As I've mentioned before, I'm going to go with a Print On Demand service for The Questing Beast. What this means is I've had to learn how to do…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Paganini, Fabrice G..

3/2/2003 James V. West: Want your game at SPACE?
Hey April 5th, 2003, I'll be at a table at this year's Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo peddling my comics and The Questing Beast. This is mostly a comics…
In Connections
Participants: James V. West.

3/2/2003 ghoest: Function System: Designing Problems
So, I've been working on my own system that is modularized and can easily be modified or redesigned if needed (you can find my designing notes at www.indigames.com under the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ghoest, Mark Johnson, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin.

3/2/2003 bcghawk: developing new system from ground-up...HELP
Hey! new to the board and need new recommendations for "real" system; thoughtfully nicknamed word problem the rpg were the players play themselves (so they actually worry about the situations…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcghawk, Mike Holmes.

3/2/2003 markb: Inspectres Suiting Up question
Hi, This may be a daft question (haven't managed to play yet) - but how does the "Suiting Up" phase work? It looks like the players could just make an…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: markb, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, xiombarg, Drew Stevens, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Bankuei.

3/2/2003 ks13: Character Creation Problem: No Classes or Templates
Over the past few months I have been busily designing my game, thanks in huge part to the Forge and the ton of great discussions going on here. I presented…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ks13, arkcure, Sylus Thane, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Mark Johnson, KeithBVaughn, James V. West, Mike Holmes, anonymouse.

3/3/2003 Drew Stevens: Central and Secondry Protagonism in Roleplaying
So, I was reflecting a bit today, on previously and presently run Games I Have Known. Specifically, on the nature of the protagonism of the characters. Now, most games I'm…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drew Stevens, Sylus Thane, M. J. Young, Johannes, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, clehrich.

3/3/2003 Dave Versace: Return to the Jungle Frontiers (sans dinosaurs) - LONG
On the weekend my gaming group continued the Universalis story mentioned here:http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5186 . The results were...interesting. Summarising, the story so far had seemed to be about a noblewoman surveyor, Lady…
In Universalis
Participants: Dave Versace, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When does a design cease to be indie?
When does a designer or a publisher lose his indie-cred round these parts? I'm getting kind of worried now that I have a D20 project in the works and will…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Maurice Forrester, Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/3/2003 Drew Stevens: GNS- Questioning Gamist
Hooray for random shower tangential thoughts! Verification: The primary Gamist goal for playing a game is they want to Win. They are playing to try and beat someone, either the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Drew Stevens, quozl, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, lumpley, M. J. Young, greyorm, talysman, JMendes.

3/3/2003 tauman: Magic Items
Okay, now don't everyone get excited--I'm not talking about handing out so many that the characters all glow like Christmas trees... Many of the fantasy novels that have inspired me…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: tauman, Valamir, Drew Stevens, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Salamander, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, TAROT, Bob McNamee, Ashren Va'Hale, Paka, Bob Richter, contracycle, Jason Kottler, Daredevil.

3/3/2003 Matt Gwinn: 3E Character Creation Session
Once again, I tried to introduce my D&D group to something I picked up here at the Forge...the Character Creation Session. First off, we had been playing the same D&D…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clay, Bankuei, Valamir, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, jdagna, Steve Dustin.

3/3/2003 Paul Czege: # of review copies
Hey everyone, This is a question for folks who gave out review copies of their printed games at conventions last year. As I go forward with plans for a small…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Gwinn, geekspeakweekly.

3/3/2003 Matt Gwinn: Kazaa, Piracy & Your PDF game
I was recently introduced to Kazaa Lite, which is a file sharing program similar to napster. I've found that you can find nearly everything on there that is in a…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Stuart DJ Purdie, Ryan Wynne, talysman, yellow_skeleton, quozl, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Paganini, GMSkarka, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, iago, contracycle, Quixotica.

3/3/2003 Sylus Thane: Exploring the Narrative of the Simulated Gamist world
I know the following could just as easily fit within the Actual Play forum but I feel the overall gist of what I am about to talk about is better…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2003 Matt Gwinn: Who Uses the Forge the most?
[b]The Forge[/b] has continues to grow by leaps and bounds over the past year, but I haven't really noticed a huge swell in posts. As of this post, we have…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mark Johnson, Trevis Martin, Jack Spencer Jr, Jürgen Mayer, dalek_of_god, Valamir, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Piratecat, Pyske, Psycho42, Jeph.

3/3/2003 Garbanzo: Ashen: Concerns about handling time
I’m knee-deep into a design (Ashen). I‘ve got mechanics that support my premise, but I’m wishing there was less handling time involved. Specifically, any total comes from adding two attributes,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Garbanzo, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, szilard, Palaskar.

3/3/2003 Steve Dustin: octaNe soundtrack
So I'm preparing my octaNe soundtrack for my octaNe game in a couple of weeks. I'm taking the Rule of Rock'n'Roll very seriously. Anyway, I've got it all worked up…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Steve Dustin, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, Valamir, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Rob MacDougall, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

3/4/2003 jrs: Le Mon Mouri Questions
As mentioned in the Two at once! thread, we’ve played two sessions of Le Mon Mouri. I’ve been wanting to play Le Mon Mouri since Ron…
In Actual Play
Participants: jrs, sdemory, Ron Edwards.

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