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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.

8/23/2001 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 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 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 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 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 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.

8/22/2001 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.

8/22/2001 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 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 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 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 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 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.

8/21/2001 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.

8/21/2001 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 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 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 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 Bailywolf: High School Was Hell
Has anyone toyed with running a High School sorcerer game? You've got a huge pimple. The girl you love doesn't even know you exist. You have a biology test on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, jburneko, Paul Czege, furashgf.

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8/24/2001 james_west: selling like hotcakes.
I had my local game store order a couple copies a while back, and when I went down yesterday not only had they sold both of them, the ones due…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: james_west, Jason L Blair, unterhund, Tyrant, Uratoh.

8/24/2001 Petter Sandelin: squad rpg design
While checking out free indierpgs lately I've been thinking about how you could apply a "squad model" for the design process. A squad would consist of people with different skills(programming,…
In Publishing
Participants: Petter Sandelin, FilthySuperman.

8/24/2001 kwill: new post flagging
I've noticed that while new messages posted while I'm at a machine are marked red, new messages from session to session are not I assume that the system currently uses…
In Site Discussion
Participants: kwill, Supplanter.

8/24/2001 rpghost: CyberCon 2 - Seminars and Demos
Greetings, Not sure this is the right place to post this, but hopefully you guys won't mind... CyberCon is the premier on-line role-playing convention! A weekend of gaming, tournaments, guest…
In Conventions
Participants: rpghost.

8/24/2001 Emily Care: Player Authorial Stance, N & S
This is a direct quote from the Simulationist Players section of the GNS FAQ: ]...the player is "inside" the character and ]has complete and utter authority ]over "my guy" and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/24/2001 FilthySuperman: A slight trepidation
I've recently finished a very nice and playable version of my game Any Town, U.S.A. Anyone who checked it out before when I was looking for playtesters will find the…
In Publishing
Participants: FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New article - 'Publishing Your Indie Game for Under $100'
Excuse the pimping, but I've just written an article chock-filled with resources for anyone thinking about making their own indie game online. These aren't game design resources - they're ways…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Straszheim, Matt, Clay.

8/25/2001 Ron Edwards: Last chance on Sword MS
Hey everyone, Sorcerer & Sword is going into print in just a couple of months (early November is the plan). That means that within the week, there will be NO…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, jburneko, Paul Czege, Supplanter.

8/25/2001 trelliz: alterations
Could LF be adapted to use miniatures, as i can't get my head round these "hypothetical" situations where you can't see for yourself what's going on, and you have to…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: trelliz, jburneko, Clinically Insane, peteramthor, Laura Bishop, FilthySuperman, Mytholder, Ronin_Mage, Jason L Blair.

8/26/2001 Supplanter: Gamers Have Lives?
I notice that, week in and week out, things really quiet down here on the weekends. What's up with that? Note: As a married father, I have the best possible…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, peteramthor, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Ian O'Rourke, Jason L Blair, unodiablo, Tor Erickson.

8/26/2001 joshua neff: new web design
I really like the new look of the Sorcerer website. However, someone on RPGnet just asked about the Sorcerer's Apprentice free pdf--it's not available from the site & he's apparently…
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I was watching this movie for, like, the nineth time and it suddenly occured to me that this would be a great idea for a RPG. Not a game itself,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, FilthySuperman, joshua neff, Emily Dresner.

8/27/2001 Ron Edwards: Call for demos
Hey everyone, It turns out that the next Leap Forward for Sorcerer relies on store demos. Or that's what I'm told, anyway. So what I need are prep materials for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, unodiablo, Uncle Dark, Molotov, Supplanter, james_west, Blake Hutchins, Tundra.

8/27/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: OK, how would you handle this dice mechanic?
I've been working on a set of rules but the dice mechanic is giving me trouble since there appear to be to lines of thought at work in them which…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Dav.

8/28/2001 GreatWolf: Alyria announcement
(reposted from the Gaming Outpost for those of you without access) Okay, here is the promised Alyria announcement. Actually, this encompasses the future of Alyria production, so here goes. Item…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/28/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Ideas! Ideas!
I've been throwing around 2 ideas for Sorcerer… The first is based around a Twin Peaks/Over the Edge style idea - I want to explore horror/surreal stories within a fixed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Mike Holmes.

8/28/2001 Valamir: Copyrights
Clinton just posted a very useful article on publishing indie games, but one thing not addressed is copyright...that vast morass of seemingly contradictory government BS. I've been doing some poking…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, JSDiamond, FilthySuperman, Laura Bishop, Gordon C. Landis, Ian O'Rourke, Matt, Dav.

8/28/2001 FilthySuperman: And so it begins
Greetings, Well I've finally done it. I reached a point with my game; Any Town, U.S.A. where I was comfortable with exposing it. I cleared away alot of content to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FilthySuperman, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis.

8/29/2001 Tim C Koppang: Episodic
And so I humbly submit my own game for your perusal... (not another one you say) Episodic isn’t a setting, but a system really. Narrativist in nature, it makes use…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, hardcoremoose, FilthySuperman, Uncle Dark, Jeffrey Straszheim, James V. West.

8/29/2001 jdrakeh: Windows (not the OS)
Okay.. I wasn't exactly sure where to post this, so if I offend anybody by posting in the wrong forum I apologize in advance. I just uploaded my Window fan-site…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh, Ron Edwards.

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