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3/7/2003 Rob Donoghue: How many stories in a setting?
Assuming you've got a persistant group of players, how many campaigns are you looking to run in any given setting (defined, for this purpose, as a fixed set of pre-written…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Johannes.

3/7/2003 M. J. Young: Maps: Necessary or Superfluous?
In the Real Color thread, (if you design a game, especially fantasy, make sure you include a good easily copied map) I've done a lot of fantasy settings,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, contracycle, James Holloway, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, clehrich, Airshipjones, simon_hibbs.

3/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How long between editions is enough?
I got another e-mail from a potneital reviewer who was so ticked off by the various "errors" in HeartQuest that he refused to write a review at all. In fact,…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, DaR, Matt Gwinn.

3/6/2003 Emily Care: sim fidelity
Hello all, The thread on order of sim elements inspired these thoughts in me, but they were OT enough that I figured I should put them on a different thread.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, talysman, Mike Holmes.

3/6/2003 quozl: Layout Prices
The Art Prices thread got me wondering what people charge for rpg layout. I assume it would cost per page. Also, what does layout include when paying someone to do…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Chris Passeno, Adam, Michael Hopcroft, Gold Rush Games.

3/6/2003 iago: Art Prices
For those of you who buy art for use in your games - What's a reasonable price? For internal B&W art? For a color cover? What's the range of asking…
In Publishing
Participants: iago, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2003 iago: Recommendations for Software - Price point, Features, Mac
I've looked back a few months and found http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4633, which talks some about InDesign being the way to go, and while Clinton recommends PagePlusPDF, which looks mighty, it is subject…
In Publishing
Participants: iago, Clay, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, JSDiamond, Rob Donoghue, cruciel.

3/6/2003 dragongrace: DragonGrace: Announcement
This is just a quick message to let anyone interested know that DragonGrace is a new RPG by my design. The Website is www.anycities.com/user/dragongrace Premise: A monotheistic fantasy world in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dragongrace, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Drew Stevens, Ron Edwards, Grex, Marco.

3/6/2003 NephandicOne: Success Effect System
OK i have made a die pool system that tends to allow the highly skilled to succeed more then the other poor smucks. In combat I have the system designed…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: NephandicOne, Drew Stevens, Walt Freitag.

3/6/2003 dunlaing: Broadening Abilities
I've seen a lot of posts about magic being over-powered, but I didn't find it to be so in my own game. I did find it to be quite versatile,…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, anonymouse, jdagna, Wulf, Mike Holmes.

3/6/2003 Matt Wilson: most fun moment of play?
In another thread, Ron requested this info from a potential game designer: please provide us with some better perspective on what, in your view, will be the single most fun…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2003 Balbinus: Riddle of Sengoku
Hi there, RoS seems to me well suited to historical Japanese gaming. Passions, loyalties, emphasis on skill and tactics in combat and so on. Has anyone tried anything like this?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Balbinus, contracycle, werewolf, Enoch, arxhon, Sneaky Git.

3/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Royalty-free stock art
I recently was hired at a new job as a web designer. The company, among other things, does stock photography - interesting pictures useful for advertising or magazine design. Looking…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, iago, Matt Snyder, Matt Gwinn, contracycle, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, clehrich, Gold Rush Games, talysman, Jon H, xiombarg.

3/6/2003 Nick Pagnucco: suggestions for starting a new group
Hi. For several reasons, I have not been roleplaying for about two years or so. Its an oversimplification, but a quick explanation is I moved and haven't found a gaming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Valamir, arxhon, Maurice Forrester, Ron Edwards, dunlaing, Clay, Mike Holmes, rafael, Tor Erickson.

3/5/2003 Paganini: Real Color
I like miniatures. And game cards with cool artwork. And dungeon floor-plans. And actual dungeon / landscape layouts. I don't typically like your standard fantasy wargame, or your standard skirmish…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Matt Wilson, C. Edwards, John Kim, Le Joueur, Cryostorm, contracycle, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Sylus Thane, Jared A. Sorensen, bluegargantua.

3/5/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Donjon Last-Minute questions!
Last-Minute because our first one-shot session is tomorrow. I've got a great group of folks, so I'm not expecting any balance, conflict, keeping on track, etc issues. I'm going to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, anonymouse, TAROT, dunlaing, RamblingMan.

3/5/2003 Rob Donoghue: Price Point for PDFs
So, looking at the whole "Write More/Write Less" thread leaves me with a question: are pdf prices based on anything more than a guess? That may sound flip, but I…
In Publishing
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Sidhain, Bankuei, Trevis Martin, Gold Rush Games, Jason E. Roberts, Piratecat.

3/5/2003 Ron Edwards: [Le Mon Mouri / kill puppies] Dang!
Hello, In the thread Two at once!, Vincent wrote: are y'all gonna play Le Mon Mouri and puppies on the same day every time? Cause if so, dang. Dang…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Maura Byrne, jrs, lumpley, Emily Care, Comte.

3/5/2003 Spooky Fanboy: octaNe: Going to the mat for Might and Magic
I love octaNe. Because I love octaNe, when I see something in there that in any small way diminishes my love and enthusiasm for this diamond in the rough, even…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/5/2003 ethan_greer: What makes a game it's own thing?
So. I'm hard at work on a "new" RPG. I'm quite pleased with what I have so far, and more information will of course be forthcoming as it approaches drafthood.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

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3/7/2003 talysman: Gamism (split from Elucidating / microcosm)
I'd also correct the statement about Gamism. I don't think it's concerned with matters of character power, necessarily, or with winning (although a "sense of winning" might be different matter...)…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: talysman, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2003 GreatWolf: Expulsion
My apologies if this has already been addressed, but I am confused by the expulsion maneuver. If I'm reading it correctly, on a successful defense, the individual performing the expulsion…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: GreatWolf, Jake Norwood, Enoch, toli.

3/7/2003 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds art
OK, folks, some artwork is coming in, and I can't help but share. It really gets me excited about this game again. Check it out, these pics are amazing: Nine…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Spooky Fanboy.

3/7/2003 Shadeling: Yet another RPGnet TROS thread
In case any of you wanted to jump on the discussion. http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37906
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Noon, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Darth Tang, Vanguard, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Stephen, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, Valamir, spunky.

3/7/2003 Tor Erickson: But is it REALLY conflict resolution?
Hi Y'all, Don't the rules for combat in Sorcerer favor task over conflict resolution? I mean, for everything else in the game you make just a couple of rolls to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tor Erickson, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

3/8/2003 Tor Erickson: Innocence for the innocent
Hi All, What kind of an effect have you all found that Innocence and fear have on long-term play (over several sessions)? Do they work at all like Humanity in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Tor Erickson.

3/8/2003 jburneko: Question About Sex & Sorcerery Content Overview
Hey Ron, your ad copy for Adept Press products is getting better. I just saw the Sex & Sorcerery content overview and I got very excited. It sounds like a…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, James V. West.

3/8/2003 Sylus Thane: A Polling Question
For all of the Forge members out there a couple of questions. 1. How many of you have actually published a game? If so what was it or they? 2.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sylus Thane, greyorm, M. J. Young.

3/8/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: New CAH site!
Z-Man Games proudly announces the brand new official CAH website. It's still in its infancy, so please let us know what you'd like to see. As always, your opinions matter…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Norbert, Eddy Fate, Territan.

3/7/2003 Nev the Deranged: FiTM??
I'm unfamiliar with this phrase, and therefore likely ignorant of the underlying concept it represents. Please enlighten? <chuckles at Ron for mentioning Grendels in the other thread... heh heh... Legacy…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

3/8/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Using graphical methods to demonstrate how to play...
From the Marvel thread, at the end: Sorry, three layers of quotes to follow: Jonathan Walton wrote: The obvious thing, it seems to me, is to have almost 1/2 of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, quozl, ks13, Torrent, Jack Spencer Jr, Sidhain, Jonathan Walton, Bankuei, Simon Ringwood, szilard, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller.

3/8/2003 Paganini: Elfs and Stance
I'm prepping for an Elfs game on Monday, and going over the rules something struck me. Ron talks about Elfs being an experiment in Director Stance. But... Don't the mechanics…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards.

3/8/2003 Paganini: More Elfs Questions
Couple of things that aren't clear to me from the game text: Armor Page 21 is a little unclear about armor. It says "a single success has no effect…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

3/8/2003 richks: Urban Mythos: A question of style.
I'm still hammering away at this and I'm trying to get some of the background written up so that people can actually READ something related to this project. The thing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: richks, Sylus Thane, Spooky Fanboy, MoonHunter, Mike Holmes.

3/8/2003 JamesDJIII: Tanscripts of Actual Play
I find that I learn a heck of lot from reading about other GMs style just from their descriptions of game play. I was wondering, does anyone have transcripts of…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Tor Erickson, kregmosier, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn.

3/8/2003 greyorm: Eureka Moment: Combat & Bonus Dice for Description
I had the chance to play The Questing Beast two Sundays ago with Mr. James West himself, and it was a blast. The reason I'm bringing it up here is…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, James V. West.

3/9/2003 Paka: The Riddle in Marsui Again
Ran another game of the Riddle. The first game was 8 hours long and it felt just about right. A good blend of blood, politics, swashbuckling and heroism. The players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ian Charvill, Tor Erickson, Jake Norwood.

3/9/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: too much information?
This is an extension of the Is meaningless detail really meaningless? thread and sort of where I'm going with my own thoughts on RPG theory. I'll try to explain.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, M. J. Young, contracycle.

3/9/2003 Bailywolf: Upcoming Sorcerer movie- Willard
The upcoming remake of the 1971 film Willard (staring freakin Crispen Glover!!!) strikes me as a very good literal Sorcerer film... what with the evil intelligent rat Ben who causes…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, urbwar, Maurice Forrester, szilard, Spooky Fanboy.

3/9/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Is it just me, or does TRoS just scream "Dune"?
I can't be the only one here... :) Seriously, though, as I was making up a character to understand the rules better, I just started having thoughts about Sardaukar, Fremen,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Bomilkar, RN3G8 4E, Neil, Brian Leybourne.

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