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3/19/2003 Bob McNamee: indie netgaming folks played a pickup game of Inspectres
The folks on the indie netgaming group- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indie-netgaming/- played a pickup game of Inspectres last night! Mike Holmes GMing, Nathan (Paganini), Bob McNamee, and Chris E(dwards?) playing. Fun stuff! High…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bob McNamee, Jared A. Sorensen, Paganini, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 Dotan Dimet: Wise in the ways of the Force
[i]Sorry this is a new post, it should actualy be a response to [a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5529"]Co-GMing[/a].[/i] My players call this The Jedi Mind Trick, for obvious reasons... From last night's session:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dotan Dimet.

3/19/2003 iago: Delta - Introduction - Comments Needed!
I've been writing Delta over the past few weeks, which is the name I've given to a game I first mentioned here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5452 This is the text of my introduction…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: iago, Bob McNamee, Spooky Fanboy, Dr. Velocity.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Ressurecting ye olde 'Crypt Fiend'
Greetings All, Back in Octorber I had a brainstorm, as many of us do, likely after reading something or the other here at The Forge. This resulted in a bit…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

3/18/2003 Sylus Thane: How to PDF?
Can someone tell me what resources are involved and how I would go about making a PDF file? I'm currently working with Microsoft Word out of sheer lack of knowledge…
In Publishing
Participants: Sylus Thane, Adam, Mike Holmes, iago, Le Joueur, talysman, Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, bladamson.

3/18/2003 heldenhammer: Just got and read Donjon...
... based on cruising the anvilwerks site and reading some reviews on rpg.net. It looks like a cool game. I'm a sucker for nifty game mechanics. My current task is…
In CRN Games
Participants: heldenhammer, Colin the Riot, dunlaing.

3/18/2003 Lugaru: Critical hits = less damage (I figured this is the forum)
Ok, I decided to try making that card based game where the amount of cards you drop of a single suit is what determines successes, damage and stuff like that.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Lugaru, Kester Pelagius, Valamir, John Kim, contracycle, cruciel, Tar Markvar.

3/18/2003 Tywin Lannister: I'm new and baffled!
Hi everyone, I'm new to the boards - and the game, which I bought last week. I have been reading through the book, and found it all a bit..baffling. The…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Valamir, arxhon, Noon, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Spartan, Alan, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale.

3/18/2003 Rich Stokes: Urban Mythos: Schticks, an idea (not sure it's a great one!)
Urban Mythos is an urban fantasy setting and I'm trying to capture the feel of action TV shows rather than realism. You can read a bit more here http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4876 or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rich Stokes, iago, Mike Holmes.

3/18/2003 Jeph: How much does this cost?
I'm thinking that I may want get a printed and bound copy of Pagoda for myself once it's all completed. I expect it to be around 25-30 pages once finished,…
In Publishing
Participants: Jeph, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, ThreeGee, Rob Donoghue.

3/18/2003 Alan: New Gimmicks
Gimmick: No buying new traits during a Complication. The ban covers all components, whether they're in play or not. Once the dice are rolled and results tallied, the ban is…
In Universalis
Participants: Alan, Mike Holmes, Valamir, rafial, Bob McNamee, Shieldage.

3/18/2003 Heraldic Game Design: Reforging the Outsider Chronicles
I've spent a good number of years writing and finally publishing The Outsider Chronicles, and roleplaying game that makes use of SOL: The Omniversal Roleplaying System. After publishing the game,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Heraldic Game Design, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, RobMuadib, ross_winn, Lxndr.

3/18/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil moves one more time
Thinking about Ygg improvisation again... The basic in Yggdrasil is that the attack roll gives you the extent of improvisation. How much the opponent is at your mercy depends on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Shreyas Sampat, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

3/18/2003 ace pilot: Copyright and/or Trademark Infringement Horror Stories?
Hey all, Someone just sent me an email that has given me some food for thought about intellectual property protection, basically highlighting the problem of unscrupulous individuals who steal ideas…
In Publishing
Participants: ace pilot, Jack Spencer Jr, Kester Pelagius, Treves, Valamir, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

3/18/2003 Kenway: The Pool: Clockpunk adventure recap
This is just a Pool campaign recap. The Pool: Clockpunk adventure The players were traditional AD&D and Marvel Super Heroes-raised gamers, so they not surprisignly played The Pool mostly AD&D-like.…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Kenway, James V. West.

3/18/2003 Kester Pelagius: What is. . . 'The Alchemy of Role-Playing'?
[color=darkblue]This post is revisiting an old article posted here a while back. As always I look forward to reading your remarks and special insights.[/color] [size=16px][b]The Alchemy of Role-Playing[/b][/size] [color=darkred]Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/18/2003 Jeph: Pagoda: Starting to think about the sample setting
The game is currently being discussed in this thread. Now that the core rules are nearing completion, I'm starting to think about a setting . . . The Empire of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeph, Shreyas Sampat.

3/18/2003 hardcoremoose: Problems at the Sorcerer website?
I just tried to go to the Sorcerer website and got a message that read like this: You are not authorized to view this page You might not have permission…
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2003 Shreyas Sampat: The 'Look' of Alyria
I've been wondering about Alyria's visual style for some time; it has a very clear mood, and even suggests a sort of aural atmosphere (muffled clanks and voices, all overlying…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, Valamir, GreatWolf.

3/17/2003 ethan_greer: Sorcerer/Donjon dice mechanic
I wasn't sure where to put this, so here it is in RPG Theory... So, Sorcerer and Donjon use variations of the same dice mechanic - each participant rolls a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, iago, szilard, M. J. Young, cruciel.

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3/19/2003 iago: Paladin Demographic
I'm working on a game that shares some ideas and themes with Paladin, and it's occurred to me that my "target market" is probably similar to Paladin's. So here's the…
In CRN Games
Participants: iago, Sidhain.

3/19/2003 xechnao: eproducts: What eproduct would you provide for your rpg?
It seems that the king is pdf document. But why? Because you can print it and tabletop rpg products are about papers. But don't you think that most gamers in…
In Publishing
Participants: xechnao, iago, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee, Jeph, Enoch, Clay, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/19/2003 Kenway: Flawed/Incoherent Games explained?
Mike's #1 rant (and Ron's articles) bring up lots of examples of flawed (and incoherent) games. I've only pieced together some of the flaws from various threads on The Forge,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kenway, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Where Did it All Begin?
Greetings All, Given current events I thought we could all use a distraction. So, without further adieu, part two. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/19/2003 Eric Kimball: Book randomization
This is a question I have had for a while regarding methods of generating a binary success or failure. In most game dice are used for the random mechanics and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric Kimball, Paganini, talysman, Enoch, Jonathan Walton, Yasha, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Johannes, JMendes, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Stuart DJ Purdie.

3/19/2003 xiombarg: Pretender: Setting
Okay, I was thinking last night about a campaign I've wanted to run for a very long time. In essence, it's the same "turf" as the World of Darkness: Mythic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 contracycle: Scaffolding
Well, this is tyhe design that I have recently been tinkering with and which Mike badgered me to see in December. Its not exactly finished... the intent is to have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: contracycle, Christoffer Lernö, MoonHunter, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 xiombarg: Pretender: System (based on OtherKind)
Okay, I was thinking last night about a campaign I've wanted to run for a very long time. In essence, it's the same "turf" as the World of Darkness: Mythic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Palaskar, Spooky Fanboy, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, lumpley, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2003 dunlaing: armor chart
Is there a chart somewhere of what specific locations armor does and does not cover, or are you just supposed to rule by *gasp* common sense? By specific locations, I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: dunlaing, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

3/19/2003 Ron Edwards: Fourth Trollbabe story's begun!
Back from GAMA! The site text still needs tweaking, but the fourth story's first strip is up! At the ever-lovin' Trollbabe site. The story is "A Day at the Circus,"…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

3/20/2003 arxhon: The great Betrayer....
Well, i was rereading the section on the history of xanar Shardfinder, and the bit where he imprisoned the Great Betrayer under the Sea of Fallen Gods got me thinking....…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Nick Pagnucco, Ashren Va'Hale, tauman, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Noon.

3/20/2003 Andy Kitkowski: PDFs: Is there a "too long"?
Hey all, sorry if this sounds like a dead and done topic, but I just recently had a major shift in viewpoints, or at least a huge accomidation made in…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Walton, Matt, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2003 Maarzan: Dramatism as RPG´s socialism
The idea occurred to me that Dramatism could be an earlier stage of narratism like socialism is thought of as a phase of dictatorship before true equality can be reached.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Maarzan, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

3/20/2003 Fabrice G.: Sorcerer at the Grenoble con -22/03/03
Hi all, this is a last time check up before packing for saturday con. (Well, I still have a day and a half to rectify things if I need to).…
In Adept Press
Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson.

3/20/2003 Darth Tang: Tag Team methods
Preliminary to adopting much of RoS into a fantasy campaign, I used a slimed-down version of the melee system i my Fading Suns campaign to test player reaction. It was…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, GreatWolf, Valamir, arxhon, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, toli, Mike Holmes.

3/20/2003 Kester Pelagius: Does theory really matter?
Greetings, Final posting, with annotations and bibliography. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright © 2002, 2003 by C. Demetrius Morgan Part 3 of 3 Part One…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/20/2003 Overdrive: Shield bashing
Hi, The shield thread got me thinking. The shield could be used at least in two ways when attacking. 1) Swinging/clubbing with the shiels. Works about as the pommel attack…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Overdrive, arxhon, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen.

3/20/2003 Valamir: Paying for the Forge
The following thoughts have been stewing around to a greater or lesser degree for the past few months. Premise: 1) That the Forge is a truly unique location on the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Paganini, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Brian Leybourne.

3/20/2003 GreatWolf: Suspension of disbelief
In the "realistic RPG" thread, the topic of "suspension of disbelief" came up. In this thread, Ron stated: #3 is most general, and I hope it doesn't spawn a string…
In RPG Theory
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, cruciel.

3/20/2003 iago: Delta - Ch. 1, Foundations - Comments Please!
This is the bulk of the first chapter I have written up for Delta, that follows the Introduction. I've mentioned Delta in a few prior posts. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5452 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5622 Its main…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: iago, Mike Holmes.

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