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3/21/2003 chinyew: SUNDAY mini comic from Malaysia
a silent sequential of a slacker on a sunday. www.angelfire.com/yt/ashingtray/sunday.html
In Publishing
Participants: chinyew, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2003 xiombarg: Tropes: An Addition to the Forge Lexicon?
[url]http://www.livejournal.com/users/bruceb/24788.html[/url] Now, general Forge wisdom is genre isn't a useful thing to discuss, but what about Tropes? It's certainly true that we've discussed, in essence, certain Tropes that apply to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Bruce Baugh.

3/21/2003 Wormwood: Magic's End: Introduction
. . . And so the gods left this plane and its people. This world was a lesson that would not be forgotten, even if those who suffered and endured…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wormwood, Garbanzo, Mike Holmes.

3/21/2003 ThreeGee: Slayer of Dragon RPG: Basic Edition
Hey all, As promised, I present Slayer of Dragon RPG: Basic Edition. First, a few links to provide an historical perspective: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5531 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=2990 The website in my sig provides the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ThreeGee, Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö.

3/21/2003 rafial: Pantheon
At our Monday night "Indie RPGs" group, we tried the Narrative Cage Match rules from Pantheon. The scenario we played was the undersea horror one, entitled "Grave and Watery." I…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/21/2003 Shadeling: A setting TROS thread on RPGnet
Lets show our support: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40708
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, arxhon, Darth Tang.

3/21/2003 Rob Donoghue: Paladin Setting
So, it looks like I'm not going to get a chance to run this before I move, so I might as well do somethign with it. As such: The Badlands…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, jdagna, anonymouse.

3/20/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Not Evangelion: Pilot roles
Hello there, I'm a long-time-lurker first-time-poster. My current project is an rpg based off of Neon Genesis Evangelion. For those that don't know, neon genesis evangelion is an anime series…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, Shreyas Sampat, Enoch, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Andy Kitkowski, Wolfen, ThreeGee, wyrdlyng, Zathreyel.

3/20/2003 ZeOtter: Game mechanics which attribute to govern firearms
I am new to these forums, and I hope I am posting this in the right place. Now that, that is out of the way... I have been kicking around…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ZeOtter, Paganini, quozl, Andrew Martin, Mark Johnson, Ben Morgan, M. J. Young, szilard, Mike Holmes, dalek_of_god, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, JMendes, Solacus, Bob McNamee, bladamson.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

3/19/2003 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.

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3/21/2003 Kester Pelagius: Question for the web savy. . .
Greetings All, Based upon your experiances what would you suggest to someone wanting to set up a site for the first time? I know, I know. Depends on what I…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Clay, laine.

3/21/2003 Zak Arntson: Deplorable - Victorian "Supers" RPG in progress
I'm working on an RPG called Deplorable. The idea is this: You are a Victorian-era person gifted with commendable powers and deplorable drives. The PC group bands together under a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Spooky Fanboy, Kester Pelagius, Simon W, szilard, simon_hibbs, Coleslaw.

3/21/2003 Ian Charvill: CONTAGION: Pitch for an indie RPG
Shortly after watching Ginger Snaps I was playing a puzzle game on the PC – a game called Bejewelled. The game has a music track that is fairly minimalist and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ian Charvill, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/21/2003 Paganini: Wingnut Games and Ferry Bazalmans
I ordered a hardcopy of SOAP from Wingnut games about 2 weeks ago. I never recieved a confirmation email for the order. The followup email I sent to Wingnut hasn't…
In Connections
Participants: Paganini, Ferry Bazelmans.

3/21/2003 ThreeGee: Seeking artist to design new Slayer of Dragon logo
Hey all, I am working on finishing Slayer, but I still need a good copy of the Slayer logo. If you look at the webpage in my sig, you will…
In Connections
Participants: ThreeGee, greyorm, Menace.

3/21/2003 Paul Czege: the playtester credits
Okay, strictly business, I need people who playtested the game to tell me on this thread how they want their name listed in the playtester credits, and also how their…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Gwinn, Silent Tamatama.

3/22/2003 Valamir: Web Site Update
Just completed another update to the site. Added a bunch of Add-ons from Alan's recent thread. Also put up a new essay about keeping the story focused using Traits and…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Tony Irwin, kwill, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes, REkz.

3/22/2003 Sykora: HEX: Rip the System
Back in October (I'd post the link but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make 'em show up) I brought up my techno-urban game called…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sykora, ethan_greer.

3/22/2003 Mark Johnson: At What Point Is Redundancy Redundant?
How much redundancy is necessary in writing game text?
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mark Johnson, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Tar Markvar, cruciel, ethan_greer, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, szilard, M. J. Young, Bruce Baugh.

3/22/2003 greyorm: Dungeons & Demons
So, while pounding out the final touch-ups to theImmortal: Revelations Sorcerer-adaptation I've been working on, and hammering away at "Temple of Elfemental Evil" while giggling insanely, I was also thinking…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, DaR, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Nev the Deranged.

3/22/2003 James V. West: Anthropomorphic RPGs: the complete list
For the widest results, I've duplicated this post at both www.indie-rpgs.com and www.rpg.net. Hope no one minds the cross-post. I'm trying to compile a complete-as-possible list of all anthropomorphic-based RPGs…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Rob MacDougall, Simon W, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton, Thomas Tamblyn, Kester Pelagius, bluegargantua, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, talysman, Maurice Forrester.

3/22/2003 philreed: RPGNow POD Quality
The POD of Possessors was waiting for me when I returned home from GTS. I am very happy with the quality of the final product and recommend it to everyone.…
In Publishing
Participants: philreed, Michael Hopcroft.

3/22/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Attaching images to posts
Is there any way to attach image files directly to a post? When I make a game I often do a couple of sketches to help cement the feel of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

3/22/2003 Darth Tang: A site for useful books
http://www.chivalrybookshelf.com/intro.htm Many of the books, such as Secrets of German Swordsmanship and the Arte of Defense, have step-by-step photos of weapon useage. The German book has great sword, sword and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darth Tang, Jake Norwood.

3/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Fulfillment houses in the role-playing industry
Hello all, One of the seminars that I attended at GAMA concerned the growing game-industry phenomenon of fulfillment houses. As many of you know, both Jake and I keep our…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards.

3/23/2003 S.Lonergan: In needing of art. With a twist.
[i]Come child, come sit by the fire. Your parents brought you to me for a reason. You have come to help me. Yes, I know child, I am but an…
In Connections
Participants: S.Lonergan, laine, Matt.

3/23/2003 dragongrace: Why we come to the 'table'
More than likely this has been discussed here but I'll bring it up again. GNS seems more or less how we play the game, or what kind of game we…
In RPG Theory
Participants: dragongrace, Lugaru, Jack Spencer Jr, Paganini, Bruce Baugh, Mike Holmes, cruciel, M. J. Young, Dr. Velocity.

3/23/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Abundant dice got you down?
Use a Palm! Or a souped-up calculator. Or something along those lines. I've been playing Donjon for a few weeks now; most of that has been online, over IRC (hopefully…
In CRN Games
Participants: anonymouse, jdagna.

3/23/2003 Ron Edwards: Forge review is up
What are you waiting for? Go read it!! Best, Ron
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

3/23/2003 ethan_greer: Foreign Elements pickup game
So, I'm at my bi-weekly D&D3 game, and the GM has to bail after a couple hours due to illness. One of the guys has been wanting to do an…
In Actual Play
Participants: ethan_greer.

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