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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 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 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.

3/21/2003 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.

3/21/2003 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 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 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 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 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 Mike Holmes: Demon Antagonism
OK, I've noted a possible problem with some GMing of Sorcerer. And I'm not sure how to adress it, so I'm chucking it out here. Sorta important to me right…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, szilard, jburneko, hardcoremoose, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Nev the Deranged.

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.

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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.

3/23/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Release News!
Here's the good word from Zev himself! "The shipment came into the warehouse on Wed and has started shipping to distributors. So figure next Wed all domestic distribs will have…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, Michael Hopcroft, gunsel, The Spoken Name, Norbert.

3/23/2003 Tywin Lannister: George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Have you read it? Do you like it? For me personally, it is the best story I have ever read, even overtaking my twenty-year long Star Wars geekdom, and making…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Amy1419, Bomilkar.

3/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Art: B&W Noir-ish for La Famiglia
Hey all. I'm looking for B&W art for La Famiglia. My "vision" is something of a cross between Frank Miller's sin-city and inter-war period noir-style artwork depicting cities and the…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Norwood, Arashi, Bleys, Allan.

3/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Revisiting Willard
Okay, if you haven't seen the movie and care about spoilers, then stop here. So I saw the new Willard movie last week. I enjoyed it a lot, and it…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes.

3/23/2003 Matt Snyder: Simplifying Nine Worlds
I wrote this for my Live Journal, and thought I'd share here as well: I have just spent the last couple hours actually working on re-vamping the game design for…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Spooky Fanboy, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/23/2003 Heraldic Game Design: Are Polyhedrals More "Fun"?
I know that this may be a very basic question, but even a basic choice in mechanics can make a large difference in how a game feels when it's played.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Heraldic Game Design, szilard, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Alan, Jake Norwood, M. J. Young, cruciel, greyorm, Brian Leybourne, talysman, Valamir, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, brainwipe, anonymouse, arxhon, Jeph, Trevis Martin.

3/24/2003 Rich Stokes: Danger Dudes: Stupid action game.
This is a half-arsed idea that I've been mulling over this weekend. The idea is to knock up a quick and dirty RPG about cheesy action movies. Please note that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rich Stokes, ThreeGee, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

3/23/2003 Bruce Baugh: Split from Kazaa thread
Eric Flint's experience with the Baen Free Library is fascinating but crucially limited in applicability: Baen treats all its electronic activity as advertising for the print books, which are its…
In Publishing
Participants: Bruce Baugh, Christoffer Lernö, Marco, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius, Le Joueur.

3/24/2003 CplFerro: Fixating Productions update
I post this on this forum as the material contained at our web-site is independent-minded enough to be nearly new systems extending the Phoenix Command line. I decided to post…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: CplFerro.

3/24/2003 kpike69: TROS magic system and spells
just got my copy of TROS and im in love. I have only one minor hiccup. Im having trouble with the magic system. Spells in paticular. Im wondering if there…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kpike69, Jake Norwood, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Ben Lehman, Bob Richter, Rick, Ben, Ashren Va'Hale, arxhon, Fallen_Icarus, Shadeling, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Amy1419, Sneaky Git, Noon.

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