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3/25/2003 Jürgen Mayer: Sorcerer reviews (german)
I just found those two online reviews of Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword - they're both very positive, but in german. How do the spin-doctors say it? "For your convenience",…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2003 Simon W: Tales from the Wood - any takers?
Ok, so James V West liked my game Tales from the Wood (see his Anthropomorphic post), but do any of the rest of you think it is worth getting it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, bluegargantua.

3/24/2003 Ron Edwards: Dang #3 (Le Mon Mouri)
Hello, This is a followup on the threads Dang! and Two at once!. I decided to post more discussions of our current games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, sdemory, ethan_greer, jrs, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Comte.

3/24/2003 jvines: how do you die?
How cad you die in sorcerer? the main book seems unclear it states that over 2xstamina will mean you are badly hurt but nothing beyond that.
In Adept Press
Participants: jvines, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

3/24/2003 Ron Edwards: Dang #3 (kill puppies for satan)
Hello, This is a followup on the threads Dang! and Two at once!. I decided to post more discussions of our current games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley, Maura Byrne, arxhon.

3/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Crystal Spheres: Would this game interest you?
Greetings All, Meant to post something about this awhile ago. . . So I am working on something, like most of us here are, and was wondering what your thoughts…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, dalek_of_god, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat.

3/24/2003 Wulf: Donjon problems
Having just submitted a mostly glowing review of Donjon, I have to now admit our weekly game has hit a severe problem. Worse, having recently stated on another thread that…
In CRN Games
Participants: Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

3/24/2003 jburneko: PC v. PC In Dust Devils/Deathwish
Hello, I have a question regarding PC v. PC Conflict. I'm working up a Deathwish Scenario and I'm thinking of allowing PCs to be CIA, MI-6 or KGB. This puts…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: jburneko, Matt Snyder.

3/24/2003 Spooky Fanboy: I love my new Sorcerer players...
I have a new game of Sorcerer going. Two sessions into the campaign, and my players are coming up with new and creative ways to drop their Humanity to zero.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, bluegargantua, Valamir.

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.

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.

3/23/2003 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 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 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.

3/23/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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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3/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Editor Wanted
I have inmmediate need for a volunteer editor (this project won;t generate muhc money) to do the grunt work of transforming a document cut-and-asted from Acrobat into a coherent Word…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, DeadGirl.

3/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Discount layout software
I'm looking for discount layout software that is compatible with Acrobat, TIF files, and is relatively easy to learn. Preferably something I can try for a while before I purchase…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Adam, iago, wyrdlyng.

3/25/2003 Tony Irwin: Universalis with minatures
I'm not joking! I've been ill recently and have used the time (never knew just how bad daytime tv really is) to paint up some old Games Workshop stuff I…
In Universalis
Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Paganini, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

3/25/2003 Dave Turner: Fey and sorcerous aging
I've perused the "Magical Aging" thread from the sticky post and it didn't quite answer my question, so I'll try to be brief. I'm quite confused about how the immortality…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dave Turner, Stephen, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, dunlaing, Amy1419, Valamir, Bob Richter, arxhon, Wolfen.

3/25/2003 kpike69: TROS Wyreth
Im wondering if there will be any further information on the world for riddle of steel?. if so when and if not why?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kpike69, Jake Norwood, Tywin Lannister, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco.

3/25/2003 AV: Passages of Time
I have grown fond of a number of games over the years, Call of Cthulu, All of the WoD, aspects of D&D (I'm too young and too broke to have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: AV, Mike Holmes, Tar Markvar.

3/25/2003 Jason L Blair: The Boston Irregulars for Paladin are back again!
The popular mod from Key 20's 12 Games of Christmas is back online. To download it, go on over to www.key20.com.
In CRN Games
Participants: Jason L Blair.

3/25/2003 heldenhammer: Donjon Weapons & Armor question
OK, a weapon's Weight Score is equal to it's Mundane Damage Rating, as per page 19 (screen version). A Sharp Weapon (listed on table 3-2 on the following page) adds…
In CRN Games
Participants: heldenhammer, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Shawn Conard.

3/25/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: What is 'adventuring'
[quote="Kester Pelagius"] The reasons for adventuring will be the same as why you adventure in any RPG, myriad and based upon what the GM and players have decided they want…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Johannes, JMendes.

3/25/2003 AV: Former Characters a question...
In the first game that I ever played, I came in late into the adventurings and mass murders of a trio of hitmen. I eventually more or less became the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: AV, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr.

3/25/2003 Jason L Blair: A picture of Ron
Yes, we've all seen pictures of Ron acknowledging that Jared is his guru, accepting a resin pyramid, and even posing as a superhero...but until now we have not seen the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Jared A. Sorensen, Fabrice G., Christopher Kubasik, Delta1.

3/25/2003 jburneko: Deathwish: Internal Affairs
Hello All, So, in a bold move I signed up to run the Deathwish varient rules for Dust Devil at upcoming con in May. I was a little nervous because…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder.

3/25/2003 jburneko: Roleplaying The Short Story
Hello All, I have to admit that I really enjoy the classic four hour con event. I find the thrill of playing with (mostly) strangers in a brief effort to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Jonathan Walton, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins.

3/25/2003 cruciel: Task Based Traits vs Descriptor Based Traits
Well, as part of my big user interface kick I've hit an imponderable. In my mind I can see character traits (stats/skill) falling into two basic categories. Task based: The…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, Mike Holmes, Mark Johnson, Johannes, JMendes, Andrew Martin.

3/25/2003 Simon W: Babewatch
Yes I am very sad, but here is a rpg I made years ago, when I was young and foolish and had nothing better to do with my time. And…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, Othyem, Walt Freitag.

3/25/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Sense of Wonder
Those of you who have been watching the games I've been working on may have noticed this common thread: I want my games to have an air of wonder. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, szilard, Jonathan Walton, Matt Snyder, ZeOtter, Valamir, Paganini, Brian Leybourne, Tim C Koppang, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, GreatWolf.

3/26/2003 Jake Norwood: Free commercial games
Interesting... Both Ars Magica 4th ed and Deadlands are available in their complete forms as downloads from www.rpgnow.com. Jake
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Adam, rpghost, Patrick Boutin, Pramas.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for cheap, unusual promotion
I have a new release coming up and I'm looking for unique, inexpensive ways to promote it in such a way that people will remember it favorably and buy it…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, S.Lonergan, anonymouse.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dual-System games
I'm the sort of game designer who would rather borrow a good game system than design my own. Call me lazy, uncreative, or a grouchy slob -- I'd just rather…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ben Morgan, ADGBoss, Rich Stokes, ThreeGee, Jonathan Walton, Thomas Tamblyn, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Speaking of RPGNow
How on Earth did they land so much of TSR's back catalog? Not that I won;t be buying massive quanbtities of it from them, but I still wonder how they…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, philreed, Stuart DJ Purdie.

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