Previous Topics 3/27/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe now in print! The psychotronic game of post-apocalyptic America is in print and on sale on April Fool's Day, 2003. This handsome tome is a 116-page digest-sized paperback and sells for $20 (shipping… In Memento-Mori Theatricks Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, Jason L Blair.
3/26/2003 Darth Tang: I've fallen & I need to get up! Some issues have arisen from my use of the melee system:
I'm having to design a maneuver for those who have falen but are still combat-worthy; obviously, they're in an… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: Darth Tang, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling.
3/26/2003 Norbert: Would CAH work for the Funky Cops? I am watching Funky Cops, a new cartoon series originally made (I think) in France, and currently airing Wednesday nights on MTV Germany.
It is a cartoon spoof of 70s… In Cartoon Action Hour Participants: Norbert, Eddy Fate, The Spoken Name, Cynthia Celeste Miller.
3/26/2003 Nathan: Metal Cannibal : the first cannibalistic robot rpg Howdy there,
I've done an early draft of my next rpg that I plan to push. It is very much a sister game to Eldritch Ass Kicking -- Metal Cannibal… In Indie Game Design Participants: Nathan, iago, Thomas Tamblyn, Mike Holmes, Madcat, Rich Stokes, ThreeGee.
3/26/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk: Character Sheet & Advancement Check out the new Storypunk character sheet:
http://1001.indie-rpgs.com/sp.pdf
Characters are quantified in 3 ways:
1. Name
2. Themes
3. Permanent Themes & Duties ("I am...")
Name goes on the far… In Indie Game Design Participants: Jonathan Walton.
3/26/2003 Kester Pelagius: What do you want from game designers? Greetings All,
If you had a chance to sit down with the game designer of your favorite game when they were designing it what would you have said to them?… In RPG Theory Participants: Kester Pelagius, Thomas Tamblyn.
3/26/2003 Tim C Koppang: categorizing mechanics Over in the “Sense of Wonder” thread, I started thinking about mechanics more closely.
What I’m starting to convince myself of is that you can group mechanics generally into two… In RPG Theory Participants: Tim C Koppang, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, M. J. Young, efindel.
3/26/2003 Chris Kucsera: Dunjon Magic Item Question In the treasure section, one of the example items is a wand that shoots flame. It is listed as burn with flame 5 (total worth 10). I'm not clear on… In CRN Games Participants: Chris Kucsera, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.
3/26/2003 Trevis Martin: Paladin - Only one weapon? Hey Clinton
I've just recently purchased and read Paladin and I have a question. There is a point early in the rules that you mention its important the the Paladin… In CRN Games Participants: Trevis Martin, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, Bob McNamee, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.
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.
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: 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 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.
3/25/2003 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.
3/25/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 3/27/2003 Tar Markvar: Do Dice Systems Want to be Free? I'm working on some games right now (which I'll post to Indie Games once I have them in an alpha form), and my weakness is definitely in coming up with… In RPG Theory Participants: Tar Markvar, DaR, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, szilard.
3/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Not the big announcement(s), but.... A pretty major announcement nontheless.
Seraphim Guard has been facing two problems with HeartQuest: getting the D20 version as perfect as we can make it and the fact that we… In Seraphim Guard Participants: Michael Hopcroft.
3/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Special Sale pricing at RPGNow In anticipation of the upcoming HeartQuest Second Edition, we're offering all of our current HeartQuest products at RPGNow at special prices.
These e-books and POD books are priced to move… In Seraphim Guard Participants: Michael Hopcroft.
3/27/2003 Tony Irwin: Release details Hi Seth,
I read Ron Edward's review of your game and am keen to buy it when it gets released. Are you at the point yet of establishing a release… In Dark Omen Games Participants: Tony Irwin, GreatWolf.
3/27/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Online Release Party On Monday, March 31, we are having an online party to celebrate the release of the Cartoon Action Hour hardcopy.
The chat-party will begin at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central and will… In Cartoon Action Hour Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Michael Hopcroft.
3/27/2003 ethan_greer: Shadow of Yesterday: A question So in this thread, After quite a bit of thought, I've decided to make The Shadow of Yesterday a free game, with a commercial hard-copy release.
Can you go over… In CRN Games Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.
3/27/2003 GreatWolf: I/C gains by Moon Dice I was working on the Alyria manuscript last night, and an inspiration hit me.
I/C gains are supposed to provide a mechanical push to characters, who are required to react… In Dark Omen Games Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, szilard, Mike Holmes, Valamir.
3/27/2003 szilard: Magic as plot device From some thoughts that started out in my LiveJournal...
It seems that, in fantasy fiction/movies/television, the use of magic often (certainly not always) has a few features:
1. Magic use… In RPG Theory Participants: szilard, ThreeGee, efindel, gentrification, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, Ron Edwards.
3/27/2003 quozl: The PDF Market Clinton recently said this in the Anvilwerks forum:
* I think that the PDF market is going to bottom out in about six months. Atlas Games did… In Publishing Participants: quozl, Ron Edwards, szilard, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Patrick Boutin, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, Scott_Lynch, ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, greyorm, philreed.
3/27/2003 Matt Wilson: D&D with kickers I'm running a D&D game for a group on alternate sundays. They're kind of a mixed bunch as far as GNS preference goes. Some of them have a resistance to… In Actual Play Participants: Matt Wilson, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Valamir, talysman.
3/27/2003 jburneko: More Sorcerer Questions Prompted By Willard So, last night I saw Willard. I saw the original a LONG time a go and frankly, I don't remember it disturbing me as much as this version did. I… In Adept Press Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.
3/27/2003 Mokkurkalfe: Adapting sorcery to fit my world The translation of my game and gameworld from my former system into TROS have gone pretty well. But now it's time for sorcery. The TROS system is cool, but if… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Ben Lehman.
3/27/2003 signoftheserpent: space patrol galactic history a reposting of sorts from below (because im somwhat bored and termninally insecure). dont take the writing style too seriously ;)
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Space Patrol: Galactic History
Then:
The Mentors and… In Indie Game Design Participants: signoftheserpent, Matt Wilson.
3/27/2003 Ron Edwards: Playing Trollbabe at the GTS Hello,
So we played Trollbabe during one late evening at the GAMA Trade Show: me as GM, and Eugene Zee, Mark Mazella, and Jake Norwood as players. I'd been wanting… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Eugene Zee, Bankuei.
3/27/2003 Matt Wilson: regarding character ownership In a game I'm working on, I had this mechanic idea for a player rolling a Setback, a complication to the character in question. My original idea was that the… In RPG Theory Participants: Matt Wilson, cruciel, Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon, Dr. Velocity, Le Joueur, Tim C Koppang, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.
3/27/2003 Simon W: Gangs of the Big Apple After seeing the movie 'of s similar name' myself and Mark George thought it would be a good idea to base a gm-less and dice-less rpg around. We came up… In Indie Game Design Participants: Simon W.
3/27/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge birthday It's exactly 7 days until the Forge is 2 years old. (Note: The Forge is older than that. It's 7 days until the forum, and the renaming of the site… In Site Discussion Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Adam, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, szilard, Jonathan Walton.
3/27/2003 feanor: Is there irc/chat for TROS? Sorry if this has been asked before.
I was wondering if there is a irc or some sort of chat for tros?
If not ...there should be! In The Riddle of Steel Participants: feanor, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, arxhon, Enoch, Wolfen.
3/27/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: Finalists have been Decided! Hey, don't want to come in swinging what sounds to be like a total piece of PR. You can find out the full spiel at the awards site (http://www.rpg-awards.com), but… In Publishing Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, taalyn.
3/28/2003 ethan_greer: Trollbabe delivery question So, on the Trollbabe site, it says it gets delivered via Anvilwerks bookshelf. But I thought that was switched over to the Forge Bookshelf. Well, which is it? In Adept Press Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.
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