Previous Topics 3/30/2003 taalyn: Rulebook outline? I've been collecting together my Aisling notes, and have sat down to actually write out the rulebook. I've run into a problem:
I'm rather vague on how to arrange things!… In Indie Game Design Participants: taalyn, Shreyas Sampat, brainwipe, JSDiamond.
3/30/2003 Sneaky Git: Explaining Sorcery in Game Terms I know that there has been a ton of talk about how magic works, how to make speels, and whatnot... And I know that the rules suggest that "as a… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.
3/29/2003 Matt Wilson: Playtesting strategy I'm currently playtesting a game, and I wondered if anyone has any thoughts on strategy based on experience or otherwise.
I've been taking the laboratory approach of focusing on one… In RPG Theory Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Marco, Bruce Baugh, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, Othyem, Valamir, M. J. Young.
3/29/2003 Jonathan Walton: In Search of a Metagame So, mechanically, Storypunk is almost finished (though some playtesting still needs to happen, and then I have to sit down and write the damn thing), and I was discussing a… In Indie Game Design Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Spooky Fanboy, szilard, RobMuadib, deadpanbob.
3/29/2003 Jonathan Walton: Narratology & Roleplaying I was in the college library doing some research for Storypunk when I stumbled across the academic discipline of narratology. I suppose I was vaguely aware that it existed, but… In RPG Theory Participants: Jonathan Walton, Johannes, Clinton R. Nixon.
3/29/2003 talysman: Gamist/Narrativist hybrid: possible or impossible? I thought I'd throw out some thoughts/questions that have been churning in my mind for a while and see what other people concluded. a lot of these questions have surfaced… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: talysman, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.
3/29/2003 xig: introduction & thank you I just want to say hello, and to thank The Forge, Ron and Clinton for setting up this forum.
I also want to thank everyone who likes, bought, or supports… In XIG Games Participants: xig, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, rafial, Jürgen Mayer.
3/28/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH in my hands! I've waited almost 17 years for today.
You see, today marks the day when I first held a full-fledged, honest to gosh published RPG that I designed (or helped design)… In Cartoon Action Hour Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, gunsel.
3/28/2003 Bruce Baugh: Preliminary thoughts: Real Souls In A Fake World Szilard's comments about magical difficulty based on plot significance went pinging around my skull and brought together some stray elements. Let's see...
This game is about characters who discover that… In Indie Game Design Participants: Bruce Baugh, Shadeling.
3/28/2003 taalyn: Scott Knipe's Wyrd Does anyone have a copy? Was it free, so you could forward a copy to me? Or is anyone willing to tell me about it? It no longer has a… In Indie Game Design Participants: taalyn, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Jere, szilard.
3/28/2003 Lugaru: Engeneering the dead Ok... some of you might have read some prev. posts on how imprtant the manipulation of undead resources can be in my game. Of course this is not exclusively an… In Indie Game Design Participants: Lugaru.
3/28/2003 Shadeling: My estranged game: Fragments of Imagination Yes it is estranged in some ways...
I have been working on an RPG like the rest of us here...not to necessarily publish, but first and foremost for the sheer… In Indie Game Design Participants: Shadeling, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, taalyn, greyorm.
3/28/2003 Fentible: Adapting Seventh Sea Magic to TROS Hi all,
I've been considering running a swashbuckling game (probably set in France in the sixteen hundreds) for quite a while and The Riddle of Steel seems to be the… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: Fentible, Stephen, Wolfen.
3/28/2003 redcrow: Need help developing categories for magic I'm developing a game in the fantasy genre and could use some input for ideas on how to categorize magic. So far what I've been trying to do is balance… In Indie Game Design Participants: redcrow, ethan_greer, Thomas Tamblyn, taalyn, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius.
3/28/2003 svenlein: Idea for selling next book Would this be possible for an option to buy the next book?
I give you some money.
You give me the pdf of the book.
Then when the book comes… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: svenlein, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, prophet118, Darth Tang.
3/28/2003 Patrick Boutin: attribute based on aspect Hi everybody,
I'm currently toying with a new system and I need help finding some "attributes" based on different "aspects".
It all begins with a new layout for a character… In Indie Game Design Participants: Patrick Boutin, redcrow, simon, M. J. Young.
3/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Anyone have an Open Source Systems list? Does anyone have a liost of all the game systems that have Open Gaming License-like licenses on them? In other words, all the pre-existing systems I can make commercial products… In Indie Game Design Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Rich Stokes, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee, ethan_greer, talysman, iago, bladamson, axonrg.
3/28/2003 SGE: Mechanic for narrative games: opinions? Good day, and I'm a first time poster...be gentle with me!
I have an idea for a mechanic for a purely homebrew mythic Norse game I'm planning, and wondered if… In Indie Game Design Participants: SGE, ADGBoss, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Valamir.
3/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CD-ROM Preorders on PDF files I'm thinking about offering visitors to my website the chance to preorder HeartQuest 2nd Edition on CD-ROM and get a coupon for a discount on the Print-On-Demand edition of the… In Publishing Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Paul Czege, Adam, Valamir.
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.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 3/30/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!, Part 2 An actual transcript of actual play. Things get ugly.
http://thejeffers.dyndns.org/~jjeffers/Games/Sorcerer/Gaslight/
Enjoy! In Actual Play Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.
3/30/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Randomized Character Creation: a good thing for beginners? It was a long time since I GM:ed a total beginner, and a solo adventure at that.
I was running a really old Swedish RPG which had a lot of… In RPG Theory Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mark Johnson, Jack Spencer Jr, Lugaru, ThreeGee, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards.
3/30/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Storyteller Heartbreakers This idea recently occured to me. I'll see if I can express it properly. With the fantasy heartbreaker articles, there has been some discussion over whether there are other types… In RPG Theory Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Lugaru, ThreeGee, Paganini, Rob MacDougall, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, cruciel, greyorm, szilard, Valamir, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, John Kim.
3/30/2003 Brian Leybourne: Actual Play: A Social Experiment... A couple of my players couldn't make it to yesterdays game, so I decided to try a bit of a "social experiment" with the 3 who made it.
My goals… In Actual Play Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, arxhon.
3/31/2003 Dr O: Universalis site down Hi All,
I don't really know where to put this but it is somewhat related to publishing . . .
The Universalis website is down, and has been down for… In Publishing Participants: Dr O, Valamir.
3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Dice Less Task Resolution I was just wondering what sorts of things people may have tried for resolving tasks without using as many dice as needed. I don't have very many dice, or an… In CRN Games Participants: RamblingMan, anonymouse, Mike Holmes, quozl, Scripty, Dev.
3/31/2003 taalyn: Aisling - mechanic review, please? <LONG> Hey all,
Here's my writeup for the Aisling mechanic. Would anyone be willing to critique it?
How To Do It
Whenever a charactert attempts an action whose outcome is significant… In Indie Game Design Participants: taalyn, Wolfen, greyorm.
3/31/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Setting: Hyrule. Been playing a lot of Wind Waker recently, so a Donjon-themed Link was on my mind.
As a variant, it'd be interesting to turn an Attributes dial and use -… In CRN Games Participants: anonymouse, greyorm, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes.
3/31/2003 [FHE]dave: Fey Statistic hello,
I'm new to TROS and next week we have our first gaming session with chargeneration.
So I'd like to know a thing: I want to play a Fey; what… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: [FHE]dave, Wolfen, Valamir, Shadeling.
3/31/2003 Ziggy: Ninja Gibbon - mechanics Q Hi there.
I've been browsing here for a while, trying without sucess to get a game running (I may have some mechanics for this game in a few days). Meanwhile,… In Indie Game Design Participants: Ziggy, Mike Holmes, Mark Johnson, Thomas Tamblyn.
3/31/2003 prophet118: Combat.. i like the system... really i do... im just thiking about what i can do to stream line things a bit more... (note, that doesnt mean making anything d20 based..lol)...… In The Riddle of Steel Participants: prophet118, Valamir, Alan, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Amy1419, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss, Noon, spunky.
3/31/2003 cruciel: Rules-lite = story? (split from Storyteller Heartbreakers) [quote="Jack Spencer Jr"]Or basically games that claim a focus on story yet have little if anything in their system to fascilitate the creation of a story.[/quote]
I don't get it.… In RPG Theory Participants: cruciel, Jack Spencer Jr, Paganini, Lugaru, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Matt.
3/31/2003 Spooky Fanboy: So, how's it going? Saw the new web page, looks nicely organized. Definitely gets the feel of the game across.
How's the game itself coming along? In Orbit Participants: Spooky Fanboy, JSDiamond.
3/31/2003 Paganini: Horror Games So we're playing SQUEAM again over at Indie Net-gaming. So far it's going real well, I learned a lot about how to use it in the last game we did… In RPG Theory Participants: Paganini, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Christoffer Lernö, talysman, dragongrace, Bob McNamee, M. J. Young.
3/31/2003 Eamon Voss: TROS black powder guns? Matchlocks and wheellocks. Any stats for those handy? What about the damage tables? Will this be in the Flower of Battle? In The Riddle of Steel Participants: Eamon Voss, Shadeling, Thor Olavsrud, murazor, Valamir, Nick Pagnucco, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, arxhon.
3/31/2003 Matt Wilson: the order of story elements This is half baked, but I thought I'd serve it up for thought.
There's different orders of resolving fortune, like FitM and so on.
What about moving other pieces of… In RPG Theory Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Paul Czege.
3/31/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Riptide--where did it go? Just curious: Did this get put on the back burner? Or did it get put away more permenantly? I remember it being mentioned, and discussed on this list, then it… In CRN Games Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.
3/31/2003 Thor Olavsrud: First tRoS Session -- A Diabolical Scheme So I ran tRoS for the first time last night, and I hate to sound like a broken record but SAs rock!
We decided to play a one-shot because one… In Actual Play Participants: Thor Olavsrud.
3/31/2003 Hannu Hurme: Inspiration: let's break some eggs Hi all!
First let me introduce myself, my name is Hannu Hurme and I’m from Finland. I’ve been lurking here, on and off for some time now and I’ve found… In Indie Game Design Participants: Hannu Hurme, Spooky Fanboy, Brian Leybourne, Mark Johnson, Jonathan Walton, Shreyas Sampat, ScottM.
3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Magic: Buffing Spells Has anyone had characters that used "buffing" spells? Like, spells that add to their strength? Or create effective strength (like Telekinesis)? I'm trying to figure out a way to represent… In CRN Games Participants: RamblingMan, Chris Kucsera, anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.
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