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4/3/2003 ethan_greer: So, whose birthday is it?
So, the Forge's birthday is April 3rd? So is mine. This, of course, makes me cooler by association. Who else has their birthday today? Happy birthday!
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: ethan_greer, Fabrice G., C. Edwards, Paganini, Adam, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, J B Bell.

4/1/2003 ethan_greer: Forge Bookshelf
Hi there, site admins. Why isn't there a link to the Forge Bookshelf from the Forge? It's my feeling there should be. Just a thought... P.S. If it does exist…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer.

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.

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.

3/23/2003 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.

3/17/2003 ethan_greer: Sorcerer/Donjon dice mechanic
I wasn't sure where to put this, so here it is in RPG Theory... So, Sorcerer and Donjon use variations of the same dice mechanic - each participant rolls a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, iago, szilard, M. J. Young, cruciel.

3/5/2003 ethan_greer: What makes a game it's own thing?
So. I'm hard at work on a "new" RPG. I'm quite pleased with what I have so far, and more information will of course be forthcoming as it approaches drafthood.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/18/2003 ethan_greer: Donjon combat with six-siders
Has anyone tried using 6-siders for the initiative rolls in a flurry? If so, how'd it go? I'm planning on trying this myself at some point, but any wisdom y'all…
In CRN Games
Participants: ethan_greer, Valamir, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, quozl, jdagna, Shawn Conard.

2/6/2003 ethan_greer: Toast: Kewl Powerz
So, as some may be aware, the magic system for my pet game Toast (the greatest role-playing game of all time) is "pending." I have some ideas, and I'm wanting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

1/24/2003 ethan_greer: Toast 6.0
I have written the Greatest Role-Playing Game of All Time. Not really. But it's fun to say. In fact I have so much fun saying it that I put it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Jasper, Rich Forest, Shreyas Sampat, Gwen, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes.

12/3/2002 ethan_greer: Should I buy Sorcerer & Sword?
So here's the thing: I've glanced through a friend's copy of Sorcerer, and I have no interest whatsoever in playing it or running it. (Sorry Ron...) But, I've also glanced…
In Adept Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Valamir, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, catenwolde, jburneko.

10/29/2002 ethan_greer: Horror gaming? Why?
So... Continuing from this thread... I agree with Bailywolf; The Ring scared the living shit out of me as well. In fact, I don't think I'll ever watch a horror…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Jared A. Sorensen, lumpley, Christoffer Lernö, hardcoremoose, J B Bell, Emily Care, JSDiamond, greyorm, b_bankhead, vegasthroat, Uncle Dark, Seth L. Blumberg.

10/24/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies Online At Last
Hello all, I have published the latest version of Pollies on my website. http://www.simplephrase.com/pollies/ I included a Fudge-esque license thingy for the benefit of Gwen and any others who may…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2002 ethan_greer: What do I do now?
So, I'm working on this game called Pollies. It's almost done, and I really like how it's shaping up. Looking for a little break, I went over to the Forge…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/14/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies: Status Update
Hey all, Pollies received its first real playtest this afternoon, and things went extremely well. Surprisingly so, actually. I'm excited about getting the latest draft of the rules up on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards.

10/10/2002 ethan_greer: Is Any Game An Island?
In this thread, Mike Holmes gives an evaluation of 5th-edition Hero System, and Ron Edwards follows up on the review with a summary of the history of the development of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jeremy Cole, Mike Holmes.

10/10/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies: New Approach?
Hey gang, I've spent the evening fleshing out and beefing up my house generic system, Pollies, and I've come to a question: Should I present Pollies as I was, as…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

10/8/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies
Hello all, As promised, here is my latest RPG project, Pollies. Below are excerpts from the main document (which is not yet ready to be put on my website.) Mostly…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius.

10/8/2002 ethan_greer: An introduction, a game, and a question
An introduction: Hello all, I recently stumbled across The Forge and have been lurking about for the past week or so. I must say I'm impressed with what I've seen.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes.

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4/8/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: A summary
Hello all! I got this idea for a game this afternoon. I've been wanting a game that takes place in a fantasy world, but in which the characters do not…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Spooky Fanboy, redcrow, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Tar Markvar, Dave Panchyk, Thomas Tamblyn, Blake Hutchins, simon, Sparky.

4/10/2003 ethan_greer: I want a hardcopy of Trollbabe
I like Trollbabe, and I wanna give it a good print treatment for use at my table. Ron, or anybody, any recommendations? It's a 45 page PDF, 8.5x11 sheets. What's…
In Adept Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Tundra, Blake Hutchins, Fabrice G., Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy, rafial, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Tim C Koppang.

4/17/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: First Draft
Well, as promised, I've got something up on the web this week. However, not as promised, this is not a second pass but still very much a first draft, and…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Tar Markvar, Jeph.

5/20/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Playtest Version 1
Well, as the clouds of steam and cooking aromas disperse from the Iron Game Chef competition, in which I was a proud participant, I once more return to my current…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Emily Care, Simon W, Walt Freitag.

5/25/2003 ethan_greer: Iron Game Chef: Sim - A followup
I was thinking about putting this somewhere else, but in the end I decided since it's about our little game design contest it should go here in the game design…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag.

6/5/2003 ethan_greer: New D&D article
Hey Ron, that's a thought-provoking and well-written analysis. Well done. Unfortunately, I can't really comment to the specifics since I wasn't into gaming until mid-90's when 2nd edition AD&D was…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Cadriel, Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, jrients, AmarPK, Gordon C. Landis, Jeff Klein, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, rafial, efindel.

6/11/2003 ethan_greer: But what about Origins?
There's a lot of talk around here about GenCon Indy, and who all is going, and the booth that will be there, and such like. But, I'm not going to…
In Connections
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Chris Passeno, Ben Morgan, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair, Adam.

6/25/2003 ethan_greer: Game Company: Why?
So, seems like most indie games are published by a game company. Why is this? When I publish Thugs and Thieves to PDF, why would I need a game company?…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gobi.

7/28/2003 ethan_greer: RPG publishing in 'zine format
So I'm thinking about how I'm going to publish my game, and I think I want to go the 'zine route. I'm thinking I'll go to Kinkos, CopyMax, or some…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Andy Kitkowski, Clay, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, groovybuddha, Matt Gwinn, madelf.

7/28/2003 ethan_greer: RPG Vanity Press (split from RPG publishing in 'zine format)
Over in this thread I'm talking about my imminent forray into RPG publishing. This here thread is to talk about that sales thing. In composing my reply to Andy who…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Matt Snyder, HinterWelt, Hardpoint.

8/1/2003 ethan_greer: GenCon 2004
Okay, lots of folks are talking about how cool GenCon 2003 was, but I haven't seen a reaction from Ron, unless he put it somewhere I missed (entirely possible). So…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, C. Edwards, jdagna, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Troy_Costisick, Michael S. Miller, abzu, Valamir.

8/7/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: Playtest version
Well, I've been making noises about it, and now it's time to put my money where my mouth is. First off, I've turned my personal web site into the web…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

8/11/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Conflict Resolution
This is something I haven't playtested yet, and I wanted to run it by folks here and get some feedback. Conflict Resolution Cool things happen in RPGs. That's usually…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, iago.

8/11/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves needs playtesters
Hello all, The playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found at this address. On the page you can read a bit about the game and also download the…
In Connections
Participants: ethan_greer.

8/26/2003 ethan_greer: Suggestion for post subject line
I've noticed that individual post subjects (not thread subjects) are easy to miss or ignore and sometimes this is unfortunate. Is there a way to make post subjects stand out…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, M. J. Young.

9/4/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Abilities
Hi all. The "current" playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. (It's getting a bit stale, because a lot has either been changed or augmented as a…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, David Chunn, Jeph, Mike Holmes.

9/8/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] The case of the unwilling players
First things first: Current playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. Although I don't know how useful this link will be for this thread, since we didn't…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, Lxndr, Jeph, Andrew Martin, David Chunn.

9/9/2003 ethan_greer: I'm pissed off
So, over in this thread we're talking about my recent playtest of my game, Thugs and Thieves. This is a somewhat related yet stand-alone thread, hence the link. The reason…
In Actual Play
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, MachMoth, Marco, inthisstyle, David Chunn, Simon W, Ben Lehman, bcook1971, gobi, cruciel, Bankuei, RaconteurX.

9/12/2003 ethan_greer: SimplePhrase Press Forum Policy
Hello, and welcome to the SimplePhrase Press discussion forum! This forum is graciously hosted by the Forge. As such, participants are asked to adhere to the standards and policies of…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer.

9/16/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Quick status update
Well, I've been busy cranking out the "final" playtest draft. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just finished writing the big ol' honkin'…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

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