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4/4/2003 Nathan: Eldritch Ass Kicking Revised Is Here!
[b]Eldritch Ass Kicking[/b], the roleplaying game of wizard-blasting-wizard action, is back. EAK is the story of the battered realm of Anhelm and the insane wizards who make it their home.…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan, Spooky Fanboy.

4/4/2003 Gordon C. Landis: Creative agenda == Explorative agenda?
Here's a thought that has been brewing since "creative agenda" was mentioned as a possible solution to the confusion around Narrative (or whatever) Premise vs. general overal game premise .…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2003 Dave Panchyk: I love you, man...
Okay, this doesn't really fit in the Bar thingy because the moonshine I'm drinking isn't really a "mixed" drink. (Not until I decide to pour in some flat, two-day-old Dr.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Dave Panchyk, Valamir, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss.

4/4/2003 J. Backman: Most interesting projects you have worked on
Please describe three of the most interesting gaming-related projects you have been involved with in the past (or are currently working on). What did you learn from them? I'll start:…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: J. Backman, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2003 arxhon: How do counters work?
How do counters work? I did a search, and couoldn't fnd anything in the 3+ pages of returns, so i apologize if this question has come up before. I tried…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Ashren Va'Hale.

4/4/2003 ethan_greer: Forum Party Game: Who gets the last word?
This is not a traditional thread, in that I don't have any particular conversation in mind. Basically, the idea is, at some point on April 7 this forum will be…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon, arxhon, Lazy Smurf.

4/4/2003 Eamon Voss: Quickie review by yours truly
Last night we tried out TROS. Eric left his character sheet at work and so we had to do his character again. I like how fast character creation is, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale.

4/4/2003 Paul Czege: if you've never posted to The Forge...
...post for the first time here. There's a Forge tradition of doing these threads we call "profiling" a few times a year. On this thread only, lets have a mini…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paul Czege, Julie, ScottM, Bob McNamee, Blake Hutchins, Trevis Martin, hix, TheLHF, Wolfen, David Laurence, Doyce, Brian Leybourne, brainwipe, Rich Forest, O Dinas Powys, Alex Johnson.

4/4/2003 Christoffer Lernö: The Religion Wars begin here
Some people, (including me) mentioned their religious beliefs in the social profiling. So I thought I'd ask it straight out. I'll restate mine: I was raised a christian (protestant), turned…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, xiombarg, greyorm, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Nick Pagnucco, GreatWolf, Valamir, ethan_greer, dragongrace, Andy Kitkowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Gwinn, taalyn, Lazy Smurf, cruciel, Brian Leybourne, sdemory, Spooky Fanboy, C. Edwards, Enoch, lumpley, wyrdlyng, quozl, Jake Norwood, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon, Simon W, Dotan Dimet, Ben Terry, Rich Stokes, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, Itse, Paul Watson, Bob McNamee, Christopher Weeks, Asrogoth, Anonymous, herrmess, Rich Forest.

4/4/2003 Christoffer Lernö: What Forge game(s) do you want to see completed NOW?
So, what games are you anxiously waiting completion. What would you wish got completed "NOW!"?
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Paul Czege, xiombarg, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, jburneko, Rich Forest, J. Backman, Sylus Thane, GreatWolf, ScottM, Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, sdemory, talysman, Ben Morgan, Simon W, Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair.

4/4/2003 hyphz: Now, the men's 50x50 Tactics and the Mixed Creativity...
A bizarre thought I had which I thought might bear a little discussion. We all know the "bass line" metaphor, but (IMHO at least) that's a little tricky to actually…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hyphz.

4/4/2003 anonymouse: [Paladin] Legacy: a Vagrant Story.
GM: Michael (that is to say, me) Player: Brian (slightly-younger brother) The setting for our game is based off of the Playstation game Vagrant Story. This thread is where I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/4/2003 M. J. Young: Search for Game Designers who are Christian
O.K., this isn't quite right for any forum, but I need to ask The Forge community, so it's going to go here. Maybe it would fit better in Connections, but…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton.

4/4/2003 taalyn: Gay gamers
Just curious - how many gay gamers are there? That you know, or are here at the Forge. A.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: taalyn, Adam, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, szilard, Othyem, Anonymous, ADGBoss, Piratecat, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/4/2003 Ron Edwards: The Impossible Thing
Hi everyone, It's so much easier than everyone makes it. Work with me on one thing only: by "story," just for purposes of this one issue, we're talking about stuff…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bruce Baugh, Valamir, Alan, greyorm, John Kim, dragongrace, Sylus Thane, JSDiamond, Mike Holmes, Sindyr, bladamson, taalyn, JMendes, Gordon C. Landis, cruciel, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Green, Ian Charvill, simon_hibbs.

4/4/2003 taalyn: Probability calculation
I'm not sure this is the right forum, but I'm not sure what would be the right one. Anyhoo, can anyone direct me to wensites, discussion, or books that are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: taalyn, John Kim, bladamson, Bruce Baugh, Thierry Michel, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

4/4/2003 RpgAlexWyld: GNS: What is it?
Sorry, I'm new to the Forge. Can anyone discribe what Gamist, Narativist and Simulationist is? I have no clue... Thanks
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: RpgAlexWyld, bladamson, Matt, Ron Edwards, Valamir, AmarPK, Tonic.

4/4/2003 Walt Freitag: Lady Elaine Fairchilde: Hot Or Not?
[size=9px]OK, I was trying to come up with the least Forge-like topics I could think of. This was number -- well, actually, it was about number 158 on the list.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Anonymous, Julie, lumpley, wyrdlyng.

4/4/2003 Eric Kimball: Mental combat
Has any game ever dealt with arguments and social relations in the same way most rpg deal with combat? What I mean when you are trying to persuade some one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric Kimball, Brian Leybourne, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, talysman, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Harlequin.

4/4/2003 bladamson: online gaming
Moved from game theory... Ok, let me get this straight. Online gaming happes both via the yahoo group chat channel and on irc.magicstar.net #IndieRPGs? Or is the yahoo group only…
In Actual Play
Participants: bladamson, C. Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

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4/4/2003 Brian Leybourne: Roleplaying Stigma
[quote]Hmm, I hadn't considered that, but you're totally right. It took me a long time to feel comfortable and confident about telling other people that I roleplay.[/quote] Stripped this out…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2003 cruciel: How much time does this damn site suck out of you?
I probably toss away an hour or three a day on it.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: cruciel, Brian Leybourne, ScottM, Enoch, taalyn, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Rich Forest, Shreyas Sampat.

4/5/2003 Chris Kucsera: Donjon DM's Screen & Cheat Sheets
I realize that Clinton's new job has delayed several of his projects. Has anyone else created a DM's screen? Also, any cheat sheets that one would provide to new players…
In CRN Games
Participants: Chris Kucsera, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason Kottler, Andrea Gualano.

4/5/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Nine Worlds playtest
Need I even mention that I want one of these ASAP? BTW, if you'd like to include me in credits, or anything, my real name is Carl L. Congdon. Not…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder, coal, Kester Pelagius.

4/5/2003 Darrin Kelley: Special Ability question related to the Transformers.
In the original Transformers series, there was an ability demonstrated originally by the Constructicons. The ability to combine into Devistator. How would one simulate as a Special Ability in CAH?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Darrin Kelley, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Buddha Nature: Finding Players
Where are the best places online to locate new players to game with? My old gaming group is scattered to the four winds and I am looking for new blood.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Buddha Nature.

4/5/2003 Darrin Kelley: Size question.
How would one make it so that a character could either grow or shrink as a Special Ability?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Darrin Kelley, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Christoffer Lernö: What's the name of your computer?
Have you named your harddrive(s)? Your computer? Does it still say "My Computer" on the desktop or does the poor thing actually have a name? Me first: Computer: "Yggdrasil" Harddrive:…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Shreyas Sampat, Ben Morgan, cruciel, szilard, Brian Leybourne, taalyn, ThreeGee, Mike Holmes, Adam, Trevis Martin, wyrdlyng, Andy Kitkowski, Stuart DJ Purdie, Chris Passeno, Jack Spencer Jr, Thomas Tamblyn, J B Bell, Enoch, Anonymous, arxhon, RobMuadib, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Heather Manley, Clinton R. Nixon, J. Backman.

4/5/2003 Shieldage: D6 Gimmick
Okay, I gather from the posts that you guys have had past experience with something similiar and gotten sick of the subject. Understood and moving on. Er, I found a…
In Universalis
Participants: Shieldage, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paganini, rafial.

4/5/2003 Clinically Insane: G.I. Joe Official Handbook
Just picked this book up on the 3rd, thought of Cartoon Action Hour and picked it up. I couldn't get to the spectrum site yesterday. Luckly someone responded to a…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Felix: Model or something more?
Hello, everybody. Registered user 1,399 here, for those keeping track. I’ve been lurking for several months, so I hope I have a decent handle on theories here. (I also hope…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Felix, cruciel, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, clehrich, Valamir, talysman, soundwave, Eric J-D.

4/5/2003 Christoffer Lernö: What's your favorite character of all time?
Doesn't everyone have a favorite character among all they played? So the question: 1. What's your favorite character (that you played) of all time (so far) 2. In what game?…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Dave Panchyk, taalyn, Jared A. Sorensen, The_Confessor, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Simon W, Shreyas Sampat, cruciel, Matt Wilson, Jason L Blair, Heather Manley, Christopher Kubasik, Anonymous, Ben Morgan.

4/5/2003 blaze_axis: Nice Game
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=468091
In Indie Game Design
Participants: blaze_axis, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2003 blaze_axis: Try this commands
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=468091
In RPG Theory
Participants: blaze_axis, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: I listened to my friend's game last night
Last night I went with my wife to my friends game. I still didn't play. I can only imagine what they are all thinking about that, but it isn't important.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, bladamson, Thor Olavsrud, cruciel, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Dr. Velocity, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Deleting outwar link threads
I know its not forge policy to delete threads, but the outwar ones that have started to pop up are spam plain and simple and knock legitimate threads off the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, szilard, Marco, M. J. Young.

4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
I'm not sure which forum this would fit in, so I'm putting it in the birthday forum. If it can go elsewhere, it can be moved.Role-playing is a social fun…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Walt Freitag, Jason13, Miskatonic, neko ewen.

4/5/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Non-indie rpgs
Here's a question, what games that don't get a mention here outside of actiual play are you besotted with? Tell us why you love it and what your reservations are.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, GreatWolf, szilard, Simon W, Brian Leybourne, Rich Forest, Valamir, Adam, wyrdlyng, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, clehrich.

4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: What are you reading?
What books are you currently reading or have recently read? I had just finished Prey by Michael Crichton. I wish I was a better reader because it seems to take…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Snyder, Matt, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Anonymous, szilard, Maurice Forrester, GreatWolf, taalyn, Thomas Tamblyn, Simon W, Brian Leybourne, Shreyas Sampat, Michael Hopcroft, Jürgen Mayer, Matt Wilson, Jason L Blair, Patrick Boutin, Adam, DeadGirl, wyrdlyng, Ian Charvill, joshua neff, Rich Forest.

4/5/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Summer convention sign-up!
Origins 2003 http://www.evite.com/Jared@memento-mori.com/origins GenCon 2003 http://www.evite.com/Jared@memento-mori.com/gencon
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

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