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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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.

4/4/2003 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.

4/4/2003 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 Evan Waters: PDF Schedule
I know I have a vested interest in this (I won a contest so I get all the electronic material for the line free), so forgive my selfishness, but has…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Evan Waters, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Interactive Forge Party
[i](This sort of thing was fun on the RPGnet Tangency, so I figured why not. I do not mean any offense by any of this and feel free to give…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer.

4/5/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: I want a little history
If it's OK with Ron, if anyone has a copy of the original text file version of Sorcerer, I would consider it a great favor to send it my way.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, greyorm, M. J. Young.

4/5/2003 Jake Norwood: La Famiglia: Revisited
Okay, so I'm serious about this one. I really want to finish it, and to prove it I'll have copies at GenCon, with art. You can read the current and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2003 Jake Norwood: La famiglia
Please visit the indie game design forum to help me out with this project. jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mayhem1979, Ashren Va'Hale, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne.

4/5/2003 Jake Norwood: Non-indie at GenCon
Okay, so that non-indie games are you itching to play, particularly at GenCon? I really want to play Adventure! and some superhero game (don't care which, though), and maybe Over…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jake Norwood, szilard, Rich Forest, joshua neff, Enoch, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer.

4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: When reading a friend's sucky writing
While the party is going on, how about talking about writing in general and stuff. I'll start with what the heck do you say to someone who's writing is just…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, lumpley, Tim C Koppang, szilard, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jason L Blair, RobMuadib, Eric J..

4/5/2003 GreatWolf: Great party!
I've really been enjoying this forum. I wouldn't want it to be available year round, but it really has felt like a birthday party in here. Just sitting around, socializing,…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: GreatWolf, Thomas Tamblyn, Jason L Blair, Walt Freitag, Lxndr, Mark Johnson, Ron Edwards, orbsmatt.

4/5/2003 Brian Leybourne: What happened to the non-regulars?
One thing I was kind of hoping was that we would be getting some non-regulars in here posting (which I thought was partially the point, thus the policy of non-registered…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Piers Brown, Heather Manley, Eric J., Nick Pagnucco.

4/5/2003 szilard: What character are you most ashamed of having played?
Okay, let's hear it. What is the twinkiest/cheesiest/most min/maxed character that you will admit to having played? What game was it in? What made this character so bad? Did you…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: szilard, cruciel, Heather Manley, Clinton R. Nixon, Enoch, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy, DaGreatJL.

4/6/2003 John Kim: Is player-as-world-author needed for stories?
[quote="Gordon C. Landis"] For me, the key insight of TITBB is that if you are interested in Story (specific-definition), this is NOT true. It is NOT possible for everyone to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, cruciel, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Bruce Baugh, Marco, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I badly need cheering up -- but then what else is new
I managed to celebrate the Forge's birthday by getting myself into an accident and ruining my career. I had been picked up by a group of students from Eugene to…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, cruciel, rafael, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö, greyorm.

4/6/2003 Derek Devlin: Congratulations CAH!
I just stopped by Warehouse 23 and noticed something. CAH became available on their site on April 1st. As of today, CAH is in "Low Stock". Looking good! :D Derek…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/6/2003 blaze_axis: IRAQ WAR
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=468091
In Site Discussion
Participants: blaze_axis, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/6/2003 blaze_axis: IRAQ WAR
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=468091
In Actual Play
Participants: blaze_axis, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/6/2003 Bruce Baugh: Alternative Definitions: Desire, Outcome, Play, Story
Ever since several games of the late '80s and early '90s made an issue of it, there's been a fair amount of talk in gaming circles about where the "story"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bruce Baugh, Ian Charvill, M. J. Young, deadpanbob, cruciel, Zamiel, Mike Holmes, Johannes, Blake Hutchins, Matt, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim, Matt Snyder, Valamir.

4/6/2003 Bob Richter: The Glowing Staff Problem, faery magic, etc.
The original thread for this was five pages long and a little down the list, so I thought I'd start a new post. Got a problem with it? Oh well.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, arxhon, Anthony I, Rick, Valamir, Sneaky Git, Ashren Va'Hale, Noon, Brian Leybourne, redcrow, Mayhem1979.

4/6/2003 Bruce Baugh: Limiting Character Types
I've just noticed a recurring element in discussion of The Impossible Thing that seems to me to reflect an unsupported and perhaps unexamined assumption. Implicit in most games is the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bruce Baugh, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Harlequin, Gordon C. Landis.

4/6/2003 Zak Arntson: RPG Dreams
It had to happen ... somebody brings up dreams. Anyhow, I dreamt that I had somehow got ahold of one of the first roleplaying games ever written. It was so…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Zak Arntson, Rich Forest, C. Edwards, Itse, hix, Henri, cruciel, talysman, Lxndr, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Bob McNamee, Ben Lehman, Scourge108, clehrich.

4/6/2003 Ron Edwards: The Impossible Thing - textual examples
Hello, I urge everyone to recognize that pacing of internet discussions is a serious social problem. Time your input relative to the needs of the person you're addressing. It may…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Marco, John Kim, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: And, goodbye!
This forum will be closed at 5pm CDT, or 8pn EDT, or midnight Greenwich Standard Time. It was great hearing from all for you, and I appreciate all the conversation.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

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