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4/9/2003 Valamir: Question on how feature works.
Had a question about the "Mark all topics as read" feature. Does this feature mark all topics that have been posted to up to the second you hit the feature…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer.

4/9/2003 Valamir: Green Goblin Holy Shit Some Serious PDF Useage
Got a piece of unsolicited email today from a group I'd never heard of. But unlike the other 300 assorted spams I get, this one was from a game company.…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, szilard, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, samdowning.

4/4/2003 Valamir: Sell me Hackmaster
heh, heh, heh. Taking full abusive advantage of Forge Birthday Days...
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, arxhon, ethan_greer, Enoch, Anonymous, Jake Norwood, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, szilard.

3/22/2003 Valamir: Web Site Update
Just completed another update to the site. Added a bunch of Add-ons from Alan's recent thread. Also put up a new essay about keeping the story focused using Traits and…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Tony Irwin, kwill, Buddha Nature, Mike Holmes, REkz.

3/20/2003 Valamir: Paying for the Forge
The following thoughts have been stewing around to a greater or lesser degree for the past few months. Premise: 1) That the Forge is a truly unique location on the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Paganini, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Brian Leybourne.

2/27/2003 Valamir: Brief thoughts on Battlesystem
I didn't want to clutter up the discussion on wargaming and RPGs in general with more thoughts on Battlesystem specifically, so I thought I'd respond to that tangent seperately. Basically…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, arxhon.

2/19/2003 Valamir: Stop Short
Ok, In my first few times threw Stop Short was one of those moves that I skipped because it made my head hurt trying to figure it out. Now that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Spartan, Fallen_Icarus, Jake Norwood, Noon, John Resotko, Sneaky Git, Damascus, Wolfen.

2/6/2003 Valamir: Event Planning Forum
With all the discussions going on about Gen Con and later they'll be some about Demon Con and various different projects and what not...I had a thought that having a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, xiombarg.

2/4/2003 Valamir: Sim Article and Mongrel
The Link to the game mongrel is buried in the middle of the sim article. Would it be possible to also link to it in the table of context in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2003 Valamir: GNS from Shadows in the Fog
[quote="clehrich"]Valamir, I know what you're saying; really I do. If this turns into a debate, we should take it to the GNS forum, but here's what I mean:[/quote] And so…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, clehrich, cruciel, M. J. Young, Johannes, joshua neff.

1/25/2003 Valamir: Errata item?
Or am I just confused. Combat Example Question 1. Page 88. Geralt successfully performs a Duck and Weave and Stefan loses 3CP as a result, because Stefan's attack had been…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, tauman.

1/8/2003 Valamir: Getting Paid
A topic that's come up alot recently. My question is this...WHY is it so hard to get paid...and I guess a corollary IS is really? 1) All suppliers in all…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, philreed, kamikaze, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell.

12/4/2002 Valamir: d20 as a Universal System
Ok, I'll kick start the d20 discussions. I'll leave some of the meatier topics for others, but this is one of interest to me. We've seen d20 get used with…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, wyrdlyng, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Matt, Jonathan Walton, Matt Wilson, cruciel, Cassidy, Blake Hutchins, damion, Bankuei, Steve Dustin, quozl, xiombarg, M. J. Young, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes, thoth, Alcar, Ace, Mark Johnson, talysman, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2002 Valamir: Thanksgiving 2002 Actual Play – The Pregnant Pope.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to play a game of Universalis with Ron Edwards of Adept Press, Jake Norwood of Driftwood Publishing and Jake’s wife Earta. Unfortunately…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

11/26/2002 Valamir: Mike's Big Adventure, dice mechanics, and escaping (Donjon)
Some playtest...here was Mike's Big Adventure. 1) investigate mysterious tower. 2) Go to tower 3) get attacked by demon thing 4) everybody dies ;-) I think my Leprechan actually survived…
In CRN Games
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, RamblingMan, jdagna.

11/11/2002 Valamir: Winged Hussars
For those interested in seeing what the really cool Winged Hussar armor from the 17th century looked like check the link below. If you have an extra 3 grand lieing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Irmo, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Lyrax.

11/2/2002 Valamir: The issue of stand alone replies
As long as were in the mode of pointing out changes to the way the Forge operates now, I'll point out the single trend that contributes the most to my…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

10/28/2002 Valamir: Twisted Little Fears story
[url]http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19471[/url] The first post is one of RPGnet AB3's periodic gaming group from hell tales. But the second is a twisted little halloween short story that would be(and was pointed…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Jason L Blair.

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4/20/2003 Valamir: Ramshead Clarification
Mike asked me to publically clarify his role with Universalis and Ramshead. Ramshead is a sole proprietorship belonging to me. Mike and I went in on the first print run…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Jonathan Walton.

4/23/2003 Valamir: Columbia Games dumps distributors
Columbia games, publishers of Harn, some d20 stuff and a lot of block wargames just announced that they are going 100% direct via web and phone mail order only. details…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Michael Hopcroft.

5/19/2003 Valamir: Another RPGNet TROS thread
This one currently has a somewhat "big whoop" negative flavor to it so a few well placed comments might be a good idea. I'd caution against any bum rush of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Eamon Voss, Durgil, Furious D, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, Thorbrin, Wolfen, Balbinus, toli, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/29/2003 Valamir: I need a Button
Over on RPG Mall, they have the option of supplying a button which is entered into a regular rotation with other buttons as a way of advertising a game (essentially…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead.

6/11/2003 Valamir: Reference, Homage, Inspiration and Thievery
Oh, one last thing that I suspect you already understand but wanted to make sure is absolutely clear; all of the mentioning of these other games that Chris and I…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Valamir, Bankuei, abzu, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Zebulon.

7/15/2003 Valamir: Harn and Columbia Games
Well, theres a big thread on RPG.net (as well as the Harn forums) about disputes between the Publisher of Harn (Columbia Games) and the Creator of Harn (Robin Crossby). Regardless…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, greyorm, HinterWelt.

7/19/2003 Valamir: Actual Play thread on lines, veils, and Facts as "ratin
for reference http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=75875#75875
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

7/29/2003 Valamir: Mini Combat Tourney at Gen Con
Warning: this post contains pointless bragging and celebratory dancing. A few of us decided to do a little TROS combat tourney during a lull in the booth at GenCon. We…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood.

8/8/2003 Valamir: Gen Con 2003 Spreadsheet summary
Ok, I finally finished digging through the various receipts and cash sheets and cobbling together a master spreadsheet of GenCon 2003 Forge Sales. I will make it available to anyone…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, jrs, Ron Edwards, Armin D. Sykes.

8/28/2003 Valamir: Yup, looks like it needs to be said again
Lots of new folks posting to this forum. Welcome and glad to have you. Please take the time to read the sticky threads at the top of this forum. Unlike…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Plenz, gobi, JW Carroll, simon_hibbs, Tony Irwin, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2003 Valamir: Universalis as a Training Tool
As those of you who dilligently follow all of the Univeralis website updates undoubtably know...and I'm sure that's everybody, of course ;-) Universalis has been being carried at Adams &…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, kwill, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks.

9/19/2003 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] Announcing Ramshead's new RPG
Ramshead Publishing invites you to review and playtest our next RPG, Robots and Rapiers. You can find the 130+ page pdf alpha version on the Universalis website. I expect…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Arvidos.

10/2/2003 Valamir: Bucanneers & Bokar
Now that S&B is finally out I'm looking forward to continued voodoo pirate goodness in B&B. I gather the free pdf adventure planned for September got pushed back; any firmer…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Valamir, GMSkarka, quinchris, TSL.

11/11/2003 Valamir: Robots & Rapiers Adventure and Pregen Characters availab
Alright. It took a good bit longer to finish than I'd anticipated, but the much awaited sample adventure and pregenerated characters are available here. This is a 30 page adventure…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, Jack Aidley, sirogit, DaGreatJL.

11/26/2003 Valamir: Journal of the Mail Society
Hey folks, don't know if you've seen this yet, but Erik Schmid's got his Journal of the Mail Society available through RPGMall now. I'll take a little credit for having…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir.

12/1/2003 Valamir: Robots & Rapiers: Design Change ideas
Had an opportunity to do some more playtesting this weekend. Conceptually the game is pretty tight, and I'm mostly happy with the mechanics except for two areas. 1) Handling time.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf, montag, hix, gobi.

1/1/2004 Valamir: Bad Roleplaying? I blame Tolkien.
Ok, after several aborted attempts at rereading LotR, I decided to get the books on CD and have them read to me on my long long long drives over the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Mark Johnson, Lxndr, LordSmerf, Paganini, Trevis Martin, Brian Leybourne, M. J. Young, quozl, John Kim, Endoperez, Eero Tuovinen, xechnao, Troy_Costisick, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, mark2v, Dr. Velocity, jdagna, Noon, ethan_greer, Calithena, Andrew Norris, b_bankhead, Gordon C. Landis, Caldis, C. Edwards, s3kt0r, apeiron, Matt Wilson, Ozymandias, Taina, Bob McNamee, contracycle, Halzebier, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2004 Valamir: Axes Knives and Swords
Just saw this special on the History Channel tonight. Pretty good accurate information. They had some scenes of sword fighting, and as I'm watching I'm thinking "hey, those guys actually…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Ingenious, Salamander, Jake Norwood, toli, Poleaxe.

1/26/2004 Valamir: An example of some exemplary Con support for indie demos
I pulled this report off of a mailing list I'm on. I did not participate first hand in the event so can't really answer any questions. But I was quite…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir.