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8/22/2001 jburneko: The Role of Genre In RPG Design
Down in the Theory Forum Ron made the claim that Genre is not a very useful term when it comes to RPGs. I'd like to explore this assertion. When someone…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, FilthySuperman, Laura Bishop, Marco.

8/17/2001 jburneko: On Author and Director Stance
This post is probably more 'thinking out loud' than asking an actual question. But in my gaming circles I find it difficult to explain why having Author/Director power given to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Emily Care, Laura Bishop, Ron Edwards.

8/16/2001 jburneko: Distribution Question
Hello, Well, the unthinkable has happened. I was struck by inspiration and I suddenly found myself designing and writing a game. Originally, I thought I was going to end up…
In Publishing
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, FilthySuperman, Clinton R. Nixon, ephealy, Misguided Games.

8/15/2001 jburneko: Mixing Styles Across The Table
This might belong in the GNS forum but this isn't a discussion about the model directly but rather the set of tools that are generally associated with each point of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, gentrification, Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Jack Spencer Jr, TrizzlWizzl, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Laurel, James Holloway, Marco, Paul Czege, Valamir, joshua neff.

8/10/2001 jburneko: Gamer Psychology
WARNING: This thread is likely going to generate a LOT of flack. This is definitely not for the faint of heart. In a thread below Ron pointed out something to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Logan, Uncle Dark, JohnMorrow.

8/6/2001 jburneko: More Questions For Narrativists
Hello Again, As I go around sharing the results of my research into Narrativism I find that I get two replies pretty universally and I was wondering what the Narrativists…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

7/27/2001 jburneko: Scene Framing
You know, I often get torn between posting in the RPG Theory Forum and the Actual Play Forum. If I want to discuss, say a GMing technique, is that Actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

7/24/2001 jburneko: Help With A Reply
Hello, This is a bit of a personal matter and I'm not sure how "apropriate" bringing this to the public forum is but I'm affraid I'm at a bit of…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Supplanter, james_west, gentrification, Damocles, Epoch, Peter, Knight, Ian O'Rourke.

7/18/2001 jburneko: PC/NPC Emotional Bonding
Hello, Ron and I have been going back and forth about characters emotional motivations. In his last email he suggested I open up part of the discussion to the rest…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, James Holloway, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, mikeryan, greyorm, Le Joueur, gentrification, John Wick, Cameron, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Emily Care, Knight, Uncle Dark, Mytholder, contracycle.

7/12/2001 jburneko: Another GNS Permutation
This is in all likelyhood just another permutation of GNS and doesn't add THAT much to the ideas already out there but I thought I would throw it on the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko.

7/3/2001 jburneko: Players Relation To Relationship Map
So, I'm embarking on a bit of an experiment and I'm planning on running a one-shot using a relationship map as the basis for planning. Since this is a one-shot,…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, james_west.

6/28/2001 jburneko: Which Direction Do You Plan?
Here's another one of my, 'no correct answer, just gathering preferences and opinions' questions. When you GM which direction do you plan? By this I mean do you develop your…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Clay, Ian Freeman, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2001 jburneko: Serial vs. Unified Campaign
I was just wondering how many of you played Serial style and how many of you play Unified Campaign style, which you prefer, why and how you most efectively used…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Dav, Mytholder, Peter, greyorm, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Le Joueur, Knight, Ron Edwards, Harri Tusa, George Pletz.

6/26/2001 jburneko: Going Against The Party Mentality
Here's a question for you that occured to me. How many of you have played in games where all the players aren't acting as the typical 'party?' That is all…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Valamir, Cameron, John Wick.

6/25/2001 jburneko: On Defining And Exploring Humanity
I'm about to compare writing a novel to designing a Role-Playing Scenario and while I've heard the claim that RPGs are not novels I'd like you to bare with me…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

6/22/2001 jburneko: How Do You Let A GM Down Lightly?
Hello All, I'm sort of dreading tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm supposed to play in a 7th Sea Game. This is a 7th Sea Game I've been playing in for a while…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Zak Arntson, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Epoch.

6/18/2001 jburneko: Kickers, Storylines and Character Improvement
I realize that character improvement isn't as central to Sorcerer as it is to other games but I was wondering if I could have clearification on what little there is.…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

6/13/2001 jburneko: The Orchestra Metaphor
I don't know if this belongs down in the Sorcerer Forum or up in the G/N/S Forum so I thought I would comprimise and post it here. Ron has often…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, ConfigSys.boy.

6/5/2001 jburneko: Narativism: I still don't get it.
This is very frustrating for me. I'm not talking about theory here. I'm not asking what Narativism *IS* or anything like that. I'm talking about practical application. I'm talking about…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Dav, Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, J B Bell, Mike Holmes.

6/4/2001 jburneko: A Sorcerer Idea
I read the main Sorcerer book last night. I also read certain key sections of The Sorcerer's Soul. I then proceeded to send a rather rambly email to Ron on…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Dav, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Clay, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

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9/5/2001 jburneko: Layout Question
So, my hardcover copy of Sorcerer arrived and I've been reading it over the last few days and there's something about the organization that I just don't get. Many reviews…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2001 jburneko: Not Roleplaying vs Not Role Playing How I Like
Ron, said something that caught my attention in the "Taking It All Too Seriously Thread" I wanted to explore it a little and so I thought it deserved it's own…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Marco, james_west, Ian O'Rourke, TrizzlWizzl, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/19/2001 jburneko: The Accidental Narrativist
Hello, It's been a while since I've posted anything with substance and anything I have posted has been rather short and curt. The reason being that my gaming experiences of…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, lumpley, Paul Czege, Epoch, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, unodiablo, Mike Holmes, Knight, joshua neff.

9/25/2001 jburneko: Sorcerer Combat
Hello There, This might end up to be one of my thinking out loud posts. So, I ran a session of my monthly Deadlands (yes, this will get around to…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/10/2001 jburneko: Sorcerer Not Suited To One Shots?
Hello Again, Up in the Actual Play forum Ron made the comment about Sorcerer not being suited for one shots. I marvel at this statement and it only feeds my…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

10/19/2001 jburneko: Is GNS Good For GMs?
Hello All, Over the last few days TrzzlWzzl (sp?) has been expressing his distaste for the GNS model as it pertains to System Design and GMs. What you are seeing…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Laurel, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, TrizzlWizzl, Marco.

10/25/2001 jburneko: Rule Sets
Hello All, So, I've been thinking about rule sets and complexity. Most people talk about systems being either rules-light or rules-heavy which ultimately isn't very useful because we can go…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Mithras, Don Lag, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/29/2001 jburneko: Vanilla Narrativism In Action
I find it sort of funny that Ron should post about Vanilla Narrativism the same weekend I happen to run just such a game. Saturday was my monthly Deadlands game…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Clay, Ron Edwards.

10/31/2001 jburneko: Vanilla Narrativism vs. Simulationism
Hello All, Given the discussion down in the Bobby G thread and the Vanillia Narrativism thread there seems to be some confusion over what exactly the differences are between Vanilla…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Marco, Mike Holmes.

11/6/2001 jburneko: Sorcerer Sighting
I CAN'T believe it took me this long to post this. I just completely forgot. So, you'll never guess in a MILLION YEARS where I saw a copy of Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, furashgf, Jared A. Sorensen, DaR, Ron Edwards, Ferry Bazelmans, greyorm, erithromycin, Julian Kelsey, contracycle, kwill.

11/6/2001 jburneko: Cut-Scenes In RPGs
As I've been watching various TV Shows and Movies I've noticed something that whole exists in those mediums and does not exist in RPGs. That element is that the audience…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, contracycle, Ian O'Rourke.

11/8/2001 jburneko: Role-Playing Object Demons
My players seem to have really gotten into Object demons. I have at least two so far. One is a pair of glasses that allow it's master to see into…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

11/9/2001 jburneko: Incharacter Play vs. co-Author
I have a feeling here that I'm going to open up a huge can of worms. You have been warned. In Ron's new review of Little Fears he talks about…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Marco.

11/9/2001 jburneko: Metaplot and Story Creation
The planets must be aligned funky or something. Today seems to be an idea day for me. Anyway, down in the Immersion & Co-Authoring thread Ron reasserted his claim that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, Blake Hutchins, John Wick, Ian O'Rourke, contracycle, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Matt, Ben Morgan, Laurel, joshua neff, Nathan.

11/13/2001 jburneko: An Experiment In The Ordinary
There's an idea I've been mulling over for a while now. It's something that's been brought up before on various game sites but never really addressed in an interesting way.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Epoch, Laurel, Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Marco, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, mahoux, Le Joueur.

11/15/2001 jburneko: Railroading With Dice, A Core Mechanic
So, I'm looking over the RPG that I'm working on and while the actual document is not done I think I'd like some feedback on the idea behind the core…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, contracycle, unodiablo, Paul Czege, Bankuei, mahoux, greyorm.

11/27/2001 jburneko: Valid Premises
This was said down in the "big three you never see thread." I have a question about it that I thought deserved its own thread. I *DO NOT* want this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Epoch, Marco, joshua neff, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

12/4/2001 jburneko: Deadlands and Trial
Hello All, So, Saturday was my monthly Deadlands game. Somewhere around here there is a post about the previous session. We're still involved in the same scenario using the same…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Tor Erickson.

12/5/2001 jburneko: Name That Style
Hello All, There's a style of role-playing that I've found to be far more common among gamers than I originally thought. Personally, I'm having trouble understanding it mainly because I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bret, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, James Holloway, Paul Czege.

12/7/2001 jburneko: Stances In Actual Play
I'm not sure if that subject line is completely correct but it was the best I could do. I was wondering if anyone else, especially those of you who dabble…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

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