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4/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Fantastic Creations awaiting visitation
Greetings All, First let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who offered space for me to put up the files fo Crystal Spheres on their sites. The offers were…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

4/15/2003 Kester Pelagius: What's a newbie need to know?
Greetings All, I hope this isn't out of place. In another thread Andy Kitkowski observed that "At the Forge, you have the ernest newbies, meaning here folks that really want…
In Publishing
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Valamir, GreatWolf.

4/14/2003 Kester Pelagius: Fellow authors and game designers, your thoughts please...
Greetings, As I slowly iron out and pound the few remaining crinkles in Crystal Spheres into sumbission I find myself wondering whether or not I should include a sample questionnaire…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Valamir, Sidhain, ethan_greer, Christoffer Lernö, Marco.

4/12/2003 Kester Pelagius: Does anyone know. . .
..if there is software out there to help design and create boards for board games? All this recent talk (I blame quozl ;) about Monopoly and board games has me…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Matt Gwinn, J. Backman, talysman.

4/11/2003 Kester Pelagius: Crystal Spheres: Looking for Playtesters
Greetings All, I am slowly approaching completion on the first rough draft of Crystal Spheres and am looking for anyone who thinks they may be interested in 1) playtesting the…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, Emote Control.

4/10/2003 Kester Pelagius: What is the next great evolution in RPG design?
Greetings All, Since the infancy of role-playing, way back when the term 'Fantasy Wargaming' was considered synonymous with 'RPG', there have been preconceived notions of what constitutes a proper game.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Bruce Baugh, quozl, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, Le Joueur, b_bankhead, M. J. Young, hix, talysman, Thierry Michel, clehrich, kaiza.

4/4/2003 Kester Pelagius: Got a good homebrew?
Then why not share it with the rest of us! Tell us about your current game project, homebrew campaign setting, or share your favorite recipes for homebrew. Whatever floats your…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Kester Pelagius, J. Backman, Anonymous, ethan_greer.

3/26/2003 Kester Pelagius: What do you want from game designers?
Greetings All, If you had a chance to sit down with the game designer of your favorite game when they were designing it what would you have said to them?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Thomas Tamblyn.

3/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Crystal Spheres: Would this game interest you?
Greetings All, Meant to post something about this awhile ago. . . So I am working on something, like most of us here are, and was wondering what your thoughts…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, dalek_of_god, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat.

3/21/2003 Kester Pelagius: Question for the web savy. . .
Greetings All, Based upon your experiances what would you suggest to someone wanting to set up a site for the first time? I know, I know. Depends on what I…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, szilard, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Clay, laine.

3/20/2003 Kester Pelagius: Does theory really matter?
Greetings, Final posting, with annotations and bibliography. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright © 2002, 2003 by C. Demetrius Morgan Part 3 of 3 Part One…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Where Did it All Begin?
Greetings All, Given current events I thought we could all use a distraction. So, without further adieu, part two. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius # The Alchemy of Role-Playing Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/19/2003 Kester Pelagius: Ressurecting ye olde 'Crypt Fiend'
Greetings All, Back in Octorber I had a brainstorm, as many of us do, likely after reading something or the other here at The Forge. This resulted in a bit…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

3/18/2003 Kester Pelagius: What is. . . 'The Alchemy of Role-Playing'?
[color=darkblue]This post is revisiting an old article posted here a while back. As always I look forward to reading your remarks and special insights.[/color] [size=16px][b]The Alchemy of Role-Playing[/b][/size] [color=darkred]Copyright ©…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

3/14/2003 Kester Pelagius: How much would you want to know?
Greetings All, Say someone was working on a minigame that was a melding of Ptolemaic and Medieval cosmology ala Spelljammer, but that this project was not directly based off of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Holographics: A Possible Future Evolution of Gaming?
Greetings All, While reading the thread on Historical Wargaming I was suddenly struck by a very interesting thought and was wondering what your opinions of it might be. My thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Drew Stevens, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, RobMuadib, greyorm, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2003 Kester Pelagius: Is religion really that much of a mystery?
Greetings All, I see the debate about religion is still raging. So, if I may, my 2 cents here to offer... What is religion? Is it merely a set of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Nick Pagnucco, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, talysman, clehrich, John Kim, Le Joueur, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Tony Irwin, contracycle, M. J. Young.

1/7/2003 Kester Pelagius: What makes an RPG work for you?
Greetings, Hope you all had a good holiday season. That said, there was another thread here in which I was hoping to get some feedback about what other gamers thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Uncle Dark, clehrich, Jeremy Cole, Thierry Michel, simon_hibbs, Blake Hutchins, Le Joueur, erithromycin.

12/5/2002 Kester Pelagius: The Mechanic of "Religion" in Role-Playing Games
Greetings All, So I was reading threads. Something about the quote below struck me like a two-by-four upside the head on a bright day when a cold wind blows down…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Eric J., wyrdlyng, simon_hibbs, John Wick, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Uncle Dark, M. J. Young, contracycle, Alan, Seth L. Blumberg, greyorm, Walt Freitag, lumpley, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

11/17/2002 Kester Pelagius: ATTN: Question for ALL RPG Game Publishers
Greetings All, This post is primarily aimed at anyone out there who is at the buisness end of the role-playing hobby cum industry. To preface: I am in the process…
In Publishing
Participants: Kester Pelagius, rafael.

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4/22/2003 Kester Pelagius: Any Book: a 4 page FRPS
Greetings All, This is one of those "rummaging around in old folders" kind of re-discoveries. Apparently I started this last November/October and forgot about it. So, after cleaning it up…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Simon W, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/25/2003 Kester Pelagius: Anyone familiar with OpenOffice?
Greetings, I've (just recently) got it installed. It seems to work fine, far as I can tell. Though it's a hassle to have to save my files into a different…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius, J. Backman.

5/1/2003 Kester Pelagius: What to do when. . .
Greetings All, I guess this belongs here as well as anywhere else so here goes. . . There you are, surfing your favorite forum when someone's post makes you pause,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jay Turner, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, jdagna, Jeffrey Miller.

5/6/2003 Kester Pelagius: Space Vixens: Serial Cinematic (Narrative) role-playing
Greetings All, So, I've been working on bits and pieces of Crystal Spheres, started a Psionics Expansion, begun a Quick Start Rules (none of which are done or posted to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, clehrich, Alan, Zamiel, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, John Harper.

5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Should we start a Forge 'zine?
Greetings All, Just had a thought while PMing Mr. Holmes. What with all the wonderful talent here at the Forge- just look at the Iron Game Chef challenge: Tiki Gods,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Matt Snyder.

5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Setting up a small-press 'zine. . .?
Howdy, Does anyone here know how hard it would be to do? What sort of capital/licenses does one need going into such a venture? Is it even worth considering in…
In Publishing
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Matt, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Adam, Clay, Christian Walker.

6/8/2003 Kester Pelagius: Shadows in the Fog [Review]
Greetings All, A review of Shadows in the Fog has been posted to the files area of my Yahoo group (link in sig) in both HTML and PDF format. Discussion…
In Connections
Participants: Kester Pelagius.

6/8/2003 Kester Pelagius: Auto E-mail (PM) Deletion?
Greetings, Is there anyway to set up the board so that the members can set their e-mail to be automatically deleted after a specific amount of time? For me I'd…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/6/2003 Kester Pelagius: [Review] - Synergy
[BODY] [FONT SIZE=5]Synergy: Bare Bones v 1.0 [/FONT] [FONT SIZE=4]Review by C. Demetrius Morgan [/FONT] [B][FONT SIZE=4]Synopsis [/B][/FONT] Synergy is a bare bones role-playing system in development created by Roy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Roy.

8/15/2003 Kester Pelagius: PDF Archive of Review now Avaialble
Greetings, I have uploaded a archive of the unabridged review I wrote (for Nine Worlds) to the files area of my yahoo group. To get a copy simply follow the…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Matt Snyder.

8/27/2004 Kester Pelagius: The Harsh Reality of Game Design and the ‘Fantasy Heartbreak
Greetings, I was hoping to use this as the first article in a regular column series at RPGnet, but long story short that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Precious Villain, eyebeams, Mark D. Eddy, ErrathofKosh, mike.

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