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4/18/2003 Little_Rat: Spirited Away
I saw this film last night, and other than making me glad that America has pretty much no spirit world (but don't quote me on that), I thought "Man this…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Little_Rat, peteramthor, Jason L Blair.

4/18/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Passive-aggressive narrativism (Peregrine)
I've been playing in this great game for the last month run by Matt Wilson. It's a game he's designed called Prime-Time Adventures, and our setting is called Peregrine. It's…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2003 iago: Pace: Playtest experiences
I'm about to run off to a showing of the Cowboy Bebop movie locally, so I don't quite have the time to do the full write-up of how the first…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2003 JSDiamond: Site referrals
Forgites, My rpg Orbit will have a page or two devoted to "must visit" sites. If you want to have your site listed in this book, email me with the…
In Publishing
Participants: JSDiamond.

4/17/2003 Garbanzo: A Deck a' Cards: $?
I think I remember a post talking about the price to print a custom deck of cards. I even think I remember points like, "Depends on the number of cards…
In Publishing
Participants: Garbanzo, greyorm, Chris Passeno, clehrich, ethan_greer, ThreeGee, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, anonymouse.

4/17/2003 talysman: The Troubadours of Verticaille
I have no real plans to charge for Troubadours, but since some people have said they actually want to play it, I will clean it up somewhat and distribute it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Keys of Uriel - a Sorcerer adventure
I just released a free Sorcerer (& Sword) adventure meant for convention or introductory play. It's a weird fantasy scenario with definite western elements to it, set in the town…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Ace.

4/17/2003 Eddy Fate: Anyone running Cartoon Action Hour?
Just like the topic says - is anyone running a series of Cartoon Action Hour? What is their play experience like? How does the game play? What's the series about?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate, gunsel, Norbert, Lostfactor, Cynthia Celeste Miller, The Spoken Name.

4/17/2003 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils: 2002 Indie RPG of the Year
Dust Devils has won the award for the 2002 Indie RPG the year! In a tight race with other excellent games, including a dead-heat with Jake Norwood's The Riddle of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2003 Ron Edwards: Comments on Criminal Element
Hi there, I love this game. I shall demonstrate it with this character I just made up: Mikey Lazaros Concept: charming scumbag, Motive: the corrupter Knack - Everybody's Huckleberry: has…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, ADGBoss, Zathreyel.

4/17/2003 Kester Pelagius: Problem. . .
Greetings, Seems like lately whenever I log in and try to access the Independant Games Forum by the time I get there the board logs me out. Or seems to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/17/2003 SrGrvsaLot: The Role of Names in Roleplaying Games
The Storypunk thread on the indie games forum got me to thinking, how much of a role does the title of an RPG play in creating the mood and theme…
In RPG Theory
Participants: SrGrvsaLot, Jack Spencer Jr, ThreeGee, Felix, M. J. Young, Heather Manley, talysman, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Thomas Tamblyn, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/17/2003 A.Neill: Riddled with Steel on the Prussian Front
So I ran Riddle of Steel. Setting: Prussia, 1238, the edge of currently held Teutonic territory Premise: Do the means justify the ends? Key Elements: Crusade, Race, Religion, German Expansionism…
In Actual Play
Participants: A.Neill, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud.

4/17/2003 urbwar: Just bought Paladin, and had a question or two
I bought Paladin yesterday, and read through it last night. Still figuring out the rules and such, but it seems pretty straightforward and easy to use. I was thinking of…
In CRN Games
Participants: urbwar, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy.

4/17/2003 Ron Edwards: Guest of Honor at GenCon 2003
Hi there, That would be me, among a bunch of other people whose names are probably more widely known. I have no idea why or how I was selected for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Valamir, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Matt Snyder, Nev the Deranged, Andy Kitkowski, ejh, James V. West.

4/17/2003 Nick Pagnucco: aaawww....
While procrastinating, I found someone's personal RPG awards. The relevant bit: TROS was listed as a runner up for best game. Of course, I have absolutely no idea aboyt this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/17/2003 johnsoga: Gen Con Indy
I haven't been able to find any TROS games being run at Gen Con Indy. I was hoping that the creaters could run a game, Hint Hint. Is there anyone…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: johnsoga, Durgil, Eamon Voss, Valamir, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2003 kregmosier: review of ROC #1 on rpg.net
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9232.phtml w00t! way to go, James! -k ps... #3 rocks also...just got my copy in the mail.
In Random Order Creations
Participants: kregmosier, Paganini, James V. West.

4/17/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: First Draft
Well, as promised, I've got something up on the web this week. However, not as promised, this is not a second pass but still very much a first draft, and…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Tar Markvar, Jeph.

4/17/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Apotheogma and the Design Architecture
Hi all I am currently doing some parallel development on the design architecture to better inform my work on the metaplay chapter, and am working on subordinating my Design Architecture…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Christoffer Lernö, deadpanbob, Adam Dray.

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4/18/2003 clehrich: On Definitions In General
Given the recent threads on Monopoly the RPG and other related topics, it seems as though the old definitions problem has raised its ugly head once again. Having been trained…
In RPG Theory
Participants: clehrich, Ian Charvill, Adam Dray, Nick Pagnucco.

4/18/2003 The Spoken Name: Anyone available to run a CAH demo at Kublacon?
I will be at Kublacon on Memorial Weekend, in San Fran CA. Anyone going that might have time to run at least one demo using the Action Pack #1? Or…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: The Spoken Name.

4/18/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Layered Premise
On the drive home last night, something occured to me about Premise in Narrative play. That is, that it can be layered. This may be old news but I'll explain…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, lumpley, John Kim.

4/18/2003 greyorm: Orx: Alternating Choices in Stat Usage
In Orx, you have three stats (Nasty, Brute, and Grok) each rated in sides of dice (ie: d4, d6, d8...etc). During a contest you choose to roll one stat --…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy.

4/18/2003 rafial: Errata
One item Rich mentioned in the actual play thread was that you get three extra damage points per boost when hitting someone in Melee. I figured I'd cross posts it…
In XIG Games
Participants: rafial, Rich Ranallo.

4/18/2003 clehrich: Minor (I think) tweak
When you click the "mark all topics read" button, you wait, then get the "topics marked" screen, then wait, then go to the forum you marked. This last seems silly:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: clehrich.

4/18/2003 SrGrvsaLot: The Gift Introduction and a Mechanics Question
Using the ideas generated by Brainstorming - Midieval Fantasy I've started a new game, called The Gift. The introduction can be downloaded at http://www.mesastate.edu/~jfrazer/gift.pdf if anyone's interested. This post is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SrGrvsaLot, lumpley, Mike Holmes, Jeph, szilard, Kester Pelagius.

4/18/2003 Jonathan Walton: John Harper's "Universe Alice"
Hot damn! Give that man Ron's money! :) Tell me that he's got larger version at 300dpi that you guys could use as a wraparound cover for the Second Edition.…
In Universalis
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards, John Harper, Valamir, Bankuei.

4/18/2003 arxhon: So...what is the deal with Starchildren?
Welcome to the Forge! I stumbled onto your Actual Play post and was interested by the "role play a band" concept that was presented in the post. Being a musician…
In XIG Games
Participants: arxhon, Mike Holmes, Rich Ranallo, rafial, Lxndr, gameboymaster.

4/18/2003 Eamon Voss: Beheading!
Last night we had our first beheading. One player was prone while a bad guy was taking swipes with an axe. Another player charged in with the longsword and took…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Mokkurkalfe.

4/18/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: East Coast Cons
with all the talk of Gen Con I began to wonder if there are any gaming convention on the east coast? Preferably middle and North East (North carolina to New…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, prophet118, Eamon Voss, wpbarr, Wolfen, Mayhem1979.

4/18/2003 John Kim: Soap Opera Test Session
WARNING: Liz or any of my players -- DON'T READ THIS. OK, I was intrigued by Chris Lehrich's thread on soap opera structure, and going to go over my…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, Blake Hutchins, Ian Charvill.

4/19/2003 philreed: Catalog Project
As some of you may already know I'm currently in the process of moving to a new house (which I love . . . 2,000 sq. ft. ranch house with…
In Publishing
Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, Michael Hopcroft, clehrich, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, ThreeGee, Emmett, talysman, ethan_greer.

4/19/2003 MathiasJack: Threads of Destiny
I've been dwelling on this game in my head for a while, and recently returned to reading the posts on Forge for inspiration. What's really ironic is I found many…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MathiasJack, Spooky Fanboy, Thomas Tamblyn, taalyn.

4/19/2003 John Harper: Sorcerer fan art
I recently put together an entry for the Universalis art contest, and then decided to do a few more pieces in that style, starting with my take on the covers…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Harper, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Fabrice G..

4/14/2003 Zathreyel: vs. Monsters
[quote="iago"] Aha. Nah, that means it's a rastered image, rather than a vector-based one (I'm talking like, Illustrator style). I wanted to be able to resize the image without loss…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, philreed.

4/19/2003 taalyn: Aisling combat
I'm making slow but steady progress on Aisling, and hope to have something good enough for playtesting in a month or two. That will be the bare basics with a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Shreyas Sampat, Thomas Tamblyn, clehrich, Green, Wolfen, Felix.

4/19/2003 tomodachi7: Starship construction question
Hello everyone, his is my frist post on the Forge. I am working on a FREE RPG set in the far future. I am trying to make the rules governing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: tomodachi7, clehrich, Thomas Tamblyn, anonymouse, Wolfen, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

4/19/2003 bluegargantua: [24 hour game] Affairs of State
Hey, Just finished my submission for the 24-Hour Game. You can pick it up here. It's called Affairs of State and players take on the role of diplomats from…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bluegargantua, Jeph, lumpley, clehrich, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

4/19/2003 iago: Long Pig - Chapter 1 - Request for Comments!
Here's my first draft of the first chapter, covering character creation and the basics of using your attributes. Comments appreciated! Chapter One: Roll The Bones Who Are You? We…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: iago, clehrich, Thomas Tamblyn, Wolfen, Piers Brown, Spooky Fanboy, Dave Panchyk, deidzoeb.

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