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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.

4/18/2003 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.

4/18/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jack Spencer Jr: Pinball comparison
After reading through the Monopoly: The Most Popular Roleplaying Game? thread, something occured to me about that whole discussion. Rather than muddy the waters further in that thread, I'll post…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Bankuei, C. Edwards, Le Joueur, John Kim, Jeph.

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.

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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.

4/20/2003 Bryant: Into The Sunset: First Public Draft
I just posted a PDF of the first public draft of Into The Sunset. The Premise of the game: you take on the roles of the main characters in a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bryant, MoonHunter, Kester Pelagius, szilard.

4/20/2003 arxhon: Healing TN
Ok, the book says "Roll HT against the raw Pain rating of each Wound (where pain functions as the TN; WP modifiers do not apply here). Each success lowers the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood.

4/20/2003 Jonathan Walton: Ever-After: Currency & Advancement
Hey folks, Still trying to bang out the final details of my game Ever-After (formerly called Storypunk, formerly called Quixote & Coyote). In this thread, I'd like some specific help…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, deadpanbob, Piers Brown, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/20/2003 Rich Ranallo: Starchildren: Songwriting System
This is one thing I'm working on for the upcoming Starchildren suppliment. The rules for performing live music in the main book were pretty generic; that is, you could play,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rich Ranallo, Thomas Tamblyn, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, rafial.

4/20/2003 arxhon: Yet more Riddle of Steel
Ok, i convinced a third player to join our little group. Instead of dragging him through the chargen process right at the start, i took a gamble and gave him…
In Actual Play
Participants: arxhon, Valamir, ADGBoss, Wolfen.

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.

4/20/2003 Bankuei: Chris's Standard Rant: "Innovative"
This rant was something I posted to a thread on rpg.net in regards to originality, innovation, etc. (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=555618707ef2dd0564940f08674d04d0&threadid=45579) This rant is a little more "gut level" and emotional than what…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, J. Backman, anonymouse, Marco, Wolfen, Valamir, Green, clehrich, Kester Pelagius, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, John Kim, redcrow, Ron Edwards, fabien, Bruce Baugh.

4/20/2003 Eamon Voss: Portrait Character Sheets anyone?
I hate landscape character sheets. I hate them with the sort of passion that a FUDGE player will generally reserve for the Rolemaster's charts. I've tried to make a landscape…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, PAD the MAD, Mokkurkalfe, Sneaky Git, arxhon, prophet118, Enoch, Ashren Va'Hale.

4/20/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Women at the forge
Something I've realised recently, is I don't think I've ever seen any female posters at the forge, now I know that the forge has no intirinsic gender bias, so why…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, Jonathan Walton, clehrich, M. J. Young, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, Shreyas Sampat, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, greyorm, talysman, Jeffrey Miller, Mike Holmes, Andy Kitkowski, Emily Care, Meguey.

4/20/2003 Tywin Lannister: Questions about FEINTING here.
I have only one question, but if you have others you could ask them in this thread. Or not. Anyway, here is mine: Player A announces a thrust attack with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Durgil, Valamir, Salamander, Jason Kottler, Irmo.

4/20/2003 Drew Stevens: The Means and Ways of Conflict
Question: Is conflict in RPGs inherently limited to binary states (win/lose), a game of diminishing resources (traditional HPs, dice pool) or the question of narrative control? I'm specifically contrasting this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drew Stevens, clehrich, Harlequin.

4/20/2003 Norbert: Cartoon Action Hour Mailing List available in German!
A quick announcement: As of today, I am also running my own mailing-list for CAH discussions for German-speaking fans. This is not a list with translations of posts made to…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert, Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate.

4/20/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: weapons for peasants
What kind of proficincies would a peasant likely have?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Ryuuko, arxhon, kanseg, Mokkurkalfe, Mayhem1979, Eamon Voss.

4/21/2003 M. J. Young: On Innovative: Ranting Against a Rant
I'm responding here to Chris's Standard Rant: "Innovative", but in a different direction. When we're talking games and folks scream "Revolutionary and New!" most of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, fabien, Ron Edwards.

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