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4/29/2003 deltadave: TRoS at Gamex 2003
Is anyone planning on doing a TRoS demo at Gamex 2003 in Los Angeles? I'd love to see how the system works in use. Gamex is Memorial Day weekend if…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: deltadave, JESTER, jburneko.

4/29/2003 Ron Edwards: [Tunnels & Trolls] Killed me a player-character (spit)
Hello, We played Tunnels & Trolls, fulfilling a (h'mm, umm) 24-year-old dream of mine. Yup, I bought the Fifth Edition in 1979 and read it to pieces; I even still…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, rafial, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, greyorm, Paganini, jrs, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, efindel, ejh.

4/29/2003 Matt Wilson: PTA: No Myth structure?
I started thinking about the following rules for Primetime Adventures soon after the current playtest started. I think what I've got below might actually promote the no-myth play that's been…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, kregmosier.

4/29/2003 Jay Turner: Character Generation: "Splats", Templates, or Kits
I'm working on a game that's a bit more freeform-Gamist (the way I understand the terms), and its skill-system is such that the players are free to create their own…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, John Kim.

4/29/2003 Thierry Michel: Gamism and gamer's games
Toying a bit with NeverwinterNights (a computer game using the D&D rules) got me wondering: are RPGs "gamer's games" ? Taken literally, I suppose the answer would be yes, because…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Thierry Michel, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Jay Turner, clehrich, M. J. Young, Cassidy, Valamir, greyorm, jdagna, Emily Care, Jeffrey Miller, John Kim, Paganini, deadpanbob.

4/29/2003 arxhon: The Riddle of Steel playtest review on RPGnet
There is a Riddle of Steel playtest up on RPG.net, by yours truly. :-) Check it out. Anyone know of any other sites where a review could be posted?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/29/2003 Bryant: Karl Edward Wagner Pointer: Kane Stories Republished
(Apologies if this is off-topic.) Night Shade Books has republished the Kane novels in one volume -- they'll be doing a volume of the Kane short stories soon as well.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bryant, Alan, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege.

4/29/2003 M. J. Young: Does Module Play Equal Participationism?
Over in the thread, Do prewritten scenarios=Illusionism/Participationism?, M.J., what you describe sounds like straight-head Participation to me. I don't see why or how it's a different category.He was…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, cruciel, Tim C Koppang, John Kim, deadpanbob.

4/29/2003 Calder: First post, thoughts on Eastern martial arts
First off, I have to give major props to Brian and Jake! I recently converted my d20 campaign to TROS, and it's been nowhere but up. (ben_lehman is one of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Calder, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, r_callen221, Bankuei, Janne Halmetoja, tunaman9000, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: A big announcement -- "As Told By...."
Now THIS is actually a BIG, Important announcmeent. Seraphim Guard has reached a licence agreement with NDP Comics to produce a role-playing game based on their manga series "As Told…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Blacksad, Dev, xiombarg.

4/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Designigng a comedy game
I just acquired a licence for an RPG based pon an American-produced comedic manga series. I have eighteen months to release a game -- I want to do it in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Jay Turner, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, szilard, greyorm.

4/29/2003 urbwar: Special Abilities question
Got a question about SA's. I'm working on a series seed where the characters would be ghostbuster types, but are chinese (it will make sense when I get the backstory…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Norbert, Knarf.

4/29/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Sins of Our Forefathers - an intro
Hi, I'm a relatively new Forgite and this is an intro to my first game of any note, Sin's of Our Forefathers. A game set so far in the future,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Fallen_Icarus, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

4/28/2003 Walt Freitag: A different perspective on the Demoralizing Day
The heart of Hyphz's problem on the Demoralizing Day thread was stated very eloquently in the last few paragraphs of the initial post: But the negative feeling I got afterwards…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Walt Freitag, clehrich, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

4/28/2003 Ron Edwards: [Criminal Element] Crime and violence
Hi there, I didn't mess around - within 24 hours after the 24 hours of the game's creation, I had both ideas for characters/scenarios and a burning urge to put…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

4/28/2003 deadpanbob: Incarnate: CharGen Achieving Gamist Support?
All, I'm still slowly slogging through a complete re-write/draft of my game: Incarnate. It's slow going - but I'm committed to finishing sometime this century. As stated in the design…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: deadpanbob, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2003 greyorm: Organization & Layout
This is a pretty general topic, and so is my question, but I am asking about it in relation to the design of Orx here. This was the same question…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Wolfen, hix, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Wilson, Fallen_Icarus.

4/28/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Stance is Still Not Power
Hi all, I've been turning the GM Secrets thread around in my head all weekend, and I'm not sure I can find the problem. I mean, there is a problem…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

4/28/2003 Sylus Thane: How do I get my game in a chain store?
After reading the thread on "Is the local FLGS obselete?" I got curious. I noticed stores such as Borders, Barnes and Noble, mentioned many times. What I'm wondering is how…
In Publishing
Participants: Sylus Thane, Gold Rush Games, Gordon C. Landis, Jeffrey Miller, Dav, clehrich, samdowning.

4/28/2003 Nick Pagnucco: the role of supplements
I read somewhere Ron criticizing a lot of supplements as either working off assumptions of playing a certain way at conventions, or as being disguised fiction. I don't remember for…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Felix.

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4/30/2003 Le Joueur: No Myth Gamemastering
First, let's see if we can centralize the No Myth Gamemastering Style. The most important thing to remember about gaming is that it's all made up! Every bit of gaming…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, Bankuei, clehrich, Emily Care.

4/30/2003 Eric J-D: Robert E Howard Pointer: Conan Stories Republished
In the spirit of the thread on the republication of Karl Wagner's Kane books, I thought I would post this. www.wanderingplanet.com Perhaps some of you already know about it, but…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Maurice Forrester, Bryant.

4/30/2003 Michael Hopcroft: SG Chat Room
We now have a 24/7 Seraphim Guard chatroom accessible by web at http://chat.cjb.net/seraphimguard/ That's where we'll hold our weeklies from now on and special events as well.
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

4/30/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I got my first license!
I secured my first license this week! It may be from a small Ameri-manga publisher, but it's a LICENSE darnit and it's something I got! The cointract has been sitting…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jeffrey Miller.

4/30/2003 tunaman9000: The MOST BROKEN VAGARY???
I have been running a "high-magic" campaign in Riddle for about the last 3-4 months (can't tell exactly, time flies when you are having fun!). It's actually pretty fun, when…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: tunaman9000, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Caldis, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe, Draigh, Bob Richter, Unsane, Gary_Bingham, Angaros.

4/30/2003 Chris: The World of China Mieville
I've been thinking about working on a system/setting based around the works of China Mieville (Perdido Street Station, King Rat) - very original, very dark fantasy/sci-fi/steam-punk (though he hates genres…
In Publishing
Participants: Chris, taalyn, GMSkarka, Malcolm, Matt.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: I've pretty much decided to pick up and try TRoS, but....
I have a few last questions. I've heard that magic is almost TOO powerful. In reading the playtest review on openRPG, and then the comments from the forum below, one…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Spartan, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Stephen, Vanguard, Ben Lehman, Caldis, kenjib.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: ARGH!
I cant post topics or reply half the time! I keep on getting "invalid_session" messages!!! ARGH!!!!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, toli, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne.

4/30/2003 clehrich: Glossary
Given the various debates about definitions, plus the new definitions & terms that are cropping up lately, I'm wondering about a glossary. Specifically, I think it might be very useful…
In Site Discussion
Participants: clehrich, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/30/2003 Dav: Unfortunate Destinies... Violence Future
Yeah, yeah... I'm back. You can all hit me at least once, twice if you're cute, and three times if you're into it. Anyway, Violence Future should be up soon,…
In Publishing
Participants: Dav, Paul Czege, Valamir, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

4/30/2003 jburneko: Trollbabe Questions & Comments
Hello, With all the Trollbabe playing going on I reread the game last night. I'm still trying to figure out how to convince my group to give this a try…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, rafial, Bob McNamee.

4/30/2003 Bruce Baugh: Not Really "No Myth", But "Yes, But"
(This is reposted from rpg.net.) First off, some comments about how it is I came to be trying this particular experiment. I am on record as flat-out failing to understand…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bruce Baugh, Mike Holmes, cruciel, GreatWolf.

4/30/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Favorites
If you look real close, you'll note that you can now click a link at the bottom of each topic (under the "watch this topic" link) where you can add…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, szilard, Jeffrey Miller, Brian Leybourne.

4/30/2003 Malcolm: Evening all
Hi, not sure if anyone ever reads these "hello, I'm such and such" kind of posts, but what the hell. Been meaning to join The Forge for a while now,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Malcolm, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Dave Panchyk, Matt, Ron Edwards, quozl, ethan_greer, Marco, greyorm, szilard, Jeph, Stuart DJ Purdie.

4/30/2003 Andy Kitkowski: "Indie" as a definition, and Getting Over It. (^.^
Hey, this kinda fell squarely between Theory and Site Discussion, so I'm posting it here. So there's another yearly meltdown over at "My House", RPGNet (don't bother. seriously.) about the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Malcolm, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Valamir.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: How fast is advancement?
Reading the reviews, I can't quite tell, but how fast does advancement occur? I mean, if you are spending and refilling your SA, how quickly do characters advance? I realize…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Mike Holmes.

4/30/2003 Jake Norwood: Brian's CHarGen is up!
www.theriddleofsteel.net/support or www.theriddleofsteel.net/support/troschargen.zip Enjoy!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jason, kanseg, Bob Richter, Ben Lehman, JESTER, Eamon Voss, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, SheWolf.

4/30/2003 Jay Turner: Vive la Resistance!: Introducing the Rabbit Resistance
Here's another game I've been working on, and this one's quite different from Better Days. It's nowhere near finished, but it's at least ready for discussion, I think. Here's the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jay Turner, Fallen_Icarus, ethan_greer, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

4/30/2003 Nev the Deranged: Pointers please?
Hey! I have given some thought lately to publishing a miniatures game I have written in PDF form, possibly making it available via website or submitting it to a major…
In Publishing
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Michael Hopcroft.

4/30/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds - Arrr!
A fellow Forger and I were chatting via IM a couple weeks ago, and using "pirate speak" to emphasis some humorous point in our discussion, when it suddenly hit me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Matt Wilson, Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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