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5/1/2003 morgue: Help needed for public event
Hi all - I've been a lurker for a while, and I'm looking for advice - as good a motivation as any to register! Here's why: (below is a slight…
In Actual Play
Participants: morgue, Michael S. Miller, b_bankhead, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, Malcolm, jdagna, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob.

5/1/2003 Jeffrey Miller: DST, GMT, and the Forge
Ultra-minor question - I noticed that post-times are off by one hour, presumably because of posting time being calculated as GMT-8, GMT not caring one brass farthing for what us…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/1/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds: "Plunder Points"
Here's my first public draft of the reward system I'm tumbling around for Blackbirds. In essence its very much an attempt to reward players for the behavior that is Good…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Torrent.

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.

5/1/2003 Toren: Spaceship Zero - Reporter archetype perk suggestions?
So we're wracking our brains trying to come up with a nifty perk for a reporter archetype for Spaceship Zero. Any suggestions? The term 'plucky' comes to mind, but I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Toren, Fallen_Icarus, deadpanbob, Blake Hutchins, Jay Turner, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Gilbetron, Emmett.

4/30/2003 Matt Wilson: Digest size printing
Offline, Ralph has told me that he had some difficulty getting Universalis printed in Digest size. Can anyone else comment on their experiences? I think for the amount of text…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Wilson, Dav, HinterWelt, Valamir, rpghost.

4/30/2003 Le Joueur: Psychotic (or is It Schizoid) Game Design
Okay, this has been a long time coming, but I only conceived of it this week. It's a rather harsh theory and I need a lot of your experience and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Le Joueur, John Kim, Bruce Baugh, deadpanbob, Marco, cruciel, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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5/1/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: The switches and dials formerly known as Illusionism
I was posting this as a reply to Does Module Play Equal Participationism? when I realised it should split off into it's own thread. #3 (Flexibility) = how flexible the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, cruciel, Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes.

5/1/2003 GreatWolf: Unknown Armies actual play
Okay. Off and on I refer to my first Unknown Armies campaign with fond memories, and I keep swearing that I'll post about it someday. Given the recent focus on…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Paka.

5/1/2003 Matt Gwinn: It keeps getting Bigger!
I was working on the Promoter's Handbook today and I noticed something...my page count was passing the 32 page mark I needed to fill. Now I'm thinking that I might…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

5/1/2003 Matt Gwinn: Circus Wrestlers
I'm working on adding some material to the Promoter's Handbook about wrestling for the circus. Professional wrestling started out as part of the side show and I feel obligated to…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Garbanzo, Paul Czege.

5/1/2003 taalyn: Aisling Damage and also Magic
Hey all, Two things I could really use your help on, because I keep coming up against a wall. - Damage I've talked about it before, and that helped a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Mike Holmes, MathiasJack, Shreyas Sampat.

5/1/2003 Dav: Non-linear play and Sorcerer
All right. I tried something a bit different last night... and it worked! What we did was begin a game of Sorcerer. Everyone created their characters, then we roleplayed a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Brian Leybourne.

5/1/2003 jburneko: A Trollbabe Idea
I had a very neat idea for Trollbabe. Is there anyway to produce and distribute or at least distribute so that we can produce a poster-sized version of the world…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Matt Snyder, Ben Morgan, Rod Anderson.

5/2/2003 Sidhain: Hearts and Souls: Heroic fait accompli
In comic books there is a tendency for this structure. A)Hero gets connected to plot events set up by the villian (discovering it, falling into it and so on) B)Hero…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sidhain, Mike Holmes, s/LaSH, Andy Kitkowski, Valamir.

5/2/2003 Nev the Deranged: Dusi's Wings
I just read a short story in Realms of Fantasy magazine (April 2003) by Maya Lassiter called Dusi's Wings. It's pretty cool Sorcerer material. It concerns a young street performer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2003 s/LaSH: For Your Consideration: Twilight System
Greetings to the Forge. I have been referred here for guidance on my Twilight system. Hopefully I'll be able to offer something in return. Before I start, I'd like to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: s/LaSH, deadpanbob, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller.

5/2/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer: What Makes Us Mythic
Torchbearer's going through a new draft, and I find that I'm not happy with the focus of the rule-colour. Specifically, the rules allow characters to be mighty without rooting them…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, GreatWolf, Jonathan Walton.

5/2/2003 Gold Rush Games: GRG Releases Action! System Under OGL
ACTION! SYSTEM RELEASED UNDER OGL May 1, 2003 (Elk Grove, CA) Gold Rush Games announced today that it has released the popular Action! System Core Rules version 1.1 under the…
In Publishing
Participants: Gold Rush Games.

5/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon Guest list update
Here is an update of the currest guest list for Technocon 2003 (August 15th-17th 2003, online convention): Guests of Honor: S. John Ross (Risus: the Anything rpg, Uresia: Grave of…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/2/2003 Michael Tree: Using the Combat Simulator in play
I love the combat simulator, and have been playing with it for days (at the expense of of studying, even.) In fact, I'm considering using it for running TROS, since…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel, Wolfen, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

5/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon's cartoon presence
Just a reminder to all of you that our own babyCindi, Cynthia Celeste Miller, has agreed to be a guest at Technocon, the online convention I am running in August,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/2/2003 murazor: First Contact (And combat question)
And so I've finally made my first tentative steps into the world of TRoS, when I yesterday gathered two friends to create characters. I'm setting the game in France 1567,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: murazor, Mayhem1979, Draigh, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, Vanguard, Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/2/2003 Mayhem1979: Insanity and ways to handle it in a PC...
I just recently put together a character who I gave the major flaw Insane... Scizophrenic(sp?) to be exact. He literally hears voices. He has dealt with this by convincing himself…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mayhem1979, Draigh, Ashren Va'Hale, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Nick Pagnucco, tetsugroo, Jake Norwood, Michael Tree, Rattlehead, Unsane.

5/2/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: New Review
There's a review of the CAH dead tree edition at RPG.net. Feel free to post a comment at the bottom of the review page.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller.

5/2/2003 hardcoremoose: Charnel Gods review
Hey everyone, Not sure if this was outlawed or not, but I wanted to point out the new Charnel Gods review at RPG.net by Bryan Bankhead. It's more than a…
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Dav, rafial, Christopher Kubasik, Nev the Deranged, talysman, Valamir, b_bankhead.

5/2/2003 Matt Wilson: The Pool, on the Fly
We were short a member last night at the last minute, and Clinton, madman that he is, offered to run the Pool ( I'm not so sure he meant to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Yasha.

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