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5/7/2003 Harlequin: Aesthetics and Conveying Reality
If I read the conclusion of the Aesthetics and Reality thread correctly, then Chris and Emily tried to pin down a specific tension, between two things: a Baseline, which is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Harlequin, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, Emily Care, clehrich, John Kim, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Mark D. Eddy, Valamir, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/7/2003 Jay Turner: Roll/keep probabilities?
I'm toying with an idea for a game that uses a roll/keep system for piloting vehicles, and I'm trying to think of a way to use it for other things,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson.

5/7/2003 Angaros: Skill success probabilities
Hi folks! I'm wondering if anyone has made any statistical calculations regarding skill successes? I've been doing some calculating on my own, but I'm not entirely sure if the outcome…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Angaros, Wolfen, ruusu, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel.

5/7/2003 Zamiel: D&D Classes to Sorcerer & Sword Characters
I know there's been some talk about treating D&D as a magnificent metaphor for Sorcerer characters, with XP being purchased as further demons and various NPCs dealt with via abstracted…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zamiel, greyorm, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Valamir.

5/7/2003 Ben Lehman: Strange Sorceror Question
Hey all-- I'm making a character for my first sorceror game, an IRC Sword and Sorceror shindig. Of course, being the sort of gamer I am, my character concept stretches…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Lehman, Dav, Bailywolf.

5/7/2003 ejh: Ed Designs A Game: Topos
Well, y'all may remember that I've posted in the past about creating a "Universalis Lite" or something like that. I finally done gone and did it, and got some poor…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ejh, Wolfen, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Bill_White, efindel, dunlaing, Lxndr, Bob McNamee, Thierry Michel.

5/7/2003 Harlequin: When the Drift is the Fun Part
This is an interesting thought I had a while back, and had been saving for a rainy day. It rained over in Elegance and Deliberateness, so hey, let's crack this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Harlequin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Walt Freitag.

5/6/2003 Matt Wilson: Profiling supplemental - great experience, wrong system
Hey: I'd like some more info from anyone willing regarding question 2 of the profiling thread: what were the three best games you ever played. In my case, 2 out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, DaGreatJL, cruciel, Gordon C. Landis, rafial, Jonathan Walton, Bankuei, Alan, wyrdlyng, jdagna, John Harper, Drastic, Wolfen, Tim C Koppang, Ben Morgan, Zak Arntson, Michael S. Miller, szilard, John Kim.

5/6/2003 Tonic: Setting Design
Does anybody know of any resources to help people develop custom settings? Like, a list of facets to consider about the economy, social norms, etc? I'm look for something science…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tonic, Mike Holmes, KeithBVaughn, RobMuadib, Zamiel.

5/6/2003 Ron Edwards: How does one find and make use of a good editor?
Hello, Opsimath has some questions. They were originally presented in Any freelance RPG editors out there?, but things got confusing - it turns out that his goal is: a request…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Opsimath, Matt Wilson, Dav, Valamir.

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.

5/6/2003 efindel: Announcement: Indie-Netgaming Wiki
A Wiki has been set up for the Indie-Netgaming group. You can find it at: http://www.lostthoughts.org/phpwiki/index.php/IndieNetgaming What's Indie-Netgaming? It's a Yahoo group which was created by Nathan "Paganini" Banks to…
In Actual Play
Participants: efindel, Mike Holmes.

5/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: [Trollbabe] The Birthplace
I ran another game of Trollbabe last night, which went fantastically. I've yet to run a game of it that I haven't enjoyed, which is a nice change. Again, it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafial, Ron Edwards, Valamir, saffron, John Harper.

5/6/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Reality Expectations, & Descriptive Concepts
Hey All So, I am working on the design Architecture elements of the game, as well as the "mythos" elements present in the universe. I have talked about this idea…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Garbanzo.

5/6/2003 Delmer Esau: Machina: Steampunk Roleplaying
This is what we are going with. Input requested... Machina No one knows who first laid the Machina beneath the great city-state of New Orthom. It grew though, we can…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Delmer Esau, deadpanbob, J. Backman, Malcolm.

5/6/2003 Delmer Esau: D10 System: Bare Bones of a future OGL system
This is how the system works..roughly... ********* Stats:………..Range………Components of Soul: 4- 20 Mind and Body : 2-10 (Mind + Body = Soul) Traits: Dexterity: 1-5 Strength: 1-5 (Str + Dex…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Delmer Esau, MoonHunter, deadpanbob, M. J. Young.

5/6/2003 Zamiel: Return of the eBook
I ask this after wrestling with flipping back and forth in Sorcerer more than I'm really happy with (and fearing I'm going to ruin its spine trying to get it…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zamiel, Ron Edwards, J. Backman, Mike Holmes, clehrich, anonymouse.

5/6/2003 Mayhem1979: Looking for players in provo/orem area....
Pretty much what it says... if not players, anybody looking for one or two experienced players for their games in the area? Either Way I'm going through withdrawal here. :-P…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mayhem1979, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale.

5/6/2003 Ben Lehman: The Gentleman Gamist
Yes, I know I confessed my misunderstanding of the Model just now. But I think I have a good grasp on Gamism, and since its natural place and appeal seem…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

5/6/2003 Ben Lehman: Help a GNS illiterate?
Everyone is looking for something-- Goals, Desire and RPGs My name is Ben Lehman, and I am GNS-illiterate. No matter how many times I read Ron's essays, I can't seem…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, Garbanzo, Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

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5/7/2003 Ron Edwards: Late-stage playtest
Hello, We played My Life with Master with the campus group last night. I was the GM. Both Master creation and, character creation worked wonderfully and set up all the…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

5/7/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Roland's Cavern and Donjon
Roland's Cavern, a website dedicated to an online chat-based role-playing group, has published an account of their Donjon game in their latest newsletter. The entire session is written as a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

5/7/2003 kaiza: Project Kei Designs request for Playtesters
Kaiza here. Due to copyright laws the name Xenocrisis for my RPG has been dropped. New name undecided at this time. Hence for the time being it will be referred…
In Connections
Participants: kaiza, MistHunter.

5/7/2003 Matt Gwinn: Player's Guide Update
Just wanted to keep everyone updated on what's happening with the Player's Guide. I just wrote some rules for Steroid Use, Pain Killers & Addiction and Surgery. I'm pretty pleased…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Bogie_71.

5/8/2003 b_bankhead: The Dancey Ratio and the Strange Case of the Missing Gamers
Ryan Dancey has repeatedly quoted the number based on WOTC marketing research that there are 1.6 million active players of D&D in America. This is people actually sitting around tables…
In Publishing
Participants: b_bankhead, szilard, cruciel, Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Cyberhawk, clehrich.

5/8/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Invoking the Trait
I recall there was a bit of controversy over what happened when two players invoked the same Trait. Has there been any progress in that department? I still stick by…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, M. J. Young.

5/8/2003 Rod Anderson: Xuphia - a Sorcerer and Sword campaign . . .
. . . with that ubiquitous 'z' sound at the beginning! Anyhow, hello to everyone. I'm about to start a S&S campaign that I got going through the indie-netgaming Yahoo…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rod Anderson, Bankuei, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Nev the Deranged.

5/8/2003 Harlequin: A couple of questions - Re: foppishness and No Elves
Okay, strange subject line, I admit. First comment, nigh-obligatory... I finally picked up TROS and was very happy to find it basically everything I'd hoped it would be. I was…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Harlequin, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, toli.

5/8/2003 Emmett: I am looking for contributors, collaborators and critiques
I am normally very formal when posting on web boards, but I am in the same position as a great many of the members of this web board. I have…
In Connections
Participants: Emmett, Matt, Mike Holmes, Andy Kitkowski.

5/8/2003 Andrea Gualano: Questions about equipment (Donjon)
1) do characters have any sort of default equipment? or have they to buy starting equipment in Town before the first adventure? 2) when do you erase surplus equipment? in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andrea Gualano, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.

5/8/2003 Delmer Esau: Machina: Concept
Okay I've been enjoying some of the articles here at the Forge, as I have never completed an RPG before (I have 3 strategy/tactical games under my belt, one published).…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Delmer Esau, lumpley, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob, Emmett, Gilbetron.

5/8/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Content of an RPG
Since the Elegance and Deliberateness thread is now closed, and upon reflection is seems that I was breaking off from the original discussion, I've decided to start my own thread.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Harlequin, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat.

5/8/2003 Matt Gwinn: Gamer Mailing List
The recent topic "The Dancey Ratio and the Strange Case of the Missing Gamers" has got me thinking. The company I work for derives a great deal of business from…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Matt Snyder, Matt, Mike Holmes, quozl, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Clay, C. Edwards, ace pilot, Valamir, clehrich, talysman.

5/8/2003 LordSmerf: The Three Levels - An introductory thread
This is my first post, so i figured i'd start with something i've already worked on. Please feel free to provide feedback and criticism... Beginning canned essay... I don't know…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Jay Turner, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2003 dragongrace: DragonGrace: Version 3
[url]http://www.geocities.com/dragongrace2003/v3/default.html[/url] Well I've deconstructed examined and rebuilt DragonGrace. And while I did go down the road of combinign several existing games, I found that it didn't fit my idea of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dragongrace, Mike Holmes.

5/8/2003 ejh: The Lumpley Principle?
Can someone summarize this for me, and point me to the threads it comes from? It's gotten to the point that Ron is using it without defining it in essays,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ejh, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/8/2003 Mike Holmes: Iron Game Chef - Simulationist!
The Chairman enters the arena once again. The light's come up. He's carrying a copy of Pendragon. What could it mean? Iron Game Chef Contest! I can wait no…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton, Emily Care, cruciel, bluegargantua, talysman, C. Edwards, dragongrace, Jared A. Sorensen, Shreyas Sampat, Matt, ethan_greer, greyorm, ADGBoss, deadpanbob, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Simon W, Kester Pelagius, Wormwood, Palaskar, Gwen, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag.

5/8/2003 Gold Rush Games: Eureka! Publishing & Distribution Program
[url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][img]http://eureka.goldrushgames.com/images/Eureka120.jpg[/img][/url] The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] web site is up and running now, with some updates. The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] is our new third party publishing program…
In Publishing
Participants: Gold Rush Games.

5/8/2003 John Kim: Distribution of the Spring 2003 Profiling
Hi, Just out of curiousity, I decided to run the results of this through some stats to look at what the distribution of results were. I have a web page…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Stuart DJ Purdie, jdagna.

5/9/2003 Paul Czege: The Valedictorian's Death
Okay...since Tom let the cat out of the bag on the Profiling, spring 2003 thread, here it is: The Valedictorian's Death This is the game that took over…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Emily Care, jburneko, Tim Alexander, xiombarg, Bellman, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

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