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9/12/2001 Ron Edwards: Emily Dresner article series begins!
Hi everybody, All welcome Emily's contribution to the articles at the Forge, the first in a series about the nuts & bolts of getting a book into existence. Discuss it…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam, Epoch, Emily Dresner.

9/12/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Trouble printing?
I had a problem printing Elfs out. For some reason the art is sort of blurry looking and, for reasons I'll never understand, it locked up my computer when printing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

9/12/2001 Ron Edwards: Dresner article series
Hi everybody, Emily Dresner is writing a series of articles for the Forge about the actual practicalities of RPG book publishing. The first of the series is available now in…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mytholder, ephealy, Zak Arntson, Judas.

9/11/2001 sanctum: Humanity - the non-degenerative aproach
I haven't run a sorcerer campaign yet, but that hasn't stopped me from forming concepts as I read through the rule book. Frequently when humanity is discussed it is made…
In Adept Press
Participants: sanctum, Time, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Valamir.

9/11/2001 Ron Edwards: An open message
To all, I have realized that my attempt to foster a "friendly Uncle Ron" approach has backfired. It worked fine for the PDF format, but not with the book. Recently,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Time, Jack Spencer Jr, jburneko.

9/11/2001 GB Steve: New Dying Earth Stuff
I'm not sure where I should post this, if at all but I thought, given the high concentration of Dying Earth fans here, that I should tell you that the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

9/11/2001 Zak Arntson: I am a Sports Hero - Freebie RPG
[H3][A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/sports.html"]I am a Sports Hero[/A][/H3] "roleplaying one of the worst comic ideas ever" This game is all about playing a Sports-based superhero. Which is about the suckiest[SUP]1[/SUP] ideas ever.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/10/2001 Epoch: The Framework, a thingie
I just wrote up The Framework, an alternate way of looking at player control of the game than the traditional player/GM breakdown. (It's for use with any game). It…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Epoch, Jack Spencer Jr, Paul Czege, contracycle.

9/10/2001 Marco: Common Problems from GNS Incompatibility
I'm thinking this has been discussed elswhere but I just got into the GNS model and was discussing it with a friend and came up with this: When a group…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2001 jburneko: Not Roleplaying vs Not Role Playing How I Like
Ron, said something that caught my attention in the "Taking It All Too Seriously Thread" I wanted to explore it a little and so I thought it deserved it's own…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Marco, james_west, Ian O'Rourke, TrizzlWizzl, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/10/2001 Logan: A call for new terminology
In the actor/immersion thread, Fang mentioned that terminology that causes confusion should be changed. I agree with Fang. The longer this discussion goes on, the more obvious it is to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Logan, kwill, Valamir, Supplanter, Le Joueur.

9/10/2001 GB Steve: Screwy Dates
I was looking at the Beeg Horseshoe thread in the GNS forum and the dates are all wrong. Also I just posted to Indie Game Design and my message is…
In Site Discussion
Participants: GB Steve.

9/10/2001 Matt: Agency 13, a game
Okay, here's one of the games I'm currently working on: Agency 13, a game of 60's TV spies fighting the undead menace. I posted this on RPG.NET's games design forum…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt, GB Steve, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Stephen King's On Writing
I recently pick up this book and I've found it to be pretty decent. Now, naturally King is talking about writing instead of RPG or Narrativist play or whatever you…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

9/10/2001 Zak Arntson: Elfs - First game tonight!!
Okay, Clinton came over to play some Elfs. So I figure, what the hell. We're playing Elfs so all bets are off. So anyhow, I drank way too much (having…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/10/2001 ephealy: RPGnet Sorcerer Review
[P] I wasn't sure if anyone had listed this link yet, and I'm too lazy to read the whole forum to find out :wink: [A HREF="http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_4735.html"]http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_4735.html[/A] [font size=-1][ This Message…
In Adept Press
Participants: ephealy.

9/9/2001 James V. West: The Pool: the creator's first session
Hey all: Finally, at long last, I have played my own game. I knew when I wrote it I would enjoy playing it, but that's usually the case with designers,…
In Actual Play
Participants: James V. West, kwill, Blake Hutchins, Epoch.

9/9/2001 kwill: version
browsing the reviews I must say I agree with Zak's request that reviews are date-stamped, not only for ease of browsing ("Which are new?"), but also to keep up with…
In Review Discussion
Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2001 Jason L Blair: New Site News
Just to let you all know that I've been working, here's a sneak preview of the new site. Expect the rest up very soon. http://www.key20.com/littlefears/newindex.html I only have two pages…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Tyrant, Deadstop.

9/9/2001 Valamir: Sorcerer Characters
I figured I'd post the character's my players came up with. I think they really figured out the feel of a Sorcerer sorcerer far more quickly than I'd imagined. This…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Tar Markvar, Jack Spencer Jr.

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9/12/2001 Valamir: Defining Humanity
Many different ways of defining what Humanity represents have been proposed. How important is it to tie the definition of Humanity into the portrayal of demons. It occurs to me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, random, Mike Holmes.

9/12/2001 Epoch: Emily's Article
Emily's "Crunchy Bits" title tag calls this site "Hephaestus' Forge." You're trying to excise that, right?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Epoch, ephealy, Emily Dresner, pacific_steve.

9/13/2001 Darn Fun Games: Everyone Alright?
Is everyone alright? The website hasn't been updated in (mystic) ages and with all the chaos on the east coast, I just hope everyone is alive and well. Paul M.…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Darn Fun Games, Nathan.

9/13/2001 ephealy: LOL
I was reading LF at work today (yes, I was) and came across one of the funniest things... "Your child... um. He tends to... well... he makes water in his…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: ephealy.

9/13/2001 Tim C Koppang: Theme Music
I’ve just posted another new game to my web site. This one is called Theme Music. As of now it’s only a draft; I haven’t even play tested it yet,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Galfraxas, contracycle, John Wick, Marco.

9/14/2001 Galfraxas: MCD Update
Well, due to the recent tragedy and the fact that my local gaming group has convinced me to run some form of Deadlands for them, production of Magical Crimes Division…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Galfraxas.

9/14/2001 Bailywolf: Why no mind control?
I'm curious why sorcerer includes no mind control or mind reading type powers in the basic set of demon abilities... These would seem to offer some intresting new complications... and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, Blake Hutchins, Jared A. Sorensen, Wart, Tar Markvar, contracycle.

9/14/2001 Tor Erickson: More on SOAP!
I just read Ron's review of SOAP, then went and read the game itself. Now I think I need to run it very soon, but I have a few questions…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Tor Erickson, jburneko, Ron Edwards, james_west, Ferry Bazelmans, Ian Freeman.

9/14/2001 Nathan: Violence in Gaming
Violence has always been with us, and this week, it is especially in the thoughts of everyone across the world. With the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, still…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan, Mike Holmes, Ryan, Bankuei, Ron Edwards.

9/14/2001 Nathan: Issue Eight Is Here
Roughly a month later, Issue Eight arrives, dusting off a few cobwebs and coughing on some dust. With the rough week all of America has had, we take a moment…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

9/14/2001 Tor Erickson: Class in RPG Theory
Hello All, This semester I'm teaching a course on RPG theory, centering around GNS. I have five students signed up and we meet for the first time on Monday night,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tor Erickson, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, pacific_steve, contracycle, Paul Czege.

9/15/2001 James V. West: Updated Pool
I revised The Pool and updated the site. Basically, I made a few changes such as removing the "Major Trait" jargon and removing a few other unnecessary items. I also…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

9/16/2001 joshua neff: hidden world fantasy
My friends & I are starting to design a "Hidden World" fantasy game--you know, like Changeling, only more narrativist (& less restrictions on the imagination). Basically, I want it to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Epoch, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, Mytholder.

9/17/2001 Tor Erickson: SOAP! test-run
(note: I'm posting a few rules comments over in the Reviews Discussions forum, under the current SOAP! topic) Hello all, So I played SOAP tonight to get a feel for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tor Erickson, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards.

9/17/2001 GB Steve: Game Balance
I'm writing an article for the next issue of Places To Go People to be on the delicate issue of game balance. I'm certainly not looking for people to write…
In RPG Theory
Participants: GB Steve, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Wart, Mike Holmes, Epoch, Gordon C. Landis, Marco.

9/17/2001 pacific_steve: Glorantha - It's been a long time!
Well, well....once I got over my intial shock at seeing Glorantha back in tradeback format, I picked up a copy and from what little I saw of the sstem....I was…
In HeroQuest
Participants: pacific_steve, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, wizardattic.

9/17/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer Online
Hey, The title's a little whacked, because the whole SITE is on-line, but what it refers to is the sign-on feature at the Sorcerer website. Now, when Clay and I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Blake Hutchins, Tor Erickson, Uncle Dark, Wart.

9/17/2001 Zak Arntson: Inspectres w/ Clinton & Justin
Okay, just played Inspectres last night with Clinton (of the Forge) and Justin (2nd time playing an RPG ever, and he's good at it!) ... Setup: Character creation went smoothly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards.

9/18/2001 Paul Czege: Sorcerer review by Kenneth Hite
I'm not sure of the arrangement between Gamer's Realm and Pyramid, but I just ran across Kenneth Hite's review of Sorcerer here: http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php Paul
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

9/18/2001 Paul Czege: question: when the GM narrates in The Pool
So far, I've run one session of my scenario for The Pool. Near the end of the session, Scott Knipe found his character Grazel Deathsower face-to-face with Sgt. Aminar "the…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paul Czege, Jeffrey Straszheim, jburneko, Ron Edwards, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Tim C Koppang.

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