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5/20/2003 Emote Control: RPGs as art form?
I have been thinking recently about RPG design, and something struck me about the nature of the process itself. It consists of human beings devising concepts, which they put into…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emote Control, clehrich, John Kim, M. J. Young, jdagna, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, dragongrace, Emily Care, Paul Czege, John Kirk, Jack Spencer Jr, Hunter Logan.

5/20/2003 M. J. Young: Seeking reviewers for game-related fiction
For some reason, several of the reviewers who have in the past reviewed Multiverser game products have not responded to an offer to review the latest publication. It may be…
In Connections
Participants: M. J. Young, clehrich, talysman, Sylus Thane, dragongrace.

5/19/2003 Green: Kathanaksaya: a (not quite) finished game needs testing
Aside from the lack of interesting graphics or even much of a background, the game I have been working on, Kathanaksaya, is complete. Right now, I think there is little…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green, Phillip, Lxndr.

5/19/2003 Walt Freitag: Index to Iron Game Chef - Simulationist
[quote="an Iron Game Chef competitor"]Chairman, allow me to honor you with this small gift.[/quote] [quote="The Chairman"]Thank you. Of course, you understand that this will have no effect on the judging.[/quote]…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Walt Freitag.

5/19/2003 lumpley: Missing the Lumpley Principle Boat
Hey, I just wanna pop in and defend my little principle. Fang, I'm with you ab-so-lutely when it comes to participation and inspiration. The only reason to play with mechanics…
In Scattershot
Participants: lumpley, Le Joueur, ejh.

5/19/2003 Eric J-D: S&S: It's like you read my mind
Hi Ron, Hooray, I bought Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword this weekend and have already read through much of each. Briefly, the reason for my post is simply to wax…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Valamir, Bankuei, Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2003 iago: The Three Sentence Understanding
I've read (or tried to read) the GNS articles, and I don't honestly feel like I've come away from them all that much more enlightened about it all. A major…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: iago, Bankuei, talysman, M. J. Young, Wormwood, jburneko, ThreeGee, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: What sells?
Over in Why Incoherent Games Sell Fang drifted the topic a bit and I realised that I would wind up drifting the topic completely so I started a new thread.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, DaGreatJL, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Aidley, C. Edwards, John Kim.

5/19/2003 Wormwood: Drumming II (split)
I'd actually think more in terms of a tuba, but that's just the brass player in me. This sort of behavior, especially in the context of what Mario said about…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2003 Valamir: Another RPGNet TROS thread
This one currently has a somewhat "big whoop" negative flavor to it so a few well placed comments might be a good idea. I'd caution against any bum rush of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Eamon Voss, Durgil, Furious D, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, Thorbrin, Wolfen, Balbinus, toli, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/19/2003 Eduardoh: CharGen
I´ve just instaled the Chargen and I keep geting a massage that says " You copy of the character generator seems to be corrupted ( you have been playing with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eduardoh, Brian Leybourne.

5/19/2003 brainwipe: Downtime
Do you do downtime in your group? If so, how do you go about it? I have just started it up amongst the more keen players in my group. Here's…
In Actual Play
Participants: brainwipe, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, erithromycin.

5/19/2003 Bankuei: New Narrativism and the GNS's Closeted Sister
Hi Fang, Ok, looks like we're on the same page with a lot of stuff, that was the clarification I needed. What about a different perspective that takes the…
In Scattershot
Participants: Bankuei, Le Joueur, Gordon C. Landis, clehrich.

5/19/2003 gmouser: on wounding and healing
hi all, sorry for my poor english, but this isn't my mother tongue... please be patient! I love TROS, but one thing I don't like very much is that after…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: gmouser, Tywin Lannister, Brian Leybourne, Prince of Thieves, Wolfen.

5/19/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Paying the layout guy -- by the project or on retainer?
Right now most of the money I make at Seraphim guard is going sttraight into the pkcet of the layout guy. There's been a dry spell between products, and now…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Snyder, Dav, Adam.

5/19/2003 clehrich: Confused Agendas and Practicality (LONG)
I'd like to throw the following out, and see whether it strikes a chord. If not, I'm not going to push about it. I mean what I say, but if…
In RPG Theory
Participants: clehrich, Gordon C. Landis, Le Joueur, Matt Snyder, Eric J-D, Mike Holmes.

5/19/2003 Michael Hopcroft: New mecha game -- MechSpace
Seraphim guard has signed tghe contracts with writer Anthony Ford to produce a new mecha RPG system called MechSpace. This will be a complete, original, D6-only mecha RPG system that…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, secondzflat, Andrew Martin, Bankuei, pigames.

5/19/2003 M. J. Young: Why Incoherent Games Sell
In a thread in the Scattershot forum entitled Vive La Resistance or System Doesn't Matter, Fang Langford raises the question of why incoherent games sell. He suggests that it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Le Joueur, jdagna, Jeffrey Straszheim, clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, LordSmerf, talysman, John Kim, Balbinus, damion, C. Edwards, woodelf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2003 M. J. Young: System versus System
According to the Lumpley principle, System is that which exists at the social contract level by which participants decide what is happening in the shared imaginary space. As such, it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Le Joueur, lumpley.

5/19/2003 Bankuei: The Ball in Play
Hi folks, I've been twirling the idea in my head for a bit, and got something a bit more clear and coherent. The Ball "Avenues of Potential" I find that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, damion, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

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5/20/2003 John Kim: Horseplay gone too far?
So I'd like to talk about a particular event in the weekend's "Lord of the Rings" RPG session, and get people's opinions on it. This was I think the fourth…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Jack Aidley, Jared A. Sorensen, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon, jrs, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Liz, Paul Czege, Caldis, Emily Care, Walt Freitag, Matt Wilson, Bankuei, talysman, Nev the Deranged.

5/20/2003 Gordon C. Landis: Gamma Worlds' "How to Use This Book"
My copy of Gamma World is copyright 1978, TSR Rules, and is listed as the 2nd printing, August 1978. The authors are James A. Ward and Gary Jaquet. Clearly an…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Patrick O'Duffy, quozl, John Kim.

5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Why the Sponsorship Program is failing
As I get ready to tske down the sponsorhip link for HeartQuest Diceless (due to the book's imprending release, after about Wednesday I would not be able to put sponsor's…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, ethan_greer, Clay, Valamir, wyrdlyng, ace pilot.

5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Classified ad: Need netgaming epxert to Write Book
[url=http://www.seraphimguard.comSeraphim Guard[/url] is looking for a freelance writer with a solid working knowledge of the various ways to play roleplaying games, especially diceless ones, on the Internet, to either write…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/20/2003 JESTER: GAMEX 2003 May 23rd-26th
Is anyone planning on running anything ROS at the game convention coming up this weekend? Late, Jester
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: JESTER.

5/20/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Tell me about you're non-roleplaing friend's RPG experience
In this thread I'd like to hear some anecdotes involving people who had sat at your game table, tried it, and then never came back. I would prefer to just…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Nick Pagnucco, Wolfen, K.R.Peterson.

5/20/2003 Brassel: Questions about some Rules
In the topic about the Beat maneuver Salamander and me stated some questions concerning some TROS-Rules. I thought it might be time to present them clearly in a new topic:…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brassel, Salamander, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

5/20/2003 gmouser: OBAM
I've heard a pdf version of OBAM will be available soon. Is it true? And... when? I can't wait anymore!!! :-) Grey Mouser
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: gmouser, Jake Norwood, Darth Tang.

5/20/2003 Balbinus: Why should I split my combat pool?
Hi all, A remarkably simple question here, and one I imagine there is a very simple answer to. Let's say I have a 13 dice combat pool, my opponent has…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Balbinus, gmouser, toli, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Bomilkar, arxhon, Salamander, Tywin Lannister, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Amy1419, Noon, Overdrive.

5/20/2003 Green: seeking playtesters
Right now, I have a finished version of my game Kathanaksaya. I've playtested it myself a few times (twice as GM, once as a player), correcting problems I saw as…
In Connections
Participants: Green, TheGameBoy, Jeffrey Miller.

5/20/2003 Morfedel: Questions on a new owner of the book...
Ok, I have the book, and have been reading it for around a week and a half, and a large number of questions have arisen. I apologize for the great…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Thorbrin, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Valamir, kenjib.

5/20/2003 Sidhain: Incoherance and Communication Modes (long)
Alright I read several of the threads that talked about so called incoherant games, and this may be me coming from left field on the topic (as I usually do)…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sidhain, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

5/20/2003 Morfedel: Armor vs Dice Pools
I was wondering whether everyone thought the tradeoff of wearing armor and losing dice pools was adequate and balanced? I ask because I have been running some sample combats between…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Overdrive, Jake Norwood, Durgil, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Valamir.

5/20/2003 Jonathan Walton: Argonauts: Narrativist d20 Supers?
Hey All, So this thread is a combination of several things I've been thinking about recently: 1. My game concept Argonauts, which basically involves doing a supers game set in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Sidhain, Valamir, Emily Care, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, talysman, Mike Holmes, Piers Brown, John Harper.

5/20/2003 Derek Devlin: Intangibility in CAH
I was kicking around an idea for Skull Gulch involving some "ghost" bandits when I tried hashing out an intangibility SA. I can't seem to get one I'm happy with.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin, Norbert, Eddy Fate.

5/20/2003 Ron Edwards: 4th Trollbabe story - done
Hello, The story "A Day at the Circus" concludes this week, written by me & illustrated by Adam Prosser. The full version will go up in a day or two,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Rod Anderson.

5/20/2003 Le Joueur: Is It Over?
Well, that's the final bell. I don't have anything else to add.... See yah!
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, Lxndr.

5/20/2003 Simon W: SuperCity
SuperCity is now up on my site as a PDF. I have changed nothing yet from my entry in the Iron Chef comp. I could do with some ideas for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, Mike Holmes, Emily Care, Chris Moore.

5/21/2003 Prince of Thieves: Two attackers lead to a few questions...
I can think of no better way to present my questions then to explain the fashion in which they arose in the first place... please bare with me. 2 combatants:…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Prince of Thieves, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Overdrive, Salamander, Jake Norwood.

5/21/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: really really wierd thing happened to my post
I was just reading the thread that was closed and I made a comment on it this morning that only showed up way later this evening and now it looks…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Balbinus.

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