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5/28/2003 kenjib: Slings and whirling...
Hello, has there been a discussion on slings yet? I couldn't find one searching. I notice in the rulebook that part of the prep time is getting the sling whirling,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Valamir, Eamon Voss, toli, Mike Holmes.

5/28/2003 Hayslin: HAcK
I am currently in the process of making one of my pet ideas into a full-fledged game. the game is called HAcK. it revolves around a few individuals with the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Hayslin, Mike Holmes, Dave Panchyk, Spooky Fanboy, John Kirk, linux, Mark Johnson, Sage Kain.

5/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: How many words is your game?
The other day Paul asked me how many words my last printing of Kayfabe was. I wasn't sure, so I checked. It came out to be 22, 237 words with…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, jdagna, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, samdowning, ADGBoss, chadu, abzu, Michael Hopcroft, Adam.

5/28/2003 dunlaing: It's available for pre-order now
http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?ISS1001
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper, simondale, Bankuei, Valamir, Magnus widqvist.

5/28/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres book
Hey, gang. Just a heads-up. The guys working on the art for InSpectres have sent me a few sample pics...really cool stuff. No teasers though, 'cause they want to refine…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

5/28/2003 Malechi: Plodding away with 3e... why? (WARNING: LONG!)
Hi there, This is my first Forge post, so please be gentle. I think I get *how* I'm supposed to post here (after reading a rather amusing blurtting post by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malechi, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Valamir, hardcoremoose.

5/28/2003 Ron Edwards: The airplane issue
Hello, From the thread The problem with GNS, I was able to extract a single question of worth: "Heinrich" wrote, I have to wonder what the value of GNS and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, Matt Snyder, Kester Pelagius, Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, jrs, Wormwood, epweissengruber, jdagna, deadpanbob, ethan_greer, Jeffrey Miller, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Piers Brown, Gordon C. Landis, clehrich, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Paul Czege.

5/24/2003 Emmett: I am a Newbie
I started to think I'd done the wrong thing by joining the forge when I started reading this thread. It took an hour to get through, I could agree with…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Emmett, Thomas Tamblyn, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

5/28/2003 Slave_Labourer: Sorcerous Grimoire
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone had given any thought to starting up a spell-thread listing all manners of complete RoS writeups for home brewed spells that people had…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Slave_Labourer, Salamander, Spartan.

5/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: HQ Diceless Supplements
I thought I'd try to get people's opinions on this. Do you think people would buy supplements specifically designed for HeartQuest Diceless? Things like campaign books, adventure collections, genre guides…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

5/28/2003 talysman: Daemons of Strife and Love post-mortem
as part of the process of rewriting my Iron Game Chef contribution for actual distribution, I've decided to go back through the game and analyze what was wrong, what was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes.

5/28/2003 busling: General Business and Marketing books for beginners
I intend to purchase the ePublisher guide as a starting point to my PDF business. I also intend to read several books for beginners regarding running businesses and marketing. My…
In Publishing
Participants: busling.

5/28/2003 John Kirk: E.P. for Healers
There has been quite a bit of discussion lately with players in my game concerning the awarding of experience points for healing. Although this discussion concerns Legendary Quest (www.legendaryquest.com), it…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kirk, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, talysman, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, clehrich.

5/27/2003 Amy1419: Zapo/ Their Firearms
I did a search and did not find anything of use and I had replied to another topic but it isn't really about what I would like to know. I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Amy1419, Salamander.

5/27/2003 Eamon Voss: Wuxia and TROS
So we were watching Fist of Legend last night and I started thinking TROS is perfect for Wuxia style combat. With that in mind, I put down the following concepts:…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Amy1419, Ashren Va'Hale, Valamir, Bladesinger.

5/27/2003 Paul Czege: it was a double shot of my baby's love
Hey everyone, So, Sunday we had a double-feature with a common theme, one game of Vincent's Matchmaker, and one of My Love for You Is Way Out of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, lumpley, deidzoeb.

5/27/2003 MistHunter: PALADIN Setting...Anyone interested?
In the near future scientists uncovered 'True Alchemy', a form of power that is used in conjunction with atoms and such, to create Life, and everything else that can't be…
In CRN Games
Participants: MistHunter, Mike Holmes.

5/27/2003 jburneko: Bad News from the L.A. Con
Hello, I have some rather bad news concerning the L.A. Con. Deathwish was offered three different times and three different times I got ZERO players. Friday and Saturday night no…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: jburneko, Matt Snyder.

5/27/2003 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe comics news
Hi there, Check out the complete A Day at the Circus story! Also, the first strip of Holy Trollers, the new story by me and James V. West, is now…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, jburneko, James V. West.

5/27/2003 brainwipe: Rule Expansion Books
My free science fiction roleplaying game, Icar has a very simple mechanic system. It has been noted by some of my regular players that although this works well for us,…
In Publishing
Participants: brainwipe, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, samdowning.

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5/29/2003 talysman: trading for editing
I was discussing game publishing with a friend who is about to publish two of his rpgs and hit on an idea I haven't seen mentioned, so I thought I'd…
In Publishing
Participants: talysman, Matt Wilson, samdowning, Jerry D. Grayson.

5/29/2003 ace pilot: Domain Name Registration
Hey Guys, I'm looking for the cheapest and best domain name registration (not web hosting) service out there- did a quick Google search and there are a bunch that are…
In Publishing
Participants: ace pilot, Jeffrey Miller, Clay, Dave Panchyk, efindel, Chris Passeno, J B Bell.

5/29/2003 Tony Irwin: Legacy of the Ages: GM dice
Folks I'm having a bit of a problem thinking about conflicts in Legacy of the Ages, and how many dice the GM should be bringing to the table. The problem…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Valamir, Palaskar.

5/29/2003 gmouser: Some questions about fighting
hi all, I have some questions I can't answer reading the book, so here I am again. 1) what's the penalty you apply for fighting with the wrong arm? 2)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: gmouser, Spartan, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Valamir.

5/29/2003 Matt Snyder: Does your group set-up affect the game?
After a recent session of actual play, I have been thinking about the "logistics" of how other folks play a game. My question is this: How does your group "set…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, brainwipe, Nick Pagnucco, Enoch, John Kim, Dr. Velocity, A.Neill, TheGameBoy.

5/29/2003 Mike Holmes: Applicability of Game Theory
[quote="Walt Freitag"]Game theory has no problem with different players placing different values on different aspects of the outcome. But it requires all that information -- that is, the payoff for…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, deadpanbob, Wormwood, epweissengruber, Jeffrey Miller.

5/29/2003 brainwipe: Gaming in Pictures
Anyone ever taken pictures of a game in motion? We did for our Icar game - three years ago and I just found the pictures! Go to http://www.icar.co.uk Then on…
In Actual Play
Participants: brainwipe.

5/29/2003 Valamir: I need a Button
Over on RPG Mall, they have the option of supplying a button which is entered into a regular rotation with other buttons as a way of advertising a game (essentially…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead.

5/29/2003 Emily Care: Applied Design Theory: Enlightenment Group Game Design cont.
Hello everyone, I invite you to take your favorite bag of game design theory tricks and apply them to a Forge original game: Enlightenment. Last year Mike Holmes started a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, LordSmerf, talysman.

5/29/2003 brainwipe: women at the Forge (split)
As an aside, I am a moderator at the rpgwritersclub on the yahoo groups and there are very few women. Those that we do have are quite outspoken! A mirror,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: brainwipe, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2003 Sylus Thane: P.U.L.P.
P.U.L.P.- Pure Unadulterated Lazy Playing Powered by the 6 Cylinder Dice Engine By Jason Palenske You live in the world of PULP fiction and movies. Ash lives down the street…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sylus Thane, Spooky Fanboy.

5/29/2003 Mike Holmes: Beeg Horseshoe Theory Revisited
Fine, Ralph wants to put out that I've got some half-assed unformed theory working? I'll play along. Besides this has been eating away at me for so long that maybe…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, clehrich, Valamir, Matt Wilson, jdagna, cruciel, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, Emily Care, talysman, ethan_greer, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Gordon C. Landis, Wormwood, Cassidy.

5/29/2003 hanschristianandersen: Charging ahead with 3e... here's why.
This post is meant as a spiritual cousin, and a response of sorts, to Jason's "Plodding away with 3e... why?" thread. So, last night a bunch of us took a…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Nev the Deranged, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Jeph, ADGBoss, Patrick O'Duffy.

5/29/2003 Wormwood: Technical Play and the one word GNS
In an earlier thread I suggested that the three GNS modes seem describably by what questions are asked by the player making the decision. I find however, that while this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, jdagna, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2003 Ade: Sorcerer Humanity Loss and Gain
Hi, I've just run a couple of sessions of Sorcerer, and it may well be that I've not read the rules well enough :) but it does seem that Humanity…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ade, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2003 Brian Leybourne: Luck as an SA
This is just something that has been festering at the back of my head for a while, and I'm wondering what you guys think of it. The SA system in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ashton, cruciel, toli, Clinton R. Nixon, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, ashampine, Bankuei, Valamir, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves, kenjib, Poenz.

5/29/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Question about Nine Worlds
Namely: the whole permanency issue. The reason I initially wanted to keep Arete actions permanent and Hubris actions changeable unless Locked is because I had problems with killed opponents suddenly…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder.

5/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Cheaters & GNS
This may also fit into theory. I was wondering where cheating fits into GNS. What style of play encourages or facilitates fudging die rolls, changing stats, etc.? I suspect it…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, cruciel, C. Edwards, Wormwood, Valamir, John Kim, Alan, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Scratchware.

5/30/2003 Waiwode: Non-PC but certainly common.
Torture. We all think it's icky, but whether a Trial by Ordeal or an attempt to gather information from a captive it was fairly common in our time period, so…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Waiwode, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Bankuei, Wolfen, Salamander, Jake Norwood.

5/30/2003 ADGBoss: Name Game
I have a question, being more a student of international political law and not copyright law and all that. As you may or may not know (or have guessed) my…
In Publishing
Participants: ADGBoss, Jack Aidley, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, Pramas, talysman.

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