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5/30/2003 gobi: PUNK - GM role help...
For the past year or so, I've been working on a genre-universal game system. By that I mean, how Hong Kong Action Theatre is a genre-universal game system for Hong…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin, Emmett, lumpley.

5/30/2003 Jeph: NINJA!
[b]The Premise:[/b] When you're more awesome than everything ever, you win. [b]Characters:[/b] Ninja have an Awesomeness, a couple Awesomernesses, Ninja Power Points (NPP), and, most of the time, Doing Cool…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeph, Mike Holmes, Sylus Thane, Dave Panchyk, RobMuadib, Mighty DougHead, s/LaSH, Eric J., Phillip, gobi, Ron Edwards, Gwen, taalyn.

5/30/2003 Paganini: Indie Net-gaming - Come join our playground!
Indie-netgaming is an unmoderated discussion forum at Yahoo Groups devoted to the actual play of independantly owned, designed, and published role-playing games. This is not (usually) a forum in which…
In Connections
Participants: Paganini.

5/30/2003 Ravious: [Donjon] Trouble with First Session
Ok we had 4 players. Strong Guy with: Lift Anything, Bend Metal, Flex Muscles (intimidation), Sit On, and Punch Good Pirate with: Rape and Pillage, Swashbuckle with a Sword, Sail…
In CRN Games
Participants: Ravious, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/30/2003 Alan: Players Changing Dice Results - survey and speculation
Hi all, Matt Gwinn's thread on Cheating and GNS triggered some thoughts for me about why I occasionally change dice in a game. As Matt's thread has wandered into a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alan, Valamir, ScottM, Matt Wilson, Christopher Kubasik, rafial, Enoch, jdagna, John Kim, Dr. Velocity, talysman, TheGameBoy, NoShoes, clehrich, Bob McNamee.

5/30/2003 Tim C Koppang: Tim Runs Trollbabe
My first Trollbabe session is in the books. After missing DemonCon I had an insatiable desire to run something indie (actually I always have that desire). By the way, I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, rafial, Alan, Bob McNamee.

5/30/2003 Agnar: Questions on TROS and a long story.
Ok, the story first. I've been DM of a D&D 3e game for 2 years (and have been playing for 11 years... damn). My style of roleplaying (having developed in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Agnar, Bankuei, Nick Pagnucco, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Jake Norwood, Mayhem1979, Morfedel, SheWolf, Brian Leybourne.

5/30/2003 cruciel: Hi-Fi or Sim Poll (split from Horseshoe 2)
I'm really curious about something as it relates to the Beeg Horseshoe Theory Revisited thread. That said, I was just going to say to Jason that I too tend…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: cruciel, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

5/30/2003 epweissengruber: Where did the discussion of stances start
I tried doing a search to find the first definitions of "Stances, but didn't quite get what I was looking for. Can anyone help me find the snowball that started…
In RPG Theory
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: the psychology of getting enjoyment from play (split)
This is split from The airplane issue First, a full recap since it was impossible to split the thread: More interesting, perhaps, is the question of why an argument…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, John Kim, M. J. Young, jdagna, ADGBoss.

5/30/2003 Matt Snyder: 9W Lexicon (long!)
Here's a sneak peak at the Lexicon that will tentatively appear in the introduction to the Nine Worlds book: Aether -- The aether is a cosmic sea of stars and…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes.

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.

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.

5/29/2003 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.

5/29/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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5/31/2003 Ashton: Duels
I apologize in advance if this has been brought up before but: Duels- a formal agreement to do bodily harm between two parties. May be for judicial or social reasons.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashton.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Open Call for Mecha Artists
Seraphim Guard's newest game, the mecha game MechSpace, needs artists familair with the mecha anime genre fro cover and interior art. Please contact me privately for more infmration.
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/31/2003 kenjib: Curses as anti-spiritual attributes
I was thinking about curses and a handy mechanic came to mind. Curses could be negative spiritual attributes that are forced upon a character. When you are cursed, you acquire…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Ashren Va'Hale, Rattlehead, Prince of Thieves, Morfedel, Bankuei.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Delay to Second Edition: Supplement Request for Diceless
I dislkie delaying projects. It makes me feel bad and it makes me look bad. Nontheless, if it turns into a better product at the end 9and hopefully anmore salable…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/31/2003 zaal: Cinematic Weapons and Narrating Damage
Hi all, I'm working on an action setting, so right now my mind is on emulating high-flying cinematic butt kicking in RPGs. I'm not posting this in the game design…
In RPG Theory
Participants: zaal, Garbanzo, iago, Shreyas Sampat, fitheach, damion, WhiteRat, Walt Freitag.

5/31/2003 Delta1: Scene Framing
I have heard this term bandied about in relation to Sorcerer. I have no clue really what it means? Would anyone care to elaborate? Is someone reading a different set…
In Actual Play
Participants: Delta1, C. Edwards, Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Malechi, clehrich, joshua neff, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Ian Charvill, Alan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Thor Olavsrud.

5/31/2003 abzu: Cruft
So my first question/topic of my first post goes directly to Clinton. "Tell me about my 'cruft'". -L
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, taepoong, nebulous menace, Bankuei, Valamir.

5/31/2003 abzu: Welcome to the Wheel
Hello and Welcome. In case you didn't know, Burning Wheel is fantasy rpg system that I've developed over the past few years. I published it without warning or preamble on…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

5/31/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: What's next for Burning Wheel?
Luke, I noticed you have been releasing parts of the "Monster Burner," a book of character lifepaths for monster-type races. Since you're releasing it as you complete it, will it…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, rafial, drozdal, Bankuei, taepoong.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Handling Outside Submissions
Today, like a bolt out of the blue, someone came to me with a game idea. not a HeartQuest supplement, not a Fuzz, supplement, but a complete game idea. I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Dave Panchyk, Bailey, ADGBoss, pigames, Clay.

6/1/2003 Gwen: I Have No Idea How to Make PDFs
I have several RPGs (some one-shot... some longer) on Word. Is there a way to put these in Adobe? What is the best way to make RPGs available online? Any…
In Publishing
Participants: Gwen, C. Edwards, ethan_greer, Dave Panchyk, Michael Hopcroft, Wormwood, ADGBoss, max.lambertini, Mike Holmes, Reimer Behrends, MistHunter.

6/1/2003 TheGameBoy: Aers: The Fallen World
I am making a very Narrativist RPG called Aers: The Fallen World that takes place in the world I've created, Aers. I am using a Percentile based system that I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TheGameBoy, talysman, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Garbanzo, Emmett.

6/1/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Narrativist Scenario Writing
Hi, I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum. Basically, role-playing writing has no real foundation for Narrativist scenario creation. I've just begun to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, MrWrong, bluegargantua, Bankuei, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Palashee, Ron Edwards, Mad-Eye Moody, Ian Cooper, Alai, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Valamir.

6/1/2003 Mr Darran Sims: New players for HeroQuest and spreading the Gloranthan word
New players for HeroQuest and spreading the Gloranthan word Hi All, Last night I narrated a game of Heroquest with a bunch of newbies and I thought that I…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mr Darran Sims, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, MrWrong.

6/1/2003 Piers Brown: Questions about the Fidelity Axis (From Horseshoe 2)
As a follow-up to the Beeg Horseshoe Theory Revisited thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=6663): The idea of a separate Fidelity axis is pretty persuasive. The close parallel between it and Sim, however, gives…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Piers Brown, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, cruciel, M. J. Young, John Kim, Alan, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Creating the world in 9W
Okay, now that that's solved: A scenario idea popped into my head while reading this thread: some rival bad guy, another Archon, has created a fictional town in Nevada, a…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder.

6/1/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Mridangam: Vedic Superheroic Dance-Drama
Mridangam is a game based in Vedic mythology and the classical Indian dance-drama; its play is intended to mimic the traditional structure of a Bharata Natyam performance. As such, it's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Spooky Fanboy, Jonathan Walton, ADGBoss, Andy Kitkowski, Little_Rat, Palaskar.

6/1/2003 wpbarr: Burn Me As A Heretic, but ...
Wouldn't a TROS card game help bring more players into the game and even be helpful as a game tool with regards to running combat?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: wpbarr, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

6/1/2003 Bankuei: Is this really Nar?
Hi folks, Jason wrote this in the Beeg Horseshoe thread, and I wanted to address his concerns: Let's think of a Genevieve example, 'cause the Vieve-ster always has something interesting…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Bankuei, cruciel, jdagna, M. J. Young, talysman, John Kim, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes.

6/1/2003 Morfedel: A Halfling of Stahl
I was just thinking... if I made a halfling, that says I have one human parent. Would it be reasonable to say the halfling also gets the advantages of their…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco.

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