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6/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: RPGmall print run Size
Many of you must have gotten a letter from RPGNow saying they need print books from their vendors for their Origins and GenCon booths. It just so happens that although…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna, rpghost, jgbrowning.

6/12/2003 Nick Pagnucco: Netbooks, supplements, and all types of lovely stuff
Hi. This is a split from the Taveruun thread, which is beginning to sprawl as much as the country it is about. Mike has suggested the idea of making a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, demiurgeastaroth, Mike Holmes, Poenz, Wolfen, kenjib, arxhon.

6/12/2003 talath1221: Newbie of Steel
Alright, I picked up The Riddle of Steel because I heard good things about it at EN World. Well, I'm glad I picked it up and would love to run…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: talath1221, demiurgeastaroth, Spartan, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Jasper the Mimbo, arxhon.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Use Terrain and Hostages
Had an interesting event crop up tonight. One of the players chased a villain who was trying to grab his ward (a girl) and run off with her to use…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Overdrive, Wolfen, Bankuei, kenjib.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Initiative Ties
You and your opponent have both declared attack. According to the rules, manoeuvres are declared in reverse order of Reflex. But, you make a reflex roll to see who goes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander.

6/11/2003 Jason L Blair: NEW GAME: JUSTIFIERS: OMEGA
06/11/2003 (Cleveland, Ohio): Cleveland-based publisher Key 20 Publishing, creators of the award-winning role-playing game "Little Fears," announced the release of a brand new edition of the fan-favorite role-playing game "Justifiers."…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, johndehope3.

6/11/2003 ethan_greer: But what about Origins?
There's a lot of talk around here about GenCon Indy, and who all is going, and the booth that will be there, and such like. But, I'm not going to…
In Connections
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Chris Passeno, Ben Morgan, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair, Adam.

6/11/2003 Paul Czege: staring into the black fire
[FONT COLOR="RED"]I'm calling the setting Czegara....The body of the slain god actually lies across the landscape. That is, it's not physically present, but metaphysically, outlined in real space in the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paul Czege, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Jared A. Sorensen, Alan.

6/11/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Revised does S really exist. Or It's everywhere!
I have been thinking about the whole issue of Simulationism issue, the question on whether that particular box exists, and how this applies to hybrids. Here's what I've come up…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, contracycle, Cassidy, jdagna, cruciel, M. J. Young, taalyn, Ian Charvill.

6/11/2003 Valamir: Reference, Homage, Inspiration and Thievery
Oh, one last thing that I suspect you already understand but wanted to make sure is absolutely clear; all of the mentioning of these other games that Chris and I…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Valamir, Bankuei, abzu, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Zebulon.

6/11/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Hit Location CP penalties
I can understand the CP penalties for thrusts to certain locations, but the swing modifiers have me confused. If you swing attack the arms/hands, you gain +1 CP. Swing attacks…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Morfedel, Bankuei, Ashton, Jake Norwood, Piers Brown, Wolfen, Salamander.

6/11/2003 rafial: A Tale of Three Trollbabes [session 5 & coda]
The last installment of our planned 5 session Trollbabe campaign has come and gone. It was a relatively short session, a little over 2 hours, as the players chose to…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial.

6/11/2003 jhudsui: Strength doesn't seem to be used in places where it should..
Shouldn't high Strength characters be able to bear the weight, and therefore suffer less penalties, from wearing heavy armor? Also, shouldn't Strength affect the results of Beat and Bind manuvers?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jhudsui, Salamander, Morfedel, Jake Norwood, Poenz, kenjib, Spartan.

6/11/2003 Wormwood: Genre Simulation
Recently I've realized one of my problems with the NS barrier lies in the fact that I have a tendency to design games to simulate the genre, rather than emulate…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, M. J. Young.

6/10/2003 Bankuei: Playtest Mayhem High
Hi guys, I'm looking for a few good playtesters... Here's something I've had brewing for a long time, and decided to finally put together in a semi-coherent form. The file…
In Connections
Participants: Bankuei, Matt.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Character Power and Advancement
In my perhaps futile quest to rack up a higher word count on the site than Mike Holmes' word count in the Taveruun thread, here's another question. Advancement in this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Amy1419, Jake Norwood, Overdrive, Wolfen, Morfedel, Jasper the Mimbo.

6/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Gen Con Games after hours
In this thread on the Adept Press forum I listed and experiment. Go see it there. It lead me, however, to the inevitable question-- What games am I playing and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, joshua neff.

6/10/2003 Rich Ranallo: The Starchildren Origins Experiment
A fine, upstanding citizen of RPGnet recently pointed out to me that there aren't any scheduled Starchildren events at Origins, since Xig isn't going as a company (though Scott and…
In XIG Games
Participants: Rich Ranallo.

6/10/2003 simkin: random city/scenario tables for Donjon?
In some very old post about Donjon someone suggested that there be tables to roll on to generate random scenarios or cities. Has anyone done something like this?
In CRN Games
Participants: simkin.

6/10/2003 mike: Am I a Simulationist or not?
This is my first post to the boards, although I've been reading essays and poking around for a while now. I've got a lot of ideas swimming around in my…
In Actual Play
Participants: mike, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

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6/12/2003 Lxndr: New Articles, Reviews, Etc.
Is the only way to know that there are new Articles, Reviews, and so on, to check those pages from time to time, or are they announced in one of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

6/12/2003 abzu: GenCon Sales and Stock
Hi all. I will be at the Forge booth running demos until I drop. How much stock should I have on hand? This is my first GenCon, and I only…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Matt Snyder, Valamir, rpghost.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: What other settings would suit TROS
The recent discussion with Nick about games or settings being suited or unsuited to TROS made me wonder, what other settings would provide changes to the core rules or game…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, Draigh, adamsmith, Poenz, Malechi, Bankuei, Ilvarin, Morfedel, arxhon, Anthony I, Jake Norwood, buddha, Bomilkar.

6/12/2003 Jake Norwood: Lure of Gold: Who wants to finish it?
We've got a mostly finished mini-supplement for Rogues and the like called the Lure of Gold by Lance Meibos (Lyrax if you remember). Anybody want to finish it? He's not…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, demiurgeastaroth, Nick Pagnucco, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, ashampine, Morfedel, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Claymore, buddha, r_callen221, Chris.

6/12/2003 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Cover
I'm thinking about using that new cover for the promoter's handbook for the new printing of the main rules and using something different for the PDF. I did up a…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Lxndr.

6/12/2003 ScottM: Universalis for the first time
We played Universalis for the first time. This post covers "what happened"-- in the next I'll link to a couple of "good to read before your first time" kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, John Harper.

6/12/2003 John Kim: Bay Area Shadows in the Fog playtest
OK, so following up the Call to Bay Area players thread, I'd like to propose a playtest of Chris Lehrich's "Shadows in the Fog", to be played in the…
In Connections
Participants: John Kim.

6/12/2003 kenjib: Combat clinic: Das Monk is kicking Das Booty!
I've been playing the combat sim and I can't beat Das Monk with any of the other humans. The closest I could come was using Max Steele, ignoring the staff…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, ashampine, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

6/13/2003 Robert Calder: Using character backstory to assist with coherent play
Greetings, I have been lurking at The Forge recently. This is my first post – I’ve been exploring the ‘net of late, trying to find knowledge to help me understand…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Robert Calder, Bankuei, Paul Czege.

6/13/2003 coryblack_666: armor question
I don't even have the book yet, but will first chance i get. But when me and some friends were doing some combat tests we came across a question that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: coryblack_666, Ashren Va'Hale, demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Bankuei, Valamir, Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, tauman, Crusader, buddha.

6/13/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Languages and Names
Does anyone have a master list of the languages used on Weyrth (and where they are spoken)? Also, what sort of Earth-style names should be used for people of Gelure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, arxhon.

6/13/2003 taalyn: Aspect distinction in Crux
Mathias Jack and I have been working on Crux, and have revised it a bit. Chargen is prioritized, a la TRoS. Most draws use an aspect + trait. For example,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, MathiasJack, Mike Holmes.

6/13/2003 anonymouse: Gamist Article-inspired character advancement mechanic.
Specifically, this question/bulletpoint: How tough and effective should a starting character be? If it's too high, then there's no reason to improve; if it's too low, the early stages of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: anonymouse, Ian Charvill.

6/13/2003 anonymouse: the Gamist Hard Question.
(side note 1: 'NIMBY' probably should've gone in the Glossary. the only reason I recognised it was from reading SimCity manuals over the years) (side note 2: how long has…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: anonymouse, Alan, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Lxndr, contracycle, M. J. Young.

6/13/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: SEAT OF THE EMPIRE SUP
Ok, heres what I have gone and done, I went and made a supplement for the seat of the empire whe I was bored Lastweek. its mainly justth capital city,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco.

6/13/2003 Morfedel: Gamism, Simulationism, and Narrativism: A brief pause....
I just took the time to read Ron Edward's article on game system DOES matter, and I noticed his breakdown of Gamism, Narrativism, and Simulationism. I don't think that hardcore…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Valamir, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Poenz, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Lxndr.

6/13/2003 Gary_Bingham: Unbalancing ... for want of another word
[color=darkred]I am not a practitioner of HEMA and do not profess to know much about the martial art hence I am pitching my question here for some of you experts…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Gary_Bingham, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Salamander.

6/12/2003 quozl: Fvlminata publishing
[quote="Michael S. Miller"]Hey, all. I'll be there with the [i]very last copies, ever[/i] of FVLMINATA 2nd Edition, as well as bunches of Tali. [/quote] This should get split out of…
In Publishing
Participants: quozl, abzu, Jason E. Roberts, Jake Norwood.

6/13/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Gamist Article-inspired character advancement: SCORE!
Thoughts on Gamist character advancement. I can't help but note that in RPG that character advancement is taken, more or less, as read or necessary. Consider other games with a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, John Harper, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, Paul Czege, Valamir, Thierry Michel, Jack Aidley.

6/13/2003 jburneko: Sorcerer Diceless
I was reading the new Marvel game and I kept getting this weird idea. I kept thinking, "This is similar to what would happen if you tried to play Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Trevis Martin.

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