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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.

9/12/2001 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 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 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.

9/9/2001 Ron Edwards: InSpectre'd at last
Hey, I've been wanting to play this game for too damn long. I even got to watch others play it at GenCon (brilliantly, too). So, at long last, this past…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, James V. West, hardcoremoose.

9/7/2001 Ron Edwards: Picture's up!
If you haven't seen it yet, drop by the website and check out the grinning mugs of the Sorcerer booth-monkeys from GenCon 2001. Yes, it really was that fun.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/7/2001 Ron Edwards: the Hite report
Hey folks, The book's received its first review, and I for one am vastly relieved - much as I attempt to ignore reviews, this one's pending appearance did give me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir.

8/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Demon Cops: now available - news at 11
Hey there! And finally my little contribution to the stable of mini-supplements has hit the airwaves. You are all courteously invited to wander by the Sorcerer site and consider giving…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Time.

8/27/2001 Ron Edwards: Call for demos
Hey everyone, It turns out that the next Leap Forward for Sorcerer relies on store demos. Or that's what I'm told, anyway. So what I need are prep materials for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, unodiablo, Uncle Dark, Molotov, Supplanter, james_west, Blake Hutchins, Tundra.

8/25/2001 Ron Edwards: Last chance on Sword MS
Hey everyone, Sorcerer & Sword is going into print in just a couple of months (early November is the plan). That means that within the week, there will be NO…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, jburneko, Paul Czege, Supplanter.

8/20/2001 Ron Edwards: Why this business pisses me off
Well, well. Yesterday - yes, YESTERDAY - I discovered something really aggravating. NONE of the individual orders made prior to this week got sent - apparently store orders had to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Bailywolf, Laura Bishop, Paul Czege, Valamir, Uncle Dark, Ben Morgan, james_west, Ian O'Rourke, Tundra.

8/17/2001 Ron Edwards: About this forum
Hey everyone, "Actual Play" is supposed to be about exactly that. It's a forum for discussing what really happens during game sessions. The goal is to get practical. Anyone should…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer at GenCon
Hello, Back from GenCon ... and into the first actual vacation time I've had in a year. I want to thank (in no particular order): Mike Holmes, Sean Wipfli, Terry…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Uncle Dark, Mario, Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, JohnB, Clay.

7/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Suggestions for Indie Manifesto?
Among other things, I hope to get a little Indie-RPG Manifesto pamphlet ready for GenCon. It might be no more than a two-sided sheet; time is short. Any suggestions for…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, kwill, Supplanter, John Wick, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Anon LeBlanc, Jeffrey Straszheim.

7/29/2001 Ron Edwards: News 2
Hello, I hold in my hands the first book copy of Sorcerer to be touched by a human after the printers'. There's a box of them here, to be taken…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Jason L Blair, Dav, Misguided Games, Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

7/24/2001 Ron Edwards: War story (probably)
Yesterday I received a friendly message from someone, asking me for any "advice" on an attached file called ACPexe1_7.exe. I wrote back asking for some context - who he was,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, Supplanter, Clay, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Mytholder, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, FilthySuperman.

7/18/2001 Ron Edwards: The damn book
Well, the book is not going to be available until GenCon. You have no idea how agonizing this is. When it's over, I'll write a little "Why books don't come…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Uncle Dark, wyrdlyng, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/9/2001 Ron Edwards: Help with maps
Hello, I'm in the process of re-writing Sorcerer & Sword extensively. I'd really like to have a map for each of the three example settings (yes, three, not two). I'd…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis.

7/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Hero Scape / Plane Wars
Hi there, I went and did it. We're starting a Planescape game, using the Hero Wars system, or, if you like, we're playing Hero Wars using the Planescape setting. It's…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Peter.

7/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Call for Action
Hi everyone, The Forge is trying to convert to an entirely author-driven links and promo library. The software to do it is up and running. If you have a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, archangel_2, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege.

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10/2/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer & Sword news
Hello, It hasn't happened yet, but it's happening this week: the text, art, and covers are going to the printers. It will print much faster than the main rules because…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Gordon C. Landis, Ferry Bazelmans, Blake Hutchins, contracycle, Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, unodiablo.

10/9/2001 Ron Edwards: Soul moves into production
Hi everyone, Well, Sorcerer and Sword has winged its way to the printers, so we're now in that weird space in which *I* feel all done, but *you* are still…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, jburneko.

10/9/2001 Ron Edwards: killin' puppies for you-know-who
Oh, man. This is fun. Well, fun to read, anyway, I'm not sure about playing it, but it's SO obnoxiously dead-on, that I might. I'm talking about the Lumpster's "unfunny"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley.

10/10/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer in action (briefly)
So I finally got badgered into running a short Sorcerer experience for some of the people in the campus group. I've been resisting this for a while, partly due to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson, random.

10/15/2001 Ron Edwards: To Tor, Jesse, and Paul
All right, you three. Here's how it's going to work. 1) I provide a template or basis for a Sorcerer game, exactly as if you were my players. You comment…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, joshua neff, jburneko, Tor Erickson, furashgf, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/16/2001 Ron Edwards: Rules clarification, please
Jason, Help us out a bit regarding monster-induced Darkening. On page 44, it says, "... the Darkening can usually claim a child's soul at the rate of 1 point per…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

10/18/2001 Ron Edwards: Art-Deco Melodrama
Hi all, This thread's name is courtesy of the excellent Mike Holmes. It is all set for the next round of the "Under the Hood" series starring me, Jesse, Paul,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Tor Erickson, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, contracycle.

10/18/2001 Ron Edwards: The Mystery Meat thing
Hey there, Last Tuesday, our own Doc Midnite ran a session of what is apparently called "Mystery Meat," that is, a session of play in which the players are unaware…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Galfraxas, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Epoch, Marco, Doc Midnight.

10/26/2001 Ron Edwards: Link?
Hey James, Where's the page? The link in the Library is broken. Best, Ron
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Ron Edwards, James V. West.

10/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Vanilla Narrativism
Hello, Before diving back into the wilds of the Gamism debate, I wanted to address something that's been itching at me for a few weeks. A lot of people seem…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Marco, 333Chronzon.

10/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Narrativism and Bobby G
Hey, So last Tuesday, I got a chance to play D20, finally! It was the new Star Wars, and I leaped into action with my Twileek bodyguard and translator for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Marco, Doc Midnight, Jack Spencer Jr, Don Lag, contracycle, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, James Holloway.

10/30/2001 Ron Edwards: Art-Deco Melodrama, part 2
All right then. This post is about what I'd think (or DO think, really) about the characters prior to going into the first session. I will also post about my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Tor Erickson, random, James Holloway, Ian O'Rourke.

11/2/2001 Ron Edwards: Profiling
Hey there, Shortly after the Forge became revived, a thread started up that was VERY useful to everyone involved at the time. I'd like to start it again, as it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Balbinus, James Holloway, Paul Czege, Laurel, Matt Snyder, 333Chronzon, mahoux, Jeffrey Straszheim, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Don Lag, Jared A. Sorensen, John Wick, Galfraxas, Ferry Bazelmans, unodiablo, kwill, unheilig, Jason L Blair, hardcoremoose, xiombarg, Mytholder, Epoch, Pariahic, erithromycin, Ben Morgan, Yasha, contracycle, A.Neill, AndyGuest, James V. West, Dav, Tor Erickson, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, Ayrizale, Clinton R. Nixon, gentrification, Joe Murphy (Broin), AndrewDucker, Tim Denee, Ranko, mearls, Daredevil, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ryan Ary, Osric, Lofwyr, Ace, Russell Hoyle, Erik.

11/6/2001 Ron Edwards: New review is up
Hi everyone, The Little Fears review, by me, is posted! Discuss it in the Review Discussion forum. Buy the game. Best, Ron
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, unodiablo.

11/7/2001 Ron Edwards: Art-Deco Melodrama - the Final Chapter
Hello, For those of you coming in late, this is the fourth and last of a series of threads here on the Sorcerer forum. The first one is called "To…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson, jburneko, Ian O'Rourke, contracycle, joshua neff, random.

11/9/2001 Ron Edwards: The future-story outcome of Little Fears
Hello, As I described in my review, our play of Little Fears added a future-history device. After we made up the characters, Dav (the GM) wrote future histories for them…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Fabrice G., Uratoh, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, Dav, Demonspahn.

11/14/2001 Ron Edwards: An interesting review
Hey, One of role-playing's "men of letters," Andrew Rilstone, has posted a review of Little Fears here. Its points bear some discussion. I'm not quite as interested in psychologizing…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Dav, Bankuei, contracycle, Jason L Blair.

11/16/2001 Ron Edwards: Going on a link hunt - help requested
Hi there, I'm revising Sorcerer's links page. I'm also thinking that I want to branch it out into non-gaming circles. So far, I've found some stuff about the following: -…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Dav, Time.

11/16/2001 Ron Edwards: Help with Nobilis prep
Hello, I am interested in playing Nobilis with a very appropriate group. We've done a hell of a lot of Hero Wars, The Window, and Amber, for instance, and they've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Epoch, Mytholder, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Philippe Tromeur.

11/20/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorc & Sword news again
Due date from the printer is November 26. Ship to the warehouse should be November 28. Shipping from the warehouse should start immediately, and that's when orders begin. M apologies…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Time, joshua neff, unodiablo, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Tundra, Jared A. Sorensen.

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