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6/20/2003 Jason Aaron: Species/Race/Culture (split)
This is my first post at the Forge, so my apologies if it is somewhat off topic (and heavily biased). I think that something that may help designers, authors, or…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jason Aaron, M. J. Young, contracycle, Matt Wilson, Bankuei, John Kim, Garbanzo, damion, simon_hibbs.

6/22/2003 Lxndr: Sorcerer Dice Pool Odds
Has anyone ever done calculations to suggest the rough odds for sorcerer dice pools based on the # of dice in each pool, and the # of sides used? I'd…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lxndr, rafial, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/22/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Divination in 9W
How does divination or or "detect (fill in the blank)" magic work in 9W? Also, is it possible to combine Urges to alter the current reality?
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder.

6/22/2003 Norbert: CAH has made it to real stores in Germany
I am happy to announce that yesterday, on June 21st (*happy Beltane, Summer Solstice, by the way!*), I got my envelope with a copy of the CAH rulebook in the…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

6/22/2003 Claymore: The riddle of steel with Burning Wheel
I've make a post over on the Burning Wheel forum about adapting the Riddle of Steel combat and spiritual attribute mechanics to the Burning Wheel RPG. Anyone who has both…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Claymore, Durgil, Jake Norwood, abzu, Bracken.

6/22/2003 Comte: To experience is to know CRPGs
Okay it is hard not to notice the recent surge of interest in CRPGs and thier history. While lots of us are talking about them I realized it would be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Comte, Dr. Velocity, Jack Spencer Jr, Wolfen, Eric J., contracycle, Walt Freitag, lumpley, John Kim, Marco, WDFlores, Ian Charvill.

6/22/2003 J B Bell: The Twice-Forsaken Earth redux
This damned thing has been gestating for months. I think it's finally a game that is play-testable. The Twice-Forsaken Earth J B Bell What is this game about? The Twice-Forsaken…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: J B Bell, greyorm, Spooky Fanboy.

6/22/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Interactive Entertainment
The recent threads struck me that the advent of both RPGs and computer/video games was a step in the evolution of interactive entertainment. Unlike passive entertainments; like stage, screen, and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, talysman, Michael S. Miller.

6/21/2003 Rob MacDougall: question re: future HeroQuest releases
Hi all. Ron's preview of HeroQuest over at Pyramid (link will work for subscribers only) may have kicked up a little hand-wringing on the discussion boards about the difference between…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Rob MacDougall, Tim Ellis, Nick Brooke.

6/21/2003 talysman: rogue-like games and their influence on pen-and-paper RPGs
I've been pretty busy lately with other projects, so I haven't been around much, but I have been thinking about some questions Ron raised in his Gamism essay; specifically, questions…
In RPG Theory
Participants: talysman, Jack Spencer Jr, Jeff Klein, Mike Holmes, John Kim.

6/21/2003 Christopher Kubasik: The Game Between the Rules
Hi, After reading John Kim and Marco (and many others) going at it on another thread, I was thinking of starting a thread called, The Game Between the Rules. It…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Dr. Velocity, Mike Holmes, Marco, Valamir.

6/21/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Gamist design invites repetition?
I was fiddling with some old video games when I noticed that it was doing the same thing over and over. This is not to say there isn't variety to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Christopher Kubasik, jdagna, Mike Holmes, WDFlores, damion, John Kim, Marco.

6/21/2003 Claymore: Adapting TRoS Combat to Burning Wheel
I realize that my words may (and probably will) be considered blasphemy, but has anyone considered adapting Riddle of Steel's combat mechanics to Burning Wheel. I happen to like most…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Claymore, Valamir, abzu, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Anton_Duelant, Ron Edwards, Durgil, rafial, Bracken, Poleaxe, Baron Guthwulf.

6/21/2003 xiombarg: Lusting After Jesus, Part II: To Hell (Pretender Playtest)
A while back, I ran a second session of Pretender, with some rules modes I suggested in the previous thread, which you might want to check out to refresh your…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg.

6/21/2003 Stuart DJ Purdie: Mind control and protagonisation
It's a staple of superhero type games. Player A has mind control powers, and uses them on NPC's to various gains. But the moment an NPC uses such an ability…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie, Andrew Martin, John Kim, Lxndr, M. J. Young, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes.

6/21/2003 M. J. Young: A question about the function of the forum new posts reset
Well, that's probably a confusing title, but it was the best I could do. (I hate titles--it's always the hardest part in everything I write, and I'm always asking other…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Lxndr.

6/20/2003 Ben Morgan: Riddle of the Five Rings?
Okay, I did a search, but I couldn't find anything about the possibility of a Legend of the Five Rings to Riddle of Steel conversion. I thought it had been…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Morgan, Paka, Jake Norwood, Claymore, Waiwode, Marc Hameleers.

6/20/2003 Palaskar: An history of CRPGs (LONG)
Ron Edwards said: Then again, perhaps my surprise is a matter of my own subcultural limitations, if related hobbies are considered. Gamism remained alive and well among computer games like…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Palaskar, Wolfen, anonymouse, Comte, MadTinkerer, talysman, Hunter Logan, Eric J., Jeff Klein, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Caldis, M. J. Young, contracycle, Walt Freitag, damion, efindel, Tavish.

6/20/2003 zeke023: Any Swordsman on this list? SCA? etc?
I started doing SCA heavy weapons combat about a year ago. One of the reasons I was so impressed with TROS was the real research that they did into actual…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: zeke023, Salamander, Wolfen, Bankuei, Eamon Voss, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ashton, Thorbrin, Krammer.

6/20/2003 Morfedel: Plateaus: The Taveruun/Otamarluk/Savarastra Border
Ok, perhaps this is a stupid question, but.... It says that there is a plateau protecting Savarastra from Otamarluk (which doesn't matter, as they are paying Otamarluk tribute anyway); I'm…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Poenz, Mike Holmes, Gary_Bingham.

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6/23/2003 Simon W: 24Hour Games/Iron Game Chef
Just wondering whether anyone who got games together for the above competitions have done anything more on their games. I know vs Monsters has been available on RPG.mall for free…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, Jared A. Sorensen, ethan_greer, Matt, lumpley, Jeph, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Thomas Tamblyn, Zathreyel, talysman.

6/23/2003 Matt Gwinn: New Supplements availble now!
Errant Knight Games is proud to announce the release of two new supplements for Kayfabe: The Inside Wrestling Game. The Promoter’s Handbook expands the world of Kayfabe into teh business…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

6/24/2003 EternallyMortal: Playtesters Wanted
Eternally Mortal is seeking playtesters for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy table-top RPG. If you would like to have the opportunity to participate, please visit http://www.eternallymortal.com and create a membership account. If you…
In Connections
Participants: EternallyMortal, permacultureguerilla.

6/24/2003 Ashton: New proficiency
So there's sword and shield, there's rapier (covering also rapier and cloak, rapier and dagger, rapier and arming glove, and probably rapier and bar wench and rapier and chicken as…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashton, tauman, Salamander.

6/24/2003 Drastic: InSpectres: the Case of the Missing Investors
Some actual play for InSpectres: Prep time consisted of a couple minutes printing out the pdf at the office the night before--after that, I didn't even think about it until…
In Actual Play
Participants: Drastic, Jared A. Sorensen, Dr. Velocity, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

6/24/2003 rafial: Burning Wheel: von Goten's Predicament
I took my first chance to spin The Wheel tonight, running the demo adventure available from the website (and kindly included in printed form with my copy of the game).…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, Jack Spencer Jr, abzu, amnesiack.

6/24/2003 Morfedel: Ars Magica, the TRoS way....
Just to let you know, I've finished a rough draft of a conversion of the Ars Magica magic system to The Riddle of Steel. The mechanics will be quite similar…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Eamon Voss, Robert K Beckett, Durgil, Paka, prophet118, tauman, Mainboard, grot, Marc Hameleers, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Darcy Burgess, lemmiwinks, Charles Smith, Malechi, jeff_vandenberg, Rausch.

6/24/2003 rafial: Burning Wheel in Actual Play
I report on my first experience running BW in the Actual Play forum.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: rafial.

6/24/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres artwork sneek peek
You can see Manning Krull's artwork here (in the B&W section): http://www.jerkbox.com/manningkrull/illustration/ And Jon Morris' work here: http://wheoum.com/alien/InSpectres.html A big thank you to the guys for their outstanding work! -…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Rob MacDougall, Matt Snyder, Matt, Ben Morgan, Jürgen Mayer.

6/24/2003 Russell: Donjon Harry Potter
Just wanted to point out that a few of us are discussing this over at RPGnet: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1052451#post1052451. Thoughts?
In CRN Games
Participants: Russell, Mad-Eye Moody, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Bailywolf.

6/24/2003 Jeph: Returning to the Pagoda: Whole bunch of new stuff!
Pagoda, a game of Wuxia martial arts, was originally discussed in this thread. It's been on the back burner for a while, but recently I've come back to it with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeph, kregmosier, Thomas Tamblyn, Shreyas Sampat.

6/24/2003 rafial: A question of Faith
This is a followup from my game report in Actual Play. One of the players in the demo used the Priest, and in play we found that it was almost…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: rafial, taepoong.

6/24/2003 Matt Snyder: Free PDF on making PDFs!
Not two hours after ribbing Mike Mearls for his Seminar "activism" at Origins, I went and volunteered to help lead a seminar at Origins. I'll be with Chris Davis of…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Snyder, C. Edwards, samdowning, rpghost.

6/24/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain: Mechanical question
So, guys, I have a problem. Badically, there is no (or very little) clear "My kung fu is better" phenomenon in Refreshing Rain, and I want to provide for such…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, taalyn.

6/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: The competition has entered my turf!
I'm sure Adam Jury, who is on the Forge, can supply us with the full press release, but it appears Guardians of order is going to be selling their out-of-print…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, C. Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Michael S. Miller, ADGBoss, xiombarg, rpghost, Hardpoint.

6/25/2003 flobby77: playtesters, or at least some feedback, wanted
We at Frughtlupes Creations have a new SF role-playing game called Center Space. It takes place on Earth after a 400 year alien invasion, the Earth having been geologicaly and…
In Connections
Participants: flobby77, Space Cowboy, permacultureguerilla, Hardpoint.

6/25/2003 Lxndr: [Sorcerer] Chum in the Water
This is a "one-sheet" that I've been working on. I ask one simple question, seeking as many answers as possible: What Did I Do Wrong? Beneath the surface of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

6/25/2003 ethan_greer: Game Company: Why?
So, seems like most indie games are published by a game company. Why is this? When I publish Thugs and Thieves to PDF, why would I need a game company?…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gobi.

6/25/2003 Sylus Thane: Can RPG's be collectable?
Now I don't mean in the sense "I collect rpg's because I like them" but more in the sense of how Magic Cards are collectable. Other card games can be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sylus Thane, ethan_greer, xiombarg, damion, Cadriel, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Reprisal, Adrian Jay, efindel, Lxndr, Jason Aaron, Comte, Michael S. Miller.

6/25/2003 Ubercon: Ubercon II Games Convention (Still seeking new events/GMs)
Apologies if this is not appropriate to post this here but I hope that given that the subject should be of interest. One thing that we are particularly keen to…
In Connections
Participants: Ubercon, abzu.

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