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5/8/2001 james_west: An exercise in vanity ? (Mildly communist ...)
Having read over this forum, one thing I'm not clear on is the -REASON- for charging for your .pdf As Ron Edwards is quick to point out, the amount of…
In Publishing
Participants: james_west, Dav, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, Mytholder, He who is Q, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege.

5/10/2001 james_west: theoretical game spaces (17k in images)
I'd not heard of the narrativist/gamist/simulationist axes before looking over this website a few days ago. However, I've looked over not only the material here but related material on other…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2001 james_west: friendlier G/N/S definitions
I've been thinking about a less confrontational set of G/N/S definitions: see what you think. Put this way, I think most people would call themselves Gamist ... note that by…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: james_west, Logan, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, greyorm, joshua neff, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

5/16/2001 james_west: strong vs weak narrativism
(I apologize in advance for any possible mangling of others' words or meanings.) I've seen a lot of apparently quite different definitions of narrativism in this forum. Upon reflection, however,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: james_west, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

5/18/2001 james_west: Why They Tanked
I'm going to boldly post a list of just about all the attempts at multiple-scenario games I've been in for the past three years, and why they tanked (in order…
In Actual Play
Participants: james_west, Zak Arntson, Mytholder.

5/19/2001 james_west: core rules freely downloadable
If anyone's interested in this game but doesn't have a copy, chapters 1-3 of Hero Wars are on issaries' web site, as well as everything important in chapter 4 as…
In HeroQuest
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2001 james_west: zombie squirrel
There's a place in the Soul of the Sorceror supplement in which it says that perhaps demons are evil the way squirrels are cute. I, apparently, have a zombie squirrel…
In Adept Press
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, Dav, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Clay.

5/24/2001 james_west: The right level of self-confidence
I was having a conversation with my wife yesterday (whose artistic inclinations tend in different directions) which seemed extremely relevant to this forum. It boils down to: Strong creativity happens…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: james_west, JSDiamond.

5/31/2001 james_west: FAQ
This forum clearly needs a FAQ. I suggest it contains: (1) A set of definitions (or paradigms, or whatever) of G/N/S (2) An explanation of what it is supposed to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: james_west, Logan, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

5/31/2001 james_west: Following advice
My posting rate has dropped dramatically in the past week or so; the reason for this is that I did decide to stop talking about it and start doing it.…
In Actual Play
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, Supplanter.

6/3/2001 james_west: strong player directorial power
To me, games with strong, continuous player directorial power seem to as different from traditional RPGs as RPGs are from boardgames. I'm thinking Baron Munchhausen, Crayne's Storyboard or SOAP, Clinton's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

6/6/2001 james_west: Fiduciary responsibility?
[I]:: Warning: This essay is going to seem elitist and egotistical, but it is genuinely something I wonder about. I'm honestly not trying to troll. ::[/I] When you look into…
In RPG Theory
Participants: james_west, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, John Wick, JSDiamond, gentrification, greyorm, Nathan, Gordon C. Landis, Ian Freeman, James V. West.

6/16/2001 james_west: Relationship maps
I have to preface this by saying that reading Sorceror's Soul made me feel like Saul on the road to Damascus. It solved a fundamental problem I didn't even know…
In Adept Press
Participants: james_west, joshua neff, Paul Czege, greyorm, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Dav, Uncle Dark.

6/22/2001 james_west: Example scenario
I'm thinking when you release the alpha, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have an example scenario, to give people an idea of the sort of story you had…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: james_west, GreatWolf.

6/22/2001 james_west: A Mechanic for Other Plot Types?
In Relationship Maps, Edwards has done a very good job of producing a concrete mechanic for running scenarios based on the style of plot found in mysteries and a lot…
In RPG Theory
Participants: james_west, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, Uncle Dark.

7/2/2001 james_west: The Undertoad
Hey - When is this going to be available through stores? Are you doing online sales? I've had a series of interesting ideas about this sort of game since I…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: james_west, Jason L Blair.

7/5/2001 james_west: Favorite things I've learned
Favorite things I’ve learned from reading this site: (1) Facilitating the creation of good stories as an explicit design goal. This is from the GNS discussions. Previously, I’d only thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: james_west, joshua neff, John Wick.

7/31/2001 james_west: My first sorceror session (sort of).
I ran a session Saturday the 28th that mostly used Sorceror rules and genre, although I threw in a whole bunch of other stylistic weirdness. For instance, scenes were rarely…
In Actual Play
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Paul Czege, Dav, hardcoremoose, Ferry Bazelmans, greyorm.

7/31/2001 james_west: Why are all the reviews by Ron Edwards?
The topic pretty much says it all. You might put something about how one goes about submitting a review and who may do so in the Review Philosophy Page.
In Review Discussion
Participants: james_west, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2001 james_west: Running Elfs at a con ...
I've got a convention coming up in two weeks, and I've got two sessions of Elfs in the schedule. One in which I'm planning on running a perversion of Keep…
In Adept Press
Participants: james_west, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, Jared A. Sorensen.

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