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7/3/2003 Ben Lehman: Anyone know Chinese weaponry?
Hey-- I'm working on a pet setting for Riddle of Steel, which heavily features a China analouge. And I have realized that my knowledge of Chinese weapons and fighting tactics…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Paganini, MrGeneHa, Eamon Voss, Morfedel, Bankuei, abzu.

7/3/2003 Lebo77: Combat sim Question
Just wondering why plate armor is giveing Max Steele a 14 chest armor. I thought the right number was 6. Or am I reaing the rules wrong somewhere?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lebo77, Ashton.

7/3/2003 masqueradeball: Copyright Information
I have been developing a fantasy world since I was about 14 (now 20) that sprang up from a number of influence but a seemingly nonsensical name seems to have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: masqueradeball, Kester Pelagius, cruciel, WDFlores.

7/3/2003 Eddy Fate: Website Updated
The website has been updated with the latest Errata, and a sneak peek at the Metal Wars cover! Check it out! http://www.zmangames.com/CAH
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

7/3/2003 WDFlores: Thoughtcrime (formerly Iron City) - concept sketch
Hello. I'm doing some backtracking and much trashing of drafts with my little project (the last post concerning which is here: The Iron City: Secrets and Subversives). I've gone in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: WDFlores, scobie, Jonathan Walton, Chris Goodwin, Daredevil, Mike Holmes, gobi, Emily Care, komradebob2, inthisstyle, Praetus, Cemendur, Dumirik.

7/3/2003 Jake Norwood: New web page look
The first few pages of the new official TROS web page are up. So far I've updated the Market page and the home/news page. The content is mostly the same,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashton, ethan_greer, deltadave, Wolfen, Bracken, Jason Kottler, Nick Pagnucco.

7/3/2003 Claymore: New Feudal Lifepaths posted
I have just completed 7 new lifepaths appropriate for a Feudal setting. They were designed using Luke's excellent Lifepath Creation guidelines. I'd love to hear any comments anyone might have.…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Claymore, Bracken, abzu.

7/2/2003 ryand: Submitted for Your Consideration: Changes to ORIGINS Awards
The following is a proposal I intend to submit to GAMA and the Academy for review. Following the widespread dissatisfaction with this year's ORIGINS Award process, I believe rapid, significant…
In Publishing
Participants: ryand, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Andy Kitkowski, GMSkarka, ethan_greer, Pramas, HinterWelt, Bruce Baugh, kwill.

7/2/2003 rafial: Re: Revised Artha Rules
[quote="abzu"] also, a revised character sheet to accomodate the new info: [/quote] Hey, a quick note on the single page character sheet. Under armor, it has separate spaces for upper…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: rafial, abzu.

7/2/2003 Jason L Blair: NEW GAME: E*A*K
Key 20 Publishing announces E*A*K: Eldritch Ass Kicking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason L Blair, Editor-in-Chief, Key 20 Publishing, PO Box 832, Brunswick, Ohio 44212. press@key20.com. More information is available…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Spooky Fanboy, greyorm, Matt Snyder.

7/2/2003 abzu: Revised Artha Rules
Here are revised artha rules for use with Burning Wheel. The original system works just fine. These work better. http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/artha_wheel_r2.pdf also, a revised character sheet to accomodate the new info:…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Claymore.

7/2/2003 Christopher Kubasik: The HQ / Glorantha Website Link Sticky Thread
Ooookay! I've just volunteered to set up a Sticky Thread for Glorantha links around the internet. This way, if anyone wants to provide a link to their site, or someone…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Peter Nordstrand.

7/2/2003 Bailywolf: A great story, chock full O werid
Anyone read anything by Mick Farren? Writer, reporter, & musician- Mick wears many hats. I've been reading his stuff for years, and his sci-fi remains some of the odd writing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.

7/2/2003 Matt Gwinn: Soliciting reviews
Does anyone want to write a review for the expanded edition of Kayfabe? ,Matt Gwinn
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2003 Mike Holmes: My Life with Master: Origins
Well, Origins was a great time, as usual. Late one evening I found myself in a hotel room with a bunch of folks, and we were trying to decide on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, Valamir, Alan, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, TSL, Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Nick Pagnucco, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Paul's Girl, Bob McNamee, Comte.

7/2/2003 Eric Kimball: Color based RPG (feedback requested)
My group has just finish work on a RPG that uses colors instead of numbers to define characters. In a nutshell each color is associated with a stat Red: Vigor,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eric Kimball, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, taalyn, Thomas Tamblyn, simon_hibbs, permacultureguerilla.

7/2/2003 ADGBoss: Advertising and Reviews
If you have a project that you are going good and steady on and should be done on time, how do you solicit reviews of the material and where can…
In Publishing
Participants: ADGBoss, Matt Gwinn, Matt, rpghost, Christian Walker, Brand_Robins.

7/2/2003 Malechi: Katanapunk! ...blood, honour, steel...attitude!(LONG)
Last night I kicked off an idea that has been stewing around in my head since I first saw TROS. Based off the Blade of the Immortal manga series, Kurosawa…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Malechi, Wolfen, Valamir, Jake Norwood, 6inTruder, Mike Holmes, Paka, cruciel, Ben Lehman, Thorsten, Waiwode, Vanguard.

7/2/2003 Claymore: Starting a Burning Wheel Campaign
Abzu asked me to post some notes as how I converted my existing 4 year campaign to Burning Wheel. The most recent system used was The Riddle of Steel (the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Claymore, abzu.

7/1/2003 Tony Irwin: Sim game: Exploring the City
After writing some thoughts and questions about resolution mechanics for sim games in this thread, here's my sketch of a sim game that has a resolution system that focuses on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tony Irwin, scobie, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Marco.

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7/4/2003 mike: Donjon... using Fudge dice!
Okay, I have a weird idea. I really love Donjon, but the dice pool mechanic turns me away. I want something simpler. So, I'm thinking of using Fudge dice instead…
In CRN Games
Participants: mike, Sonja, xjermx, cpeterso, furashgf.

7/4/2003 brianm: Social contract stuff Diaries of a Dysfunctional group
Summary Part 1 Email from the GM informing all players that when we show up next we will be playing new game of his choice Part 2 Email from a…
In Actual Play
Participants: brianm, Dr. Velocity, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Alan, Mike Holmes.

7/4/2003 chadu: New Game Announcements?
Would this be the appropriate forum to post information about an upcoming game? Or is there a better one? Many thanks in advance, CU
In Publishing
Participants: chadu, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/4/2003 Ron Edwards: Ethan's question: censorship & personal attacks
Hello, In the recent thread regarding the Step On Up article, Ethan was intrigued by one of Brian's comments, and wrote: I have no idea what Brian is talking about…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, talysman, Kester Pelagius, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei.

7/4/2003 Marco: Contradictory Gamism
Hey Ron, High competition in Step On Up plus low competition in Challenge = entirely team-based play, party style against a shared Challenge, but with value placed on some…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, BPetroff93, ross_winn, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, contracycle, epweissengruber.

7/4/2003 BPetroff93: Introducing Narritive gaming to the ol' group
Hey Guys (93, to those who know), Long time reader, 1st time post. After reading Sorcerer (thank you Ron), I started to realize that I wasn't dissatisfied with my hobby,…
In Actual Play
Participants: BPetroff93, Roy, Wolfen, Dave Panchyk, Bob McNamee, Comte, jdagna, Ben Morgan, WDFlores.

7/4/2003 Cadriel: The Party Principle.
This is something that has always bothered me in roleplaying games: there almost instinctively a "party" or general group that becomes the collective protagonists of the game. For the most…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cadriel, BPetroff93, M. J. Young, Marco, Dr. Velocity, RobMuadib, Ben Morgan, Lxndr, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, SFEley, Christopher Kubasik, simon_hibbs, contracycle.

7/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Publisher and reatiler -- competing roles?
My immersion into the RPG businbess is getting deeper. I have finally accepted an offer to run an online store selling RPG books, and Hopcroft Hobby games should be open…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jgbrowning, jdagna, Christian Walker, Space Cowboy, kwill.

7/4/2003 Roy: [Synergy] - Bare Bones v1.0
Hey everyone! I took a little vacation from the hobby, but I'm back and better than ever. I really missed you guys. I started seriously working on my own roleplaying…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Roy, Jack Spencer Jr, Kester Pelagius.

7/5/2003 Michael Hopcroft: New Reviews
Dreamscribe e-zine and The Downloader's Julky issue have reivews of HeartQuest and HeartQuest Diceless, respectively. Hopefully someone who sees this will be able to track down the URLs. I especially…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

7/5/2003 sirogit: New Mechanic Idea: Applied Knowledge
I was toying with this idea in my head, and was wondering to what degree it's been used before... As I don't really like how "knowledge" like skills are used…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, gobi, Dr. Velocity, Mike Holmes.

7/5/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Writer wanted for revamp of indie furry game
Are you a freelance writer familair with: 1. the Action! System 2. the D20 modern SRD 3. The anthropomorphic ("furry" genre 4. Polcie action dramas If so, Seraphim Guard needs…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Snakefeather, masqueradeball.

7/5/2003 kwill: new article notification?
would it be possible to set up a subscription list/option such that a user could be pm'd or emailed when new articles are added to the Forge? or even emailed…
In Site Discussion
Participants: kwill, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/6/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Sharks With Lasers On Their Heads!!
Over in this thread I wrote the following: Side note: I am disturbed, but not surprised by your suggestion of the dead body in the trunk. It seems to be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Cadriel, jdagna, Comte, Christopher Kubasik, RobMuadib, Roy, BPetroff93, M. J. Young, ross_winn, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Bruce Baugh, pete_darby, komradebob2, Jared A. Sorensen, Ian Charvill, Lxndr, SFEley, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2003 sirogit: Simplest System possible.
I was wondering what the simplest rpg system possible would be, fufilling most basic expectations of a system, such as: 1. Characters have different capabilities. 2. Descisions on success are…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Knarf, permacultureguerilla.

7/6/2003 Lxndr: Sorcerer Online - redux
[quote] Thing #2 is the planned main feature of Sorcerer Online, specifically a means to archive and describe ACTUAL PLAY to one another in a decent, interesting fashion. It will…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Delta1, Ben Morgan, Fabrice G., Clay, Clinton R. Nixon, MrWrong, Hardpoint.

7/6/2003 Kester Pelagius: [Review] - Synergy
[BODY] [FONT SIZE=5]Synergy: Bare Bones v 1.0 [/FONT] [FONT SIZE=4]Review by C. Demetrius Morgan [/FONT] [B][FONT SIZE=4]Synopsis [/B][/FONT] Synergy is a bare bones role-playing system in development created by Roy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Roy.

7/6/2003 Michael Tree: Fading Suns Energy Shields
I'm going to try running a Fading Suns game with the tRoS rules soon. Most of the conversion is pretty easy, a matter of creating new skills, improvising new skill…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Michael Tree, Wolfen, Salamander.

7/6/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Map Q's
Hey, First off, i was wondering if a legend will ever come out for the Weyrth Map, im having some trouble making out where certain boundries are and such. I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

7/7/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Action, the Core Resolution or Just a Dull Habit?
Hi all, This thread is picking up a new trail from Jack's Shark/Laser thread. Ross asked, "I heartily agree. Do you have any ideas for resolution systems that are not…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, ross_winn, Marco, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, John Kim, John Harper, Thomas Tamblyn, Ben Lehman, Lxndr, M. J. Young, Jeph, Mortaneus.

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