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10/1/2001 Galfraxas: My New Project
From the cluttered desk of Tim: I'm working on a new RPG, "The Blackest Sea". It's about pirates in space. I'm talking about pirates like Blackbeard, not those silly space…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Galfraxas, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/30/2001 Zak Arntson: Sitcom - Freebie RPG
[H3][A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/sitcom.html"]Sitcom - roleplaying in tv hell[/A][/H3] Okay, it's a silly game where you play a part in a Sitcom. I'd love to hear opinions and get custom-variations from y'all.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Matt, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/29/2001 Marco: Sorry about the inappropriate post.
Removed Msg about newly released book. -Marco
In Publishing
Participants: Marco.

9/29/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Update -- Big News
Big News first. Well, it's big news for me. My girlfriend and I are leaving California in a few months to head back to the Motherland. New England, that is.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, ravensron, Matt, Valamir, tldenmark.

9/29/2001 Jason L Blair: Key20.com Is Down
Just a quick note to say that key20.com is temporarily down. It's showing another domain hosted on the box right now. The site belongs to a friend of mine so…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

9/28/2001 Silvertig: The supplimentary books
Looking at the offical Key 20 website I saw that they plan to release a few books called "Blessed are the Children" and "Behind the Door: Closetland". The release dates…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Silvertig, Jason L Blair.

9/28/2001 Matt Gwinn: The Cost of Art
I was just wondering what all you published game designers pay for your art. My game Kayfabe is reaching completion and I'm in the process of getting some art together…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, greyorm, Le Joueur.

9/28/2001 unodiablo: Destroy All Games
Hi Forgers & CoRE members, Just a little note to let you know I've put up a (terrible) site with my two games on it; Dead Meat, and 2 Page…
In Destroy All Games
Participants: unodiablo.

9/28/2001 Matt Gwinn: I need advice
As my wrestling game Kayfabe reaches completion I have found myself in a rather awkward spot. For those of you unfamiliar with Kayfabe, this is how the game works now.…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/28/2001 Galfraxas: Dead Eyes
I just finished a small RPG within the past hour. It's called Dead Eyes, and it's just plain simple, and it's about being a zombie. Less than a page in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Galfraxas, Mike Holmes, unodiablo.

9/27/2001 Mike Holmes: Plot Flow and Metagame Resources
I mentioned to Ron that I agree with many that The Pool is an important design due to the fact that it lays bare the relationship between Metagame Resources and…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, James V. West.

9/27/2001 Tor Erickson: Tragedy in the Pool
Hi all, What do you think about using the Pool as a vehicle to run a tragedy? I've been thinking about this over and came up with a couple of…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Tor Erickson, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, Ben Morgan, Mithras, James V. West.

9/27/2001 lumpley: Narrative Sharing for Gamists
Over at http://www.geocities.com/lumpley/rant.html is a bit from a game of mine about narrative sharing for gamists. I'd love to hear what all y'all smart people think. However, and this is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, James V. West, Mike Holmes, contracycle, random, Mytholder.

9/26/2001 Mike Holmes: Web Page Content
I can do HTML, and so can Ralph. We're not challenged as far as that goes. What is challenging is coming up with something to put on a web page.…
In Publishing
Participants: Mike Holmes, Matt, Nathan, Paul Czege, Marco.

9/26/2001 Galfraxas: When Players think the GM is trying to kill them...
Something odd happened at my last gaming session. I was running a one shot adventure of All Flesh Must Be Eaten, using the Adventure that comes with the screen, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Galfraxas, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Marco, Mike Holmes, Knight, Wart, unodiablo, Jared A. Sorensen, Ian O'Rourke, xiombarg.

9/26/2001 Ron Edwards: Emily's second article
Hey everybody, Emily Dresner has presented the second in her series of articles about the nuts & bolts of RPG publishing. Discuss! Best, Ron
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily Dresner.

9/26/2001 Jeffrey Straszheim: Filling The Pool :)
This is related to the current topic "No Islands in The Pool". What bothers me most about the conclusions in that thread is the idea that, from a statistical perspective,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Blake Hutchins.

9/26/2001 Galfraxas: Magical Crimes Division Is Now Available
Hey everybody, I've finally finished the first edit of Magical Crimes Division, the Magical Cops RPG. It's available on my webpage, or there's a direct download link below. I hope…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Galfraxas, Ron Edwards.

9/26/2001 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming - Red Box D&D
Okay, so our Sunday Indie Gaming went a little odd this weekend. I had to step out while the gang played Chez Geek ... One of our players had never…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ben Morgan, J B Bell, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/25/2001 Paul Czege: no islands in the pool
Hey everyone, I ran the second session of my scenario for The Pool last night, and I have to say that if you'd been there, the one thing you'd have…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paul Czege, Epoch, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Matt Gwinn, Blake Hutchins.

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10/1/2001 Gordon C. Landis: New Wastelands
Hey! Did I miss an annoucement somewhere? There're a number of new chapters of "The Wastelands" up at Wicked Press! I'm off on vacation soon, so it's unlikely I'll add…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, John Wick, Ron Edwards, tldenmark.

10/2/2001 Marco: Cultists!
Ok, maybe this has been done before (which is why I'm asking). I've been brainstorming for ideas for a source-book for our multi-genre game system (Universal, Ron! Universal! hah!) JAGS…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Marco, Matt, GB Steve, contracycle.

10/2/2001 Ferry Bazelmans: Redesigning SOAP
The subject says it all, doesn't it? I want to revise, expand and update SOAP to reflect actual playtesting (which has been done extensively by you guys - you rule).…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

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.

10/2/2001 John Wick: Honor Among Thieves
[quote] On 2001-10-02 10:21, Ron Edwards wrote: This is more about Honor Among Thieves, but here goes. John, have you read "God Stalk" by P.C. Hodgell? I think it's one…
In Wicked Press
Participants: John Wick, pointless point, Ron Edwards.

10/2/2001 Mike Holmes: Motivations and Behaviors of RPG Participants
As an extension to the discussion in Interesting Article... below, we'd like to look at a discussion of what sorts of motivations are found in people who play RPGs, and,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege.

10/2/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Top 5 Begins!
Not sure if this is the place for it, but the Top 5 RPG's series of articles has begun on Fandomlife.net. The first one is very interesting - or I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Marco, greyorm, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

10/3/2001 pacific_steve: Started reading Hero Wars and.......
Ok, I've finally started to read Hero Wars. It's badly organised, that much is obvious. They need to do a serious rework of this. If I was a complete newbie,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: pacific_steve, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, epweissengruber.

10/3/2001 Valamir: Log In not working?
is the log in feature not working? Not only is it not recognizing me when I arrive, but entering my name and password in the Log In link appears to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Epoch.

10/4/2001 Jason L Blair: First Biweekly Update is Up!
A few days late. Blame the server problems. :wink: Check out the Toy Chest. This installment is entitled, "The Rusted Swing." Let me know what you think. _________________ Jason…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Don Lag, Ronin_Mage, Skywalker, Ron Edwards.

10/4/2001 Nathan: The Wild's Modified Pot Read
For those of you who are not familiar, the Wild can be found here" http://www.mysticages.com/wild. The system is beyond simple -- but it needs something. It doesn't work perfectly…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose.

10/5/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Quartet
Okay, bad idea time. Four humans from earth (the players) are taken aboard a huge starship, given crazy phat technology and powers by a group of benevolent aliens and charged…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Galfraxas, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Nathan, Paul Czege.

10/5/2001 joshua neff: mildly disappointed
I just popped over to the Issaries website. Their revised production schedule has pushed the Lunar sourcebook back to next spring. Bloody hell! The one book I was looking forward…
In HeroQuest
Participants: joshua neff, pacific_steve, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/5/2001 Galfraxas: Squeam - The Bad Guy Way
I showed a copy of Squeam 3 to a friend the other day, and he brought up an interesting question. Why can't a player, or multiple players for that matter,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/5/2001 Knight: Salvaging Unknown Armies
I dislike Unknown Armies. I really, really dislike it. But, I think I've hit on a way of getting a good game out of it - use the Dying Earth…
In Actual Play
Participants: Knight, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, Ian O'Rourke, Epoch, Jason L Blair.

10/5/2001 Nathan: The Thousand Setting Project
Hello Game Designers, I am proud to give you the first take on what should be an ambitious project -- the Thousand Setting Project. The goal of this project is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan.

10/5/2001 Nathan: Issue Nine Is Here!
Issue Nine is on the site, folks, featuring: Ryan's Rant No. 6 (Ryan M. Rank) And I'm a Gamer (by MJ Young) Five Character Backgrounds (by Nathan Hill) High Plains…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

10/7/2001 James V. West: Updated version of The Pool: testing my novice html skills.
Hey all I put up an updated version of The Pool (version 127.29???). It's my first attempt at html so be gentle. There's nothing fancy about it whatsoever. I think…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, GB Steve, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Jeffrey Straszheim.

10/8/2001 Dav: Little Fears
My Thursday night group has started Little Fears. First, let me say that the character sheet, more than almost anything else, truly helps the character development stage. Filling in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

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.

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