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7/16/2003 George Edward Purdy: Professional Artist offering services to indies
I know that some of you have been looking for artists. I've decided that, since I am also an indie game designer working on my own RPGs, it would probably…
In Connections
Participants: George Edward Purdy.

7/16/2003 Jonathan Walton: Cool & Clever?
[quote="On the Nobilis List, R. Sean Borgstrom"]Why do the rules exist? Today I think it is "to get the players to feel cool and clever on a regular basis."[/quote] Wow.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle, WDFlores, Alan, pete_darby, Shreyas Sampat, Jared A. Sorensen, adaen, Ben Lehman, Marco, Jeffrey Miller, SFEley, Ian Charvill.

7/16/2003 madelf: help with magic?
Greetings to all! I'm new here (my first post). I've noticed some familiar names from RPGnet, so some of you may recognize me from there. Anyway, to get to the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: madelf, talysman, simon_hibbs, contracycle, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, greyorm, John Kim, permacultureguerilla, taalyn.

7/15/2003 Nick Pagnucco: help w/ vocab
I've been trying recently to understand other issues discussed here other than strictly dealing with the three categories of G, N, & S. Specifically, I've been trying to hunt down…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Marco, Mike Holmes, WDFlores.

7/15/2003 Valamir: Harn and Columbia Games
Well, theres a big thread on RPG.net (as well as the Harn forums) about disputes between the Publisher of Harn (Columbia Games) and the Creator of Harn (Robin Crossby). Regardless…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, greyorm, HinterWelt.

7/15/2003 urbwar: Getting my nephew into roleplaying via CAH!
So my nephew has wanted to learn how to roleplay for a few years now. I chose to wait until he turned 13, since that was the age I first…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Valamir.

7/15/2003 talysman: Cafe Press publishing
we've known it was coming soon for a while now, but Cafe Press just put up information on their website about selling print-on-demand books through them. you can do set-up…
In Publishing
Participants: talysman, rpghost, Paul Czege, jdagna, Mike Holmes, Clay.

7/14/2003 Jürgen Mayer: NURD aftershow report
Hey everyone, it seems that I survived the ninth incarnation of my comfy little local con NURD (Nurembergs Ultimate Roleplaying Disaster) - and it was a blast. Approximately 120-150 eager…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes.

7/14/2003 Sliver: cyberpunk artist needed
i need some pixs for my cyber punk RPG
In Connections
Participants: Sliver.

7/14/2003 JSDiamond: ORBIT now!
As of 12:35 a.m. Sunday July 13, 2003 I have plugged in the last .tif image and Orbit is finished! It's press time (finally) and after much inspiration and thought…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond.

7/14/2003 gobi: Game terminology in PUNK
(I'm not sure if this is the proper forum to ask this question, it might be more appropriate for RPG Theory. If so, I'll be glad to move it.) The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Thomas Tamblyn, Cemendur, kregmosier, WDFlores, Shreyas Sampat, rafael, Lxndr, ross_winn.

7/14/2003 Bishop: Star Children figures
A friend of mine works in a game store and has many in store games. Figures are nearly a must for most games. Well, we were talking about running a…
In XIG Games
Participants: Bishop.

7/14/2003 Jos: Help required!
Hi. This is a question concerning the Wizards of Morcar Expansion Set for HeroQuest. I've dug out some stuff from some time ago, and have lost one of the six…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Jos, Fabrice G..

7/14/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Modern/Futuristic ROS
What do you all think about the idea of either a modern or futuristic ROS? THe conversions would be pretty simple, and my gaming group and i have done it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Lebo77, Ashren Va'Hale, Caz, deltadave, Jasper the Mimbo, svenlein, Kaare Berg, Salamander, Brian Leybourne.

7/14/2003 Ocelot: This game looks really cool....questions
Hey everybody. I just found out about this game today and I have read quite a bit about it. It seems like it would be perfect for my group. Just…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Ocelot, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

7/14/2003 Matt Gwinn: Printed copies now available!!
The print copies of Kayfabe are finally here and are ready to be shipped!!! You can order it at http://errantknightgames.com/kayfabe/buy.html ,Matt Gwinn Errant Knight Games
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

7/14/2003 Matt Snyder: Last Dust Devils print edition available at GenCon 2003
The last of the Dust Devils print edition will be available at GenCon at the Forge Booth. I will only be doing print editions of my games in limited runs,…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, greyorm.

7/14/2003 ejh: Free Art for your Game! some ideas I'm tossing round
I've been thinking it might be fun to make a site/blog/something like that where I offered art under a creative commons license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/ ) that would be amenable to…
In Connections
Participants: ejh, Urandal, Ron Edwards, Menace, Pelinderian, Hardpoint.

7/14/2003 M. J. Young: Reading Games as Substitutionary for Play?
[quote="In [i][a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7162"](rantish) Interactive Fantasy and Dysfunction[/a][/i], Wayne a.k.a. Cadriel"] What I'm getting from your whole post (I picked a line that really exemplified it well) is that you like…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Marco, greyorm, efindel, Jack Spencer Jr, xiombarg, Lxndr, talysman, gobi, jdagna, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, WDFlores, Unarmed, kamikaze.

7/13/2003 Bankuei: Social Contract Decisions for Coherency
Hi guys, I've been doing a lot of thinking about Coherency in games, and Incoherency as well. I'm coming more and more to the conclusion that Incoherency(in design, at least),…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, M. J. Young.

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7/16/2003 Jason L Blair: TROS-A Diana Jones Award Nominee
http://www.dianajonesaward.com/2003nominees.htm Congratulations, Jake!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jason L Blair, Gary_Bingham, Nick Pagnucco, Morfedel, prophet118, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, deltadave, pete_darby, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

7/16/2003 kregmosier: Octane Supplement?
http://www.rpgnews.com/index.php?query=&gettid=7&author= http://www.theescapist.com/funklords.htm An Octane Supplement?? really? just curious, -kreg
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: kregmosier, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/16/2003 Ron Edwards: Diana Jones nominees
Hi everybody, Check it out at the Diana Jones website. Best, Ron
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Jürgen Mayer, gobi, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, pete_darby.

7/16/2003 Marco: Can you do that!?
I'm running a Savage World's game for a group with some new-gamers and some experienced ones (and it's been non-functional in terms of getting started--there's a whole interesting story here…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marco, gobi, rafial.

7/16/2003 Matt Wilson: More Uni: "Your pole-dancing ability definitely applies
Another Tuesday night Universalis game, and more good stuff. As John will probably agree, this group tends to do a lot of socializin' that limits the amount of time left…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper, rafial, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Meredith, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2003 Matt Wilson: Donjon GAMMA
In a couple weeks I have the opportunity to run a 3-5 session game, and I'm thinking Donjon in a Gamma World-ish setting. Seems like a piece of cake on…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matt Wilson, Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, rafial.

7/16/2003 abzu: Convention Appearances for July-Dec 2003
[b]Gencon, July 25th to July 27th:[/b] At the Forge Booth from Friday Morning To Sunday Afternoon. Booth 1841 on the Upperdeck side. Indianapolis, In [a href=http://www.gencon.com]Gencon.com[/a] [b]Dragoncon, August 29th to…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

7/16/2003 Harsh Tranquility: Using GNS in our game
I have recently read through the GNS essays in the article section of this site, and evaluated myself and the way my game is being developed, and came to think…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Harsh Tranquility, Marco, WDFlores, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2003 Scripty: Importance of Characters
Hi. I'm mostly a lurker here, but I've run up against a wall in my last few campaigns. I could really use some solid advice from you guys (and girls)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Scripty, Ron Edwards, Marco, cruciel, Harsh Tranquility, Jeph, Ben Morgan, Ian Charvill, Gary_Bingham, Kaare Berg, ScottM, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Dr. Velocity, anonymouse, Clay, Lxndr, Paul Czege, SeanFrank, Dave Panchyk, johnzo.

7/16/2003 Jake Norwood: And the lucky winners are...
The following people get 1 free copy of OBAM thanks to their having between 1 and three accepted submissions: Lance "Wolfen" Allen Jürgen "Mad Moses" Mayer David "Furious D" May…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/17/2003 thereformant: Collaborative Community Game Design
Hi, I just discovered the forge today and have spent 3 hrs reading so far..absolutely great site. As you can tell im new so i apologise if this is off-topic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: thereformant, Aknaton, simon_hibbs, Paul Czege, M. J. Young, talysman, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

7/17/2003 John Harper: Adding traits, control, and other rules questions
Hello, We're playing Universalis like gangbusters over here in Seattle. I have a game that meets every Tuesday, and we usualy have 5-7 players each time. It's a total blast.…
In Universalis
Participants: John Harper, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

7/17/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Interesting Thread
You guys might find this interesting. A fellow on RPG.net is wanting to know the different things gamers are using CAH for.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller.

7/17/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Arrgh! August?
Argh! No, sorry, let me rephrase that: Argh! No, sorry, I'll try to be more eloquent: Argh! August? http://www.sjgames.com/newproducts/nrtext.html /Peter N
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, pete_darby, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

7/17/2003 Ian O'Rourke: Concept to Actual Play
I’ll warn everyone now, this may ramble a bit, and it may come to pass that numerous problems are identified rather than just one, but work with me and see…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Alan, Marco, Paul Czege, jdagna, Valamir.

7/17/2003 pete_darby: Ownership of FORGE derived works...
This is probably displacement activity / an excuse not to write, but... Following this thread, and this thread, which came from this thread, I'm farily raring to develop…
In Publishing
Participants: pete_darby, Ron Edwards.

7/17/2003 Jack Aidley: Dracula was Father Christmas!
So I decided to take a bit of a break from my usual game, and run a brief 'jaunt'. I wanted to experiment with giving the players more in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Aidley, Mike Holmes.

7/17/2003 Emily_Dresner: Writer looking for friends!
Boy, I feel incredibly, scathingly lame. But here it goes: After ~2 years of refusing to write anything for anyone and burning out extremely hard on all things that had…
In Connections
Participants: Emily_Dresner, Jonathan Walton, xiombarg, Dave Panchyk.

7/17/2003 Matt Wilson: GenCon: Parasite Games After Hours
Jeff and I both have games in progress, which we'd like the opportunity to share with any and all GenCon goers some evening after the show. The idea is we'd…
In Connections
Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Gordon C. Landis.

7/17/2003 Jake Norwood: Of Beasts and Men available for purchase!
Many of you allready know this from another thread, but I thought it deserved it's own thread... Of Beasts and Men, the first official TROS supplement is available for purchase…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Sir Mathodius Black, Lebo77, Draigh, deltadave, Darth Tang, Lxndr, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Salamander, kanseg, Chris Passeno, Michael Tree, LordIvan, Krammer, MonkeyWrench, Jason Kottler, catenwolde, Malechi.

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