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7/18/2003 inthisstyle: Action Token System
OK, I am toying around with a strange sort of resolution mechanic and I am interested in the board's feedback on it. This is still firmly in the idea stage,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inthisstyle, taalyn, wyrdlyng, xiombarg.

7/18/2003 Lxndr: A Snowball's Chance in Hell (Pool Variant)
(Also posted to Indie-Netgaming) Thought y'all might get a kick out of this. Snowball (Snowball is a variant rules system based on 'The Pool' and 'The Questing Beast,' as well…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Lxndr, James V. West, Shreyas Sampat, nuanarpoq, Paul Czege.

7/18/2003 urbwar: Trait Specialties Question
I see it says you can get specialites free during character creation. Does it matter if you take the level 1 or level 2 specialty? Also, what if you wanted…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar, Eddy Fate, Norbert.

7/18/2003 Ron Edwards: GENCON 2003 - BOOTH LOGISTICS
Hello, All right, it's time to discuss logistics. I and a bunch of other people will be arriving on Wednesday, setting up the booth, and probably running into all manner…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Jürgen Mayer, greyorm.

7/15/2003 Bankuei: Participation / Illusionism
[quote]Illusionism is in the articles as a valid, functional form of play. A recent poster just spoke out against it and doubted it as a vaild form ... [/quote] That…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Marco, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes, cruciel, M. J. Young, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, John Kim.

7/18/2003 Matt Wilson: More Danger Patrol! The Mad Professor Landig
Last night we picked up where my character, Dr. Langston Bradbury, had just realized who we were up against. I spent the ten Action chips I had saved up, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, rafial, John Harper.

7/18/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres PDF owners...!
If you purchased InSpectres 2.4 (or earlier) online, you're elligible for a special deal on the print version. Normally, the print version is $20 but existing customers can order a…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

7/18/2003 Spof: Hitlocation
At first, i will thank you a lot for creating so a great game-engine. i like the TROS-system very much. at second, please excuse my bad english but i come…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Spof, Kaare Berg, Salamander, Jake Norwood, kenjib, Valamir.

7/18/2003 Jack Aidley: GM, DM, referee, storyteller, storyguide, etc., etc.
I've been thinking lately about what to call the GM in my games, as you can guess from the prior sentence I've always tended to use GM. But I'm wondering…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Aidley, pete_darby, Cadriel, Ben Morgan, Bob McNamee, jdagna, Marco, Ian Charvill, efindel, John Kim, Blake Hutchins, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, M. J. Young, Sylus Thane, Andrew Martin, Levi Kornelsen.

7/18/2003 John: Sorcerer & Sword Pact Rules
The Pact rules in Sorcerer & Sword seem fairly straightforward when applied to on-going tasks like having a demon guard a vault. However, they are less obvious when applied to…
In Adept Press
Participants: John, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Feature Request or Technical Help
How can I view unread posts in a specific forum category? Is there something I can put into the search function to do this? (Like if I were looking for…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Shreyas Sampat.

7/18/2003 Harsh Tranquility: Union|Tides of Steel
Hi, I know some of you where here back in Febuary, when my brother (Quentin, Harsh Attack) first posted about our selves and our game, but since it has been…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Harsh Tranquility, samdowning, Cemendur, greyorm, Harsh Attack, Mike Holmes.

7/18/2003 Draigh: Favorite TRoS art.
I think this might have been done before, but I couldn't find it in the search and there's some more new guys around that might enjoy it. What's your favorite…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Draigh, Salamander, Sir Mathodius Black, kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ben, prophet118.

7/17/2003 Jake Norwood: New guy on the Actual Play forum
There's a new guy on the actual play forum asking Riddle quesitons. Somebody go over there and help him out, please. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/17/2003 Chris Passeno: [Seneschal Tips] The paperwork and advice?
I will be starting my first attempt at running TROS this Sunday at my FLGS. It will be our first meeting of a newly assembled group. I believe that I've…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Chris Passeno, Jake Norwood, Draigh.

7/17/2003 Matt Snyder: Daedalus e-zine prospectus
I'm seeking articles and content for a new e-zine dedicated to RPGs as a hobby. The HTML & PDF e-zine will be titled Daedalus, and it launches in October 15.…
In Connections
Participants: Matt Snyder.

7/17/2003 Andy Kitkowski: [Site Hop] Running Sorcerer with 4+ players
I doubt that this is kosher, posting here asking people to check out another thread on another board, but a topic came up there that I'm very interested in, and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

7/17/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Poison
Hey, Are there any rules for Poisons out yet? I didnt see any in the Rulebook, so will there be supplements with pioson rules or have some rules already been…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Brian Leybourne.

7/17/2003 Franklin11Hour: Question about Riddle of Steel Rules
Ok I got everything down pat except for Proficiencies. Say I have the priority that gives me 6 points to distribute. Now what? In my character designing, I put 3…
In Actual Play
Participants: Franklin11Hour, Jake Norwood, Durgil, Valamir, Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, The GM, Draigh.

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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7/18/2003 Clint o' the Eastwood: Magical basics?
This may have been covered in this forum already but I havn't found it, and it didnt seem to be covered on their website. Could someone describe the basics of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clint o' the Eastwood, Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Lebo77, kenjib.

7/18/2003 taalyn: multiple combatants
I just can't figure this out - how does stance and initiative work if you have several people involved? For example, if Bob hits Carl, and Doug hits Bob, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: taalyn, Jake Norwood.

7/18/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS character submissions
I was playing around with Brian's TROS CharGen program, and I thought it would be neat if people could swap characters back and forth or download them via the TROS…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Bogie_71.

7/18/2003 Jake Norwood: Getting in contact with RPGMall, etc.
I would really like to know how to get your games listed here. Anyone know who I need to contact? Jake
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, GMSkarka, rpghost, Hardpoint, Ron Edwards, Simon W, samdowning.

7/18/2003 Jürgen Mayer: InSpectres in the newspaper!
There was an article about me, my local RPG con and my small press company in the culture section of one of the big newspapers in my area last week.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/18/2003 Jürgen Mayer: An inspectrish conversation with GraveyardGreg
Just a snippet from a very funny chat with Greggy... I had to share this: "DisasterMachine: We have a new project lined up though - Jared's InSpectres GraveyardGreg: *weeps bitterly*…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/18/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Question on Countries
Ok, so this is probably a stupid question with the answer right in front of my face but ill ask anyway. im confused with some of the modifiers for certain…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Lebo77, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale.

7/19/2003 Cadriel: Phantom - thumbnail sketch
This is an idea for a game I've been hashing out in my head all day; I think I've got it distilled to the point where I can communicate the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cadriel, Mike Holmes, roleplyr4ever.

7/19/2003 Chris Passeno: Jared Sarason is a Loup Garou?
I should have know. It explains a lot of things. -Chris
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Chris Passeno, Brian Leybourne.

7/19/2003 Valamir: Actual Play thread on lines, veils, and Facts as "ratin
for reference http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=75875#75875
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

7/19/2003 Yasha: Hero Wars in Tzaa
Our Thursday Night Group has grown into Ultimate Gamer Assembly X, currently a group with seven players -- soon to expand to eight or nine, I hear. Because of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Yasha, Hafaza, Mike Holmes, johnzo, Blake Hutchins, contracycle, epweissengruber.

7/19/2003 BenjaminRogers: [Promised Sands] Playtesting Review posted at RPGnet
[url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9531.phtml]Playtesting Review of Promised Sands[/url] Several people have asked what it is like to play [b]Promised Sands[/b] and so I offer this as a non-biased opinion. Sure, [i]I[/i] can tell…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: BenjaminRogers.

7/19/2003 permacultureguerilla: Okay. Long and complicated.
Well first off, I've been hoping to find a board like this for some time, and must have just not been looking right. I am going nuts here. I feel…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: permacultureguerilla, Dumirik, Alan, greyorm.

7/19/2003 Lebo77: Check my math on a spell
I had posted thin in another thread but got no response, so here I repost it in it's own thread. Oh yeah, what would the CTN be for the following…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lebo77, Jake Norwood, prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Spartan, Valamir, kenjib, Anthony I, Morfedel.

7/19/2003 permacultureguerilla: What I call the "8."
This is probably more appropriate for this section than my last topic. Here goes . . . I'm hoping you don't mind me just posting this text. If it's too…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: permacultureguerilla, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Shreyas Sampat.

7/19/2003 gospog: GenCon
Who's going, and more specifically, who will be playing in the octaNe game - Court of the Dragon King? My wife and I will both be in that game, just…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: gospog, Jared A. Sorensen, Lxndr.

7/19/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Mini-maxing
For those following the threads in Actual Play (1) (2), suffice to say that Brian is out of that group, and I personally think it's for the better. One thing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ben Lehman, Andrew Martin, C. Edwards, pete_darby, John Kim, Marco, Comte, jdagna, M. J. Young, Piers Brown, Jack Aidley, Fletcher, Thierry Michel, Nick Pagnucco, contracycle, Hunter Logan, Akos Szederjei.

7/19/2003 ks13: Just picked up a copy of BW
I managed to find a copy at my local game store (Pandemonium Books is a great little shop). First off, I really liked the packaging and presentation. The two smaller…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: ks13, abzu, Ron Edwards.

7/20/2003 Draigh: TFoB
Jake and or Brian: Are you guys taking submissions for The Flower of Battle? If you are, what are you looking for?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Draigh, Jake Norwood.

7/20/2003 anonymouse: HEX/cyberpunk characters.
HEX is technically "techno-urban" roleplaying, but traditional cyberpunk is certainly found under that umbrella. I mention HEX specifically because I don't know of anyone else working on such a game…
In RPG Theory
Participants: anonymouse, M. J. Young, ross_winn.

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