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7/21/2003 Norbert: Tommy K and the Star Kitties... NOW TOURING! ;-)
Hi folks, two pages of really quick, inofficial character stats for the band, Tommy K and the Star Kitties, are now up in the Files section of the Spectrum Game…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert.

7/20/2003 Dave Panchyk: Hârn +6C character generation
After considerable discussion and informal social contract forging, my Hârn game began today with character creation and backstory. Despite being inspired by Scripty's great thread, I didn't leave in a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dave Panchyk, ADGBoss.

7/20/2003 permacultureguerilla: The colour triangle
I don't speak from experience, hopefully a week or two on the forge will help that. If not already done, I'm asking of a system template I call the colour…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: permacultureguerilla, taalyn.

7/20/2003 taalyn: Crux in playtest
Hey all, I've been playtesting Crux for about a month now, and introduced some new players last night. Here's what's been going on, and some thoughts sparked as a result:…
In Actual Play
Participants: taalyn.

7/20/2003 rpghost: RPGMall at GAMA?
I'm debating going to Gama next March... it is after all one of the best places to reach the retailers... but I may just settle for an ad in thier…
In Publishing
Participants: rpghost, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, HinterWelt, Pramas, GMSkarka, iago.

7/20/2003 kwill: interruptions, locations & "character" sheets
just a few questions after my first read-through... INTERRUPTIONS if Dave Interrupts Albert's turn, does play then proceed to Ed or hop back to Bob? I assume the former because…
In Universalis
Participants: kwill, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

7/20/2003 skittle32: Love-Inn|Rpg
I need members for my rpg,Love-Inn.It's new. If you wanna check it out go here pub35.ezboard.com/bloveinn
In Indie Game Design
Participants: skittle32.

7/20/2003 Norbert: Basis for Hurt Points
Boring question maybe, but I still wanted to ask: Last week, I was beginning to wonder what your basis in the design of the game was for making the Hurt…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert.

7/20/2003 Norbert: The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars
I am currently looking for a bunch of scholarly books on the history of animation and animators, especially for a tome called, "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARTOON SUPERSTARS" by John Cawley…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert.

7/20/2003 Norbert: The Hunt for Galdrek... how was it?
Hello, has anybody here (beside me) used the sample episode from the first Action Pack, "The Hunt For Galdrek"? If so, which player-characters did you use, which villains, and what…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert.

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.

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.

7/19/2003 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.

7/19/2003 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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.

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7/21/2003 Chris Passeno: [Columbus Roleplayers Club] TROS
The Meet and Greet went very well this last Sunday. Our club now numbers 3 people, with another two possibles. Me and Colen have been gaming together for a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Passeno, Valamir, hyphz, Lebo77, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, contracycle, Colen_Stapleton, Wolfen, DaGreatJL.

7/21/2003 Morfedel: A New Campaign....
Well, I've started a new campaign, and we just made characters. The made: Two brothers from Angharad, both having SAs that pretty much focus on battle and fighting. Things like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco, Gary_Bingham, Lebo77, buddha.

7/21/2003 ADGBoss: Seraphim: Candlebright Design Part 1 (Long)
This is going to be the first in a series of sort of Developer Journals as I put all the elements of Seraphim together and get it playtested and hopefully…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss.

7/21/2003 wyrdlyng: New Review @ RPG.Net
New review of HQ Diceless. http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9516.phtml
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: wyrdlyng.

7/21/2003 Dave Panchyk: GENCON: Say Hi to Bill
A guy I used to work with at Sierra is going to be their booth-monkey for demonstrating The Hobbit. (He's one of the few the French haven't laid off yet.)…
In Connections
Participants: Dave Panchyk.

7/21/2003 urbwar: Calling all Villains...
So as I am working on Blaze of Glory, I am finding myself a little stuck on creating villains. For the pilot episode, I am using an agent for the…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar, Lxndr, Derek Devlin.

7/21/2003 jburneko: Sorcerer Game Concept
A few days ago I saw a British mini-series called Ultraviolet. It was more or less a serious crime drama that just happened to include vampires. It wasn't really a…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, erithromycin, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2003 John Wick: Gen-Con Bound!
As most of you know, I've been working at www.neopets.com for the last few months, which has kept me very busy and away from designing. However, my bosses have arranged…
In Site Discussion
Participants: John Wick, Jake Norwood, Michael S. Miller, Enoch, Matt, Akos Szederjei.

7/22/2003 iago: Using Poker Dice
I'm in the process of cleaning up the Evil Hat following a move to another machine, and I've been digging up a few gems here and there. One favorite of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: iago, Lxndr, xiombarg, Brian Leybourne.

7/22/2003 Pelinderian: Eldritch Legends : 2 questions....
Ok, just so all of you know, I am new to the Forge ( at least to posting here), and also sort of new to the whole design thing. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Pelinderian, Dave Panchyk, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes.

7/22/2003 Franklin11Hour: Question about Combat
Ok I am asking more questions (thanks for any help!)... Is what I am about to say the right way to do combat? Berac: ST of 6 TO of 4…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Franklin11Hour, Overdrive, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Kaare Berg, Morfedel.

7/22/2003 Overdrive: Reach question
My favourite topic, rules questions regarding combat :) Does weapon length affect in any way the reflex contest if both combatant throw red? Specifically this question comes up when a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Overdrive, Jake Norwood.

7/22/2003 melchyor: Something Wrong with www.randomordercreations.com?
I've been getting nothing but 403 authorization error pages when I try to connect to www.randomordercreations.com for the last day or so. I am trying to get information on The…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: melchyor, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, Overdrive, Trevis Martin, Blake Hutchins.

7/22/2003 xiombarg: free/cheap PDF (Pretender PDF as example)
Hey, all. As as a quick search on "PDF" in this forum will show, there's a lot of information here on the Forge about how to produce a PDF on…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Kester Pelagius, madelf, contracycle, efindel, Clay, Reimer Behrends, Emily_Dresner, C. Edwards, iago, max.lambertini.

7/22/2003 ninguable: Sorcerer site down?
I went to buy Charnel Gods but both the Gilded Moose and the Sorcerer sites are down. And with Gencon coming up I suppose it'll take a while to get…
In Adept Press
Participants: ninguable, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Valamir.

7/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Moderation issue today
Hello, Some people are questioning my moderation in the RPGmall at GAMA? thread in the Publishing forum. I have a few things to say about that which are not subject…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, xiombarg, iago, permacultureguerilla.

7/22/2003 hyphz: So how DO you interpret SAs?
Ok, I know I've been confused about this before, but seeing OBAM and thinking about TROS in general has brought it back to my mind again. The original thread -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, jburneko, contracycle, Jake Norwood.

7/22/2003 Lebo77: Wyrms
The intro story for the Wyrm implys that the wyrm has some form of flame breath yet this is not detailed in the creature description. If this is a specific…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lebo77, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

7/22/2003 hardcoremoose: Actionroll...where's it at?
Hey Nathan, Is the current Actionroll outage a result of exceeded bandwidth, a server change, or something else entirely? Just curious. - Scott
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: hardcoremoose, Nathan.

7/22/2003 iago: LLC Experiences
I've been reading through my ePublisher's Guide off and on over the past month or so, and one bit that's been weighing heavily on me is the whole LLC or…
In Publishing
Participants: iago, Mike Holmes, Valamir, abzu, wraeththu, Jason L Blair, samdowning, Clay.

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