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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.

7/21/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 permacultureguerilla: in-game Biases.
In cyberpunk and a lot of other games, I see slang terms and odd phrases to describe when something happens or that's the nature. There are indeed games that ask…
In RPG Theory
Participants: permacultureguerilla, simon_hibbs, contracycle, Lxndr, Heather Manley, John Kim, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

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.

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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.

7/23/2003 mrgrimm: Just ordered TROS.
Long time lurker, first time poster (for any Bob & Tom fans out there) I just ordered TROS. Should be here in a week. Woo Hoo! I have a story…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

7/23/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: doing things wrong to get it right
I just now learned that I was fubarring a basic rule for the last year and whatever that I have been playing, and the game was still damn fun and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

7/23/2003 Caz: Changing your social class
Hey all, I was just wondering if there were rules for changing a characters social status in the game, or if you just do it with no worries. Example: A…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, Jaeger, Overdrive, contracycle, Lebo77, Salamander, Irmo.

7/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Going to Gen Con
Hey all. I'm off to Gen Con, so I won't be able to participate here until monday. Have fun, play nice. Brian's in charge. Wish me luck on the Diana…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Lxndr.

7/23/2003 Ace: Troubles with getting Sorcerer and Sex
I though I would let everbody know that Alliance distribution isn't quite up to date on Adept Press products Several weeks ago I ordered Sorcerer and Sex from my FLGS…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Clay, ethan_greer.

7/23/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Dice & Diceless?
I've been pondering this game design problem for a while now, and thought I'd ask for some input from the Forge crowd. I'm trying to devise a system such that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Lxndr, xiombarg, Hunter Logan, simon_hibbs, contracycle, Tony Irwin, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Ben Lehman, gobi, Brian Leybourne, Dev, Jonathan Walton, pete_darby, cruciel, ClaudeC, Mike Holmes, Erick Wujcik.

7/23/2003 Buddha Nature: Things that make you go hmmm...
So I just started playing a "real" (aka not IRC) game for the first time in like 1+ years. It is the same old game my group always plays: d20/DnD…
In Actual Play
Participants: Buddha Nature, ethan_greer.

7/23/2003 Daytek69: New Free MMORPG Game Server "Terra World"
Ever played Final Fantasy 5? Did you like Zelda? Try our new First Star Online server Terraworld! It's a completely free MMORPG in open betatest fase and it aims to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Daytek69, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/23/2003 toli: Chargen prints blanks or won't print
I've been having a problem with the char gen. It works fine up to trying to print a character. At this point it either indicates that there is some problem…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, SNJ_Namek.

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