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7/25/2003 John Kim: Shadows in the Fog playtest
Last weekend we playtested "Shadows in the Fog", by Chris Lehrich. I was GM. Players were Gordon Landis, Tor Erikson, Liz Henry, Bill Humphries, Jim Chokey, and Guin Boostrom. This…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes.

7/25/2003 gobi: PUNK: Psipunk - A Rough Timeline of Universal Telepathy
(A word of warning, this is kind of a long read.) This is a rough timeline of events I've written up for the psipunk setting tentatively titled Mindcrash. My goal…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne, Shreyas Sampat, Little_Rat, efindel.

7/25/2003 mrgrimm: Here's a question....
Hi All. I just ordered the game earlier this week (and still haven't received it yet...darn darn darn darn darn darn!) and I was wondering how well suited would this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

7/24/2003 permacultureguerilla: Help with word-based system?
Bear in mind it's hard for me to start a post without "braindumping." Also, I've started a few threads. If the moderators mind, feel free to delete some or I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: permacultureguerilla, Ben Lehman, Tony Irwin, Rob Donoghue, M. J. Young.

7/24/2003 SNJ_Namek: Am I doing this right? Missile weapons and Toughness
I just started learning tRoS, and had my friends make up some characters. We made up a general test on Missile combat. (A) sits on top of a Small House…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: SNJ_Namek, Caz, Morfedel, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne.

7/24/2003 permacultureguerilla: Theme: Satiric group therapy game.
Sorry, this is an indie game concept but it is so damn broad I'd call it a theory. It's too silly for me to take seriously and carefully work on,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: permacultureguerilla, WDFlores.

7/23/2003 Morfedel: Destiny SAs in game play
I wanted to move this to another thread, as I thought it would be more appropriate. How would you deal with difficult SAs, in terms of when they trigger, involving…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, buddha, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/22/2003 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.

7/22/2003 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 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 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.

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7/25/2003 permacultureguerilla: Funny, damn it
There. Hopefully I did this link right. This is a completed humour game. "It's Funny, Damn It!!!" I could certainly work with it more but somehow it felt complete right…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: permacultureguerilla, ejh, taalyn, Dr. Velocity.

7/25/2003 Derek Devlin: The Midnight Society needs your help!
The Midnight Society is a collection of pulp fiction enthusiasts who got together to write stories and draw pictures concerning our own cast of characters, twelve in all. We had…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin.

7/25/2003 coryblack_666: Combat
I STILL don't have the book, and i don't got the money to get it right now either. I was wondering about some combat stuff. When i played with some…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: coryblack_666, Brian Leybourne, Russell Hoyle.

7/26/2003 Overdrive: We played The Pool!!
And My God What Great Time We Had! I started the game yesterday describing the setting ('darkish fantasy', no more) and the character concepts. The two PC's were a masterthief…
In Actual Play
Participants: Overdrive, Mad-Eye Moody, James V. West.

7/26/2003 nuanarpoq: Hi, looking for some advice on scenario writing for the pool
hi guys i've been encouraged by the +/ve feedback on the pool and have got the guys i regularly game with interested in running a session. i've read through some…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: nuanarpoq, Russell Hoyle, Paganini, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Cassidy, Mike Holmes.

7/26/2003 permacultureguerilla: Paganism and role playing
I'm following a discussion on the link here . . . http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7187&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 Which basically boils down to a discussion between Greyorm and Madelf. Madelf wants to get a fictional game…
In RPG Theory
Participants: permacultureguerilla, madelf, greyorm, John Kim.

7/26/2003 Caz: Holidays of Weyrth
Just to add a bit more flavour to some games, does anybody have any ideas for holidays on weyrth? By religion, event, or whatever. It's something to put in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Irmo.

7/26/2003 Eric Kimball: Custom T-shirts
I was wondering what people thought the best place to get limited run custom t-shirts made. I know cafepress.com does this, but all the hoops the make you jump through…
In Publishing
Participants: Eric Kimball, Clay.

7/26/2003 greyorm: Criticisms of the Threefold
Larry D. Hols has just put up an article entitled "Criticism of the Threefold: Criticism of the RGFA Threefold and similar theories." It can be found here http://www.carrollsweb.com/crkdface/3foldcrit.html. Though mainly…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, crkdface, Hunter Logan, Caldis, Marco, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Gordon C. Landis, Paganini.

7/26/2003 Ben Lehman: Non 3fold-based play analysis
Saw this thread, which prompted the whole thing: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7307 This is a short essay outlining a new method for discussing playstyles which is not directly derived from the Threefold model,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, Caldis, Mike Holmes, Hunter Logan, Ron Edwards.

7/26/2003 Caz: Berserk
Hey, sorry if this is a little of topic, but I just watched a japanese cartoon series called berserk. It seems tailor made for the riddle of steel feel, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz.

7/27/2003 Mad-Eye Moody: RPG Theory and Horror gaming
I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on the application of RPG Theory to horror gaming. I can't seem to find anything with the search function of the forum. I've…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mad-Eye Moody, Jere, permacultureguerilla, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs.

7/27/2003 Ocelot: Combat Rules Clarification
I just bought this game (Cartoon Action Hour) in paperback edition last week and I have been reading it a little at a time. So far, it seems really cool.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Ocelot.

7/27/2003 James V. West: Random Order Comics and Games #4
The new issue of Random Order Comics and Games is now available. This issue features not one, but two complete RPGs: Mike Hall's Mean Streets '79. Buddy cop action movie…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Paganini.

7/27/2003 permacultureguerilla: Cheezy zine for you.
Anyone is welcome to make a zine from my cheezy role playing game: "It's funny damn it" as long as the content is left the way it is. Really, it's…
In Publishing
Participants: permacultureguerilla.

7/27/2003 Jonathan Walton: Ever-After: Back on the Front Burner
Been working on the playtest version of Argonauts, but Ever-After keeps jumping to my frontal lobes and demanding attention. If you want info on the project's development so far check…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, permacultureguerilla, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, MathiasJack.

7/27/2003 roleplyr4ever: PLAY TESTERS WANTED
Hello. I am in need of a few playtesters. www.geocities.com/grsgames/Index I am more interested in getting Faerie Fire up and running, but I would also like to see GRS developed.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: roleplyr4ever, Andrew Martin.

7/27/2003 Irmo: *slaps himself silly*
And here I am, rummaging through my moving boxes.... Lo and behold! What is this? Didn't I leave that in one of those boxes still on the other side of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Irmo, Brian Leybourne.

7/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I've just got to know -- how was GenCon
GenCon is over at the time of this writing, and I wasn;t there. Probably just as well as I would have been miserable with all that standing on an injured…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, hardcoremoose, abzu, Jeffrey Miller, Gordon C. Landis, jdagna, Space Cowboy, Cynthia Celeste Miller, GMSkarka, Paul Czege, Valamir, Lxndr, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, Gold Rush Games.

7/28/2003 Wolfen: Jake is one cool guy
So, I've been gone for the past two weeks to Camp Williams, UT for training in my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). It turns out that Williams is situated just south…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr.

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