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7/28/2003 Dev: ChronoStat: a stopwatch based game mechanic
This started out with the realization that one could use a chronometer as a d100 randomizer; then I had more thoughts (inspired by bits of action movies and Wushu)... So…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dev, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

7/28/2003 Bogie_71: Starting an online E-Fed?
So I bought this game last year at GenCon, picked up the expanded version this year at GenCon, and I haven't gotten a chance to play it, yet. So, while…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Bogie_71, Matt Gwinn.

7/28/2003 ejh: My Life With Master at GenCon
In this blog entry I discuss the pickup game of My Life With Master I played with a few friends, the evening after I bought it and demoed it. In…
In Actual Play
Participants: ejh, nate, Paul Czege.

7/28/2003 greyorm: Raven goes to GenCon...
Like Matt, I just put up my pics from GenCon...01. Yes, I finally got around to it, two years after the fact. You can find this historical, pictoral archive of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm.

7/28/2003 LoreTG: Lore Gaming seeking playtestes for Lore: Uprising
Lore Gaming (www.loregaming.com) is seeking game testers for our upcoming title Lore: Uprising. We are currently searching for gamers in the area of Hampton Roads, Va. If you are interested,…
In Connections
Participants: LoreTG.

7/28/2003 LoreTG: Lore Gaming is seeking Gametesters
Lore Gaming (www.loregaming.com) is seeking game testers for our upcoming title Lore: Uprising. We are currently searching for gamers in the area of Hampton Roads, Va. If you are interested,…
In Connections
Participants: LoreTG.

7/28/2003 ethan_greer: RPG publishing in 'zine format
So I'm thinking about how I'm going to publish my game, and I think I want to go the 'zine route. I'm thinking I'll go to Kinkos, CopyMax, or some…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Andy Kitkowski, Clay, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, groovybuddha, Matt Gwinn, madelf.

7/28/2003 ejh: Why I Didn't Buy TroS at GenCon
So it's Sunday, I'm at GenCon, and I've bought all the "first tier/gotta have" games I have on my list, and I'm ready to spend a few more bucks on…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ejh, grot, Stephen, kenjib, 6inTruder, Draigh, Morfedel, mrgrimm, Ben Lehman, Lxndr, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Wolfen, Valamir, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, toli.

7/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: GENCON 2003 Pics & Video
I have some pics of Gencon on my web site. there are quite a few so be patient when waiting for them to load. There are also so videos (some…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, kregmosier, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, taepoong, drozdal, Matt Wilson, Jake Norwood, John Harper.

7/28/2003 prophet118: Converting D&D Paladins?!
ok... i know we have had some discussions on divine magic.. but thats not really my concern.. im in the process of trying to convert my D&D amalgamation over to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Paka, Lxndr, Draigh, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, MonkeyWrench, Anthony I.

7/28/2003 abzu: Gencon Aftermath: Forged
So I'm home after a whirlwind weekend at Gencon -- my first, by the way -- and all the way home, the merry-go-round of my thoughts kept coming back to…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, drozdal, Gordon C. Landis, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Gwinn, Troy_Costisick, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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.

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.

7/27/2003 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.

7/27/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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7/28/2003 ethan_greer: RPG Vanity Press (split from RPG publishing in 'zine format)
Over in this thread I'm talking about my imminent forray into RPG publishing. This here thread is to talk about that sales thing. In composing my reply to Andy who…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Matt Snyder, HinterWelt, Hardpoint.

7/28/2003 Chris_Chambers: New Guy
Hey, I am one of the guys that was down at GenCon. I was wondering, because sometimes especially with little sleep, I am very bad with names. If I could…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Chris_Chambers, Mike Holmes.

7/28/2003 xiombarg: Kirt's Standard Rant #1: Metaplots
[url=http://www.rpgnews.com/article.php?sid=2583]Recent events[/url] have [url=http://www.livejournal.com/users/xiombarg/319163.html]gotten me thinking[/url]... I've voiced this before, and it's perhaps more relevant to "traditional" RPG publishers who are overly-reliant on the three-tier system, but I think it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, Lxndr, jdagna, John Kim, Hardpoint, pete_darby, kamikaze, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bogie_71, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, contracycle, M. J. Young, talysman, AnyaTheBlue, eyebeams, Green, Gordon C. Landis, James Holloway, Kurosawa.

7/28/2003 Jake Norwood: New and Current Driftwood projects
Gen Con and OBAM have really opened my eyes to some great possibilities. Before OBAM we were waiting for the Distribution chain to get their act together. OBAM, which ignored…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Snyder, Lxndr, ethan_greer, Durgil, Shadeling, kenjib.

7/28/2003 mrgrimm: Gen Con.
Since I couldn't go, Derned Real Life interceded into my fantasy one, Bummer! How was Gen Con for the people who did go? This question is for anyone who went,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: mrgrimm, Jake Norwood, grot, Bogie_71, abzu, tralese, Brian Leybourne, spunky, Charles Smith, Wolfen, Salamander.

7/28/2003 MonkeyWrench: Just a quick question
I'm new here to the boards (though I've been lurking for a week or so) and I'm fairly new to TROS. I'd just like to know how many other people…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, mrgrimm, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

7/28/2003 Hardpoint: Realms of Wonder from Action Studios
I'm mainly looking for feedback on the game information provided on the site. I am still working on the game, but the info on the site gives you a taste…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Hardpoint, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, John Harper, Ben Lehman, Matt, Trevis Martin, Valamir, Daeglan, Jeffrey Miller, Shazear.

7/29/2003 iago: Fate - Miskatonic Mayhem - Flashbacks in Gaming
I'm running a Fate game called Miskatonic Mayhem, basically a Buffy game set in Arkham at Miskatonic University, where the Mythos and the Buffyverse have been on a collision course…
In Actual Play
Participants: iago, Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

7/29/2003 Tim C Koppang: "My Life With Master" demo at GenCon
I only personally demoed one game at the Forge booth at GenCon, and it was the very hush hush release: My Life With Master.* Kudos to Paul for flagging me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, ejh, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2003 Andy Kitkowski: KYUSEISHA: Gunning for System Feedback
Hey all- If you know me well, which very few here do, you may have heard me mention this "Kyuseisha" project here and there (usually on the Adept Press forums).…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Dumirik, ethan_greer, Palaskar, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How special interest can you get?
One of the things publishers do is go to local and regional conventions to promote their ideas. Well it just so happens that I found a con so specialized that…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, jdagna, lumpley, Jake Norwood, badsign_98.

7/29/2003 contracycle: new fora?
So we are getting a lot of raw game idea's pitched lately. No problem with that, its just difficult to fiugure out where they go. In RPG theory, as in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: contracycle, iago, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Mark Johnson, Jeffrey Miller, cruciel.

7/29/2003 SNJ_Namek: Who got the last OBAM?
I ordered one on the 24th, and was wondering who got the last OBAM and when it was sold. :) And the estimated time for those of us that Didn't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: SNJ_Namek, Jake Norwood.

7/29/2003 Jon H: Portfolio site updated
Hi there, I've just updated my folio site, and invite any interested publishers to take a look. In fact anyone is more than welcome to come and have a browse:…
In Connections
Participants: Jon H, Hardpoint, Jack Aidley.

7/29/2003 SNJ_Namek: Thank you -tRoS Support Rocks!!
Just a -HUGE- Thanks to all those involved! The Downloadable Support Files, totally made learning RoS easy. It took me and my Friends only one hour to learn(the basics) the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: SNJ_Namek, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

7/29/2003 MarkAdri: Playing the Empire
With the iminent release of HeroQuest and the release of the first Imperial Lunar Handbook, is the Lunar Empire going to be the place to play. If it is where…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MarkAdri, simon_hibbs, MrWrong.

7/29/2003 Valamir: Mini Combat Tourney at Gen Con
Warning: this post contains pointless bragging and celebratory dancing. A few of us decided to do a little TROS combat tourney during a lull in the booth at GenCon. We…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood.

7/29/2003 Jake Norwood: TFOB: Wish List
We're starting preliminary work on TFOB right now. Here's your chance to give a single post wish list of the things you do and don't want to see there, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Valamir, kenjib, prophet118, Ashren Va'Hale, Ashton, Bankuei, Ben Lehman, MonkeyWrench, Irmo, Mokkurkalfe, Brassel, toli, Jasper the Mimbo, Salamander, Rattlehead, Durgil, Swordmagnet, Sneaky Git, Morfedel, Krammer, Shadeling, Amy1419, Brian Leybourne, Janne Halmetoja, wpbarr, deltadave, contracycle, LordSmerf, Caz.

7/29/2003 iago: What's In Your Setting Creation Toolbox?
I'm working on creating a setting book (or, at least, pamphlet, depending on patience level) for Fate, and I've run what's been done so far by several people. One of…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago, gobi, Mark Johnson, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, HMT, Mike Holmes.

7/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Review, Gencon Report & More
Just wanted to let everyone know that there is a new Kayfabe review up at http://www.realms.org.uk/cms/articles/kayfabe Kayfabe scored a 4 out of 5 which I consider to be pretty good.…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, ethan_greer.

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