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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.

7/23/2003 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.

7/18/2003 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 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: OBAM: First Impressions
Okay, so the book is out. Now's the part where Brian and I hold our breath and say "Whaddyathink?" So, what do you think? Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Lebo77, Sir Mathodius Black, Shadeling, Angaros, Brian Leybourne, Darth Tang, Ben Lehman, Valamir, deltadave, Sneaky Git, Brassel, Aaron, Janne Halmetoja, StahlMeister, Overdrive, Tywin Lannister.

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 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.

7/16/2003 Jake Norwood: And the lucky winners are...
The following people get 1 free copy of OBAM thanks to their having between 1 and three accepted submissions: Lance "Wolfen" Allen Jürgen "Mad Moses" Mayer David "Furious D" May…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Binding someone else's demon
Can you bind a bound demon? Jake
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, jrs, Ron Edwards.

7/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Mini-con
Some friends came up over a few days and we played a bunch of games. we didn't actually finish any of the stories we started (too bad), but we did…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Bankuei.

7/8/2003 Jake Norwood: What haven't we talked about?
What haven't we talked about from the game lately? There's a lot of stuff, but I wonder what we haven't covered recently. Ideas? Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Sir Mathodius Black, Eamon Voss, Bankuei, Jasper the Mimbo, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Caz, Kaare Berg, Blake Hutchins, Brian Leybourne.

7/3/2003 Jake Norwood: New web page look
The first few pages of the new official TROS web page are up. So far I've updated the Market page and the home/news page. The content is mostly the same,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashton, ethan_greer, deltadave, Wolfen, Bracken, Jason Kottler, Nick Pagnucco.

6/16/2003 Jake Norwood: Web Updates
There's a new article by ARMA Director John Clements on our site. www.theriddleofsteel.net/whatis/ Please post your comments here. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, arxhon, deltadave, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/12/2003 Jake Norwood: Lure of Gold: Who wants to finish it?
We've got a mostly finished mini-supplement for Rogues and the like called the Lure of Gold by Lance Meibos (Lyrax if you remember). Anybody want to finish it? He's not…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, demiurgeastaroth, Nick Pagnucco, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, ashampine, Morfedel, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Claymore, buddha, r_callen221, Chris.

6/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Gen Con Games after hours
In this thread on the Adept Press forum I listed and experiment. Go see it there. It lead me, however, to the inevitable question-- What games am I playing and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, joshua neff.

6/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Wed night in the SJG Pyramid chat room
At 7:00pm Central time this wednesday I'll be the guest host for a live online chat. Check it out at the SJG website. COme on out and support me. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Poenz, Nick Pagnucco, demiurgeastaroth, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Gen Con Sorcerer Games
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=71072#71072]This thread[/url] game me an idea. I would like to play a 3-session game of Sorcerer at Gen Con (yes, I realize that this won't really happen, but I want…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, jrs, lumpley.

5/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Feng Shui
So we got to play Robin Law's Feng Shui last night. I've been interested in the game for a while because of the fanbase it's got, but haven't had a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Bankuei, Piers Brown, Mike Holmes, Bryant, Dave Panchyk, cruciel, Valamir.

5/14/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS Supers
So this came up really briefly at RPG.net, but it got me going... TROS converted for super-heroes. Now in truth a lot would have to go--the whole "gritty and real"…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mayhem1979, Stuart DJ Purdie, szilard, Mortaneus, Ashren Va'Hale, Blake Hutchins, Nick Pagnucco, prophet118.

5/12/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS at Warehouse 23
TROS is the featured game today at SJG's "Warehouse 23." Pretty cool, though--like all retailers--they're "currently out of stock." I find that sooooo dammmmmnnnn frustrating! Jake http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?DFW1001
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Eduardoh, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Mayhem1979, Durgil.

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7/30/2003 Jake Norwood: Gods of War or whatever
I'm working on a quirkly little game based on the Gods of War mechanics I came up with last year. It's almost done being written (I've been working on it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Farmer, Mike Holmes, Morfedel, Shadeling.

7/30/2003 Jake Norwood: New Driftwood Project needs a hand
see this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7359
In Connections
Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/31/2003 Jake Norwood: Ninja Burger and MLWM!
Last night we got together to try out two games (that couldn't seem much less compatible): Ninja Burger and My Life with Master. Ninja Burger is a load of fun…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood.

8/6/2003 Jake Norwood: Jake's Gone Away for a While...
I am officially re-locating. This will be a very long process, as in the meantime I will be living in Europe (Albania, specifically) with my wife and her family. I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Mike Holmes, Rattlehead.

8/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Web Updates Aug 2003
The page has been updated again (I'm getting consistent, here...). I've added buy buttons for the Print version of OBAM and also buy buttons for all of our stuff (Print…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Draigh, Wolfen, kanseg, Enoch.

8/11/2003 Jake Norwood: Must-read/view Samurai stuff
Okay, so I'm compiling a list of "the essentials" for the Riddle of Japan or whatever I'm going to call the book that we're doing after TFOB and before SATF...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, 6inTruder, murazor, GreatWolf, toli, contracycle, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, tralese, prophet118, Draigh, kenjib, Quadral, Ben Morgan, Kaare Berg, Tony Irwin, Sneaky Git, abzu, Grex, hanschristianandersen, Morte.

10/8/2003 Jake Norwood: Jake Rants about Art
From this thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=85607#85607): Though some artwork is very amateurish and reminds me more about 80s RPG books. That's not a big deal and I can understand little amateurish look.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, xiombarg, Janne Halmetoja, jeffd, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, greyorm, 6inTruder, Dan Sellars, Kaare Berg, Thierry Michel, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Svyatoslav_Igorevich.

10/31/2003 Jake Norwood: Helping Jake Out
Okay...fact is that this post is mostly fueled by a desire to post more on this board. That being said, it should be fun anyway. You guys have good ideas,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ben Lehman, Snikwas, Mulciber, Spartan.

11/13/2003 Jake Norwood: Interesting space dogfights
One of the things that made the early Star Wars films so cool was the space battles and dogfighting. I've tried several such systems in playing starwars, but none of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, gobi, Grex, LordSmerf, John Kim, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, Walt Freitag, Overdrive, MachMoth, Darcy Burgess, Harlequin, Loki, AdAstraGames, Christopher Weeks, Dev, Furious D, Ingenious, C. Edwards, Shadetree.

11/18/2003 Jake Norwood: TFOB: Designing Schools
So I'm working on designing some specific masters and the schools they represent. The Current project is converting what little we know of actual historical masters into a few key…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Tywin Lannister, Salamander, Overdrive, BirdMan, GreatWolf, Valamir, Durgil, Camillus, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ashton, jeffd, Sneaky Git, Vanguard, Ingenious, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Enoch, Jaif, Merritt Baggett, Mokkurkalfe, Peregrine Dace.

12/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Slightly OT: Jake in New Orleans
The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts is holding a massive event in New Orleans Feb 28 and 29, and I'll be there to teach a class or three. It's an…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Salamander, Valamir.

1/8/2004 Jake Norwood: Jake is gearing up for sorcerer
Okay, this is a pretty preliminary post, but we're wrapping up an OTE campaign and I want to finally run some serious sorcerer. I'll be posting humanity ideas, etc. here…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander, cruciel, Mike Holmes.

1/28/2004 Jake Norwood: Heroism
Okay, so I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but I always hear crap about TROS combat being 'gritty' as opposed to 'heroic.' What I reckon this means is that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason, Holt, November Kilo, Salamander, Blankshield, Wolfen, Ingenious, Noon, Thanaeon, Bastoche, Krammer, toli, Sneaky Git, Ian.Plumb, Drifter Bob, Muggins, kenjib, bcook1971, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Edge.

1/30/2004 Jake Norwood: What did swords weigh?
John Clements recently wrote this article in response to the questions of a gamer that he had corresponded with. This may be of interest to some, and not to others.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Salamander, Hereward The Wake.

2/1/2004 Jake Norwood: The *house* is a demon...
We just wrapped up our second session of sorcerer (see this thread for pre-game discussion and set-up), in a story based on the "Training Run" scenario from the Core Rulebook,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2004 Jake Norwood: Where I can help...
Hi all. I don't know if I'm the only practicing Mormon on the board (I get that suspicion), but as I was reading the game some things really struck me.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jake Norwood, inthisstyle, lumpley.

2/8/2004 Jake Norwood: Mini-Supplement Doctrine
Okay, so I've had an idea. I want more (any) TROS mini-supplements--Fan-written books on nations, campains, races, whatever... These would be on-line and the author gets to keep the money…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, greyorm, sirogit, Ingenious, Muggins, Tywin Lannister, Loki, Mike Holmes, kenjib, Edge, thelibrarian, StahlMeister, Bob Richter, Krammer, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, toli, Andrew Mure, Malechi.

2/12/2004 Jake Norwood: Orrin Porter Rockwell
I mentioned this guy in an earlier post, but he is SO important to what I think Vincent is trying to do here that I'm going to reiterate it with…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jake Norwood, Emily Care.

5/21/2004 Jake Norwood: IRL: Multiple Combatants
Here's a new article (exerpted from an upcoming book I'm very excited about) which provides a lot of useful input on how multiple opponents might attack a superior fighter...and it's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, [MKF]Kapten, Tash, Durgil, Edge.

7/1/2004 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Publishing Schedule '04
I figured you all would like to know what we're up to out here at Driftwood Publishing. Here's where we're at: The Flower of Battle This is our most important…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

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