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7/31/2003 tralese: Question on Spells
I noticed in Chapter six of your book, there are a few examples of spells. One of them is Mesmerize, which has the following casting attibutes: Target:3 Range:2 Volume:0 Duration:0…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: tralese, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

7/31/2003 DanW: armor rule question
Hi, I'm new to TROS and a little confused about the armor rules. It seems to me that armor provides no protection unless you're covered head to foot. Because the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: DanW, tralese, toli, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Shadeling, coryblack_666, Durgil, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Salamander, contracycle, Caz, Farmer.

7/31/2003 gobi: PUNK needs artists
If you've been reading my threads on the other forums, you're already familiar with the basic theme of PUNK. If you'd like some clarification, please PM me. Guidelines I want…
In Connections
Participants: gobi.

7/31/2003 ryan m rich: THAME futuristic magic fantasy rpg
Thundarr the Barbarian rpg
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ryan m rich.

7/31/2003 abzu: Burning Wheel needs artists and programmers
Hi all, The Burning Wheel is gearing up for another round of publications and I am trying to build a stable of artists. The work would be black and white,…
In Connections
Participants: abzu, Matt, Jonathan Walton, Yacob.

7/30/2003 Paul Czege: making My Life with Master a sellable pdf
Hey everyone, So, I'm getting things situated for selling My Life with Master as a pdf download. And what I'm starting with are the files I delivered to my printer:…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Chris Passeno, sben, Matt Wilson, Matt, Trevis Martin, Matt Gwinn, Matt Snyder, szilard, abzu, Jonathan Walton, xiombarg, samdowning.

7/30/2003 ejh: Towards a Semiotics of Roleplaying Games
I tried to work this out years ago but there was no Forge then. I'm going back to it now in my blog. Please feel free to comment, but don't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ejh, Hunter Logan, Gordon C. Landis, Walt Freitag, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Valamir, John Kim, GB Steve, Cemendur.

7/30/2003 urbwar: So I ran CAH for my nephew today
After alot of waiting, my nephew and I sat down, finished his character, and played the Pilot episode for "Blaze of Glory". It took about 30 minutes to run, as…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: urbwar.

7/30/2003 gobi: Democratic Mechanic?
(Pasted from Theory) One could in theory devise a system where the player and the referee each propose an outcome of an action, and everyone votes (perhaps as…
In RPG Theory
Participants: gobi, Ben Lehman, Hardpoint, Shreyas Sampat, iago, Mark Johnson, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Rob Donoghue.

7/30/2003 Michael S. Miller: Why I can't say "I had fun playing Trollbabe"
On Saturday at GenCon, Ron ran Trollbabe for Gordon & me. Thinking about it robbed me of precious sleep later that night, and occupied brainspace during the long drive back…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Gordon C. Landis, rafial, Alan, Ron Edwards, ejh.

7/30/2003 permacultureguerilla: The Fae and other realms. (Untitled yet).
--------The Fae---------- Some words are indeed like other faerie games, and I want to make certain it feels original. Some faerie myths I may not take, some are distantly related…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: permacultureguerilla, Mike Holmes.

7/30/2003 ejh: My Life With Master: The Alienist.
First report on gaming over lunch with guys from work. The Master is a Brain and a Teacher/Feeder. He is a mad psychiatrist who uses bizarre equipment to suck initiative…
In Actual Play
Participants: ejh, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Brian Leybourne, iago.

7/30/2003 Palaskar: "Expert" Players for better Simulation
I've been toying in my RPG, Signature, with the idea of having expert players take over GM responsibilities for certain facets of a given game. For example, I know a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Palaskar, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, James Holloway, Heather Manley, Ron Edwards, iago.

7/30/2003 Dev: Active Exploits: a space western (or something)
(This is part a request for help from more experienced GMs, part a playtest report. I will update this thread as the sessions develop. I'm indeed a neophyte GM, so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dev, Mike Holmes.

7/30/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Goodbye, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu...
Hey, everyone. Just wanted to let folks know that I'm closing up shop here on the Forge. It has been a fantastic run these last few years and I've learned…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, ethan_greer, xiombarg, ryan m rich, Matt.

7/30/2003 Tony Irwin: John Wick on Universalis
Every now and then I make a holy pilgrimage to John Wick's online diary, to offer a silent prayer of thanks for L5R and 7th Sea. "I got to play…
In Universalis
Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

7/30/2003 M. J. Young: Behavior Versus Intention
I know we've discussed it before; and I know that Ron insists GNS has nothing to do with "intent"; and I know I'm on the record as disagreeing with that.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Marco, Ian Charvill, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

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.

7/30/2003 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 Comte: Metaplots a Rebuttal
I started this as a reply to this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7333 I got half waythough my point when I realized I would most likely get a moderater teling me ,very politly,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Comte, Lxndr, xiombarg, kalyptein, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, simon_hibbs.

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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.

7/31/2003 Steve Dustin: Madness Dossier
So, I've been mulling over in my mind the next campaign I'm gonna run, and I've finally settled on running The Madness Dossier out of the back of GURPS Horror.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Steve Dustin, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Rob MacDougall, Christopher Weeks.

7/31/2003 xiombarg: social contract issues [update]
Some people wanted to know how things went with my group with regard to what was going on in this thread. So, we had the big talk I wanted to…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards, The_Confessor, Mike Holmes.

8/1/2003 pete_darby: Mechanical framework for TV Medical Drama Game
Yes, after the vague promises and grand hyperbole, I've spent some time getting together ideas for the mechanics of it, and I've got the bare bones of it here for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: pete_darby, Mike Holmes, gobi.

8/1/2003 Silent Tamatama: The GenCon Demo of MLWM
Hey Paul, I got a question about your GenCon demo that I meant to ask you, while we were at the Con on Sunday. In your notes on how to…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Silent Tamatama, Paul Czege.

8/1/2003 mrgrimm: Now that just stinks!!!
I got my money in the bank and was going to buy OBAM and they seem to be out of stock of it. Only PDF's. This is a major bummer!…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

8/1/2003 Dev: A time-based resolution mechanic? (WAS: "ChronStat"
[i]The originial thread was here: [url]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=77433[/url]. I'm trying to bring it here because there might be a spare idea or two in here.[/i] For convenience, I'm going to call the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/1/2003 abzu: Returned from the Big One
So we are back and settled from GenCon. you can read my thoughts on the matter here: http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130 -L
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

8/1/2003 Dev: Blow-by-blow Combat because combat... isn't important?
Was reading this: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=2024&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 And I got thinking. Combat in my current game does run in a relatively turn-by-turn fashion, since that's what I know; and it thusly slows things…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, iago, kamikaze, Ben Lehman, Cadriel, simon_hibbs.

8/1/2003 Overdrive: InSpectres in play
Generally we all had a great time. Probably the most funniest rpg session ever :) The franchise was put together by Fox, an antiquarian with no technical talent, and Aaron,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Overdrive, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

8/1/2003 grot: Fabulous Jake Norwood Signatures
So, here's a question: When you buy something at Gencon, do you always ask for a signature? I always have, but Jake seemed a little startled when I asked (as…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: grot, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

8/1/2003 Southpaw: Two quick combat questions
My friends and I have started playing TROS and as I was looking through the book a few questions came up. My character has the Sword and Shield proficiency at…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Southpaw, Durgil, Draigh, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

8/1/2003 lumpley: Jonathan Tweet's Pick of GenCon
I think everybody at the booth knew that this was going to happen. Congrats, Paul! -Vincent
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, ejh, Rob MacDougall, Jürgen Mayer.

8/1/2003 eruditus: Book Layout Poll
I am in the process of developing a world sourcebook for an existing system. I would like the opinion of a bunch of folks... Here is the scenario: you are…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: eruditus, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Hardpoint, Troy_Costisick, gobi, samdowning, simon_hibbs, Jeph.

8/1/2003 Draigh: CP penalties for armors that aren't in the book.
The setting I'm running my game in is not quite as technologically advanced as weyrth, and I'm running into some stumbling blocks as far as armors and what not... Since…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Draigh, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

8/1/2003 Mike Holmes: Forum
Hey Paul, are you going to open up the forum now that it's published? Maybe pull the 1.2 rules, but otherwise make it public? Mike
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

8/1/2003 ethan_greer: GenCon 2004
Okay, lots of folks are talking about how cool GenCon 2003 was, but I haven't seen a reaction from Ron, unless he put it somewhere I missed (entirely possible). So…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, C. Edwards, jdagna, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Troy_Costisick, Michael S. Miller, abzu, Valamir.

8/1/2003 Gordon C. Landis: GNS and Dysfunction
From Ron's "GNS and Other Matters of Role-playing Theory":The person who is entirely satisfied with his or her role-playing experiences is not my target audience I think this sentence has…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2003 Derek Devlin: Series needs a gimmick
I'm a big fan of swashbuckling. Fairbanks, Flynn, Guybrush Threepwood. And after I found Richard Lester's Musketeer movies on DVD, I was sure I wanted to run a swashbuckling campaign.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Derek Devlin, Lxndr, Eddy Fate.

8/1/2003 John Kim: Origin of the Threefold
Hi, This isn't exactly a GNS topic, but it seemed related enough that I thought I should put it here. I've added a new section to my webpage on the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Ron Edwards.

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