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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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 Shreyas Sampat: What does an editor need to do?
Um... the topic basically says it. What kinds of things is an editor expected to accomplish, and what sort of procedures are edotirs expected to follow doing so?
In Publishing
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards, Clay, HinterWelt, Matt.

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8/2/2003 Wolfen: ReCoil: Comments and Playtesters Wanted!
Well, I've made the deadline I've set for myself; 1 week from getting back from Camp Williams, to be ready with ReCoil's playtest draft. It's still rough, certainly needs quite…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr.

8/2/2003 MonkeyWrench: Cut and Thrust proficiency
Sorry if this has been covered before but........Does the cut and thrust proficiency cover any sword used with any dagger or just a cut and thrust sword with a parrying…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Wolfen, Southpaw, Ashren Va'Hale, Durgil, Jake Norwood, Draigh.

8/2/2003 M. J. Young: Follow-up on fiction reviewers for Multiverser novel
Ah, I'm a day too late to revive the old thread--Seeking reviewers for game-related fiction is the first post on the second page, so that officially makes it old.…
In Connections
Participants: M. J. Young, Clay.

8/2/2003 MonkeyWrench: Post your spells here!
I've searched the boards high and low for spells people use in their games. I'd like this to be the place were people can post the spells their PCs and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Spartan, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, spunky, kenjib, tralese, Stephen, Mike Holmes, AnyaTheBlue, contracycle, Irmo, Rick.

8/2/2003 lumpley: Side-scrolling Anthropomorphic Limbo Universalis!
Last night was the time of anthropomorphic animals competing in the world limbo championship, side-scrolling video game style. It was tons of fun. I'm going to zoom in on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

8/2/2003 Paganini: Finding Characters
This reference thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4738 Is pretty much a theoretical description of a practical approach to creating thematic play. In a nutshell, the goal was to create characters that would produce…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, John Kim, Windthin, Ron Edwards.

8/2/2003 ClaudeC: Are there any rpg games that...
... Allow you to play it with dices or diceless? And what would be the pros and cons of this kind of game? ClaudeC
In RPG Theory
Participants: ClaudeC, gobi, Shreyas Sampat, efindel, kamikaze, mike wiemholt.

8/2/2003 Paganini: The Lumpley Principle Goes Wading
Ejh posted to this old thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=6537 And here is my reply: Ejh, I think you're on the right track, but are in semantic danger. The thing is, it really…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, kamikaze, ejh, John Kim, C. Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, lumpley, Lxndr, Marco, Valamir, Matt Snyder, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

8/2/2003 Trevis Martin: Shadows - Actual Play from indie-netgaming.
Last night those of us hanging in the indie netgaming social irc (#indierpgs) room did a pick up game of Zak Arneston's Shadows. A creepy good time was had by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trevis Martin, C. Edwards, Lxndr.

8/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon SoCal -- will there be a Forge presence?
Are there enoughn Forge publishers on the West Coast to make a Forge booth or presence at GenCon SoCal this year worthwhile, or should we wait until next year to…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, samdowning, jdagna.

8/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dragonflight in Seattle
Are any member of the Forge plannint ot at Dragonflight August 15-17 in Seattle?
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, samdowning, Jeffrey Miller, jdagna.

8/2/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge News Thread
All, I've started this thread to post news about new forums, new reviews, new articles, and whatever else happens at the Forge. I've locked it, solely because it's an announcement…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

8/2/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: How to Design a Fantasy Heartbreaker.
[i]note: although there is a system contained herein, I am posting this more as a matter of general theory. Any comments about that design, if any, should go in the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ben Lehman, AnyaTheBlue, Hardpoint, kamikaze, Ron Edwards, Comte, Valamir, Jeffrey Miller, madelf, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Chris Goodwin.

8/3/2003 Lxndr: Mini-Supplements
I remember reading this somewhere, but I can't find it now, so I'm just going to ask it straight up - Jake, are you offering the opportunity for others to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lxndr, Jake Norwood.

8/3/2003 Wolfen: ReCoil: Actual Playtest on Indie-Netgaming
So I actually got to run this here game I designed. Kind of unusual that I'm putting it out here for you all before I'd played it myself, but I've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr.

8/3/2003 Brian Leybourne: Wow.. first ever post
Wow, the first post in a new forum. Thats, well, not that exciting really. :-) So, Paul, tell me more. I've been having a hard time finding out much about…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, ethan_greer.

8/3/2003 murazor: Session Report and chases
I ran my first TRoS session a few days ago, and it went fairly well. It's rather ironic though that most of the time was spent trying to kill the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: murazor, Draigh, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/3/2003 murazor: Various Rule Questions
A Matter of Defaults: Rodrigo buys a D-level of proficiencies and decides to focus on his scimitar, but to give himself a decent dagger skill for close combat and backstabbing.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: murazor, Wolfen, Spartan, Brian Leybourne.

8/3/2003 DensityMan: GNS - what is it? (split)
[quote]Talk to someone who participates in role-playing, and focus on the precise and actual acts of role-playing themselves. Ask them, "Why do you role-play?" The most common answer is, "To…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: DensityMan, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2003 Marc Hameleers: Company link leads to bestiality???
When i tried the link below the link to this forum, wich should lead to the company, i got a rather nasty suprise... Now i like sex as much as…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Marc Hameleers, greyorm.

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