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8/17/2003 Jeph: Character sheets as the equivalent of plot webs?
So yeah. Do you remember, back in elementary school, when your fourth grade teacher told you how to start planning a story? You made a little blurb in the center…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeph, Andrew Martin, jdagna, M. J. Young, Ben Morgan, gobi, iago, Ron Edwards, Nathaniel, Windthin, David Chunn, Mike Holmes, WDFlores, ross_winn.

8/17/2003 Alan: Conquest on History Channel
Hi all, I want to recommend Peter Woodward's show Conquest on the History Channel. Every episode, he trains a bunch of people to recreate a fighting style from the past.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Alan, prophet118, Swordmagnet, Ashton.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] Monotheism: a Question
Do any true, Monotheistic cultures exist on Weyrth? By "Monotheistic" I mean a culture that denies the existence of other deities than the God/dess that they worship. --seeker of answers…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] The Fey: a Question
I have read in many places online that the faerie folk in Weyrth are an elusive, mysterious lot that that is more myth than reality to the natives of that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Swordmagnet.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] The Nature of the Gods: a Question
What exactly is the nature of Weyrth's Gods? Are they real entities, or are they mere fables? If they exist, are they distant and uncaring, or do they meddle like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco.

8/17/2003 gobi: Javascript Character Sheets?
I have PUNK currently set up as an html site. I'll be making a PDF as well, but the webpage will be a sort of sister site for more up-to-date…
In Publishing
Participants: gobi, Dev, Jonathan Walton, iago, Matt, HinterWelt.

8/17/2003 jdagna: The System's Role in Exhaustion Escalation
I've been lurking on Exhaustion Escalation in Illusionist Play but I've never been a part of enough illusionist play to contribute much there. However, system got only a small…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jdagna, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Rob MacDougall, Windthin.

8/17/2003 anonymouse: Portland, OR-area gamers for WTF? and FLCL viewing?
So, check out: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7616 If this looks interesting, but you're not really sure how it'd play out, we could get together somewhere and spend a couple of hours watching FLCL,…
In Connections
Participants: anonymouse, gobi.

8/17/2003 Sir Thomas: Gamism and Director Stance
Just wondering, can Gamism and Director Stance be successfully combined? I think Rune might be like this, but from my readings on these forums, it seems that the Director stance…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sir Thomas, jdagna, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2003 arxhon: The Sorcerer's Soul/Sex and Sorcery
I just found these in the used FLGS i frequent on occasion, picked them up on a whim and just finished reading them. Let me add that i have only…
In Adept Press
Participants: arxhon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/17/2003 xiombarg: Gambling Gimmick
What do people think of this Gimmick? Once during each of his turns, a player can gamble. He can put up as many coins as he wants (up to the…
In Universalis
Participants: xiombarg, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes.

8/17/2003 linux: Focused Attack Rolls
I'm having trouble determining how a character could strike (or attempt to) an opponent's hand or the ring on his right index finger (maybe not that specific.) This same combat…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: linux, Jake Norwood.

8/16/2003 spunky: Head Count for GenCon SoCal
I'm putting together a TROS adventure for GenCon So Cal and want to know how many from the list will be attending, in case I might ru it more than…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: spunky, Charles Smith, 6inTruder, Lxndr, lemmiwinks, Catalyst, Farseer415, deltadave, Swordmagnet.

8/16/2003 ejh: Solitaire "RPGs" e.g. "Oraculum"
I'd like to start a new thread to talk about some things Mark Johnson and I brought up in this thread. (Hmm... BBCode seems to be totally failing for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ejh, Mark Johnson.

8/16/2003 bcook1971: Simulationism does exist
I stumbled onto this site through a chain of events: a player in my AD&D 1st ed. group brought a THAC0 wheel he'd downloaded from RPG United to a game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Mad-Eye Moody, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs.

8/16/2003 Tywin Lannister: I want to order Of Beast and Man but .. :(
That PayPal stuff just keeps me moving in circles. Constant emails "change password here" change password there, receive 1.95 dollars on your first payment, blablabla. I just want that new…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Mike Holmes, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, 6inTruder, kenjib, Jake Norwood, Salamander.

8/16/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: generic genre?
I continue to pick up games when I find them Scored Top Secret & Star Frontiers for $2. Not bad. Browsing the Top Secret book, I noticed something. the Foreword…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, AgentFresh, Mark Johnson, Marco, M. J. Young, kamikaze, simon_hibbs, John Kim, Cemendur, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2003 Nero's Boot: "Blank" nations
How many "blank" nations are there on the Weyrth map? How many nations with names but no descriptions? I have a few ideas for low-magic to no-magic kingdoms, but I'm…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Swordmagnet.

8/16/2003 Nero's Boot: Question about barbarians
Hello, all. I'm a few weeks to a month or so away from running a Riddle of Steel campaign (it all depends on when my book gets in), but the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Salamander, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Swordmagnet, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2003 Mark Galeotti: HeroQuest is Here!
[color=darkred]Issaries Press Release Concord, CA August 15, 2003 [b]HeroQuest is Here![/b] Voted "Most Anticipated Roleplaying Game of 2003" on an RPG.net poll, HeroQuest has finally arrived. Really. We got our…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mark Galeotti, Peter Nordstrand, Syam Lantri, Nick Brooke.

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8/18/2003 abzu: Resources in Burning Wheel and MSH
Personally, I get very bored with tracking money in a game. PC expenses can never be adequately represented, in my opinion. Sure you make 100 gold pieces as a reward…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: abzu, Matt, ethan_greer, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jeph, iago, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2003 MrWrong: Official UK Men In Black HeroQuest Launch Party
For you folk in the UK , a chance to play the game and win a copy....... Saturday Night at Battlemasters, Digby Hall,Leicester University 30 August 2003 To coincide with…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MrWrong.

8/18/2003 Jaeger: LUCK!
Ok, In my old group we treated luck dice as a kind of "hero" point where they could save you from being wounded.... say your opponent successfully pulls off a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaeger, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Overdrive.

8/18/2003 JSDiamond: ORBIT release date
It's official. The printers tell me September 10th. After many problems they promised me a galley proof by this Friday, and after my 'okay' the presses are turned on and…
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Valamir, Catalyst.

8/18/2003 jdagna: Campaign module playtesters needed
I am looking for an extra playtest group (or two) to test an upcoming campaign module for Pax Draconis. The module should run 3-5 sessions. I would need playtesting to…
In Connections
Participants: jdagna.

8/19/2003 M. J. Young: Thread Closing Question
There seems to be some confusion about thread closing here at the Forge. On several occasions, I've noted Ron saying that once the person who raised the question in the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Hunter Logan.

8/19/2003 Charles Smith: New Review of TROS at RPG.net
Guys~ Just wanted to let you know there's another review of TROS at rpg.net. It's an interesting review, and I'm not sure what to make of it at this point.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Charles Smith, Caz, Tony Irwin, Thalaxis, Brian Leybourne, Stephen, Bankuei, Valamir, toli, Nero's Boot, hyphz, Lyandar.

8/19/2003 Dan Sellars: One-Shot scenarios
I didn't want to try an hijack the "One-Shot - Angry Assassins" thread so I thought I would start a new one. I want to run a scenario to a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Brian Leybourne, Paka, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Spartan, Sneaky Git, Tywin Lannister.

8/19/2003 Philippe Tromeur: Thinking about a new Card-based RPG
I have a silly idea and I'm tinkering with it. The RPG will be played with a French Deck of Cards : that is, a Poker deck without the cards…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

8/19/2003 dunlaing: Usefulness (or uselessness) of Sample Heroes
As Peter requested, I made this a seperate thread. I took the title from his post, I don't mean to imply that I think they're useless. I found the sample…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Nick Brooke, Bankuei, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins.

8/19/2003 Nero's Boot: About my book
Where the hell is my book? I ordered it last Sunday, and Mr. Norwood assures me it's in the mail, yet 8 days later, it is still not here. And…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, MonkeyWrench, Valamir, Jake Norwood, nolah, toli, Lxndr, ethan_greer, Draigh, mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

8/19/2003 Brian Leybourne: Read here first?
[quote="In another thread, Mike"]Other than that, these fora serve as an archive. The appropriate thing to do would be to put all the ideas or links to the ideas in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench, Jeffrey Straszheim.

8/19/2003 Ragnar Deerslayer: Stephanie Morgan, Girl of Adventure
I’ve been trying to think of a game that would be a good introduction to RPGs for my girlfriend (she’s 25). She wouldn’t like the combat of most RPGs, or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ragnar Deerslayer, Valamir, Mike Holmes, quozl, Simon W, John Harper, simon_hibbs, Ben Morgan, Tony Irwin, Jeph, Andrew Martin.

8/19/2003 Matt Gwinn: Cover Band
I wrote this game on my way home from work a couple weeks ago. It's still a little rough around the edges, in fact this is the first time I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/20/2003 Rose: Coke Ants
Hey can you do me a favor? I just made a new board called Coke Ants an we are looking for more members to come and post. So will you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Rose, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2003 bcook1971: Bag of Questions and a Dilemma
Some questions. (This starts out RPG Theory and turns GNS. Wasn’t sure where to post it.) I’ve been trying to find a comprehensive glossary of terms and acronyms with no…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Alan, ethan_greer, Garbanzo, jburneko, M. J. Young, Bankuei, Emily Care.

8/20/2003 abzu: Forge East
[b]Eastern Forges[/b] I was very much inspired by being a part of the Forge booth at GenCon. It was a tremendous sense of community -- of individuals come together to…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Dev, iago, Rob Donoghue, Andy Kitkowski, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Valamir, eruditus.

8/20/2003 Windthin: Proficiency and Pitfalls
Well... I've been thinking about how to show mastery, proficiency, in skills, and these are some thoughts that occured, and a possible solution I'd like feedback on. First off, I've…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Windthin, iago, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin.

8/20/2003 MachMoth: Working out combat, need some opinions
Greetings All, I've been working on a system over on RPG-Create at Yahoo for a while now, but I've started 4 out of the last 5 threads over there, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MachMoth, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, cruciel.

8/20/2003 Dev: Pure Probabilty mechanic
(Just an idea, no game attached.) Imagine if you just had a big index of probabilities for lots and lots of stuff that might just randomly happen, and whenever something…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, MachMoth, M. J. Young.

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