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8/22/2003 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Initial text comments
Hi Matt, Here are my starting comments on reading the current draft of Nine Worlds. I know a lot of discussion has flowed since you first posted it, and I'm…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, ethan_greer, Valamir, The GM.

8/22/2003 Ron Edwards: [Hardboiled] Game text comments
Hello, This is the third of a few little readings-over I've finally made time for. All of them are games that I think are phenomenal starting-out phases in their development,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Alan, Mike Holmes.

8/22/2003 Ron Edwards: [Thugs and Thieves] Game text comments
Hello, This is the second of a few little readings-over I've finally made time for. All of them are games that I think are phenomenal starting-out phases in their development,…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, David Chunn, Matt Snyder.

8/22/2003 Ron Edwards: [Empire of the Dragon Lotus] Game text comments
Hello, This is the first of a few little readings-over I've finally made time for. All of them are games that I think are phenomenal starting-out phases in their development,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Mark Johnson, simon_hibbs.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: My order just shipped
According to the Warehouse23 order status page, my copy shipped on August 22nd! Yay!
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest Character Creation
My group would like to start up a game of HeroQuest as soon as possible. Does anyone here know how character generation works in HeroQuest? I'm just talking about from…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Mark Galeotti, Peter Nordstrand.

8/22/2003 Dev: Backstory mechanic
My game (that space-western thing) may want to emphasize: past inethical actions (subsequent angst and desire for redemption) rivals from your past past illegal action (and the law catching up…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dev, Tony Irwin, Chris Goodwin.

8/22/2003 jpegbert: A noob's questions about combat: please help
I just received the core book in the mail this week and am running my first full game this weekend but there are a couple of things I am fuzzy…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jpegbert, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne.

8/22/2003 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds in play
We played the first "real" playtest of Nine Worlds last night. I explained the setting and system briefly to Flash, Tony, and my brother Dave. They then came up with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder.

8/22/2003 Jonathan Walton: Engel Arkana Rules in English!
You heard right! http://www.feder-galerie.de/Extras/ArkanaRulesUS.zip I'm not sure whether Feder & Schwert actually counts as an indie company, but everything seems to be controlled by Oliver & Oliver (though they hire…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

8/22/2003 simon_hibbs: Almost fortuneless resolution mechanic (for BoB)
I've discussed the resolution mechanic for Born of the Blood with a few people and it's not universaly popular (what mechanic is?). I'd like to air those objections here and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Jeph.

8/22/2003 Peregrine: Help my frazzelled brain...
Hi, I'm currently working on the final installement of Wayfarer's Song, the Aelfan Kithbook. Wayfarer is a fantasy game with a modular design, in which each of the player races…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Peregrine, ethan_greer, simon_hibbs, Tim Alexander, Mike Holmes.

8/22/2003 abzu: Shorecon
I figured if I Clinton is going to go ahead and make me a Moderator, I might as well start off on the right foot. Herein discuss plans for Shorecon.…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, M. J. Young.

8/21/2003 Krammer: New campaign world
I have been considering putting together another campaign world to play TRoS in. I got the idea from the Ars Magica thread, when I decided it would be cool to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Krammer, Brian Leybourne.

8/21/2003 Krammer: New campaign world
I have been considering putting together another campaign world to play TRoS in. I got the idea from the Ars Magica thread, when I decided it would be cool to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Krammer, Rico.

8/21/2003 jburneko: [InSpectres] Sam Spaderman, Supernatural Private Eye
Hello, So, the other night I was talking to a friend of mine that I've been out of touch with for a while and I talked about my change in…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, WDFlores, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2003 Nero's Boot: 8 PM last night: a farewell
At roughly 8 PM last night, my father passed away after a 9-month struggle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends, and died peacefully in his sleep.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Dan Sellars, Draigh, Spartan, Brian Leybourne, Irmo, Shadeling, Pvt Kastro.

8/21/2003 Halzebier: [Newbie Question re: Search Function]
Hi there! I'm usually quite capable of using a search engine, but the Forge's eludes me. I was trying to read up on some topics such as the Impossible Thing,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Halzebier, WDFlores, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2003 Paul Czege: imagining Brigadoon
So, I've been mulling the "Brigadoon Store" concept for some time. In fact, part of my motivation for building the Indie RPG display unit for GenCon was that maybe…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege.

8/21/2003 Chris Gardiner: Adventure! First Session.
I finally got to run a game of Adventure! this weekend for some old friends. Though I'm not a fan of the White Wolf system, I was impressed with how…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Gardiner, Craig Oxbrow, Hardpoint.

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8/23/2003 arxhon: How to have the 'What do you want from gaming discussion'?
I was out with one of my buddies last night, and he mentioned that we hadn't gamed in a while (which is true, for assorted reasons that i won't get…
In Actual Play
Participants: arxhon, Jack Spencer Jr, iago, Andy Kitkowski, Dave Panchyk, JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Brian Leybourne, J B Bell.

8/23/2003 MonkeyWrench: Problems with my gaming group (long....sorry)
Hello everyone, this'll be my first post outside of tht RoS boards, so here goes.... I've been playing with the people I play with now for about 2 years. With…
In Actual Play
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Bankuei, Scripty, iago, JamesDJIII, Paul Czege, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Marco, Tim Alexander.

8/23/2003 GamerGuru: St. Louis Area Conventions
I was told by Ron Edwards of Adept Press, I think this is who I talked to, to post the St.louis area conventions. If anyone is interested in attending any…
In Conventions
Participants: GamerGuru, peteramthor.

8/23/2003 Plenz: Online Sorcerer character sheet?
I was browsing the Adept Sorcerer site and could not locate a sheet. Are there such things? Best, Plenz
In Adept Press
Participants: Plenz, djarb, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2003 djarb: Elfs combat
We ran our first Elfs game yesterday, and had a blast. This beautifully irreverant game is definately a keeper. Somehow camels got involved.... It took a while for everybody to…
In Adept Press
Participants: djarb, Ron Edwards, Alan, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/23/2003 Dave Panchyk: Social software considerations
When I pointed this article out to Ron, he suggested I post it here. This article focuses on groups on the Internet and how they behave (and have always behaved)…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dave Panchyk, lumpley, Bankuei, cruciel, John Kim, Valamir, Marco, Mike Holmes.

8/23/2003 Hannu Hurme: Sigil, system in the works
My game is still work in progress, but at least it has gone forward in the last two weeks or so. I first posted about it in this thread Since…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Hannu Hurme, Mark Johnson, Eric J., gobi, Mike Holmes.

8/23/2003 Dev: Quick Donjon question
Is there any kind of set guideline for how to give out experience in play? I didn't see any recommended one in the PDF.
In CRN Games
Participants: Dev, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/23/2003 kenjib: SA's apply to combat pool or every roll
I think I've seen this question before but I can't find it now. The destiny SA seems to pretty clearly apply as a pool bonus when it comes to combat…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

8/24/2003 Philippe Tromeur: [Wuthering Heights] Special things happpening in my games
I'm currently re-writing my Wuthering Heights RPG, and I'm compiling some of the funky ideas I used in my sessions Here is an incomplete list (unusual things ALWAYS happens in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

8/24/2003 Reprisal: [Running the Game] Is it all about perspective?
Hello, It's been a while since I've posted on the Forge, but I must say that I've been lurking quite a bit as of late. There's a lot of quite…
In Actual Play
Participants: Reprisal, iago, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller, Adrian Jay.

8/24/2003 JW Carroll: New Game The Duellists: Endgame
Hello all. I've been lurking about here for about a week now and designing amateur games for a long time and I've finally worked up the nerve to throw my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JW Carroll, Simon W, MachMoth, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, roleplyr4ever.

8/24/2003 xgothgrrl: CAH Challege: Iron Chef
During the season finale of the 2003 season, a giant meteorite streaks down from the heavens and strikes Kitchen Stadium! It's strange radioactive properties endow each of the Iron Chefs…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: xgothgrrl, Eddy Fate.

8/24/2003 Plenz: -The Xerox Missive- An rpg based on Philip K Dick.
Hello all. This is my first post on the Forge Forums so I thought I'd start off with an explanation of what indie-game design means to me. I have been…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Plenz, Lxndr, J B Bell, Dave Panchyk, Cemendur, Wormwood, English, Rob MacDougall.

8/25/2003 Lxndr: Stumbling Around A Rebuttal
This is in response to Erick Wujcik's recent article that he submitted to the Forge. I'm not sure if I've got my thoughts in order, but I wanted to put…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Lxndr, Alan, Jack Spencer Jr, Noon, Tony Irwin, Hunter Logan, lumpley, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Halzebier, C. Edwards, Erick Wujcik, Cemendur.

8/25/2003 Jonathan Walton: Vesperteen Development
As I'm working on Vesperteen (my Little Fears sequel) off-and-on, I decided to start a new thread where I can post updates and get feedback. Hopefully Jason won't mind me…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Little_Rat, Neylana.

8/25/2003 lemmiwinks: Many a question
Ran through a few questionable parts of playing today, so I hope somebody can help out with these, I'll just list the dilemna in numerical fashoin and hopefully somebody can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: lemmiwinks, Draigh, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne.

8/25/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Kyuseisha: Dice Mechanics Feedback: Statistics Folk Welcome!
Hey all- gunning for a little more feedback this week. I may have another post in the next few days regarding another issue with my game. We've begun playtesting (last…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, David Chunn, MachMoth.

8/25/2003 Chris_Chambers: Inspiration
I had an boost of inspiration the other night, and this just popped into my head. I would like any feed back that I can. I just don't know how…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Chris_Chambers, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, ross_winn.

8/25/2003 Michael S. Miller: Selling thru Indie Gaming Parties
My wife goes to these parties to buy Pampered Chef kitchen utensils. What happens is the hostess invites a bunch of her friends over, a Pampered Chef demo person makes…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Lxndr, Dev, Clay, Mike Holmes, WDFlores, abzu, Perrina.

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