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8/25/2003 Charles Smith: First game in San Diego- some Q's
Guys~ I finally found a group to play TROS with here in San Diego and am looking forward to playing for a while. We met yesterday and did a few…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Charles Smith, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Spartan.

8/25/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: What is a Mechanic?
The discussion in this thread has been sidetracked a bit by some disagreement on what constitues a mechanic or not. This seems like an worthwhile topic to discuss. In that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Valamir, lumpley, Lxndr, Walt Freitag, Wormwood, iago, Hunter Logan, jdagna, Cemendur, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs, HMT, Marco, Erick Wujcik.

8/25/2003 Tywin Lannister: Everybody, please answer these questions.
I am in the process of creating a "The Riddle of Steel" adventure for new characters. Once finished, I will submit the work to mr. JK. In order to make…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Dan Sellars, Mitchy, Jason Kottler, Swordmagnet, MonkeyWrench.

8/25/2003 Wormwood: In Search of an Uncertainty Principle
A decision does not possess a creative agenda. Rather the consequences of a decision evidence a dynamic which retro-actively places the decision within a creative agenda. This dynamic structure is…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Marco, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

8/24/2003 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.

8/24/2003 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 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 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 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.

8/23/2003 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.

8/23/2003 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 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 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 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.

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8/25/2003 Windthin: What is Freeform?
This thread shoots off, basially, of "Stumbling Around a Rebuttal" and "What is a Mechanic". Somebody mentioned defining freeform... so let's. Some seem to think of freemform as formless, devoid…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Windthin, Lxndr, jdagna, lumpley, Hunter Logan, John Kim, M. J. Young, Halzebier, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Cemendur, Emily Care.

8/25/2003 jammmer81: Universal RPG
I'm trying to design a universal roleplaying system with the following design goals in mind. Simplicity in execution at least Intuitiveness – limited searching for info - slowdown limited as…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jammmer81, Mike Holmes, Dev, Eric J., MachMoth, M. J. Young, Valamir, abzu, Andrew Martin.

8/25/2003 abzu: Vericon
http://www.vericon.org/ Sheesh, it's like this one is in my own back yard. I will definitely be there. Dev, can you give us some hard information? Attendance? Registration fees? Dealer's Table…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Dev, lumpley.

8/25/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Extra Weird Sorcerer setting idea.
There are three very specific inspirations for this. First, my experience generating a character for Charnel Gods, specifically a survivor from a previous Epoch. Second, I was listening to the…
In Adept Press
Participants: AnyaTheBlue, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2003 Eddy Fate: HELP run CAH at Gamefest Richmond!
Can someone attending Gamefest Richmond (Virginia) on Sept 19-21th run some CAH events? Zev will spring for the badge for them and give you $30 spending money for the weekend.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

8/26/2003 Paul Czege: while supplies last...
Those of you who missed out on the GenCon print run of My Life with Master, and who don't buy pdfs, your wait is over. Half Meme Press is proud…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, xiombarg.

8/26/2003 Alan: [My Life With Master] Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering
Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering Boarding School & Correctional Facility My life with Master – play report I ran a one shot demo of MLWM at our Monday game night.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alan, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

8/26/2003 Fabrice G.: [Sex & Sorcery] Three months of waiting....
Okay, this is a me, myself and I kind of thread, and for that I'm sorry. That said, I just received Sex & Sorcery today, after three month of waiting…
In Adept Press
Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

8/26/2003 MonkeyWrench: Opponents with more than 2 arms
How would you handle an opponent with more than 2 arms, say like your classic 6 armed demoness? They would obviously be deadly in combat. Would they need to make…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Nero's Boot, Valamir, Swordmagnet, Durgil, Draigh, Jeph.

8/26/2003 Nero's Boot: A question about TROS' art
Why is it that art in TROS has to fall prey to the standard ploy of using half-naked women? Why oh why oh why did Mr. Norwood decide that including…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, Valamir, Pvt Kastro, toli, Dan Sellars, Bankuei, Tywin Lannister, Draigh, Rattlehead, Ben, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, mrgrimm, MonkeyWrench.

8/26/2003 AnthonyRoberson: New Game: Shadow Town
I have been lurking here for quite a while and I have finally come up with an idea for a game that I HOPE is interesting and unique (and not…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: AnthonyRoberson, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes.

8/26/2003 abzu: DragonCon
So, I'll be at DragonCon in Atlanta this weekend running Burning Wheel events. Are any other Forgies going to be there? A meet-up would be nice. Dragoncon, August 29th to…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, iago, Mike Holmes, drozdal, eruditus.

8/26/2003 JW Carroll: Duellists: Endgame : Diceless Mechanic.
Hello all. Here's the second thread in the ongoing developement of Duellists: Endgame. I started this in response to two posts on the main thread one by MachMoh and the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JW Carroll, Mike Holmes, Simon W, DaR, MachMoth, Andrew Martin.

8/26/2003 rpghost: Store Grand Opening Support
Minion Development our parent company is planing to open a Brick & Mortar store in the Milwakee, WI area. We plan to have a kiosk for burn-on-demand of CD's bought…
In Conventions
Participants: rpghost.

8/26/2003 Bailywolf: The Hulk, and my new urge for URGE
Well, The Incredible Hulk is playing again on the Sci-Fi channel. 6:00 eastern. I get to catch it a couple of times a week now, and it’s been quite a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

8/26/2003 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Token-based resolution system
Hey, folks, I proposed this bare-bones token system for my modern-day supernatural game (now titled Mortal Coil) last month, but now I have fleshed it out a bit. This is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inthisstyle, MachMoth, Jeph, abzu.

8/26/2003 ethan_greer: Suggestion for post subject line
I've noticed that individual post subjects (not thread subjects) are easy to miss or ignore and sometimes this is unfortunate. Is there a way to make post subjects stand out…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, M. J. Young.

8/26/2003 Perrina: Seeking Freelance Writing Opportunities
I am currently seeking freelance writing opportunities. Industry Related Information Interests Fantasy, Science Fiction, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Mythology, History, Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan studies, Philosophy, Medical Technology Special Skills Documentation…
In Connections
Participants: Perrina.

8/26/2003 hix: Covering Your Bases
Complications played a big part in our second session of Uni last night. However, at one point, one of the players controlled both a component that was building a dice…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

8/26/2003 Ron Edwards: Adept Press and conventions
Hello, I think that Luke's proposal in the Forge East thread is being badly overlooked. I also want to emphasize that I agreed to this forum not because we needed…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, abzu, M. J. Young.

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