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9/3/2003 Ben Lehman: [split] Imbedded in Sim play is...
split from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7819 I plan to spend a fair amount of time talking about how play/design in this category is extremely vulnerable to Narrativist powergaming (which is basically…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, WDFlores, gentrification, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Tony Irwin, Jack Spencer Jr, Wormwood.

9/3/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: More on initiative and aborts
On page 105 in the Sorcerer text we have ... if a character is acted already but is then hit in combat, he or she simply rolls full Stamina…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2003 Tim Alexander: [Devout] Help with varying an ability
Hey Folks, Ok, so my own first try at a game design is represented by Devout. The seed for it came from a conversation with a relative of my wife's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Alexander, AgentFresh, bigsimon, Lxndr.

9/3/2003 kalyptein: Some magic questions, among others
Got my HQ book last week and I've been pouring over it for a while. I'm totally new to the system (and the world), so I'm hoping some of you…
In HeroQuest
Participants: kalyptein, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, newsalor, dunlaing, Tim Ellis, elgorade, KingOfFarPoint, Wulf, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2003 MongoosePaul: d20 and narratavism
Not sure if this fits better here or in the GNS forum but given it's not specifically GNS I opted for here. Ohh and long time reader, first time poster,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MongoosePaul, joshua neff, Rob Donoghue, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, greyorm, Cemendur, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Morgan, RaconteurX.

9/3/2003 Stephen: A suggestion for Taunting....
We all know in real life that trying to get someone really mad works much better if you know what their weaknesses are and can capitalize on them. So here's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2003 Raymond Caleatry: Dueling, Skirmishes, and battles, it can take to long!
I am currently adapting TROS for a more heroic setting, which may contain more combat than I have seen in TROS during my usual sessions. I find that for small…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Raymond Caleatry, MonkeyWrench, Mike Holmes, Valamir, spunky, Brian Leybourne.

9/3/2003 Anthony I: Played D&D3.5 for first time
I got a chance to play D&D 3.5 tonight...actually, I had never played D&D 3 either- I own the books but just never played. I must say that I have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anthony I, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, MonkeyWrench, MachMoth, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/3/2003 Dev: Character and Game Balance! or... um, not.
Please point me to the right thread if this has come up before. <g> Among the many reasons I can't sleep tonight is this singular, eerie thought: I'm happily playing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, anonymouse, Noon, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes, Rob Donoghue, Marco, Ben Lehman, RaconteurX, Michael Bjorklund, M. J. Young, contracycle.

9/3/2003 Mikko Lehtinen: The Wrath of Gaia
Hello. I've been lurking in the Forge for a while, and the discussions here have changed my views about what roleplaying can be at its best. I have GM:ed Amber…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mikko Lehtinen, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2003 Church13: TROS: GLADIATORS
a few friends and I are creating some rules, tactics and things on a "Gladiator Arena" type of a thing. Im wondering how many of you out there like the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Church13, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, JESTER, Krammer, Swordmagnet.

9/3/2003 Marco: Video Games aren't fun enough ...
One thing that's often said here is that RPG's won't be main-stream in their current configurations (i.e. even popular games fall short of being pop-culture or main-stream intertainment). Here's an…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Marco, pete_darby, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, talysman, contracycle, cruciel.

9/3/2003 MonkeyWrench: I had an idea: Mass Combat (long!)
I was sitting here wishing TFOB was out already and decided to come up with my own mass combat rules. Seeing as how I have no idea how this sort…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench.

9/3/2003 Church13: Submit NEW WEAPONS!!! anyone?
anyone have some sweet weapons or just ANY weapon for that matter that is not in the CoreRuleBook? stats, name, description please? Thx
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Church13, MonkeyWrench, Draigh, Swordmagnet, Waiwode, Rico, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Jaeger, Salamander, Ville, Krammer.

9/2/2003 jeffd: Real-time RPG session?
I'm kicking around the idea of doing one of my Fading Suns sessions in real time... that is, a six hour session will cover six hours of in-game time. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: jeffd, Simon W, MachMoth, Chris Goodwin, Dave Panchyk, garapata, gobi.

9/2/2003 Ron Edwards: Rough categories of Narrativist play/design
Hello, I've been discussing some Narrativism stuff with some people, and here's a little snippet, as a preview to the Narrativism essay. I most recently presented these ideas to Chris…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Green, Paul Czege, joshua neff, HMT, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Walt Freitag, cruciel, Bankuei, Matt Snyder, John Kim, Marco.

9/2/2003 Bankuei: The Return of Meaningful Decision
Hi guys, I've been reading my new copy of HQ, and really, really thinking about mythology, and with it, our good friend Meaningful Decision. I'm sure that most of this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Bankuei, Ron Edwards, WDFlores.

9/2/2003 MonkeyWrench: TROS demo in Austin, Texas
In little over a month I'll be running a demo for one of my LGS. I'd like to hear from other people who've ran demos before as this will be…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Theron, casinormal.

9/2/2003 linux: More Indecision
I am trying to weigh the pros and cons of the following problem I have. This pertains to the relationship between skills and attributes in my system. (D denotes things…
In RPG Theory
Participants: linux, Noon.

9/2/2003 abzu: Origins Forge Booth
http://www.originsgames.com/pdfs/Forms%20Pack%2004.pdf http://originsgames.com/pdfs/Origins%202004%20D%20Hall.pdf Hi all, So I've already talked with a few folks here about hitting Origins this year, and I wanted to invite everyone else. I just did some cursory…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Mike Holmes, AdAstraGames.

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9/3/2003 Eric J.: D&D at last
Hello. I'm Pyron. You may remembe me from threads such as Classes versus reality, and those threads where I bitched at my players. Anyway- We were bored one night and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., IG_Kahn_Storm, Sage of Shadowdale, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, Sinthrill, Mulciber, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/4/2003 MachMoth: Metagame & Mechanics
It's my new game. In M&M, you play the part of a person playing a roleplaying game. You gain experience points for actions such as taking advantage of rules, hammy…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MachMoth, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Cemendur, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, mrteapot, Christopher Weeks, Dauntless, John Kim, Halzebier, M. J. Young, Valamir, Marco.

9/4/2003 xiombarg: Unsung: SWAT (session 1)
Well, after all sorts of scheduling mishaps, I finally got to run Unsung tonight (Wednesday) on IRC. We used my latest draft of the ruleset: http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung_playtest.html The game surrounded a…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg, MachMoth, Grover, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

9/4/2003 kenjib: Thoughts and an example of high toughness...
There has been ample discussion of toughness in the past. I just read something in Stephen Pressfield's great book Gates of Fire though, that brought this topic to mind: "'I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Caz, Pvt Kastro, Mike Holmes.

9/4/2003 Brian Leybourne: Forum Directory (useful for Newbies)
[b]Hi! Welcome to the Riddle of Steel forum.[/b] Below you will find links to some past topic threads that you might find interesting to read through if you have any…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench.

9/4/2003 sirogit: Rules for accuracy in a near free form setting
I had an idea for a rule to enforce accuracy within a near-free-form setting. That is, characters have some sort of readout of ability/status, Attribuites, skills, Traits, what have you,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Mike Holmes, Noon.

9/4/2003 talysman: "The Gamers" film as example of actual play
reading about the D&D3.5 assassination attempt reminded me of a DVD I watched recently made by an improv/film group called the Dead Gentlemen. the video was called "The Gamers" and…
In Actual Play
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, rafial, MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Jeph, hyphz, quozl, MachMoth, Michael S. Miller.

9/4/2003 RaconteurX: U-Con -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
U-Con is Ann Arbor's annual game convention, held in the Michigan Union at the edge of the University of Michigan's central campus. In years past, U-Con has hosted guests who…
In Conventions
Participants: RaconteurX.

9/4/2003 Tim Alexander: Ethics of Indie proselytizing and the PDF
Hey Folks, When I'm pitching a new game to players, I generally hand out the book to let them borrow for a few days and let them get comfortable with…
In Publishing
Participants: Tim Alexander, ethan_greer, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/4/2003 gobi: Gears & Spears (A little side project)
[b]Gears & Spears[/b] [i]Mythic Tribal Robot Role-Playing in the Year 200,000,000 A.D.[/i] It all started with this stream-of-consciousness bit I wrote after coming home from work. [quote] The meat, in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Mike Holmes, anonymouse, Lxndr, Ben Lehman, Jasper, mrteapot, Sylus Thane, WDFlores, Dumirik, raga, Ron Edwards, dragon_of_colour, Jeph, taalyn.

9/4/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Abilities
Hi all. The "current" playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. (It's getting a bit stale, because a lot has either been changed or augmented as a…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, David Chunn, Jeph, Mike Holmes.

9/4/2003 Matt Snyder: The Magnificent Seven -- Dust Devils print returns
There are seven lonely souls returning from the Big Con. Get 'em while they last, folks. Seven copies of Dust Devils print edition are now available, $12.00 each. If you…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder.

9/4/2003 JSDiamond: Fight the Nazis as a reckless daring 1940's spy
"Rhinegart Station-South" is a noir, pulp action style rpg set in 1940 Europe. Just a bit of fun I'm working on. You can download it from my site's main page,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/4/2003 Pilgrim: Intriguing...
Matt, I've downloaded and printed the current playtest files and will be giving feedback (having read most of the threads that seem relevant). But before I do that, I have…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder.

9/5/2003 Carson: Designing a TV show for Gamers
Hi all, I spent some time designing a TV show about gamers and roleplayers, mainly DND players. I am now in the semi-finals, going up against other TV show ideas,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Carson, Little_Rat, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Tim Alexander, hix, Perrina.

9/5/2003 \\|The Joker|//: X BOX'S FaBlE!!!!
[b][i][color=darkblue][/color][size=18px][/size] this game is goin to be soo suh weeet in game graphics are awsome u make ur future u craft ur own sword u can fight n e one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: \\|The Joker|//, abzu, Alan, Eric J., Clinton R. Nixon.

9/5/2003 MachMoth: Character Generations (no the other kind)
I was talking about a game I had run, on another forum, and wondered if any formal (I use the term loosely) RPG had been done like it. I originally…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MachMoth, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Tim Alexander, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX.

9/5/2003 taalyn: Crux is seeking: artists, editor, webdesigner
Crux is progressing on schedule, for a May release. While we still have plenty of time, we'd like to get people involved asap to allow for plenty of time to…
In Connections
Participants: taalyn.

9/5/2003 abzu: Ken Hite Reviews Burning Wheel
Scroll down to "Wheels on Fire." http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=77 whoa.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, Tony Irwin, Valamir.

9/5/2003 flobby77: New Science/Fantasy RPG...
Just got the first addition our new game "The Center Space" out!!!. Please check it out!!! We need more feed back!!! Briefly, it's a 2d10 game that doesn't use classes.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: flobby77, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Jasper, Mark Johnson.

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