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9/16/2003 Gethyn: Star Wars and Trainer Wheels
Hi folks I'm new to the board but I've been reading avidly for quite a while as an unregistered user. I was wondering if anyone was interested in hearing about…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gethyn, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Dana_mun, John Kim, bigsimon, RaconteurX.

9/16/2003 David Chunn: [SagaCraft] Hero Background
Hey, folks! I need some help deciding between two different creation methods for hero background. Since this is my first post about the game, let me sum things up for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: David Chunn, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin.

9/16/2003 jphannil: Just (another) game idea
Hello and greetings from someone just signed in the forge. I've been playing rpg's since the beginning of the 90's, not as much now as I used to. I've always…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jphannil, taalyn, Mike Holmes, Dev, Walt Freitag, aghori, failrate, Andrew Martin.

9/16/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Quick status update
Well, I've been busy cranking out the "final" playtest draft. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just finished writing the big ol' honkin'…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2003 Jonathan Walton: Plato on Polysided Dice
Don't know exactly how I'd go about using this, but I thought I'd pass this neat bit of info onto those who might be ignorant (as I was until this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Matt Snyder, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, mrteapot, CplFerro, mjk.

9/15/2003 Ron Edwards: My editing is done
I want to make it public that I consider Legends of Alyria to be one of the finest role-playing games available. It stands with Hero Quest in its brand of…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, ethan_greer, GreatWolf, Thalaxis, Shreyas Sampat, Gordon C. Landis.

9/15/2003 deadpanbob: GM/World as Character
All: I've done a search on the forums, but my search-kwon-do as they say, is meek. Can anyone point me to games that have included the idea of the GM…
In RPG Theory
Participants: deadpanbob, Bob McNamee, M. J. Young, Christopher Kubasik, Lxndr, Jonathan Walton, Andrew Martin, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, gobi, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2003 JSDiamond: Orbit shipping TODAY!
That's it, Orbit is finished! The books are on their way as of this morning. 272 pages of planet hopping, alien hottie, boozing, gun-fighting goodness!
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Mike Holmes, Catalyst.

9/15/2003 lumpley: Personal Relevance and Multi-PC Play
Up in Character and Our Weird Gamer Friends, Clinton wroteDoing this myself, I have specific characters that are: - Sad-About-Divorce Clinton - Really-Pissed-Off-Now-About-Divorce Clinton - Attracted-to-Friend's-Wife Clinton - Wishing-to-Enact-Justice-on-Loony-Parents Clinton…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, cruciel.

9/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: An Open Letter from Seraphim Guard
As many of you may know, Wizards of the Coast has instituted some changes in the D20 System Trademark license, the document that determines which documents can and cannot use…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

9/15/2003 taepoong: Kayfabe Questions
So we played our first session of Kayfabe last night. We had a great time! However, we had a few comments and questions, which I am sure comes from inexperience:…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: taepoong, Lxndr, HDWDiva, Matt Gwinn, abzu.

9/15/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: A couple more rules questions
I have a couple more questions. Hold Let's see if I'm right on how the Hold ability works. The demon attacks using its Power. The target can defend normally using…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2003 Jason: Donjon round 2
This round started at a bar, with a mage dressed completely in rat pelts asking for help retrieving his magic rat mask from the mages guild. The party didn't trust…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jason.

9/15/2003 lumpley: Trollbabe Comic continues to rock
Just thought it worth mentioning. -Vincent
In Adept Press
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/15/2003 Paka: Using Universalis to Create the Game's Setting
The Riddle of Steel game never got to be played because the brothers I was running the game for had a meltdown before the game got going. However, we used…
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2003 Paka: I wince as I type - Sorcerer for Harry Potter RPG
I am sure someone must have said this already but I haven't been watching the site as closely lately. Anyway, here's my swing. Humanity - Living up (or down) to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2003 Dumirik: The Last Bastion's back!
Hey boyz (and girls, its a generic term), I just wanted to announce with as little fanfare as possible (tarrraaaaah!! ;)) that my RPG currently entitled The Last Bastion is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon SoCal Transportation & Room Sharing
I'mm be going to genCOn soCal after all, to pitch myself and help a few other Forge members if I can. I think I have my membership taken care of,…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna.

9/14/2003 Irmo: Demo one-shot
If you intend to participate at the TROS game at RPG.net's Dutch Tangency Meeting, this is where you stop reading...... If not, I'd like to ask for comments and additional…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Irmo, Mike Holmes, Valamir, MonkeyWrench.

9/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: TV Teen titans Writeups
I ned some help writing up the TV version of the Teen Titans. I'm going to be using them as PCs in a game I'm running at genCon SoCal if…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Norbert, urbwar.

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9/16/2003 JSDiamond: ORBIT is here!
I received my books back from the printer today! They look awesome. Aside from a few production problems I encountered along the way, I must say that Central Plains Book…
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Valamir.

9/16/2003 Brian Leybourne: Kali and Sinbad.
I watched The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad the other day. Man, that had me itching to do a Sinbad themed TROS game. The cool…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, kenjib.

9/16/2003 Brian Leybourne: Hooray!
Not a message of great substance, actually. Just joy that my copy of MLWM arrived in the mail yesterday (Good fast service too, thanks Paul). Give me a couple of…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2003 Mike Holmes: Projects
Other than Thugs and Thieves, do you have any other projects going? What ever happened to Pollies? :-) Mike
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: Mike Holmes, ethan_greer.

9/16/2003 ZeOtter: Southern California GenCon
I am really interested in going to GenCon In Anaheim California. All the info is at the website: http://www.gencon.com/socalhome.aspx?file=socal it runs from December 11th throught the 14th. I am wondering…
In Conventions
Participants: ZeOtter, JSDiamond.

9/17/2003 abzu: Ubercon: First One's Free
Hi folks, So I am still very interested in promoting the Forge and its attendant games at the conventions I am heading out to in the next couple of months.…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, ethan_greer, M. J. Young.

9/17/2003 godfather punk: [HotNW] Column 9-17
(I propose starting a new thread every week, so we can discuss the latest column) Hi, - I like your idea for non-lethal handling of combat, but these rules also…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: godfather punk, Stephen, peteramthor.

9/17/2003 StahlMeister: Suggestions for new races stats
Hi! First I wanna say, that TROS is the best RPG I've played since 17 years!!!! But I want the (real) Halflings to be played by my group, gnomes, Orcs…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Raymond Caleatry, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, MonkeyWrench.

9/17/2003 zeke023: The Research Skill
I can't believe that this hasn't come up before, but I have yet to find it in another thread - if this has already been answered, if you could point…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: zeke023, Jason Kottler, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench.

9/17/2003 jburneko: Player-Character Seperation and Ninja Burger
Hello All, So, up in the Theory forum there has been a lot of discussion recently about the whole Player vs. Character issue and it suddenly occured to me that…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Rod Anderson, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, quozl, Andrew Norris.

9/17/2003 Matt Snyder: The Forge as co-operative
I have spent the last year and more publishing my own games. I've had good success, all things considered. I've made a very small profit that has so far allowed…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, madelf, Michael S. Miller, Hardpoint.

9/17/2003 John Kim: Immersion and Story
This is a reply to Mike Holmes, split from another take on "the character doesn't exist". Since this isn't talking about whether characters exist (an argument which has…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, David Chunn, gentrification, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes.

9/17/2003 Jason Kottler: Maximum Proficiency?
Hello, everyone, I hope you are all well. My question is simple, so I hope it doesn't mean that I am, too, but I can't find an answer in my…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jason Kottler, Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, Durgil, Draigh.

9/17/2003 RaconteurX: Tekumel using HeroQuest
This seems to be a popular current running through the How difficult is it to use HQ in other settings? thread and, per Mike's request, I will begin a new…
In HeroQuest
Participants: RaconteurX, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Russell Hoyle.

9/17/2003 RaconteurX: Nephilim using HeroQuest
This is a topic very near and dear to my heart, having been a Nephilim playtester and privy to some truly illuminating private discussion about the deeper mysteries which Sam…
In HeroQuest
Participants: RaconteurX, Drastic, AnyaTheBlue, simon_hibbs, GB Steve.

9/17/2003 bcook1971: Talking To Myself
I just finished writing a lengthy running example that tied together most of the significant points of my combat system. I found the experience to be quite cathartic. I'm reminded…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Marco, pete_darby, MongoosePaul.

9/18/2003 bcook1971: Spreading the Indie Virus
I had a very rewarding game session last Saturday. My group plays 1st ed. AD&D. Highlights Witnessed an unprompted shift to a more selfless, strategy-based approach by a risk-aversive…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

9/18/2003 M. J. Young: Creating the Other
Over on the thread Characters as Therapy (Split) I was pretty satisfied with the consensus, until Joachim recalled somethingHere's another way of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, cruciel, jdagna, bcook1971, Mike Holmes.

9/18/2003 M. J. Young: Questioning Jack Spencer Jr.'s View of Solo Play
It came up again in Non-electric Interactive Written Solo Entertainment, and it's been discussed before: is it still role playing if you're doing it alone, such as with Choose…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, Marco, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Ben Lehman, Gordon C. Landis, pete_darby, AnyaTheBlue, ejh, Ron Edwards.

9/18/2003 prophet118: The Riddle of the Dark Sun
ok guys, dont shoot me, i know i said id get them sooner, but i just finally got finished moving into my new house, and finally got to the point…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench.

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