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9/18/2003 Ron Edwards: [My Life with Master] Black ooze and babies
Hello, We started up our prep for My Life with Master last Sunday. Julie insisted, and it'll be a nice rest from Tunnels & Trolls for a while. I'd thought…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Paul Czege.

9/18/2003 mortmere: Using the Devil's Picture Book as a dice substitute.
It's already been mentioned that the d4 is not something we all know or love. Instead of using a different dice ladder though I suggest using a standard deck of…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: mortmere.

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.

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 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 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.

9/17/2003 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.

9/17/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/16/2003 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.

9/16/2003 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 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.

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9/18/2003 garapata: Your thoughts please
Okay, I have been gaming with a number of players for many years now. So far, the oldest player I have has been gaming under me for 9 years. In…
In Actual Play
Participants: garapata, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander, Marco, Mike Holmes, Andrew Norris.

9/18/2003 Brian T: New to the Forge
Hello all, I'm new here, just looking for now while I try to absorb everything. I have been working on my own game for some time and figured that had…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian T, Phillip, Mike Holmes.

9/18/2003 Marco: JAGS Have-Not Book 1 [Focus on Approach Chapter]
We are nearing completion of our post-apocalypse world book Have-Not (for the free JAGS system). Our first book (setting) is close to done--and we have a draft of it up--however,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Marco, deadpanbob.

9/18/2003 Ron Edwards: [Universalis] Not anime, although it quacks like it
Hello, We played Universalis at the fall quarter's first campus club meeting on Tuesday night. Attendance started slow, but I expect we'll see some bigger groups later. I was especially…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/18/2003 Phillip: Idea for a new game (no working title yet)
This will be the first time I have posted an actual idea for a game here on the Forge. Here is a basic outline of what I have in mind:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Phillip, Mike Holmes, ZeOtter, pete_darby, Bill Logan.

9/18/2003 Paul Czege: Lesen Sie Deutschen?
Andreas Melhorn reviews My Life with Master here. So, uh, does he like it? Paul
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Lxndr, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

9/18/2003 Irmo: A weird thought I just had....
I dunno if someone speculated on this before: So....the Fey age when they use magic. The Fey diminish in number, few are born, and many of those that are die.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Irmo, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

9/18/2003 Garbanzo: Ashen first draft. Comments on my race mechanics?
Forge: I've got a quick web site up which should get you a first draft of Ashen. For purposes of this thread, I'm looking for some feedback on the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Garbanzo, contracycle, taalyn, Mulciber, Shreyas Sampat.

9/18/2003 ZeOtter: Setting vs Mechanics
I have been reading post here on the Forge for a little while now. I noticed that 99% of the posts in this area of the forums talk about mechanics.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ZeOtter, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Windthin, Mike Holmes, quozl, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, xechnao, Valamir, Ben Lehman, damion.

9/19/2003 MonkeyWrench: A quick semi off topic question
Does anyone know where I can find cheap R E Howard Conan stories? I've heard them mentioned on the boards before and if I remember correctly they are mentioned in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Snikwas, kenjib.

9/19/2003 Palashee: Battlemasters 2003 Con Book For Sale
Hi there, We have a limited number of the Battlemasters 2003 Convention Book for sale. Articles in the Booklet include: Wetware – a Cyberpunk 2020 adventure Master of Battles –…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Palashee.

9/19/2003 Ian O'Rourke: GNS and NWN
Okay, I've put this in Actual Play, because it was sort of kicked off by Actual Play issues. I will also say now, I apply NO value judegements in this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, Marco, TheShireReeve, contracycle.

9/19/2003 Sir Thomas: Percentiles and Player-Defined Skills?
I was wondering if anyone here can give any guidance: I love percentiles, and I'm thinking of a system using Unknown Armies' "flip-flops" as narrativist tools, where the player has…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sir Thomas, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, mrteapot, AnyaTheBlue, gobi, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, SumDood.

9/19/2003 Drastic: Exalted using HeroQuest
[a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~gardrastic/HQ_Exalted_conversion.html"]My current working conversion.[/a] I hope to bring some Actual Play reports in coming weeks.
In HeroQuest
Participants: Drastic, Mike Holmes, Skadedyr, scorpio rising, Blake Hutchins.

9/19/2003 Peregrine: Mythosystem
Hi, I've thrown together a little generic fantasy system during some Wayfarer Song burn-out downtime. It is nothing too special, but I thought I'd post a link to it and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Peregrine, David Chunn.

9/19/2003 Dan Sellars: Historical fencing
I'm sorry that this is a bit off topic so I'll try and keep it short. From looking around this forum it seems that a number of you (from different…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Irmo, Raymond Caleatry, Salamander, Camillus.

9/19/2003 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] Announcing Ramshead's new RPG
Ramshead Publishing invites you to review and playtest our next RPG, Robots and Rapiers. You can find the 130+ page pdf alpha version on the Universalis website. I expect…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Arvidos.

9/19/2003 xechnao: Most attractive setting for female players
What do you think is the female vs male participation percentage of the rpg gaming sessions of 4 to 8 persons of the various settings? What setting do you think…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xechnao, b_bankhead, Windthin, jdagna, Ron Edwards, CplFerro, AnyaTheBlue, RaconteurX, Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Anthony I, Heather Manley, taalyn, Jonathan Walton, M. J. Young, damion, Valamir, jrs, Ben Lehman, Bankuei, Christopher Weeks.

9/19/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Groan...
I have been eagerly consuming my copy of BW piecemeal since I got it a couple of weeks ago. Fantastic stuff. But. But....but....but.... Fiber ball? Geez.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: AnyaTheBlue, abzu.