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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 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.

9/15/2003 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.

9/13/2003 Ron Edwards: Thank you for volunteering
Over in Internet piracy on documents, Dave Panchyk wrote, it's time to create some "Wisdom of the Forge" threads/stickies/articles/sutras, that encapsulate the "best practices" (in corporate parlance) of experienced Forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/11/2003 Ron Edwards: HeroQuest forum policies - read here first
Hello, Welcome to the Hero Quest forum at the Forge. Hero Quest's publication is arguably one of the most significant events in RPG history, and this forum offers a unique…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/9/2003 Ron Edwards: My current Sorcerer game - modern necromancy
Hello, I've been holding out on everyone, because for months, I've been running a Sorcerer game and not discussing it here. The players include our own Nev the Deranged and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, galex, jburneko, Tim Alexander, Ben Lehman, ejh.

9/5/2003 Ron Edwards: [Tunnels & Trolls] Gamism ain't for the faint of heart
Hello, Tunnels & Trolls proceeds, despite some summer downtime. Two of the characters are up to third level! And a good thing, too ... Since the last time I posted…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, David Chunn, ZenDog, Jack Aidley, pete_darby, Mulciber.

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.

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.

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.

8/10/2003 Ron Edwards: Mook rules - they were there, the whole time
Hello, A thread from earlier this year called But is it REALLY conflict resolution? has been bugging me, and I didn't even know it ... ... until last night, when…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clay.

8/7/2003 Ron Edwards: "Playing my character" Part 2
In the "Playing my character" thread, John wrote, I would be curious about Ron's example of the journalist he played in Terry Gant's Call of Cthulhu game. How would you…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim, Walt Freitag, cruciel.

8/5/2003 Ron Edwards: "Playing my character"
Hello, This thread presents my response to some points raised in the Shadows in the Fog playtest discussion in Actual Play. John, this is me, rolling my eyes. You are…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Marco, John Kim, cruciel, M. J. Young, A.Neill.

7/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Moderation issue today
Hello, Some people are questioning my moderation in the RPGmall at GAMA? thread in the Publishing forum. I have a few things to say about that which are not subject…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, xiombarg, iago, permacultureguerilla.

7/18/2003 Ron Edwards: GENCON 2003 - BOOTH LOGISTICS
Hello, All right, it's time to discuss logistics. I and a bunch of other people will be arriving on Wednesday, setting up the booth, and probably running into all manner…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Jürgen Mayer, greyorm.

7/16/2003 Ron Edwards: Diana Jones nominees
Hi everybody, Check it out at the Diana Jones website. Best, Ron
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Jürgen Mayer, gobi, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, pete_darby.

7/8/2003 Ron Edwards: [Tunnels & Trolls] Half-elves are poncy nancy-boys
Hello, See previous threads Killed me a player-character (spit) and Second level characters. We've played a couple of sessions since my last posts…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, hanschristianandersen, GreatWolf, ADGBoss, Alan, jdagna, ethan_greer, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Rod Anderson, Gordon C. Landis, Hunter Logan, jrs, contracycle, efindel, Jeff Klein, Bankuei, rafial, ejh, ZenDog, Danforth, Storn.

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9/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Tis mine
Hi there, I got it! I own Orbit! Those of you who've arrived at the Forge in the past couple of years may not know the story behind all of…
In Orbit
Participants: Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, ethan_greer.

9/27/2003 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer & Sword printing news
Hello, Sorcerer & Sword sold out from the warehouse yesterday. I still have a handful of copies left over from GenCon and will be fulfilling orders myself with those. But…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, b_bankhead, Valamir, arxhon, joshua neff, Mike Holmes.

9/30/2003 Ron Edwards: How to use the Conventions forum
Hello, and welcome. This forum exists for the purposes of coordinating efforts of play and exhibition at conventions. You should post here for any of the following: 1. You are…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards.

10/1/2003 Ron Edwards: [My Life with Master] Hell and heresy
Hello, Last spring, I ran a session of My Life with Master with the campus club, using a pre-print version of the game. A week ago, following our meeting which…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, GB Steve.

10/2/2003 Ron Edwards: "Realism" and "GM" threads in RPG Theory
Hello, I call everyone's attention to these threads: Realism in RPGs and There is only players in RPG. We have a community issue to discuss which hasn't come up for…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Drifter Bob, Marco, xiombarg, Merova.

10/6/2003 Ron Edwards: [My Life with Master] Black ooze oozes forth
Hello, We played our second session of My Life with Master (see Black ooze and babies) yesterday. Julie really found her feet as GM, mainly in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, jrs, GB Steve, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Tim Alexander, Borogove, Lisa Padol.

10/13/2003 Ron Edwards: Artists: Adept Press is looking for you
Hello, I have some projects that need some art. ONE: TROLLBABE COMICS Check out the Trollbabe site to see the series so far. I have a few stories for which…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards, cns1138, Colin the Riot.

10/15/2003 Ron Edwards: Elfs revisions
Hello, I went through Elfs with a very harsh pen today. 1. Degrees of success are to be handled differently. From now on, one success is sufficient to perform an…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Alan, GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Tim Alexander, greyorm, Ben Morgan, Rich Forest, jburneko.

10/17/2003 Ron Edwards: More Thed material - Inuit mythology
Hello, Julie (jrs) first tipped me off to this connection, which I'd known nothing about. It's not research if you just hit a Search button, but regardless, the Inuit Myths…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, Brand_Robins, pete_darby, kalyptein, Donald.

10/27/2003 Ron Edwards: When Endgame crashes and burns
Hi Paul, Up in Black ooze oozes forth, Lisa Padol asked this question, including a quote from a previous post: "2. Could some mechanism prevent the…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Lisa Padol, Mike Holmes, GB Steve, Maura Byrne.

10/28/2003 Ron Edwards: Slavery, morality, and changing times
Hi there, This thread is picking up from the final two posts in Humakt, Rashoran, and justice. The first of the post was still fairly-well integrated with the original thread,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, Donald, Ian Cooper, simon_hibbs, Mac Logo, Valamir, bluegargantua, Peter Nordstrand, simondale, newsalor, epweissengruber, soru.

10/30/2003 Ron Edwards: [Elfs] Serpent cultists and repressed priestesses
Hello, I've been wanting to play Elfs for lots and lots of people at once for a long time. This time, we had six, and it works great! What a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Anthony I, Valamir.

10/31/2003 Ron Edwards: [Arrowflight] Pixies, poison, and duty
Hello, This post is way overdue; we played a single-session game of Arrowflight at a meeting of our campus club almost four weeks ago. I'll start right off by saying…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Matt Wilson.

10/31/2003 Ron Edwards: [Orbit] Rock rock, rock-and-roll future
This game is way fun, both in making characters and setting up a situation. I could make up Orbit characters just to amuse myself, and the cool thing is that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, JSDiamond.

11/5/2003 Ron Edwards: Bartender!
Hi there, I want an official mixed drink for Sorcerer, and I want it to be a new and original thing. Yes, I know: we already have the Fallen Angel,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, ethan_greer, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, Tod Olson, jburneko, Rod Anderson, Walt Freitag, erithromycin, Mulciber, Dev, Bob McNamee, jrs, Paul Czege, Calithena, Clay, Lxndr.

11/6/2003 Ron Edwards: Onmyoji
Hello, I liked this movie. In fact, I liked it a lot. I think that self-proclaimed Asian film fans in the west won't like it so much, because the effects…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

11/10/2003 Ron Edwards: [Elfs] Slavers beware!
Hello, Yes, I played some more Elfs last week. It wasn't with the same group as described in the Serpent cults and repressed priestesses thread, but rather with my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Ben Lehman, Maura Byrne.

11/11/2003 Ron Edwards: The whole model - this is it
Hello, All the following material is supplemental to the existing essays, but it also overrules them as well as any of my previous comments in forum discussions at any point…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Marco, M. J. Young, Eero Tuovinen, The GM, Valamir, C. Edwards, Lxndr, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, lumpley, jdagna, Ian Charvill, Walt Freitag, cruciel, Jack Aidley, Gordon C. Landis, Jonathan Walton, contracycle, jeffd, Silmenume, Jack Spencer Jr, Palaskar.

11/13/2003 Ron Edwards: New forum and policy
Hello, Clinton and I are reasonably cetain that the poster Falconis is responsible for the recent 40 minutes of downtime, by overloading the server with some kind of email ("Denial…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, greyorm, joe_llama, A.Neill, Lxndr, Emily Care, Jack Aidley, Clinton R. Nixon, TheRedSoup, Walt Freitag, Falconis, Matt Snyder, Paganini.

11/17/2003 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe comics: old story down, new story up
Hello, For the first time in a while, the Trollbabe Comics page is finally fully stocked - all the previous stories, and the start of a new one. Yup, "Dusty…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Rod Anderson, Colin the Riot, ejh, greyorm, jrs, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Bob McNamee.

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