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9/30/2003 Drifter Bob: realism in RPG's
I recently wrote the first half of a two part article about realism in Role Playing Games for Swords Edge Magazine. I'd be interested in any reactions or response people…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drifter Bob, Ben Lehman, mjk, deadpanbob, JimmyB, Trevis Martin, Andrew Martin, Ian Charvill, simon_hibbs, Jack Aidley, Walt Freitag, Rob Donoghue, xechnao, M. J. Young, Marco, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2003 deadpanbob: Technique(s) as Discriminating Characteristics of GNS
In this thread... Currency, IIEE, character creation, resolution (DFK), reward systems, and the comparatively fleeting Stances, are all "spheres" of Techniques. Can we talk about a given profile,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: deadpanbob, AnyaTheBlue, M. J. Young, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2003 jeffd: Fading Suns - getting players to drive the plot
Periodically I solicit feedback from my players about the game, other players, my GMing, etc. One bit of feedback that was pretty consistent was that the players wanted to drive…
In Actual Play
Participants: jeffd, AnyaTheBlue, Ben Lehman, jburneko.

9/29/2003 taalyn: PDF publishing
[quote="Back in April of 2002, Ron"]As the pioneer and arguably the expert on selling PDF versions of a role-playing game, I can tell you that this tactic is not valid.…
In Publishing
Participants: taalyn, Matt Snyder, gameskald, Brand_Robins, quozl, Valamir, samdowning, HinterWelt, Michael Hopcroft, Scott_Lynch, Gold Rush Games.

9/29/2003 Ben Lehman: Humor in RPGs / Comedy RPGs
(Not certain if this should be in RPG Theory or GNS... It relates to RPG theory, but also to GNS...) Something which I have harped on for a while in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ben Lehman, AnyaTheBlue, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young.

9/29/2003 jburneko: On Telltales
Hello, Telltales are conceptually very awkward things for me. I have a particularly difficult time understanding the relationship between Telltales, Lore rolls, and non-Sorcerers. Consider this telltale: In my Space-Western…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Possible summary of GNS
Hi, All! A number of recent threads (and my own noodling) over the GNS theory as a whole have lead me to write a description of what I think the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: AnyaTheBlue, Ron Edwards, jdagna.

9/29/2003 ejh: Scott McCloud's Four Tribes
I got to hear comic artist Scott McCloud speak earlier this week and as an aside, in response to a question somebody asked, he threw out a fourfold classification of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ejh, Jonathan Walton, xiombarg, Ben Lehman, Windthin, SumDood, Jasper, Trevis Martin, Alan, John Kim.

9/29/2003 Emily_Dresner: Bar RPGs
So, this weekend, as a joke, a friend challenged me to write a one-page Coupling RPG. Which I did, and it's here and not terribly good. Hey, it was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Emily_Dresner, lumpley, Paul Czege, taalyn, AnyaTheBlue, Lxndr, Dev, Ben Lehman, Simon W, xiombarg, gobi, joshua neff.

9/29/2003 lumpley: Speaking of Trollbabe Comics...
There hasn't been a new one since the end of Avatar is Plenty. I'm jonesin'. -Vincent
In Adept Press
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, jrs.

9/29/2003 jrs: MLWM rule interpretation
I have a couple questions about the die mechanics in MLWM after running our first session yesterday. In the rules, there is the stipulation that a roll that would result…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: jrs, Paul Czege, ethan_greer.

9/29/2003 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] An experimental game of experimentation
I've just finished Discernment: An experimental role-playing game of experimentation. It is available for free as an approx. 1 MB PDF at incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com/Discernment.pdf The game text is about 5 pages,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jonathan Walton, Little_Rat, Paul Czege, xiombarg.

9/29/2003 dragon_of_colour: Ordering Universalis in SA
Hi all, I am looking to order Universalis (if possible) from a local store in South Africa. There was an earlier thread mentioning that Adams & Co (in Durban) stocks…
In Universalis
Participants: dragon_of_colour, Valamir, kwill.

9/29/2003 abzu: Beliefs and "Reality"
So we watched Big Trouble in Little China last night. The entire movie can be really (really) nicely explained in BW terms. But one of the foremost aspects of the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, bcook1971, rafial.

9/29/2003 Gordon C. Landis: Things NOT GNS (including g, n, and s)
This seemed best as a new post, though it is directly spawned by Clarifying Simulationism and similiar recent threads. Let me start with three fairly simple statements that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, pete_darby, Ian Charvill, Wormwood, Ron Edwards, AnyaTheBlue, jdagna, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/29/2003 Space Cowboy: ISBN Numbers?
Hey guys, How's it going? Just a quick question- when is it worth it to purchase an ISBN number for a product? (i.e., going in general distribution, going into booktrade,…
In Publishing
Participants: Space Cowboy, Ron Edwards, jrs.

9/29/2003 Gawian: Realm of Rage
Hey all there is this new rpg called Realm of Rage. Its free, online, graphical, and in-depth. I wish for all of you to try it and help it grow…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Gawian.

9/28/2003 GB Steve: My LARP with Master
I'd like to run this game as a LARP. I had thought of My Life with Masters - all the players are the minions of Phil Masters at a British…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: GB Steve, Mike Holmes.

9/28/2003 chade0: about aiming at unarmored parts of body
Hello, I fought a test duel with two equal knights. Both were wearing a helmet and a full chain suit which covers all zones excepts head and lower legs. Both…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Salamander, Caz, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Valamir, Snikwas, MonkeyWrench, Jaeger, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Jasper, -Akora-, Camillus, Ville, Overdrive.

9/28/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about a combat situation
Two characters engage in combat. Both have red dice, and were in an aggressive stance. A uses Feint-Thrust. B uses Counter. What happens?!?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Salamander, Draigh, Richard_Strey, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Valamir.

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9/30/2003 Ben Lehman: Small Game Help Wanted
So I typed up my bar game, Over the Bar, as a Microsoft Word file, and found that it fits nicely on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper, with room…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX.

9/30/2003 Rico: Another Problem
The campains in the past our characters have passed easily, no one ever dies because they would just complain and everyone is getting attached to their character. All of us…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rico, Valamir.

9/30/2003 Heather Manley: Adults in Wonderland: Mutable Settings
Consider the original Alice in Wonderland (the book, not the cartoon or movie) and Through the Looking Glass. Especially because of the implied "It was all just a dream!" aspect,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Heather Manley, JimmyB, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Michael S. Miller, Shreyas Sampat, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes.

9/30/2003 Kraal: Call me stupid, but...
Hi, uhm, how do you go about buying both melee and missile wpns skills. Do split your vagaries between them, or do they both count as the max vagarie points?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kraal, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2003 Kraal: Help, need clarification on rules
Hi, I need some clarification on how you spend your vagary points between melee and missile skills, or do you need to spend points on missile skills? I have read…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Kraal, MonkeyWrench.

9/30/2003 MonkeyWrench: Some advice please.
I love Sorceror. I treated myself to Sorceror and Sword and Sorceror's Soul for my birthday and I devoured both of them. However I have a problem....I have never actually…
In Adept Press
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Tim Alexander, greyorm, Alan.

9/30/2003 Mandris_Arcanis: My Game "Crucible of Legends (Need Mechanics Help)
First off let me be perfectly clear, This game will be published either in POD direct sales formatt, sold at CONs, and hopefully eventually garnering a distributor and gaining store…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mandris_Arcanis, contracycle, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes.

9/30/2003 kalyptein: shifting relationships & hero point cost
I was rereading the chapter on relationships in the HQ book and something that has been bothering me finally gelled. I like that relationships can have a mechanical effect on…
In HeroQuest
Participants: kalyptein, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, simon_hibbs, Mark Galeotti, Drastic.

9/30/2003 Wormwood: Hybridization Question
I'm currently looking for the theoretical underpinnings of the statement that in a GNS hybrid has a primary and some number of secondary modes. I've viewed this statement as a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, jdagna, AnyaTheBlue, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob, Marco.

9/30/2003 Rob Donoghue: Genre Question: Techno Thrillers
Ok, so I'm finding myself at a point in my game where I've realized that I think my players are looking for a techno thriller, a genre I'm almost completely…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Rob Donoghue, xechnao, jdagna, Jack Spencer Jr, Dev, contracycle, Marco.

9/30/2003 Robert Calder: Conversion: Engel-Quest
Hello, I'm considering running Engel in the near future. The d20 rules included in the English translation are garbage, and for some reason, the Arkana rules (published via web in…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Robert Calder, Emmerson.

9/30/2003 PeterAdkison: Gen Con So Cal -- Can I answer any questions?
Hi all! I just thought I'd post and offer to answer (or at least try!) any questions people might have about Gen Con So Cal. The show will take place…
In Conventions
Participants: PeterAdkison, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt Wilson, abzu, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, RaconteurX, M. J. Young, Lxndr, Michael S. Miller, Jeffrey Miller, LordSmerf.

9/30/2003 Paul Czege: talking points for My Life with Master
So, Luke Crane's very generous offer to sell copies of My Life with Master at UberCon comes with a requirement. He wants "talking points." This is what I've…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, hix, abzu.

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.

9/30/2003 Matt Snyder: More on Muses
In between work, life and editing articles for Daedalus (just wait 'til you read Greg Stafford's awesome answers in the Q&A!), I've been tinkering with Nine Worlds. Mostly, I've let…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Pilgrim.

9/30/2003 Jonathan Walton: [Ever-After] Gets a Facelift
It was after reading through Michael S. Millar's new game, "Discernment," which shares many similarities with Ever-After, that I brought the game off the back-burner and began to stir it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Simon W.

9/30/2003 Pelorus: Lone gunman or loose collaboration or...
Some people are better at designing alone, others with a small core of people. I have a project I'm working on (well, 3 games) and I think I need help.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Pelorus, Mike Holmes, Emily_Dresner, gobi, Ron Edwards, gameskald.

9/30/2003 Jeph: I Need To Work On My Opening Scenes.
So, I started a D&D3e game on Sunday with a new group; three of which I'd never played with before and two of which were new to role-playing. The session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jeph.

9/30/2003 Tomas HVM: There is only players in RPG
I've had this recurring idea on RPG's, a new theoretical stance, and it's a very fruitful one: There is only players in a roleplaying game. The so called "games master"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tomas HVM, Minx, Gordon C. Landis, MachMoth, Marco, John Kim, Mark Johnson, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Jack Aidley, Valamir, pete_darby, Paganini, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Sparky, M. J. Young.

10/1/2003 gameskald: [Brood Wars] - Paper Miniature Battle (Reviews?)
Greetings everyone. First and foremost I would like to say I have been skulking the boards for a couple days now and all I can say is WOW, alot of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gameskald, anonymouse, Mike Holmes, Simon W, Walt Freitag, Valamir.

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