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10/2/2003 kwill: child sorcerers: amulet of samarkand
in addition to Harry Potter and Sabriel mentioned previously in this forum Sorc GMs may be interested in The Amulet of Samarkand (Stroud), published by Doubleday, which is coming out…
In Adept Press
Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

10/2/2003 bcook1971: Get What You Play For!
I invite you to use this sheet to dial up and flip on your RPG play preferences. It may even help to articulate preference across your group and lead to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim.

10/2/2003 brainwipe: A Player's Terrorist Handbook
I am currently looking at the next netbook to produce for Icar ( http://www.icar.co.uk ) and I have recently stumbled across an idea scribbled on the back of a beermate…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: brainwipe, Minx, xechnao, gobi, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, AgentFresh, failrate.

10/2/2003 A.Neill: Contemporary Sorcerer: Darker Angels Game
Okay – we’ve now run two full stories (?) of Sorcerer through to completion. The first game was completed some time ago – so please consider this a truly retrospective…
In Actual Play
Participants: A.Neill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/2/2003 raga: a question of dice mechanics
Hey all, I've got a question here about a game I'm trying to develop and I'm curious if some of the more math talented could chime in about the following…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: raga, JimmyB, Thierry Michel, Mike Holmes, xechnao, Walt Freitag.

10/2/2003 RaconteurX: Departing gracefully
From my own experience, I can tell you that departing gracefully is often a more powerful tool of rebuke than making a scene. Faced with a similar situation, I thanked…
In Actual Play
Participants: RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, AnyaTheBlue, JamesDJIII.

10/1/2003 ThunderCheetah: InSpectres Grrrl version (reprise)
Yeah, I was reading this because I was feeling nostalgic. I still have that sketch of Zoomer as a chiuahiuah. Good times, Ron, good times!
In Actual Play
Participants: ThunderCheetah, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, xiombarg, ejh, jburneko, Theron, David Chunn, Jonathan Walton.

10/2/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Riddle of Steel Psions
Hey all, Ive finally gotten back after 3 months and i was just wondering what you guys thought about psionics in ROS and how they might work. Thanks, SMB
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench, Spartan, contracycle, Lxndr, Richard_Strey, Dan Sellars.

10/1/2003 ThunderCheetah: Starting a Role-Play Group
Okay, this is mostly for Ron, but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Ever since I've left DePaul, I've been bereft of role-playing except for that one-day stint with LARP…
In Actual Play
Participants: ThunderCheetah, deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, Grex, Michael S. Miller.

10/1/2003 Scripty: Preparation for HeroQuest
With my first real sessions of HeroQuest (set in Hyborea) coming up within a week, I thought it would be nice to seek the advice of those more experienced than…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Scripty, dunlaing, Mike Holmes, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill.

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.

10/1/2003 SumDood: Publishing a CHM File for Distribution
I'm not sure if it was a mistake, but my first publishing attempt for Entalis was to put out a CHM file for download. There were various complaints. Some people…
In Publishing
Participants: SumDood, Chris Passeno, AnyaTheBlue, Dave Panchyk, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

10/1/2003 Lxndr: [Fastlane]: Facets and Styles
I am considering a new addition to the Fastlane rules (which can be downloaded at www.twistedconfessions.com), but I'm wondering whether or not I'm making the game needlessly complex by adding…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr, Mike Holmes, RaconteurX, Wolfen.

10/1/2003 LordSmerf: Who we play with
After some consideration over the weekend, i have decided that it is worth discussing the following point which was briefly mentioned in my Evolution of Preferences thread. The question is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, bcook1971, jdagna, M. J. Young.

10/1/2003 JimmyB: Looking for artists
I'm looking for artists for a Western-themed game. I'm a student so can't afford much in the way of material reward, but I'll try and sort something out. If you're…
In Connections
Participants: JimmyB, Arashi.

10/1/2003 Sonja: D&D vs GURPS vs WarhammerFRP -- help!?
I am a seasoned GM who is running an RPG session tomorrow with my group. We normally play Call of Cthulhu using a special set of rules I designed (www.kisa.ca/123.html),…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sonja, JimmyB, Brian Leybourne, Minx, Alan, Mike Holmes.

10/1/2003 Sonja: Play on IRC?
Hi! I would like to play on IRC. My nick on EFnet is Sonja and on Undernet and Dalnet is S0nja (with a zero). Where do you guys meet and…
In Universalis
Participants: Sonja, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks.

10/1/2003 The Heretic: New to the forum, a question
Hi everybody, I've been lurking for a while, but this is my fist post. First, this looks like a great game, congratulations Jake, you are my hero now. I have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: The Heretic, MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: slang question
Ok, what does "ymmv" mean? this has been bugging me all day!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, MonkeyWrench, 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, dragon_of_colour, Richard_Strey, Camillus.

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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10/2/2003 Paka: Re-discovering a Forgotten Sport - Intro Campaign Setting
The Sorcerer Kings, Wizards and Witches have ruled the world for as long as anyone can remember, casting mighty magicks that take months and years off of their lives. They…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Irmo.

10/2/2003 SumDood: Blast and Burn Damage Tracking
My system divides possible hit locations into many body parts, all listed on the character sheet with different armor and damage resistance values. One of the major difficulties I've had…
In RPG Theory
Participants: SumDood, Mike Holmes, Valamir, M. J. Young, Christopher Weeks, LordSmerf, contracycle, bcook1971.

10/2/2003 Tomas HVM: Empowerment and elements
Please consider this post a possible framework to develop ideas from, not a provocation for those not aggreeing in the goal of it all. I think these ideas are best…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tomas HVM, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Ben Lehman.

10/2/2003 StahlMeister: Combat/Magic Questions
Hi Friends! Here are some questions I have. Please don't feel angry if they were handled in another thread. Did not found it. 1.) Three players of my groud attacked…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Spartan, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne.

10/2/2003 Tim Alexander: [Dust Devils] Malt & Tease
Hey Folks, So last night we played our opening session of Dust Devils. We sat down last week and talked about setting and made up some characters. The players decided…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.

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.

10/2/2003 Mike Holmes: Boosts and Permenance
From this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8180 An adventure centering around dealing with Bob killing Joe's family will give a sizable boost to "Hate Bob" for duration of that adventure; if the player's…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, RaconteurX, newsalor, simon_hibbs, dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, Scripty, Ian Cooper, contracycle, Michael Bowman.

10/2/2003 Tim Alexander: DD prep, and the power of the narrator.
Hey Folks, Over here I have the opening session of my group's new Dust Devils game. We're pretty excited about it. One of the major questions that came out of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Tim Alexander, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

10/2/2003 inthisstyle: Struggling with a Group
I've read a lot of tales of woe regarding various individuals' gaming groups on this list, and thought I might share my own. I am GM for a pretty large…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Eric J., Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, garapata, dragon_of_colour.

10/2/2003 LordSmerf: The Ever-Elusive "Perfect" Damage System
No, i don't have it. Yes, i want it badly. Therefore i propose the following: This thread's express purpose is the discussion of damage systems. Anything from tracking character damage,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, Heather Manley, Jeph, gobi, Jack Spencer Jr, RaconteurX, M. J. Young, SumDood, Jack Aidley.

10/2/2003 Phillip: mage- a game of magic and attitude
Please check out my latest game, mage It basically uses a system of stones to represent manna of different colors that mages can spend to do magic. Each magical feat…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Phillip, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Wolfen, simon_hibbs, John Kim, failrate, Spooky Fanboy.

10/3/2003 deadpanbob: Focus: Step On Up Topic: Skills
All: Once again, my search-kwon-do has failed me here at the Forge. I swear I don't have this much problem at other sites... In any case, I'm hoping that someone…
In RPG Theory
Participants: deadpanbob, M. J. Young, contracycle, pete_darby, Clinton R. Nixon, kalyptein, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Walt Freitag, failrate, simon_hibbs, gobi, Ziggy, Noon.

10/3/2003 gameskald: Game Idea: The Land of Nod
Ok, here is an idea that came to me the other night after waking up from a trully bizarre dream. What about an rpg where the whole of the story…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gameskald, Dumirik, gobi, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Dave Panchyk, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2003 Jay Turner: Bullpen: Not Just Another Supers RPG
I'd love some feedback on Bullpen, a comic-book RPG I've been working on. The premise of the game is a little experimental: Instead of playing a superhero in a comic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jay Turner, Jack Spencer Jr, Phillip, LordSmerf, gobi, hermes, Mike Holmes, Doc Blue, apeiron.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Raising Proficiencies
I've got a little question on proficiencies my group was discussing last night. When I create my character I put 7 into Longsword. So I then get Dagger at 3…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Richard_Strey, deltadave, Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Stances
Yet another question. Are stances only for when characters are facing off to each other in a dueling situation? Or, for example, if my character Eric is walking down a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Salamander, Jasper, Ashren Va'Hale, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood.

10/3/2003 sirogit: My/JL's game("The Abyss Chronicles"?)
(Note, I was sort've waiting for JL to do this, as he's more talented at not confusing the hell out of people. So I'd invite him to post about the…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2003 JamesDJIII: Blood, Magic and Sandals
Last night was the second of a long term Fantasy Hero game. Here are my observations that I think are relevant to folks in this forum. Our group: diverse set…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, RaconteurX, John Kim.

10/3/2003 lumpley: Adventures in Improvised System
My guy fucks corpses. It's okay, I mean he's the son of Lucere, one of the three old men of Tremere, and Lucere raised him to be the Antichrist, which…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Valamir, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Tim Alexander, Meguey, cruciel, bluegargantua, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman.

10/3/2003 gobi: What are the usual specs for a RPG game site?
I've got several games being developed simultaneously and by the time they're ready to publish on html/pdf, I fear my dinky little university-provided webspace will fill up long before then.…
In Publishing
Participants: gobi, Matt Snyder, Marco, Mike Holmes, Matt, jdagna.

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