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10/5/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Areas Armor Protects
Since it isnt in the rulebook and i havnt found any posts on it, is there any place i can find exactly what parts of the body each piece of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Crusader, Salamander.

10/5/2003 epweissengruber: Torontonian HeroQuesters?
I was wondering if any Glorantha fans in the GTA (that's Greater Toronto Area) would like to get together to celebrate, enjoy and kibbitz about the newly arived Hero Quest.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, RaconteurX.

10/5/2003 garapata: [Cradle] Playtested..
Okay, I got three players to try Cradle. We had a Gundam Wing Zero toy (with WEAPON ACCESSORIES, LIGHT UP EYES, and SOUNDEFFECTS) a Victorian Matron doll (with CLAY PIES,…
In Actual Play
Participants: garapata.

10/5/2003 johnzo: PTA: Imperivm Confidential Episode II
Last Thursday was the second episode of Imperivm Confidential, the Prime Time Adventures playtest that I'm GMing (or "Producing," in PTA terms.) The players have been clamouring for a Forge…
In Actual Play
Participants: johnzo, Jeffrey Miller, Matt Wilson, Alan, John Harper.

10/5/2003 taalyn: Milehicon
Anyone here going? Um..I dunno what else to say. That's what I want to know. Aidan
In Conventions
Participants: taalyn, Ron Edwards, abzu, jcfiala.

10/5/2003 gobi: [ bleed_ ] A 24-hour game
The Adults in Wonderland thread got me thinking about the Maxx and a game idea I once had for an rpg about people's outbacks bleeding into reality. I started writing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Little_Rat, JimmyB, garapata.

10/5/2003 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Adventures in Ezra
We played Fastlane today in my in-person gaming group. Used american dice instead of the wheel (the motorcycle is not an easy thing to carry a roulette wheel on). I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lxndr, Wolfen.

10/5/2003 anonymouse: a lonely Donjon bookshelf: what should sit next to it?
Okay, so Clinton extended the offer in the main Donjon book and at least a couple of other places that anyone wanting to write a supplement for Donjon would be…
In CRN Games
Participants: anonymouse, Trevis Martin.

10/4/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about falling damage
Another day, another thing I need clarified...concerning falling damage, that is. The way I interpret the rules on p. 96, you do not take into account Toughness and Armor Values…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, contracycle, Thagorod Alynsson, Salamander, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2003 VisionaryEntertainment: Just popping in to introduce myself...
Greetings all, My name is Chip Dobbs and I am the President and owner of Visionary Entertainment Studio Inc, makers of the Everlasting Role Playing Game. I purchased the company…
In Publishing
Participants: VisionaryEntertainment, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2003 Sonja: Magic systems? (spell points, specific spells vs spheres)
I am researching options for magic in a medieval fantasy RPG. I know I don't like the memorization system in D&D. It doesn't make sense. I like the idea of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sonja, HMT, Brian Leybourne, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, gobi, John Kim, Bob McNamee, bigsimon, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, SumDood, Cemendur, Windthin, Thanaeon, Umberhulk.

10/4/2003 kenjib: Question about the Flower of Battle
I finished Stephen Pressfield's Gates of Fire a couple of weeks ago and the vivid battles in the book really blew me away. I was just wondering if anyone with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Brian Leybourne, -Akora-, Ville.

10/4/2003 Sonja: New Game Idea!
Believe! <Sonja> in this game, your character is one with the universe, an avatar. <Sonja> Anything you think or believe becomes true. <Sonja> so if your character says "i believe…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sonja, Jasper, Jeph, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf.

10/4/2003 Sonja: I convert between game systems for you!
I am available to design and develop conversion formulas and guidelines for your RPG. For example, you want to convert D&D monsters to your new system. Or you want to…
In Connections
Participants: Sonja.

10/3/2003 GB Steve: SteveCon V - hi octaNe
I'm organising SteveCon V in London on, or about October 28th. Since SteveCon III, I've decided that I'll feature an indie game as my game of the Con to run.…
In Conventions
Participants: GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2003 Ubercon: Ubercon II - 2 weeks to go!
With just 2 weeks left until Ubercon II, we cordially invite you to an action-packed weekend of gaming and fun at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel,Secaucus, NJ. The convention runs…
In Connections
Participants: Ubercon, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2003 Mokkurkalfe: I've got OBAM! And some questions...
First of all, splendid work. My horseriding player's are gonna love this. Still, I have a few questions. Why the armour-limiting on the berserker gift? It seems suspicously D&D-ish. Doesn't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Pantera, Mike Holmes.

10/3/2003 Paul Czege: profiling, fall 2003
Hey, Over six months have passed since Profiling, spring 2003...so my clock says lets have a new one. To recap, the questions are:What are the last three role-playing games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Jason E. Roberts, Ian Charvill, jburneko, Matt Snyder, Tim Alexander, Matt Wilson, AnyaTheBlue, ethan_greer, anonymouse, rafial, C. Edwards, inthisstyle, Jeph, hanschristianandersen, Christopher Weeks, Drastic, Peter Nordstrand, kalyptein, Clinton R. Nixon, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, Jeffrey Miller, ScottM, Chris Passeno, Fabrice G., Brian Leybourne, Matt Gwinn, Trevis Martin, Anthony I, johnzo, RaconteurX, Jonathan Walton, gobi, Dave Panchyk, Bob McNamee, Hafaza, Rich Forest, Sylus Thane, joshua neff, Tomas HVM, David Chunn, AnttiK, Halzebier, pete_darby, Ola J., John Harper, herrmess, AgentFresh, Cemendur, Simon W, Jasper, taalyn, John Kim, Ben Lehman, gentrification, Michael S. Miller, Jack Aidley, A.Neill, xiombarg, Ian Cooper, Paul's Girl, lumpley, elgorade, bluegargantua, drozdal, Dave Versace, iago, MongoosePaul, erithromycin, GB Steve, jeffd, Silent Tamatama, GreatWolf, Theron, jrients, Enoch, Kaare Berg, ADGBoss, DNAphil, Zathreyel, Pyske, adamsmith, Scripty, Heather Manley, Borogove, rasputin, Emily Care, hix, LordSmerf, Rod Anderson, Jake Norwood, leomknight, arxhon.

10/3/2003 Sylus Thane: Frontier Revamped and Revisited
Well I've been steadily plugging away on Frontier which can be found here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lost_Horizon_Games/ in the files section. Sorry it's a yahoo group but it has to do till I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sylus Thane, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Jack Aidley.

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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10/6/2003 Paul Czege: some kind of celebrity, it seems...
[A HREF="http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Diner_Wrapper&file=index&req=ShowFile&file_wrap=html/Top10Results.htm"]GamingReport.com: Top Ten Game Designers/Writers[/A] Paul
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Fabrice G..

10/6/2003 Thierry Michel: Combat questions
After reading the rulebook and toying a bit with the combat simulator (very nice piece of work, by the way), I have a few questions: (1) an armored guy on…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thierry Michel, Overdrive, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Darcy Burgess, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Salamander, Dan Sellars.

10/6/2003 Marco: JAGS Vehicles Damage Question
Hello, We are almost done with JAGS Have-Not--however our tests of several vehicular damage systems have been sub-optimal--so I'm posting here to see if anyone has some input on our…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, abzu, SumDood.

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.

10/6/2003 Bailywolf: Juxtaploitation- odd couple & buddy gaming
I was thinking about group structures I have experienced which ran amazingly well, and one I remember most fondly is the one GM, two player model. Real odd couple stuff-…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailywolf, Ben Morgan, LordSmerf.

10/6/2003 LordSmerf: The Difference between Published Design and Actual Play?
I was going to post this in another thread, but it was so off topic that i decided to split it before it derailed the previous discussion (again). Ron Edwards…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, Mark Johnson, deadpanbob, Tomas HVM, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, RaconteurX.

10/6/2003 Norbert: Anyone care for a demo game at the Essen Fair 25th Oct.?
"Essen Spielt 2003", the big annual games trade fair and comic con in Essen, Germany, goes from October 23rd through 26th this year. I promised Zev from Z-Man Games to…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Norbert.

10/6/2003 MonkeyWrench: I'm having a slight problem with ordering
I've just ordered Donjon and the Donjon Pak B1 from the website using PayPal. Everything was fine until I realized that the email address that I was using for my…
In CRN Games
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Trevis Martin.

10/6/2003 Trevis Martin: Universalis - A twisted farce.
Yesterday, two of our group were extraordinarily late for our game due to a miscommunication about an event that they had. We were waiting to play our game of Donjon.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trevis Martin, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/6/2003 MonkeyWrench: Hmmm...how to run a demo
I'll be running my first demo of a game in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone has any pointers or tips for me. It's been hard…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, bluegargantua.

10/6/2003 Foolster41: Playtesters wanted. Monsterworld RPG - Renton, WA
STORY In a moment they were gone, lost in a strange world of terrible and dangerous monsters. But not all of these monsters are evil. The humans befriend a group…
In Connections
Participants: Foolster41.

10/6/2003 James V. West: I ain't dead, but I'm badly bruised...
Hey all I've been virutally dead on the forum for some time now. I just wanted to chime in and say I'm still here, still alive, and still in some…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards.

10/7/2003 aaron.so1games: Character Rewards
I am in the middle of Designing and playtesting "GodFall", and I want a player reward system for imaginative/creative play. Here is what it should accomplish: 1. It should reward…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: aaron.so1games, deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, Jack Aidley, Jeph, SumDood.

10/7/2003 Christopher Weeks: My first game.
We just played on IRC and it was really cool. I'm psyched! You just can't go wrong with music magic, biomechanical fish, and Kraken combat! You can catch the details…
In Universalis
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

10/7/2003 JimmyB: Apologies in advance
Okay, just to explain a few things, this game was developed around 4am in the morning, with the help of several bottles of red bull and a couple of pints…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JimmyB, garapata, Simon W, Mike Holmes.

10/7/2003 xiombarg: concept games footnote, politics in games
As a footnote to the concept games thread and the games as serious art thread, I'd like to note something that's going on in video games, in at least in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, contracycle, John Kim, Tim Alexander, simon_hibbs, Tomas HVM, Jonathan Walton, Mark Johnson, M. J. Young, Rob MacDougall, Mike Holmes, taalyn.

10/7/2003 Janne Halmetoja: Character Generator problem
I get message "Unable to write to" when I try save on free creating mode. I have tried several NPCs and everytime get this message. If I create character using…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/7/2003 Eric Kimball: Bored web-monkey looking for a project
I am looking for websites to work on to pad my resume. I have worked on the Arrogant Game Design site ( http://www.arrogantgames.com), as well as subsites for the games:…
In Connections
Participants: Eric Kimball.

10/7/2003 Ben Lehman: Stretching
This post is a little off the wall, but I've been stretching Sorcerer inside my head recently, and I've come up with an "interpretation" which I find interesting enough to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, sirogit, AnyaTheBlue.

10/7/2003 Brian T: Task resolution system ideas
Hello all I am new to the board and have seen a bit of good feedback and decided to look for some feed back on a task resolution scheme I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Brian T, SumDood, Jeph, John Kim, Andrew Martin, Jack Spencer Jr, Jack Aidley, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Dr. Velocity.

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