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11/7/2003 kwill: sorcerer: larping
hi all, one of the books mentions sorcerer larp rules/guidelines, but I haven't been able to find them on the sorcerer site, am I just blind or are they somehwere…
In Adept Press
Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Peregrine Dace, jburneko, Paka, Eero Tuovinen.

11/7/2003 Mulciber: Running hard to keep my place
So, if I understand this right, since you move as a natural part of combat, the question is what movement rate you are going (and where are you going). What…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mulciber, Salamander, Anthony I, Caz, Wolfen.

11/7/2003 crunchywomble: looking to play via video-conference.
Hi. My name's Tuck, and I'm an Ozzie living in Japan. I'm looking to play a character based game with folks from all over the world via vid-link. If anyone's…
In Connections
Participants: crunchywomble, xiombarg.

11/7/2003 Mark: Third Party Publisher designation and logo
Quoted from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8466 (...and moved to a more appropriate place, I hope.) ...this is probably Mark's little joke. As a means of introduction, Mark is not only the creative…
In Publishing
Participants: Mark, Mike Holmes.

11/7/2003 Marco: Game Promotion Sites
Hi everyone, again, we've got news to post. Where are the good sites to promote RPG news. I have RPG.news, RPG.net, and Pen and Paper. I think RPG Gazette is…
In Publishing
Participants: Marco, C. Edwards, xiombarg, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

11/7/2003 fusangite: New Threefold Division to Compete with GNS
I had never heard of the GNS division when I posted a thread on my theory of play to ENWorld. However, a kind soul directed me here and suggested that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: fusangite, Calithena, Ian Charvill, jdagna.

11/7/2003 Gideon13: Creating a Squire
I am a new TROS player who wants to create a squire, but buying "Landless Nobility" is too much (I want him to earn knighthood via deeds, not start that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Gideon13, kenjib, Sneaky Git, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman.

11/7/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Step-die pool mechanic for consideration
Hi all. I've been away for quite a while so bear with me if I'm not up to date on all the recent threads. The core mechanic for the game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Fallen_Icarus, Jack Spencer Jr, failrate, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Mike Holmes, gabby2600, TheRedSoup, Phillip.

11/7/2003 BabbageCliologic: GURPS Aftermath! Operation Morpheus Game - currently running
Hello: I am currently running a GURPS Aftermath! Operation Morpheus game. I'm using GURPS Lite and Basic as the main system, have reduced combat to the simplest possible and have…
In Actual Play
Participants: BabbageCliologic.

11/6/2003 Chris Barrett: A dice mechanic to swarm on and pick apart.
I like mechanics that allow for very remote possibilities but exploding dice don't do it for me. I want to do one toss and be done. This system uses a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Chris Barrett, Walt Freitag, Andrew Martin.

11/6/2003 LizardLips: Come, enjoy my tasty dice mechanics with hot baked stones!
I've been working on game for a while now and its becoming fairly complex. Before I continue I was hoping you guys could look over a few chunks of my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: LizardLips, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Dev, Wolfen, xiombarg, Valamir, Halzebier, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

11/6/2003 sirogit: Odd idea for multiple-GM Sorcerer
I've been thinking of several ways to do Sorcerer without a single designated GM, I had this idea: Outside of conflicts with demons, other PCs and the elements of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit.

11/6/2003 Bevan: Using luck and Karma
One of the central ideas behind the mechanics for Spiritus Mundi is that it can be used both as a normal table-top rpg and as a live-action rpg (larp). Because…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bevan, Andrew Martin, Jack Aidley, Dev, gabby2600.

11/6/2003 rosscowman: Anarchy in Game Design
Mr. TV-Head sayz “Anarchy is CHAOS!” That’s not what I’m talking about. When I say anarchy, I mean- an+archos = no ruler. I'd like to discuss ways of sharing the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: rosscowman, Ben Lehman, gobi, Mike Holmes.

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.

11/6/2003 Jack Aidley: [Traveller] Spotlighting problems.
Since my main campaign has hit rather a road bump (one of my players has got a new job meaning he can't make it every other week, and another has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, AnyaTheBlue, Dev, arxhon, stingray20166, Loki, Mike Holmes.

11/6/2003 Lxndr: Publishing Snowball
Up to this point, I've offered Snowball free from the Twisted Confessions website. I have no plans to stop doing that. However, I am also tempted to submit it to…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Lxndr, James V. West, abzu.

11/6/2003 hyphz: [D&D] Preventing gamism becoming 'solved'?
We're playing a D&D game at the moment. Basically, pure gamism. Hack and slash, min/max characters, kick Orc and Troll ass. Nothing particularly spectacular or edifying or experimental (bah ;)…
In Actual Play
Participants: hyphz, Scripty, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jack Aidley, Andrew Norris, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, C. Edwards, Halzebier, Pyske, Harlequin, apeiron, Jaif, MachMoth, ADGBoss.

11/6/2003 xiombarg: Unsung: Sweeps Week (Session 4)
You might want to freshen up with the previous thread. This session was a lot more action-oriented and had less Gifts -- the idea was to test the core sytem…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg, Lxndr, Dana_mun, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman.

11/6/2003 M. J. Young: Simple to Complex Combat in Multiverser
Over in design and resolutionI suspect I'd like Multiverser. The simple-to-complex issue (did I read you right? Up to 12 steps?) is a great assist in play. I also…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young.

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11/7/2003 JamesDJIII: When Words Failed Me
Last night we played Exalted, and I had the hardest time coming up with "cool" ways to describe what I wanted to do. (A lot like games like Sorcerer, Exalted…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ben Lehman, rafial, jdagna, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, John Burdick, greyorm, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

11/7/2003 Rich Forest: The sniper takes aim at my guy's head...
Over in Indie Design, Ben Lehman is working on a cool idea he’s calling The Tactics Project. He’s described his goals for it like this: The real key is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Emily Care, Paul Czege.

11/7/2003 Ben Lehman: Gamist Characteristics
Hi. I've been doing a lot of thought recently into the methods and modes of Gamism, largely to help me with the design of Tactics. I thought I would…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Rich Forest, fusangite, pete_darby, contracycle, Walt Freitag.

11/7/2003 dyjoots: Magic in Donjon: Power Level
I've been looking over threads here and the game itself, particularly with concerns about magic. In several threads, it was mentioned that the magic system may be a bit overpowered,…
In CRN Games
Participants: dyjoots, jdagna, rafial, Bob McNamee.

11/7/2003 hix: Kickers in the Tenets
Reading 'The Pregnant Pope' and thinking about my two games of Uni so far, I've found that there's always a Tenet that defined and focused the story we were about…
In Universalis
Participants: hix.

11/8/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Kyuseisha: Back to Formula (failures, reworking)
OK, so this is kinda against the "post when you need feedback" thing of this forum, but I figure there's a few morals of game design in this post. Actually,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, apeiron.

11/8/2003 JSDiamond: Hell Comes to Frogtown - free rpg
Apologies to anyone with taste. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/froggy.pdf
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, gabby2600, Lxndr, C. Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Phillip.

11/8/2003 ZazielsRephaim: First time running a game!!! any advice???
First off, I've been lurking the forum for a while, and must say everyone seems wonderfully polite, intuitive, and helpful. I picked up TROS and OBAM a couple months back,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Spartan.

11/8/2003 realms_creator: Book binding
I was wondering if anyone has done a RPG book in coil binding? We are in bata testing of our game and this book binding seems to be winning. Just…
In Publishing
Participants: realms_creator, Chris Passeno, gobi, Valamir, Paul Czege, abzu, jrs, Jack Aidley, madelf, Gold Rush Games, KeithBVaughn, Michael S. Miller, jdagna.

11/8/2003 Ingenious: First Post - Archery Question
Well, this is my first post so I'll be brief. Now, since I lack the funds to buy the book, I'd like to know how detailed the rules are for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, LordSmerf, Snikwas, deltadave, Sneaky Git.

11/8/2003 gobi: Game Design 101: A survey
Assume you were to create and teach a college course in the design of role-playing games: 1) Summarize the nature of your class and its ultimate goal. 2) What would…
In RPG Theory
Participants: gobi, M. J. Young, Eero Tuovinen, jdagna, fusangite, Calithena, Lxndr, Dotan Dimet, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Ben Lehman, Comte, ross_winn, eyebeams, damion.

11/8/2003 greyorm: Narrativism: What the Heck is it?
This thread is being started based on a number of recent newcomers to the Forge who have been having trouble with the concept of Narrativism and what it entails...mainly, their…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, fusangite, Ron Edwards, newsalor, Matt Snyder, jdagna.

11/8/2003 LordSmerf: [Trithofar] Need a little feedback
Ok. Trithofar is actually a setting that a few of my friends have been using for over ten years and we're trying to get a system locked down. Anyway, the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: LordSmerf, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Mulciber, contracycle.

11/10/2003 Eric J.: My eternal hunt for Planescape
I'm in an eternal hunt for a working Planescape RPG. I want something that will facilitate the type of gameplay that Planescape, in my view, should provide. I've made countless…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards, Andrew Martin, Scripty, Jeff Powers.

11/10/2003 Mulciber: Bookmarks
To (presumably) Clinton: Can we have bookmarks (something like Single This Thread Our For Special Attention), or something? To quote Berucha (sp?): I want it now!
In Site Discussion
Participants: Mulciber, C. Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/10/2003 dragon_of_colour: Our Second Game
[i]Here is my posting of our game on saturday last. Overall we had a good time, and made definite improvements on our first attempt two weeks ago. We decided to…
In Universalis
Participants: dragon_of_colour, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Fenris_, Bob McNamee, kwill, magependragon, Christopher Weeks.

11/10/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Game brewing: where to discuss ideas for games
Where on the Forge is it acceptable to discuss and refine basic ideas for games, rather than games where the work has already been accomplished and need to be reviewed?…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.

11/10/2003 Thanaeon: TRoS scenario idea - comments and suggestions, please!
Having recently come to possess this book called The Riddle of Steel, I'm kind of itching to use it, but I can't really stop running my Exalted campaign until it's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thanaeon, Valamir, Loki, Paka, kenjib, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Gary_Bingham, Tywin Lannister, Kaare Berg.

11/10/2003 Paganini: Fatalism and Narrativsm
The discussion at the end of this thread caught my eye, but Ron closed it afore I could post: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8494 There was some talk about Boewulf and Huck Finn not…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, John Kim, M. J. Young, Marco, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Charvill, pete_darby, Walt Freitag, Gordon C. Landis, fusangite, C. Edwards.

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.

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