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11/18/2003 anonymouse: twilight of paradise: MLWM variant.. kinda.
Been listening to some instrumental, doomed-but-struggle-on music this evening. There're two other games I'd really rather be working on, but I can't seem to wrench myself out of this spiral.…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: anonymouse, james_west.

11/18/2003 LordSmerf: [Freak High] Undead Vermin and Mind Control
So since the planned Indie Netgaming stuff fell through tonight we decided to play Freak High. It was anonymouse's suggestion, but he bailed on us (i'm hoping technical stuff, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: LordSmerf.

11/18/2003 bcook1971: Both attack - impact on Order of a Round?
Luke (ZazielsRephaim) and I were doing some basic playtesting this morning, and a pretty important issue arose. At the beginning of a bout, we both threw red and made a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Caz, Salamander, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, ZazielsRephaim, Overdrive, Ingenious, Thanaeon, Jake Norwood.

11/17/2003 Emily Care: more adventures in improvised system: techniques
Hey folks, Time for some follow up on this thread, of Vincent's. (Tough act to follow, man!) We finished the plot arc that session was a part of, and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, bluegargantua, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Jeph, cruciel, Meguey, Christopher Weeks, Minx.

11/17/2003 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Charge Through the Rabble!
We had a wild and many-feathered Burning Wheel session last night. This episode was a continuation of the last one I posted — the players had tracked their enemy to…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, LordSmerf, drozdal, taepoong.

11/17/2003 Kenway: Ending Plot Pools with a bang!
This is a suggestion to the "Plot Pools" narration addon from: http://universalis.actionroll.com/narration.htm After the Plot Pool reaches zero, when a Complication arises, a player involved may announce "X Plot will…
In Universalis
Participants: Kenway.

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.

11/17/2003 Jonathan Walton: But a Model of What?
It's the new game that's thrilling millions! "De-Contextualize the (GNS) Model!" Starting with Ron's model for the social interactions that produce roleplaying, recently clarified in this thread, agile minds attempt…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Christopher Kubasik, Paganini, Andrew Martin, Tomas HVM, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, The GM, pete_darby, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, contracycle, M. J. Young.

11/17/2003 Lisa Padol: Martian Eyes Strike Again
Oy. Ran a larp with Josh and with Stephen Tihor last week. Utterly exhausting, but we did it. Meanwhile, I continue to be grateful for the examples in Sorcerer and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

11/17/2003 Bob McNamee: Creature available
I finally got around to posting at least a little of my old stuff back on the web, after Yahoo deleted my old account last year, for no apparent reason.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bob McNamee.

11/17/2003 gobi: [Freak High] A spin on superpowers as social disadvantage
This was going to be posted on spooky's thread, but he seems to be going in a different direction with his game now. Still, the discussion of superpowers as uncontrollable…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, LordSmerf, Spooky Fanboy, Andrew Martin.

11/16/2003 hix: Kicker without a Home
So I'm about to start running my first game using Relationship Maps and Kickers. Very exciting and so far all the Kickers are working well. However, one player has presented…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hix, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

11/16/2003 Christopher Kubasik: I Get It! (I think)
Hi All, Okay. Thanks to Marco and John's replies to my question about OOC bugaboos, I think something has snapped into place. A lot of this is old hand even…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Marco, John Kim, pete_darby.

11/16/2003 Noon: whoops post (split from GNS & Social Contract)
[quote="The GM"]*snip* Using GNS designations, the campaign swung wildly from one spectrum to the other, frequently mid-session as I, being the storyteller, purposefully provided aspects of each category to satisfy…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards.

11/16/2003 gobi: [PUNK] Two possible minor revisions to task resolution
Quick recap, 'cause it's been a while since the last update. PUNK is a game of rebellion against the Man. It lays out a basic system tailored to the more…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Shreyas Sampat, Lxndr, Dev.

11/16/2003 sirogit: Counter-system for Physical/Mental/Social opposistion?
I was thinking of making a system wherein characters have Physical, Mental and Social scores, and when rolling against another character's score, gets a large advantage depending on what the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Shreyas Sampat, greyorm, Walt Freitag.

11/16/2003 Lxndr: Art, Layout, Etc. (someone to do it)
I'm fairly convinced that Fastlane is pretty close to being ready for pdf publishing (I want at least an ashcan physical product ready for Indy, but a pdf seems appropriate…
In Connections
Participants: Lxndr, Eero Tuovinen, LordSmerf, ejh, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, Bob McNamee, greyorm, Trevis Martin, Funksaw, abzu.

11/16/2003 Christopher Kubasik: What's the Bugaboo About Out of Character Context?
Hi all, I've noticed that the "Address Premise" thread has become a thread about whether "out of character" input matters to analyzing a game for a G, N or S…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Alan, Marco, greyorm, jdagna, Paganini, contracycle, Ian Charvill, Halzebier, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

11/16/2003 Wolfen: ReCoil: First table-top playtest
Ran my first table-top game of ReCoil today. Didn't get to finish the mission, but it was a good start. Dunno when we'll get a chance to play again, as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wolfen, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2003 apeiron: Crucible (an idea for a site)
@ This is from a thread i started in the site discussion area. i am mentioning it here because i am looking to 'connect' with like minded people who might…
In Connections
Participants: apeiron.

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11/18/2003 Tywin Lannister: A setting for use with TROS.
Hello all. I have created a PDF based on a part of my own campaign setting, which incidentally is played using the The Riddle of Steel rules system. The document…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Stephen, Mike Holmes, Claymore, MonkeyWrench, Jake Norwood, Thagorod Alynsson, Ingenious, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

11/18/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon Indy 2004
What are people planning to do for GenCon Idy 2004? I think one of the main reasons people are asking "Whatever happened to Seraphim guard?" is that I wasn't at…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

11/18/2003 marcus: Death, Combat Sorcery, and Punishment
Very recent purchaser and Forum member here, so please excuse me if these questions have been answered elsewhere (although if they have, my searches have not revealed the answers) 1.…
In Adept Press
Participants: marcus, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, erithromycin, greyorm.

11/18/2003 Lxndr: Art: Does It Matter?
I intially posted here, in the Connections forum: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8700 looking for someone who could do art and layout, and the conversation sort of took a left turn, and an interesting…
In Publishing
Participants: Lxndr, Matt Snyder, Valamir, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, quozl, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, matthijs, madelf, A.B.W, Funksaw.

11/18/2003 ScottM: [MLwM] Irish Mines: First Game Session
This game follows the setup in Irish Mines: Setup. We started play last night. It was interesting, and some of the particular problems that I thought we'd encounter didn't actually…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, jrs.

11/18/2003 Marco: GNS/Creative Agenda Essay [long]
I received this in email. I'm not sure I agree with all of it--but I was asked my opinion on it. I asked permission to post it, and do so…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Paul Czege, Ian Charvill, Matt Snyder, Valamir, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards.

11/18/2003 MachMoth: Narration D20 - First Run
I mentioned this concept sometime ago. I wanted to take a group of people that had only played D&D, and expand their horizons a bit. And so, they agreed to…
In Actual Play
Participants: MachMoth, Mike Holmes, Andrew Norris.

11/18/2003 Walt Freitag: Questioning the "few key decisions" paradigm
On the What's the Bugaboo About Out of Character Context? thread, Paganini wrote: Before we can identify Mode of Play X as being prioritized, Mode of Play X first has…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young.

11/18/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Art? Science? Black Magic? Whatever...
Hi All, Look. This whole "intent" / "observation" / "analysis" thing has gotten way out of hand, so let me offer this: I live in Los Angeles. And that means…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, ejh, Emily Care, John Kim, Noon, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, GreatWolf, The GM.

11/18/2003 Ben Lehman: Exploration and Creative Agenda
I have been following with great interest the recent spate of threads about the overall structure of Ron Edward's General Role-Playing Theory. These are, in general, very useful threads, in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, Alan, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

11/18/2003 Sonja: Calling all queer gamers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/queer_online_rpg/ We are a community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, intersex, queer and straight people who play pen-and-paper, table-top-style Role-Playing Games online. We organize gaming sessions through the Yahoo…
In Connections
Participants: Sonja, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/18/2003 Lisa Padol: How Many Assassins?
Another part of Saturday's session involved the PCs learning that someone was trying to assassinate one of their number. Now, this is a band, Age of Consent, and the target…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, John Kim, Valamir, Walt Freitag.

11/19/2003 abzu: A Question of Faith and Timing
So my roommate Rik, Dro and I were we up late watching some bad sci-fi the other night and brainstorming some notes for BW. One thing that Rik and I…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, taepoong, LordSmerf.

11/19/2003 StahlMeister: Need Stats for a Lasso - Suggestions
Hi Friends! I need stats for a lasso for my next game session. Does anyone have suggestions? One of my players wants to play a "Chainmistress" like in D&D. For…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Ingenious.

11/19/2003 apeiron: OpenOffice provides a PDF function
@ openoffice is an alternative to ms office, it has most of the functionality of the office suite, but it is open source (free). The latest version of it will…
In Publishing
Participants: apeiron.

11/19/2003 StahlMeister: Speaking Curses in TROS?
Hi friends! How would You manage a magic talent enabling a character to put curses on other persons? I tried it with a major Gift "Curse Magic". Maybe the even…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Mokkurkalfe, kenjib, Salamander.

11/19/2003 Christopher Weeks: Travelling self-serve Forge display?
The discussion of late got me thinking about how to get small-press games to lots of cons. What if there was a self-serve display rack of some kind for a…
In Conventions
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Dregg, GB Steve.

11/19/2003 Jack Aidley: [The Great Ork Gods] Early ideas.
[i][b]“You’re Green, You’re Ugly and the Gods Hate You.”[/b][/i] The Great Ork Gods is (yet another?) game based on the twist of playing the Orks for a change. It’s intended…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Aidley, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, greyorm, lumpley, Loki, Lxndr, Mark Thomas, Ron Edwards, Belac, Czar Fnord, Rich Forest.

11/19/2003 Matt Snyder: Color blind
Folks, let's talk about Color. In a couple of recent threads, I brought up exploration of Color In one instance, I referenced it as part of a larger point. In…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Snyder, kalyptein, Ron Edwards.

11/19/2003 bcook1971: Praise for "View posts since last visit"
I think this is a recent addition . . . May be wrong. Anyways, how useful! Kudos.
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Ben Lehman, pete_darby.

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