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11/24/2003 Durgil: Rapier Reach
Since the length of a rapier is listed in the book to be 46" to 56", shouldn't it be considered long with regards to its reach, not medium as it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, Caz, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Valamir, Ashton, tauman.

11/24/2003 Opsimath: Technical question about this board
Hi, sorry to pester you with a question that has nothing to do with RPGs, so I'll try to keep it brief. I like the default behavior that causes all…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Opsimath, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/24/2003 saint ash: Hey Jason, new stuff for little fears?
Hey Jason, i was wondering when we would be seeing the suppliments for little fears? I thought they were supposed to be released a while ago but I haven't heard…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: saint ash, Jason L Blair, Comte, peteramthor, Jan_Schattling.

11/24/2003 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] v2.0--A revised experiment
I've posted version 2.0 of my game Discernment. The original thread is An experimental game of experimentation. The current version is a 700K PDF available here I plan to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Mark D. Eddy, Valamir, Christopher Weeks.

11/24/2003 Dregg: Teasers and Web Site Promotion
In about a month my web site will have it's Domain attached and it will be ready to rock, but I have a couple of thoughts. I'm planing to use…
In Publishing
Participants: Dregg, Mike Holmes, abzu, Paul Czege, Gold Rush Games.

11/24/2003 marcus: Why is the Prioritization the Thing?
Hello there- first time poster to this forum. When first reading Ron's various essays on GNS, I formed the view that Ron was saying that a good RPG should contain…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: marcus, Calithena, pete_darby, M. J. Young, Valamir, Ian Charvill, jdagna, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

11/24/2003 linux: Feedback Requested
First, thumbs up to Drifter Bob on an excellent article. Your knowledge is always helpful and welcomed. (This article assumes you have read the realism paper by Drifter Bob and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: linux, Andrew Martin.

11/24/2003 sirogit: Trying to find out if an object is demonic?
If a player in a game were trying to search an object to find if it's really a demon, and that object was not a demon, what would the roll…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

11/23/2003 Dotan Dimet: A few things to add
Edit: this is really supposed to be in the international gaming thread. Oops. A few bits to add to Mark's summary: * Israel has practically no gaming stores, but the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dotan Dimet, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Emily Care.

11/23/2003 Calithena: Anaxial's Roster
Are they planning a new version for HeroQuest, or has that already been done, or are they just going to stick with the old version even though there have been…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Calithena, Peter Nordstrand, Der_Renegat, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, Mark Galeotti.

11/23/2003 Durgil: Unwieldy Weapons
Over at the HârnForum there is a discussion about the importance of minimum strength with regards to which weapons that can be used, here. I understand the points that have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, Jasper, kenjib, Caz, Mayhem1979, StahlMeister, Draigh, Salamander, Jim.

11/22/2003 gobi: Die-types as analagous to card suits
Just a quick "anyone thought of this?" question: The seeds of a task resolution system for my criminal RPG began developing from the earlier thread on dice-bluffing. It's very sketchy,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: gobi, Harlequin, J B Bell, LordSmerf.

11/22/2003 marcus: Starting Demons
I can't see a rule for how good starting demons can be. Is the idea for the players to be allowed to start with a demon as powerful as they…
In Adept Press
Participants: marcus, joshua neff, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

11/22/2003 6inTruder: Capital of Gelure
A friend of mine spends a great deal of time in France and he was showing me pictures and one he had I totally thought should be used as the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Salamander.

11/22/2003 Heraclitus: Humanity
Hi Mike, Ron, Sean et. al. I think Mike asks a good question here. He says Let's say that I want to play in Calithena's world. I need to know…
In Adept Press
Participants: Heraclitus, Calithena, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

11/22/2003 Ian.Plumb: Spell aging question
Hi, Given that spell casting can cause instant physical aging, what is the effect of instant aging on a spell caster going through puberty, pregnancy, or menopause? Cheers
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Brian Leybourne, toli, kenjib, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Draigh, Thanaeon, Wolfen.

11/21/2003 LordSmerf: Shooting people with guns mechanics
I'm not sure if this should be in Theory or not, i'm sure it will be moved if it needs to be. Anyway, what i'm looking for is a survey…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, xiombarg, Harlequin, Dev, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, jdagna, M. J. Young, theltemes, contracycle, gobi.

11/21/2003 xiombarg: distribution horror stories (and related anecdotes)
I know Ron and many others are on-record as being disgusted with the current RPG distribution system. I couldn't help but think about this as I was browsing the Pulsar…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Pramas, HinterWelt, Gold Rush Games.

11/21/2003 Jason L Blair: Review in Pyramid
Matthew Pook reviews My Life With Master in this week's issue of Pyramid. (http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/)
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Jason L Blair, Paul Czege.

11/21/2003 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Playing Without a Croupier
For months now, the idea of playing Fastlane without a specific croupier has been rattling around my head. I'm rather fond of the traditional GM/Player split, and the "core" Fastlane…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

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11/24/2003 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Turning North
So this week's game was a classic problematic game situation. Of the six players from last session, only three could make it to this session. In this session I had…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, taepoong, rafial.

11/25/2003 Harlequin: Help request - Fortune in the _______?
Disclaimer: The primary game I am working on is (if contracts happen before completion - else this disclaimer may vanish as I self-publish) not indie. A major game publisher wants…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Harlequin, cruciel.

11/25/2003 Cemendur: Non-Visual Thinkers & Imagined Space
In Art Does It Matter?, ways of learning and ways of thinking were discussed in relation to RPGs. On the other hand (and this is getting a bit tangential)…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cemendur, Lxndr, M. J. Young, Alan, ethan_greer, Green.

11/25/2003 Dotan Dimet: Races and "races" in literature and RPGs
Re: the RPG-Orc thing, the weirdest case of symbolic stand-ins IMO was in the Underground RPG, where psychotic superpowered discharged vets (the PCs of the futuristic setting) play a literary…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dotan Dimet, Ron Edwards, James Holloway.

11/26/2003 Dotan Dimet: Just Desserts (clarify Reward techniques, please)
Forge newbie ramble. Please bear with me. In The Whole Model, Ron writes: I consider the two most important Techniques to be reward system and IIEE. Now, I understood…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dotan Dimet, MachMoth, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

11/26/2003 kwill: harsh humanity
so I thought you took victories off humanity in humanity checks, and in my first roll ever in a Sorcerer game reduced someone to Humanity 1; you can imagine I…
In Adept Press
Participants: kwill, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

11/26/2003 kwill: safe sorcery: scary magical friends?
I've recently had to put a Sorcerer demo on hold because the event will (hopefully) attract a number of younger newbies, and the organisers felt that talk of summoning and…
In Adept Press
Participants: kwill, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, jrs, Clinton R. Nixon, Emily Care.

11/26/2003 Der_Renegat: HQ for Cyberpunk and strength ratings of cyborgs
Hey! I love the whole cyberpunk genre, especially in manga comics like Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Eden and Blame! While its really easy to adapt most aspects of HQ…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, Donald, soru, Mac Logo, Scripty, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, simon_hibbs.

11/26/2003 Stephen: ANOTHER sorcery variation!
Here's a thought. I was never particularly fond, myself, of the "Target" variable in spell CTNs. Its primary purpose from a game standpoint seems to be to ensure that any…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen, toli, ZazielsRephaim, kenjib, Jake Norwood, GaGrin, StahlMeister.

11/26/2003 Dr. Awkward: I'm looking for "war stories"...
[i](If this thread is in the wrong place, please move it for me. I debated for a long time where to put it, and this seemed like the closest thing…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Dr. Awkward, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf.

11/26/2003 Calithena: Interesting RPG history link
I got some offline queries about RPG history. Victor Raymond, who plays in M.A.R. Barker's Thursday Night Game, wrote the article at the attached lnik; he hasn't followed it up…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Calithena, Emily Care, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Liz Henry.

11/26/2003 Bob Goat: Unamed Game: Looking for a little advice
Hi, I have been working on an RPG for the past couple of years and have recently come to a point where I think I may need to scrap my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bob Goat, matthijs, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Harlequin, Loki, contracycle, Lxndr, Dumirik, Jake Norwood.

11/26/2003 Valamir: Journal of the Mail Society
Hey folks, don't know if you've seen this yet, but Erik Schmid's got his Journal of the Mail Society available through RPGMall now. I'll take a little credit for having…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir.

11/26/2003 Draigh: OT: Thanksgiving Greetings
Hey everybody, just wanted to wish all of us Americans a Happy Thanksgiving. And to those of you who aren't American... HAPPY THURSDAY!!! http://www.homestarrunner.com/zeen_ecard.pl?idnum=10698892511177
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Draigh, Thanaeon, Sneaky Git, kenjib.

11/27/2003 Noon: Good cop, bad cop
Recently I had an idea to operate a game at a different level. I thought of almost having two GM's (yeah, nothing new). But in this case one has more…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller, MachMoth, The Benj, Andrew Norris, Emily Care.

11/27/2003 John Kim: Open Play for the Soul
[quote="Paganini"] Narrativism is about setting up a specific kind of choice for the characters to face. Call them urgent choices. For one reason or another, an urgent choice can't just…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Ian Charvill, Christopher Kubasik, greyorm, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

11/27/2003 Harlequin: Play group size for MLwM
One question... the Actual Play reports I've been reading have all been relatively small playgroups, three to four minions, at most five. I want to introduce MLwM to my regular…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Harlequin, Lxndr, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

11/27/2003 Der_Renegat: The Hero Scale 2 (split)
Very impressive post mr. Mike Holmes! Enlightening for the understanding of HQ rules and the understanding of the lord of the rings, too - really! I wonder how you would…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, Christopher Kubasik, RaconteurX, newsalor, soru, Ron Edwards, HMT, Mac Logo, Scripty, Donald, simon_hibbs, droog, Mike Holmes.

11/27/2003 Cassidy: Engaging Narrative
It's been a while since I last posted on this forum. My introduction to the Pool has proved to be an epithany in my role-playing life this year; long may…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, HMT, qxjit, Ron Edwards, James V. West, xiombarg, Matt Wilson.

11/27/2003 Sly: Ars Magica, the TROS way
Hey everyone, I recently dug out my old Ars Magica books and bought Riddle of Steel. Then I found this thread and thought...wow. I notice it has not been talked…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sly, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes.

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