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1/11/2004 Umberhulk: TROS for A Song of Ice and Fire?
Has anyone done TROS for the George R.R. Martin setting? They seem to be a prefect fit to me; character-centric with lots of conflicted allegiances and very brutal/Machiavellian.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Umberhulk, anonymouse, Dev, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, contracycle, The Heretic, Sigurth, Tywin Lannister.

1/11/2004 Lxndr: Fastlane: Adventures in Ezra: Wrap-up
This is a continuation of the game last mentioned in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8246 . A lot of things have changed, both in system and in story, since we last met…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lxndr, Wolfen.

1/11/2004 Umberhulk: Collabrative Conspiracy Game
So, my game group is wanting to start something different. So we are going to play GURPS Illuminati in the vein of X-Files/Buffy/Cthulhu. We want to share GMing duties. Therefore,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Umberhulk, Andrew Martin.

1/10/2004 Jack Spencer Jr: diffusing the drama
I have been wondering about a roleplaying phenomenom. PC: "Can I go down that corridor?" Me: "Sure" PC: "Okay, I go. Does…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Shreyas Sampat, montag, Bob McNamee.

1/10/2004 Mulciber: Alteration of Beliefs and Instincts
Hey Luke (and others), I seem to remember your core books indicating that not playing with a Belief could be grounds for it being dismissed. Do you have any other…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Mulciber, abzu.

1/10/2004 kidar: 2 Q: breaking weapons. Knockdown rolls.
Lo, Many weapons are made of wood instead of steel. F.ex. staff and short spear. If I use a staff to parry strikes made by a sword, how easily does…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kidar, Bob Richter, Salamander.

1/10/2004 StahlMeister: To hit or not to hit ...
Well, we played about 12 TROS Session the last 3 month. But yesterday, when I was cleaning my house my thoughts drifted through the excellent rules of TROS and a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Thanaeon, chade0, Ashren Va'Hale, Lxndr, kidar, Sneaky Git, kenjib, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Muggins.

1/10/2004 Starshadow: Falling Damage
I know this is an issue that have been discussed a few times in this forum, but it's been mainly concerned about armor and falling damage. What about TO? The…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Starshadow, StahlMeister, Mike Holmes, toli, Merritt Baggett, Durgil, Lxndr, Bob Richter, kenjib, Stephen.

1/10/2004 Shreyas Sampat: Has game design changed your Play?
I was playing Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade tonight. It was a great deal of fun; the PCs were all chasing a Taftâni thief on a flying carpet through the streets…
In Actual Play
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer.

1/10/2004 sirogit: Simulationism and Party-dynamics.
I'm formulating the opinion that simulationism has very little appeal in a situation where the characters are not expiereincing each other(Such as if they're apart.) alot of the time where…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Christopher Kubasik, pete_darby, jdagna, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag.

1/10/2004 Starshadow: AV and different types of armor
Greetings. I was wondering... I have seen different discussions on armor types in this forum, but they've all been about chain and plate. Scale mail, bronze plate, bear skin, boiled…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Starshadow, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Durgil, Caz.

1/10/2004 John Kim: What is the Dream?
OK, so Ian and Ron have suggested a separate thread to discuss the following point which I made in The Dream vs Story Now!: As far as…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Ian Charvill, Mark Johnson, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, pete_darby, M. J. Young, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Valamir, Blankshield, Silmenume.

1/10/2004 RfC_Pyxis: Dice in General
Most gamers are probably old-hands at figuring out probability distributions of dice rolling systems (Ye Old 2d6, 2d10, 100d100, etc.), they know that in a roll of 2d6, the most…
In RPG Theory
Participants: RfC_Pyxis, montag, Mark Johnson, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

1/9/2004 quozl: What are your favorite RPGs and why?
List a top 5, 10, 20, or whatever. Then tell us why you picked these games as your favorites.
In RPG Theory
Participants: quozl, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, anonymouse, Zathreyel, ross_winn, pete_darby, Bob McNamee, Matt Wilson, contracycle, Umberhulk, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, hatheg-kla, Anthony, talysman, ADGBoss, Comte, Dauntless, urbanpagan, clehrich, MikesLeftHand, Scourge108, Doctor Xero, RDU Neil, Nuadha, hermes, ascendance.

1/9/2004 Calithena: Follow-up Query
Wow! That was an extremely interesting game. We're going to continue. Roleplaying a whole land full of people mostly at Humanity 0, without memory or a sense of identity, was…
In Adept Press
Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards.

1/9/2004 Brian Leybourne: a Knight vs a Samurai?
John Clements (the top ranked guy at ARMA) has this to say on the matter. It's not a new article, but an interesting one for those of you who have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, montag, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Anthony I, Deacon Blues, Salamander, Jake Norwood, sirogit, contracycle, Muggins, Drifter Bob, Caz, Bastoche, Ben Lehman, Jaif, Half-Baked, Crusader, tauman, Vanguard, Calithena, toli, timfire, Sneaky Git, WCarew, Hereward The Wake.

1/9/2004 Matt Wilson: Sorcerer for Spies?
Last night we were playing us some Spycraft, and I was thinking, man, there needs to be a good spy game that doesn't use a microfiche character sheet. Naturally my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Matt Wilson, jburneko.

1/9/2004 Dev: Development journals?
On my MythPunk page (linked below), I'll be using the weblog format as a sort of development log, to track my progress - even if only for my own self…
In Connections
Participants: Dev, M. J. Young, gobi, Jack Spencer Jr, Mark Johnson, Lxndr, Andy Kitkowski.

1/9/2004 Bob Richter: Hi again everyone.
Been absent, for a long time. No excuse. So, what's up?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

1/9/2004 RobNJ: Action vs. Danger vs. Character complexity
Be it resolved that: 1. Role Playing Games are almost always action stories, involving fighting and bodily peril. 2. You want a sword to be able to kill someone. Anyone.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: RobNJ, Valamir, C. Edwards, Lxndr, Gordon C. Landis, kalyptein, Christopher Kubasik, M. J. Young, Mark Johnson, John Kim, cruciel, Noon, Shreyas Sampat, Paka.

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1/11/2004 kidar: simple question about skill selection
In character generation after choosing your skill packets you can lower (or pick up new) skills. My question is: Can you lower one individual skill with more than one point?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kidar, Tywin Lannister, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

1/11/2004 Brian Kittrell: The Rhapsody of Eternal: New concept for a vampire game
I am currently designing a role playing game based around a fictional world of my own design centered on vampires and the undead. I am currently looking for constructive criticism…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Kittrell, montag, Zathreyel, Shreyas Sampat, sirogit, Rich Stokes, Mike Holmes, Dev, Ben Morgan, gobi, Troy_Costisick.

1/11/2004 chade0: Let's try it: a meeting in IRC
Hi all, Let's try to setup an IRC meeting. For those who do not remember how to use an IRC program (for example mIRC) and who do not know how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Bob Richter, Ingenious, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Lxndr, De profundis, murazor.

1/11/2004 6inTruder: Oh, the Cosmic Horror! One Sheet (not really)
I've had this thought in my head for a HUGE ammount of time (since before I owned Sorcerer) that Sorcerer is a great game for CoC, as when you can…
In Adept Press
Participants: 6inTruder, Ron Edwards.

1/11/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Need some help on a plot (my players stay out)
OBS: English is not my main language. If you find the text tedious and hard to read, please tell me and I will try to rewrite so it will be…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Paka.

1/12/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls 4--Endgame?
This thread is a continuation of Well of Souls 1, Well of Souls 2, and Curse You Rickard--Well of Souls 3. If you would like to have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

1/11/2004 zmook: A Boost question
[quote="Ron Edwards"]All of the above leads most people in my games to request Boosts [i]before[/i] the "everyone goes for their guns" moment, so as to enjoy the benefit of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: zmook, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2004 Matt Wilson: [the puddle] - Firefly
Today was the final prep for a game set in the space-western universe of Joss Whedon's Firefly. We spent a couple hours talking about how the characters know each other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson.

1/12/2004 Jack Aidley: [Great Ork Gods] Latest rules
[b][i]"You're Green, You're Ugly and the Gods Hate You."[/i][/b] Here I shall relate my latest thoughts on Great Ork Gods, following on from my [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8741]early ideas[/url]. If you’re not read…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Aidley, Lxndr, Loki, Valamir, Kilor Di, Shreyas Sampat, Mark Thomas.

1/12/2004 Michael S. Miller: Epilogue Question
We played MLwM yesterday and had a blast. I had to make one ruling that I wanted to ask Paul about (but anyone is, of course, free to jump in).…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2004 Ron Edwards: [Trollbabe comics] Vengeance is Mine, Saith the Worm
Strip 1 for the new story is up! Illustrated by Antti Karjalainen. Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, ejh, AnttiK, James V. West.

1/12/2004 Lxndr: Hidden Forums
I've been wondering this for a while, but only now have bothered to ask about it: The MLwM playtest forum operated under the noses of a lot of Forge members…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Lxndr, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jeph, Michael S. Miller.

1/12/2004 MachMoth: Shattered Spirits
Hey, everyone miss me? Well, of course not. Anyways, I'm back from holidays, and dropping my latest project on ya'll, Shattered Spirits (No not the movie about the boozer). Players…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MachMoth, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Ben Morgan, Harlequin.

1/12/2004 Tim Alexander: [Trollbabe] Trouble at the Blood Gate
Hey Folks, Got the opportunity to run a Trollbabe game on Friday, and boy was it a blast. Chargen and prep is as straightforward as it reads and after a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2004 Mikko Lehtinen: Re: Demon Abilities in Combat
I've been wondering whether using the demon power Cover causes fatigue or not. Let's consider two cases: 1) A demon sword makes the wielder a mighty warrior. I'd judge that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mikko Lehtinen, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2004 adamsmith: [Adventure!] Real world prejudice in games
I'm gearing up to run the now iconic adaptation of CoC's Masks of Nyarlathotep using the Adventure! rules. Given the setting and content, I'm trying to work out to what…
In Actual Play
Participants: adamsmith, Zathreyel, Technocrat13, Matt Wilson.

1/12/2004 Calithena: RPG/CCG hybrid scam; Monetary Awards in RPGs more generally
In another thread, Mike Holmes wrote: "The one thing that I always bring up regarding that we have this scorekeeping device…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Calithena, MachMoth, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Drifter Bob, damyano.

1/12/2004 Mouse: My Game: Tactiturn
I’m in the middle of completing a game system that’s based around realism (at least on the non-fiction part of it). I’ve been out of touch with the latest RPG’s,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mouse, Zathreyel, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2004 John Harper: [Pool variant] The Poodle
We just started a new game series (set in Joss Whedon's Firefly universe) and we're using a Pool variant that I developed. It's working pretty well, so I thought I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: John Harper, Matt Wilson, Cassidy, James V. West, Mike Holmes.

1/13/2004 John Burdick: DeepWood Realms
My Exalted game is on hold while we wait for one of the players to read the book. In the meantime, we're playing another game. The DeepWood Realms A Light…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Burdick, Mike Holmes.

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