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2/20/2004 Grover: Trying to find setting design rpg
I remember running across a free RPG on the internet several years ago. Unfortunately, the only thing I can remember about it is some vague things from the example of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Grover, contracycle, anonymouse.

10/25/2004 Grover: (unnecessary?) Narratavist-Simulationist clashes
I recently got Sex and Sorcery, and I was reading through it, when one of the examples struck me in an odd way, and so I thought I would talk…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Grover, inky, Marco, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2004 Grover: Task resolution/Conflict resolution
I was thinking about the distinction between task resolution and conflict resolution, and noticing how conflict resolution is never used in computer role playing games, and here are some ideas…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Grover, John Kim, M. J. Young, Marco, simon_hibbs.

12/16/2004 Grover: Escalation question
I'm posting this way too early in the morning, so forgive me if I babble. I have a concern about how escalation works. Suppose I start a conflict, and I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover, lumpley, Emily Care, Yokiboy, jasonm.

12/17/2004 Grover: Let me tell you about my characters
Now that I'm on break, I'm writing up all the things that I haven't had a chance to during school. Here are a pair of characters I thought up after…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover.

2/14/2005 Grover: Capes - Scenes and characters
We played Capes today, and had a lot of fun - this game rocks :) This post is gonna just be record keeping (since I got tagged with record-keeper). I'll…
In Actual Play
Participants: Grover, TonyLB, Christopher Weeks, Sydney Freedberg, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Shane Street.

2/16/2005 Grover: 1 pt Inspiration
Are they worth anything?
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Grover, TonyLB, Stickman, Jonas Karlsson, tigermuppetcut.

2/18/2005 Grover: Click-n-Locker
I wrote up a Latex package to create Click-n-Locks. There are 3 new commands: \powers{Name}{Power1}{Power2}{Power3}{Power4}{Power5}{Style1}{Style3}{Style5} \personalities{Name}{Attitude1}{Attitude2}{Attitude3}{Attitude4}{Attitude5}{Style2}{Style4} \mundanes{Name}{Skill1}{Skill2}{Skill3}{Skill4}{Skill5}{Style1}{Style3}{Style5} You don't get the neat pictures, and the fonts are kinda lousy, but…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Grover, TonyLB, Bret Gillan, MikeSands, Christopher Weeks, John Harper, Miskatonic, Stickman.

3/4/2005 Grover: Capes - More Scenes and Characters
We had our second game last Sunday - here's the conflicts from it. Here is the previous post Scenes and Characters Scene 1 - Hospital - people are stricken by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Grover, Christopher Weeks, TonyLB, Miskatonic.

7/21/2005 Grover: Fact mechanic for Capes
One thing that people have perceived as a weakness in Capes is that there is no mechanism to establish a fact in the game.  I don't see this as a…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Grover, Miskatonic, TonyLB, Vaxalon, Shreyas Sampat, Doug Ruff, Gamskee.

8/2/2005 Grover: Joining a conflict already in progress.
As I understand it, it's impossible.  In other threads, I've seen the suggestion that the appropriate thing to do when another character wants to join is to give immediately, and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover, ScottM, lumpley.

1/10/2006 Grover: Polaris is about activism?
Ben, I read in your UtB actual play that Polaris is about activism.  I didn't see that at all, and after thinking about it, I still can't really see how…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Grover, Brand_Robins, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Bankuei, ejh, Dev, RDU Neil, Sydney Freedberg, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.

5/2/2007 Grover: Agon Questions
If only one hero is involved in a simple contest does he automatically get a glory point for having the highest score among the heroes? If you call on an…
In one.seven design
Participants: Grover, RedPissLegion.

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