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1/27/2004 daagon: OBaM Question
On page 72 of the book "Of Beasts and Men" the last line states "never stopped that growth for their entire lives - " Should there be anything else after…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: daagon, Brian Leybourne.

1/27/2004 Claymore: Dynamic Initiative (my new system, please have a look)
Hello All, I'm in the middle of testing a new Initiative system for a game I'm working on, and I was hoping to get some comments on the actual mechanics…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Claymore, Harlequin, Bracken, Ron Edwards.

1/27/2004 jpegbert: Exploding dice: Help with calculating averages
I am working on a system that uses exploding dice against a target number. Can someone tell me how to calculate an average roll for an exploding die of any…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jpegbert, Harlequin, Calithena, HMT, Valamir, Ron Edwards, cthulahoops, Jack Aidley.

1/27/2004 Tywin Lannister: New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL
[url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10048.phtml[/url] He has some points, and he really made me think about the GM/planning campaigns bit. I don't agree that you have to wing it so much for a TROS…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Nick Pagnucco, Muggins, Salamander, Paganini, kenjib, toli, Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Pyske, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Malechi, bcook1971, Alan, Sigurth, AdAstraGames, Bankuei, Emiricol, bottleneck.

1/27/2004 Tywin Lannister: Vote for THE RIDDLE OF STEEL
The InQuest magazine is holding their annual Fan Game Awards. One of the questions is Your Favorite RPG. Head on over, choose "Other" and write The Riddle of Steel for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Alan.

1/27/2004 talysman: [Court of 9 Chambers] example/flow of play
I've decided to set aside some projects and go back to other projects, such as The Court of 9 Chambers. I'm pretty much set on the mechanics, which haven't changed…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, hix.

1/26/2004 WGPTrey: Demo tables / dealer tables (split)
[quote="Christopher Weeks"]I wonder what the cost/benefit looks like by dramatically reducing the cost of being a "dealer" (perhaps to nothing) at one of these cons. If you could get more…
In Conventions
Participants: WGPTrey, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller.

1/26/2004 jburneko: Thoughts From a Player
Hello, Allright, so I've had three gaming sessions since the new year. Character Creation + First Session of Play for my Eden Falls game using The Pool and a Character…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim, Matt Snyder, bcook1971, Christopher Kubasik, pete_darby, Paganini, clehrich.

1/26/2004 Andrew Norris: [d20] The Comfort Zone
I started a reply to the "Spycraft -] Wushu" thread, but realized that while my experiences were similar enough to warrant a reply, what I really wanted to do was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Norris.

1/26/2004 Jonathan Walton: OberCon 2004 (Feb 27-29: Oberlin, Ohio)
Hey Forge-heads, The local gaming club here, along with great support from the college, is sponsoring our second annual OberCon, here in Oberlin, OH (about 20 minutes from Cleveland). Some…
In Conventions
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

1/26/2004 xiombarg: Playtesting in Washington, DC
Well, I'm going to be moving to the Washington, DC Metro area pretty soon. Any indie people out there willing to help me playtest my games, or in need of…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg.

1/26/2004 Morfedel: Armor CP Penalties....
I remember seeing, on not one, but several threads, on how Jake, on thinking of it, would have had armor CP penalties a bit differently, and made a few suggestions,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, toli, kenjib.

1/26/2004 Valamir: An example of some exemplary Con support for indie demos
I pulled this report off of a mailing list I'm on. I did not participate first hand in the event so can't really answer any questions. But I was quite…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir.

1/26/2004 Calithena: Weapon Traits
Inspired by parts of Sorcerer & Sword, as well as discussions in the TRoS forum, I've been wondering about treating weaponry in fantasy RPGs strictly through the traits of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, montag, lumpley, Christopher Weeks, talysman, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, clehrich.

1/26/2004 Minx: [d20, sort of...] When d20 becomes something else
I first wanted to post this on rpg.net, but I didn't want to start a possible "We hate\love d20 and we want to kill you for what you've done"-thread, so...…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Minx, montag, Kryyst, Loki, Umberhulk, timfire, Dotan Dimet, Nuadha, GRIM, Aman the Rejected.

1/26/2004 mf_v1: My E-Fed', some stuff.
Hi, hi. Originally, I decided that doing kayfabe over the Net would solve some problems with game time and travel. Then we decided to invite some Raw Deal guys we…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: mf_v1.

1/26/2004 M. J. Young: Ubercon Demo
Seth, I just submitted a Legends of Alyria demo event to the Ubercon events list, for Friday evening. Let me know if there's anything you want me to have or…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: M. J. Young, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

1/26/2004 Eric J.: Video Games and GNS, the Great Conflict
Alright. It's been months since I've even visited here, but I'd have everyone know that reformats excepted, the Forge has yet to leave my favorites list. What does it matter?…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eric J., talysman, contracycle, Alan, Ron Edwards, John Kim, M. J. Young, Umberhulk.

1/26/2004 Drifter Bob: Tactical sophistication of knightly armies
I don't know if this is a better idea or not, but here goes. I was asked to cite examples of knightly European armies making serious, basic strategic blunders dealing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Drifter Bob, contracycle, A.Neill, Ian.Plumb, toli, silburnl.

1/26/2004 Lisa Padol: Death Traps and Enemy Bases
So, yesterday, I ran Cthulhupunk. Parts of it went quite well, parts dragged cuz my pacing was off. One plot thread involved Evil Villain Master Mind Hanoi Xan (yes, -that-…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, John Kim, MachMoth, Mike Holmes, clehrich, contracycle, AnyaTheBlue, chadu.

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1/27/2004 Amy1419: Regrowth Spell Question
Okay on page 118 (2nd copy) in the sorcery section there is a sample ritual spell called Regrowth. It requires Scultpture 3, growth 3, conquer 2, and vision 3. Targets-3,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Amy1419, Salamander, Ingenious, [MKF]Kapten, Anthony I, Shadeling.

1/27/2004 Bankuei: HQ Prep for play
Hi guys, Over in another thread(http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9417), the different focus of play and preparation before play in HeroQuest was touched on and I mentioned that I felt HQ would have done…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Bankuei, Smithy, joshua neff, RaconteurX, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Valamir, Nick Brooke.

1/27/2004 eruditus: PoliCon 2004 in April
Hi folks. Its that time of year. I hope you could join us this year for PoliCon/MepaCon 2004. For information on what last year's PoliCon had and what it's all…
In Conventions
Participants: eruditus, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks.

1/27/2004 Bart Kubera: My game: Retro Generis
Hello, it's my first post on this forum. I'd like to introduce to you the basic assumptions of my setting. The main idea was to mold together the atmosphere of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bart Kubera, Paul Czege, chadu, FredH.

1/27/2004 Bob Goat: [Consipiracy of Shadows]: Timelines or Essay
I have been talking with my editor and we can't seem to come to an agreement on which form we should use to present the world history for the game.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bob Goat.

1/27/2004 Bob Goat: Corporate Designation
I was wondering what seems to be the best route for company creation. What is the most common form of corporation? Might it be better to simply work as a…
In Publishing
Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards, jdagna.

1/27/2004 Supplanter: Changing Action Types in Trollbabe
I may have asked and gotten this answered in the other thread, but I don't think so. The PDF says that after the initial series, the Trollbabe has the possibility…
In Adept Press
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Lxndr.

1/28/2004 Alan: TROS Tarnsman of Gor
Anyone remember the John Norman potboilers? Gor was a planet in the same orbit as Earth on the other side of the sun. The Priest Kings kept a human culture…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Alan, sirogit, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, toli.

1/28/2004 sirogit: Importance of PC-defined stories in narrativism?
What's the general opinion on how important for a narrtivist game for the story to be based on actions of the PCs vs. on actions of the NPCS? Personally, I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2004 Matt Snyder: Inside, new Sorcerer supplement in Daedalus
Folks, chance are you haven't heard me gush about the upcoming Sorcerer supplement that will debut in Daedalus Issue No. 2 (due out by Jan. 31 -- I'm working like…
In Adept Press
Participants: Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, John Harper, sirogit, DevicDynamite, GreatWolf, Zak Arntson, jburneko, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, DannyK.

1/28/2004 Finarvyn: Discuss these supplements
I finally got my copies of Sorcerer's Soul and Sex and Sorcery in the mail. Wow! Can't ... type ... must ... read ... more...... :-)
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

1/27/2004 Asrogoth: Followup on Lego game (split)
Well, I've been lurking the forums and reading the articles now for about two months or so (maybe a little longer) and this is my first post. Yes, please take…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Asrogoth, Jeph, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

1/28/2004 ascendance: Forgotten Realms Conversion
I'm getting rather tired of running stock D20 in my Forgotten Realms game, so I'm seriously considering switching over to Hero Wars. Ironically, I've never actually played stock Hero Wars,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: ascendance, Mike Holmes.

1/28/2004 Eric J.: Pyron's Final Fantasy Campaign
Hehehe... Uh. Yeah. I've recently moved to California from my former state, Nebraska so I have a lot of free time on my hands (well, discounting mountains of homework and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., clehrich, Sigurth, anonymouse, ethan_greer, hyphz, Bankuei, sirogit, Landon Darkwood, Andy Kitkowski.

1/28/2004 Trevis Martin: Sorcerer's Soul reading list and an interesting thought.
Hello everybody, I've just finished reading the Ross MacDonald novel "The Zebra Striped Hearse." (And Rons right, I think I've blown a cornea keeping track of the realtionships.) I've also…
In Adept Press
Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2004 zmook: Miami Vice onesheet
I have the following as a draft of a one-sheet for the game I'm trying to put together. I'd welcome any feedback. The setting is in a lot of ways…
In Adept Press
Participants: zmook, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2004 Caynreth: HQ for a Low-Fantasy Setting: Help needed
Hi I picked up HQ some weeks ago and I'm really excited about playing it. I don't have much experience however with such 'unusual' game-concepts (after years of GURPS, Earthdawn…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Caynreth, Scripty, doubtofbuddha, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, buserian, Peter Nordstrand.

1/28/2004 zmook: player authority
So, Sorcerer is reputed to be a game that gives players unaccustomed power to create the story of the game. And yet, there is remarkably little in the rules on…
In Adept Press
Participants: zmook, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, joshua neff, Silmenume.

1/28/2004 Asrogoth: I noticed the Iron Games...
After reviewing the 50+ pages here in the Indie Game Design forum, I became entranced by the idea of the Iron Games Competition. I was wondering when you might have…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Asrogoth, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ZeOtter, gobi.

1/28/2004 James K.: (Pax Gladius) The Passion of the Christ
I brought this up over on the Deep7 Forum, but I thought this was the sort of thing that might interest readers here. I've been doing a lot of reading…
In Actual Play
Participants: James K., John Kim, Sigurth, clehrich, HOT, Mithras.

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