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12/4/2001 Bret: Article MIA
Clinton R. Nixon's "Publishing Your Web-Based Indie Game for Under $100" article gives me a 404 when I click on it, which is a bummer because it sounds like a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bret, Clinton R. Nixon.


12/4/2001 jburneko: Deadlands and Trial
Hello All, So, Saturday was my monthly Deadlands game. Somewhere around here there is a post about the previous session. We're still involved in the same scenario using the same…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Tor Erickson.


12/3/2001 Nathan: Eldritch Ass Kicking (renamed)
Alright, I've typed this up and thrown it up for giggles.. It is not at all related to Dragonball Z, but it reminds me of that tone. Basically, the point…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, mahoux, Bret.


12/3/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: A cautionary tale for the whole family.
Part of this story is true, part of it is based on a worse-case scenerio speculation. Names are withheld, but I suspect a few Forge members know who I'm talking…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, hardcoremoose, Ranko, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Marco, canisPRIME, greyorm, JSDiamond, Ian O'Rourke, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ryan Ary, James V. West.


12/2/2001 Ranko: Web design comments and stuff
Following chimera I’d like to offer my services as a web designer to my gaminig equivalents from the Forge. If you are interested in what I can or could do…
In Publishing
Participants: Ranko, Marco.


12/2/2001 Demonspahn: Web Page Content (revisited)
Hi. I was wondering what the rules were for listing game conversions on a commercial web site. Specifically, what I mean is that if you have your own system, could…
In Publishing
Participants: Demonspahn, Ron Edwards, Marco, Paul Czege, greyorm.


12/1/2001 Zak Arntson: Superpets - Harlekin-Maus November RPG
[A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/index.html"]Superpets[/A] The RPG of Animal Super Heroes, with pictures! Indie Game Design notes: * Check out the forceful use of Fortune in the Beginning and a single narrator for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, lumpley, Mike Holmes.


12/1/2001 Jason L Blair: Where I've Been...
Prison. Okay... just kidding. My day job swallowed my life and only just today shat it back out. Many thanks to those who have kept the forum active. It's especially…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.


11/30/2001 Ron Edwards: Raw pain
Hello, I should like to direct the attention of anyone interested in role-playing publishing here for a nice insight into the process. For those who've been through the process…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards.


11/30/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Sim to Nar "drift" in actual play
Ron mentions me in the acknowledgements of the GNS essay as contributing thoughts on "drift" (thanks, Ron). I'm not sure exactly which posts of mine he found useful, but as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes.


11/30/2001 lumpley: Matchmaker the rpg
[FONT SIZE="+3"]Matchmaker[/FONT] [FONT SIZE="+1"]a roleplaying game for four players[/FONT] So okay, four players. One is Cupid. Two are the Destined Lovers, and it's Cupid's job to get them together. The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege, Matt, Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bret.


11/29/2001 Paul Czege: The "general" system I've never seen
Hey Ron, In Chapter 5 of your "GNS and Other Matters..." essay, you describe a "general" system as holding "constant one or two of the listed elements of role-playing (Character,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Joe Murphy (Broin), Demonspahn, Bret.


11/29/2001 archangel_2: WYRD (?)
I haven't been around in a while, but I see that there hasn't been too many updates either. Any news? (A more firm publication date, information on the game, ANYTHING?)…
In Wicked Press
Participants: archangel_2, hardcoremoose, greyorm, mahoux, Balbinus.


11/28/2001 Laurel: Romance, Happiness, and Expectation
(building off of Valid Premises thread) Taking as a premise the validity of Gareth's statement "{Romance} has become the default filler of nearly anything made for TV.... as a way…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Laurel, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.


11/27/2001 Mads Jakobsen: Gamism is not competition.
I know it’s been discussed a thousand times, but I must say it… Gamism is not competition. Most games are competitions (chess, football, warhammer). But a few is not (solitaire,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mads Jakobsen, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Marco, Matt, greyorm, Paul Czege, jburneko, Tor Erickson, Clinton R. Nixon.


11/27/2001 jburneko: Valid Premises
This was said down in the "big three you never see thread." I have a question about it that I thought deserved its own thread. I *DO NOT* want this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Epoch, Marco, joshua neff, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Mike Holmes.


11/27/2001 Marco: Reflections on a game from this weekend
[quote] Cold Light was the codename for a soviet telepathic assassination project during the cold war. A rather spectacular psychological warfare success: the US spent millions of dollars trying to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marco, Epoch, Ron Edwards.


11/27/2001 Bailywolf: Harry Potter meets Animal House
I posted this over at RPG.net... then realized- this is perfect Sorcerer material! I wish my brain could sit still long enough for me to acualy finish something... so here…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.


11/26/2001 Manu: Stormbringer redux
Hello all, I had an idea but I thought first to use this forum to pick your brains before launching into a detailed analysis. I suppose everyone is familiar with…
In Adept Press
Participants: Manu, furashgf, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards.


11/26/2001 Paul Czege: the big three you never see
Hey everyone, I was sitting last night reading Hardball, by Chris Matthews, and had an awareness that the fiction and nonfiction I read, and the movies and television programs I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, hardcoremoose, John Wick, joshua neff, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Uncle Dark, James V. West, James Holloway, Marco, Ian O'Rourke, Jared A. Sorensen.


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12/5/2001 Bret: Crunchy Bits
Are we going to see any more crunchy bits articles anytime soon? They're nifty. :smile: Peace, Bret
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bret.


12/5/2001 Bret: Question from a Clueless Newbie
Okay, all of this stuff is over my head. I've read the theory, read through some of the discussions, and my big question is: What is the usefulness of this?…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Bret, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Epoch, Joe Murphy (Broin), jburneko, Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Laurel, hardcoremoose.


12/5/2001 Bret: The Essential RPG List
Hey folks. I'm trying to compile a list somewhat along the lines of an "Essential RPG Library," containing all the RPGs that someone either interested in the RPG industry or…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bret, mahoux, Marco, Time, greyorm, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Balbinus, John Wick.


12/5/2001 razgon: Greetings
Hi. I recently discovered this grand site, and just wanted to say hi and tell you a little about Regalia (our rpg) and Lidiumonline(our website). LIDIUM is an adventure media…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: razgon, Ron Edwards.


12/5/2001 razgon: Dragonmeet and other conventions
Hi again. I'm posting this here since no other catagory seems to allow "general" talk :smile: I was thinking about the whole "INDIE RPGS" community here, and what they did…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: razgon, Jared A. Sorensen, Bret, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Mytholder, Ron Edwards.


12/5/2001 Balbinus: Statting, NPCs and GNS
Hi all, a brief exchange between Mike Holmes and JBurneko got me thinking about this. Basically, the pre-assigning or calculation of stats for NPCs, is it related to GNS? Mike…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Balbinus, Marco, mahoux, jburneko, Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Epoch, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, lumpley, Laurel, Blake Hutchins, Le Joueur, Joe Murphy (Broin).


12/5/2001 Benjamin: A few new-player thoughts and questions
Hello, just bought the book, and have a few questions. 1) If the Humanity score is defined as something that most people might not have (i.e., sorcery, sorcerous soul), what…
In Adept Press
Participants: Benjamin, Ron Edwards, greyorm.


12/5/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Rooby-Dooby-Doo!
It's online. It's terrible. http://memento-mori.com/squeam/scooby.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, mahoux, Bret, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ben Morgan.


12/5/2001 jburneko: Name That Style
Hello All, There's a style of role-playing that I've found to be far more common among gamers than I originally thought. Personally, I'm having trouble understanding it mainly because I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bret, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, James Holloway, Paul Czege.


12/6/2001 Bret: Reviews
Question: Can we submit reviews? Peace, Bret
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bret, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, razgon.


12/6/2001 Galfraxas: Tooth and Claw uhh... Advertisement
Hey, I was reading the December issue of InQuest Gamer (if anybody wants/wanted to know, I do subscribe to that particular magazine), and I noticed that they gave Tooth and…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Jared A. Sorensen.


12/6/2001 Epoch: Power to the Goblins!
The concept I can't currently get out of my head is gritty class-based struggle in Arcadia/Under the Hill/Faerie. I'm seeing this as a human-less game, with the real world not…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Epoch, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Torrent, Mytholder, contracycle.


12/6/2001 Mike Holmes: Breaks
[quote] On 2001-12-06 14:22, Ron Edwards wrote: Sometimes, I just say, "Let's take a break," and we chill out for a while, and talk about movies or sex or RPG…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, mahoux, Epoch, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Marco, Ben Morgan, hardcoremoose, Mytholder, Paul Czege.


12/6/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Nearly, but now its Adventure!
I nearly had it, but it slipped through my fingers. I was pitching a narrativist game, relationship maps, with links into kickers, etc, the lot. The prospective players where within…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Tor Erickson, Ben Morgan, joshua neff, jburneko, Ian Freeman.


12/6/2001 Ron Edwards: Characters per player
Hello, At the end of the "My firstest relationship map" thread, I shamefully left poor Vincent hanging: He wrote, "... here's a question. Do you ever play troupe-style, or are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, unodiablo, lumpley, Mytholder, Paul Czege, Marco, Blake Hutchins, jrs, James V. West.


12/6/2001 Firbog: Meta-plots, Railroading and Settings
Since I am new to this forum, and not sure if these have been discussed in the way I am bout to ask questions, I hope that you all will…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Firbog, Matt, Tor Erickson, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Manu, Ben Morgan.


12/7/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Disapearing thread?
Hey - I *swear* I had a post in this forum about the "broken" History of the Forge link on the main page . . . and it's gone. The…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.


12/7/2001 Gordon C. Landis: "Should I apply GNS?" Decision tree
Inpired by the Mads Jakobsen Gamism thread, the "What Style" thread, and the RPG.net . . . thing. 1-Are you having a problem with your RPG play/design? If NO, do…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis.


12/7/2001 Benjamin: On Writing a Mini-Supplement
Hello, newplayer Ben here again, with some questions on writing a mini-supplement. (So sue me, I like clear subject lines.) The Mini-Supplements page answers my question on 'what stage do…
In Adept Press
Participants: Benjamin, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose.


12/7/2001 unodiablo: Literary Fears :)
Hello Little Fears Fans, I thought I'd start a post about this... So far, everyone seems to mention Stephen King's 'IT' as the book to read to get into the…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: unodiablo, Jason L Blair, jburneko, Ron Edwards.


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