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2/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Lulu and me
A few days ago, I was looking over Jerry Stratton's Gods and Monsters, a game I pimp whenever possible, when I noticed a new link on his page. "Book versions…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, james_west, HinterWelt, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, talysman, Christopher Weeks, madelf, Mike Holmes, jasonhead, Wolfen, xiombarg, Tony Irwin, Sylus Thane, Paul Czege, chadu, Matt Snyder, rafial.

2/6/2004 timfire: Idea for card-based combat mechanic.
I don't know if this is the best place for this post, but oh well, here goes. I've decided to design a hack-n-slash dungeon-crawl with a card-based resolution system. You…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, Pelinderian, Harlequin, Scripty, M. J. Young, Hereward The Wake, Lxndr, Ulmus, clehrich.

2/6/2004 motherlessgoose: Narrativism in HQ
I recently got the HQ rulebook, along with intro to Glorantha and Gloranthan Visions. So far I think the setting is awesome. It is what I have been looking for…
In HeroQuest
Participants: motherlessgoose, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Sean, Deacon Blues, simon_hibbs.

2/6/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Relationship maps
There has been a lot of talk about relationship maps here on the HeroQuest forum lately. The purpose of this thread is to help narrators to make relationship maps that…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX.

2/6/2004 HinterWelt: GTS Survey - Input?
Hey everyone, I am putting together an electronic/paper survey(targeted at retailers) that will be on our laptop at the booth at GTS. At the end of GTS we will be…
In Publishing
Participants: HinterWelt.

2/6/2004 gobi: [PUNK: Boo York City] Initial Sketch of ectopunk supplement
Hey folks. Things have been crazy busy up in this joint with senior year hitting full throttle and the professors whipping us into shape. I did have a few minutes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gobi, Doctor Xero, Dev, Spooky Fanboy.

2/6/2004 james_west: Game prep for Trollbabe
It seems implied by the descriptions of play and by the rules that this meant to be a low prep time game (for instance, the Trollbabe picking out where she…
In Adept Press
Participants: james_west, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2004 Luke de Sade: Wrestling RPG
Hi, guys. First time poster, not-long time lurker (as a matter of fact, I have lurked like 2 days or something :) ) I am doing a wrestling RPG, with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Luke de Sade, Matt Gwinn, hardcoremoose, Jack Aidley, Bogie_71, Spooky Fanboy.

2/6/2004 jeffd: "This Manuever is available at proficiency level....&qu
Several manuevers have a bit of text indicating what proficiency level they become available at. Others do not. For the ones that do not - are they default manuevers? I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jeffd, Jake Norwood.

2/5/2004 Jake Norwood: Where I can help...
Hi all. I don't know if I'm the only practicing Mormon on the board (I get that suspicion), but as I was reading the game some things really struck me.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jake Norwood, inthisstyle, lumpley.

2/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Sorcerer: Back to Basics Questions
Hey all- I'm going to be running another Sorcerer game starting next month. Rereading the Sorcerer collection is a blast, but I realized that I had some questions about a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2004 Pytorb: Bastard sword and shield
If my character has their bastard sword in one hand and their shield in the other which dice pool (Ref + greatsword or sword&shiled) do they use when attacking or…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Pytorb, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Bob Richter, Ingenious, Mokkurkalfe, Muggins, Wolfen, Poleaxe, Drifter Bob, Hereward The Wake, toli, [MKF]Kapten, bottleneck.

2/5/2004 Jason L Blair: Last Post Here
As Key 20 Publishing moves further and further away from being "indie" and more into being, well, "not indie" I realize that we don't really have a place here at…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

2/5/2004 Rexfelis: Dominion: Jihad
Tens of thousands of years in the future, mankind has developed a thriving civilization which sprawls across space. This civilization is almost entirely consumed by an event known as the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rexfelis, Jasper, Jeph, Jonathan Walton.

2/5/2004 MarkAdri: Rinliddi Campaign in Edasus (Opening Notes)
OK I've been wittering on about doing a campaign set in the Lunar Empire specifically in the town of Edasus in the Satrapy of First Blessed. Well I've managed to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MarkAdri, doubtofbuddha, joshua neff, RaconteurX.

2/5/2004 M. J. Young: Help with Summaries?
Seth had some excellent advice over in the Ubercon Demo thread,In that case, you're going to want to have some brief summaries of setting elements on hand, plus…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: M. J. Young, Mark D. Eddy, hix, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat.

2/5/2004 Kao Nashi: HQ Resolution on PBEM
There may not be an answer to this question, and it is more an issue of logistics than play, but has anyone found a good way to streamline contest resolution…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Kao Nashi, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Jane.

2/5/2004 Ingenious: Munchkinism
Well, I initially started this topic in order to seek an answer as to this question: Do you think it is munchkinish to have a character with a TO of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ingenious, Alan, The big blue ape, Lxndr, Morfedel, Bob Richter, Poleaxe, Silvermane, Anthony I, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, kenjib, bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, b_bankhead, Mantis.

2/5/2004 hermes: List of Indie Superhero RPGs?
It's been a while since I posted anything (though rest assured that I have been lurking in the background) so I feel compelled to contribute something. Sadly, I have nothing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hermes, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, Anthony I, Jeph, Michael S. Miller, Bob McNamee, hardcoremoose, gobi, HMT, M. J. Young, Ian Charvill, xiombarg, Grex.

2/5/2004 Zak Arntson: Danger Agents - Competitive Spy Roleplaying
Okay, so tonight I'm going to try out some d20 Spycraft. I'll let y'all know how it goes. Until then, I've been thinking about how I would design a spy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Rob MacDougall, John Harper, Loki, Grex.

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2/6/2004 inthisstyle: Problem with Private Messaging?
James West just sent me a note regarding a private message he received from me, but I did not send him a private message. Even more mystifying, he was replying…
In Site Discussion
Participants: inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, clehrich.

2/6/2004 kenjib: Reach weapons and full evade
If you have a longer reach weapon, and your opponent closes the distance (putting you at disadvantage), is it advantageous to favor a full evade at that point to regain…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Wolfen, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, toli, Hereward The Wake, Turin, Ben Lehman, Jake Norwood, bergh.

2/6/2004 JohnK: The Universe of ORBIT
Hullo, Jeff, The setting is a *not* bleak space opera, sci-fi western, future where everything went dazzlingly well. In fact, so well, that core space is over crowded and…
In Orbit
Participants: JohnK, JSDiamond, Valamir.

2/6/2004 Matt Snyder: 9W -- Getting back on board
Last night, I wrote up a lengthy post explaining where Nine Worlds design stands, especially after letting it rest in my brain and re-reading threads on the Chimera Creative forum.…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Piers Brown.

2/6/2004 doubtofbuddha: HeroQuest Campaigning in the Lunar Empire
The initial Relationship Map is done so now I am going to run a thread focused on the actual evolution of my new HeroQuest Campaign. Here is the thread for…
In HeroQuest
Participants: doubtofbuddha, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Valamir, buserian, Nick Brooke, RaconteurX, Ian Cooper.

2/6/2004 Crackerjacker: Me and My Monster
Your a kid with a pet monster. Dont think cute little things that come out of little plastic balls, think the old BoogieWoogie children's show (about the monsters and toys…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Crackerjacker, anonymouse, tldenmark, Doctor Xero, gobi.

2/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Gun-Fu Playtest? Sorcerer, Sex and Sorcery Required
Hey all. I pulled a Siddhartha on my Kyuseisha project, and after attempting to make a new system, then going back to formula to make another new system (which was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Minx, Jeph, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, anonymouse.

2/6/2004 Matt Snyder: I am not a crook -- new game ideas
Ok, here's a bit of a fun rant. For the second time this week, I've seen a preview of a game or movie that is almost exactly like an idea…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Michael S. Miller, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes.

2/6/2004 jburneko: Demons as Primary Antagonist
Hello, I'm not sure if the subject of this post fully captures what I'm about to talk about so please bear with me if this wanders a bit. I've been…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, joshua neff.

2/6/2004 apeiron: LotR's Weariness translation to d20
@ My favorite part of the LotR RPG is the Weariness system. So i'm attempting here to recreate it for d20. If this is something that interests you, feel free…
In Actual Play
Participants: apeiron, Bob the Fighter, james_west.

2/6/2004 apeiron: How to: Start a Wiki Site
@ i recently fell in love with Wikipedia and the whole wiki idea. @ How does one go about starting a Wiki site? Let's write out a "How to Start…
In Publishing
Participants: apeiron, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/7/2004 Librisia: Yes, MORE on religion and role playing
Salutations, At the urging of my genius game designer spouse, I recently read Mr. Lehrich's article on RPGs as ritual. I was inspired to post my own article to all…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Librisia, clehrich, Christopher Weeks, cthulahoops, Thuringwaethiel, greyorm, John Kim, james_west, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Valamir, contracycle, S'mon, montag, James Holloway, C. Edwards, Rich Forest, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

2/7/2004 jhawkins: The Puddle without player narration
I've been using the Puddle without having much story-narration by players. So if the player rolls the dice and succeeds, their character manages to do whatever they were trying to…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: jhawkins, James V. West, Cassidy.

2/7/2004 Arashi: Artist for Hire
Hi everyone- I'm a freelance painter with extensive experience in RPGs. I'm available for interior or cover work on projects of any size. Please check out my work at: http://www.artwanted.com/arashi…
In Connections
Participants: Arashi, Valamir.

2/7/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Humble Mythologies] symbolic scene-framing
The snow is just pouring down outside, so I though I'd take the opportunity to type up some of my recent ideas on symbolic scene framing. The main thread on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper.

2/7/2004 xechnao: error, sorry need to post in another thread :(
Sorry cancell this if possible
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xechnao.

2/7/2004 xechnao: Get Riddle of Steel in Italy
Hi, I live in Italy and want Riddle of Steel but I have had problems ordering as all the UK online sellers I checked out were out of stock. I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: xechnao, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

2/7/2004 Ravien: A System of My Own
Hey peoples. i originally made the mistake of posting this at dragonsfoot, only to find that most people there are heavily 1e biased, but someone suggested here would be a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ravien, Paganini, Mark Johnson, montag.

2/7/2004 Noon: Rules that outsource
Hi all, I was having a PM conversation with Mike Holmes and it prompted me to check where I am relative to everyone else on the perceptions of certain mechanics…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, james_west, M. J. Young, Valamir, Mike Holmes, coxcomb, Emily Care, John Kim.

2/7/2004 sirogit: Finally starting a Riddle of Steel game.
After much, much delay, I've finally started a Riddle of Steel game. I had the situation starting the game created for the most part by my first player(Before I found…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Ingenious.

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