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12/10/2001 Zak Arntson: Robot GNS - Preliminary Design
Okay, I wrote an RPG about Robots. Well, I wrote 3 of them. I tried to carry them along the lines of GNS, just to see how it would work.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson.

12/10/2001 hardcoremoose: Edwards' 11
This idea popped into my head on the way home today.* Okay, so Danny Ocean is a sorcerer. He has to be...he's got the swagger down. His crew are his…
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/10/2001 erithromycin: Dust to Dust: How not to do Dune
There's a discussion over in Sorceror about running Dune, and that brought back memories of an attempt to run a Dune LARP in my local gaming community. A bitter saga…
In Actual Play
Participants: erithromycin, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

12/10/2001 jburneko: New Forum In Order
Hello All, This is just a thought that occured to me. We have the GNS forum for discussing the GNS model directly. Then we have the RPG Theory forum which…
In Site Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

12/10/2001 jburneko: Narrativist Missions
Hello All, I've had one of those weekends where I had a lot of ideas that generated nothing but questions. Some of these ideas and questions are a bit unfocused…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, gentrification, xiombarg, contracycle, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Marco, Daredevil.

12/10/2001 mahoux: thank you Zak
Just a quick post to say that we played Adventures in Space this last Saturday. Two members of our regular group didn't show up, so I hit the computer to…
In Actual Play
Participants: mahoux.

12/10/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Superheroes
Just checked Josh's website (www.goblin-cartoons.com) -- he talks about why he loves superheroes so much. I gotta agree. So I was thinking, what would/could I do with the whole superheroes…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, mahoux, erithromycin, sdemory, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Damocles.

12/9/2001 GMSkarka: Consultancy for New Publishers
Hey folks....the posts made by Mads Jakobsen, trying to bring his argument with the Forge over to RPGnet reminded me that I wanted to register over here....so forgive me if…
In Connections
Participants: GMSkarka, Ron Edwards.

12/9/2001 Manu: Prescience and teleportation: Sorcerers of Arrakis
I was wondering, how would you guys explain the power of premonition, and that of instant teleportation according to Sorcerer rules? Hint and Travel don't seem to quite cut it...am…
In Adept Press
Participants: Manu, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, erithromycin, greyorm, Dav, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

12/8/2001 Grumbleputty: Some links to interesting stories
I've tried to gather some links to people's alledged encounters with inexplicable phenomena. While some of them describe the usual UFO and bigfoot types of things, many are absolutely surreal…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Grumbleputty.

12/8/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: "Hmm, a thread about magic stuff would be cool,"
[quote] Ron Edwards wrote: "Hmm, a thread about magic stuff would be cool," [/quote] Seems like a good idea to me. The previous Three you never see thread got on…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, hardcoremoose, mahoux, contracycle, Ranko, James V. West.

12/8/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: Small World, The Code, Insecterotic
The first is an insect game. The second...I was watching Law & Order: SVU (Special Victims Unit) and figured out that The Code could work well for playing a game…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bret, Mike Holmes, sdemory, Joe Murphy (Broin), Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

12/8/2001 Bankuei: Persona system
This system has been floating in my head for a couple of months, so let me know what you think of it. The goal is a system that encourages plot…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bankuei, Julian Kelsey, contracycle.

12/7/2001 xiombarg: Faster, Better, Cheaper
I work as a contractor for NASA. Some of you may remember the infamous Faster, Better, Cheaper slogan NASA was pushing a while back. Well, the joke going around…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Epoch, Nathan, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, contracycle.

12/7/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Advanced Binding
I'm fully aware that the Sorcerer rules don't allow the re-Binding of a demon once the initial Binding is done, but there's a concept I'd like to explore in Sorcerer,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/7/2001 jburneko: GNS The Big Picture
Hello All, I wanted to address some of Fangs comments he made down in the "Name That Style" thread. The things he said reminded me of something I think WE…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur.

12/7/2001 Zak Arntson: Successful RPG Line
In another thread (http://indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=972&forum=4&4), Ron Edwards sez, The common plan of releasing supplements which are both (a) setting details and (b) metaplot continuance does NOT, ultimately, serve a…
In Publishing
Participants: Zak Arntson, Nathan, Le Joueur, Joe Murphy (Broin), JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Dav, Paul Czege, mearls, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, GMSkarka, Jack Spencer Jr, Ian O'Rourke, Anon LeBlanc, Ryan Ary.

12/7/2001 jburneko: Stances In Actual Play
I'm not sure if that subject line is completely correct but it was the best I could do. I was wondering if anyone else, especially those of you who dabble…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

12/7/2001 Blake Hutchins: Hero Wars in S-F setting
Hey all, I've been bitten by the idea that Hero Wars might work very, very well as a substitute rules set for White Wolf's Trinity setting, in which the players…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Ian Freeman, Ayrizale, GB Steve, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

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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12/11/2001 Eric: More than one Cover?
Scores of 5 or higher get two descriptions. Does this also apply to to cover? With a 5 Will and a 5 cover, could a character have belief system and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose.

12/11/2001 lumpley: Solstice Party at My House
This an Actually-Will-Play, so Actual Play it is. This year the Baker family's annual all-night solstice party is a gamefest! Sunset to Sunrise the night of the 21st we'll keep…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Marco, Epoch, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm.

12/11/2001 Tor Erickson: Observers to role-playing
Hi All, For three of our Sorcerer sessions so far we've had an outside observer sitting in. Other than the occasional comment they do just that: observe. What I'm finding…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tor Erickson, Paul Czege, gentrification, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Epoch, Evan Torner, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Osric, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2001 hardcoremoose: Yeah baby, It's here!
[i]Sorcerer and Sword[/i] hit my mailbox today...anyone else got theirs' yet? It looks awesome! Kudos Ron...very cool. - Scott
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, jburneko, joshua neff, Uncle Dark, Eric, Jürgen Mayer, Trav.

12/12/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: The Code II (replacing the "Superheroes" topic)
The Code II http://memento-mori.com/code/code2.html Please let me know what you guys think. I'm exceptionally happy with the Setting Dials section, even though there's no much to it. And yes, I'm…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, sdemory, Joe Murphy (Broin), erithromycin.

12/12/2001 Mark Blaxland: Gamism: The pursuit of excellence
This post, and my presence on this forum is largely a result of Mads Jakobsen's 'Gamism is not competition' thread, and it's spill-over to RPG.net (where I heard about it).…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mark Blaxland, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Marco, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, jburneko.

12/12/2001 Balbinus: Typo of the month
Hi there, Just noticed a great typo (or is it?) in the game library descriptions section. Apparently, Space Ninja Cybercrisis is about: Manga action comedy demons aliens amazing groinal powers…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Balbinus, razgon.

12/12/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: No Media Kings
http://www.nomediakings.com This is Jim Munroe's site. He wrote a book a liked (Angry Young Spaceman) and a book I really loved (Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask). Anyway, it's all…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege.

12/12/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism in action
On another thread, Mark Blaxland wrote: This seems to me to infer that 'Gamist' games are all about winning. ... It's only natural, after all to want to 'win'.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/12/2001 GreatWolf: I'm not dead yet! (aka News update)
Hmm. I look at the last post date on the forum and I see 9/10/2001. That seems particularly ill-omened for some reason, so I'm going to post in my own…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Time, Valamir, Jürgen Mayer.

12/12/2001 GreatWolf: Need an artist
I am looking for an artist to do a very small project for me for free or cheap. Basically, I would like to have six stylized moon phases for my…
In Connections
Participants: GreatWolf.

12/12/2001 John Wick: It doesn't just happen here...
A while back I said it was a crime for reviewers to review games they haven't actually played (only read). Well, check this out (from imdb.com): David Soul Wins Libel…
In Review Discussion
Participants: John Wick, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon, Epoch, Marco, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder.

12/12/2001 jburneko: Gamism In Action or Why I Hate Arts and Crafts
Hello All, First off, I'd like to state that this post is an account of my personal experiences as filtered through my personal biases. Nothing I am about to say…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Epoch, Garbanzo, Eric.Brennan, Ben Morgan.

12/12/2001 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer tattoo
Hi there, It had to happen. The cool thing is that the person is one of the very first Sorcerer players, Camille Throckmorton. She had the character with the scary,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Time, Tor Erickson.

12/13/2001 Uratoh: My first actual session, plus help me with 'overbearing' pla
Well I had my first session running Little Fears, and had the 'monster in the septic tank' bit ruined when they poured 4 things of bleech down the toilet and…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Uratoh, Fabrice G., mahoux, Joe Murphy (Broin), GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Grumbleputty.

12/13/2001 Petter Sandelin: The trendy people
I guess this is the fourm for a topic with no forum..(couldn't there be one wich discusses X + other general issues?) It was a couple of years ago since…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Petter Sandelin, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, contracycle, joshua neff, Laurel, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins.

12/13/2001 jburneko: Little Fears Art
Hello, Well, I FINALLY own a copy of Little Fears thanks to an early Holiday gift from one of my players. I haven't read it thuroughly but what I've loved…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, GreatWolf.

12/13/2001 JSDiamond: How they did it (D&D & Vampire)
...and how WE can too. Branching off from creating a successful rpg line, Zak and I conferred on a few reasons as to why things have gone the way they…
In Publishing
Participants: JSDiamond.

12/14/2001 hardcoremoose: Sorcerer & Sword Comments
Enough of us have it now, so I thought I'd start up a new thread to discuss the salient points of the sourcebook. And what a sourcebook it is! Fun…
In Adept Press
Participants: hardcoremoose, joshua neff, greyorm, Blake Hutchins, erithromycin, Ron Edwards, Eric, Tor Erickson, Bailywolf, jburneko, Paul Czege, James V. West, Trav.

12/14/2001 Gordon C. Landis: The Importance of Being External
So I found myself arguing for the legitimacy of "internal" Gamist measurement of performance in the "Gamism: The pursuit of excellence" thread. I added a few words about how there…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

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