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10/15/2001 Paul Czege: not by pre-planning
From Ron's spiffy new GNS essay: They also vary a great deal in terms of unpredictable "shifts" of events during play. The key to Narrativist Premises is that they…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson, Epoch, contracycle, Le Joueur.

10/14/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New essay by Ron
There's a new essay up by Ron on his newest thoughts on GNS, stances, actual play, and coherent game design. (This kind of replaces the FAQ - but it's not…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Epoch, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Logan, Laurel, James Holloway, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson.

10/2/2001 Mike Holmes: Motivations and Behaviors of RPG Participants
As an extension to the discussion in Interesting Article... below, we'd like to look at a discussion of what sorts of motivations are found in people who play RPGs, and,…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege.

9/20/2001 Wart: Interesting Threefold Model Essay
There's an interesting article on the rgfa Threefold Model at http://home.earthlink.net/~bgleichman/Theory/Threefold/rgfa.htm which raises some interesting points, some of which might be applicable to the Forge GNS model. In particular, it…
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Participants: Wart, Le Joueur, joshua neff, Gordon C. Landis, Knight, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

9/10/2001 Marco: Common Problems from GNS Incompatibility
I'm thinking this has been discussed elswhere but I just got into the GNS model and was discussing it with a friend and came up with this: When a group…
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Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2001 Logan: A call for new terminology
In the actor/immersion thread, Fang mentioned that terminology that causes confusion should be changed. I agree with Fang. The longer this discussion goes on, the more obvious it is to…
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Participants: Logan, kwill, Valamir, Supplanter, Le Joueur.

9/7/2001 Jared A. Sorensen: The Beeg Horseshoe Theory
Actually, that should probably read: MY Beeg Horseshoe Theory Here it is: Imagine a beeeg horseshoe. At one end of the U is Gamism. At the other end of the…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, GB Steve, Mytholder, Jack Spencer Jr, Supplanter, Knight, Cameron, gentrification, Marco, ConfigSys.boy, Ron Edwards, Wart, jburneko.

9/7/2001 GB Steve: Actor without Immersion
Hi Guys! I'm geeting into GNS nitty gritty today. I looked at the FAQ. Here are the relevant sections: In Actor Stance, the player is actually playing his character in…
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Participants: GB Steve, Supplanter, Logan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, kwill, jburneko, contracycle, Mytholder.

9/2/2001 Supplanter: Karma, Fortune, Hunh?
I've been puzzled by Ron's claim that GNS orientation is completely independent of resolution method, meaning "Jonathan Tweet's triad of Karma, Fortune and Drama." Specifically, it always seemed obvious to…
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Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Paul Czege.

8/24/2001 Emily Care: Player Authorial Stance, N & S
This is a direct quote from the Simulationist Players section of the GNS FAQ: ]...the player is "inside" the character and ]has complete and utter authority ]over "my guy" and…
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Participants: Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/17/2001 morbus: Gamegrene.com Article on R/N/S
Entitled "The Great Divide". Read more here: http://www.gamegrene.com/gm/997796770.shtml A snippet: One of these sets of terms is my springboard for this article: the Gamist / Simulationist / Narrativist divide.…
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Participants: morbus, kwill, Ron Edwards, Knight.

8/14/2001 John Wick: So, I gotta ask, is this "Simulationism?"
http://www.rpg.net/pf/read.php?f=5&i=108883&t=108883 Carpe Deum, John
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Participants: John Wick, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Epoch, Mytholder, Mike Holmes.

8/14/2001 Philippe Tromeur: Is my game G, N or S ?
I'm sorry if I didn't get this G/N/S thing, but I'm wondering where is exactly the frontier between Narrativism and Gamism, especially concerning my little game "Wuthering Heights" Here is…
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Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Mytholder, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Purpose vs goal?
This occured to me over in the RPG theory forum in the Techniques thread after the eläytyäists came up. That is the purpose of role-playing and how this may differ…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, contracycle, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, jburneko, Knight, FilthySuperman.

8/10/2001 jburneko: Gamer Psychology
WARNING: This thread is likely going to generate a LOT of flack. This is definitely not for the faint of heart. In a thread below Ron pointed out something to…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Logan, Uncle Dark, JohnMorrow.

8/9/2001 Cameron: Run-in with a Gamist Player
Clinton and I had a run-in with gamism last night that I thought I'd mention. We were getting together with a bunch of players that we had never gamed with…
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Participants: Cameron, Ron Edwards, Doc Midnight, jburneko, contracycle, FilthySuperman, TrizzlWizzl, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Valamir, James Holloway.

8/7/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Can the written rules make N G?
I had been thinking about this and am wondering how the GNS supporters will respond. It occured to me like this: Gamist is defined as playing the game to win,…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2001 jburneko: More Questions For Narrativists
Hello Again, As I go around sharing the results of my research into Narrativism I find that I get two replies pretty universally and I was wondering what the Narrativists…
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Participants: jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

8/1/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: Gamist examples and redefinition
OK, Ron says Gamist is the least understood branch of the GNS model, an odd comment since it's the branch most people seem to think they understand completely. This probably…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Logan, jburneko, Valamir, Supplanter, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff.

7/31/2001 Uncle Dark: Defining Simulatonism
I was thinking while grocery shopping this morning... A working definition for simulationism as I understand it might be written like this: A simulationist wants a game where: a) Everything…
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Participants: Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

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10/17/2001 Epoch: "Story," Actor stance, and My Guy-ism
Ron requested a different thread for the continuation of this discussion. Hey Mike S (Epoch), can't leave that "story" issue alone, huh? Like a loose tooth. My claim is that…
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Participants: Epoch, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jburneko, TrizzlWizzl.

10/18/2001 Manu: Task vs. Conflict and Scene vs. Action? (for Ron)
Hello Ron and all, You mentioned these in your essay; Could you please provide a few examples of these? I fail to see the nuance. Thanks.
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Participants: Manu, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Le Joueur, Matt, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2001 Manu: The 4 steps of action (for Ron)
Hey again, you mention these four steps in any action: Intention, Initiation, Completion and Effect; could you again provide some examples of what you were thinking about? Thank you -…
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Participants: Manu, Ron Edwards, Laurel, Le Joueur.

10/19/2001 jburneko: Is GNS Good For GMs?
Hello All, Over the last few days TrzzlWzzl (sp?) has been expressing his distaste for the GNS model as it pertains to System Design and GMs. What you are seeing…
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Participants: jburneko, Laurel, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, TrizzlWizzl, Marco.

10/22/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism and Premise
contracycle (Gareth, I believe?) and I have been having a pretty spirited discussion in the "New essay by Ron" thread about where Premise comes from in Gamist RPGs. Here's a…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Don Lag, Matt, contracycle, Marco, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir, kwill.

10/24/2001 Daredevil: Simulationism and Narrativism Under the Same Roof
I'll give a bit of a background about my concerns, so you can see where I'm coming from. I'm currently designing a couple of different games, trying hard to advance…
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Participants: Daredevil, Ron Edwards, Epoch, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Valamir, Marco, Laurel.

10/25/2001 unheilig: Primeval. A G/N/S hybrid?
Anybody whose played Primeval knows it is a VERY narrative style of play. No stats, no skills, no rounds, no initiative. You tell the story of how your character overcomes…
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Participants: unheilig, hardcoremoose, Mytholder, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ian O'Rourke, unodiablo.

10/29/2001 Ron Edwards: Vanilla Narrativism
Hello, Before diving back into the wilds of the Gamism debate, I wanted to address something that's been itching at me for a few weeks. A lot of people seem…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Marco, 333Chronzon.

10/31/2001 jburneko: Vanilla Narrativism vs. Simulationism
Hello All, Given the discussion down in the Bobby G thread and the Vanillia Narrativism thread there seems to be some confusion over what exactly the differences are between Vanilla…
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Participants: jburneko, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Marco, Mike Holmes.

11/2/2001 Matt Snyder: This thing called GNS
I've spent many hours slogging through Internet threads and posts. All in attempt, I suppose, to improve my understanding of my favorite past time, role-playing. As a player, GM, and…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, 333Chronzon.

11/12/2001 John Wick: C/L/S: A Bit of Good-Hearted Satire
I have a theory. I call it "The Sitting Theory." As far as I can see, everything you can sit on falls into one of three categories: Chairs, Loveseats and…
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Participants: John Wick, Marco, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, Blake Hutchins, 333Chronzon, Mytholder, unodiablo, Laurel, Le Joueur.

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,…
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Participants: Mads Jakobsen, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Marco, Matt, greyorm, Paul Czege, jburneko, Tor Erickson, Clinton R. Nixon.

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,…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Joe Murphy (Broin), Demonspahn, 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?…
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Participants: Bret, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Epoch, Joe Murphy (Broin), jburneko, Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Laurel, hardcoremoose.

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…
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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 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…
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Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bret, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, James Holloway, Paul Czege.

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…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis.

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…
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Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur.

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).…
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Participants: Mark Blaxland, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Marco, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, jburneko.

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'.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

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