Subsequent Topics 8/16/2003 bcook1971: Simulationism does exist
I stumbled onto this site through a chain of events: a player in my AD&D 1st ed. group brought a THAC0 wheel he'd downloaded from RPG United to a game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Mad-Eye Moody, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs.
8/20/2003 bcook1971: Bag of Questions and a Dilemma
Some questions. (This starts out RPG Theory and turns GNS. Wasn’t sure where to post it.)
I’ve been trying to find a comprehensive glossary of terms and acronyms with no…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Alan, ethan_greer, Garbanzo, jburneko, M. J. Young, Bankuei, Emily Care.
8/21/2003 bcook1971: How do you indicate the author for a quote?
Please.
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Jack Spencer Jr.
8/30/2003 bcook1971: Plotting for Group Involvement
(If this is well-trodden ground, whoever references the respective posts, please share your approach to searching.)
My core dilemma is creating game play that features the functional value of involvment…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Rob Donoghue.
9/2/2003 bcook1971: Dammit! I Reinvented the Wheel!
I went into Lonestar Comics today to kill some empty holiday hours. Inspired by the variety of indie plugs I've been exposed to at the Forge, I thought I'd check…
In Publishing
Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, Samael, Ron Edwards.
9/17/2003 bcook1971: Talking To Myself
I just finished writing a lengthy running example that tied together most of the significant points of my combat system. I found the experience to be quite cathartic.
I'm reminded…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Marco, pete_darby, MongoosePaul.
9/18/2003 bcook1971: Spreading the Indie Virus
I had a very rewarding game session last Saturday. My group plays 1st ed. AD&D.
Highlights
Witnessed an unprompted shift to a more selfless, strategy-based approach by a risk-aversive…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
9/23/2003 bcook1971: Preliminary Thoughts
I bought 3 Forge games a few weeks back: Sorcerer, The Riddle of Steel and The Burning Wheel. Can't remember why BW made the list . . . I'm pretty…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, abzu, AnyaTheBlue, Kaare Berg, taepoong, drozdal.
10/2/2003 bcook1971: Get What You Play For!
I invite you to use this sheet to dial up and flip on your RPG play preferences. It may even help to articulate preference across your group and lead to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim.
10/28/2003 bcook1971: The Burning Wheel: First Pass
I was skipping around, reading each part within the book that pertained to the idea I was interested in, not really making good progress. Then I had a chat with…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, abzu.
10/30/2003 bcook1971: Playtesting a Spatial Mechanic
A few weeks back, my group played the fifth and final session for a 1st ed. D&D module. I've used this opportunity to playtest various rules in a game system…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young.
11/18/2003 bcook1971: Both attack - impact on Order of a Round?
Luke (ZazielsRephaim) and I were doing some basic playtesting this morning, and a pretty important issue arose.
At the beginning of a bout, we both threw red and made a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Caz, Salamander, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, ZazielsRephaim, Overdrive, Ingenious, Thanaeon, Jake Norwood.
11/19/2003 bcook1971: Praise for "View posts since last visit"
I think this is a recent addition . . . May be wrong.
Anyways, how useful! Kudos.
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Ben Lehman, pete_darby.
11/28/2003 bcook1971: Question about searching
Can your search page handle strings? e.g. . Or would you have to go ?
I have trouble using it in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, jrs, Emily Care.
12/22/2003 bcook1971: [TROS] Help! How to promote progress in discovery.
Hello. My gaming group is in the middle of a TROS campaign right now. My Seneschal places priority on discovery as a means of progress. I see the following ends…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, hyphz.
1/14/2004 bcook1971: [TROS] A Sequence of Events OR a Series of Episodes?
[quote="Guest"]So many of the things mentioned on this thread are just two different roleplaying styles:
1) one player basically has a complete storyline prepared for his character, even to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jake Norwood.
2/2/2004 bcook1971: Sometimes You Kick . . .
Last session, one of our players jumped up on a stone pedestal as a clawing, biting skeleton came towards him. He proceeded to kick the thing in the head with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Jake Norwood, sgtnasty, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.
2/12/2004 bcook1971: Response to the Supporting Essays
I just finished reading all three GNS support essays and wanted to air some of my reactions.
That's why it's often referred to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Sean, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.
3/10/2004 bcook1971: Picky, Assumption-Teasing Questions
[list=1][*]Do you fumble a strike (pp. 78-9) by failing the roll and having two or more 1's (a la pp. 7-8) or does [i]any[/i] failure to hit draw the 1/2…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Valamir, Malechi, Ingenious, Wolfen, Ian.Plumb.
3/10/2004 bcook1971: [Issues & Impact] DFW Area Playtesters Wanted
I've just completed principal design of I&I and would like to find 2-3 people to help playtest it. I would like to meet once a week for 1 month, 3-4…
In Connections
Participants: bcook1971.
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