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5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: The New Refuge
I return to The Forge after thinking it had died, and suddenly I find this whole forum thing going on. Very good. I like it. It's an alternative to GO…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Unable to Query DB
I seem to be getting an 'Unable to Query DB' error message a lot? I assume this is an ongoing thing and it's not just me :smile: I get three…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: I really like Sorcerer but...
...I never know what to actually do with it? I know this is a bit of a 'basic' question for these boards, and it's a bit of an embarrassing one…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, james_west, greyorm, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Clay, Paul Czege.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Fengshui: Simulationist?
Okay, I understand why it could be viewed as simulationist (and may be it is), as it puts all its mechanics into simulating an action movie world. What concerns me…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, George Pletz, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

5/12/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Player Behaviour Dangers
I tend to agree with Ron (and whoever else), as I think GNS can be used to classify player behaviour, most people fall into one category in the main. I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Logan, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, james_west, Gordon C. Landis.

5/23/2001 Ian O'Rourke: GNS and Gaming in the Modern World
I'm writing an article at the moment for fandomlife.net (or my rpg.net column I've not decided yet) which basically proposes a strategy on how to get regular gaming sessions going…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Gordon C. Landis, james_west.

5/23/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Narrativists: Competitive Wusses?
[quote] On 2001-05-23 15:06, Blake Hutchins wrote: Ron's speculations regarding Simulationism is like saying Narrativists are afraid of competing or intimidated by immersive gaming. [/quote] I'm making a generalisation here…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, james_west, Mike Holmes, Dav, Valamir, Poxface, Doc Midnight.

8/12/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Little Fears = Child Abuse! Heh! What?
I've heard quite a bit about Little Fears over the last 5 months or so - as people have discussed it here and in other places. I've heard even more…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, jburneko, Jason L Blair, Clinically Insane, Laura Bishop, Cyanide.

8/22/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Got it!
My HB Sorcerer book arrived this morning - this means international orders are fulfilled very quickly. Since it was only sent out a few days ago?
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair.

8/28/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Ideas! Ideas!
I've been throwing around 2 ideas for Sorcerer… The first is based around a Twin Peaks/Over the Edge style idea - I want to explore horror/surreal stories within a fixed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Mike Holmes.

10/2/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Top 5 Begins!
Not sure if this is the place for it, but the Top 5 RPG's series of articles has begun on Fandomlife.net. The first one is very interesting - or I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Marco, greyorm, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

10/26/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Variation of Style
Okay, this is sort of inspired by a couple of the threads in the Sorcerer forum, but it's not Sorcerer specific, and this forum seemed the closest fit. This issue…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, James V. West, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Laurel, mahoux.

11/2/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Glenwood Springs: Relationship Map
Okay, I'm trying to get a campaign off the ground using all this player driven, relationship map style plotting. While sketching out a vague map, one thing I noticed is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards.

11/4/2001 Ian O'Rourke: TOP 5 No 2 by John Wick
In the continuing series John Wick names his Top 5. A few 'Forge' games get a mention - including one that ain't even been released yet! Check it out on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, unheilig, Paul Czege.

11/20/2001 Ian O'Rourke: I've just dug myself a hole...
We are about to finish our twice monthly 3e game - and very much it has been, an epic campaign in the Star Wars tradition. Anyway, that leaves a gaming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Tor Erickson.

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.

12/16/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Website?
Does Random Order Creations have a website? And also, to save myself double posting somewhere else, is their a website for Wyrd? Need it for links from an immininent FLN…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, hardcoremoose, James V. West.

12/16/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Top 5 RPGs by Ron Edwards
Ron's entry into the Top 5 RPG's series has been submitted to Fandomlife.net. A different approach is taken again. The article can be found at http://www.fandomlife.net. On a side note,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, hardcoremoose.

12/17/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Where is the innovation in System?
Okay, Ron’s article on FLN got me thinking about narrativist games in particular. I find some of them great, and others I just find myself wondering how they can be…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, James V. West.

12/30/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Aaarrgggh, but great
Am I the only one who read Hero Wars and felt that, just beyond their perception that it was something great, but just could not pull it all together due…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Uncle Dark, Bankuei.

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