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2/21/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Simulationsit Reality and Narrativist Reality
Oops. My bad. I just resurrected a thread Jesse had started eight months ago. My intention wasn't so much to give Jesse advice (I assume he'd probably dealt with the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, A.Neill, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Steve Dustin, jburneko, lumpley.

2/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: When Heroes Fail
James, Haven't yet played The Pool or TQB yet... But since it feels like a dream I had years ago made real, I believe I've got a handle on it.…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, Rod Anderson, Blake Hutchins.

2/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: The Narrativist Community
I have no idea where to dump this thread, so I'm putting it here. Whither GenCon? Sure, RPGs are where all our gaming concerns grew from. But when I read…
In Publishing
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, joshua neff, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, mearls, Dav, wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards.

2/25/2002 Christopher Kubasik: I Want to Actually Play
If this is an inappropriate thread, I apologize ahead of time. I'm just getting back up to speed as a gamer. Don't have a group, just stocking up on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, furashgf, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, joe_llama, jburneko, Mike Holmes.

3/3/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer: A Generic RPG?
Clearly, it isn't. If only because it doesn't claim to be. But, on the first page of the game opens with these words: "Many role-playing games amount to not much…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Clay.

3/9/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Hello! And Welcome to The Forge!
Here are some notes for people just arriving. I'm still new here myself, but I've already found some ways that The Forge is different than other web sites. 1) Slower…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang.

3/13/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer One Sheet: Christopher Gives It A Try
All right. I've read all the rules. I've got potential players. Time to jump in. Ron asked me what I might put on a Sorcerer One sheet. I took a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Blake Hutchins, Clay, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Noble, Robert Leal, David Howard, hardcoremoose, Walt Freitag.

3/16/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Individual Conflict Resolution in Sorcerer
Okay. I've read all the threads I could find on this matter, and I think I understand the concepts. However, I'm having trouble wrapping it around application. (Note for new…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson.

3/25/2002 Christopher Kubasik: GMs & Players: The Contract
[quote="Rich"][quote]He's a smart guy. You should game Narrativist with him.[/quote] I've seen a couple of Sorcerer One sheets around here. I'm getting the impression that GMs are putting them together…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Rich Forest, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Emily Care.

4/4/2002 Christopher Kubasik: The New Guy Has a Question
Over in another thread, Brian wrote: ***** Hi guys, Name's Brian and I'm fairly new around these cyber-parts. Your discussion really twigged my interest cos I'm developing a game of…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, contracycle, Brian Hose, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

5/16/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Why Riddle of Steel
Hi everybody, Christopher here, recently lurking, but now too curious to hold back. I've plowed through the RPG.net Thread. I've read everything here. (Except, perhaps, Ron's review? I thought he…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Shadow, Le Joueur, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

5/28/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Exploration of "Genre"
Hi Everybody, I normally don't jump into the theory threads -- cause a) my academic lingo just doesn't exist and b) I usually have nothing more interesting to add than…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Le Joueur, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, contracycle.

6/4/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Two Hour Sessions
Hi, For those who were at Demon Con: Can someone review the styles/habits/techniques/tools/whatever that folks at DemonCon used to run effective games in two hours? How did this style of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/6/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer Contact Lists
Hi Ron, A question: Since the business plan of Sorcerer is to get people to play... And the book contains the link to the Sorcerer web page.. Are there any…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay.

6/7/2002 Christopher Kubasik: The Combat Simulator
Hi Brian, As MacBoy, is there a special way I'm supposed to do something to make the Simulator work for me? Download the simultoar some special way to make it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Brian Leybourne, sgtnasty, Bob Richter, montag.

6/14/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Premise in S&Sword
Hi Ron, Since Humanity is limited to concerns about buddy and family in S&Sword, does this limit the choices of Premise for the game as well? It it, essentially, "How…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

6/20/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Relationship Maps AGAIN?
Hi everybody, A quick question (especially for Ron): Why the novels? Why read a book, take the R-Map and twist it around? Why not just make up a map on…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Buddha Nature, J B Bell, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

6/26/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Character Back Story
Hi everybody, I just hammered out a PC for a game Jesse's going to run. Before I'd even gotten to the Kicker I'd hammered out a Gothic Adventure, full of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Uncle Dark, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, Gordon C. Landis, jburneko.

6/30/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Hey Paul! Face to Face CharGen!
Hi everybody, We just had our face-to-face chargen for Jesse's game. I arrived with a whole new character, everything stripped down. I did it in the order listed in the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Uncle Dark, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, jburneko, Mike Holmes.

7/23/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Madness & Grace: Jesse's Gothic Fantasy Part 2
Hi everybody, Well, this was just swell. I've had other sessions that were as much fun, but none so compact, engaging and compulsively "what the hell's going to happen now?"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

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