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3/16/2002 C. Edwards: annoying oddity
This is nothing serious, just an annoyance. Quite often, after I return to the Forum Index after reading a thread, forums with new posts cease to be highlighted. All threads…
In Site Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Armin D. Sykes, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/27/2002 C. Edwards: Username
Hey Clinton, Could you change my username to C. Edwards? I would appreciate it. BTW, were there ever any Forge hoodys at CafePress or am I just imagining that? Chris
In Site Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, Demonspahn, Clinton R. Nixon, mahoux.

8/31/2002 C. Edwards: Failure=Advancement
There has been some discussion in the Level concerns thread about character advancement through failure. Learning from one’s mistakes takes place in the real world and it seems only natural…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, damion, M. J. Young, Robert K Beckett.

9/18/2002 C. Edwards: Forge Goodies
I've had my Forge hoodie and jersey for a couple weeks now and I am quite pleased with my purchase. Both are made very well and fit great. The hoodie…
In Site Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon.

10/3/2002 C. Edwards: Our big invisible brain
I was wondering if any games have been designed completely "on The Forge". Granted, a whole lot of input is often gathered here but have any games been designed from…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, Zak Arntson, kevin671, talysman, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, M. J. Young.

10/4/2002 C. Edwards: Totem... Zodiac?
[b]Jake Norwood wrote[/b]: [quote]I love the way that the skills pertain to certain gods, and I'd rather have a rule where you have a rating in a god's sphere, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, talysman.

10/11/2002 C. Edwards: Omega Point (long)
Hey all, Omega Point is a game I'm designing based on the ideas presented in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3696 The basic concept revolves around the existence of The Universal Equation, which…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, RPunkG, Mike Holmes, Kuma.

11/2/2002 C. Edwards: Applause
[b]Jake Norwood wrote[/b]: [quote]You have your own Uglub now. [/quote] Yes I do! Got my copy of TRoS yesterday and I am jazzed. I haven't been this exicited about an…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: C. Edwards, Jake Norwood.

12/1/2002 C. Edwards: Motion rights?
This may seem like a silly question, all I can ask is that you indulge me. In the CCG Magic: The Gathering, one of the main aspects of game play…
In Publishing
Participants: C. Edwards, Ron Edwards.

2/17/2003 C. Edwards: Matinee: Anti-Hero vs. Femme Fatale
It seems like I’ve been working on this forever (since well before Halloween), but I’ve finally got my card game in good enough shape that I can see actual play-testing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

4/23/2003 C. Edwards: Cradlethorn (pre-playtest draft)
Hey all, Here is the pre-playtest draft of Cradlethorn and some cover art I cooked up in between bouts of frantic typing. There are a couple specific issues I’d like…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö.

5/21/2003 C. Edwards: Tiki God
[url]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=67223#67223[/url] [quote="Jonathan Walton"]But I do have to say that I had SO many friends volunteer to playtest "Tiki God" last week... :) Too bad it was exam week or there…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards.

6/5/2003 C. Edwards: System, Fidelity, and Points of Contact
I’ve never really been able to see System as being Explored so much as ‘breaching’ the imaginary space. But my ‘transparency’ threshold is pretty low. For me, every Point of…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

8/5/2003 C. Edwards: Paladin: Kingdom Come
So, I bought the Paladin PDF the other day after some discussion in the Indie Netgaming irc channel of what systems might be good for “dark” role-playing. The PDF was…
In Actual Play
Participants: C. Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, RobMuadib, Lxndr, Paganini.

8/12/2003 C. Edwards: Tiki God PDF
Hey folks, The free PDF of Tiki God, my entry in the last Iron Game Chef competition, is now available. Just follow the link. http://www.primitiveminds.com Enjoy, Chris
In Indie Game Design
Participants: C. Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Emily Care.

10/9/2003 C. Edwards: PC Integrity (from Adventures in Improvised System)
[quote="lumpley"]Check this out: Is play really collaborative if it contaminates character integrity? What we're collaborating on [i]is[/i] character integrity.[/quote] [quote="Paul Czege"]When I create my guy, I have a vision for…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, pete_darby, Ian Charvill, AgentFresh, lumpley, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes.

10/9/2003 C. Edwards: Recent Reviews
For anybody who is interested, In his latest Out of the Box column, Ken Hite reviews Kill Puppies For Satan, My Life With Master, and the Sex and Sorcery supplement…
In Publishing
Participants: C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

10/28/2003 C. Edwards: Confirmation of Cool
(From Popular and Damaging) Rules-lite, just pick a few key stats and the rest is description: Unsatisfying. As a mass market newbie role player, it's not enough for the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, Marco, Walt Freitag, Jonathan Walton, sirogit, Michael S. Miller.

12/30/2003 C. Edwards: Social Reinforcement
Over in the Game Rule Clarity thread, Jack Spencer Jr wrote: Perhaps it would work if everyone played "please everyone else most?" I was going to reply in that thread,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: C. Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, gobi.

4/6/2004 C. Edwards: False Prophets (Indie-Netgaming)
This is a pick-up game we started in the Indie-Netgaming irc channel tonight. As often happens we used a very system-lite game (game mechanic, actually), Jared Sorensen’s Clockworx. We also…
In Actual Play
Participants: C. Edwards, Lxndr, suffusionofyellow, Shreyas Sampat.

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