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6/10/2001 Supplanter: Where Did Dramatism Go?
Awhile ago Ron made clear to me that "Narrativism is not Dramatism" - that is to say, it is distinct from the type of game Kim and Berkman called Dramatism…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, Mytholder, jburneko, greyorm, Valamir, Logan, Ron Edwards.

6/17/2001 Supplanter: Toward a Sense, If Not a Theory, of Simulationism
Taking off from some p-mail I got this morning... The question is how to characterize the goals of simulationist play and not just its taboos. Simulation is "Let's Pretend" in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, Mytholder, greyorm, Epoch, james_west, Justin Bacon, JohnMorrow, Knight.

7/1/2001 Supplanter: I Fight the Indie Fight!
Into Game Parlor in Chantilly VA I go today on my lunch break. (Sucks to be the boss and work Saturdays, but your pity is sufficient balm.) Now this is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Dav.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: The World and Other Stories
One of the basic distinctions in RPG theories is between world-oriented and story-oriented games. We come up with a set of design principles, decision modes and play procedures to support…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: Sources of Narrativism
Most narrativist games seem to draw their structural principles from movies and TV. The two most worked out theories of narrativist gaming, Berkman's and Edwards', specifically reference screenplay writing manuals.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, Knight, hardcoremoose.

7/29/2001 Supplanter: Dice Again
When I learned about Fading Suns' die method I was really high on it. To recap: 1) You perform operations on some number of trait values and get a tally.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Supplanter, Epoch.

8/4/2001 Supplanter: Dying Earth and Covers
Seems to me the cover of the Dying Earth RPG not only provides no hint of what the game is like in play, it gives one entirely the wrong idea…
In Publishing
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, John Wick, Misguided Games.

8/5/2001 Supplanter: Good Omens in Campaign Prep
Our ftf Amber group has decided we'll play Nobilis as our "off game" - those Wednesdays when the Amber GM can't make it. We had our first prep session last…
In Actual Play
Participants: Supplanter, Epoch.

8/26/2001 Supplanter: Gamers Have Lives?
I notice that, week in and week out, things really quiet down here on the weekends. What's up with that? Note: As a married father, I have the best possible…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, peteramthor, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Ian O'Rourke, Jason L Blair, unodiablo, Tor Erickson.

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…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Paul Czege.

9/3/2001 Supplanter: Last(?) Combat Question
The combat section in HB Sorc is much clearer than the old text. I think I'm just about there. One last thing I wonder: The rules seem to suggest that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

9/3/2001 Supplanter: Mechanics, Emotion and Amberway II
The strong version of "System Does Matter" is that a game's design must do more than not impede a desired play goal; it must support it with fostering mechanics. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Mytholder, greyorm, Epoch, Knight, James Holloway, contracycle.

1/27/2004 Supplanter: Changing Action Types in Trollbabe
I may have asked and gotten this answered in the other thread, but I don't think so. The PDF says that after the initial series, the Trollbabe has the possibility…
In Adept Press
Participants: Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Lxndr.

1/3/2006 Supplanter: [DITV] Bad Touch on an NPC
We finally got to play Dogs this afternoon. I GMed for Bill, with whom I game regularly, and Glen, who is a longtime gamer whom I've known for awhile but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing, lumpley, Wolfen, Paka.

1/20/2006 Supplanter: Quick Mechanical Question: "Stop or I'll Shoot!"
This one's been nagging me and I'd appreciate getting set straight. Say my Dog is in a conflict and I want to threaten to shoot someone. We've either been Just…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Vaxalon.

2/16/2006 Supplanter: Town: Bat Eshta/Skeleton Dell
I apologize in advance for the shocking lack of sex. Instead you get: dinosaurs! We're not done with this one yet, though everything's been revealed to the Dogs, so there's…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing, Vaxalon.

2/25/2006 Supplanter: Crowds and Power
Say I have a gang of four armed men. I get the group stat, trait and relationship dice rules in the NPC chapter, no problem. But how many gun dice…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, ffilz, cdr, lumpley, Vaxalon.

3/30/2006 Supplanter: "Help" Help
There was one aspect of the Helping Die rules our group found ambiguous in the text. I'd appreciate being straightened out on it. If I help another Dog with a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing, Brand_Robins, cdr.

5/11/2006 Supplanter: Ludologic Irony
I think this may be a new literary wrinkle, for our new way of telling stories. Last night the Dogs are trying to get the three Children of Ham they've…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, lumpley, dunlaing.

5/13/2006 Supplanter: Relationship Trait I Just Gotta Take Sometime
My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister AND My Daughter 4d4 Best, Jim
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, agony, Thunder_God, lumpley.

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