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5/26/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Handing Out Hero Points
Howdy, The criterions for handing out Hero Points in Hero Wars/HeroQuest are remarkably overlooked. Yes, the game does suggest minimum and maximum awards, but that's it. This is somewhat odd,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, dunlaing, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Narrativist Scenario Writing
Hi, I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum. Basically, role-playing writing has no real foundation for Narrativist scenario creation. I've just begun to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, MrWrong, bluegargantua, Bankuei, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Palashee, Ron Edwards, Mad-Eye Moody, Ian Cooper, Alai, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Valamir.

7/10/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Show Me Scene Framing!
Hi, I am looking for threads/discussions about Scene Framing. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance. Best, /Peter N
In RPG Theory
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, jrs.

7/17/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Arrgh! August?
Argh! No, sorry, let me rephrase that: Argh! No, sorry, I'll try to be more eloquent: Argh! August? http://www.sjgames.com/newproducts/nrtext.html /Peter N
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, pete_darby, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

8/11/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls 1
Hi, I have just finished the character generation session for Well of Souls. I would love to hear some input from you people here at The Forge. Well of Souls…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/11/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls in Actual Play
Hi, Those of you who followed the Narrativist Scenario Writing thread may be interested to read my actual play reports. Cheers, /Peter N
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.

9/19/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls 2
This is a continuation of this thread. Finally, we’ve set a date for playing this game. Originally I planned to start a new thread after the first session, which will…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes.

10/15/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Curse you Rickard! -- Well of Souls 3
This thread is a continuation of Well of Souls 1 and Well of Souls 2. I’m not sure if anybody cares about this except me, but I’ll continue my reports…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Russell Hoyle, ScottM, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

11/11/2003 Peter Nordstrand: HeroQuest demos
Hello, I have recently submitted three HeroQuest scenarios to my local convention, and I would like to hear your input. I haven’t written the scenarios yet, but the deadlines were…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, bluegargantua, pete_darby.

1/12/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls 4--Endgame?
This thread is a continuation of Well of Souls 1, Well of Souls 2, and Curse You Rickard--Well of Souls 3. If you would like to have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

2/4/2004 Peter Nordstrand: I cannot stay quiet: One n in canon
Hi, It is impossible for me to shut up any longer. In order not to point my finger at anyone in particular, I made it a new topic. Folks, when…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, Mac Logo, RaconteurX, pete_darby, soru, Scripty, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, simon_hibbs, HMT, Jane.

2/6/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Relationship maps
There has been a lot of talk about relationship maps here on the HeroQuest forum lately. The purpose of this thread is to help narrators to make relationship maps that…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX.

3/23/2004 Peter Nordstrand: [HeroQuest] Temertain is Dead!
Hi, Here's a (very) brief actual play report for those who are interested. Purpose of session: To playtest "The Assassin" a convention scenario I've been working on. # of players:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, Bankuei.

4/12/2004 Peter Nordstrand: GothCon Report
I ran HeroQuest at GothCon (Gothenburg, Sweden). A drop in event. I had brought a number of different scenarios, but I ended up running mostly The Assassin (described very briefly…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Henrix.

6/13/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Have you used the Clan Profile?
Hi, The Clan Profile from Orlanth is Dead is a neat toy. However, I would very much like to hear people's opinion of its usefulness in actual play. Have you…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Moah, Nick Brooke, pete_darby, rylen dreskin, Invain, newsalor, RaconteurX, Tim Ellis, keithn, Mandacaru, angelopampalone, Thor Olavsrud.

6/21/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Designing Final Days at Skull Point
SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS ENTIRE THREAD! (Just in case.) I've had the pleasure of reading Final Days at Skullpoint, by Ron Edwards, in Gathering Thunder. I am interested in various…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper.

6/23/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Describing Sorcerer
Hi, How would you describe Sorcerer to potential players? I'm talking about that first conversation about the game, pre-first session, pre character generation, pre any kind of seriuos prep. Let's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Paka, sirogit, Clinton R. Nixon, Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2004 Peter Nordstrand: [Sorcerer]Demon Types Make No Sense (to me)
Hi, Please forgive me if I'm asking something that has already been discussed at length... However ... The demon types make no sense to me. The categories actually seem pretty…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, sirogit, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Christopher Weeks, Piers Brown.

7/31/2004 Peter Nordstrand: [Sorcerer] Combat example -- is this right?
Hi, I am about to run my first session of Sorcerer ever, and am wondering if I am getting the combat rules correctly. So, here is three combat rounds as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy, Trevis Martin, Valamir, sirogit, Christopher Weeks, bcook1971, djarb.

10/12/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Roleplaying with Kids
Hi, I've been searching for old threads (I know they are there) about roleplaying with kids. Apparently, I'm not very good at the search tool here at the Forge, so…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Arref, Ron Edwards, cappadocius, Green, hajons, ffilz, Jeremy, M. J. Young, TonyLB, nikola.

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