Subsequent Topics 7/22/2001 Tim C Koppang: Player Induced Rewards
After reading a couple of posts, I was thinking about a mechanic that would allow players to divvy out rewards themselves instead of giving the GM all of the control.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, James V. West, Le Joueur.
8/29/2001 Tim C Koppang: Episodic
And so I humbly submit my own game for your perusal... (not another one you say)
Episodic isn’t a setting, but a system really. Narrativist in nature, it makes use…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, hardcoremoose, FilthySuperman, Uncle Dark, Jeffrey Straszheim, James V. West.
8/31/2001 Tim C Koppang: character vs player rewards
I’m pretty sure that this sort of idea has been presented in one form or another in the past, but here goes:
It seems to me that there is a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.
9/13/2001 Tim C Koppang: Theme Music
I’ve just posted another new game to my web site. This one is called Theme Music. As of now it’s only a draft; I haven’t even play tested it yet,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Galfraxas, contracycle, John Wick, Marco.
1/7/2002 Tim C Koppang: Stroking Ron's Ego
So I was in the game store the other day and I saw a copy of Sword on the shelves and I thought to myself, "Hmmm... that sounds familiar." So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.
3/14/2002 Tim C Koppang: Theory Serves Communication
Has anyone been reading some of the posts over at The Gaming Outpost? I have, and I noticed that Scarlet Jester has become a bit frustrated with himself and the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Laurel, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Ron Edwards.
3/17/2002 Tim C Koppang: Donjon Krawl Adventure
I finally got around to playing Donjon Krawl! Overall it went well, with only a few snags. Most of the hold-ups were due to lack of rule knowledge, but that's…
In CRN Games
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR.
3/26/2002 Tim C Koppang: Who Influences You?
And I will again try my hand at design...
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~koppang/roleplaying/content/Influence_Draft.pdf
I'm posting a link to a game I've been working on (in my spare time - what spare time?) sinse…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes.
3/28/2002 Tim C Koppang: Influence with a Premise
Mike Holmes rightfully raised the question about the game I'm currently working on: "I don't see what the premise is." You can find the previous thread at:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1709
The game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Laurel, rafael.
4/25/2002 Tim C Koppang: That's a lot of Demons
I've run one very short, and admittedly under-prepared for session of Sorcerer. Generally I like the game, and I see a lot of potential for it. I have to admit…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, xiombarg, Balbinus, Buddha Nature, greyorm.
5/22/2002 Tim C Koppang: strong feelings
I’m going to try and write this without getting too angry. I’d like to stay objective, however I realize that responses may be biased seeing as I’m posting this in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei, wyrdlyng, peteramthor.
8/19/2002 Tim C Koppang: octaNe errata
...and a question.
First of all, just wanted to let you know Jared that I'm very happy with the game. At least three times while reading the rules, I stopped…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.
8/29/2002 Tim C Koppang: to you guys selling rpgs online
This is a suggestion meant for everyone here trying to sell their game over the net...
When I download a pdf file, I know more or less what to expect.…
In Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, James V. West.
10/14/2002 Tim C Koppang: View Posts Since Your Last Visit
Suggestion:
I use the "View Posts Since Your Last Visit" function of the Forge every single time I visit it. I think it's the greatest thing on earth, but I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young.
10/15/2002 Tim C Koppang: Inspectres Narrativist?
My question was provoked by this thread:
Let's Talk About "Meaningful" Choice
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3842&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Now here's the question:
What makes Inspectres a narrativist game? This really bothers me and I've gone…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.
1/18/2003 Tim C Koppang: watershed games
This post is in reference to Ron’s latest article, originally mentioned by Clinton in this thread.
Ron,
While I’m still reading through your first Heartbreakers article (I just encountered these),…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, James Holloway.
2/4/2003 Tim C Koppang: good actual play practices
This is sort of a self-reflective, what I think I’ve learned in the past couple of years, here are my opinions on how to roleplay kind of post. I don’t…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Bankuei.
2/4/2003 Tim C Koppang: Lineage
Over a year ago I began to work on a game that I was calling Influence:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1709
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=1719
That was back in ’01, and now I’m finally getting back into…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, ThreeGee, wyrdlyng.
2/5/2003 Tim C Koppang: "mysteries of the human spirit" in rpgs
[i]My focus here is on the construction of literary character, and my general argument is that characterization is achieved not through a “pinning down” process but rather through a process…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei.
3/26/2003 Tim C Koppang: categorizing mechanics
Over in the “Sense of Wonder” thread, I started thinking about mechanics more closely.
What I’m starting to convince myself of is that you can group mechanics generally into two…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, M. J. Young, efindel.
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