Three League City Three League city is the capital of the mountain kingdom of Cloud Brush. River Rushing divides around a long island, consisting entirely of a...
... Taking a couple of pages from the "indie game design book": Kat already discussed the importance of open discussion about "what we want from this?" - a...
Thanks for that. I do always try to build in situations, such as moral dilemmas, that cannot be solved by breaking things, or people, for exactly these...
Responding to an old post here... I'm interested in all this indie games talk and want to learn more. Where to start? John, or anyone~ is pretender still...
... more. ... Check out: www.indie-rpgs.com - the original Forge. Recommend reading Ron's essays first, to get some understanding of "the whole idea" before ...
Hello. Just thought I'd say hi. I'm an old-school gamer who left the hobby during the 90's and only got back in the last few years. During this later time,...
Its true I am silly! Aside from that I see the link does work, but in your old post that I discovered I saw you mention that Pretender it was free. What I...
Jon, It turns out you are *not* the silly one. I am. I tested the link, saw the page come up and didn't bother to actually READ it before proceeding to the...
Hi, all. Sorry I vanished for a bit there. A stack of essays to grade, now graded. I agree with Dr. Samsara that spreading around the narrative control is a...
In the spirit of open communication, don't forget to tell your players any expectations you have for them. Here are some things I've tried in other RPGs. Give...
... The two decks solution is clever. I hadn't even considered that. The play you are describing is about what I was thinking, although the GM wouldn't...
... And after a thorough search, I must apologize, as I no longer have the original electronic copy. I deleted it when I bought the nopress anthology. Sorry, ...
Hey, all. I have posted a description of the realm of Water Hyacinth in the Files section, under (I think) Everway Source Material. Your comments and...
Dear Jack, I've put up an HTML version of the file at the Everweb: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rwb/www/gaming/everweb/water-hyacinth.html Let me know what you...
Dear Jon, I'm loving Three League City. Do you plan to add any more to the document? Or can I just put it online at the Everweb as is? Best, Rob ... ...
Thanks, Rob! *sigh* I just reread a couple of bits, and I've already seen one subject-verb agreement issue and any number of places where the prose should be...
Many thanks Rob, I do intend to add more, much more; hopefully in collaboration if others want to contribute. My idea for a chinese-fu-wuxia setting, was what...
Uh oh, My last post sounded a bit like I was taking credit for Dr Jacks work, or for setting his wheels in motion, or somesuch. Sorry, that wasnt what I meant...
Hey, Rob and Jon and Everybody. ... Well, it's not like that would be entirely inaccurate... your prompting did get me going on that. Suffice it to say that...
Jack... I have to admit, I hadn't read your file until I saw this post, I hadnt realised how much work you had done on Water Hyacinth and how well you tied it...
Hey, folks. Superficial trivia first: as you can see I've figured out how to rename myself. I originally created the "dr_jack_holcomb" id when I had grand...
It was never taken by me as rank-pully, I always thought it was some kinda cool supervillain persona... Now you have re-established your secret identity you...
There's a different five element pattern in Chinese philosophy. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_five_elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water...
Indeed, and the five elements of chinese and buddhist philosophy are reckoned to be an extension of the Indian 3 'element' concept ( fire water earth). Shawn,...
... In some ways, using the _wuxing_ is better than the Classical or Buddhist elements, because the _wuxing_ are actually not so much elements (as building...
Many moons ago, when Rubicon Games was still actively producing Everway products, I wrote up a series of quests using the wuxing. The back-story to it was...
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