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[Admin Pete]

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Here are my suggestions! I reworded some of the passive voice statements, rearranged your parenthetical abbreviations, added one parenthetical clause to the actual sentence structure, removed "and/or," and broke up the last sentence into a question and response. I hope this helps. It's just a quick stab at trimming the text and not an in-depth effort.

Our primary purpose  is discussing home-brewed fantastical medieval wargames campaigns and house rules. The focus is Original Dungeons & Dragons, other Classic Dungeons & Dragons rules, and their various simulacra; as well as the house rules used therein.

This forum explores home-brewed campaigns based on other old school rule sets of D&D and its related games and products. There are appropriately labeled sub-forums for these.

This will be a place to vet house rules and discuss them before springing them on the unsuspecting players. We will post new monsters and all types of new material for our campaigns including: setting ideas, setting and world building, and the like. Tips on running a campaign, world building, and related topics are also welcome.

We are here to support "Make It Yourself" (MIY) campaigns which are the straight 100% use of primary sources and to support "Do It Yourself" (DIY) campaigns which are a variable mix of chosen sources.

This forum, started on January 12 2015, is not and was never an attempt to replace an existing forum, but to complement and spur more creativity. The focus is using and adapting the rules to your personal campaign. We hope it will be a great deal of fun to look at other people's campaigns and how they do things. Even on those rare occasions when there is nothing you want to borrow, we hope the discussion will always prove inspiring.

The ability to focus specifically on the practice of play and the make-it-yourself ethos rather than the archaeological or Talmudic approach of most forums warranted a new forum where it could be noted from the beginning that that is what the focus is so that a new and different discussion could be created. Although a number of boards have "Workshops" these are frequented by a minority of members, this is our attempt to widen the discussion on the creative make-it-yourself part of the game.

If this interests you? Join us in our joint creative effort at harnessing the synergy of sharing ideas and mixing them to get more old school goodness out of many minds than what one mind working alone could accomplish alone.

[colinouchou]

@gizka, I like most of the suggested improvements, although I do think the invitation for old school games that are not D&D related such as Traveller, Arduin (I know it started as a D&D supplement, still), Gamma World and many other old school games should still be included. Not sure of the best way to word it, but noting that not D&D is welcome is I think a plus.

[Q Man]

Aug 11, 2018 13:04:42 GMT -5 @gizka said:

Here are my suggestions! I reworded some of the passive voice statements, rearranged your parenthetical abbreviations, added one parenthetical clause to the actual sentence structure, removed "and/or," and broke up the last sentence into a question and response. I hope this helps. It's just a quick stab at trimming the text and not an in-depth effort.

Our primary purpose  is discussing home-brewed fantastical medieval wargames campaigns and house rules. The focus is Original Dungeons & Dragons, other Classic Dungeons & Dragons rules, and their various simulacra; as well as the house rules used therein.

This forum explores home-brewed campaigns based on other old school rule sets of D&D and its related games and products too. There are appropriately labeled sub-forums for these.

This forum explores home-brewed campaigns based on old school rule sets of non-D&D related games and products too. There are appropriately labeled sub-forums for these.

This will be a place to vet house rules and discuss them before springing them on the unsuspecting players. We will post new monsters and all types of new material for our campaigns including: setting ideas, setting and world building, and the like. Tips on running a campaign, world building, and related topics are also welcome.

We are here to support "Make It Yourself" (MIY) campaigns which are the straight 100% use of primary sources and to support "Do It Yourself" (DIY) campaigns which are a variable mix of chosen sources.

This forum, started on January 12 2015, is not and was never an attempt to replace an existing forum, but to complement and spur more creativity. The focus is using and adapting the rules to your personal campaign. We hope it will be a great deal of fun to look at other people's campaigns and how they do things. Even on those rare occasions when there is nothing you want to borrow, we hope the discussion will always prove inspiring.

The ability to focus specifically on the practice of play and the make-it-yourself ethos rather than the archaeological or Talmudic approach of most forums warranted a new forum where it could be noted from the beginning that that is what the focus is so that a new and different discussion could be created. Although a number of boards have "Workshops" these are frequented by a minority of members, this is our attempt to widen the discussion on the creative make-it-yourself part of the game.

If this interests you? Join us in our joint creative effort at harnessing the synergy of sharing ideas and mixing them to get more old school goodness out of many minds than what one mind working alone could accomplish alone. If you are not sure where something goes, just ask, we'll be happy to help you.

I would bold the Original Dungeons & Dragons in the second sentence, first paragraph. I would add all of the additional the words in bold (although not as bold type) from that point on and I have considered colinouchou 's comments.

[Admin Pete]

Does anyone else have any comments about the Purpose Statement? If so please opine.

[Admin Pete]

This is the place where members can give us feedback about how the forum is or is not meeting your needs as a member. What you like, what you are neutral about and what you don't like.

[ripx187]

We are all a group of individuals, together we form a team. Areas where I am weak, someone here is strong. The mission statement is a guideline, but we aren't limited by these guidelines. Is this an OD&D Forum, is this an Old-school Forum, is this a workshop, do we focus on world-building? The answer is yes! To limit ourselves to just one of these things is to neglect important avenues of original thought. 

The mission statement is for new users. Something that they can read to quickly get an idea about what it is that we do before they post. Of course, we do more! We also have our own individual focuses which are what defines us. 

There was a really interesting time period in gaming that was too short-lived; Those years between Arneson running Blackmoor through to AD&D codifying the game. We call it OD&D but it was really people inventing their own systems and interpreting the rules to discover new vistas. Every table across the board ran completely different games; of particular interest, were the tables that did not run Greyhawk. They invented their own fantasy realms, their own procedures, their own vision of what could be done with this product; some were published, most were lost. These are interesting! In some way, we are attempting to emulate not just that game, but that time period. 

WE are not always welcome in gaming circles. The majority of users don't want a question answered by somebody who comes along and tells them to just make it up. We question the rules, we push boundaries, we seek to be the masters. In this place, and with these people, we are happy. We can brainstorm and invent without the BTB majority telling us that we are doing it wrong. We are all in different places and have different ideas. That makes us, and what we do here, important. During this period of creativity and DIY, the unpublished world of Murkhill was invented by a single guy. Murkhill is not the banner that we carry, it is the spirit of that user that we glorify and proudly bear so that others can see it. 

A mission statement has been published, and, just like our own projects, it must be interpreted and defined by those who read it.

[Hexenritter Verlag]

Sounds good to me Ripper.

[Mighty Darci]

I think the mission statement, err Statement of Purpose is just fine the way it is, I see no reason to keep tweaking it since we would never be unanimous on the changes.

[Mighty Darci]

I like the new rules , the purpose and the historical note. I think this is all good.

[True Black Raven]

Aug 18, 2018 0:24:55 GMT -5 Mighty Darci said:

I like the new rules , the purpose and the historical note. I think this is all good.

Ditto, I don't think any changes are needed, what you've posted looks good.

[Jakob Grimm]

It all looks good to me.

[dilvish]

For the Admin and the Steering Committee:

Down in the Gateway to the Classic Campaign Settings I propose that you add a new section for Kalibruhn so that we can discuss the limited information available along with other Rob Kuntz things. I realize down in the other section for personal campaigns there is the section "Kalibruhn - The World of Robert J Kuntz", but that section is locked at the request of robkuntz and besides the ability to discuss anything from there is onerous in the requirements, I mean who wants to type out a full copyright citation over and over in a single post. So I propose that for the new forum section we ignore that area of the forum and link to sources outside the forum for our discussion. We still have to abide by his requirements of not quoting him, but even with that limitation we should have a good discussion. 

Also I have a second request an that is that we add a section for Fred's World. It will be much easier to discuss since he wanted his world to be shared and discussed and the normal quoting guidelines will apply to his stuff so the discussion should grow more quickly. Fred's World - Memorial Collection Pdf

Also I have a third request that we have a section for discussing the Lost Megadungeon of Tonisborg. See the Hidden In Shadows blog (The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg)

[Admin Pete]

Oct 4, 2018 20:19:45 GMT -5 dilvish said:

For the Admin and the Steering Committee:

Down in the Gateway to the Classic Campaign Settings I propose that you add a new section for Kalibruhn so that we can discuss the limited information available along with other Rob Kuntz things. I realize down in the other section for personal campaigns there is the section "Kalibruhn - The World of Robert J Kuntz", but that section is locked at the request of robkuntz and besides the ability to discuss anything from there is onerous in the requirements, I mean who wants to type out a full copyright citation over and over in a single post. So I propose that for the new forum section we ignore that area of the forum and link to sources outside the forum for our discussion. We still have to abide by his requirements of not quoting him, but even with that limitation we should have a good discussion. 

Also I have a second request an that is that we add a section for Fred's World. It will be much easier to discuss since he wanted his world to be shared and discussed and the normal quoting guidelines will apply to his stuff so the discussion should grow more quickly. Fred's World - Memorial Collection Pdf

Also I have a third request that we have a section for discussing the Lost Megadungeon of Tonisborg. See the Hidden In Shadows blog (The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg)

I am not opposed to this and I would like to hear what others have to say. In the meantime, why don't you start some threads in the Village Commons and if discussion is forthcoming then they will be the initial threads to be moved if new forums are created.

[dilvish]

Oct 4, 2018 21:18:27 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

Oct 4, 2018 20:19:45 GMT -5 dilvish said:

For the Admin and the Steering Committee:

Down in the Gateway to the Classic Campaign Settings I propose that you add a new section for Kalibruhn so that we can discuss the limited information available along with other Rob Kuntz things. I realize down in the other section for personal campaigns there is the section "Kalibruhn - The World of Robert J Kuntz", but that section is locked at the request of robkuntz and besides the ability to discuss anything from there is onerous in the requirements, I mean who wants to type out a full copyright citation over and over in a single post. So I propose that for the new forum section we ignore that area of the forum and link to sources outside the forum for our discussion. We still have to abide by his requirements of not quoting him, but even with that limitation we should have a good discussion. 

Also I have a second request an that is that we add a section for Fred's World. It will be much easier to discuss since he wanted his world to be shared and discussed and the normal quoting guidelines will apply to his stuff so the discussion should grow more quickly. Fred's World - Memorial Collection Pdf

Also I have a third request that we have a section for discussing the Lost Megadungeon of Tonisborg. See the Hidden In Shadows blog (The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg)

I am not opposed to this and I would like to hear what others have to say. In the meantime, why don't you start some threads in the Village Commons and if discussion is forthcoming then they will be the initial threads to be moved if new forums are created.

Thank you! I am going to work on Gamma World first and then later I will pursue each of these one at a time.

[Admin Pete]

FYI - The Steering Committee is now known as The Council of The Five.

[Admin Pete]

Aug 11, 2018 12:00:47 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

This thread is for you to post any suggestions that you have for the forums. This is also the place for member comments in general and this is where you should post if you need help.

Other members may post for or against the suggestion (politely and with reasons). Alternate forms of ideas and discussion of ideas is welcome. Please bring all of those things to this thread.


If you need help, please post like this:

Hey Admin Pete , I need help with ............

If you just have comments no special format is needed.


If you have suggestions, please post like this:

Hey Admin Pete , I have this suggestion..........

Please note this update and the best way to submit requests for help and the best way to submit suggestions.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Nov 29, 2020 2:09:24 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

Aug 11, 2018 12:00:47 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

This thread is for you to post any suggestions that you have for the forums. This is also the place for member comments in general and this is where you should post if you need help.

Other members may post for or against the suggestion (politely and with reasons). Alternate forms of ideas and discussion of ideas is welcome. Please bring all of those things to this thread.


If you need help, please post like this:



If you just have comments no special format is needed.


If you have suggestions, please post like this:

Please note this update and the best way to submit requests for help and the best way to submit suggestions.

Good idea El Borak!

[hengest]

I wonder, how does Proboards keep track of what posts are new to each user?

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Jul 27, 2021 11:01:09 GMT -5 hengest said:

I wonder, how does Proboards keep track of what posts are new to each user?

Just a programming thing in the software. The software registers when something is viewed, for page views and that is connected to the users, IP address or account for members.

[hengest]

That seems like it would get really bulky to store all that, but what do I know. Is it just connected to the timestamp on the last message in each thread, you think, so anything after that time is "new"?

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Jul 27, 2021 14:57:19 GMT -5 hengest said:

That seems like it would get really bulky to store all that, but what do I know. Is it just connected to the timestamp on the last message in each thread, you think, so anything after that time is "new"?

I really have no idea how the programming or how long that logging is kept, I would guess those types of logs are kept semi-indefinitely. I believe that if you don't log in for months, when you do log in all of that information will be there waiting for you.

[hengest]

Hello, all. The subforum for Toldara keeps showing as having new messages for me, but then...doesn't seem to. Does anyone know what causes this?

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Oct 8, 2021 17:27:47 GMT -5 hengest said:

Hello, all. The subforum for Toldara keeps showing as having new messages for me, but then...doesn't seem to. Does anyone know what causes this?

Check your inbox!

[hengest]

Oct 8, 2021 19:45:27 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Oct 8, 2021 17:27:47 GMT -5 hengest said:

Hello, all. The subforum for Toldara keeps showing as having new messages for me, but then...doesn't seem to. Does anyone know what causes this?

Check your inbox!

Nothing?

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Oct 8, 2021 19:46:58 GMT -5 hengest said:

Oct 8, 2021 19:45:27 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Check your inbox!

Nothing?

Check now.  Got long winded.