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8/8/2009 Librabys: my game system feels reject
I just cannot figure where to put it! It is maybe a full page or a little more of text describing the basics of my system, to open a discussion…
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Participants: Librabys, Ron Edwards, Noclue, Ben Lehman.

8/1/2009 Nocker: GNS Podcast
I'm sorry if it's not the place to post this, I've carefully search a better one, but didn't find. I'm french, and the Forge forums look like a huge mastodon…
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Participants: Nocker, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2009 drkrash: Uploading Material
Allow me to demonstrate my profound internet illiteracy (and perhaps my continued bafflement at deciding the right sub-forum to post in here). I'd like to upload some playtest materials to…
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Participants: drkrash, Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2009 Thunder_God: Jumping Text-Box.,
I don't know if it's just me, which it might, but the last couple of days whenever I post more text than the default comment-box has space, my "text-box" jumps,…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Marshall Burns, lumpley, Simon C, Noon.

7/3/2009 mogunus: Compiling Forge texts (split)
Hello all. I am a huge forge neophyte. I started reading literally two days ago and was instantly hooked. There is a really wonderful resource and community here. Anyway. I…
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Participants: mogunus, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

7/1/2009 Ayyavazi: Are Narrativism and Gamism really Mutually Exclusive?
Hello again all, My question is the the topic, but first I'd like to give an idea of my understanding of the terms. When I think Gamism, I think competition,…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Ron Edwards.

6/19/2009 M. Burrell: Reading-List for Forge Neophytes
There is, I'm aware, a vast backlog of articles, essays and protracted threads regarding the practice and theory of RPGs and their construction here on the Forge. However, is there…
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Participants: M. Burrell, Ron Edwards, Artanis, Adam Dray, Eliarhiman6.

6/10/2009 Jason Kottler: Etiquitte and Blog Links
So - is it considered Bad Form here to just post a summary and a link to a blog post? I've been doing that, just to avoid plastering the same…
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Participants: Jason Kottler, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2009 GodVIAGRA: VIAGRA $1.15 per pill BUYING VIAGRA samples before BUY
spam
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Participants: GodVIAGRA, Eldrad, lumpley.

5/29/2009 Francesco Berni: Accont security problem
Hello, i'm new on the forge and i am an information tecnology student. In my registration i have tipe for error one time the wrong nick and one time the…
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Participants: Francesco Berni.

5/10/2009 Eldrad: Unclassified Forum
Can there be an unclassified forum to post things about gaming that fit in no other category? There are times that I may have gamer related interest that would not…
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Participants: Eldrad, Lance D. Allen, Eero Tuovinen.

4/15/2009 The Magus: Why isn't the Forge promoting all these swell games?
I think this is a really interesting site but it is somewhat intimidating to the new user.  One of the things I'm not all that keen on is the lack…
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Participants: The Magus, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Schiller, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Miskatonic.

4/3/2009 The Magus: Discussion of Social Contract theories at the Forge
As a relative newbie to the Forge I am aware that the RPG Theory forum is now closed.  I've read a number of articles on the GNS model and feel…
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Participants: The Magus, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, Sindyr, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

3/22/2009 Ayyavazi: GNS and Practicality
Greetings all, I am hoping this is the right place to post this, since I think it would normally be reserved for the Theory board. Basically, after having read all…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, hix, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, greyorm, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

3/5/2009 Darcy Burgess: Feature Request
Hi Vincent, Here's a feature I wish the Forge had. That "jump to" pulldown list that appears at the bottom of just about every page? I wish that it was…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

2/18/2009 one_monkey: First Post Uncertainty
Hi, I wanted to invite anyone reading in the vicinity of Nottingham UK to participate in the test of a new RPG which is not just new in terms of…
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Participants: one_monkey, Ron Edwards.

1/5/2009 lumpley: Error 412 - anti-spam exceptions
Hey everybody. If you get an Error 412 Precondition Failed message, you've triggered the Forge's (actually, the server's) anti-spam measures. I've specifically allowed the word "gambling" through. If you want…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards.

1/5/2009 Melinglor: Posting test
I've been having trouble sending a post, so Vincent asked me to post this as a test. So here we are, Vincent! This post works fine, and I've posted a…
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Participants: Melinglor, lumpley.

11/3/2008 David C: Pretty easy request - Bookmark/Tab icon
There is an icon associated with many web pages that appears next to a bookmark or a tab.  I would appreciate it if you guys added this for the forge,…
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Participants: David C, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, soundmasterj, jag, Miskatonic.

10/11/2008 lumpley: The Bad Service
Hey. This thing where the forge is not connecting intermittently all day for two-going-on-three days now? It's a thing. The webhost knows about the problem, has identified the cause, and…
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Participants: lumpley.

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8/11/2009 Ayyavazi: Example Games to help me learn GNS
Hello all, I have been trying to understand GNS for some time now, and am looking to read games that support different agendas (whether explicitly, or simply by coincidence). So,…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray, Vladius, Selene Tan, Ron Edwards, JosephKnight.

8/11/2009 Adam Dray: The Forge, Quantified, sorta
Quantcast is a company that provides demographic data for websites. They can do it via a javascript tag the site owner embeds in the site (which The Forge has not…
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Participants: Adam Dray, M. J. Young, chance.thirteen, Frank Tarcikowski.

8/18/2009 Ron Edwards: Forge posting etiquette policy
[b]I. About the forums[/b] The purpose of The Forge forums is to promote the design, development, and publication of independent role-playing games. We do not care if the game's sold…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/21/2009 Nathan P.: Re-Branding
Hi everyone, I've rebranded my publishing endeavors, one result of which is that the Hamsterprophet Productions forum hosted here on the Forge is now the ndp design forum. Announcements of…
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Participants: Nathan P..

8/27/2009 RobNJ: Where to post this?
Mod-folks, Joshua A. C. Newman and I have a new project that's both a podcast and a developing game design. I think it's pretty new and interesting and I wanted…
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Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

9/16/2009 Simon C: Service Temporarily Unavailable
The site's been barely usable for me for the last couple of weeks, with extremely slow load times and frequent innaccessibility.  I get this error a lot: Service Temporarily Unavailable…
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Participants: Simon C, HeTeleports, greyorm, Paka, lumpley, Jasper Flick.

10/13/2009 squirken: Signature
[color=darkred]Has profile information been disabled?  I was trying to add my avatar, but the system wont let me.  I clicked Profile - and there isnt a link on the left…
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Participants: squirken, lumpley, Catelf, cadman56, fatblogger.

10/24/2009 Ashlin_Evenstar: 504 error
Hi, I'm getting a lot of 504 Errors when I come to the Forge anymore.  Is there an option I need to turn on or off to help it load…
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Participants: Ashlin_Evenstar, M. J. Young, greyorm.

10/30/2009 Catelf: Advice on the coming Topic or Topic's i may start in a while.
This is several questions in one situation. I'm also a kind of "newbie" at the Net, so some things isn't as obvious as one might think. Although, i do think…
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Participants: Catelf, Ron Edwards.

11/2/2009 RARodger: Mystery messages
My little status thing in the top left corner says I have "2 messages, 2 are new" And yet, when I go to the message center, there are no messages…
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Participants: RARodger, lumpley.

11/19/2009 HeTeleports: Recapping years' worth of growth
I had written a long and eloquent plea to the previous Forge generation of posters, asking for a kind of recap. I decided the long thing was unnecessary. Recently, I've…
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Participants: HeTeleports, chance.thirteen, Nathan P., Mulrah.

11/23/2009 lumpley: IMPORTANT: Scheduled Downtime
Hey everybody. I'm going to be moving the Forge to its new hosting situation this weekend upcoming. I'll bring it down on Thursday the 26th and bring it back up…
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Participants: lumpley, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, northerain, Frank Tarcikowski, xenopulse, alef0, Miskatonic.

12/24/2009 elenius: Where are the articles?
Several post refer to an "articles" link at the top of the site, but I don't see it. I did find this page: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/_articles/glossary.html which has an "articles" link, but…
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Participants: elenius, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

1/5/2010 lumpley: The articles and reviews are back
So that's good. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Jasper Flick, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Artanis, M. J. Young.

1/6/2010 Darcy Burgess: Subtitle in header
Hi Vincent, Didn't there used to be a subtitle under the "the Forge" graphic?  Something like "the internet home of independent RPGs"?  Could we restore/add it? I just linked in…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

2/7/2010 Quizoid: Where would I post "game-find," questions.
Right now, I'm looking for free RPGs with an indie-bend.  I'm looking through free rpg sites, but having a hard time finding the kind of game I like. I came…
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Participants: Quizoid, hix, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2010 lumpley: Moreno, a Hero of the Forge
Moreno is vigilant about flagging spam so that Ron or I can come remove it from threads. If you haven't seen spam, it's because Moreno saw it first. Thanks, Moreno!…
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Participants: lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper Flick.

2/25/2010 markgamemaker: Contradictions in the Stickies
Like a good newbie, I'm reading the stickies to make sure what I intend to write about is in the right place.  And right off the bat I'm given the…
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Participants: markgamemaker, Ron Edwards.

3/12/2010 Paka: Down with Paka
Could my name be changed from Paka to Judd without too much trouble?
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Participants: Paka, lumpley.

3/26/2010 Vladius: The Forge is literally the most pretentious place ever
And I want to be the first person banned from it. It's boring, it's lame, and it perpetuates every single negative stereotype about anything and everything "INDIE" ever. Do you…
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Participants: Vladius.

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