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4/5/2006 Matt Snyder: And even MORE shameless promo (new Dust Devils cover)
Visit this link, ye might, and despair: http://www.chimera.info/dustdevils/images/ddcover-revised.jpg Sadly, this low-res version doesn't show off the goods in all their glory. But ... The inestimable Jon Hodgson re-illustrated the whole…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, devilbunny, Marhault, inthisstyle, Eric J-D, demiurgeastaroth, Troy_Costisick, John Harper.

4/5/2006 quozl: Watchmen ... what's up with the ending?
So I finally got around to reading Watchmen and I don't get why everyone just agrees to not do anything at the end and then when Rorshach challenges them on…
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Participants: quozl, joshua neff, Marhault, gains, Bankuei, Calithena, KingstonC, Eric J-D, inthisstyle, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, two_fishes, Eero Tuovinen, Justin Marx, nikola, c, Halzebier.

4/5/2006 Keith Senkowski: Cage Match!!!
In the tradition of such great moments as Pokey vs. Gumby at the Aragon Ballroom I bring you CAGE MATCH!!! (which always must be spelled this way).  We begin with…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, mtiru.

4/5/2006 GreatWolf: Amun-Re anyone?
As a followup to the Eurogamers thread, anyone interested in a game of Amun-Re on SpielByWeb?  The interface is fairly straightforward, and the rules are available for anyone who hasn't…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

4/5/2006 TonyLB: Alive hearts, alive eyes, alive hands
Here's Harry Chapin (from an album, obviously) relaying something that Pete Seeger said to him about activism: All these years, protesting and being involved, I don't know if I've…
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Participants: TonyLB, Andy Kitkowski, Gaerik, pells.

4/5/2006 Troy_Costisick: Predictions for 2006
Heya, I love to read predictions.  I don't care if they turn out true or not, to prognosticate is fun, and this is the only forum anywhere where I'd bring…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Kester Pelagius, Joshua BishopRoby, lumpley, gains, Keith Senkowski, Bryan Hansel.

4/5/2006 GB Steve: Reality mirrors art
We were obviously channeling something deep. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/04/jesus_maybe_walked_o.html An oceanographer suggests that Jesus could have walked not on liquid water but rather on an isolated patch of floating ice on…
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Participants: GB Steve.

4/5/2006 Ian Charvill: Murderball
The straightforward version is Murderball is a documentary about quadriplegic rugby, the rivalry between the Canadian and US teams in the run up to the Athens Paralympics and quadriplegia in…
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Participants: Ian Charvill, Miskatonic, Meguey, jasonm, xenopulse.

4/5/2006 matthijs: Look what else I can do!
This thread is for bragging about other stuff you can do (besides writing RPG's). Abstract or concrete, intellectual or physical, tell us something else you like doing. I've made a…
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Participants: matthijs, droog, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, Gaerik, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Brand_Robins, Jared A. Sorensen, inthisstyle, Adam Dray, Joshua BishopRoby, GreatWolf, gains, talysman, Kesher, Paul Czege, pedyo, Frank T, ErrathofKosh, anders_larsen, Melinglor, komradebob.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Third Birthday?
So, wait, we're celebrating two years late? Wow. I can't wait to celebrate the *fifth* birthday.  That'll be awesome. yrs-- --Ben P.S.  (Check the forum description.)
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Arturo G..

4/5/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Okay, what the fuck is Jungle Speed?
Y'all keep talking about it over and over and over. I think it's the flavor of Kool-Aid that they make you drink before you can work the Forge Booth.
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Iskander, Jared A. Sorensen, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, gains.

4/5/2006 GreatWolf: Outside the Birthday Forum
Whenever the Birthday Forum is open, the rest of the Forge feels like an office during the in-office Christmas party.  Sure, there are a couple of people working, but there's…
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Participants: GreatWolf, greyorm, Thunder_God.

4/5/2006 Eric J-D: Encomiums to Howard and "Sword & Sorcery"
In light of both the Forge's birthday and the many discussion I have been in recently at rpg.net regarding Robert E Howard and "sword & sorcery" generally, I thought it…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Kester Pelagius.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Singalong
<i>Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Fo-orge Happy birthday to you</i> Add your own favorite birthday songs.  Or other songs.  Or new languages for this…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, talysman, Peter Nordstrand, Melinglor, matthijs, Miskatonic, drozdal, Thunder_God, Jared A. Sorensen, Bryan Hansel, Mike Holmes, quozl, Meguey, dindenver, Calithena.

4/5/2006 Valamir: More shameless self promotion
Check out the new Universalis Cover
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Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Miskatonic, matthijs, Thunder_God, Arturo G., Tony Irwin, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen.

4/5/2006 John Harper: Come as you are: The Revenge!
Same as always: Film. Book. Game. Your last of each. Aw heck, I'll add a new one: Good Meal and/or Drink. Film: V for Vendetta (excellent) Book: Latro in the…
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Participants: John Harper, joshua neff, talysman, Troy_Costisick, Jeph, Paka, Ron Edwards, Eric J-D, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Andy Kitkowski, Keith Senkowski, Melinglor, LordSmerf, Dav, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Peter Nordstrand, J. Tuomas Harviainen, dindenver, pells, droog, rafial, matthijs, Graham Walmsley, ( o Y o ), Marhault, devilbunny, Gaerik, Iskander, Thunder_God, Thor Olavsrud, Kesher, Chris Goodwin, GreatWolf, jasonm, ScottM, Jonathan Hastings, Alex Fradera, Paul Czege, Bryan Hansel, Calithena, jrs, ErrathofKosh.

4/4/2006 Andy Kitkowski: This Forum is Why I Started Story Games
Not so much the Tangency-ish stuff that goes on here, which indeed is awesome (I may do something of the effect when Story Games turns One, but only if I…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eric J-D, Levi Kornelsen, Ron Edwards, Jeph, Kester Pelagius, ffilz, talysman, Melinglor, Joshua BishopRoby, Alex Fradera.

4/4/2006 jburneko: V for Vendetta & Alan Moore
Hello, This might be a fun topic for the Birthday Forum!  This last weekend I managed to both see the movie and read the book, V for Vendetta.  To be…
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Participants: jburneko, TonyLB, Emily Care, Melinglor, John Harper, jerry, Bankuei.

4/4/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Updated Wish Lists for 2006
darkpages and Lacuna from Wicked Dead Studios. Elfworld and that new magic game John's working on from Wicked Dead. Bailywolf's On the Threshold and Stealing Heaven. Tenra Bansho Zero from…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, GreatWolf, jburneko, Andy Kitkowski, Thunder_God, Peter Nordstrand, Emily Care, Jeph, Troy_Costisick, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Dav, Lisa Padol, Paka, Keith Senkowski, JMendes, Ben Lehman, Melinglor, Shreyas Sampat, GB Steve, Matt, Arturo G., Marhault, Michael S. Miller, Chris Gardiner, Gaerik, Joshua BishopRoby, Paul Czege, gains, Frank T, ErrathofKosh, James Holloway, neko ewen, Nathan P..

4/4/2006 Valamir: Vegetarianism - bah
In this thread folks are talking about accomodating herbivorous diets. Bah, I say.  Our ancestors didn't spend 100,000 years clawing their way to the top of the food chain so…
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Participants: Valamir, Thunder_God, greyorm, GreatWolf, Andy Kitkowski, Shreyas Sampat, Troy_Costisick, John Harper, c, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, joshua neff, Peter Nordstrand, matthijs, Ben Lehman, Marhault, ( o Y o ), Jason13.

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4/5/2006 Eric J-D: What Book/Movie/Music Would You Be?
As a way of getting to know folks, I thought it might be fun to have people post what book or movie best represents something about who they are or…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Mark D. Eddy, Thunder_God, Calithena, talysman, droog, Melinglor, anders_larsen.

4/5/2006 Matt Snyder: Fuck poetry ...
... it's always been a lot more like Rock n Roll Greg Stafford = Miles Davis Ron Edwards = Elvis Presley John Wick = Paul McCartney Jared Sorensen = John…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Mark D. Eddy, GreatWolf, abzu, Keith Senkowski, Valamir, Thunder_God, greyorm, Thor Olavsrud, Eric J-D, Matt Wilson, John Harper, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Alex Fradera, nikola, Mike Holmes, Bryan Hansel, Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, talysman, Emily Care, Miskatonic, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

4/5/2006 Frank T: I NEED to run this game!
I would really, really love to play much more than I actually do. Here's the games I have already finished reading and absolutely NEED to try out: The Shadow of…
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Participants: Frank T, Marhault, Jonathan Hastings, Thunder_God, rafial, Melinglor, ErrathofKosh, dindenver, Jason13, Alex Fradera, Paka, Andy Kitkowski, John Harper, pedyo, oliof, Lisa Padol, Blake Hutchins.

4/5/2006 Marhault: Origins 2006
So, once again, the big Indie convention is GenCon, which I won't be attending.  I am, however, planning to attend Origins this year.  So, who else is gonna be there? …
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Participants: Marhault, inthisstyle, Michael S. Miller, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, Lisa Padol, Mike Holmes.

4/5/2006 quozl: RPGs for young children
I've been thinking about running an RPG for my wife and soon to be 5-year old daughter but haven't yet found anything appropriate.  What RPGs have people here found are…
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Participants: quozl, ScottM, Jason13, GreatWolf, komradebob, Bryan Hansel, Meguey.

4/6/2006 James_Nostack: Seaguy... what's up with, well, the whole thing?
So there's already a thread on deciphering Watchmen.  But what about Seaguy, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Cameron Stewart?  Spoilers ahoy! While I enjoyed the hell out of…
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Participants: James_Nostack, joshua neff.

4/6/2006 Frank T: What’s your life like?
Here’s another one of those “show me yours I’ll show you mine”-threads. To get to know you people better: What do you do when your’re not designing RPGs or posting…
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Participants: Frank T, Matt, Gaerik, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel, pells, James_Nostack, abzu, greyorm, Silmenume, Calithena, xenopulse.

4/6/2006 Andy Kitkowski: What other Analog Games do you play?
I'm not talking computer games here (because I'll open that op to another thread), I'm specifically thinking non-digital only. Settlers of Catan is always a favorite with my group. We…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Warren, Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Hastings, Graham Walmsley, Brendan, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, joshua neff, pfischer, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller, nikola, ScottM, jrs, rafial, talysman, mneme, Jeph, Bryan Hansel, Peter Nordstrand, LordSmerf.

4/6/2006 Andy Kitkowski: What Digital/Computer/Console Games do you play?
Followup to this thread on Analog games: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19383.0 If you think console games are evil, Awesome. STEP OFF!!! But if you consent to play them console or computer games every…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Warren, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Graham Walmsley, Jonathan Hastings, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, jasonm, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Jason13, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, jrs, ScottM, Miskatonic, talysman, Marhault, timfire, mneme, Bryan Hansel, neko ewen, Doug Ruff, LordSmerf.

4/6/2006 Paul Czege: who's your unteacher
Western academic and corporate culture is infested with the idealization of a certain kind of mentorship: the mentor imparts skills and wisdom to the protege, who thereby develops and grows…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, Matt Snyder, Brand_Robins, nikola, Calithena, Madheretic, Ben Lehman, Smithy, Frank T, Peter Nordstrand, droog, Graham Walmsley, Matt Wilson, joshua neff, Bryan Hansel, Doug Ruff, Gaerik, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Where Are You?
This is where I live: Nation: The United States State/Province: California Region: Southern California City: Whittier, suburb of LA
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Thunder_God, inthisstyle, ErrathofKosh, Marhault, Jeph, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel, pells, joshua neff, monsterboy, nikola, Gaerik, anders_larsen, Miskatonic, Alex Fradera, Emily Care, JMendes, Melinglor, Andrew Morris, Eric J-D, Ben Lehman, ffilz, A.Neill, Artanis, Warren, droog.

4/6/2006 Keith Senkowski: Snyder Has No Cell Phone
What the fuck is up with that?  He is some sort of luddite or some shit?  I don't know.  What is your theory as to why he has not joined…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, Joshua BishopRoby, Marhault, timfire, Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, jrs, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Thunder_God, droog, talysman, greyorm, jburneko, HMT, Bankuei, abzu, drozdal, contracycle, Matt Wilson, Sydney Freedberg.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Every title I came up with sounded sappy.
And believe me, it gets sappy enough on the inside. Something I just posted in AP is inspiring me to indulge in a little hero worship. See, I was introduced…
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Participants: Melinglor, droog, lumpley.

4/7/2006 greyorm: Television Entertainment: What's your poison?
There is probably a great deal you can learn about a person in knowing what sorts of mass shows they watch regularly. Thus, this is my useless contribution to the…
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Participants: greyorm, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, Matt, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, Frank T, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Shreyas Sampat, jrs, Ron Edwards, Bryan Hansel, Warren, pfischer, talysman, Paka, Mike Holmes, Meguey, Walt Freitag, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth, Melinglor, Thunder_God, xenopulse.

4/7/2006 Emily Care: If I was at the ForgeMidwest Gathering...
I'd be sure to play a full game of Uni with Ralph and Clinton, corner Matt W & Matt S into playing Polaris (or Bacchanal!) with me, play The Mountain…
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Participants: Emily Care, inthisstyle, GreatWolf, Frank T, jrs, Ben Lehman, Gordon C. Landis, Thunder_God, Bryan Hansel, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

4/8/2006 Latreya Sena: Fuck Rock n Roll!
...These stars are more like filmmakers! Ron Edwards = George Lucas - in his younger years :-) Vincent Baker = Quentin Tarantino Paul Czege = Tim Burton Clinton R. Nixon…
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Participants: Latreya Sena, Thunder_God, Ben Lehman, droog, Gordon C. Landis, talysman, TonyLB, lumpley, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Eric J-D, Bryan Hansel.

4/8/2006 Miskatonic: Hey Vincent...
Just how sexy is it to roleplay with Meg and Emily all the time?
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Participants: Miskatonic, lumpley.

4/9/2006 Silmenume: Thanks
Just wanted to say, “Thank you,” to everyone who has sweat blood and tears to make this a real “functioning” place in the ether where solid attempts to understand our…
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Participants: Silmenume, Latreya Sena, Meguey.

4/9/2006 Meguey: What else are you geeky about?
I have this theory that everyone is secretly a geek, which in my book (or at least for the purpose of this thread) is someone who knows waaaay too much…
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Participants: Meguey, xenopulse, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, droog, Eric J-D, jasonm, Bryan Hansel, James_Nostack, talysman, Graham Walmsley, anders_larsen, Thunder_God, Miskatonic, Shreyas Sampat, lumpley, ironick, Michael S. Miller.

4/10/2006 Ben Lehman: I hereby take this opportunity
To declare obsolete any game that does not have a "draw your robot" space on the character sheet. "But Ben!" you protest feebly, "my game does not have robots at…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, talysman, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Dev, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Melinglor, joshua neff.

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