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8/8/2004 Vaxalon: Jumping in with both feet: Stop sinking, start swimming
I've put up a new version of Skein, in the link in my sig. I would appreciate some feedback. Does it make sense? What needs better explanation? Am I too…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Vaxalon, bcook1971, Emily Care.

8/8/2004 Vaxalon: Wanted: IRC Playtesters for Skein
Okay, I think my game is ready to start playtesting. I'm looking for 3-5 players to give it a shot. Rules are available through the link in my sig.
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon, suffusionofyellow.

8/8/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Forge booth at Gen Con SoCal?
Seems like it's way too soon to start thinking about this, but are there plans to do a Forge co-op booth at Gen Con SoCal? The Game Publishers Association is…
In Conventions
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, abzu.

8/8/2004 Matt Wilson: PTA: Proof copy
On Friday, as the movers were bringing our stuff in (I just moved to Milwaukee), the proof copy of Primetime Adventures arrived via FedEx. I chose Offset Paperback Mfrs., Inc.…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Wilson, Andy Kitkowski, madelf, JSDiamond, Alex Johnson, Chris Passeno.

8/8/2004 mindwanders: Hooks and Kickers
OK, I'm having trouble with the whole "kicker" and "Hook" issue that was brought up in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12268 I think I have a challenge based Kicker system built into…
In RPG Theory
Participants: mindwanders, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Doyce.

8/7/2004 tk421: Pulp Donjon Actual Play- The Dark Hunger Castle
(This is a cross-post from a thread I started on RPG.net. Just thought I'd share the love and get this info to a forum dedicated to this sort of thing.)…
In Actual Play
Participants: tk421, Ron Edwards, aplath, Zak Arntson.

8/7/2004 Ravien: Step On Up driving Challenge, driving Step On Up?
In Ron's Gamism essay, he mentions how Challenge can drive Step On Up: The Challenge adversity sets up all sorts of System demands and risks to the characters, which…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ravien, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2004 mindwanders: Dark Ages Political LARP Tools
OK folks, I'm working on a late dark ages based political LARP system. I think I've got all of the main tools that a player will need to actually engage…
In RPG Theory
Participants: mindwanders, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag.

8/7/2004 Gamskee: Boffer Based Combat Resolution in LARP
I've played in a boffer based Fantasy Larp for a few years and have found that I personally like the Boffer based combat resolutions. However, I've been thinking of running…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Gamskee, mindwanders, Matt, JamesSterrett, Andrew Morris, calebros, buggy, Jinx, contracycle.

8/7/2004 tldenmark: Playtesters needed - the Collective by Thomas Denmark
hello, I'm working on an RPG called the Fantasy Collective (a placeholder name until something better comes along). It is a competitive RPG that does not require a GM. It…
In Connections
Participants: tldenmark.

8/6/2004 Ron Edwards: [RuneQuest: Slayers] Skulls, blood, other body fluids
Hello, Jake Norwood and I got some chances for role-playing together last week, which included my long-awaited try with RuneQuest: Slayers. BACKGROUND For those who don't know the history, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Sean, John Burdick, Ben Lehman, Noon, ADGBoss.

8/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Marking/Linking to a Particular Post: Shortcuts?
I find that this is often the case: I want to link to a particular POST by another person (rather than an entire thread), in a way that will take…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ScottM.

8/6/2004 Don D.: Our first Tenet Phase and a request
I am new to Universalis but am excited about playing. I usually go for roleplaying games but find as I get older that I have less inclination to spend hours…
In Universalis
Participants: Don D., Valamir, Mike Holmes, CPXB, Bob McNamee, Nev the Deranged, hix.

8/6/2004 Christopher Weeks: Are MMORPGs CRPGs?
So I've been following the current threads on CRPGs and whether or not they're RPGs and whether or not the employ an SIS. But I want to know if we're…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, Merten, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Gamskee, Lxndr, herrmess, JamesSterrett, Eric J., Comte, Troy_Costisick.

8/6/2004 Dev: Dust Devils + GNS + Setting + Fu
(GNS ahead, but I think its not too twinky. This is basically about how I'm relating to Dust Devils in my own funky way.) I realized that, the last time…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder.

8/6/2004 sirogit: Success with RPGs under an hour?
I've always wanted to run a game at the same speed as a tv show. In my expierince, gaming was always very slow. Too much looking up rules, arguements, over-elaborations,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Dev, Mike Holmes, Ravien.

8/6/2004 Bailywolf: Dreamspire?
I know between Nine Worlds and Dust Devils, things have been pretty busy at Chimera Creative, but is there news on Dreamspire? Since I heard about this project, I have…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2004 Tomas HVM: Anything goes? Blah!
Frankly, I do not understand gamesmiths who encourage the players to do whatever they want with their game. In my expereience gamers need no encouragment to do this. They will…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tomas HVM, Ron Edwards, Dev.

8/6/2004 Jaif: Recluce?
Has anybody here thought to run a magic of recluce game using RoS? The magic system seems a perfect fit for chaos magics. -Jeff http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812505182/qid=1091794199/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/104-1208123-4302319?v=glance&s=books
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif.

8/6/2004 CassandraR: Organic Tech setting
I am curious what people might think of a setting that was based on the normal modern world except all the technology was organic in nature and was grown rather…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: CassandraR, Andrew Morris, b_bankhead, dewey, Christopher Weeks, Jack Aidley.

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8/8/2004 Scripty: Any groups in Washington DC -- Northern Virginia area??
Hi, I've recently relocated to Manassas, Va., and I'm looking to join/form an rpg group. I'm brand new to the area (been here about a month) and I'm willing to…
In Connections
Participants: Scripty, Vaxalon, rickr, xiombarg, chadu, Adorame, Nathan.

8/8/2004 Caynreth: Concentrating innate magic (talents)???
Hi all, I decided to use HQ for my games in a setting from a german low-fantasy game (Das Schwarze Auge= The Dark Eye). Now I still have a problem…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Caynreth, Peter Nordstrand, Alai, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper.

8/8/2004 matthijs: Wanted: Medical expertise
I'm (re)designing the combat system for my historical role-playing game, "Draug", set in Norway 1801. The new system will have a strong emphasis on realistic effects of wounds, such as…
In Connections
Participants: matthijs, peejay, Doc_Peck.

8/9/2004 GregS: Opinion on Layout: Self or Contracted?
Well, we're finally getting ready to go to print and the last step, obviously, will be to lay the book out. And after doing an exhaustive search on the Forge,…
In Publishing
Participants: GregS, jdagna, gruk, John Uckele, andy, philreed, Matt Snyder.

8/9/2004 Tony Irwin: Risk in Sim play.
I was hoping people could help me understand the role of risk in sim play. I really like recent definitions I've seen of how risk is used in gamist play:…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Tony Irwin, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Marco, ErrathofKosh, timfire, bcook1971, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young.

8/9/2004 tldenmark: Any gamers in or near Tiburon looking to game?
Hi, I just moved to Tiburon California and am looking for a regular weekly or semi-weekly gaming group. I'm up for most RPG's and some light board/card gaming as warm…
In Connections
Participants: tldenmark.

8/9/2004 Morrius: Your experiences with Story Engine?
A while back I tried running a l'il homebrewed setting using the late Hubris Games Story Engine. I found it to be a bit of a mixed bag. My group…
In Actual Play
Participants: Morrius, Tim C Koppang, bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2004 smokewolf: Any mommies out there want a game for their girls?
Not to be sexist... But my wife and I have written a card game for young girls. We are looking for someone to review it. Any takers? PM or email…
In Connections
Participants: smokewolf.

8/9/2004 Jonathan Walton: Dramatic Drama II (split)
[quote="Emily Care"]From my experiences in this game, I think it would probably be easier to integrate someone else into the negotiation of events than one might think: it's actually pretty…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards, Emily Care.

8/9/2004 salkaner: A license question (FOIL)
Hei to all. I would as your opinion about an open license I'm using on my game (Fresco) I tried tu se one similar to the QPL. Fresco Open…
In Publishing
Participants: salkaner, Jürgen Mayer, Jack Aidley.

8/9/2004 Doctor Xero: what causes this?
from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/posting.php?mode=quote&p=130414 Now, what happened was that I played the Exalted game once. I thought that the game was very much like a HERO/MERP game we'd tried before. There was…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Doctor Xero, Bartmoss, bcook1971, contracycle, Noon, jdagna, Mulciber, Ravien, John Kim.

8/9/2004 Sean: The Grognard Speaks: System and Step on Up in OD&D
There was something I really loved about 'old school' D&D that I think I just got a little clearer on. This may not make much sense to you if you…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, rafial, Noon, kenjib, efindel.

8/9/2004 Mike Holmes: New 3D Model
GNS has limitations, I think we'd all agree. One of the limitations is that it doesn't address the concept of player control, other than to say that without control you…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Hunter Logan, Andrew Morris, ErrathofKosh, Marco, Artanis, Sean, Jack Aidley, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, Valamir, Tobias, Christopher Weeks, Dev, Lee Short, Caldis, contracycle, Mark Woodhouse, Mark Johnson.

8/9/2004 Tony Irwin: Risk in C/As
[color=darkblue]Folks, I'm trying to understand risk in Sim play, so that I can write a really great sim RPG! I'm trying to really nail down what I enjoy most about…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Tony Irwin, ErrathofKosh, John Kim.

8/9/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Vespertine] Playtest It With Me!
Hey Folks, So I'm developing this game called Vespertine, which is a pseudo-sequel to Jason Blair's game of childhood terror, Little Fears. The game is about teenagers fooling around with…
In Connections
Participants: Jonathan Walton, anonymouse.

8/9/2004 ADGBoss: The Games formerly Known as RPG's...
Well a thread in RPG theory, this one, ended with as I read it: where do we go from here? That is a very good question. It is also…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ADGBoss, ErrathofKosh, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Inner Circle Inc, M. J. Young, Eric J..

8/9/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] Contact information and showing up
Hello, It's coming close to the time when we need to designate contact people for various times at GenCon, so people who show up know they can get in touch.…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Matt Gwinn, Andy Kitkowski, Jürgen Mayer, Nev the Deranged, smokewolf, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Lisa Padol.

8/9/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Dog Day Afternoon
Hi, So Thursday last night we ran through Episode 003, Dog Day Afternoon, of Season One of Conspiracy of Shadows. You can read about the Episodes and the Pilot that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob Goat.

8/10/2004 DannyK: Dragonflight 2004, Seattle
Any indie game action going on at this year's Dragonflight? The con website is possibly the least helpful con website I've ever seen, but I've heard good things about last…
In Conventions
Participants: DannyK, rafial.

8/10/2004 Darcy Burgess: Hunting for someone (two someones, actually!)
I'm really not sure if this is the right forum to post to, but it seems to be the best fit. Harlequin & Bob Richter! Kindly check your private Forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Valamir, Blankshield.

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