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8/25/2004 Ron Edwards: [Adept Press] Explaining and updating mini-supplements
Hello, This topic is split off from Open licenses and indie games. Historical point first: when I started the mini-supplement program for Sorcerer in 1998 or maybe early 1999, the…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Bob Goat, Tav_Behemoth, jrs.

8/25/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Super Speed
I ran another Capes playtest tonight, solo with my friend Jennifer, to test out whether the new dice balancing had achieved its goal, and how the sequence of Complications to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Mark D. Eddy, LordSmerf, statisticaltomfoolery, Sydney Freedberg.

8/25/2004 Tigger: Gamefest Richmond
Riding the high energy wave of GenCon, I thought I would see if any of you would be interested in joining us for Gamefest Richmond. The convention is September 17th-19th…
In Conventions
Participants: Tigger, buggy.

8/25/2004 MrWrong: Mythic Russia interview & Battlemasters convention
Hiya folks, Couple of updates at the Ring Of HeroQuest Narrators website that might interest you. First off I did an interview with the RHQN's longtime friend Mark Galeotti about…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MrWrong.

8/25/2004 Tobias: Done before? - Group life or death? What would it stimulate?
Ok, here's a little question about something that popped up in my head and that's threatening to eat time if I don't let it crystallize bit: What is a group…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, salkaner, ErrathofKosh, Sydney Freedberg, Eero Tuovinen, Ravien, Doug Ruff.

8/25/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] - System and Setting brainstorm.
As mentioned in this thread, a group effort of design will take place in this thread. This thread is for a System and Setting brainstorm. YES, this can involve such…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, LordSmerf, Andrew Morris, Thor, Jediblack, Sydney Freedberg, xenopulse, amiel, Andrew Martin, Bogie_71, Doug Ruff, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2004 hive_mind: Any word on a new print run?
Still can't get a copy, hoping a new print run is in theworks. Hey, wasn't there supposed to be news at GenCon?
In Burning Wheel
Participants: hive_mind, rafial, abzu, Smithy, Grover.

8/25/2004 ChrisJ: How to publish when it's not an RPG?
I'm coming out with one of those compendium books like a 'monsters manual' or 'things that cut compendium' or 'shotgun damage encyclopedia'. The problem is that I will have stats…
In Publishing
Participants: ChrisJ, Ron Edwards, btrc, daemonchild.

8/25/2004 Crackerjacker: Metamechanical Games: Example- "Speak of the Devil"
Ok.. So I can't stand having specific rules for everything, the rolling of dice around, the adding up and the keeping track of millions of different competing values and quantities.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Crackerjacker, MrSandman666.

8/25/2004 Matt-M-McElroy: Freelance Design and Editing
Hey folks, The amazing designer of both my Websites (Flames Rising & Twilight Games) and who did some fantastic work on the Obsidian LARP Quickstart (which debuted at GenCon Indy)…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

8/25/2004 ADGBoss: World of Darkness 2.0... Rulebook First Impressions (essay)
[u][b]World of Darkness Rule Set: First Impressions[/b][/u] Well under pressure and duress from my SO I decided to have some friends pick up the new WOD2 and Vampire Requiem from…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, Albert of Feh, sirogit, DannyK, Zathreyel, Jack Aidley, Walt Freitag, Scripty, Noon, Ron Edwards, Landon Darkwood, eyebeams.

8/25/2004 daMoose_Neo: Looking for artwork contributions - Final Twilight TCG
Heres the deal: We at Neo Productions published Final Twilight, a trading card game, about two months ago, a little behind schedule. The game itself has opened to rave reviews-…
In Connections
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

8/25/2004 abzu: Next Year's Booth: Storm this Brain
Ok, so now that buzz is settling down to a manageable level, I want to catch everyone's immediate and fresh impressions for next year's booth. So next year, assume all…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Claymore, daMoose_Neo, smokewolf, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Trevis Martin, Tigger, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, jrs, Bob Goat, Valamir, Andy Kitkowski, Nev the Deranged, btrc, Paka, Michael S. Miller, Harlequin, Christopher Weeks, JamesSterrett, AdAstraGames, Jasper the Mimbo, LordSmerf, Paul's Girl, rickr, nerdnyc, Calder_Johnson, ffilz, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes.

8/24/2004 Darcy Burgess: Quandry: using a beloved setting that's highly restrictive
[b]Lead-in:[/b] Originally posted [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12406]here[/url], but redirected to this forum. [b]The Backstory:[/b] I'm working on a Star Wars campaign, using a conversion of the Riddle of Steel as a mechanic (if…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Alan, Sydney Freedberg, Eric J., greedo1379, Andrew Martin, Tobias, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Madeline, anonymouse, Doctor Xero, greyorm, Itse, M. J. Young.

8/24/2004 Brand_Robins: Excelsior Preview?
So, as I missed Gen Con, did the Excelsior preview come out there? Will it be avaliable to those of us miserable wretches that didn't make it to the Con?
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Brand_Robins, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, galex, Smithy, dunlaing, Christopher Weeks.

8/24/2004 Valamir: Narrativism: Not a Creative Agenda...
I have been recently thinking more on the nature and interrelation of CAs and Techniques in the context of my recent essay. I've been thinking a great deal on the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, timfire, ADGBoss, Artanis, Alan, Marco, Lee Short, Asrogoth, contracycle, Sean, Caldis, John Kim, ErrathofKosh, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, Silmenume, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2004 Paka: Post Gen Con Indie RPG Booth Effect
I came to the con with two buddies, Jeff and JJ. Both have traveled the familiar: D&D-Rifts-White Wolf gaming highwayand have been looking for something that works for them. They…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, thelostgm, abzu.

8/24/2004 Mike Holmes: Common Magic Religions and Common Magic
In the thread linked to here the question was raised about how to assign abilities to the Common Magic keyword. We all know that heroes with the keyword start off…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Ron Edwards, Mark Galeotti, nellist, Ian Cooper, jrichard.

8/24/2004 Emily Care: Word getting out
Great thread about Dogs at rpg.net. --Em
In lumpley games
Participants: Emily Care, nikola, Paka, lumpley, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes.

8/24/2004 Don D.: Burning Wheel Middle Earth
Has anyone came up with special rules/ character creation modifiers for using Burning Wheel in Middle Earth? It seems like a perfect fit other than some added material for races…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Don D., Paka, abzu.

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8/25/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Currently inactive forums
Looking at the Indie Game Forums, I've found several that are currently not being used (as defined in Responsibilities of being a moderator: Alyria Destroy All Games Errant Knight Games…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

8/25/2004 lumpley: Welcome Anew!
The soopaseekrit stage of this forum was fun and helpful, so thanks to everyone who participated. Now this is the lumpley games forum, exposed to view and scrutiny! Please don't…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, nikola, Spy vs. Spy, Ethesis, baron samedi, Warmachine3002.

8/25/2004 Paka: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Eden's Prophet
This game ambushed me at Gen Con and this Thursday I'll get to play it. A gaming buddy from ye olde D&D game is visiting and so we're getting together…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, lumpley, bluegargantua, Manicrack, Grover, nikola, DannyK.

8/25/2004 Matt Wilson: Welcome to the Doghouse
Welcome, and thanks for stopping by the Dog-eared Designs forum. Please abide by all the usual Forge policies while you're here. Please feel free to post about any topics pertaining…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper, Alan, WarrenET2.

8/25/2004 DarkForcePrime: The Basic System V2
Well after a little bit of tweeking I have fixed most of The Basic System. For an updated rules set: http://dillygreenbeangames.com/TheBasicSystem.html Something I fixed was character generation. We are now…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: DarkForcePrime, salkaner.

8/25/2004 Eric J.: My D6 Mods (Split from "How to Spice up Combat")
Okay, I've needed a thread to figure out how to deal with my D6 mods for a while now. This might end up longish... but please bare with me. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh.

8/25/2004 lumpley: PTA ETA?
How soon until I can buy a couple of the perfect-bound PTAs to give as gifts? -Vincent
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: lumpley, Matt Wilson, Ian O'Rourke, Christopher Weeks, bastion-b.

8/26/2004 PlotDevice: Group game design, d20 futures
Hello all. As there are a bunch of people interested in writing a new rpg from scratch as a group, I thought that some might be interested in something a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: PlotDevice, Dev, Thor.

8/26/2004 balrog21: PLAY TESTERS WANTED!
White Silver Publishing is currently seeking play testers for a fantasy role playing game that will be published next year! We have perks for being a play tester! Our game…
In Connections
Participants: balrog21, ethan_greer, s3kt0r, Caynreth, Andrew Martin.

8/26/2004 Noon: Rewards for setting up
We talk alot about game rewards here at the forge, so I thought I'd ask about those for setting up. By setting up I mean what's needed for a session…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Doctor Xero, Marco, clehrich, bcook1971.

8/26/2004 Alan: [Sorcerer]Range of Conferring Usership
Hi all, So when a demon confers "User" on someone, does he have to touch that person? Or be within a meter, or more?
In Adept Press
Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2004 Lathan: [Blood Royal] Revised, up for playtesting
It took me longer than I'd thought to get this done, but the revised Blood Royal is ready to be unleashed. I've been playing it with friends, trying different ways…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lathan, MrSandman666.

8/26/2004 Manxome: [Donjon] Material Enchantment
Is there anything stopping a player from doing the following? Should there be? A character's primary ability is an arcane magic called Material Enchantment (words: hard, light, crumble, mend). The…
In CRN Games
Participants: Manxome, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/26/2004 Murwiz: [WGP] Idea for "minor" or "maturing" asp
I played in one of the GenCon demos of "With Great Power..." and enjoyed it. I had an idea for a minor addition to the game, and Michael asked me…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Murwiz, Michael S. Miller.

8/26/2004 WyldKarde: Growth on the Forge
I was wondering, what happens when someone comes to the forge and their ideas and such metamorphose into a small indie game shop (with more than one person implementing multiple…
In Site Discussion
Participants: WyldKarde, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2004 inthisstyle: Other Religious Traditions
OK, one of the things mentioned regarding Dogs was the ability to move it around to other religious traditions, like 17th century Puritans, or European Catholics, or whatever. Drawing on…
In lumpley games
Participants: inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, Dev, Paka, clehrich, lumpley, Sean, JamesSterrett.

8/26/2004 Murwiz: [WGP] Resource pointers
I thought I might start this topic to share places where GMs of "With Great Power..." might find resources to help write adventures. The obvious one would be comics. Any…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Murwiz.

8/26/2004 saiene: Thanks from the pretty maps guy
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone at the Forge Booth. It was great meeting all of you: Ron, both Keiths, Paul and everyone else whose names I'm forgetting (I…
In Conventions
Participants: saiene, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2004 ethan_greer: kpfs: Prep advice, please
Hey, a lumpley forum. Cool. So, I want to run kpfs for my game group (that's "kill puppies for satan" to you unenlightened types), but I'm a little lost on…
In lumpley games
Participants: ethan_greer, bluegargantua, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

8/26/2004 Christopher Weeks: LEGOversalis
OK, So I screwed up my GenCon with too much responsibility for or dveotion to our (Game/LEGO User Group) track of LEGO games and didn't get to spend anywhere near…
In Universalis
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Blankshield, Tobias, ffilz, Mike Holmes.

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