Previous Topics 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
8/25/2004 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.
8/25/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 TonyLB: [Capes] Mutants and Snitfits I playtested Capes again last night. Details of how the rules worked out can be found in a much longer post here.
What I found fascinating in terms of the… In Actual Play Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 8/26/2004 ADGBoss: [Neuter] A Game of Horror, Conspiracy, and Survival Well finally it's alive, the electricity has hit the bolts and the creature has stirred. Neuter is the horror genre game I intend to submit to Phillip J Reed's a… In Indie Game Design Participants: ADGBoss.
8/26/2004 John Kim: More on 3D Model OK, I want to talk more on Mike's 3D model, which I think is quite good. To review the basic formulation he made:
CD - Player Challenge goal with… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: John Kim, Alan, clehrich, Marco, Tobias, Jack Aidley, ErrathofKosh, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.
8/27/2004 M. J. Young: Acceptance of Delayed Gratification--a Gamer Trait? In Rewards for Setting Up, Callan (Noon) asked what the personal rewards were for the time spent setting up for a game. He put forward the idea that in-game… In RPG Theory Participants: M. J. Young, Noon, Negilent, John Kim, Eric J., Doctor Xero, timfire, contracycle, Ravien, Cup of Iron, Storn.
8/27/2004 JSE: [Alter Ego] Weapon Skills Hi there! I'm new to this board, so I hope I've chosen the right sub-forum ;)...
I'm working on a universal role-playing system called Alter Ego which uses learning-by-doing skill… In Indie Game Design Participants: JSE, TonyLB, Vaxalon, eef, Gamskee, salkaner, mindwanders, Akuma Kyo, Lee Short, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Martin, Doug Ruff, John Uckele, tj333, btrc, Hereward The Wake.
8/27/2004 daMoose_Neo: Ever seen d20 when it doesn't need to be d20? Not really a poll, but I want to gauge peoples observations out of curiosity, especially with discussion of OGL and various lisencing schemes around the net.
Has anyone encountered games… In Publishing Participants: daMoose_Neo, greedo1379, smokewolf, salkaner, Ron Edwards, madelf, inthisstyle, philreed, Vaxalon, JSDiamond, greyorm.
8/27/2004 Person: Re: Mike's Standard Rant #3 Recently a friend (hi Albert!) recommended that I read Mike's Standard Rants, which I did. Overall I found them very insightful, but I found myself somewhat bothered by a… In RPG Theory Participants: Person, bcook1971, Dev, ADGBoss, HMT, timfire, neelk, Vaxalon, Marco, M. J. Young.
8/27/2004 Ben Lehman: [Dogs] Spending Those Free Dice I am ashamed.
I was a proof-reader for Dogs, and there's the rule that slipped through the cracks. This giant *fuck-off* major rule. And I missed it. I'm sorry to… In lumpley games Participants: Ben Lehman, lumpley, nikola.
8/27/2004 jdagna: Printing a Trade Paperback Hey everyone,
I have someone who has basically finished a novel for Pax Draconis and I'd like to help him get it published* on a POD basis with small print… In Publishing Participants: jdagna, daemonchild, smokewolf.
8/27/2004 lumpley: Prime Time Adventures: Moose in the City I've been telling and telling this story. Usually I save it for the end of my GenCon story telling because it's so good. I guess I'm going to lead with… In Actual Play Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, Calder_Johnson, anonymouse, Caldis, Gordon C. Landis, b_bankhead, Meguey, John Harper, Mike Holmes, nikola, Lisa Padol.
8/27/2004 Marco: Three Personal Rewards Both I and Mike Holmes have touched on this--I think that a thread on it might prove interesting:
Thesis: There are Three Personal Rewards of Gaming
All players who game… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Marco, ErrathofKosh.
8/27/2004 Brand_Robins: Nine Worlds .pdf at RPG.now? Is the .pdf of Nine Worlds going to be avaliable through RPG.now? In Chimera Creative Participants: Brand_Robins, Matt Snyder.
8/27/2004 ffilz: How to describe my play style I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this...If it isn't and a moderator wants to move it, or whatever, please feel free to do so...
I've been… In Actual Play Participants: ffilz, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Sean.
8/27/2004 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Adept Press forum Hello, and welcome to the Adept Press forum!
Rules - all the basic Forge rules in Etiquette at the Forge (policy) apply in this forum, which shouldn't be surprising 'cause… In Adept Press Participants: Ron Edwards.
8/27/2004 Ron Edwards: I need Cold War consultation Hello,
I'm considering developing my very sketchy game design Zero at the Bone into a full-blown game for release next year.
To do this, I'm going to have to learn… In Connections Participants: Ron Edwards, Bob Goat, cns1138, Kesher.
8/27/2004 GreatWolf: IIEE concerns and some new rules Hello, all. It's been a while since I've written, for which I apologize. But, I thought that I'd let you know how Alyria is coming.
Believe it or not, I… In Dark Omen Games Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, hix.
8/27/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows] The Lost South Hi,
I've just started working on the follow up book to Conspiracy of Shadows, The Lost South and I was looking for some feedback from folks that have bought the… In Indie Game Design Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.
8/27/2004 xiombarg: Clark Ashton Smith I've been trying to catch up on my "classic" S&S reading, and I've ended up reading a lot of Clark Ashton Smith stories, especially since most of them are available… In Adept Press Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch.
8/27/2004 LordSmerf: [Trust & Betrayal] Workable concept or insane babbling? So i have been thinking a lot about meta level gameplay recently... I find the things you can do with the system beyond modeling events incredibly compelling. Anyway, i have… In Indie Game Design Participants: LordSmerf, TonyLB, timfire, Vaettyr, John Kirk, Ron Edwards.
8/27/2004 Kester Pelagius: The Harsh Reality of Game Design and the ‘Fantasy Heartbreak Greetings,
I was hoping to use this as the first article in a regular column series at RPGnet, but long story short that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.… In RPG Theory Participants: Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Precious Villain, eyebeams, Mark D. Eddy, ErrathofKosh, mike.
8/27/2004 Blankshield: Does anyone have advice for a non-USA gaming company I realize that's very vague, and I am checking avenues other than the forge, but there's a lot of small press expertise on here that is worth trying to draw… In Publishing Participants: Blankshield.
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