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10/1/2004 kwill: D&D documentary
a documentary called "The Dungeons & Dragons Experience" has been released on DVD and is reviewed here: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=12314 a quick google reveals other reviews also available - http://www.google.com/search?q=dungeons+dragons+experience - including…
In RPG Theory
Participants: kwill.

10/1/2004 sirogit: Current State of Ghost Light
A long time ago, I looked at the review of Ghost Light, and found it extremely intereasting. I was considerably distraught that it was no longer available. I found the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

10/1/2004 Paka: What I've taken from different games. Lessons learned.
[b]Dust Devils: [/b]It forced me to loosen my grip on the game and realize that it is our game and not my game that is at the table due to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, Negilent.

10/1/2004 EdD: NBOS Software seeking artists
Hi All, NBOS Software is seeking one or more artists to create mapping symbols. These are paid, fairly large projects. The ideal artists for these projects will be able to…
In Connections
Participants: EdD.

10/1/2004 adriayna: Silven Trumpeter spotlights the Forge (and other indie RPGs)
Hi everyone, I hope I posted this in the right place :) I just wanted to give you a heads up about the newest Silven Trumpeter PDF version (located at…
In Connections
Participants: adriayna, Clinton R. Nixon.

10/1/2004 Thunder_God: Dogs for Mormon-Clueless?
How would the game work for someone who has no idea at all regarding Mormons? Supposed you do use the default setting.
In lumpley games
Participants: Thunder_God, Trevis Martin, nikola, Paka.

10/1/2004 TonyLB: [TFOS] Years gone by....
I'm interested to see if there are insights that Forge-think can bring to roleplaying stories from (in this case) more than a decade ago. I've got several stories from a…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, bcook1971, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon.

9/30/2004 Thunder_God: Printing "Double page" PDFs.
How do I properly print PDFs like Burning Wheel, where in each page we have two smaller than A4 pages are contained? Right now I have to squint and the…
In Publishing
Participants: Thunder_God, Vaxalon, abzu, Paul Czege, 16CBH.

9/30/2004 MajorKiz: finally get to run it
Well, we've arranged for a character creation session this friday, then I'll probably try and start an actual game the friday after that. The scheduling is a bit uncertain because…
In lumpley games
Participants: MajorKiz, lumpley.

9/30/2004 timfire: Design equals... Play?
[quote="Jonathon (ErrathofKosh)"]Players design characters, GM's design settings and situations; those are considered play, so why wouldn't the game designer designing system be play?[/quote] I think this is a good topic…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, TonyLB, DannyK, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Walt Freitag, bcook1971, John Kim, Vaxalon, Wormwood, clehrich, ErrathofKosh, M. J. Young, ffilz, John Kirk, Caldis.

9/30/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Twilight] New pack concept - "Modular"!
My biggest concern with Twilight has been "With this being a customizable/collectable card game, will I be able to recoup enough costs fast enough to produce the boosters to fuel…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Valamir, Chris Passeno.

9/30/2004 lumpley: Nat'l Protect Your Players Day
...Just for Ron. This isn't me moderating, it's me setting tone for the convo: Dogs can be a serious game that takes on no foolin' issues. I don't think we…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, MajorKiz, Ron Edwards, nikola.

9/30/2004 LordSmerf: Reasons for cross-gender play
I am a male. I play female characters in roughly 40% of my games. I was idly wondering about that the other day when i realized why i do it.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LordSmerf, Vaxalon, beingfrank, Ben Lehman, Emily Care, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, DannyK, Dr. Velocity, M Jason Parent, Sydney Freedberg, Roger, Ron Edwards, jrs, John Kim, M. J. Young, Ravien, List, Baraboo, John Uckele.

9/30/2004 Michael Hopcroft: GameStorm 2005
I'm trying to find otu how much a booth at Game Storm 7, a game con in portland that will be held in march of 2005, will cost me. Since…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna.

9/30/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Wanted: an indepeent appraisal
I tend to make my publishing decisions for creative reasons rather than due to cold hard marketing. I don;t have access to any research data at all. And now this…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2004 Dauntless: Reverse OGL: Marketing gimmick
I'm not sure if this belongs in Publishing or not.... Okay, how stupid is this? Instead of getting people to buy into your system by charging for the rules but…
In Publishing
Participants: Dauntless, Nazzi, Ron Edwards, jerry, Valamir, greyorm, madelf.

9/30/2004 madelf: consequences of magic redux
Awhile back I brought up some vague notions in this thread... http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12009&highlight= where a bunch of you helped me sort through my ideas. I found it very helpful. I've been…
In RPG Theory
Participants: madelf, clehrich, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Vaxalon, Valamir, Jinx, TonyLB.

9/30/2004 Jonathan Walton: Dogs in the IRC
Okay, I'm done thinking about this game. Now I've got to play it. So, let's play Dogs on IRC, as soon as possible. I'm 12 time zones away from most…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, lumpley, DannyK, anonymouse, beingfrank, Blankshield, Doyce.

9/30/2004 GregS: PDF Publishing: Borders or no borders?
As I'm laying out my first PDF I'm hit with what might be a significant question: do you include borders (artistic, flashy types) on sellable PDFs? The pro is that…
In Publishing
Participants: GregS, M Jason Parent, Paul Czege, jgbrowning, Andrew Martin, Matt Wilson, TheLe, Edward Kann.

9/29/2004 Dauntless: When does combat resolution become too slow?
My system currently has quite a few factors to be considered during the play of combat. Most of it also requires quite a bit of record keeping. While I haven't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dauntless, TonyLB, Noon, Andrew Martin, Jack Aidley, Vaxalon, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, DannyK, John Uckele, contracycle, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Precious Villain, bcook1971, Doug Ruff, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman.

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10/1/2004 lumpley: UNY-Con Seminar: Understanding Roleplaying
I'm running a seminar at UNY-Con this fall. "Understanding Roleplaying," and here's the description:Lets open role-playing up and muck around in its guts. I'll lay out a state-of-the-art description of…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley.

10/1/2004 clehrich: Congratulations Ron!
Has anyone else noticed that Ron recently broke the 10,000 posts mark? Happy something day, Ron! If you're going to chime in on this, folks, do so before he comes…
In Site Discussion
Participants: clehrich, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum re-ordering
You've probably already noticed that we've re-ordered the main forums on the front page. Actual Play, as befits it, is now first, followed by Indie Game Design and Publishing. Ron…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ffilz, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Martin, Jasper, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Eric J..

10/1/2004 nikola: Your religion
Hey, what religions do people here practice? There seem to be a disproportionate number of Jews, several Mormons, what else? I'm not asking about the nature of your specific practices…
In lumpley games
Participants: nikola, Brand_Robins, Trevis Martin, lumpley, clehrich, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, johnmarron, DannyK, Christopher Kubasik, Bob Goat, MajorKiz, Jonathan Walton, Mark D. Eddy, Albert the Absentminded.

10/1/2004 daMoose_Neo: "Final Twilight - All Hallows Eve" Event Planning!
[url=http://final-twilight.neoproductions.net/news.php?p=10012004]Check the press release/announcement here[/url] Alright! I'm gearing up for our first organized event, slated to take place Halloween weekend (30th or 31st, at shops convience). I'm hitting up shops…
In Conventions
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

10/1/2004 Trevis Martin: RPG Net review of Dogs
Is here http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10709.phtml Its a little abbreviated but a good showing none the less. best Trevis
In lumpley games
Participants: Trevis Martin, pfischer, Brand_Robins, nikola.

10/1/2004 jrs: "It's superb."
Ken Hite says nice things about DitV in his 9/30/04 Out of the Box column. Julie
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, nikola, DannyK.

10/1/2004 Zaidaco: Need? Desire?Huh?
Need and Desire are still giving me grief. The problem lays not so much in how they work (I feel that I have a fairly good grasp of that), but…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zaidaco, Clinton R. Nixon, clehrich, Trevis Martin.

10/2/2004 oversoul01: Ebay
My wife and I were recently dicussing possible venues for my games. RPGNow.com, my own download site, etc. She then mentioned Ebay. I had never thought of this, but alot…
In Publishing
Participants: oversoul01, daMoose_Neo, M Jason Parent, jdagna, abzu, mindwanders.

10/2/2004 ejh: [Nine Worlds] The Jovian Candidate
Maxwell Chime was a menial functionary in an industrial nation on Earth, who was on the verge of being Enlightened by Prometheus, when Somebody kidnapped him. That Somebody brainwashed him…
In Actual Play
Participants: ejh, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

10/2/2004 sirogit: References for people who don't think they get Sorcerer
Play these games: Inspctres My Life with Master Universalis Read these books: Medea Elric of Melninbone Hellblazer Read…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson.

10/3/2004 Technocrat13: Are there others?
Ok, so the dice mechanism for Dogs is my new best friend in the world. The example in the book about the conflict between the initiate Dog and the coin…
In lumpley games
Participants: Technocrat13, Brand_Robins.

10/3/2004 Technocrat13: Cthulhu conflicts with Dogs mechanisms.
Ok, so in my other topic here, I mentioned how much I love the Dogs conflict resolution system. What I've never mentioned to anyone at the Forge before is my…
In lumpley games
Participants: Technocrat13, Brand_Robins, stingray20166.

10/3/2004 LordSmerf: [Trust and Betrayal] A couple of points regarding Draft 1
So i managed to get a first draft of Trust and Betrayal hammered out. You can find the draft here if you are interested (and i hope you are). There…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: LordSmerf, John Kirk, TonyLB.

10/3/2004 anonymouse: Other lumpley games you've played.
So, DITV is getting all the attention lately.. but has anyone played some of the other games up on the site? My brother and I tend to sneak in a…
In lumpley games
Participants: anonymouse, rafial, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2004 Coleslaw: My First Pool Session (Warning: Very, very long)
Hello, everyone. I finally got a bunch of my friends to try The Pool with me. After telling everyone a little about the game and having everyone read the very…
In Actual Play
Participants: Coleslaw.

10/3/2004 Silmenume: [Middle Earth - home brew] 1st day in July 4 week of play.
Hullo – I have been posting here at the Forge for about a year. After much strenuous encouragement I have decided to post a portion of a play session. I’m…
In Actual Play
Participants: Silmenume, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Walt Freitag, joshua neff, clehrich, ErrathofKosh, hanschristianandersen, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, ffilz.

10/3/2004 TonyLB: Earliest I've ever had conflict in a game
Danny's running a short game set in the Stargate: SG-1 universe, a month from now. He's recruited me and a bunch of the folks who play in another game I…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ravien, Matt Wilson, clehrich, hanschristianandersen, Noon, Alan.

10/3/2004 Frank T: When to roll
Hi everybody! After my first attempt at The Pool failed (I described it here in the Actual Play Forum), I volunteered to GM the next try. I understand that our…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Frank T, aplath.

10/3/2004 Sean: [Scarlet Wake] Introducing Peons Rule
This game looks extremely promising. I have some heavy RL stuff going on right now but it's at least moved up to near the top of my 'want to try…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sean, Ravien.

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