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11/6/2004 Green: need independent playtesters
I've been working on my game Kathanaksaya for a while, and right now I think I'm ready for some independent groups to playtest things to make sure that the rules…
In Connections
Participants: Green.

11/6/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Dungeons/Dummies] Dungeon Design 101
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13280][Dunegons/Dummies]Rough Draft 1: The Imps[/url] Fairly comfortable with the way the Imps and basic play as them are handled, tis time to turn attention to one of the other core…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Nathan P., Walt Freitag, Tobias.

11/6/2004 komradebob: Participationist Play One Shot
The "GM is God" thread got me thinking about social contract and participationist style play. I'd recently encountered what I thought was a good example of how participationist style design…
In RPG Theory
Participants: komradebob.

11/6/2004 daMoose_Neo: [GenCon SoCal] Anyone want to pimp Twilight?
I checked in with Clinton about possibly having my customizable card game, Final Twilight, at the SoCal booth, but I want to make sure I have someone there who can…
In Conventions
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

11/5/2004 Space Cowboy: Writing/Designing Gamebooks
Hey all, How’s it going? After I finish a trilogy of novellas I’m working on, I’m taking a page from the Homestar Runner playbook and my next project will be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Space Cowboy, xiombarg, Cup of Iron, Kesher.

11/5/2004 Bryant: Convention Bookmobile
The Internet Bookmobile is a mobile printing and binding station that travels around printing public domain books in an effort to raise the awareness of the value of the public…
In Conventions
Participants: Bryant.

11/5/2004 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer]Two-Fisted Science!
So, I'm working on a sorcerer setting, very 30's pulp in flavor. I'm a good bit into it, but there's a few details I'd like input on. Of course, general…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Nev the Deranged.

11/5/2004 Tony Irwin: Read Japanese?
[b]Here's what people are saying about Shoujo Story![/b] [quote]Those of the title,Shojuo Story were found. Being the Shoji ・・ being the mistake, or it does and the ・・・・・・ Virgin Story?…
In Connections
Participants: Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, greedo1379, Andy Kitkowski.

11/5/2004 Spooky Fanboy: DiTV-help from modern times....
Have any of you picked up the newest issue of Details magazine? Don't let the fact that Ben Affleck's on the cover keep you away; there's an interesting article in…
In lumpley games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Trevis Martin, lumpley, Blankshield, Albert the Absentminded.

11/5/2004 thelostgm: Website Help
Hey all. I am trying to find a web hosting company for a website I want to create for gamers in my home town. I would love some suggestions if…
In Publishing
Participants: thelostgm, Clinton R. Nixon, Nathan P., Nathan, Mike Holmes, MisterPoppet, daMoose_Neo, indiedog.

11/5/2004 Jack Aidley: Best image formats for .pdf?
Hi there, The images for Great Ork Gods are (finally) getting done - but I'm unsure about what image formats I should be getting my brother to give them to…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, abzu, madelf, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Malak, dredd_funk, 16CBH.

11/5/2004 RobMuadib: T:COTEC - Accuracy, How to calculate a Value
Hello people Yes I am still working on my game. (Currently titled Teramyr: Chronicles of the Eternal Cycle) Currently I am tweaking details of combat and one that's got me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Roger, eef, Passer by.

11/5/2004 thelostgm: Gamer website Help
Hey all. This may be the wrong place to post this, and if so I am sorry. I am trying to find a web hosting company for a website I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: thelostgm, Matt.

11/5/2004 ScottM: [DiTV] New Gidea (the Fresno group)
There are several threads related to this one; I used Paka's New Gidea this time. I had a few reasons, among them raw curiosity-- would the way my players…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM.

11/4/2004 Judd_da_GM: TechWoodCon (Atlanta, GA) : January 7 - 9, 2005
For those of you interested in a gaming convention in Georgia that is affordable and fun, please consider browsing to www.techwoodcon.com to check out TechWoodCon 2005. The con is located…
In Conventions
Participants: Judd_da_GM.

11/4/2004 Ben Lehman: The "Blurb"
In Anyone got a chance to playtest yet?, Andy asked: What's the "Blurb" for Polaris? I'm buddies with Ben, so it kind of fell into my lap, and while I've…
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Jinx, Emily Care, Andy Kitkowski, Rich Forest.

11/4/2004 smokewolf: Question about blank page?
Alright guys, I am about finished with my latest editted copy of The Swing. My formatting starts every chapter on the left hand page and that page is a chapter…
In Publishing
Participants: smokewolf, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Shreyas Sampat, Chris Passeno, madelf, abzu, Michael S. Miller.

11/4/2004 bcook1971: Resolving Combat Distance
More questions .. (This seemed unrelated to the other thread I have going right now, so I started this one.) Judging by the example text in the bottom two paragraghs…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, Thor Olavsrud, taepoong.

11/4/2004 bcook1971: Invalidating the Script
In Action Reaction: Stump the Experts: It is my understanding that though actions may oppose one another, potentially preventing the other's desired effect, they may not resolve to…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

11/4/2004 scobie: [Casefile ZODIAC] Looking for playtesters
OK, I have messed around, delayed and procrastinated enough. I have what I hope is a playestable version of Casefile: ZODIAC ready to go and I was wondering if anyone…
In Connections
Participants: scobie.

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11/7/2004 Paka: Underworld: Werewolves vs. Vampires
I just played in a brilliant game by my buddy, Robert and the premise was that the trailer for Underworld was cool but the movie sucked, let's play it right.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, erithromycin, Ron Edwards, Scripty, Sydney Freedberg, DannyK.

11/7/2004 Simon W: It's a Dog's Life goes Anthropomorphic!
Okay, this isn't artwork for It's a Dog's Life 2nd Edition, but the artist (Alfredo Lopez Jr.) was inspired by my game to come up with this http://www.geocities.com/dogs_life2003/dogslife.jpg Now, this…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, timfire, madelf, Nathan P., Atilary, Dumirik, GregS, Sydney Freedberg.

11/7/2004 holyman: Conflict Question...
Hello! Currently in the prep period of a new show, and I've got some questions about Conflict Resolution. It seems clear that when there is only one Protagonist in a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: holyman, Matt Wilson, azrianni.

11/7/2004 pfischer: Dogs from the Treasury Dept
I watched de Palma's The Untouchables again last night, and suddenly there was a scene that smelled so much of DitV: Malone: : You said you wanted to get Capone.…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer.

11/7/2004 Veritas Games: Combinatorics: Categorized Point-Based Costing Models
I've found that often point-based architectures for character creation sometimes break down because they don't take into account vast synergy between certain powers. Some of that can be taken into…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Veritas Games, TonyLB, Precious Villain, Ron Edwards, GregS, ZeOtter, Nathan P..

11/8/2004 bcook1971: Playtest Results
I was trying, in solo playtest, to resolve striking distance in a duel by pace counts. That was about as effective as bluffing in solitaire. So I called up some…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971.

11/8/2004 sirogit: (Sorcerer)Psychic Residue - Actual Play
This saturday was the character-generation session for my Psychic Residue Sorcerer game http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13099 Here's the Characters I got Name: Carter Jenkins Player Name: Chris H Appearance: Handomse, naive, well…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

11/8/2004 RobNJ: New World of Darkness, GNS analysis?
Has anyone reviewed the new World of Darkness games from a GNS perspective? I'd be curious to see what the opinion was.
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: RobNJ, Trevis Martin, Marco, sirogit, pfischer, Christopher Kubasik, Alan, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, Erling Rognli, John Kim.

11/8/2004 Paul Czege: Genghis Con advertising
Heather Barnhorst, who recently wrote a review of My Life with Master, has asked me to extend an invitation to the Forge community. It seems that she runs Genghis…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege.

11/8/2004 urbwar: Got PTA today
Just got my copy of PTA in the mail today, so I hope to look through it tonight at work. It looks nice; it's definitely a well put together book.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: urbwar, Matt Wilson, Vaxalon, kerri_miller.

11/8/2004 jdrakeh: Formless unleashed on unsuspecting public!
Well, not really (in my enthusiasm, I've been plugging it pretty hard). Here's the link... http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3682& I haven't seen the final product (and, lacking a private internet connection I can't…
In Publishing
Participants: jdrakeh.

11/8/2004 Emily Care: [Basic D&D]short and thus sweet
When I picked up an incomplete box set of basic D&D at a tag sale this summer, I never really expected to actually play it. Imagine my surprise to find…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, rafial, inthisstyle, Meguey.

11/9/2004 SlurpeeMoney: Rootin' fer the Underdog
Alright. Everyone's chatting about the comparative bonuses of Random vs. Player-determined character generation, and I've noticed a bit of a trend in the posts... Everyone's looking for characters that are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: SlurpeeMoney, Nathan P., daMoose_Neo, Caldis, timfire, Noon, GreedIsGod, Roger, M. J. Young, bcook1971, Madeline, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, John Kim, epweissengruber, James Holloway.

11/9/2004 Henri: Is Trollbabe balanced?
Last night I finally did my first run of Trollbabe. It was very much an improv thing, thrown together at the last minute, and we didn't want to play all…
In Adept Press
Participants: Henri, Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, Alan, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

11/9/2004 GreedIsGod: As-Yet-Unnamed-Game [Fantasy]
I am working (mainly a collection of ideas, as I do all my thinking at work without access to a pen and pad) on a game setting (no thought given…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GreedIsGod, Shreyas Sampat, Cmonkey, contracycle, Rob Carriere, lumpley, daMoose_Neo, Valamir, abzu, apparition13, gruk, Ron Edwards, raithe, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Wheeler, greedo1379.

11/9/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] Schrodinger's war: Feel of Play
Ladies in Gentlemen, this thread is about why the GroupDesign game Schrodinger's War is cool. What does it feel like to play? For instance, why are all you contributing? What…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, daMoose_Neo, Sydney Freedberg, Nathan P., Andrew Morris, hix, contracycle, Doug Ruff, TonyLB, Dumirik, BlueDanube.

11/9/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] Schrodinger's war: Nailing Axes
Ladies and Gentlemen, This is a thread in the GroupDesign series, focusing on nailing the 'Axes' (the scales in the balance in Schrodinger's war.) A lot has been said on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg, Nathan P., Michael Brazier, Doug Ruff, TonyLB, Dumirik, mholmes52, contracycle, daMoose_Neo.

11/9/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] Schrodinger's war: Nailing HTT and GL
Ladies & Gentlemen, Don't you just love abbreviations? ;) HTT stands for the 'Human Time Tunnel' - a view of human history that's at the core of how SW sees…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, Andrew Morris, Michael Brazier, Dumirik, Sydney Freedberg, contracycle, Doug Ruff, BlueDanube, daMoose_Neo.

11/9/2004 GB Steve: The state of play, or refute-o-matic
The next issue of Places to Go, People to Be is going to be carrying a small article by Balbinus. This is basically a reprint of a post to RPG.net…
In RPG Theory
Participants: GB Steve, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, Walt Freitag, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, simon_hibbs, timfire, M. J. Young, Matt Wilson, Noon, John Kim, contracycle, clehrich, ffilz.

11/9/2004 Negilent: [Burning Wheel] up from the ashes
This is a long over due follow up from my last post which had left my group in a bit of a slump. We worked our way out of this,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Negilent, taepoong, bcook1971.

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