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11/15/2004 smokewolf: Comments please
Here is the most recent cover design for The Swing. What do ya think? http://www.93gamesstudio.com/images/cover3_preview.jpg Also here are several past models... http://www.93gamesstudio.com/images/cover1_preview.jpg http://www.93gamesstudio.com/images/cover2_preview.jpg (one I am currently using)
In Publishing
Participants: smokewolf, timfire, GregS, Bob Goat, abzu, Jasper, indiedog, Walt Freitag.

11/15/2004 CPXB: Concrete advise about framing scenes
Universalis is currently my favorite game, but I clicked with it unusually well. I've played a fair bit of it with a fair number of people -- doing tonight a…
In Universalis
Participants: CPXB, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, OnyxFlame, Adrienne, Arvid, Valamir.

11/15/2004 DannyK: Hotwater Branch -- Feedback wanted
OK, I hope the Forgeites aren't getting Town Fatigue; after weeks of creative block, I finally got a town thrown together, and I'd appreciate some feedback. "Hallowed Ground" Players, Stay…
In lumpley games
Participants: DannyK, lumpley, jasonm.

11/14/2004 kwill: trouble logging into TUA3
heya, when I try to log in by clicking "login" in the blue box on http://wiki.trmfineart.com/bin/view/Unigame/WebHome or any other TUA3 page, the link takes me to the same page using…
In Universalis
Participants: kwill, Trevis Martin.

11/14/2004 madelf: combat without the crunch
I'm looking for advice here. I expect it will most likely come in the form of recommendations for games to take a look at, and that's cool. (Hopefully it won't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: madelf, SlurpeeMoney, bcook1971, Caldis, Erling Rognli, Ron Edwards, Noon, M. J. Young, John Uckele, apparition13, Yokiboy, simon_hibbs, timfire, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/14/2004 urbanpagan: [DitV] Noob GM needs a bit of advice (long post)
Hello all. I was recently pressured (in a good way) :) to run DitV by my husband. You know him here as Technocrat13. Anyhoo, he recommended that I post in…
In lumpley games
Participants: urbanpagan, DannyK, lumpley, ScottM.

11/13/2004 Rob MacDougall: Foolish Samurai! (a new Mountain Witch playtest)
Our gaming group played The Mountain Witch last night, using the beta playtest rules. Thanks, Tim, for the game, and thanks Jeff, Mike, Jeremiah, Jessica, and Bryant for trusting me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rob MacDougall, Bryant, timfire, jeffwik, Jere, Ron Edwards, clehrich, mgrasso, Emily Care.

11/13/2004 Wysardry: Looking for PnP GM to help with CRPG
I, and a few others, are in the early stages of planning a computer role playing game with a skills based advancement system (similar to GURPS and the Elder Scrolls…
In Connections
Participants: Wysardry, daMoose_Neo, Doug Ruff, Tav_Behemoth, pfischer, contracycle, Doehring, klapton.

11/13/2004 Ben Lehman: [IRC Group] Chargen
The Transcontinental Cyberspace-Enabled Elite Action Squad of the Polaris Playtest Legion (AKA, the IRC playtest group) met on Tuesday in IRC to do chargen and possibly initial scenes for our…
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Shreyas Sampat.

11/12/2004 clehrich: Intellectual Property -- Technical Adobe Question
Hi, I'm trying to add a Creative Commons distribution license to my PDF game, in Adobe Acrobat 5, and the instructions on the Creative Commons website do not match the…
In Publishing
Participants: clehrich, Bob Goat.

11/12/2004 Scripty: Setting Up the Social Contract [split from GM is God]
A lot of very elucidating discussion, at least for me, has taken place on the GM is God thread. Most of the conclusions in that thread seem to point back…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Scripty, jdrakeh, M. J. Young, Yokiboy, bcook1971, contracycle.

11/12/2004 LordSmerf: [Capes] Aftermath, Complete
This is a copy of the in character log for the session that Travis and I finally got to play through. Timestamps included, the out of character stuff is available…
In Actual Play
Participants: LordSmerf, Vaxalon, John Kim.

11/12/2004 Valamir: Role Playing Flair in Board Games
Recently I've been thinking about games I've played that provide some of the same feeling of characterization that I get from role playing. I'm not talking so much about "adventure…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, ffilz, Blankshield, Sydney Freedberg, CplFerro, GreatWolf, Noon, Itai Greif, Bob Goat, contracycle.

11/12/2004 Shreyas Sampat: Rules Diagrams
In Game Design Methodology, As an extension to Tony's thought about integral design: So here's my design process: Take a few simple rules and provide a framework for them to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Malckuss, contracycle.

11/12/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Dungeons/Dummies] System as promo?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13352][Dungeons/Dummies] Draft 3 - The Assembled![/url] I was doing some planning for the upcoming cons when I started thinking about how I might promote my Dungeons/Dummies game. At the rate…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards.

11/12/2004 Jonathan Walton: Idea: Free to Non-Roleplayers
So I'm in the middle of writing this extremely long article on the origins and development of wuxia for my in-the-works progressive roleplaying journal, Push. And I was thinking, "How…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Aidley, Matt Snyder, timfire, ethan_greer, jdagna.

11/12/2004 Matt-M-McElroy: Looking for a few good Reviewers...
Hey folks, Flames Rising is seeking a few good Reviewers. Flames Rising is an online resource for Horror & Dark Fantasy RPGs, fiction and more. We have a growing Reviews…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

11/11/2004 abzu: Burning Future questions
http://burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=783 The shadowy force behind the throne of BW actually reared his head and came forth to consult the kids. He wants to know your thoughts on near-future sci fi…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

11/11/2004 clehrich: [Shadows In The Fog] New Draft
Some of you may recall my game Shadows in the Fog, an occult history horror and weirdness thing set in Jack the Ripper's London. Well, after much agony and some…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, redivider, Mike Holmes, Cemendur, Piers Brown, Jere, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Lee Short.

11/11/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Dungeons/Dummies] Draft 3 - The Assembled!
Current threads: So much fun its illegal! - Actual play notes Monsters and Adventurers Dungeon Design 101 Rough Draft 1 - The Imps This thread is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

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11/15/2004 Grover: Task resolution/Conflict resolution
I was thinking about the distinction between task resolution and conflict resolution, and noticing how conflict resolution is never used in computer role playing games, and here are some ideas…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Grover, John Kim, M. J. Young, Marco, simon_hibbs.

11/15/2004 Bob Goat: Welcome and All That
Hi, I'm the new kid on the block here as far as game forums go. This forum is geared for all things related to Bob Goat Press, my little publishing…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat.

11/15/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday is done!
Printing begins on the book today at 5pm. Layout was done this morning at 5:30am. This game took three years, approximately. I re-wrote it twice. I ended up performing all…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, GaryTP, Andrew Navaro, Matt Wilson.

11/15/2004 Bob Goat: Supernatural Threats/Horrors
Hey, I think I like Supernatural Horrors better... Anyway I thought I would post a possible creature/bad guy that can be created with the game for those not entirely familiar…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat, urbwar.

11/15/2004 urbwar: Just got CoS in the mail today
Wow. A new forum for Bob Goat on the same day my copy of Conspiracy of Shadows arrives in the mail. Very cool. Now I have another forum to post…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: urbwar, Bob Goat.

11/16/2004 RobNJ: Resources on open session design
I'm sure they're somewhere around here, but I don't know where. I'm looking for a way to incorporate some of the session design ideas that are more open and player-centric…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobNJ, ScottM.

11/16/2004 Blankshield: A new batch of Dogs rides out
My slavish fanboy raving has convinced some locals to try Dogs. We got together and did character creation last week, and they're quite hooked. Next week they'll hit their first…
In lumpley games
Participants: Blankshield, ScottM, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Paul Czege.

11/16/2004 Adrienne: Defending in combat.
As I understand the rules, attacks in combats are opposed skill checks, with both attacker and defender rolling Ref+Brawling for a hand-to-hand attack, for example. The two types of defense…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Adrienne, Bob Goat, Bifi.

11/16/2004 jdagna: Scenario Design Advice. Please Critique!
A fellow who writes a column for my website has been having major difficulties writing one particular column in which he wanted to figure out how to write/run a scenario…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jdagna, John Kirk, Trevis Martin, greedo1379, Negilent, Simon Kamber, John Kim, DannyK, Tomas HVM.

11/16/2004 GregS: Valherjar: Core Cover for Critique
Alright Gang, Time to throw myself on the mercy of the court. Suggestions and ego crushing comments are welcome. ;) The one thing I know about it already, though, is…
In Publishing
Participants: GregS, indiedog, madelf, greedo1379, jdagna, Shreyas Sampat, greyorm, tldenmark, Jack Aidley, timfire, matthijs, Cemendur.

11/16/2004 Jason E Leigh: Antagonistic GM
Anyone? Quick survey of collective memory... Are there any games currently available that set up a combative/oppositional relationship between players and GM? I'm particularly interested in functional examples. Thanks.
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jason E Leigh, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, Adam Dray, Vaxalon, greyorm, M. J. Young, GreatWolf, John Uckele, Blankshield, Noon, Ravien.

11/16/2004 Kuma: Heads-Up for the No Press Anthology folks ...
I was just able to download the NPA from lulu.com for free. I don't know if this is something that you guys have set up for promo purposes (the POD…
In Publishing
Participants: Kuma, abzu, greyorm.

11/16/2004 WyldKarde: Strategy Games and Theory
I've been on the Forge for awhile and I still have trouble categorizing my thoughts and ideas into easily arranged subjects for discussion. I've gained a fairly comprehensive understanding of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: WyldKarde, clehrich, epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Ravien, contracycle, timfire, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs.

11/16/2004 abzu: MACE after action report
I was at MACE in Highpoint, NC this weekend. To my eyes it was a well-run small con. Attendance was probably 300-400 people. The overwhelming emphasis seemed to be on…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Andy Kitkowski.

11/16/2004 Technocrat13: [DitV] Shifting gears makes for a bumpy ride.
After weeks of persistant arm-twisting, I finally managed to get two players to join me in a test drive of Dogs in the Vineyard, and I think it's had a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, ScottM, lumpley, urbanpagan, rafial.

11/16/2004 Bob Goat: CoS Game Master's Guide
Hi, So I've started working on the Game Master's Guide for CoS and figured it would be a fun exercise to post updates here to what I am doing with…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat, Mike Holmes, Ed Cha, Adrienne, urbwar, inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, Matt-M-McElroy.

11/16/2004 Vaxalon: Code of Unaris - Query on level of interest
I just discovered Code of Unaris (yeah, okay, I'm slow, but there are lots of games out there, forgive me), and I'm wondering what level of interest there is in…
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, GaryTP.

11/17/2004 StrongBadMun: Designer looking for Freelance experience.
I've been designing games for several years now on my own, small ones that only me and my friends have ever goofed around with. Right now I'd like to get…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

11/17/2004 GregS: PDF Size and price. Yes, it's back...again...
Sorry folks, but I looked through all the topics and posts I could find and couldn't get an answer to this specific question: How big is too big for sources…
In Publishing
Participants: GregS, Simon W, Jack Aidley, Vaxalon, madelf, Ed Cha, smokewolf, Brad Hindman.

11/17/2004 RobNJ: [WoD 2.0] Why the Supernatural? Why Now?
So, the characters in my Freak Jersey series have been investigating the paranormal for several years. I've decided to open the story by having them come up with Kickers, events…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobNJ, greedo1379, Trevis Martin, contracycle, clehrich, Jaik, Technocrat13, DannyK, Sydney Freedberg, Lisa Padol, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards, Monosodium Glutamate.

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