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12/17/2004 Eszed: Prepping The Pool
So last night I was pissing and moaning about having to miss another of our regular gaming evenings and how I was going through withdrawls and so on, when Tony…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eszed, Marco, Ron Edwards, jc_madden.

12/17/2004 CCW: Werewolves
One of my players wants to design a character who is a werewolf. As he says: Someone who has had the disease for a while and has learned to control…
In HeroQuest
Participants: CCW, Snowden, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Donald.

12/17/2004 M. J. Young: Article draft comments wanted
I've taken up GB Steve's request for something summarizing RPG theory as it currently stands, and have drafted a three-article series that I think does a fair job of covering…
In Connections
Participants: M. J. Young.

12/17/2004 iago: The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game Wears an Evil Hat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game Wears an Evil Hat Silver Spring, MD (PRWEB) December 16, 2004 -- Evil Hat Productions is pleased to announce that it has…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago, Mike Holmes.

12/16/2004 Mike Holmes: Academy of ArixAx
Not wanting to be a slacker, either, I'm posting the wizardry school that I came up with for a Carmanian character in a PBEM that I'm involved with. Please feel…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes.

12/16/2004 Technocrat13: [DitV] Looking for input on finishing this Town.
So, I started putting a town together for Dogs this afternoon. I had in mind two things; I'd like music to be at the heart of the problem, and I'd…
In lumpley games
Participants: Technocrat13, Blankshield, inky, jasonm, olleolleolle.

12/16/2004 jdagna: PDF Publishing Strategy: Looking for Advice
Hey all, I've been a little disappointed by the presales of my latest supplement, which isn't even back from the printer yet, but isn't generating the level of interest from…
In Publishing
Participants: jdagna, philreed, madelf, GMSkarka.

12/16/2004 Tobias: [Morituri te salutant] Gladiator - based on relationships
This is a little idea that's been bubbling in my head. Inspiration comes from talk about (C)CGs, Relationship maps, equal player power, etc., and the 'bag without redraw' concept once…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, jasonm, daMoose_Neo, Walt Freitag, Kedamono.

12/16/2004 abzu: Express Media Bad Experience
I know lots of folks here use Express Media to print their games. I used them to print the NPA. I have never had a worse experience with a vendor…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Adam.

12/16/2004 Jonathan Walton: [Vesperteen] Creeping to the Finish Line
Okay, so design post I had going has slipped off the front page, so, according to Forge etiquette, I'm creating a new thread. The last thread was here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13549 Thanks…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Emily Care, Eero Tuovinen, inky, LordSmerf, GaryTP.

12/16/2004 madelf: Strategy of Copyleft?
In this thread... http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13676 ... I posted my current personal views of the flaws inherent in copyleft licenses and asked for a convincing argument in the hopes of learning more…
In Publishing
Participants: madelf, contracycle, Roger, GaryTP, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell, joshua neff, timfire, ryand, Brendan.

12/16/2004 Grover: Escalation question
I'm posting this way too early in the morning, so forgive me if I babble. I have a concern about how escalation works. Suppose I start a conflict, and I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover, lumpley, Emily Care, Yokiboy, jasonm.

12/16/2004 sirogit: Forge Wiki?
Has this ever been suggested before? I know I'd find it tremendously useful if it was half as good as Doyce's Sorcerer Wiki. What would have to be done to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Doyce, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

12/16/2004 mercurian: Game mechanic core (looking for opinions)
I "came up" with this game mechanic. It goes as follows: - Player rolls 1d10 or 2d6 (which ever suites your likes or the theme of play more) + modifiers…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mercurian, Trevis Martin.

12/16/2004 Doyce: [Heroquest] Getting ready to run Well of Souls, prep/PCs
Okay, as most of the poor folks reading the Heroquest board know, I'm getting ready to run Well of Souls. * This will be my second time GMing Heroquest. *…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, ScottM.

12/16/2004 Paka: Sorcerer One-Sheet Preperation
I am not sure if these steps are exactly where I want them just yet but here is a rough guideline to making a one-sheet. Any feedback or disagreements are…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka.

12/16/2004 Troy_Costisick: Forge Assisted Games
Heya, Is there a compiled list of games that made it into print that were aided in their development here on The Forge? I'm just interested to see the titles…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Blankshield, timfire, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/15/2004 qaswix: needed: sample player/DM stories
I am working with some friends on developing an MMO-RPG. However, rather than limiting players to a strict subset of commands ("walk south"), we want to enable players to use…
In Connections
Participants: qaswix.

12/15/2004 jasonm: The Group Deck
Hey all, I was thinking about an effective and low maintenance way to simulate factors that would impact a collective group of player characters, like hunger or illness. This led…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, greedo1379.

12/15/2004 Doyce: New Keyword: Herder (feedback)
Hey all, During the course of getting ready for the Well of Souls game this Friday, I've dressed up two new Occupations and thought I'd share and gather feedback and…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Doyce, Mike Holmes.

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12/17/2004 Andy Kitkowski: So... What's the latest?
Any new files, changes, or stories? Just thought I'd poke around for more info. -Andy
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman.

12/17/2004 Snowden: "Berzerkers" in HeroQuest?
I realize that "berzerkers" have become a fantasy RPG cliche, but I'm curious as to whether anyone has been able to implement them in HeroQuest. I'm asking partly because I…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Snowden, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Jane, Donald, Ian Cooper.

12/17/2004 Grover: Let me tell you about my characters
Now that I'm on break, I'm writing up all the things that I haven't had a chance to during school. Here are a pair of characters I thought up after…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover.

12/18/2004 Selene Tan: [Song of Ethera] Core Mechanics
I've come up with a task resolution mechanic, but it needs some fleshing out and I'm stuck at the moment. I'm using a conflict mechanic that lets the players break…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Selene Tan, Brendan, FzGhouL.

12/18/2004 Space Cowboy: Wild Sphere is seeking additional Playtesters
Wild Sphere is gearing up for another phase of playtesting to further refine the RPG game mechanic. WS uses an original minimalist, skill-based, percentile system based around d6 and d10…
In Connections
Participants: Space Cowboy.

12/18/2004 jknevitt: McCarthyists in Tinseltown
DitV, except with Communist-hunters in Hollywood in the 1950's. Discuss.
In lumpley games
Participants: jknevitt, clehrich, Leningrad, olleolleolle, nikola, Roger, jc_madden.

12/18/2004 Snowden: Availability of HeroWars?
Does anyone know if there are any plans afoot to make HeroWars available now that it's been superceded by HeroQuest? I wasn't able to find anything on the official website,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Snowden, Donald, Brand_Robins, Doyce.

12/18/2004 olleolleolle: Jospeh Smith entrapped by fake brass plates
[url=http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/josephsmithkinderhookplates.htm]Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates[/url] is a tract that tells the quite funky story of a Joseph Smith-period hoax-finding trick. The set-up: give the old coot of a prophet…
In lumpley games
Participants: olleolleolle, jasonm, Brand_Robins.

12/19/2004 Doehring: How do you express your world
Currently I have a game world and a rule system that I created to run the world. I have came into problems of how to introduce my game world in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Doehring, Nathan P..

12/19/2004 Kedamono: Submitted Web sites not showing up
I submitted two Web sites weeks ago, http://www.heatherwinds.com and http://www.tritacgames.com, and neither have showed up in the Resource Library. When I try to resubmit them, I get a message that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kedamono, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/19/2004 GaryTP: Code of Unaris - Actual Play II and a Conclusion
Hi, I've updated my livejournal with the latest transcript from an online Code of Unaris session. It's here. http://www.livejournal.com/users/gamechat/ Some conclusions (some of which I already knew and a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: GaryTP.

12/20/2004 Tom Bedlam: De, Dover Looking for Players.
Hello Everyone, Our group recently lost a player due to relocation. We are currently seeking 1-2 people for a genial game. I hope to start a My Life with Master…
In Connections
Participants: Tom Bedlam.

12/20/2004 clehrich: Setting up a Wiki Game
Hi gang, I'm looking for advice. Bear in mind that I live in the stone age, when we still used pencil and paper, so I'm a little clueless. I have…
In Publishing
Participants: clehrich, Dev, Trevis Martin, Brendan, daMoose_Neo.

12/20/2004 jknevitt: PotConMaine 2005
Yes, I know it's a ways off, but who's going? I'd like to see if we can get a New England Indie pack together.
In Conventions
Participants: jknevitt, abzu, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2004 DagdaMor: So what's my motivation?
Hi, I am relatively new here. I have been lurking for a while seeing how this place works, and I finally have my first point to make, I hope this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: DagdaMor, Michael S. Miller, clehrich, Roger, M. J. Young, Trevis Martin, John Kim, Dr. Velocity, shlo, Doctor Xero, Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen.

12/20/2004 Different Games: Share your (in-game) Rituals
Hello all, HeroQuest explicitly encourages the Heroes to come up with the details of rituals they want to use in game. That's good, especially since their are few to no…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Different Games, KingOfFarPoint, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T.

12/20/2004 Gurnard: [Living Darkness] My current project
Briefly introducing myself: I've been reading this forum for about a month now, figured it's high time to start posting. I've been into RPG design for about six years now.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gurnard, arete66, jc_madden, greyorm, timfire, Jason E Leigh.

12/20/2004 Nathan: Santa's Little Helpers [Christmas RPG]
Greets, So, I've tossed up a simple, fun Christmas RPG -- I knew I needed to write one some day. The title is Santa's Little Helpers, and it is based…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, Latigo, jc_madden, Kedamono, daMoose_Neo.

12/20/2004 Doyce: [Heroquest] Spring Fountain {well of souls} pt. 1
On Friday, the group for whom I normally GM DnD got together to play Heroquest. I've been gently nudging at the group to try something other than d20 (because, frankly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Bankuei, jc_madden, Mike Holmes.

12/20/2004 azrianni: Review up
My review of PTA is up at http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10903.phtml (on rpgnet).
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: azrianni, WarrenET2, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson.

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