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3/16/2005 ChrisJaxn: [whispers] question about settings
Hi. I'm new here, but I've been lurking for a little while, and finally have a question of my own to ask. The game I'm working on, Whispers (working title),…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ChrisJaxn, Jasper, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2005 Zahtevnik: Make Us Cry
That's really the gist of it. We've been pounding on two RPGs for a couple years and finally have the demos for them up on our website. If anyone had…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zahtevnik, TonyLB, contracycle, greyorm, ZeOtter, tadk.

3/15/2005 timfire: Search function not working right...
Hi, To whom it may concern (namely Clinton), when I do I a search, I get results, but when I try clicking on the link, it tells me the page…
In Site Discussion
Participants: timfire.

3/15/2005 Foundation Games: Foundation Gaming Convention
Hello! Foundation Gaming Convention is a three-day gaming convention in Lansing, Michigan, and will be held April 1-3, 2005. We are always looking for more games to add to our…
In Conventions
Participants: Foundation Games.

3/15/2005 Hisho: [sorcerer] little conflict resolution problem
Ok, I have a little problem with a conflict I had in my mind, maybe the answer is easy but I don't get it at the moment. Let's take 3…
In Adept Press
Participants: Hisho, Ron Edwards, JMendes, Valamir, greyorm.

3/15/2005 ADGBoss: Gamer Development
[b]Social Contract, Player Empowerment, & Game Master Blues[/b] If you were to take a survey of the entirety of the Role Playing community and ask them the question ‘How did…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, bcook1971, Doctor Xero.

3/15/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Task/Conflict Hybrid and Rewards
So here's my take on how to hybridize Task and Conflict Resolution, for one specific game, for one specific genre: You have Conflicts out on the table (presumably on 3x5…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Doug Ruff.

3/15/2005 Christopher Weeks: [Capes] Scenes and Characters III (indie-MN)
Four members of the Indie-MN group met at our local game shop Sunday and played our third session of Capes. We've already reported on the first and second sessions. I'll…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Weeks, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Grover, Shane Street, Sydney Freedberg.

3/15/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Imp Game]Impish-artwork: does it work?
Small confession: once upon a time, I wanted to be a comic book artist, except for one failing- I never did master "real". Animated, cartoony stuff on the other hand…
In Connections
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Tobias, matthijs, devilbunny, Kesher, Margaret.

3/15/2005 Negilent: SW HeroQuest: Lure of the darkside.
We played the follow up from the Delusions of Grandeur a little while back, and though there were highs and lows of that game, the most notebal was how the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Negilent, Mike Holmes.

3/15/2005 hix: [Sorc] Toon Town Confidential - final session bangs
I’m prepping for the final session of our game described in ‘Sorceror freaked us out’. To recap: it’s Sorceror in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit universe. We’ve got four characters.…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

3/15/2005 Paka: Bridal Falls City
I've been thinking about a new city for first-time Dogs players and a possible town for a one-shot I might run in a few weeks. I got thinkin' big but…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, Wolfen, beingfrank, Stigg.

3/15/2005 komradebob: [sf,ca] $500 Leisure Fondation Grants
Hey, I know a couple of other folks that post here live in the SF Bay Area. I just saw a poster for the following site at a local coffee…
In Connections
Participants: komradebob.

3/15/2005 ffilz: [Cold Iron] More Tekumel
I have some more Cold Iron play since the last post. I'm really starting to think this campaign just isn't going to fly. Our last session started late due to…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, Ron Edwards, Stickman, Gaerik, JusticeZero.

3/15/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Pro-Social Demons?
Is it possible to have demons with a "socially helpful" Desire or Needs? I'm reading through the Sorcerer core rules for the first time, and they seem to take a…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

3/15/2005 Deacon Blues: [TSOY] Activating Secrets
[b]Obligatory Opening Praise[/b]: I actually spent a couple of months trying to find a way to combine the best aspects of [i]Heroquest[/i] and [i] Riddle of Steel[/i] to my liking.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Deacon Blues, James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/15/2005 ExternalStudiosLLC: [Dreamscape] Reviewers wanted. Score a free starter set!
External Studios LLC is looking for dedicated gamers to review the Dreamscape card game! Those interested in reviewing the game can request to have a copy of the Ruins of…
In Connections
Participants: ExternalStudiosLLC, hawklord2112.

3/15/2005 Ben Lehman: Forgite Dinner in DC
Hello everyone -- This Friday, at least four Washington DC area participants from the Forge are going to be getting together to eat dinner, meet each other face to face,…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, apeiron, Shawn De Arment, Nathan, Dave Panchyk, Ron Edwards, Scripty, Shreyas Sampat, Vaxalon.

3/14/2005 Space Cowboy: Hacking websites/forums and how to protect yourself
Hey all, As The Forge was recently hacked. Personally, I barely know enough about computers to get by, and since Wild Sphere’s forums are under construction, I am understandably concerned…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Space Cowboy, Dev, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2005 Kielan: Simulations in simulationist games
Hello Forge, This is my first post here, so apologies if I get your terminology wrong, or if someone has posted something like this in the past and you’ve all…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kielan, Mike Holmes.

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3/16/2005 greyorm: Dealing with Simulationism
During our last 3E session, one of the players revealed to me that he doesn't care about XP, which is why he has not been using the TROS-based XP system…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, John Kim, Silmenume, Ron Edwards, Marco, komradebob, apparition13, giblfiz, Kat Miller.

3/16/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] Mass Combat Playtesting
Had the chance to playtest a mass combat variant for Burning Wheel at a roleplayers meetup group tonight. Two guys played. Both were organizers, no less. One played Orcs; the…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

3/16/2005 John Kim: Buffy and the Conflict-Shy GM
So I had another game of my Buffy RPG campaign on Friday night. It had been a while since the last session due to schedule conflicts, but everyone was pretty…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, Ron Edwards, Marco, Paul Czege, Liz Henry, Danny_K, Mike Holmes.

3/16/2005 Domhnall: "Balance", "Fairness" ?
M. J. Young responded in a topic (Immersive-Relevant Realism (essay)) concerning the issue of game balance/fairness among character types. An argument that justifies a game system being imbalanced: balanced characters…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Domhnall, Troy_Costisick, JMendes, lumpley, Andrew Norris, Marco, M. J. Young, Noon, James Holloway, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Mike Holmes, John Kim, ffilz, The God of the Machine, OliverTheMerc, Ron Edwards, Kat Miller.

3/16/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Uppity Archons
Nine Worlds Events and current conflicts of play A tremendously significant Atlantean-Armada alliance is under way, courtesy of the character Gelons. He now has a developing sea-god (Nereus/Glaucus) under his…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

3/16/2005 Dev: Security Advice (& other advice) for your Websites/Forum
I'm continuing from this (closed) thread in Site Discussion about advice for securing your own websites and forums. Rob Carriere had some excellent advice, which I'm reposting. A key part…
In Publishing
Participants: Dev, jdagna.

3/16/2005 Dev: Marketing, Word-of-Mouth, and other buzzwords
I've seen some mention of "viral ads", "word-of-mouth" and other such things in relation to our industry, so I thought I'd way in. I have the pleasure of working at…
In Publishing
Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman, matthijs, abzu, Valamir, jdagna, Solly Brown, Domhnall, philreed, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, Allan.

3/16/2005 Michael S. Miller: [MLwM, InSpectres, WGP] Ubercon Spring 2005
At UberCon this past weekend, I ran four sessions: 2 sessions of With Great Power..., 1 of InSpectres, 1 of My Life with Master. All of them rocked. A few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, Victor Gijsbers.

3/16/2005 entropy402: [CORE] Design intentions, rough system outline
Hello everyone, this is my introductory post here after a long time of lurking. I have finally decided, like many others, that I would like to put my own system…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: entropy402.

3/16/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Arkenstone update
I just thought to inform folks here on the latest Arkenstone update, as we have quite a number of different games from people here for sale. The latest batch order…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

3/16/2005 Mernya: [Please delete this
Please delete this. I posted a design idea and then re-read a Sticky to see that it wasnt appropriate/complete enough to justify a discussion.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mernya.

3/16/2005 Marco: Get my character out of prison!
I just finished up a game where the characters were in prison. I hadn't planned it that way, it happened like this: 1. I solicited ideas from the group for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marco, Valamir.

3/16/2005 Bailywolf: [FADE v0.1] First Playest Doc available very soon
My working Doc for FADE (as detailed in the thread linked below) will be more or less complete in the next day or so. I’m giving it a final read…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Doug Ruff, gorckat.

3/16/2005 Lxndr: [Shangri-La] A New Project #1
This is the first of several posts I hope to make over the next few days about things that are boiling in the Twisted Confessions background. So, here goes... ----…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr, gorckat, Valamir, Mike Holmes, TonyLB.

3/16/2005 inthisstyle: Ubercon Session
I ran Capes at Ubercon last weekend, and I am still not entirely comfortable with the way I am explaining the game and facilitating play (not as a GM, but…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: inthisstyle, TonyLB.

3/16/2005 Andrew Norris: Cross-Pollination...
Hi, Matt. I just wanted to let you know that in a Sorcerer game I'm running, one of the players wanted his character to be a small-time wrestler, doing weekend…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Andrew Norris.

3/16/2005 Eric Minton: [DitV] My Amber group tries character creation
I’m finally getting a chance to run Dogs, yay! We went through character creation last night, and we should get to play the first town next week. I met David,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eric Minton, Wolfen.

3/17/2005 Noon: [D&D] Gamism, the whole way through
This one starts before the game does, so bear with me if that's not your thing. Okay, I'm sitting in the kitchen eating some take away at their table. Chris…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Ian Charvill, StalkingBlue, ffilz, contracycle.

3/17/2005 abzu: Ubercon Aftermath
Wow. It's so strange to have free time. I feel like I'm on the run from the law. I've been meaning/wanting to participate here a lot more of late, so…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller, inthisstyle, M. J. Young, Dregg.

3/17/2005 Wolfen: Reforging the Mage Blade: Resolution and Combat Mechanics
More rules for the system-monkeys to take a look at.. Basically what I have here is the basic resolution mechanics, and the specific mechanics for Physical Conflict (ie, combat). While…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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