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3/29/2005 matthijs: [electrified spikes through the soles of your feet] V. 0
[i]The world is hard and cruel. God hates you, and wants to destroy everything you love. When it's your turn to be God, you can get revenge on the world.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: matthijs, Mike Holmes, xenopulse, xiombarg, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, Bill Masek.

3/29/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] One-shot Prep
Hello. I finished reading the last third of the rulebook over the last two days. Getting my head around the much vaunted town creation rules stretched my mind a bit.…
In lumpley games
Participants: bcook1971, Trevis Martin, FlamingMoose.

3/29/2005 Paka: NYC Crew meets Bridal Falls City
I met with a few old gaming buddies in NYC this weekend and we gamed us some DitV. Pete made up a former professor of Philosophy from Back East who…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Stigg.

3/29/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Sacrifice Questions
On page 87 of the 2001 printing, it says... Furthermore, performing a sacrifice entails making another Humanity check. If it is a human sacrifice, this check has a penalty equal…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

3/29/2005 heironymous: [Seven Leagues (a fantasy RPG of Faerie)] Please comment
I have posted a working draft of my RPG, Seven Leagues, here: http://www.malcontentgames.com/7leagues.pdf Please feel free to download the file (1.7 MB, 20 pages, includes most of the first third…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: heironymous, Jasper, kenjib, Selene Tan, ironick, Ron Edwards, Bill Masek, Bob the Fighter, James Holloway, berginyon.

3/29/2005 xiombarg: Free Desktop Publishing...
Okay, kids, can anyone reccommend a decent, FREE (or very, very cheap, like less than $40) desktop publishing program that works on Windows 98 andor Windows XP? Feel free to…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, spawky, madelf, Trevis Martin, Dev, MisterPoppet, Victor Gijsbers, Clay, nikola, Doug Ruff, jerry, MatrixGamer.

3/29/2005 TonyLB: Capes Lite Redraft
Following on the very useful advice given me in Why Capes Lite isn't helpful I have tried to assemble a document that's more like a teaching introduction, and less like…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Paul Hebble, Stickman, Jack Aidley, Andrew Morris.

3/29/2005 John Kim: The place of character sheet and die rolls within play
So I had an interesting conversation on Vincent's (aka lumpley) blog anyway: cf. "Strong stuff indeed". However, I'm afraid I may have overstepped or sidetracked discussion on there.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, Andrew Norris, Alephnul, Bankuei, lumpley, jrs, Emily Care, M. J. Young, groundhog, contracycle, Jason Newquist.

3/28/2005 Arvidos: Demoing Universalis
Im was planning to demo Universalis on a local (=swedish) convention, so.. Do you have any fancy demo-gear I can order? (Like.. a poster, I guess :p) Anything else to…
In Universalis
Participants: Arvidos, Valamir, komradebob.

3/28/2005 Andrew Morris: [Shadows & Light] Question on handling time
I am designing a LARP system, along with a friend. We have been working on this for a while now, and even though our setting and color are pretty well…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andrew Morris, ironick, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

3/28/2005 Aman the Rejected: Don't Step On My Gamism
Not enough people showed up to our game last night (03/27). I got some different reactions from my normal games, we had a blast, and I wanted to share due…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aman the Rejected, Noon, hyphz, Miskatonic.

3/28/2005 Chris Goodwin: Dungeon Majesty final up
The final episode of Dungeon Majesty has been posted at the wiki (http://www.innocence.com/games/dungeon-majesty/Main/HomePage). Rob and the gang, thank you for playing and posting, and most of all, for letting the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Chris Goodwin.

3/28/2005 Vaxalon: The Nixon Principle, applied to Capes
My wife is obsessed with Jedi. She plays one in every game she sits down at, sooner or later. So I made up a Click-and-lock for Jedi. Powers: Lightsaber Telekinesis…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, gorckat, David Laurence.

3/28/2005 JMendes: [PtA] Heritage - POP goes the Hood!! (warning: long)
Hey, all, :) Yep. Last Friday was the day when PtA suddenly came together for us! If you want background info on this, go read this thread about our first…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes, ivan23, ricmadeira, Matt Wilson, B0rg, Valamir, Frank T.

3/28/2005 JMendes: PvP in PtA
Hey, :) I'm splitting this off, because I think it's become out of topic for the original thread. don't be afraid of this... specially not in…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: JMendes, TonyLB.

3/28/2005 sirogit: Expansion of the game-division list in the Nar Essay
I'm not 100% if this is an appropiate post. I'd really like to see an expanded version of that game-divsvion-list-thingy in the Nar essay featuring more games, either in this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers.

3/27/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Another shot at Resolution
Okay, first go read the Hybrid Resolution document to see where I'm starting from. Now go read Crypto-romance Character Development to see what I want to achieve with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, MikeSands, Doug Ruff.

3/27/2005 Lord Abaddon of Wormwood: PDF?
Hello all, I would like to buy the pdf of the game, but not the print verison. Why? I live in Australia and the postage on a game that I…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Lord Abaddon of Wormwood, TonyLB.

3/27/2005 hawklord2112: Dont know if this is appropriate - Looking for a game
heya all. i'm looking for a game to play online - either IRC, wiki based, Forum based, or PbEM, of Universalis.. could some kind soul point me in the right…
In Connections
Participants: hawklord2112, Shreyas Sampat.

3/27/2005 charlesperez: PM as spam?
What is the Forge policy regarding spam sent via PM? I've got someone trolling for web site hits myself. Charles
In Site Discussion
Participants: charlesperez, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, Doug Ruff, cruciel.

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3/29/2005 Mandacaru: My first real Bang! ;-)
Just set up a new game online to try out starting from zero and seeing where we go. Basic information is a character has to be an Uz of some…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mandacaru, Mike Holmes, StalkingBlue.

3/29/2005 BrendanC: [DitV] Player power vs. Character power
The background to this was in this thread. I wanted to follow up with some comments, but I thought it was better to split this off into its own thread.…
In lumpley games
Participants: BrendanC, Lxndr, lumpley, Valamir.

3/29/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Two Tales of Six Knights
I played the new Polaris twice. Thoughts: General Thoughts 1) Both times, it was a really good game. The game I played with Vincent and Meg was excellent, but very…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, lumpley.

3/29/2005 Vaxalon: Click-and-Lock improvements
After playing Capes (and buying it) the other night, my wife and I have been thinking about improvements to the layout. It's pretty... but it's really really hard to make…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Taimu.

3/29/2005 Matt Gwinn: Creating a Survey
hey everyone. I just hooked up with a bunch of gamers in Ann Arbor through dnd.meetup.com. Well, we have quite a few people in the group with a wide variety…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Simon Kamber, Danny_K.

3/29/2005 Jonas Karlsson: Veto ability use
Hello, My first post on The Forge and all. So, I just bought Capes and plan to play the first session on Friday. One question is if there's a way…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, TonyLB, Vaxalon, LordSmerf.

3/29/2005 Vaxalon: Clarify something for me...
An event hits the table, played by the guy to my right. "A giant robot runs amok in Central City." It comes out, as usual, with two dice on it...…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Paul Hebble, Jonas Karlsson, Doug Ruff.

3/29/2005 jamesdbr: Spotlight time in D20.
I'm considering running a one-shot dungeon crawl for a regular gaming group of mine, to give the GM a break from running all the time and also to get some…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jamesdbr, Valamir, Noon, Bankuei, Rob Carriere.

3/29/2005 Kilor Di: [Terrae Novae] Latin Lessons
I'm currently converting my notes on Terrae Novae into a manuscript so I can try to get it published. I would like to know if anyone knows of a website…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di, Andrew Morris, Selene Tan, 1of3.

3/30/2005 MikeSands: Rewarding in-character socialising
Background: I'm writing a game of naval adventure stories, inspired by Hornblower, Aubrey & Maturin, Honor Harrington etc. After the first playtest session, the biggest hole in the game so…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MikeSands, TonyLB, Bailywolf, Doehring, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat.

3/30/2005 Jerry D. Grayson: GODSEND Agenda (Character progression system)
Hello all, I lurk here a lot but never post but lately I’ve been beating my head against the wall. Some of you may be familiar with my game GODSEND…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jerry D. Grayson, Andy Kitkowski, Sydney Freedberg, gorckat.

3/30/2005 lightcastle: Trolling for bangs
Weel, after many delays and complications, my HQ game has gotten off to a stuttering start. Having stumbled across the Forge some time ago, I decided to try and incorporate…
In HeroQuest
Participants: lightcastle, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T.

3/30/2005 Vaxalon: "Free" conflicts
What is free about a free conflict? Does it not require a turn (or a story token) to put into play? I don't see that anywhere in the rules.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Jonas Karlsson, TonyLB.

3/30/2005 Mandacaru: Syncretism in HQ
Elsewhere (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14714&start=15), Mike H. said, in reference to syncretism: I think that what the rules are intended to support - and I've put some substantial effort into trying to figure…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mandacaru, lightcastle, soru, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, droog, bigpumpkin, contracycle, Hobbitboy, James Holloway, Donald, GB Steve, joshua neff, cappadocius, StalkingBlue, Christopher Kubasik, pete_darby, jorganos.

3/30/2005 Jonas Karlsson: Clarify Example of Play
The example of play is extremely useful when trying to understand the rules, and I can’t picture Capes without it. I have some stuff, though, I need to get clarified.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, TonyLB.

3/30/2005 Michael S. Miller: Newest With Great Power... Logo is up
AFter far too long in development, With Great Power... finally has a title with great pizzazz. Check it out. Any comments are welcome. Many thanks to Luke Crane, Keith Senkowski,…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, gorckat.

3/30/2005 Gethyn: Confusions - Demon Abilities and 'Drawn Contests'
Hi OK, so here are a couple of shallow Sorcerer questions based on no actual play experience, but they're bugging me. I'm sure they're trivial and obvious but my brain's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Gethyn, gorckat, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Trevis Martin, angelfromanotherpin.

3/30/2005 Vaxalon: New click-and-locks
Would this be an appropriate place to post new click-and-locks? I've got a few that don't fit in the ones in the book very well.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Jonas Karlsson, Taimu.

3/30/2005 lumpley: [PTA] a very good episode, a very hard session
Previously on Epidemonology: here and here. This time: The Collector. It's Cyrus Dunn's spotlight episode. His issue is grief, particularly for the death of his wife Helen. Emily plays him.…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Danny_K, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, ScottM, Sydney Freedberg, Meguey, nikola, Matt Wilson, Frank T.

3/30/2005 lumpley: Dogs: A Big GM Advice
As GM, you get to help establish stakes. If your player says "what's at stake is this" you can say "no, I don't dig that, how about what's at stake…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, TonyLB, bcook1971, Wolfen, Bankuei, Betsi-G.

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