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7/7/2005 Doc Blue: Cafe Press for Printing
Has anyone tried CafePress for book publishing? Any comments or experiences to share?
In Publishing
Participants: Doc Blue, Grand_Commander13, MisterPoppet, Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards.

7/7/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Supers CCG] Beatdown! Playtest matches galore
Ahkay, just got done running several matches with my co-designer on the project and here are the results! (See this thread for background) Mutant vs. Techie: 2 to 2 Mutant…
In Actual Play
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games.

7/6/2005 architect: Blending Strategy and Roleplay in Combat
I'm attempting to create a game in a world where combat moves quickly. Several rules and regulations, such as in DnD, I believe, slow down roleplay and lengthen combat that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: architect, TonyLB, Valamir, Trevis Martin, bcook1971, Nogusielkt, tj333.

7/6/2005 Tobias: [DitV] King's Perch
The King's Perch, A DitV Town. King's Perch is so-named because it sits on the start of a mountain cliff. The view over the plains is stunning, a small river…
In lumpley games
Participants: Tobias, lumpley.

7/6/2005 BrendanC: A Mechanic in need of a Game
On a recent road trip, I came up with a mechanic (or at least the start of one) to make running a game on a long car trip viable. Since…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: BrendanC.

7/6/2005 Technocrat13: [Origins 2005] Pirates, Zombies, and Rats. What a weekend.
Lisa and I managed to squeeze the time and money to go to Origins for Wednesday thru Saturday. Unfortunately we had to drive back home on Sunday and missed out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, Marhault, Mike Holmes, abzu.

7/6/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... needs super artist
With Great Power..., the game of melodramatic superhero stories, needs a cover artist. Please send links to samples to me either via PM or e-mail in the button at the…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller, unheilig studios.

7/6/2005 sayter: [Realm] Professions/Jobs/Classes
Brain is farting here...Now, in an open ended system like Realm has, where players select the skills they desire and whatnot and don't rely on random dice rolls akin to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sayter, Troy_Costisick, 1of3, xenopulse, Valamir, Nogusielkt, Resonantg.

7/6/2005 jasonm: [Skein] Playing a Family Across Generations
The design goal is to model things like the Laxdæla saga or the Godfather films, asian dynasties or fantasy monarchies, epic tales that span generations and encompass many heroes and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, contracycle, sayter, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Master Marx.

7/6/2005 epweissengruber: Updates to DitV Wiki and Lexicon
This is a followup to the post I made about the Toronto Indie RPG Group's DitV Wiki. Thanks for the input everybody. I would like to share a Lexicon…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber, jasonm, lumpley.

7/6/2005 Paka: [Otherkind] Gaming with the Guys
Anthony e-mailed me a month or more ago, saying that he was hurting for some gaming, heard I was gaming regularly and wondered why we never gamed together. I responded…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, rafial, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2005 Sean: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Sulfur Junction, Part I
OK, I've got a lot to say about this game, and it won't all get said in this post. There's a particular issue I want to get to right away,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sean, Solamasa, Uzzah, lumpley, George, Valamir.

7/6/2005 Andrew Morris: Indie games roster for GenCon?
Has anyone complied a list of the indie games running at GenCon, much as Tony has done for DexCon? I'm looking at registering for what few games are left, and…
In Conventions
Participants: Andrew Morris, Malcolm.

7/5/2005 Adam Dray: [Verge] AdamCon play test
This was my second playtest of my Verge RPG. In brief, Verge needs lots more work. I was frustrated that it wasn't doing any of the things it was supposed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, Andy Kitkowski.

7/5/2005 Andrew Morris: DexCon flyer
I seem to remember someone discussing a flyer with the IGE games listed on it, but I can't seem to find anything. Is anyone putting something like this together? I…
In Conventions
Participants: Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Rob Donoghue, Michael S. Miller, Paka.

7/5/2005 jrs: [GenCon 2005] Retailer handout?
Hi all, Last month, I mentioned here that I wanted to create a retailer handout for GenCon. My idea is to produce a one-page consolodation of useful information about…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, lumpley, Bob Goat, Malcolm, daMoose_Neo.

7/5/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Booth and Credit Cards
My experience at Origins this year also led this observation: We must find a way to accept credit cards at the Forge booth this year. Must. To do this, we'll…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Bob Goat, timfire, jrs, Paul Czege, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, Adam, daMoose_Neo, btrc, LordSmerf, Jasper the Mimbo, Lisa Padol, M Jason Parent.

7/5/2005 jasonm: [Breaking the Ice] Return of the N00b
It's funny, I guess my wife isn't really a n00b any more, now that she's played both D&D and a cool indie game. I had a good time playing Breaking…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care.

7/5/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The Solar System discussion
So, I finally let the cat slip and posted the link to my working copy of the new TSOY rules. You can find them here: http://www.anvilwerks.com/src/tsoy2/solar_system.html I've been playing with…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, Paul Czege, Bankuei, aplath, Christopher Weeks, bcook1971, Andy Kitkowski, Jasper Polane, pfischer, Thierry Michel, J B Bell, Vaxalon, First Age, Yasha, Andrew Morris, KingOfFarPoint, James_Nostack, demiurgeastaroth, Remko, matthijs.

7/5/2005 Bluve Oak: [Unamed] Play your own fantasy heartbreaker
Dagnabit! I’m sure I read a post about players creating their own setting the other day but I can’t for the life of me find it! If anyone could point…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bluve Oak, Vaxalon, Valamir, Master Marx.

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7/7/2005 TonyLB: [DitV] Kettle Lake
If'n you reckon you might be over DexCon-way on wednesday, and be hankerin' to play in this here game I'm running then reading this post will give you loads of…
In lumpley games
Participants: TonyLB, lumpley, jasonm, ironick, Technocrat13, Uzzah, Ben Lehman.

7/7/2005 xenopulse: Setting and Player Hints
This is a little revelation I had after our recent discussions here about Setting and how it relates to actual play. In my AD&D group, the GM (along with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: xenopulse, TonyLB.

7/7/2005 Andrew Morris: What are "kewl powerz?"
Since the discussion over in the What is the function of Kewl Powerz thread seems to be devolving into a discussion of exactly what "kewl powerz" means, I decided to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andrew Morris, Mike Holmes, xenopulse, TonyLB, M. J. Young, Miskatonic, indie guy, Marco, cruciel, Remko, Ria, ffilz, Bob McNamee, Adam Dray.

7/7/2005 architect: Layout and Design
I'm great at layout/design and graphic arts. I can illustrate my own rulebooks etc. The problem is... I need program recommendations. I'm sure this has been covered in a million…
In Connections
Participants: architect, Jasper.

7/7/2005 Allan: [Indy GenCon '05] getting books to the con
Hey, I'm looking for some help or advice getting my books to Indianapolis. My GenCon books are going to be printed in Camas, Washington, but I'm flying into Indianapolis from…
In Conventions
Participants: Allan, Michael S. Miller.

7/7/2005 architect: Living between the [Walls.] --Long Post--
[i]"All and all you're just another brick in the [b]wall.[/b]"[/i] [i]-Pink Floyd[/i] Between the cracks of reality that this world affords you, exist the vanishing places. Within your home, your…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: architect, Andrew Morris, sayter, unheilig studios, Tobias.

7/7/2005 John Kim: Harnies play Dogs in the Vineyard
(Note: I don't have a big question here with this play report, but since a lot of people around here are interested in DitV, I thought I'd post it. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim.

7/7/2005 John Kim: Harnies play Dogs in the Vineyard
(Note: I don't have a big question here with this play report, but since a lot of people around here are interested in DitV, I thought I'd post it. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, Ian Charvill, Albert of Feh, Paul Czege, Sean.

7/8/2005 Trevis Martin: Universalis wiki game starting
A new universalis wiki game is getting started on my site I think we've accepted that we will not get the ever growing wiki uber universalis game. That…
In Universalis
Participants: Trevis Martin.

7/8/2005 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Thems That Kill Supers
This past Saturday was the first of several sessions I'm to be running of Fastlane. Before the game started, I pulled out Lunch Money and Beer Money, mixed 'em up,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lxndr, Wolfen.

7/8/2005 Shim: Codewars? Don't be so cryptic...
I do not know if my project (Herein refered to as Codewars) counts as a traditional RPG, but it is a game. Codewars uses the wonderful medium of the internet…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shim, architect, Adam Dray.

7/8/2005 ADGBoss: Combat: Holy Grail or Sick Obsession
This essay has been in my head for sometime but was kind of brought to the forefront by this thread over in Indie Game Design. - SMH Combat:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, Nogusielkt, Vaxalon, Ian Charvill, TonyLB, bcook1971, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Gaerik, Noon, Asen G, John Kim, ewilen, Adam Dray, contracycle, Kaltros, Ria, NN, komradebob, Resonantg, Andrew Norris, Rob Carriere, M. J. Young, Justin Marx.

7/8/2005 Tobias: [DitV] King's Perch
In the lumpley forum you will find a writeup of King's Perch - my self-made town. Yesterday evening I played it with 3 players, only one of which I'd seen…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tobias, Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Rimke, coffeestain, Warren, demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, lumpley.

7/8/2005 Henri: [Burnign Wheel] - Arcanum
Yesterday I started a new campaign of Burning Wheel using the setting of the computer game Arcanum, an anachronistic fantasy steam punk game. I've been interested in Burning Wheel for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Henri, Tobias, abzu, bcook1971.

7/8/2005 TonyLB: Convention Trifold up for critique
As we enter my summer convention season, I want as many ways as possible to spread the word about Capes. My preferred mode of contact, of course, is to get…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, urbanpagan, Valamir, Sydney Freedberg.

7/8/2005 TonyLB: DexCon!
In case you haven't heard, Capes is going to have a major, major presence at DexCon (July 13-17, East Brunswick, NJ). So far I'm getting absolutely nothing but good vibes…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Paka, JimTheFly.

7/9/2005 Uzzah: A lightbulb moment...
I've been reading and pouring over all the topics about SIS in Capes, trying to see both sides of the discussion. It was hard in the begining because as a…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Uzzah, TonyLB.

7/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Dust Devils got translated
For those of you who've been wondering what I've been up to lately, here's the scoop: with gracious cooperation from Matt (who's apparently on a trip somewhere right now), Arkenstone…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, joshua neff.

7/9/2005 Victor Gijsbers: On rape in roleplaying games
[b]Introduction[/b] As is briefly related in [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=15911]this thread[/url], I recently had a very uncomfortable moment when the character I played was in the verge of being raped. I spoke out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Victor Gijsbers, Wolfen, Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei, TonyLB, Trevis Martin, Tobias, Jeroen, Ron Edwards, Sean, Asen G, StalkingBlue, Brand_Robins, Noon, cruciel, S'mon, contracycle, LandonSuffered, TheTris.

7/9/2005 indie guy: No Hit Points?
Hi this is my first post here, and I am overjoyed that a place like this exists! I'm almost done with my 100th neurotic attempt at writing (yeah, it may…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: indie guy, Vaxalon, Clinton R. Nixon, Trevis Martin, Resonantg, Jake Richmond, Gaerik, xenopulse, Paganini, sayter, Michael S. Miller, quozl, Mike Holmes, Hereward The Wake, Frank T, Justin Marx.

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