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7/18/2005 TonyLB: ENnie Award Nomination
I'm torn between aw-shucks-ing and fist-pumping.  I get back from DEXCON 8 and I find that Capes has been nominated for two ENnie awards, Best Game and Best Rules.  That…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Miskatonic, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, Denise.

7/18/2005 RobNJ: What's the appropriate forum?
Which is the appropriate forum to discuss our feelings and experiences at a convention?  In this case, I'd like to find or begin a thread about DexCon 8.
In Site Discussion
Participants: RobNJ, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2005 TonyLB: TSoY review up at RPG.Net
Just got back from a weekend away and noticed this.  A little on the bland "let me recount the high points of the game without judgment" side, but hey, a…
In CRN Games
Participants: TonyLB.

7/18/2005 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Ballancing the combat system
Warning: This is getting to the nasty maths, numbers and details. Check out my write-up of the game concept, especially the combat mechanics at 4.2. You'll need to cross-check because…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Frank T, Valamir.

7/18/2005 Vaxalon: Faith rules
Here are some rules I worked up for a game focused on faith and doubt. FATE Faith rules These rules replace the rules on fate points. Character creation: Each character…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Vaxalon, Mike Holmes.

7/18/2005 Biggles: [H3] Initial ideas [Long!]
Hi all, This is my first attempt at creating my own RPG. I'm really jazzed about the setting and some in-game concepts (like how skills and equipment are gotten), but…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Biggles, Selene Tan, xenopulse.

7/18/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Actual Play
Here is a thread to link to all accounts of Actual Play for Polaris.  Once Favorites gets running again, I'll have a whole bunch of threads to link here.  Feel…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, Miskatonic, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Victor Gijsbers, Iskander, Hermes3, demiurgeastaroth, Artanis, Arturo G., Steven Stewart, Garvey, TomTancredi, Nev the Deranged, pfischer, khelek.

7/18/2005 scorpio rising: More blundering around from me: Fight!
So I spent most of the weekend reading the BWR books.  Last night, I burned up a couple of characters and tried out the Fight!  mechanics. I'd like to post…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: scorpio rising, Thor Olavsrud, taepoong.

7/18/2005 Technocrat13: Hard Questions and Demons
I was reading Tony's Kettle Lake game and really got to thinking about how More Hard Choices tends to lead to More Entertaining Sessions.  I was also thinking of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Technocrat13, Wolfen, Warren, lumpley.

7/18/2005 Mike Holmes: New Software
I know you're busy, Clinton, so take your time with this one. But I'm assuming that the new software has features that we moderators should know about? Does anyone know…
In Moderators
Participants: Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/18/2005 Technocrat13: [FH8] Playtest PDF online
You can find it here. While I'll enjoy and appreciate any kind of feedback there are a couple specific things I'd like to hear back from anyone who reads it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Technocrat13, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, greyorm, BigElvis.

7/18/2005 abzu: Dexcon After Action Report
Hart, Dro and Thor and I are just back from Dexcon. We were there from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. When we arrived, IPR Brennan, Tony LB and Ben Lehman…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, Paka, Bill_White, Thor Olavsrud, Kat Miller, Dregg, gains, inthisstyle, Lisa Padol, Shawn De Arment, Sydney Freedberg, elgorade.

7/18/2005 Miskatonic: GenCon promo idea
How's this sound: Limited edition GenCon Click-and-Locks Yes, I know anyone can just punch the data into the Flash and make high-quality C&Ls. Yes, I know that these "ultra-rare" items…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB, Stickman.

7/18/2005 Biggles: Objective vs. Subjective Difficulty
Hi all, First, very nice site. I've been lurking about for weeks, reading the articles and these forums, and I've been really enjoying myself. Thank you to everyone who wrote…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Biggles, Bankuei, bcook1971, Justin Marx, simon_hibbs.

7/18/2005 Vaxalon: August DC get-together... Guildmaster playtest
I am setting myself the goal of getting Guildmaster in a playable state, with card decks printed, by August 1. Who's interested in playtesting?
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon, D. Woolsey, Shawn De Arment.

7/17/2005 droog: Help me analyse this game
I’ve been playing in a game of d20Star Wars for a couple of months now. I’d like to offer it up for analysis in order to advance my own understanding.…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, demiurgeastaroth, Silmenume, GB Steve, Miskatonic, Lord_Steelhand, Jaik, Adam Dray, WhiteRat, Frank T, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Travis Brown.

7/17/2005 Ben Lehman: Welcome!
This forum is for general discussion of any TAO Games products, which right now is limited to Polaris and Over the Bar, but should soon include a diverse menagerie. General…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, xenopulse, Miskatonic, Emily Care, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/17/2005 Denise: Please voice your opinion!
I don't know how much you guys read the other topics, so I'll X-post here:  I've started a nomination thread for the Fan's Choice of Best Publisher for this years…
In Publishing
Participants: Denise, LandonSuffered.

7/17/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Do you use RSS?
If you do, I've got some good news for you. Look at this: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=recent;limit=10 Interesting, huh? See a detailed discussion on how you can pull RSS feeds from the Forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, MichaelCurry, immlass, rafial.

7/17/2005 Matt Wilson: the balance of power - brainstorming
Hey. So if you've ever played Primetime Adventures, you know about Budget, which is my response to what I always considered a daunting task as GM, which is providing the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, xenopulse, matthijs, timfire, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, Nathan P., Sydney Freedberg, bcook1971, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, chadu, contracycle, Sean, Adam Dray, spawky, John Harper, M. J. Young.

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7/18/2005 abzu: Burning Wheel Nominated for Two Ennies!
[color=Red][size=14pt][b]My brothers, it is time to raise our spears in defiance, summon our hatred and charge into the light with howling fury! Call forth the hordes of fell goblins, hunting…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Mike Holmes, Crothian.

7/18/2005 TonyLB: Divergent Worship, Opposing Doctrines
We were chattering about Dogs at DEXCON, and talking about how interesting whacked out takes on the Faith can be... how compelling, how entrancing. And I said (and stand by)…
In lumpley games
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, lumpley, Wolfen, Solamasa.

7/18/2005 johnmarron: [PTA] Problems pointing conflicts at issues (long)
     Last Friday my group played the pilot session of our first game of PTA.  My question involves coming up with conflicts to address the protagonists’ issues, but I’ll…
In Actual Play
Participants: johnmarron, ashmoo, Sydney Freedberg, Jasper Polane, Alan, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson.

7/18/2005 Thor Olavsrud: WGP Taking Shape...
I had a chance to play With Great Power... yesterday at DexCon, and I must say the game is REALLY coming together. I'm extremely pleased with how everything is taking…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege.

7/18/2005 RobNJ: DexCon 8 Actual Play thread
Herewith I will present what I intend to be brief passes at each of the games I played at DexCon 8. Thursday: Capes:  My very first gaming experience of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobNJ, Paka, Michael S. Miller, Bill_White.

7/18/2005 Valamir: Any new statistics options?
Thinking in terms of my quarterly statistics updates are there any other columns availabe for the Member List (or in another fashion). Off the top of my head I'd love…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/18/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Conspiracy of Shadows: Revised Edition
Its official.  Conspiracy of Shadows: Revised Edition is available for purchase.  Not only that, but the rules are now available for free under the Creative Commons License.  Feel free to…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat, abzu, demiurgeastaroth, Thor Olavsrud, urbwar, Rob Donoghue.

7/18/2005 Technocrat13: How I produced playtest hardcopies of FH8 with materials from around the house.
Ok, mostly with materials from around the house. Here's my list of materials and tools; My compy (my lappy to be exact) My crappy cheap-o HP printer where color replacement…
In Publishing
Participants: Technocrat13, MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, John Harper, jasonm.

7/18/2005 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds supporting cast
Back in action, after a fantastic vacation followed immediately by a hellish week. The house saga continues. Our realtor royally screwed us, and we've ended up wasting two precious months.…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Thor Olavsrud, Pilgrim, Valamir.

7/18/2005 Valamir: Test
Testing new features. Nothing to see here
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

7/19/2005 ewilen: finding all threads by user
It seems I can't quite do what was once trivial: locate all threads in which a given user has participated. I think I can use the search function to locate…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ewilen.

7/19/2005 Jake Richmond: CrossRoads Free Tryout Rules
Hi. I'm Jake Richmond, the Art Director from Arcadiam Games. We've got a Free Tryout Kit available at our website (crossroads-rpg.com) in the Resources section. It's a set of quick…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Richmond, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Travis Brown, Trevis Martin.

7/19/2005 incomitatum: Project ID: Breif Synopsis.
I realise that this may be breif, vauge, and watered down, but a few of you have asked, "What is your game about"? Well I have considered (even though I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: incomitatum.

7/19/2005 SlurpeeMoney: The Art of Filling White Space
I have done the research. I've come up with daring new concepts. I could play the whole game, right now, with what is in my head. But now, when it…
In Publishing
Participants: SlurpeeMoney, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, MatrixGamer, Miskatonic, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, ADGBoss, Bob Goat, Wolfen, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, jdagna, timfire, Resonantg, Thededine.

7/19/2005 Vaxalon: Fudge Dicebot?
If the Faith rules playtest comes off, I'll be in need of a Fudge dicebot for mIRC.  Does anyone know of a nice simple one?
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Vaxalon.

7/19/2005 Jack Aidley: The Chanter Resolution System
As part of a thread over on RPG.net I posted up a link to the resolution system from Chanter (Link here, and the dice mechanics here) and received the following…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Aidley, Matt, Technocrat13, Stickman, Justin Marx.

7/19/2005 Kat Miller: You Call that Strife??? I'll Give you Strife!!!
This may be headed into the Alternate rules for WGP but it’s such a powerful idea I wanted to bounce it off the list while there is still room for…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Kat Miller, Thor Olavsrud.

7/19/2005 Andrew Morris: [In Nomine] Trailblazing ain't so much fun after bass playing
After getting used to what is referred to as "bass playing" in terms of GM style, I found it pretty difficult to get back into more "traditional" styles. I used…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, TonyLB, Paka, JSDiamond, Ian Charvill.

7/19/2005 Paka: Escalation
I was talking to Tony about the rules for escalation and we came to a descrepancy that I'd like to discuss.  I heard it was the subject of a thread…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, TonyLB, Technocrat13, coffeestain, immlass, Wolfen, lumpley, Sean.

7/19/2005 Paka: Discussion with my GMing Mentor
Jim is my gaming Qui-Gon.  He got me to GM when I was 13. But here's the thing, when I told him I didn't know the rules well enough to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, TonyLB, Technocrat13, LandonSuffered, Valamir, Bankuei, Nathan P., Sydney Freedberg, dyjoots, cruciel, Mencelus, contracycle, Andrew Norris, greyorm, Matt Snyder, Noon, Marco, Alan, Trevis Martin, Ria, Thor Olavsrud, Ron Edwards.

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