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8/2/2005 daMoose_Neo: Physical Product requireing online access?
Final Twilight's getting a little kick in the butt with the release of Divergence, a set of rules for creating your own cards for use with the core Final Twilight…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games, btrc, madelf.

8/2/2005 TonyLB: Forge Booth: Price List
I've taken the price-list from IGE2 at DEXCON, and butchered it around a bit to make a starting price list for GenCon. You can see the evolving list here. I'll…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, Allan, Blankshield, Malcolm, Emily Care, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, jrs, Valamir, abzu, ShawnHel.

8/2/2005 BeZurKur: [Errata] Suggestions For Clarifications
I’m new to the Forge and its ideas.  Capes is the first game I’m trying that puts the theories discussed here into practice.  As such, I think I was more…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: BeZurKur, TonyLB.

8/2/2005 Grover: Joining a conflict already in progress.
As I understand it, it's impossible.  In other threads, I've seen the suggestion that the appropriate thing to do when another character wants to join is to give immediately, and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Grover, ScottM, lumpley.

8/2/2005 Dilan W.: i need tons of help
hey, I am new at this and dont know how to start, i want to make a rpg for the internet. I already know what I want it to be…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dilan W., Jack Aidley, Justin Marx, Sifolis, Adam Dray.

8/2/2005 inoir: [DitV] Tannin Ridge - Transcript + asking for comments
www.brandonparigo.com/tanninridge.html This link is to a transcript of the beginning of a game of Dogs.    I would love for some comments about it... what we did wrong, what we…
In lumpley games
Participants: inoir, Solamasa.

8/2/2005 Paul Czege: Half Meme Press First Annual Unplanned Contest
I just approved the proof of a roleplaying game. And the printer is tracking to have books to me for Gen Con. So I'm geeked, and decided to have a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, matthijs, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Uzzah, ejh, quozl, Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, GB Steve, lumpley, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Sean, Victor Gijsbers.

8/2/2005 iago: Spirit of the Century
Here's a preview page for Spirit of the Century -- a project we hope to have published in PDF/POD form in Fall of this year: http://www.evilhat.com/spirit/
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago, Spooky Fanboy, Lord_Steelhand.

8/2/2005 btrc: Forge booth: Posters, etc.
A few questions regarding booth organization, etc. 1) How much space (dimensions, please) do we have for posters and other self-promotion? 2) Should we each start saving up our grocery…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Bob Goat, TonyLB, Matt Gwinn, Jasper the Mimbo, Allan, Paul Czege, abzu, daMoose_Neo, nikola, Andrew Morris.

8/2/2005 Silmenume: Regarding the "actual moment(s)” of Role-play.
Looking at the Big ModelTM we note that “play” is said to have actually commenced at the level described as “Exploration.”  So what has changed when the players switch from…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Silmenume, Alan, Nathan P., Justin A Hamilton, Simon Marks, Ron Edwards, Caldis, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/2/2005 gsoylent: Fate - phobia question
So here I am, rolling my first Fate character for Thursday. The setting is classic , cinematic pirates (arrr!) and I figure my priate character should have a phobia of…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: gsoylent, demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/2/2005 Melciber: [Visions of Gaslight] Character Sheet Draft, for Critique and Suggestions.
Title says most of it actualy, here is a link to the image(keep in mind I have a High res version still inPhotoshop, and this is a draft, so its…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Melciber, Nathan P., Jack Aidley, Balbinus, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/2/2005 Paka: The Cult of Cults
[i]My group is gathering in New Vendelmark, a kind of New Amsterdam analogue in my Pirates Fight Lovecraftian Evil.  They have called a gathering of everyone unhappy with the people…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Paka, Bob Goat.

8/2/2005 Lycaon_wolf: character creation: random or point allocation
I would like to know everyones opion on character creation.  When you sit down with a game and start designing your characters do you prefer to use random (D&D) or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lycaon_wolf, Nathan P., Sifolis, Ben Lehman, Jack Aidley.

8/2/2005 BeZurKur: [Rules Q] Creating Conflicts -- Event or Goal
On page 22 it states that players may spend a Story Token during -- what I call -- the Claim Phase to add a Conflict.  Just to be sure: it…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: BeZurKur, TonyLB.

8/2/2005 timfire: The samurai have plotted, and now are ready to strike!
Hi  everyone, I've alluded to this couple of times, but I thought I would make an official announcement. At long last I have finished The Mountain Witch! The book is…
In Publishing
Participants: timfire, Paka, pfischer, Yokiboy.

8/2/2005 jason-x: Br. Phillip's confession....
Hey guys- I'm Jason.  I played Br. Phillip in Red Creek.  Anyways...Yeah so, it was kind of problematic.  Luke, your town was brimming with all sorts of cool shit.  There…
In Actual Play
Participants: jason-x, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray.

8/2/2005 StrongBadMun: Something fun
I'd like to get together with one or more other people and just toss together a fun little RPG just for the practice and opportunity to meet other designers.  Probably…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Adam Dray, Andrew Morris.

8/1/2005 Lisa Padol: Shopping List
I'm heading off to Scotland tomorrow, flying in the Wednesday of GenCon, then heading out for GenCon on Thursday. Having polled my friends, here is the Forge portion of my…
In Conventions
Participants: Lisa Padol, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2005 epweissengruber: Literary Reference for Lunar Empire: Salammbo by Flaubert
I just finished readaing Flaubert's Salammbo. It is an amazing novel and I recommend it to anyone running a campaign in the Lunar Empire. It describes a rebellion by Mercenaries…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Nick Brooke.

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8/2/2005 GB Steve: Diana Jones Award - Dogs has a nomination
I found this on John Kovalic's livejournal: FIFTH DIANA JONES AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Annual award ‘for Excellence in Gaming’ to be presented 17th August London, 2nd August -- After much…
In Publishing
Participants: GB Steve, Miskatonic, lumpley, Uzzah.

8/2/2005 Miskatonic: TSoY Hardcover
[quote author=Clinton R. Nixon link=topic=16225.msg172779#msg172779 date=1123006356] [b]Anvilwerks[/b] [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (softcover) $20 [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (hardcover) $30 [i]Donjon[/i] $10 [/quote] Waitaminute... I must have missed the memo about…
In CRN Games
Participants: Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, Gaerik, Jasper Polane, dyjoots, Rob Donoghue, Clay.

8/2/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Four Terrible Beasties
I don't know if I will make a 101 ideas by GenCon, but I will be damn close.  Today I give you four beasts you can throw into your game. …
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat.

8/2/2005 Doyce: NOTICE: RandomWiki Updates/Upgrade
Please be advised that RandomWiki will be locked to prevent edits for the next couple little while so I can update the sight to PMWiki 2.0.  This upgrade should allow…
In Connections
Participants: Doyce, Mike Holmes.

8/3/2005 TonyLB: [GenCon] Get your spandex-coveting backsides over here!
GenCon!  You're going, or else you wouldn't be reading this post.  Well let me tell you the place to be:  Booth 1332.  This is the legendary Forge Booth.  It's where…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Gaerik.

8/3/2005 Chris Geisel: [d20 Fantasy] Death to Illusionism
Last night I ran part two of a mini-campaign with pregens. Part one is here, and thanks to the advice in that thread, last night's session was, for me, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Geisel, Nathan P., Andrew Norris, StalkingBlue, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg.

8/3/2005 Frank T: How to get people immediately interested in Dogs
Hi, here's a problem I've been facing. I really dig Dogs. I mean, really. Reading the book had me going, "Cool, cool, cool!" every second page. But I find it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Frank T, rrr, TonyLB, Wolfen, xenopulse, Uzzah, Andrew Morris, hix, Sydney Freedberg.

8/3/2005 rrr: [Final Day] overview of a new game with some design questions
Hello all. *deep breath* Well here it is, my game.  I started designing this a while ago, after the idea just popped into my head thinking about what would you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: rrr, Justin Marx, Adam Dray.

8/3/2005 Matt Wilson: be a billboard at GenCon
If anyone who's attending the show and working at the booth wants to be a walking billboard (a stylish walking billboard) for Primetime Adventures, let me know via PM. I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Wilson.

8/3/2005 Halzebier: [The Pool] Stagefright and Questions
Hi there! I've finally scheduled my first game of The Pool (Whee!) and now a bit of stagefright is setting in (though the game is still a few days off),…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2005 ADGBoss: Jackals & Hounds (Game Chef 2005 Entry): Impressions
Hello all, I wanted to share my 2005 Game Chef Entry here at the Forge now that the competition is officially over. You can find a link to the PDF…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss.

8/3/2005 jburneko: More Capes Rules Questions
Hello, Here are some straight forward rules questions that arose from last nights game. 1) The Free Claim you get at the top of a page is per player, not…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, TonyLB.

8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2005] Auxiliary Gaming Zone
Hi, everyone. So, last year, we had the combined problems of: 1) Too many people at the booth.  We love it when our good friends come and hang out with…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, TonyLB.

8/3/2005 Hereward The Wake: Restricting/controlling choices for combat
This comes from many of the discussions of desiging combat systems. Working under the stress of life or death combat, much of what the combatant does happens instinctivley, if one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Hereward The Wake, LogicaLunatic, Troy_Costisick, bcook1971, Nogusielkt, Noon, simon_hibbs, drnuncheon, GB Steve, Black Iris Dancer, Valamir, M. J. Young, Justin Marx.

8/3/2005 Andy Kitkowski: A PTA game that went horrible south, but not for the expected reasons...
I declared that I wanted a drama. We batted ideas around, and settled on an exciting Roman epic in the decline of the empire. As the producer, I demanded that…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, IMAGinES, bcook1971.

8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Layout Preview
Matt Snyder, independent publisher and also my layout guy for Polaris, has posted up some low-res preview images of the book's insides to his livejournal. <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/matt_snyder/53900.html?#cutid1">You should go look…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Kesher, ethan_greer.

8/3/2005 Rustin: [DitV] Ethics Crunching
Hello. Noobler here. I have yet to play DitV.  I've skimmed the rules but haven't given them a real studious treatment.  I hope to spring it on my gaming group…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rustin, lumpley, Wolfen, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, demiurgeastaroth, rrr, TonyLB, Bankuei, Nick Brooke.

8/3/2005 Paul Czege: why I sell to retailers
On the Forge Booth: Price List thread, Matt Snyder wrote: No retailer discounts....I don't see how getting, say, a half dozen (or even a dozen) copies of our games into…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gsoylent, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, MatrixGamer, abzu.

8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2005] Monkey Feeding
This is split from my <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16240.0">Auxiliary Gaming Zone</a> thread, which I managed to drive off topic by my own hand with a PS comment. In short -- the GenCon…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB, LordSmerf, btrc, Blankshield, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, abzu, Jasper the Mimbo.

8/3/2005 John Harper: Welcome to the playtest forum for Stranger Things
This is a hidden forum right now, so we can conduct some focused playtesting and discussion with a few select people. The forum will become public after the game is…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, ricmadeira, tonyd, Bankuei, Adam Black, ejh, philaros, Clinton R. Nixon, RogerT.

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