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8/4/2005 Matt Wilson: New Books Update
I saw a proof of the new books just an hour ago, and they look great. Woo hoo!
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Rob Donoghue, Erik Ny, pfischer, Brand_Robins, IMAGinES.

8/4/2005 Neil the Wimp: Exalted, Baghdad, and Bangs
Hi all.  I'm a lurker who's finally go something to say; hence the new registration.  Also, I'm not too sure that this is the right forum to discuss my questions,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Neil the Wimp, James_Nostack.

8/4/2005 nilsderondeau: Universalis and the straight story
Hello all, Finally have a copy of the game in question after an extended and very interesting correspondence with Mr. Holmes.  Have also been following the GCP wiki. This seems…
In Universalis
Participants: nilsderondeau, Valamir, Andrew Morris, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin, Bob McNamee, komradebob, Mike Holmes.

8/4/2005 Silmenume: Missing graphic -
I've noticed that the graphic star under Ron's name is rendered as a box with the windows place maker for an image with a tiny text asterisk next to it…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Silmenume, Miskatonic.

8/4/2005 John Harper: Stranger Things PDF - OLD VERSION: OUT OF DATE -
The current draft of the game is available here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/strangerthings/strangerthings_draft_0804.zip There are still lots of chunks missing, and a page that still refers to the Trollbabe rules. But it's very,…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper.

8/4/2005 FzGhouL: [Speed & Spirit] Defense
Hello, Speed and Spirit is a tactical RPG. Ok, so in my RPG, defense and offense are relatively equal. Offense has an advantage, but that is to stop things from…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FzGhouL, Selene Tan.

8/4/2005 mtiru: [DiTV] San Miguel Branch
hey, gang, this is the second town I've created.  The first had some problems which I realized were both lingering illusionist tendencies, and including a "mystery" which prevented the players…
In lumpley games
Participants: mtiru, Wolfen.

8/4/2005 Kesher: THAC0: Get Your Geek On in Minneapolis!
If anyone's in the beautiful city of Minneapolis during our (gigantic) Fringe Festival (August 4-14), please be so kind as to drop by the show I'm in, called THAC0.  Here's…
In Connections
Participants: Kesher.

8/4/2005 FzGhouL: [Speed & Spirit] Dice Mechanic
Hey, I read a lot of the posts here, trying to get a sense of how to present my game and problems, so hopefully I learned something. Here goes. Alright,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FzGhouL, Walt Freitag.

8/4/2005 Jonas Karlsson: [DitV] The Basil Branch
Hello all, Yesterday I bought DitV after waiting all too long. My girlfriend and I really should be studying for exams, but instead I've convinced her that playing a session…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, lumpley.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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8/4/2005 Ron Edwards: I love it
The new book, I mean. As an object, a physical representation of what Conspiracy of Shadows is, it's beautiful. It has "Keith" on every page, stylistically, and every page is…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Bob Goat, Miskatonic, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper, Andy Kitkowski.

8/4/2005 M. J. Young: After Reading Cruciel's Dice Riddle
Cruciel's A Dice Mechanic Riddle got me thinking a bit, and although this lacks a few of the factors he wanted to include it struck me as an interesting mechanic…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, ffilz.

8/4/2005 John Harper: I'm a playtester! What do I do?
First, get the current playtest PDF. There's a topic in this forum with a link to the most recent draft. Second, read it. Third, get your group together to play.…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper.

8/4/2005 M. J. Young: Ubercon VI
Anyone who is planning, hoping, or thinking to go to Ubercon VI this fall not as a vendor or special guest: please contact me privately. I'm a guest of the…
In Conventions
Participants: M. J. Young, Adam Dray.

8/4/2005 Bankuei: "Hooking the Players"
Hi, In my initial glance through the PDF- I see on Page 45, there's the question "What if they're not hooked?" answered by "They should use scene request to get…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: Bankuei, John Harper, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2005 Andrew Morris: Stakes in Narrativism
I just have a quick question here. While reading through the Provisional Glossary, I noticed that the definition for "Stakes" basically stated that they applied to Gamist play. However, I've…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Andrew Morris, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, TonyLB.

8/4/2005 Crackerjaque: (One Hour RPG) "Shooters!" Exploitive Drugpunk Action!
This is an RPG I made in an hour. Please critique, comment, and feel free to print out and playtest with your gaming buddies over some beer and pretzels. The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Crackerjaque.

8/4/2005 M. J. Young: What's Not to Like?
I don't like change. That's a given. I think too many times people change things for the worse, or at least make changes that don't improve anything but only make…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, jrs, Vaxalon, Gaerik, Alan.

8/4/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Gathering games for Finland
With Gencon almost upon us, I'm again gathering a package of games for Finnish consumption. With so many new games appearing last and this year I'm also cutting our baseline…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

8/4/2005 guildofblades: Margin (from the why we sell to retail thread)
>>Ryan, if you're willing, please start a thread that goes into those numbers in some more depth.  450% over discount is a pretty healthy markup.  That's 1125% over cost.  I'd…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, MatrixGamer, abzu, Vaxalon, Frank T, Valamir, komradebob.

8/5/2005 GreatWolf: At last, Alyria enters the world
Your attention please!  I wish to make an announcement!  As of today, I am publically announcing the brand new Legends of Alyria blog.  This blog contains the complete text of…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, hix, matthijs, Jonas Karlsson, Gaerik, ScottM, Marhault, Mike Holmes, Yokiboy, Spooky Fanboy, M. J. Young.

8/5/2005 preludetotheend: No name but I finaly got a good mechanic!
Ok first off stats: Each stat starts at 3 by lowering one you may raise another. Stats never change they represent the leaps and bounds your character must make through…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: preludetotheend, Jasper, Andrew Morris.

8/5/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Demon: the Jar of Goo
I have a question about how to stat up a demon: Player envisions a big jar of protoplasm that can pour goop to form objects out of non-living biological matter. …
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

8/5/2005 gumdropgames: RealPolitik at GenCon
Hello all.  I invite you to check out the new card game RealPolitik.  After an encouraging showing at Origins I’m looking forward to GenCon.  RealPolitik has open play in 5…
In Conventions
Participants: gumdropgames, abzu.

8/5/2005 sandmanx: The last lap? Final Chapter?
Information about game (So you know what I'm talking about.) Title: Grinder Genre:   Sci Fi Miniature Wargame Rules approx: 60 pages color cover, b/w artwork inside market:   pdf…
In Publishing
Participants: sandmanx, Sifolis, komradebob, timfire, LloydBrown, Addix.

8/5/2005 Negilent: Adapting the Solar System v 2005
I've been ranting about TSOY to my group for a while, (and the events surrounding the latest game can be found over at Actual Play) I'd like to share a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Negilent, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/5/2005 apeiron: Nothern Virginia Apartment Con - August: Date and Purpose Survey
[b]Scheduling:[/b] This thread is intended to recruit attendees, and set a date for a gathering of gamesmiths (Forge Members) in the Northern Virginia area.  i think the first step is…
In Conventions
Participants: apeiron, TonyLB, Adam Dray, Vaxalon, Shawn De Arment, D. Woolsey.

8/5/2005 Norbert Matausch: Hong Kong Action PTA
As a longtime fan of HK action movies, and as a longtime GM of very freestyle HK action movie roleplaying, I find the idea of a HK action PTA series…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Norbert Matausch, dyjoots.

8/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Conflict: Differences From Trollbabe
First, thanks for the opportunity to take part in the playtest. Now on to the nitpicking :) I notice a few differences in the way you do conflicts. One I…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/5/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] New mechanic
This builds (somewhat) on the previous Misery Bubblegum post.  Been a while, hasn't it?  Well, I've been thinking. What the system needs to achieve: Character traits are not simply "good"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Mark Woodhouse, Simon Marks, 1of3, Everspinner.

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