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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

8/4/2005 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.

8/4/2005 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2005] Retailer Discounts
What with all the discussion going on in the <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16225.0">price list</a> thread, and also Tony's comment in <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16245.0">Why I sell to retailers</a>, I really think that the issue…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards, jrs, ShawnHel, daMoose_Neo.

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8/5/2005 inoir: [In Memory] An RPG Add On
Here is a recent RPG rules add on I've been tinkering with.  I don't really know if it fits into this forum, but I thought I would try it anyway. …
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inoir, TonyLB, matthijs, Gaerik, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Adam Dray, Andy Kitkowski, garapata.

8/5/2005 agony: Moral Question, Author Stance, and the planted player
I've been a lurker for a short while now and will not pretend to know a great deal about GNS.  I was not quite sure if my post fit in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: agony, ScottM, Bankuei, M. J. Young.

8/5/2005 Adam Dray: Stakes in GNS
Just throwing out an idea here. You may commence the beating (on the idea). Over in Stakes in Narrativism, Ron said that in Gamism, what's "at stake" is the player's…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Adam Dray, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

8/5/2005 Warren: [Big Brother] Introduction & winning the audience's favour
Hello all. I'm toying with an idea to create a very mainstream RPG based on the "Big Brother" TV show. I'm not sure how much of a legal mess I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Warren, Vaxalon, Justin Marx, Sifolis, lumpley, Jonas Karlsson, matthijs.

8/5/2005 John Harper: Injury, Re-rolls, and Rewards
Here's a crazy idea I had about Injury and related systems. First, the basic system: When you fail a RE-ROLL, you mark a Hurt box. The boxes look like this:…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

8/5/2005 erithromycin: Interaction Glasgow - Worldcon 2005
First off, it's this weekend, and started on Thursday, so this thread is late. Secondly, there's been a few RPG and gaming topics on the programme, and I've done my…
In Conventions
Participants: erithromycin.

8/5/2005 John Burdick: Connection between target numbers and purpose of dice resolution
In Target Numbers, or the last bastion of GM fiat and the earlier Difficulty/Success Needed as it relates to GM Fiat, there has been some mismatch in reactions and focus…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Burdick, btrc, Black Iris Dancer, David Bapst, cruciel, M. J. Young, ewilen, Joshua BishopRoby, Paganini.

8/5/2005 jporrett: City Tiles
I've read through the initial playtester's pdf twice now.  I gotta say, I like what you've done so far John.  I look forward to seeing what's in the next version.…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: jporrett, John Harper, RogerT, demiurgeastaroth, tonyd, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, philaros.

8/6/2005 komradebob: Dust jackets on gamebooks?
Sorry, I just had a weird random thought: I've never seen a hardcover game book sold with a dustjacket. Does anyone have any examples of this being done? What are…
In Publishing
Participants: komradebob, Andrew Morris, matthijs, KeithBVaughn, Gordon C. Landis, Rorimack, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, timfire.

8/6/2005 John Stephens: Sorcerer for the very young
My four-year-old daughter and I have been reading the Chronicles of Narnia (we're almost done with book 5), and she has recently grown interested in fantasy roleplaying, which we have…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, ejh, Grex, jrs, droog, Russell Hoyle, joshua neff, Eero Tuovinen.

8/6/2005 cognis: To get a Name...
So the first playtests of the new game went well; people were happy, potentials were discussed, things were good. It seems I have a good multigenre game in the works.…
In Publishing
Participants: cognis, guildofblades, TonyLB.

8/6/2005 Justin Marx: Capes and PBEM?
Hi there everyone, Maybe a redundant question, but if it aint, then this is the place to ask it. After reading some examples of actual play (the one with Major…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Justin Marx, TonyLB, Stickman.

8/6/2005 Denise: Gen Con Indy: what are you looking forward to playing/doing?
Unfortunately I know I'm going to be fairly busy with work stuff, but I'm really looking forward to meeting a bunch of you and checking out the wares!  I'm a…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, Nev the Deranged.

8/6/2005 b00jum: [PlotPoint] - Game Design/Introduction
before I give a write up of a kid-friendly rpg that I designed, I thought I'd give some general design goals and ask if anyone knows of a system that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: b00jum, Nogusielkt, Adam Dray, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, Joshua BishopRoby, GaryTP.

8/7/2005 John Harper: Stranger Things DRAFT 8/6/05
Here's the new draft of the game. I changed the Injury system back to a more Trollbabe-like method. I also added the Relationships section and cleaned up the text in…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/7/2005 Melciber: [VoG] What should go in a character creation chapter?
So I was working on the character creation chapter for the current draft of VoG... and it occured to me that I'm nearly done, and save for a few lists…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Melciber, Alan, FzGhouL.

8/7/2005 Noon: Address of Challenge: The care and feeding of
Split from: Gamism: Exploration of conflict & Address of conflict (Important to the context of this thread) I'm tackling that same question regarding RPG/board games with Power/Evil, and I'm not…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, David Bapst, xenopulse, komradebob.

8/7/2005 ricmadeira: More Adventure Seeds
I might have a chance to playtest ST tomorrow... I mean, later today... at least if me and my Amber GameMistress finished this hot Amber Diceless scene we've been playing…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: ricmadeira, Bankuei, John Harper, rafial, philaros.

8/7/2005 ricmadeira: New PDF for City Tiles?
Hello! Is there any chance we can get a separate better quality PDF just for the city tiles? The tiles that come with the drafts of the rulebook have too…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: ricmadeira, John Harper.

8/7/2005 Technocrat13: [FH8] Legends and Subterfuge
We finally got together for our second playtest version of FH8 tonight.  You can check out our first playtest thread here.  Lisa and I have been sick all week, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, urbanpagan, jasonm, Paideuma.

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