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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 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 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 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 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.

8/6/2005 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.

8/6/2005 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 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 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 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 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.

8/5/2005 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.

8/5/2005 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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8/7/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII - III of III
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15739.0]Session I[/url]. [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15849.0]Session II[/url]. Just finished the third and last playtest session of my game, Story Steps. We've been playing in a WWII setting, basically re-enacting the Battle of Guadalcanal.…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

8/7/2005 ricmadeira: Reroll Table
Other people have commented on the coolness of the geomorphic tiles, which I loved too. But another thing that really hooked me is the Reroll Table, you know, the one…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: ricmadeira, John Harper.

8/7/2005 Lamorak33: Gamism: Step On Up - Epiphany
Hi all I have just realised that I am the bitterest player in the world!!  I am sim with a wound down gamist heart!  But the prognosis is not as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Justin Marx, Landon Darkwood, Frank T, LandonSuffered, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2005 Andrew Norris: Amber, Structure, and Conflict
Hi folks, I'm running a campaign based on Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, using a home-brew system that lifts heavily from Primetime Adventures and Nine Worlds. (I'll be honest -- if…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Norris, ScottM, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB.

8/8/2005 sandmanx: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
Greetings Gamers, I was noticing everybody had a website to go with their products.  What do you feel is important in a website?  I just started to build mine for…
In Publishing
Participants: sandmanx, Andrew Morris, Sifolis, Jack Aidley.

8/8/2005 John Harper: Character Sheet (temp)
This won't be the final design, but a practical character sheet can be found here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/strangerthings/st_character_sheet.pdf Sorry it's too late for some of your first playtest games, but I'm sure…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, rafial.

8/8/2005 AlexGrim: What is the best company to get a RPG book printed from?
I have read a couple names already, but I was looking for a nice list with some pricing if  possible. I am sure there might be a thread with a…
In Publishing
Participants: AlexGrim, Polaris.

8/8/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Easy question: what GenCon booth number are we at?
Seriously, the Forge booth - what booth number is it?
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Gaerik, timfire, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

8/8/2005 Resonantg: Publishing sans budget?
I have looked around and haven't found much in the way of referance on the Forge about this that answers directly to this topic.  Sometimes, we game designers are completely…
In Publishing
Participants: Resonantg, timfire.

8/8/2005 xenopulse: Complications Instead of Failure
Due to several recent discussions, I realized that one of the things I really like about most conflict resolution mechanics (e.g., Primetime Adventures' system) is that you can have interesting…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xenopulse, ScottM, Silmenume, Ron Edwards, timfire, cruciel, M. J. Young, Balbinus, Joshua BishopRoby, ewilen.

8/8/2005 timfire: Why can't we change the theme?
As in, the look of the forum? Just wondering.
In Site Discussion
Participants: timfire, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, Paganini.

8/8/2005 LandonSuffered: D10s, Add-Ons, and the Missing TN 11
Since this is a forum for game designers I thought I’d post this short question here. Background first: I’ve had some complaints in the past with D10 games that have…
In RPG Theory
Participants: LandonSuffered, rafial, Adam Dray, Valamir.

8/8/2005 James_Nostack: end of game: All Your Base Pairs Are Belong To Us
On Saturday, July 30 I ended my Alternity campaign, conducted via IRC for 157 weeks.  This thread aims to do three things; skip over the parts that don't interest you:…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, cruciel.

8/8/2005 John Harper: Who is Playtesting?
I ran a game yesterday for Phil, Tony, and Wilhelm. It was a lot of fun. I'm hoping to convince Wil to write it up in Actual Play. :) There's…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: John Harper, Adam Black, demiurgeastaroth, Bankuei, jporrett, ricmadeira, Clinton R. Nixon, rafial, Rossum, Jake Richmond, RogerT.

8/9/2005 anonymouse: Dogs in the Black: brainstormin' required
In a nutshell: stick the Faith out on the Firefly border worlds; the Alliance is the a rather meddlesome "East" back in the Core. It's DitV with a change of…
In lumpley games
Participants: anonymouse, Andrew Morris, Christopher Weeks, GB Steve, Negilent, lumpley, John Harper, avram, majcher.

8/9/2005 rafial: [Stranger Things] Heartbreak in the City of Forgotten Gods
[quote="John Harper, in a strange subworld"] I ran a game yesterday for Phil, Tony, and Wilhelm. It was a lot of fun. I'm hoping to convince Wil to write it…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, philaros, John Harper, tonyd, Matt Wilson, johnzo, Alan, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, GaryTP, Miskatonic.

8/9/2005 hardcoremoose: Bacchus owns me...
Read this quickly, breathlessly, or for better effect, do it out loud or have someone else read it to you (not at work though): I awaken that morning in Puteoli…
In Actual Play
Participants: hardcoremoose, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Pauls Girl, John Harper, Paul Czege, Uzzah, Sifolis.

8/9/2005 Halzebier: [The Pool] First Experience (long)
Hi there! I GMed The Pool for the first time yesterday night. It was all I had hoped for, though I did make some mistakes. Also, I can't wait to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth, JamesDJIII, JasperN., Jasper Polane.

8/9/2005 slavlin: 2 literary sources for Sorcerer
I have recently been reading the Sorcerer books and have read 2 books that are, IMHO, perfect source material for Sorcerer. 1) Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher - This…
In Adept Press
Participants: slavlin, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2005 Artanis: [Paladin] Detecting Animus question
Hello, Thanks for such a great game! I'm on the brink of starting a mini Paladin campaign using the Warhammer 40k universe (Actual Play should follow). In Detecting Animus, nothing…
In CRN Games
Participants: Artanis, Clinton R. Nixon.

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