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8/29/2005 Lisa Padol: Questions on Revised PTA
I picked up a few copies of 2nd ed PTA at GenCon and emailed Matt a couple of questions which he said to post here. (Note that my experience with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, demiurgeastaroth, ricmadeira, Chris Goodwin, avram, John Harper.

8/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Sky High
So I picked up Sky High at GenCon, I'd heard good things about it. Watched it tonight. Wow. There may not be any actual demons in it, but the Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, rafial.

8/29/2005 komradebob: Did Clinton Evacuate?
I've been watching the weather and trying to make sure my friends and family back in the Crescent City have evacuated. Has anyone heard whether Clinton evacuated, and if so…
In Site Discussion
Participants: komradebob, GaryTP, Rossum.

8/28/2005 jburneko: Con-Game Phenomenon or Actual Play Style?
I was reading "5 minutes of fun packed in 4 hours of dysfunction" thead and a very loud bell went off.  Take a look at these threads: The original L5R…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Frank T, Jasper Polane, RobNJ, Merten, Nicolas Crost, Sean, Bankuei, komradebob, jaw6, Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Blankshield, Andrew Morris, GB Steve, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2005 Nev the Deranged: Overheard at GenCon '05
The best comment I overheard all Con, was from a customer at the racks. Having just participated in a demo or two, he was deciding which games he was going…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ben Lehman.

8/28/2005 GaryTP: anvilwerks and katrina
Hey, Clinton. Notice Anvilwerks is down. You going to be okay with the hurricane? Gary
In CRN Games
Participants: GaryTP, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt-M-McElroy, Negilent, Justin D. Jacobson, abzu, cleahpatra.

8/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Doctor Chaos] Next phase playtesting
Wow, this is weird, posting in Indie Design. I tend to keep my designing pretty private. Playtesting so far has included the session described in Cards, bad guys,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Troy_Costisick, Doug Ruff.

8/28/2005 MCroft: [DitV] How to decide what happens when you take a blow?
I'm not sure how to handle taking the blow in a number of situations.  In the back-and-forth of an undecided conflict, does the declared action (which the opponent cannot ignore)…
In lumpley games
Participants: MCroft, lumpley.

8/28/2005 MCroft: [DitV] I don't want to say 'yes' and I don't want to put dice on the table...
I had a pretty serious train wreck in my last session.  The dogs had just successfully gone in, guns blazing, and won a conflict with two posessed women for the…
In lumpley games
Participants: MCroft, Blankshield, lumpley, TonyLB, Christopher Weeks, James Holloway.

8/28/2005 timfire: Rewarded for winning---backwards?
Over in Indie Design I posted my ideas for a new project. One of my main ideas for the game is this---When you win a conflict, you win the stakes,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, matthijs, Filip Luszczyk, Marco, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Noon, Ron Edwards, Halzebier, John Harper, Shreyas Sampat, contracycle, Bankuei, Joshua BishopRoby, ewilen, Negilent.

8/28/2005 Graham Walmsley: The GM as safety net
This is an idea that's currently interesting me. I'm hoping you guys will kick it around and tell me a. Whether it might work, b. Whether it's hopelessly naive and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, Halzebier, TonyLB, demiurgeastaroth, Noon, MrSandman666, contracycle, c, GB Steve.

8/28/2005 btrc: GenCon leftovers?
After any convention I always seem to have a few copies of this and that with smudged covers or some other cosmetic imperfection that keeps me from selling it through…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc.

8/28/2005 Paka: 2005 Gen Con Sessions: BW, Sorcerer & DitV
I ran three games this year, one off the books due to an RPG.netter asking me to run a game because my two on the books games were sold out. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Old_Scratch, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2005 Dumirik: [The Order] Fear, Suprise and Endgames!
This thread will frequently reference the current draft and the other thread. See http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16456.0 for the mechanics, current draft and background information. Essentially, I want to discuss the various endgames…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, Graham Walmsley, PrzeSzkoda, Joshua BishopRoby, Sydney Freedberg.

8/28/2005 Valamir: Forge Booth Triumphant 2005
[b]GenCon Sales Results and Comparison[/b] Click [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=12402.0]here[/url] for last year's detail. In 2003 we had 287 separate customer transactions In 2004 we had 360 separate customer transactions (+73 Customers +25.4%)…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Nev the Deranged, Jürgen Mayer, abzu, iain, Christopher Weeks, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, Meguey.

8/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [Shadow of the Lamb] Miracles
Hey, all. I'm writing a new game hot on the heels of GenCon. It's called "Shadow of the Lamb" and is about the first three centuries of Christianity, and, hey,…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, dyjoots, motherlessgoose, quozl, WhiteRat, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, ejh, timfire, Spooky Fanboy, Tony Irwin, Arturo G., SirValence, Doug Ruff, Paul Czege.

8/27/2005 John Wick: Secret Design Journal
Hello everyone. I've started a new design journal for the new "Big Game" I'll be premiering at Gen Con 2006. If you've read Thirty, you know there's a sequel in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: John Wick, Eero Tuovinen.

8/27/2005 Paka: Trollbabe: Kissing Cousins with those Folk from the Vineyard
I made up a character with Janaki last night and I'm really impressed with this game and happy I purchased it.  The making of the character and its success is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

8/27/2005 jdrakeh: [Pressure Cooker] A few playtesters wanted.
I'd like to get some feedback on Pressure Cooker (it's available for download at Miscellaneous Debris). The game is ostensibly geared for one-shot scenarios of a pulse-pounding, immersive nature, with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh.

8/27/2005 Jake Norwood: The Forge at Dragon Con
Anybody going to be there? I will be on Friday and Saturday. I'd love to meet with or game with some fellow forge-ites. Jake
In Conventions
Participants: Jake Norwood, drozdal, Certified.

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8/29/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Payouts
Ok, Ralph, Julie, Cinton and I have pieced through the wreckage of the credit card sales from last weekend. The good news is, it's all cool. If you are owed…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu.

8/29/2005 ffilz: Engaging learning disabled players
In this thread (and in past threads), I have mentioned that I have two learning disabled players, one of whom is very hard to engage in the game. She is…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, Christopher Weeks, jasonm, Ron Edwards, mutex.

8/29/2005 Allan: Sweet Dreams: New Skool
Talking and playing Sweet Dreams with the Contested Ground Crew, Emily and John showed me that the game I was running was not the game that I wrote.  And…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, iain, Paul Czege, nikola, ejh, migo, Malcolm, FarFromUnique.

8/29/2005 Allan: Fingerprints
Talking Shock and superheroes with Joshua of the glyphmonkey reminded me of this game setting I've been sitting on for a while, because I didn't know how to approach it. …
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, TonyLB, Everspinner, Graham Walmsley, M Jason Parent.

8/29/2005 8t88: Adventures-in-a-Box
Hello! As mentioned in the Connections Board, I am a Gamer from the (by far) largest German RPG Board, who wants to Tranlate Your Games. (Check this link for Details)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: 8t88, Troy_Costisick.

8/29/2005 Ben Lehman: Primeval Press Interview up
Jasper McChesney, Vincent Baker's long-lost cousin, has just posted his e-mail interview with me at the Primeval Press site. yrs-- --Ben
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman.

8/29/2005 Graham Walmsley: The Creatives: First draft (was GroupThink)
I've spent a happy weekend writing and I have a first draft of The Creatives (as it's now called). As you might remember, this is an attempt at a simple…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm.

8/29/2005 Matt Wilson: this mysterious 'multi-flip ' thing.
In the revised book I suggest an option for handling those big long tense conflicts, like chases, negotiations, etc. In order for it to work, the producer and at least…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, IMAGinES.

8/29/2005 Miskatonic: Chinese stamp
Ben, So it was pointed out to me by Chris Weeks that if you rub the red stamp on the limited editions, it will smudge. So it occurs to me…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Miskatonic, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Paul Czege.

8/29/2005 Erskin: Let Talisman Studios help bring your game to market
To create a real product from a great idea takes more than just the idea. It takes writers, artists, editors, layout, and a way to let the public know about…
In Connections
Participants: Erskin, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] "Minmaxing Dogs is playing Dogs well."
In this post(http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15320.msg163633#msg163633), Vincent said that "Minmaxing Dogs is playing Dogs well."  As an avid MinMaxer (I don't see it as min-maxing, I see it as using my tools efficiently)…
In lumpley games
Participants: Judaicdiablo, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, lumpley.

8/29/2005 MetalBard: [Split from I Love It] CoS & Ravenloft
[quote author=Thor Olavsrud link=topic=16259.msg176462#msg176462 date=1125341548] [quote author=Eero Tuovinen link=topic=16259.msg176449#msg176449 date=1125338612] Yep, Thor told enough about the mechanics to tell that the game isn't completely traditional. Perhaps it's like Burning Wheel?[/quote]…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: MetalBard, Paka, Bob Goat, Thor Olavsrud, Ben Lehman, Roger Eberhart.

8/29/2005 M Jason Parent: [Junk Dreams] an overview of a Burroughs-esque drug-induced RPG
After the brain-scrambling joy of GenCon (and the 16 hour drive each way to and from) and then another 20 hours on the road to and from my sister-in-law's place,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: M Jason Parent, Allan, PrzeSzkoda, Dumirik, Kesher, Warren, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/29/2005 preludetotheend: Just getting a second opinion.
Ok Ink Blot Publishing aside from wanting to publish our own material is looking to publish other peoples material for them. Now what we are thinking is IBP will set…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, timfire, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2005 timfire: [Mountain Witch] Playing with my non-gamer friends
So yesterday I got to do something I've been looking forward to for a while, I got to play The Mountain Witch with some of my non-gamer friends. I had…
In Actual Play
Participants: timfire, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Come Play With Me
Josh has apparently never heard ICP's Play With Me, which is perfect for UTB. Here are the lyrics, but I totally recommend listening to the song, which can be downloaded…
In glyphpress
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Adam Dray, nikola.

8/30/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... is now available!
At long last, the complete version of With Great Power... is available to to world! The With Great Power... full edition is done! The complete game is a 144-page, comic…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, rafial, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Brand_Robins, Spooky Fanboy, Hanbaga.

8/30/2005 Halzebier: [The Pool] PC sacrifice & epiphany
Hi there! My first game of The Pool has finally run its course, all four sessions of it. You can read about the first sessions here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16316.0 The game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, JasperN., Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Sean, John Harper.

8/30/2005 RogerT: [Stranger Things] Playtest Aug 26th
A playtest of John Harper's Stranger Things (a development of Trollbabe, set in the City of Forgotten Gods - a place where demons and men coexist, not always peacefully). The…
In Actual Play
Participants: RogerT, John Harper.

8/30/2005 btrc: Custom game components?
I just saw a mention of: http://www.lego.com/eng/factory/default.asp?bhcp=1 Which is a service that makes custom LEGO pieces to your specifications. I have no use for such at the moment, but the…
In Publishing
Participants: btrc, M Jason Parent.

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