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9/5/2005 Finarvyn: Sorcerer and "Sin City"
I just got around to seeing the Sin City movie the other day and it blew me away. This got me thinking about running some sort of noir-style Sorcerer game.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, Paka.

9/5/2005 TonyLB: Cold-contacting game stores
I have two nice gaming stores in my extended travel range.  They're certainly not close enough for me to drop by on a whim (about an hour travel to either),…
In Publishing
Participants: TonyLB, smokewolf, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, MatrixGamer, LloydBrown, guildofblades, HinterWelt.

9/5/2005 Andy Kitkowski: To Designers: For the Next GenCon!
Hey all, Andy here.  I figured that I'd start another GenCon thread in the hizzy, now that things have settled down a bit.  Here's what I've got to say, as…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis, M Jason Parent, Vaxalon, nikola.

9/5/2005 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Memorial Day Playtest
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15204.0]Several months ago[/url], I sought some feedback for my ideas about a Narrativism-enabling lightweight live role-playing system I call Ends and Means. I playtested it briefly with a group of…
In Actual Play
Participants: WhiteRat, Andrew Morris.

9/5/2005 MatrixGamer: Breaking the Ice: one gamers thoughts and memories when reading the game (long)
BREAKING THE ICE Observations from a Matrix Gamer. I traded games with Emily at Gen Con and have gotten to reading it over the Labor Day weekend. First off –…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: MatrixGamer, jasonm, ejh, Emily Care.

9/5/2005 cruciel: Cliche, Genre, Theme, Myth
So Tara says to me, "I don't like Jeremiah's romantic interests." "Oh?" "Luir and Luccia aren't quite right." "I suppose.  You know who's perfect?  Genevieve.  You could kill Caspian and…
In Actual Play
Participants: cruciel, Jared A. Sorensen, Noon, Eric J., Joshua BishopRoby, Graham Walmsley.

9/5/2005 GregStolze: Ransom Analysis... in Spaaace!
It's pretty much what it says in the title.  I finally got around to analyzing and posting the data and my conclusions on the latest Ransom model publication, the game…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze.

9/5/2005 Meguey: [The Big Night] Sheckleton's Sacrifice
As promised, I ran The Big Night for my sons Sebastian (~9) and Elliot (5.5), and also Emily, Carrie, Joshua, and Vincent last night. We started a bit late, around…
In Actual Play
Participants: Meguey, nikola, lumpley, John Harper, Allan, Troy_Costisick, xenopulse.

9/5/2005 Tim Ellis: Lost...
This was almost covered in the <A href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14251.0">10 vs 100 words </a> discussion and the "play before play" point, but it shied away again.  Anyway I was thinking about the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Tim Ellis, Mike Holmes.

9/5/2005 GB Steve: SteveCon games - Dogs & MLwM
I was planning to run the Roach and UTB but popular pressure prevailed and I ended up running Dogs and MLwM instead. I'm sure there will be other occasions to…
In Actual Play
Participants: GB Steve, jasonm.

9/5/2005 migo: [Fingerprints] Second (?) Playtest
This was my first exposure to Fingerprints http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16592.0html, cool game I enjoyed it more than I expected considering my current attitude towards virtually rulesless games, but the lack of GM…
In Actual Play
Participants: migo, Everspinner.

9/5/2005 DamienNeil: [DitV] Lone Tree Branch
So I just got back from running my first session of Dogs.  DAMN, but that was fun. Pride: Lone Tree Branch has been doing pretty well.  Crops are good, sickness…
In lumpley games
Participants: DamienNeil, lumpley.

9/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Producer Scenes and Big Groups
Let's say you have 6 or 7 players (inc. Producer). Would it make much difference (a bad difference, that is) to give the Producer a scene every time half the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

9/5/2005 Ron Edwards: The Ronnies, September 2005
Hi everyone, Here's the single thread for running commentary, questions & answers, and general schtuff about the September 2005 Ronnies. Check out Introducing a new contest for the rules. So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Eric J., Nathan P., TonyLB, Dumirik, Troy_Costisick, greyorm, Frank T, Jasper, Yokiboy, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, preludetotheend, Peter Nordstrand, rrr, talysman.

9/5/2005 GestaltBennie: UtB at HBL Birthday Convention
I got into a game of Under the Bed at HP Lovecraft's Birthday Party, a convention in Vancouver Canada. We had eight players. The organizer had only played it once,…
In Actual Play
Participants: GestaltBennie, nikola.

9/5/2005 ejh: Ed Heil Illustrations
I finally got me a website for all this illustrationing shiznit. http://edsillos.nfshost.com/ :)
In Connections
Participants: ejh, Emily Care, Jake Richmond.

9/4/2005 Dumirik: [The Order] Going playtester hunting.
I'm looking for playtesters to tear my game The Order, now to be entitled The Inquisition, apart. The idea was originally explored in this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16456.0 If you are interested,…
In Connections
Participants: Dumirik.

9/4/2005 Ron Edwards: September 4th, again
Happy birthday, Clinton! There are only two people on the Forge who can post about personal birthdays. I'm one of them. Clinton is the other. We only do this once…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm.

9/4/2005 Dan R. Stevenson: What are the common mistakes of printing?
Can anyone clue me into common mistakes made by game companies that are ready to send material to a printer? Could anyone also tell me what to look out for…
In Publishing
Participants: Dan R. Stevenson, Ron Edwards, smokewolf, Jack Aidley, TonyLB, jdagna, xenopulse, Gregor Hutton, Joshua BishopRoby, btrc, nikola, GutboyBarrelhouse.

9/4/2005 demiurgeastaroth: CoS Companion
Are there any plans to make a PDF available of the Companion for those of us outside the states and don't want to pay huge shipping costs, and almost as…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bob Goat.

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9/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: "Shock: Social Science Fiction" <-- Nan desu ka, koreya?
At the bottom of Josh's sig, I see: "Now in the chamber: Shock: Social Science Fiction" Could you talk a little about this one? Inquiring minds want to know... (^.^)…
In glyphpress
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, nikola, Miskatonic, Brand_Robins, cappadocius, lumpley, Ben Lehman, rafial.

9/6/2005 OddballE: Another update to GUILDS
Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I have been doing alot of thinking.  This is what my camp has come up with: Guild XP:  1 point for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: OddballE, Adam Dray.

9/6/2005 mythusmage: Forum Software
I use an 8 year old iMac running OS9.2. My browser of choice is Netscape 7.02 because it works better than IE. Except when page coding does not follow Internet…
In Site Discussion
Participants: mythusmage, Rob Carriere, Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/6/2005 DamienNeil: [Dogs] Observations from a first game
Yesterday, I GMed my first game of Dogs in the Vineyard with three friends.  This was my first actual RPG session in about ten years, and my first time trying…
In Actual Play
Participants: DamienNeil, Meguey, Brand_Robins.

9/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Bacchanal Dice Set?
To run Bacchanal, you need (let's say for 6 players, to make things nice and average): 1 purple d8 1 black d8 1 red d8 1 silver d6 1 white…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2005 JasperN.: Angels' Wings and Devils' Shards - Actual play and rules clarifications
Hi everyone - this weekend I had the pleasure of playing BtI for the first time on IRC. I talked Caynreth from my German RPG board into trying the game…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: JasperN., Emily Care.

9/6/2005 Sacha: Great setting, shame about the system
Greetings and salutations. I've been reading the Forge discussions for some time and have had my eyes opened to a larger world of gaming, so I'd like to start by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sacha, Stickman, Vaxalon, GB Steve, Frank T, nikola, Blankshield, greyorm, Gaerik, Chris Geisel, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2005 Old_Scratch: Player-created Descriptors and those from the book
Ron wrote: And if so, revise the lists, don't just add things as made-up snap-on descriptors. I've seen this said a couple of times, and I may have overlooked…
In Adept Press
Participants: Old_Scratch, jburneko, Paka, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2005 Halzebier: [BTI]First Impressions
Hi there! My copy has just arrived and I'm floored by the art (and presentation) alone. The art, specifically the drawings of Jed and Meimei, is professional, light-hearted and on-topic…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Halzebier, jasonm, Emily Care.

9/6/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] New Horizons
In this post I'll discuss the campaign setup session, or Pre-production as we called it. In the next post, I'll describe the imaginary events of the first session which we…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

9/6/2005 Lisa Padol: More Questions
Okay, so, Avram, Beth, Josh, and I played 2 pilot eps of PTA this past weekend, with me as the producer both times. When 2 or more people have their…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, mneme, demiurgeastaroth, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Blankshield, Rob Donoghue, Landon Darkwood, iago, Andrew Norris, Alan, avram.

9/7/2005 c: [Outside] Alpha chargen test
Hello everyone, Background: 2 to 4 times a years some of my friends here in Wisconsin and some friends from another state get together and play boardgames all weekend. This…
In Actual Play
Participants: c.

9/7/2005 Dumirik: Surrounded by Genius
Ok, this thread might be something new, or it might have already been dealt with before, in which case give me a swift kick in the ass and point me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dumirik, timfire, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, bcook1971, Graham Walmsley, contracycle, Arturo G., Paul Czege, xenopulse, Blankshield, Joshua BishopRoby, gsoylent, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P..

9/7/2005 Rich: Boost and Vitality (split)
So can Vitality be used to keep aging at bay? In other words to keep the user vital?
In Adept Press
Participants: Rich, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2005 slavlin: A couple of concepts to bounce
I had a couple of ideas that I wanted to spitball off of some of the experienced players here. One of my friends actually reads the forums WAY more than…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: slavlin, Stickman, TonyLB, Uzzah, Gaerik.

9/7/2005 sirogit: (Sorc) Handling the creation of new characters.
Looking for suggestions on how to handle people making up new characters mid-game, espicially early on. Case in point, a character goes to Humanity 0 in the first session(Which went…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2005 John Harper: Medical attention, GM throws the conflict
So, tonight we finished up the second session of our Dogs game. Something came up that isn't mentioned in the rules. I'm running the game. After a very nasty conflict…
In lumpley games
Participants: John Harper, StalkingBlue, GB Steve, ADamnFox, Technocrat13, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paka, DamienNeil, Bankuei, Judaicdiablo.

9/7/2005 Sacha: Rebuked but undeterred
Hello again. Having been gently rebuked for starting a thread that wasn't about actual play (sorry about that), I'm going to try again. I'll also avoid using any Forge speak…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sacha, Ron Edwards, Hans.

9/7/2005 MisterPoppet: Pamphlet RPG's
The other day at work my friend (who is both my co-worker and fellow role-player) approached me about an idea he had. He knew I had been working on RPG…
In Publishing
Participants: MisterPoppet, Paul Czege, Jasper, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, jdagna, HinterWelt.

9/7/2005 Paul Czege: Bacchic frenzy on the bitwaves
Paul Tevis talks about Bacchanal in the 7th installment of his Have Games, Will Travel podcast: http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=18642 The Bacchanal segment is about 15 minutes in, but you don't want to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

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