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10/5/2005 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Adventure Formula?
So I’m continuing the rough clearance, before going down to the details of revising BARBAREN!. Let me explain first what I want, and then what I got. I like the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

10/5/2005 Ribonucleic: Must the play be the thing?
[i][As always: apologies in advance if this has been covered before. There's more than 100 pages of threads here, and I couldn't think of any useful search keywords.][/i] This question…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ribonucleic, Joshua BishopRoby, Nogusielkt, simon_hibbs, Mark Johnson, Noon, Vaxalon, talysman, RedWick, timfire.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Me & the Rat] Ronnies feedback
ME & THE RAT, JASPER MCCHESNEY Jasper McChesney's Me & the Rat makes a nice trilogy with Munch-Mausen Tales and The Rat-God's Girlfriend. It'd be a neat thing if all…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jasper, Dumirik, Dantai.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Rat-God's Girlfriend] Ronnies feedback
THE RAT-GOD'S GIRLFRIEND, KIRK MITCHELL Kirk Mitchell's The Rat-God's Girlfriend makes a nice trilogy with Munch-Mausen Tales and Me & the Rat . It'd be a neat thing if all…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Joshua BishopRoby, tygertyger, Dumirik.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Munch-Mausen Tales] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Joe J. Prince's Munch-Mausen Tales makes a nice trilogy with The Rat-God's Girlfriend and Me & the Rat. It'd be a neat thing if all of them became products…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Dantai.

10/4/2005 Jonas Karlsson: [One Can Have Her] A new mechanic
A friend of mine, Jonas Barkå, suggested that some scenes in One Can Have Her could be a game of chicken, and I thought, "why not?" More precisely, I'm not…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, rbingham2000, JSDiamond.

10/4/2005 Eric Minton: [Donjon] The Cellars of Zenopus (prep)
After reading epweissengruber's post about running The Slave Pits of the Under-City with Donjon, I reckoned that this would be a great use for my old D&D modules.  I'm planning…
In CRN Games
Participants: Eric Minton, Sean, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon.

10/4/2005 chris_moore: taking the blow
Does "taking the blow" mean that you lose the conflict stakes and get fallout, or are they separate things?
In lumpley games
Participants: chris_moore, James Holloway, Vaxalon, Jonas Karlsson, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, bcook1971, dunlaing.

10/4/2005 foucalt: [DitV] Comprehensive Alternate Setting Thread...
Hi all - I'm relatively new to the forge, and definitely new to DitV. I bought DitV, and really want to play it, but one of my key players (in…
In lumpley games
Participants: foucalt, lumpley, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg, Tobias, Joshua BishopRoby, hix, oliof, Everspinner, Particle_Man, Eynowd, TheHappyAnarchist, BollaertN, Jalathas, ElliottBelser MKII, Mr. Sluagh, oreso, Gugliandalf, Taltos, Pelgrane, Dustin of the Dead, Eliarhiman6, lachek, Filip Luszczyk, SavageInOz, Levi Kornelsen, gorckat, dyreno, cra2, Warren, Solarsaurus, knicknevin, Gareth_Lazelle, Maestro.

10/4/2005 Emily Care: TV done right
Just posted <i>my</i> ideal Thursday night lineup for the telly. http://lumpley.com/fairgame/ : ) best, Emily
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Emily Care, Adam Dray, Matt Wilson, Frank T, hix, ashmoo, Chris Goodwin.

10/4/2005 dunlaing: Any progress on selling Click-n-locks?
I noticed that there was an old thread from April about using a die to cut them out and sell them in which Tony remarked about how if he could…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: dunlaing, TonyLB, Andrew Morris.

10/4/2005 Victor Gijsbers: [Breaking the Ice] The ordeals of love
In my first-ever IRC game, we were planning on playing Polaris; but when one of the four prospective players didn't turn up and the other had severe connection problems, Remko…
In Actual Play
Participants: Victor Gijsbers, Meguey, Remko, Mike Holmes, Emily Care.

10/4/2005 Kat Miller: Southern Exposure - Exposure over sales
I was somewhat dissapointed by the turnout for this Convention, it seemed there weren't as many people at Southern this year.  Half of the schedualled games folded, and the sales…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, LordSmerf, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., abzu.

10/4/2005 Jasper: Number of threads displayed
There's been so much activity in Indie Design lately that even recent, active posts get scrolled off the front page. Is there a way to allow more threads to be…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jasper, Ron Edwards.

10/4/2005 jasonm: Shield
So I'm prepping for a campaign using BW and set in warring states China, or close enough.  I have a question on how to handle a couple of ideosyncratic items…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: jasonm, taepoong, abzu.

10/4/2005 lrojas: General Question
Hi all, I am designing a setting and mechanics to match but so far i am concentrating on getting the setting right. I woudl liek to ask for help/review of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lrojas, Jasper, Andrew Morris.

10/4/2005 Kilor Di: [Terrae Novae] Questions
www.geocities.com/greginkelaar/projects.html   Click on Terrae for my old notes and Novae for my current attempt at converting those notes into an actual game. Basically, I'm posting this thread to answer any…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di, Jasper.

10/4/2005 Digs: Introduction - Day of the Crows
Hi, I'm new here, and I just, so I thought I would just introduce myself before coming to you with questions/advice, etc. I am currently in the process of completing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Digs, Adam Dray.

10/4/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] All Dogs Go to Heaven
This last Sunday, Andy Kitkowski, who you may know from the Indie RPG Awards, hosted the second YukiCon, his house-convention. We had quite a bit of good play, and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, bcook1971, jasonm, Bob Goat, Technocrat13, urbanpagan, Mike Holmes, lumpley, ptikachu.

10/4/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] October contest begins!
Hello, All right! The October Ronnies are among us. Here are the new-ish rules, or rather, the current version. I've discovered that running this things is a lot like a…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Dantai, Paka, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Jared A. Sorensen, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley, Troy_Costisick, Mark Johnson, Andrew Morris, Matt Wilson, BlU_sKrEEm, majcher, greyorm, Blankshield, Rossum.

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10/5/2005 dunlaing: Minor Quibble
My friend Jim pointed out that the click and locks are on the page in the opposite order of how you'd say them, and thought that that was backwards. For…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: dunlaing, Anders Gabrielsson, Jack Aidley, Hans.

10/5/2005 Arturo G.: Using d6 for complications
At the end of the new chapter-1 draft it is said that there will be an appendix explaining how to use d6s instead of d10s for complications. I have not…
In Universalis
Participants: Arturo G., Valamir, hix, Victor Gijsbers.

10/5/2005 Frank T: Accomplishment Problem
Here’s one problem I've had repeatedly running Accomplishments. It’s especially sorry because the Accomplishment should, imo, present the genius resolution mechanic to its best instead of making it seem awkward…
In lumpley games
Participants: Frank T, lumpley, Falc.

10/5/2005 JonasB: The ambitions of Dragonbane
In another thread I made the following claim about Dragonbane: If you want to read about the pinnacle of Nordic fantasy larping, check out www.dragonbane.org. It is a pan-European fantasy…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JonasB, Lig.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Gregor Hutton's Best Friends makes a nice partner with SleepOver, so I'm posting their results as twin threads. Here are the comments that apply to both. These games…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, tygertyger, Malcolm.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [SleepOver] Ronnies feedback
Brandon Parigo's SleepOver makes a nice partner with Best Friends, so I'm posting their results as twin threads. Here are the comments that apply to both. These games feature great…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, inoir.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [January's Frost] Ronnies feedback
Jason Petrasko's January's Frost ranks among the best entries regarding treating sexual-partners women as human beings and protagonists, along with Darling Grove and The Suburban Crucible. Ha! Thought I was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, tygertyger, Jason Petrasko, Graham Walmsley.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Black Widows] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Clinton Nixon's Black Widows is a lot like Best Friends, in that it starts with a burst of inspiration, then sputters, and stops. It has great basics: the Bond…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam Dray, Gregor Hutton.

10/5/2005 MatrixGamer: The Machine Model of Games (long)
I want to put these ideas out for the Forge community to chew on. I first published them in EGG in 1990.  It is a way of analyzing games. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, Sydney Freedberg.

10/5/2005 Falc: Alternate setting: Troubleshooters in Alpha Complex?
Okay, I read the alternate settings listing and this just struck me. For those of you that don't get the reference... erm, well, you need to go play Paranoia 'cause…
In lumpley games
Participants: Falc, Jonas Karlsson, Graham Walmsley.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [King Rat] Ronnies feedback
Hello, King Rat has a tremendously strong starting point, and I think it's one of the few primarily resource-driven, primarily narration-resolved entries that could really shine. My first recommendation is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, PrzeSzkoda, Malcolm.

10/6/2005 tj333: Web Hosting
I'm currently looking a web hosting for RPG that should be going live around March. I'm thinking host the document on it, a forum, and some other small stuff. What…
In Publishing
Participants: tj333, Joshua BishopRoby, jerry, resistor, Nathan, Heraldic Game Design, guildofblades.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [Secrets in Suburbia] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Warren Merrifield's Secrets in Surburbia makes such a strong pair with Fink, that I had to read the games side by side in order not to get mixed up…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Warren.

10/6/2005 Paul Czege: horror or not?
I try not to let questions about My Life with Master go unanswered. But RPG.net no longer has a working search engine. So now I look for threads where it…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Paka, Victor Gijsbers, Bob Goat, Arturo G., droog, Peter Nordstrand, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, joewolz, Bret Gillan, GB Steve.

10/6/2005 Silmenume: Searching for old links by message number -
Is there a way to search the forums by message number?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Silmenume, Mike Holmes.

10/6/2005 Bret Gillan: [Gods] First thread - basic concepts
Using the guidelines posted in "What's the best way to present a mechanic for discussion?", I'm trying to nail down a game concept I've had for about a decade or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Jasper, Arturo G., Hans, resistor, Joshua BishopRoby.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Suburban Crucible] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Thomas E.Robertson's The Suburban Crucible wins a Ronny, and it's the only game to do so that treats women protagonists as human beings, without satire (good, just different) or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, tygertyger.

10/6/2005 Technocrat13: [DitV] Creating PCs for Convention-run towns.
I'll be attending MACE in November and running two sessions of DitV while I'm there.  What's running through my head right now is how much, if any, character generation can…
In lumpley games
Participants: Technocrat13, jasonm, lumpley, Doug Ruff, Adam Dray, Paka, Frank T.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [She's ...] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Nathan Paoletta's She's ... is the most complex and specifically structured entry. My big issue collectively for many of the entries, including Black Widows, I Think My Girlfriend Hates…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

10/6/2005 Christopher Weeks: [WGP...] editing comments
Hi Michael and all, I'm reading through WGP... pretty carefully and I thought I'd start a place for me to note any comments, suggestions, etc as I hit them (so…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller.

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