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11/14/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Convention Play
I ran The Shab-al-Hiri Roach three times at MACE, our local gaming con in High Point, NC.  I'll save the mechanical feedback for another post in the design forum, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, segedy, urbanpagan.

11/14/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Final Twilight] Reviewers wanted, PDF copies provided!
Looking for feedback and reviews! Just uploaded a PDF preview edition of our customizable card game Final Twilight to RPGNow and we're looking to get a little feedback on it!…
In Connections
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

11/14/2005 Tobias: He's a lonely Amish farmboy plagued by the memory of his family's brutal murder.
... She's a supernatural red-headed research scientist who dreams of becoming Elvis. They fight crime! Just got that today, linking from Callan's snake and ladders thread. (http://home.epix.net/~mhryvnak/theyfightcrime.html) DitV meets Capes?
In lumpley games
Participants: Tobias, Vaxalon.

11/14/2005 screen_monkey: [Heroquest] Serenityquest
Hi - I thought I'd share with you my recent session of Serenityquest, wherein I tried a much more Narrativist approach than I've done before, and it worked really well.…
In Actual Play
Participants: screen_monkey, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, droog.

11/14/2005 oliof: How do I avoid slicing the conflict to a fun-defying bore?
Sorry for the flurry of posts folks, but I had a very compelling game running that caused some qustions of course. One of the things I genuinely mishandled in my…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, Eero Tuovinen, nikola, Neal.

11/14/2005 oliof: Conflict Narration and Fallout Disparity
I have had it happened twice to me now: A conflict is resolved, fallout dice are rolled and a completely unexpected result comes up - normally something that is too…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, Frank T, lumpley, Tindalos, Christopher Weeks.

11/14/2005 rumble: [Dead of Night] Feedback request
[I]Admin: Feel free to delete this (or move it to a more appropriate location) if you feel it doesn't conform to the guidelines of this forum, and my apologies in…
In Connections
Participants: rumble.

11/14/2005 oliof: inter party conflicts in DitV
Hello, this is the first of a couple of threads that are the result of playing DitV at a convention this weekend. The convention itself is the annual meeting of…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Vaxalon, Christopher Weeks, nikola, lumpley, Neal.

11/14/2005 Paka: [Primetime Adventures] Overtime Reunion
Looks like Ben is going to be at Dreamation this year. I propose an Overtime reunion. We could do this one of two ways, I reckon (possible third): 1) We…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Ben Lehman, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, Lisa Padol, TonyLB.

11/14/2005 Koomaluola: RavIon Ultima Online RPG Shard (introductions to play)
We are running little UO shard and need more players. RavIon is heavily customized shard, and we have daily puzzles, quests and events. Our goal is to make RavIon enjoyable…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Koomaluola.

11/14/2005 Paul Czege: edits have been made to the Acts of Evil playtest rules
Edits have been made to the Acts of Evil playtest rules: With the goal of resolving the adversity (lack of uncertainty to dice rolls) issue reported by the Utrecht group,…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

11/13/2005 preludetotheend: Whats the best software on a small budget?
I am looking to publish my role play game legends and lore (working title) and would like to know what software I should have. I am thinking the adobe products…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, timfire, Trevis Martin, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, Victor Gijsbers, TheLe, madelf, JoeJohaneman, nikola, Kevin_Brennan, Clay, JarrodHenry, jerry, Clinton R. Nixon, Roland.of.Gilead, talysman, Adam, abzu.

11/13/2005 Doc Kelley: New to Dogs
I'm new to the system and had a couple of ideas I wanted to toss at the forum. Would demons fight other demons for dominance of a town or would…
In lumpley games
Participants: Doc Kelley, Victor Gijsbers, Neal.

11/13/2005 Tony Irwin: Scanning line art
This relates to this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15427.0 Thanks to everyone who replied to that one. I have nearly 100 images for Shoujo Story, all black and white line art. I had…
In Publishing
Participants: Tony Irwin, timfire, abzu, Eero Tuovinen, Rossum, talysman, nikola, madelf, Jake Richmond, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

11/12/2005 shadowcourt: Is TSOY's first edition still available, as well?
This is one of those pain-in-the-ass questions, I know, but as keen as I am at getting my hands on the Revised Edition of The Shadow of Yesterday, I've been…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Bob Goat, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Odd Sorcerer Twink
While working on character generation, Josh noted that it's usually better to croc stats for faster advancement, e.g., going for a 1-2-7 or 1-3-6 spread, rather than a 3-3-4. This…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Ron Edwards, mneme.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Calibrating NPCs
I need a bit of advice on NPCs -- not so much examples of individual NPCs, though those will be appreciated, as the principles to bear in mind while creating…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

11/12/2005 1of3: [Conquer the Horizon] The land of Black and White
Hi. Last weekend I tried Conquer the Horizon with two friends. The game was pretty interesting. The facts about the old world were: - Colours - Theocratic dictatorship - Not…
In Actual Play
Participants: 1of3, Joshua BishopRoby.

11/12/2005 Neal: Dude, don't bogart my dice.
Maybe this should go into the Actual Play forum, but I'll introduce it here and see if anyone has anything to say... In my last session of DitV (only the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neal, Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Vaxalon.

11/12/2005 JSDiamond: The Other --playtest version 1.0 ready
The Other is ready for a first playtest.  It's inspired by movies like V, The Thing, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers --to name but a few.  Anything with a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond.

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11/14/2005 jasonm: Streamlining combat
I finally got to play in one of those much-praised one hour Luke demos.  Thanks, dude!  It was fun and very informative.  I learned a lot from watching you -…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: jasonm, abzu, Halzebier, Thor Olavsrud, mobuttu.

11/14/2005 pells: Looking for artists... and a translator
I've been working on a personal RPG project for almost two years and I'm looking for artists for some illustration. For information about this project, see those threads : About…
In Connections
Participants: pells, gaspare, Jake Richmond, Pierre Buty, racingspoons.

11/14/2005 Eric Minton: [Polaris] Lines
So, we played our first game of Polaris last night.  It went great!  We went whole hog on providing ambiance: candles, incense, music, and a bottle of white wine (followed…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Eric Minton, Kesher, Ben Lehman.

11/14/2005 GreatWolf: [Dynasties] Looking for source material for multi-generational RPG design
Hi, everyone!  Recently I was waxing eloquent about the aborted Pendragon campaign that I was in with my wife and Ralph Mazza (Ralph doing GM duties).  One of the aspects…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GreatWolf, talysman, Shreyas Sampat, Blake Hutchins, TonyPace.

11/14/2005 JSDiamond: The Other --beta version playtesters needed
See my thread on the design forum for info on the game itself. I'll have actual hardcopies for playtesters willing to actually play my game the Other  The booklets will…
In Connections
Participants: JSDiamond.

11/14/2005 Lamorak33: Sorcerer - first session
Hi Here is a post of how our first session went. I have two players for this game, James and Josh - both good guys well up for the game.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Tim Alexander, Imperator, Trevis Martin.

11/15/2005 bluegargantua: [DitV] Welcome to Bounty
Hey,   I'd wrapped up my Amber/Nobilis game and offered to do a Dogs one-shot for people.  I was interested in trying it out again, they seemed game to try…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, TonyLB, oliof, Victor Gijsbers, Neal.

11/15/2005 Particle_Man: beautiful book!
I finally got Dogs in the Vinyard (Canada has this weird timewarp when it comes to accepting games from the USA, but I am getting used to that and will…
In lumpley games
Participants: Particle_Man, Vaxalon, IMAGinES, Iskander, Parsolamew, Transit, lumpley, nikola.

11/15/2005 Sara Adyms: Amazing Artist - and Italian translations.
An example of his work can be found here. www.fallenedge.net/images/Albumcover.bmp E-mail me if you wish his contact information.
In Connections
Participants: Sara Adyms.

11/15/2005 talysman: The Secret of Sim
On another forum, someone asked point-blank "what is Simulationism?" because he didn't quite understand it from the essays. This is understandable; although many of us have an idea of what…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: talysman, nikola, lumpley, MatrixGamer, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, cruciel, komradebob, timfire, John Kim, Mark Woodhouse, ctrail, Silmenume, Joel, Caldis, contracycle, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, ewilen, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2005 CPXB: Master-slave dialectics, or a reasonable fascimile
There was a discussion of My Life With Master in Actual Play and someone said that the game is Nietzschian, saying that the master was a superman and when it…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: CPXB, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes, droog, Sean.

11/15/2005 jeronimo: Female SF authors
In response to footnote 1 in Shock: social science fiction, which lists "Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Arthur C. Clarke, and the other great Science Fiction…
In glyphpress
Participants: jeronimo, rafial, James_Nostack, nikola, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, ScottM.

11/15/2005 Wormwood: Parallel and Hierarchical Views (PCon3)
I've already discusses the basics of a PCon3 here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17387.0 . Likewise I demonstrated an approach to reducing play goals to atomic pairs of topic and form. (Such as ethical…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Wormwood, TonyLB, M. J. Young.

11/15/2005 Troy_Costisick: Hosting a File
Heya, I have a revised version of Cutthroat ready for folks to download and read.  I don't have my own website up and running just yet, and I was just…
In Connections
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray.

11/15/2005 Roger: [D&D] Roger's Group
This is about the third D&D session I've run with this group.  The group consists of: 1.  Tammy, my wife.  Complete newcomer to RPGs. 2.  Kari, my wife's friend.  Almost…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roger, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, MetalBard.

11/15/2005 Adam Dray: [DitV] Convention Play at MACE
I played in Eric Provost's Dogs in the Vineyard game at MACE in High Point, NC, this past Sunday. We had six (!!) players plus Eric, and none of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, jasonm, lumpley, Technocrat13, beingfrank, Brian Newman.

11/15/2005 nikola: Shock: Bibliography
Here's the current Shock: bibliiography. I've only read so much stuff, and this is what's leapt to mind. If you have something you want to be in this bibliography, please…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, rafial, James_Nostack, Ben Lehman, pedyo, joepub, Kaare Berg (Old), Grover, Remko, Hisho, Old Man Qfwfq, TempvsMortis, lopes-gabriel.

11/15/2005 E.T.Smith: [HELP] Unclear on an Aspect of "Authored Role-Playing"
In an effort to improve my GMing, I have recently acquired the book Sorcerer & Sword, specifically for the chapter entitled "Anatomy of Authored Role-Playing". I feel I've got the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: E.T.Smith, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

11/16/2005 Jonas Karlsson: [BtI] Breaking the Ice in Sweden
I just finished the first date in Emily Care Boss' Breaking the Ice. Me and my girlfriend Helena created characters at a café this Saturday, and finally found time to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Emily Care.

11/16/2005 CrookedBroomstick: [Shattered Earth] Trying to spot obvious issues and suggestions
I'm new to the forum and I'd like to place my idea up on the chopping block.  Been needing some kind of feedback on the general premise of the mechanic. …
In Indie Game Design
Participants: CrookedBroomstick, TonyPace, Matt Wilson.

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