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12/11/2005 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Winning and Losing
This is mainly directed at those that have read the Bliss Stage playtest document.  If you aren't one of those people, but want to be, please PM me your e-mail…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, coffeestain, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB.

12/1/2005 Ben Lehman: [Dreamation 2006] Room Party
Does the Room Party need funds or contributions of snacks / booze / party games, etc? yrs-- --Ben
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, Bob Goat, Jared A. Sorensen, abzu, Andrew Morris, Thor Olavsrud, RobNJ, Diabolik, Ron Edwards.

11/20/2005 Ben Lehman: Making money, making a living
This is another split from <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17645.30">Pricing and Marketing your games and mine</a>, to avoid derailing it further.  I welcome further discussion on the issues brought up in this thread.…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, Victor Gijsbers, LloydBrown, TonyLB, timfire, Jasper Polane, Joshua BishopRoby, Jonathan Walton, Andrew Morris, nikola, contracycle, Ron Edwards, axonrg.

11/19/2005 Ben Lehman: [rant] Copyright, Creative Commons, and Artistic Freedom
Hi.  This is a spin off of <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17645.0">Pricing and Marketing your game and mine</a> Also, since we're talking about legal issues here: I am not a lawyer.  This is…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, Victor Gijsbers, resistor, jerry, axonrg.

11/9/2005 Ben Lehman: [Drifter's Escape] Strategy and RPG Texts
Hi everyone. This is a theoretical design question, in that it applies to every design, but it happens to apply very concretely to a game that I'm working on, so…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Nogusielkt, contracycle, John Harper, Joshua BishopRoby, Graham Walmsley, Noon.

11/7/2005 Ben Lehman: [Maps] Stats of die mechanic
ATTN Mike Holmes. I have a third game active right now (I know, it's ridiculous) and I'm trying to figure out how the die mechanics work.  There are two different…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.

11/1/2005 Ben Lehman: Recommended Reading
So, my mother just published a book titled <i>Strong at the Heart: How it feels to heal from sexual abuse</i>.  While the things discussed in the book are not directly…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman.

10/24/2005 Ben Lehman: [This is my Blog] Technical assistance
Hi -- I'm in serious need of some technical assistance for <a href="http://benlehman.blogspot.com/">This is my Blog</a> and I was hoping someone could lend a hand. Here's the situation: I'm shortly…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, Tim Alexander, Adam Dray, Selene Tan.

10/16/2005 Ben Lehman: Under The Bed with Finns
Under the Bed with Finns -- So, on the <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17162.0">tour that Eero and I did</a>, we played a whole lot of <a href="http://www.glyphpress.com/">Under the Bed</a>.  UTB pretty much our…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, mutex, nikola, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.

10/11/2005 Ben Lehman: [The Drifter's Escape] What's Missing?
http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Drifters_Escape.php This thread will not make any sense unless you have read the game in question, which can be downloaded at the URL above.  It was written for the Ronnies…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Graham Walmsley, talysman, TonyPace, Tim Alexander, Joshua BishopRoby, Selene Tan, Sydney Freedberg.

9/26/2005 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Playtesters Wanted
I'm looking for playtesters for one of my games-in-development.  The game is called Bliss Stage: Robot Combat in the Dreams of Tomorrow. It is a reasonably dark game, focusing on…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, king_yugi2003, Steven Stewart.

9/26/2005 Ben Lehman: [Want] Tuning Hatred
This is a thread regarding <i>Want</i>, my entry to Ron's contest.  Perhaps not surprisingly, I don't agree with him that the game is half-baked in terms of overall story structure,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman.

9/2/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Conflict Sheet Layout
Hi all. Ron has done a really nice thing and made me a little conflict diagram for Polaris that I'd love to put up on the site.  But, the thing…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Trevis Martin, Matt Snyder, Harlequin, Arturo G..

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Review Thread
This is not a thread in which to post reviews.  Rather, it is a collection of links to them. The afforementioned <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html#cutid1">Underkoffler's Overview</a> Polaris is mentioned very favorably in…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Longspeak, Munkholt, Trevis Martin, GreatWolf, TonyLB, matthijs.

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Powerblocking?
Just an odd rules question. Say that a player is using the Robot powerset, and making heavy use of the "Massive Property Damage" Style.  Could I set out a "Goal:…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Jack Aidley, jburneko, Technocrat13, Sydney Freedberg, Vaxalon, Grover, Mandacaru, TheCzech, Hans.

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: 2005 Bennie Awards
Ron totally scooped me.  Here's the announcement. <i>I need more nominations</i>.  I've only gotten one set. Hey folks. I've decided to give out the "Ben Lehman Awards for Actual Play,"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Sean.

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.

8/4/2005 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2005] Retailer Discounts
What with all the discussion going on in the <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16225.0">price list</a> thread, and also Tony's comment in <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16245.0">Why I sell to retailers</a>, I really think that the issue…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards, jrs, ShawnHel, daMoose_Neo.

8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2005] Monkey Feeding
This is split from my <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16240.0">Auxiliary Gaming Zone</a> thread, which I managed to drive off topic by my own hand with a PS comment. In short -- the GenCon…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB, LordSmerf, btrc, Blankshield, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, abzu, Jasper the Mimbo.

8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Layout Preview
Matt Snyder, independent publisher and also my layout guy for Polaris, has posted up some low-res preview images of the book's insides to his livejournal. <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/matt_snyder/53900.html?#cutid1">You should go look…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Kesher, ethan_greer.

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12/28/2005 Ben Lehman: Amber (the setting) for Nine Worlds (the system)
The themes of Amber and Nine Worlds are so painfully close it is a damned shame if they were not brought together.  Plus, it seems traditional to try to amber-mod…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, Brand_Robins, Lee Short, Andrew Norris.

1/10/2006 Ben Lehman: [Under the Bed] with Mom
I played Under the Bed with Calder and my mom.  This is an account. <b>Social Background:</b> So my mom wanted to play a role-playing game with me.  This hasn't happened…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, James_Nostack, Marhault, Sydney Freedberg, Justin A Hamilton, nikola, Bret Gillan, spaceanddeath.

1/17/2006 Ben Lehman: [KueiCon] Falling Leaves w/ Ion
As it turns out <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17997.0">KueiCon</a> was a massively playtest-heavy con, with playtests of Galactic, Falling Leaves (twice!), Drifter's Escape, Dog eat Dog (twice!), and General Mud, plus serious discussion…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, TheTris, Piers Brown, GreatWolf.

2/4/2006 Ben Lehman: [Drifter's Escape] Wants Playtesting
I ain't got no home. I'm just a wandering 'round. I'm just a wandering working man; I go from town to town, and the police make it hard wherever I…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman.

2/19/2006 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Looking for an artist
Hello <i>Bliss Stage: Love, Sex, and Giant Robots</i>, which is one of my forthcoming games, needs an artist.  I'm pretty picky about the requirements for this, just so you're warned…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB.

2/23/2006 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] The Unrule
Hey, this is wierd.  Here I am, posting to Indie Game Design about Polaris, a game that has been in print for nearly six months.  What's my deal? Well, I've…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Kesher, Troy_Costisick, Valamir, Wolfen, Emily Care, cpeterso, Joshua BishopRoby.

2/24/2006 Ben Lehman: -1 total posts
Several key historical threads in Indie Game Design (the Fastlane threads, Nicotine Girls, and a few others) have -1 listed as "total posts" and are inaccessible.  From an archival perspective,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ben Lehman, jrs.

2/24/2006 Ben Lehman: ATTN: Foreign Language Folks
Hello. This is a message to everyone who has written a foreign language translation of the Key Phrases and other basic points of play. I would like to get permission…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Carlo, Miskatonic.

3/1/2006 Ben Lehman: [Anima Hunters] P19 + Fighting
1.) What is your game about?** Anima Hunters is mostly single-token tactical RPG where you hunt down and kill exotic monsters with magical kung-fu. 1a.) Wait, do the monsters have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ben Lehman, nikola, dindenver, Filip Luszczyk, Sempiternity, xenopulse, Selene Tan.

3/15/2006 Ben Lehman: Polaris at GenCon
Kat Miller is looking for <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19013.0">people to run indie games at GenCon</a>. I want a Polaris game to be scheduled for GenCon.  Because of my booth and personal commitments,…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged.

3/24/2006 Ben Lehman: [Dogs] Cold Falls
Rich, you might not want to read this. So I'm going to be running Dogs for Rich Forest and Martin Frojdh tomorrow.  I have never met Martin, so that's sort…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, Paka, Rich Forest, RipperDoc, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2006 Ben Lehman: [Hierarchy] Explain Quests to me, please?
So I just read through the latest version of Troy's excellent Hierarchy game, and this time through I'm really getting it.  The basic idea is pretty cool.  I'm really uncertain…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

3/25/2006 Ben Lehman: [Anima Hunters] Playtesting with Rich
Hrm.  I don't have a lot of questions for this post, it's mostly just a chance for me to make some notes for my own consumption. Whilst waiting for our…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ben Lehman, Filip Luszczyk.

3/29/2006 Ben Lehman: [Anima Hunters] Combat Test Document
I wrote up a combat test document for Anima Hunters, on the request of John Harper, so he could bring it Forge Midwest.  It's three pages of basic combat rules…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman.

4/4/2006 Ben Lehman: New Powerset
I was thinking about Gangbuster, and the awesome "unleash artifacts of power" on the magician set, and suddenly I was writing a new powerset.  The goal is to be the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Sindyr, Hans.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Singalong
<i>Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Fo-orge Happy birthday to you</i> Add your own favorite birthday songs.  Or other songs.  Or new languages for this…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, talysman, Peter Nordstrand, Melinglor, matthijs, Miskatonic, drozdal, Thunder_God, Jared A. Sorensen, Bryan Hansel, Mike Holmes, quozl, Meguey, dindenver, Calithena.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Third Birthday?
So, wait, we're celebrating two years late? Wow. I can't wait to celebrate the *fifth* birthday.  That'll be awesome. yrs-- --Ben P.S.  (Check the forum description.)
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Arturo G..

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: [Practice] Guardian Angel
So I'm going to try writing one of these puppies.  This is for 2-5 people and it's called "Guardian Angel."  It's inspired by the fact that I just read the…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ben Lehman, timfire.

4/10/2006 Ben Lehman: I hereby take this opportunity
To declare obsolete any game that does not have a "draw your robot" space on the character sheet. "But Ben!" you protest feebly, "my game does not have robots at…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, talysman, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Dev, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Melinglor, joshua neff.

4/12/2006 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Playtesters Wanted
One of my front-burner games -- Bliss Stage: Love, Sex, and Giant Robots -- has just moved to a new stage of development.  The basic rules are completed, with a…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman.

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