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12/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] November results at last
Hello, I am over a month behind schedule for the November round of the Ronnies feedback. Everyone has been very patient with me, which I appreciate. The real problems with…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank T, Ben Lehman, hix, Troy_Costisick, Iskander, Tobias, TonyPace, Malcolm, Paka, Arturo G., Noon, GreatWolf, Sydney Freedberg, Rob MacDougall.

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.

12/28/2005 Chris Goodwin: [PTA] Request for assistance (reassurance?).
We pitched a series tonight, though we didn't get to the first episode or even all the way through protagonist creation.  The series title is "The Long Way Home".  It's…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Goodwin, Alan, Frank T, nikola, Blankshield, Noon.

12/28/2005 Trevis Martin: Parasite Powers
Hey Ron, I want to know if I have this right.  The book notes that a Parasite always confers all its powers except Boost (which it can confer optionally) to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/28/2005 tokiyojimbo: An introduction, of sorts...
Y'ello all.  I've been thumbing through the connections forum and thought I'd do this up all formal. There's a lot of talented folks here, and I'd be happy to be…
In Connections
Participants: tokiyojimbo, joepub, daMoose_Neo, energy.

12/28/2005 Nev the Deranged: GenCon 2006 Rooms (yes, already)
Heyas. I am looking to reserve a room at the Courtyard Marriot for GC'06. I figure I might as well do it now while I have some extra cash rather…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, joepub, Andrew Morris.

12/28/2005 Adam Biltcliffe: dice (a regrettably mundane question)
So, forgive my first Forge post for being on such a banal question, but ... I just now ordered a copy of My Life with Master, and I gather I…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Trevis Martin, joepub, Michael S. Miller, droog, Victor Gijsbers, Iskander.

12/27/2005 Ethesis: re: Structured Game Design (Warning: Long Post) « 1 2 »
It probably wouldn't hurt to lock that post, putting a sticky on it and no lock kind of draws attention to it by people new to the boards and tempts…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ethesis.

12/27/2005 Graham Walmsley: [TSoY] Live action
Over Christmas, I was reading The Shadow of Yesterday. And it occurred to me that it would work perfectly as a LARP. Now, I'm suspicious of LARP conversions for tabletop…
In CRN Games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, KingstonC.

12/27/2005 Norbert Matausch: Thank you, Matt!
Hi there, Matt, I wanted to let you know that we've played PTA two days ago. This time (it was our second try), your game worked! No, let's make this…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Norbert Matausch, Matt Wilson, Mr. Sluagh, Christopher Kubasik, Everspinner.

12/27/2005 Andrew Morris: [The Great Art] Self-regulating Social Status Mechanics
For The Great Art, a good deal of the focus is on social and political conflicts. Currently, I didn't have anything written in about status or respect as a resource,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andrew Morris, WhiteRat, dindenver, Graham Walmsley, TonyLB, Ramidel, Joshua BishopRoby.

12/27/2005 joepub: Anyone know of any British Columbia conventions?
So, I definately want to go take in a convention or two over the next year. Does anyone know of any good RPG conventions (or any conventions with a strong…
In Conventions
Participants: joepub, Michael Shoen, rafial, Allan, Toren.

12/26/2005 joepub: Using card-based mechanics
Hey guys. I've been thinking a lot lately about how cards (whether CCG or non-collectible) can be most effectively integrated into roleplaying games. I want to know whether you guys…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joepub, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Graham Walmsley, Sydney Freedberg, Dantai.

12/26/2005 Albert of Feh: "Wings of Shadow" - upcoming game
I've managed to con a friend of mine into running a game of tSoY in Winter quarter. One of the things this guy likes to do for his games is…
In CRN Games
Participants: Albert of Feh, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Bret Gillan, Zaldreon.

12/26/2005 DavidBeoulve: Printing your own CCG Cards Howto, Where, & Prices
These are the links I have found once I learned the right words to Google: "Playing Card Sheets perforated" sans quotes. Printing Your Own Cards: Design-A-Card "UPrintEm" 120 cards =~…
In Publishing
Participants: DavidBeoulve, Veritas Games, joepub, Julian, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, Wolfen, Nathan P., nikola, guildofblades.

12/25/2005 James_Nostack: [TSoy] Shakespeare 101
[b]Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark[/b] Key of the Mission Key of the Coward Secret of Speaking to Ghosts * Freeload 2 * Discern Truth 1 * Etiquette 1 * Duel…
In CRN Games
Participants: James_Nostack, jasonm.

12/25/2005 denagar: Free storytelling rpgs?
Hi, I'm looking for a storytelling rpg, where all the players participate. Are there any good free systems which can give some guidance? Thanks!
In Actual Play
Participants: denagar, tygertyger, Trevis Martin, nilsderondeau, WhiteRat, Joshua BishopRoby, demiurgeastaroth, Arturo G., Paul Czege, Lxndr, Dantai, nikola, Ron Edwards.

12/25/2005 Levi Kornelsen: A tentative rules structure for a Live Dogs game [Warning: Long]
Because these rules might wander into the general area of being, by it's very nature and the number of points of similarity, partly or wholly Vincent's property, I'm putting it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, WhiteRat, Warren, Simon Kamber, Graham Walmsley, ladylakira.

12/25/2005 WhiteRat: [Ends And Means] Setting the Stakes
All the Stakes threads in Actual Play (but most notably "A Skill to Cultivate: Setting Stakes") prompted me to completely rewrite the "Setting the Stakes" section in my upcoming LARP…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: WhiteRat, Graham Walmsley, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby.

12/25/2005 Zach: [The Legend of Saucy Jack] Exploring pirate legends, drawing treasure maps.
Hello. I’ve been lurking on-and-off for a few months now, and finally decided to register and contribute to the forum. My name’s Zach, and I’m looking to get some ideas…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zach, joepub, MikeSands, Levi Kornelsen, Shreyas Sampat, dindenver, Myrmidon.

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12/29/2005 Starblade: My new game.
I was planning on making a game called Gaterunners. I have some of the game mechanics and some of the game settings. The interesting thing about this game will be…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Starblade, joepub, Justin Marx, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, dindenver, Blankshield, TonyPace, oneofthesedays.

12/29/2005 Starblade: Gaterunners: Stuff about the plot.
I had another forum over in case people want to discuss more than this forum will allow. It's over at http://p097.ezboard.com/bparadragoncoveentertainment if you want to see it. Basically, it's the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Starblade.

12/29/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] Problems in Play
My group played Polaris a couple of weeks ago (as detailed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18088.0) and some questions were raised. Our next session is on Monday, so I hope people aren’t put…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Hermes3.

12/29/2005 Mark Woodhouse: [Shab al-Hiri Roach] The Joy of Depravity
[i]The Shab al-Hiri Roach[/i] was the inaugural game for my Sunday Short Subjects group (basically a variation of the Stealth Gaming meme - pick a day, see who can come…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mark Woodhouse, jasonm, Miskatonic, Kesher.

12/29/2005 foucalt: How exactly does one get a copy of Universalis?
Bear with me here. I'm looking for a copy. Willing to pay a reasonable amount for it. It just doesn't actually seem to be possible. Here's what I've tried: Key20…
In Universalis
Participants: foucalt, komradebob, Andrew Morris, Tony Irwin, Valamir, xternal, SirWesley, Aaron Smith, REkz, Vaxalon.

12/29/2005 pells: A plea for content
This thread is related to my own project, Avalanche, but, I think, goes way beyond that. It comes from my own reflexion about gaming, especially RPG. I hope it fits…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: pells, dindenver, Noon, John Bromberger, daMoose_Neo, Frank T, Justin Marx, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, sayter.

12/29/2005 komradebob: [minis] Hungry, Hungry Dragon!
[i]This is a plaintext version of a minis game I was working on a while back as a convention one-shot. I recently took another look at this and spiffed it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: komradebob, Zach, Starblade, MatrixGamer.

12/29/2005 Troy_Costisick: [GenCon 2006] Forge Booth
Heya, Really hope I'm not overstepping my bounds here, but I would like to point out that the Exhibitor Package has been posted on the GenCon website.  Nev's already strated…
In Conventions
Participants: Troy_Costisick, abzu.

12/29/2005 xenopulse: [AD&D] Fun in Preparations
The following is an example of why I initially thought that the group I am currently playing with is Sim oriented (but it turned out that, when push comes to…
In Actual Play
Participants: xenopulse, Mark Woodhouse, ScottM, Noon, Vaxalon, Storn, Joshua BishopRoby, Miskatonic, Chris Geisel.

12/29/2005 ZeOtter: My Idea for a Pool based RPG
I posted this on my Live Journal at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/zeotter/ The idea just hit me while I was reading the Martial section in the Burning Wheel RPG book (and because of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ZeOtter, dindenver.

12/30/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: [FLFS] Call for Playtesters
[url=http://kallistipress.com/FLFS]Full Light, Full Steam[/url]'s Playtest Edition will be complete in the next couple of days, and I'm looking for playtesters to give the game a whirl in the first few…
In Connections
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby.

12/30/2005 Noon: [Rifts] Monster with a past; risking the chance of showing it
I'm not sure I'm being a good forgite writing posting this in a new thread, because I don't have much to add myself. But I dig the request since it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, TonyLB.

12/30/2005 Darcy Burgess: [Domus] Post-playtest development
Domus saw its first playtest last night, and I'm glad to say that it was a lot of fun (that's a fact for me, and a pretty solid conjecture for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Darcy Burgess, dindenver, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, talysman.

12/30/2005 Darcy Burgess: [Domus] The Colour of Verbal Diarrhea
yeah, yeah.  EWWWWWWWW.....but you clicked on it, didn't you? I'm starting this thread to bat the ball around regarding an interesting behaviour I witnessed during a playtest of Domus. While…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

12/30/2005 Hekatoncheires: Curious and New
I noted the existence of the site based on a link on NWVault.  Curious, I took a peek, read GNS and Other Matters of Roleplaying....even more curious, peeked around further....and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Hekatoncheires, Troy_Costisick, Sydney Freedberg, Michael S. Miller, Brendan, CCW.

12/30/2005 Storn: Successful Night, but.....
Okay, I just ran one of my more successful eps.  Despite being rusty as a GM.  It was a complicated drug, law enforcement storyline involving political families but with a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Joshua BishopRoby, Tommi Brander, Jared A. Sorensen, ks13, contracycle.

12/30/2005 Matt: [Covenant]Theme and Mood and being specific
[url=http://www.realms.org.uk/covenant/]Covenant (link)[/url] was one of my "hey what a cool idea" games. Neat ideas left to stagnate. A few months ago I went back to it and realised it was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt.

12/30/2005 Old_Scratch: [Charnel Gods] Armageddon Clock Epoch
Just thought I'd let you folks know that I put up a pdf of the Epoch used during this Actual Play: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=11472.0 It's just the source material, but I thought…
In Adept Press
Participants: Old_Scratch, Matt, hardcoremoose.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [On the Ecology of the Mud Dragon] Ronnies feedback
Hello, With a certain reluctance, I assigned On the Ecology of the Mud Dragon by Ben Lehman to the Bake It, Betty category. Check out out On the Ecology of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

12/30/2005 klsmith: A Hero's Doom in RPGs
First, a short background on myself.  I have always been interested in designing games and have toyed around with the process for several years.  I worked for year and a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: klsmith, Iskander, demiurgeastaroth, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, jasonm, Troy_Costisick.

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