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12/31/2005 John Kim: [Polaris] The Grasping Dark over the holidays
So shortly before Christmas, we were short on players for the Buffy game due to the holidays, and we decided to try out Polaris.  So this was myself, Bill, Cynthia,…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, demiurgeastaroth, GreatWolf, Kesher, Ben Lehman.

12/31/2005 DainXB: "Capeless Capes", or using Capes for other genres
Greetings! I love superheroes, but some of my gaming friends aren't so in love with that particular genre, so... Has anyone put thought into using the Capes mechanics for other…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: DainXB, Lxndr, TonyLB, Doug Ruff, Kintara, Hans, TheCzech, Gaerik, Sydney Freedberg, Uhlrik, Tuxboy, drnuncheon, Miskatonic.

12/30/2005 gabrielg7: Brawler Chapter One - action adventure game
Hello everyone! This is my latest game project.. any comments are welcome download: http://dl.winsite.com/bin/downl?23500000036659 for more about Brawler go to: http://cloudslikecastels.6x.to/
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gabrielg7.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [A Song Without End] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/A_Song_Without_End.php]A Song Without End[/url][/b] by Chris Jackson was a Runner-Up in this round. This is the one with the families and the Man With the Gun. To make sure you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards.

12/30/2005 Bret Gillan: [DitV] Cornfield Branch
Hey folks. First town. Wrote it up when I should have been working. I wanted a one-session town that went all the way to Hate and Murder. Not sure if…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Levi Kornelsen, Warren, ubergeek2012, jasonm, Arturo G..

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Apocalypse Girl] Ronnies feedback
No one can be more surprised than me that apocalypse girl by Sydney Freedberg gets a Low Ronny. I'll be all up-front: I fucking hate the premise. I used to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Ramidel, Kintara, Unco Lober.

12/30/2005 komradebob: Getting plastic toys for games made: Moulds
I’ve been interested in games that use miniatures for ages. Cool toys were the in-road to rpgs for me many years ago. I want to know about the actual process…
In Publishing
Participants: komradebob, Darcy Burgess, David Johansen, guildofblades, Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Defenders of the Union] Ronnies feedback
Hello, I am such a sucker for KGB stuff in role-playing games. Defenders of the Union by Malcolm Craig socks right into the Bake It, Betty category, and I really…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Rob MacDougall.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Stand Off!] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Stand_Off.php]Stand Off![/url][/b] by Troy Costisick gets rated in the "Great non-RPG" category. Feedback time! But first, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the supreme Ronnies champion of 2005, Troy Costisick.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyPace, Troy_Costisick.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Long Patrol] Ronnies feedback
Hello, The Long Patrol by Kingston Cassidy rated a Runner-Up. Here's my feedback. 1. Despite the excellent image on the cover, "mud" as a term isn't central enough. Either bring…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, KingstonC, Darcy Burgess.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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12/31/2005 nilsderondeau: PBP/PBeM Mechanics Threads
I'm reviewing discussions about mechanics designed to support PBP/PBeM play. In the interest of facilitating the searches of others with the same desire I have found the following: Ed Designs…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: nilsderondeau, TonyLB.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Here Be Dragons!] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Here_be_Dragons.php]Here Be Dragons![/url][/b] by Iain McAllister hits very high in the rankings of the Great Non-RPG category. I think it makes a nice partner to [b][url=http://www.anvilwerks.com/?City-of-Brass]City of Brass[/url][/b], and should…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, iain.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [White Dragon] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/White_Dragon.php]White Dragon[/url][/b] by Alexander Newman gets a Low Ronny! I think it's notable for its excellent use of the terms, as well as the general humorous take that manages to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Iskander.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Saint's Golem & the Devil's Dragon] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Golem_vs_Dragon.php]The Saint's Golem and the Devil's Dragon[/url][/b] by Tobias op den Brouw goes squarely into the Great Non-RPG category. See also the [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17627.0][The Saint's Golem vs. the Devil's Dragon] Comments…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tobias.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Dirty Virgins] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Dirty_Virgins.php]Dirty Virgins[/url][/b] by Steve Hickey is a stupendous Game Notion which lit up the eyes among my group members at first mention. We weren't alone; see also [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17737.0][Dirty Virgins] Starting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, hix, Sydney Freedberg.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [October's Shadows] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Octobers_Shadows.php]October's Shadows[/url][/b] by Tony Pace nets itself a Low Ronny! Yay for Soviet games. This one is another 2nd Directorate Game, again focusing on ideology and directly changing one another's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, TonyPace.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Dragon vs. the Gun] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Dragon_vs_the_Gun.php]The Dragon vs. the Gun[/url][/b] by Joe J. Prince got itself a Runner-Up. For those who haven't followed the august participation of Mr. Prince in the Ronnies, well, do yourself…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Dantai.

1/1/2006 Rustin: [DiTV -Criminal Variant] Thief Guild Enforcers with d20
I managed to incorporate some Dogslike, Forgish elements into an adventure for my gaming group last Friday, and I must say it was quite successful.  I figured I'd report what…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rustin, Storn.

1/1/2006 ragnar: Playing it a bit loose.
We've been playing our first PTA game recently (see http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18058.0 ), plus a second episode not posted there. We've had lots of fun with it, but have been playing a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: ragnar, cj.23, Arturo G., John Harper.

1/1/2006 rumble: [Dead of Night] Earn CASH for writing a game review!
Earn CASH for writing a game review! Happy 2006 to everyone! My name is Merwin, and I'm the CEO of Plague Games™ and the primary author of _Dead of Night_,…
In Connections
Participants: rumble.

1/2/2006 Nev the Deranged: (UTB) - Brom's _The Plucker_
http://www.theplucker.com/stuff.htm Oh hell yes.
In glyphpress
Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

1/2/2006 Brijam: An introduction - and a new book coming
Hi everyone- My real name is Brian Jamison.  My background -- let's see, in gaming I've been roleplaying for almost 30 years, a GM for most of that time.  My…
In Connections
Participants: Brijam, Paul Czege, Troy_Costisick, energy.

1/2/2006 Brijam: POD experiences?
Hi all- What experiences have people had with POD services?  RapidPOD looks quite reasonable. -B
In Publishing
Participants: Brijam, abzu.

1/2/2006 Plotin: Necromantic Tokens
Hello all and most of all Ron, who is my foremost addressant for these questions! I am about to meet with my group for for a first discussion to mutually…
In Adept Press
Participants: Plotin, Arturo G., Ron Edwards.

1/2/2006 Michi: [DitV] First actual play - and several questions
I had my first GMing session of my new and shiny Dogs in the Vineyard on new year's eve; with Stefan and Susanne, both of whom are seasoned gamers leaning…
In lumpley games
Participants: Michi, Parsolamew, James Holloway, demiurgeastaroth, SusanneV, Warren, Brendan, jasonm.

1/2/2006 Aldoth: My Game: Adventures in the second land
I am currently working on a game that is influenced by Alice in wonderland, Mirrormask, Labyrinth, Wizard of Oz, I am at the design stage and am working on the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Aldoth, matthijs, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, dindenver, TonyPace, Darcy Burgess, Sydney Freedberg, Mr. Sluagh, Graham Walmsley, Warren.

1/2/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Harm outside BDTP
So I'm in my "figuring out" phase for TSoY. I think the rulebook could use some more examples, that'd make it easier. One thing I wonder about: So you can…
In CRN Games
Participants: Frank T, Clinton R. Nixon, Tancred, James_Nostack, Twobirds, Bret Gillan, ubergeek2012.

1/2/2006 GregStolze: Greg Stolze's Refreshing '06 Hubris
If you swing on over to http://www.gregstolze.com you can see my latest ransom project on the front page.  It's atypical: It's a pair of articles that would, in a typical…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Veritas Games, Eero Tuovinen, madelf, Levi Kornelsen, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/2/2006 Emily Care: New things in 2006
Hello all, Happy New Year! Things have been brewing at Black & Green, and are going into full swing in the New Year.  Thanks to the incomparable Andy K &…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care, Andrew Morris, Victor Gijsbers.

1/2/2006 MusedFable: Mythasy: A game for bittererest roleplayers
This is a continuation of http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18060.0. To sum up the thread:  I said "I've played a hole crap load of rpgs over the last 9 years and I don't think…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MusedFable, sayter, Adam Dray.

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