Previous Topics 1/18/2006 Neros Boot: Indie Press Revolution
How long does it typically take IPR to send out dead-tree-format books once you've ordered them?
--I ordered Sorcerer and Sword and Sex and Sorcery off them, and am curious…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Justin A Hamilton.
1/18/2006 Vaxalon: Not sure what to do if...
So there's this girl in a town I'm working up that has a crippled hand. It's crippled as a result of the actions of one of the other NPC's.
The…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Levi Kornelsen, TheHappyAnarchist, Pol Jackson.
1/18/2006 LeSingeSavant: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] One, Two, Three . . . Roach!
I played The Shab-al-Hiri Roach with a bunch of non-gamer friends this past weekend at the tail-end of a business trip to DC this weekend. We only had 2 and…
In Actual Play
Participants: LeSingeSavant, jasonm, Ron Edwards.
1/18/2006 dancross: A deal with a publisher
I've worked out a deal with a publisher where I get 40% of profits on all things sold in relation to my RPG system. I thought I had worked out…
In Publishing
Participants: dancross, dindenver, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby.
1/18/2006 Storn: Character Prompting Sheet
{pardon if this double post}
This thread prompted this in conjunction to something our group was exploring:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18369.0
Linked below is a pdf to my RPGnet thread on art. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, dunlaing, Warren, RDU Neil, Sydney Freedberg, Kintara, Nuadha, zornwil.
1/18/2006 Doc Blue: A Modest Proposal for an Origins Event....
I early-bird registered for Origins earlier this month. At the time, I largely figured I wouldn't be running any events. Naturally, because I made a conscious decision, my subconscious decided…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Doc Blue.
1/18/2006 Neros Boot: Sorcerer in Spaaaaaaaaace!
I have an idea for a Sorcerer adaptation, which I've already emailed to Mr. Edwards as a potential mini-supplement. Essentially, the mini-supplement would be about human pilots in the near…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Justin A Hamilton, Sydney Freedberg, ubergeek2012, Bret Gillan, cpeterso, IMAGinES, Peter Nordstrand.
1/18/2006 IMAGinES: [RPGnet Forum / Wiki] Sorcerer: A Menu
As the RPGnet forums are no longer searchable, Paka set up a forum thread called A Menu with the intent of collecting all the best RPGnet threads relating to…
In Adept Press
Participants: IMAGinES, Ron Edwards.
1/18/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: useless relationships?
So, one of my players' characters has a relationship with her dead brother. She reckons this is important, and it certainly seems right to me that it should be down…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, Matt, jasonm, Andrew Morris, lumpley, daHob.
1/18/2006 Justin A Hamilton: [Sorcerer] Preparing for a pitch, King in Yellow
Hello again, let me apologize in advance if this post has a lot of jargon, please ask.
So my roleplaying group has a kind of round-robin GM format. We all…
In Adept Press
Participants: Justin A Hamilton, Neros Boot, TickTock Man, IMAGinES, Mister Six.
1/18/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Aftermath report
Hi folks,
KueiCon was teh awesome, and I wanted to thank everyone who came and played with us. Though we only set up for 2 days and 3 time slots…
In Conventions
Participants: Bankuei, ptevis, Albert of Feh, jasonm, faerieloch.
1/18/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Dog Eat Dog
Hi folks,
On Sunday morning, we got to play the very awesome Dog Eat Dog, a game in development by William Burke. Dog Eat Dog is a game about colonialism,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei.
1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Capes
Hi folks,
Towards the end of the first night, we had 3 extra people show up, and wanted to get them into play ASAP. In hindsight, Capes is not the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei.
1/17/2006 Anna B: The Sim Nar Blur
So I get Sim - but then I'm the kind of person who watched The Matrix and thought "wait that volates the second law of thermodynamics! What are the computers…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anna B, Ron Edwards, nikola, Supplanter, Sydney Freedberg, Joshua BishopRoby, Silmenume.
1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Falling Leaves
Hi folks,
First- Wow. What a brutally simple and elegant game.
I got to play this with Albert & William, and our game quickly turned into something worthy of rivalling…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, William Burke, Albert of Feh, TheTris, Sydney Freedberg.
1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Galactic
Hi folks,
So first thing off on Saturday, we got into Matt Wilson's developing space opera game, Galactic, run by Albert Anderson.
Galactic normally involves building a map with different…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, ptevis, Albert of Feh.
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.
1/17/2006 Paka: Presenting Characters to the Players for Con Scenarios
When I have played with my regular group, I know the people. I know that one player is a district attorney, so I give him the thief so he can…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Andy Kitkowski, ubergeek2012, Andrew Morris, John Kim, HenryT.
1/17/2006 Keith Senkowski: Conspiracy of Ravenloft: Session One
So on Saturday we finally hit the CoS Ravenloft game and I think it was a bit rougher in spots than it should have been. Don't get me wrong, it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Matt Wilson, Matt-M-McElroy, Paka, Jason Leigh, daemonchild.
1/17/2006 Hans: Questions on staking and splitting
Just off my third session of Capes. My how I love this game.
I read through this several times, and still feel shaky - Page 25 of the rules says:…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kintara, TonyLB.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 1/18/2006 Neros Boot: [Sorcerer] The mini-supplements
What can y'all tell me 'bout the Sorcerer mini-supplements? As preparation for writing my own mini-supplement, I have decided to buy all six currently available e-sourcebooks. I am particularly interested…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Bret Gillan, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Hisho, Jasper Polane.
1/18/2006 Sydney Freedberg: [apocalypse girl] - getting unsafe, with safewords
[i]apocalypse girl[/i] is my November 2006 Ronnies submission, which I'm now revising (slowly) in light of the excellent suggestions from many people in various threads (listed below), especially Unco Lober,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sydney Freedberg, Mark Woodhouse, Joshua BishopRoby, dindenver, Unco Lober, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.
1/19/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] Thinking about the reward system
So, before I get to work on redrafting my Ronnies entries, I want to finish Lucky Jones - a game set in the world of family sitcoms - that I've…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, MikeSands.
1/19/2006 Jaochai: My game: Vigilance
Those who haunt RPG.net may, distantly, remember me from many aeons ago, when I submitted a few details about my dream RPG, which I tentatively entitled Vigilance. Anyway, long story…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jaochai, TonyPace, dindenver, Adam Dray.
1/19/2006 guildofblades: 2005 Guild of Blades Unit Volumes
Hi All,
I see some other companies have been posting their 2005 sales figures and thought I would offer up the Guild's 2005 numbers as well. Since our accountant laid…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, abzu, MatrixGamer, Paul Czege.
1/19/2006 Maitete: Ron's "A toolbox for playing Hero Wars"
In the thread Where to begin? Ron made a mention of providing a document he wrote called "A toolbox for playing Hero Wars" to the poster. Does anyone (specifically Ron)…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Maitete, Ian Cooper, Lamorak33, Tim Ellis, Ron Edwards.
1/19/2006 Maitete: [Sorcerer] First time play
Hello all,
We played our first game ever of Sorcerer this last weekend, and I thought it would be interesting to discuss in Actual Play, both in terms of what…
In Actual Play
Participants: Maitete, Jason Leigh, Ron Edwards.
1/19/2006 Certified: Getting ready for a con: What does a good demo look like?
In the past I’ve run four hour short stories for demos. Sometimes connected with an overall arc, this has had mixed results at conventions. Some advice I got last year…
In Actual Play
Participants: Certified, Ron Edwards, timfire, TonyLB, Lamorak33, daemonchild.
1/19/2006 sayter: [Realm] New Changes
Allright, heres a breakdown of the design decisions ive made in the last while. I think I am pretty firm on them for the most part.
First, I redid the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sayter, Bill Masek, dindenver.
1/19/2006 Rusty: [Space Rat] Femme Babe karate chop - THWACK!
Played a series of Space Rat games leading into the silly season (never a more appropriate time to get involved in the hi-jinx of Jack Cosmos!), and everyone involved had…
In Playtesting
Participants: Rusty, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth.
1/19/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Stunning display of honesty - a tale of dysfunctional gamers?
This isn't so much an Actual Play, as a Dysfunction Between Play tale. Something happened recently which left me feeling stunned and a bit betrayed. You tell me if this…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Paka, Bankuei, Joshua BishopRoby, cpeterso, Frank T, Elindryn, Ron Edwards.
1/19/2006 amel: pdf?
Hi Micheal,
I am curious about the game since I first heard of it. But as I live overseas, I waiting for the pdf. Is there any chance, that it…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: amel, Michael S. Miller, DainXB, inthisstyle, Nathan P., Thor Olavsrud.
1/19/2006 johnmarron: Trying to elicit Flags in game prep, an actual attempt
Last night I met with a new group of players that have expressed interest in doing some role-playing to plan a new game. I have only met these guys a…
In Actual Play
Participants: johnmarron, Warren, Supplanter, Ron Edwards, Storn, Marhault, Marco, David Chunn, Everspinner.
1/19/2006 CSBone: How do you reduce Sim prep
I was following the thread on Lost that Spark, a Lost Gm seeks advice. And realized that I feel very strongly that people keep asking the wrong questions…
In Actual Play
Participants: CSBone, Supplanter, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Tommi Brander, Noon, Silmenume.
1/19/2006 Jonathan Hastings: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] At Recess
Last Saturday, I ran a Shab-al-Hiri Roach game at Recess, nerdnyc.com's quarterly gaming event. By "run" I mean I taught the rules, facilitated the game, and also played. This represented…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, jasonm.
1/19/2006 lumpley: Shock: 0.???.0 Playtest
I very briefly summarize my own PC's story and then go into theory, here.
-Vincent
In glyphpress
Participants: lumpley, nikola.
1/19/2006 WhiteRat: [D&D 3.5] Adjust my CA for this game!
Last year I sat down as a player at a D&D 3.5 game of Midnight, a fantasy setting in which evil won. In the very first session, one player’s gnome…
In Actual Play
Participants: WhiteRat, Bankuei, James_Nostack, Roger, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, John Kim, Valamir, Nathan P., Kintara, TheTris.
1/19/2006 clayton_mcfarland: [Canindar: Primordial Saga] First post for a New Member
Greetings Forumites!
My name is Clayton McFarland, and I am just starting out in the Indie Game Design adventure. I’m working on a Gamist / Simulationist system which covers life…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clayton_mcfarland, xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, dindenver.
1/19/2006 JMendes: [Project Senate] Central Thread
Hello, folks, :)
Some of you may remember me. I've been a forgite on and off for a number of years, and the theory developped here has been mulling in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JMendes.
1/19/2006 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Las Cruces Onesheet
Hi,
I set up this game to present Sorcerer to a group I haven't played with before. The ideas were bounced forth and back during an evening, and I put…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Yokiboy.
more subsequent topics >> |