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1/26/2006 Bret Gillan: Screen Presence?
So in the main book, Screen Presence gets mentioned as a part of the Series Bible, along with the different types of Screen Presence a character can have in a…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy.

1/25/2006 Ron Edwards: Forum re-construction under way
Hi there, Clinton and I were doing some talking. Here's what we came up with. Basically, poor old Indie Design has been pulling triple duty for far too long now.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, dindenver, Paka, jburneko, Technocrat13, daMoose_Neo, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Troy_Costisick, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Arturo G., Gordon C. Landis, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Morris, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, komradebob, Green, Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, talysman, Tommi Brander, greyorm, Halzebier, Wolfen, Rob Carriere, ffilz, Doug Ruff, Mark Woodhouse, Lisa Padol, urbanpagan, MatrixGamer.

1/25/2006 Diabolik: Dreamation Coverage is up!
Just wanted to let you all know that the first tricklings of Dreamation coverage are upon our site. Visit www.perfectscorepodcast.com or www.pscore.net. The television will have the information, but after…
In Conventions
Participants: Diabolik, Andrew Morris.

1/25/2006 Paka: Define Humanity, List Descriptors and Go
Ron did this at Gen Con, sat down with us and we all defined Humanity together.  Then we decided on a descriptor list and we rolled right there with our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Imperator, urbanpagan.

1/25/2006 ryanmrich: Rich Forest Game MASTER & SW Florida
I remember back in the day playing street fighter, dark conspiracy, vampire and more games on the back porch. Working on one of his or our or Ben(Terry)s game ideas…
In Actual Play
Participants: ryanmrich, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin, Rich Forest.

1/25/2006 Bret Gillan: Format for Small Game
Hey guys. I'm considering putting my Pundits and Pollsters game on the market. It's real small, approximately 2500 words, and is a simple but fun game with simple mechanics. An…
In Publishing
Participants: Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, MatrixGamer, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Blankshield, nikola, abzu, CSBone.

1/25/2006 jasonm: September Dawn
Hey, I just read about this in the NYT:  September Dawn, an upcoming film about the Mountain Meadows massacre.  Here's what the Desert News has to say.  Looking forward to…
In lumpley games
Participants: jasonm, Vaxalon.

1/25/2006 Salvius: An Idea for DEXCON 9
Hi Folks, Some of you may know that my philosophy regarding Double Exposure and our conventions is to always strive to break new ground, to take the good and make…
In Conventions
Participants: Salvius, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Dregg.

1/25/2006 Glendower: [PTA] Jazz or DIE!
This Tuesday was our "in between" gaming night.  One member was absent, so we decided to put other campaigns on hold this week and play cards.  After about 4 hands…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Paka, Matt Wilson.

1/25/2006 stefoid: look for critical feedback of game system
Hi, Im doing an RPG system that is fairly stable at the moment, and I wouldnt mind some feedback on it. If someone out there is interested in this kind…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: stefoid, Ron Edwards, joepub, nikola, timopod, dindenver, Andrew Morris, Grover, Selene Tan, TonyLB.

1/25/2006 Paka: My Pattern
I really want to go back and re-read PTA because I've run it three or four times now and how the rules work for me is in my head but…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, Glendower, Joe Dizzy, Arturo G., Krista E, Nathan P., Chris Goodwin, Iskander, Ben Lehman, IMAGinES, RobNJ, Jason Newquist, Danny_K.

1/25/2006 Paka: [Sorcerer, Dreamation] Refining Mu
I think, after about four or five runs of my Dictionary of Mu scenario with the pre-made kickers all around, I've got the hang of running this game.  Both games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Iskander, mtiru, Thor Olavsrud, James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.

1/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Gearing up for a new session
I'm hoping to have a 4th session of Sorcerer next Tuesday, January 31st. This is assuming all goes well, and we don't get another strike, what with the union members…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Valamir, Eric J-D, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

1/25/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] 2 playtests at Kapcon
I ran 2 games of Lucky Jones at Kapcon this weekend & it went down well. By pulling in an extra player at the last minute, I was able to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, MikeSands.

1/25/2006 ubergeek2012: Indie Gaming at Arcon V
Bret Gillan and I (and I think Paka too) are planning on running some indie games at <a href="http://www.oswego.edu/~stg/arcon/">Arcon V</a> in <a href="http://www.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=oswego,+ny&btnG=Search&ll=43.443836,-76.497489&spn=0.753788,1.900635">upstate central New York</a> this year.  I think…
In Conventions
Participants: ubergeek2012, Paka, Bret Gillan.

1/25/2006 dindenver: [Marketing] Looking ahead
Hi!   My book has finally gotten to a point (still needs a good edit) where I am close to publishing. Eventually, I want to sell for profit. But I…
In Publishing
Participants: dindenver, daMoose_Neo, guildofblades, Matt, JakeVanDam.

1/25/2006 urbanpagan: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] The Power of Klaus Compels You!
We recently played the Roach at NC GameDay 9 in Raleigh, NC.  We had seven players at the table.  (Yup, seven.)  Myself, Eric, Jason and Remi (all played the Roach…
In Actual Play
Participants: urbanpagan, jasonm, Aman the Rejected, Technocrat13.

1/24/2006 Frank T: [&Sword] Trading down Humanity
So I want to trade down Humanity. I pick Will or Stamina, whichever I like better for my character, at 8 (giving me Humanity 8), and the other two attributes…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank T, jburneko, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

1/24/2006 Smithy: [Today] Answering the Power 19
Answering Troy’s Power 19 questions (see here) seems like an effective tool for focusing a game's development and rooting out problems, so I thought I'd give it whirl for my…
In Endeavor
Participants: Smithy, Troy_Costisick.

1/24/2006 Keith Senkowski: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (Dreamation)
[b]Turtles and Cockroaches[/b] So I ran the Blood Opera Scenario at Dreamation this past Saturday  (with Lisa, Jared, Russel, Rob, Alexander, and Mayuran) and it was a  failure in my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Keith Senkowski, mtiru, RobNJ, Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, Jared A. Sorensen, gains, mneme.

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1/26/2006 hix: [Dirty Virgins] At first the playtest was fun, then it was not
I play-tested the Ronnies version of Dirty Virgins on Tuesday. It came about because two players didn't make to our Buffy game - so after an intense game of Modern…
In Playtesting
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg.

1/26/2006 Alexander XVX: DIY Game Designer in Desparate Need of Art
Hello all, My name is Alexander, and, as you might have rightly guessed, I'm new to the Forge.  Games have always been a strong part of my life, and my…
In Connections
Participants: Alexander XVX, racingspoons.

1/26/2006 sirogit: Starting ideas on a game about LA, dreams and material success.
I have the basic starting ground for a game, based mostly on idle imagining and the song "Californication.", but I'm having some trouble moving past that in a satisfactory manner.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby, Andy Kitkowski.

1/26/2006 GreatWolf: Needing some PDF assistance
I have a small problem that I'm hoping one of you folks will be able to assist me with. I have a PDF of a character sheet for Legends of…
In Connections
Participants: GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver.

1/26/2006 nikola: [Shock:] 0.2.3 at Dreamation: Trash in the hopper
Dreamation does this horrible thing to you. It has a midnight to 4 AM slot that makes you think, "Oh, people play games at this time." That was the slot…
In Actual Play
Participants: nikola, Andy Kitkowski, Paka, Shawn De Arment.

1/26/2006 Iskander: [AP] Breaking the Ice between Clark and Bruce
So, my weekly BW game couldn't meet up this week, and in fact only one other player was available, so we decided instead to hang out, pick a game of…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Iskander, Emily Care, phredd, Victor Gijsbers, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB.

1/26/2006 Ron Edwards: Podcasting and video on-line
Hello, I am utterly clueless about this process and what it entails, and I'm months behind schedule for what I'm trying to do with it. So this is sort of…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Nathan P., Alex Fradera, Clay, talysman, rafial, jasonm.

1/26/2006 abzu: Jared, Luke and Vincent at Vericon
Jared, Vincent and I will be giving a panel about designing games that don't suck at Vericon in Cambridge, Ma. The panel is Saturday at 2:30. Please come…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., Gaerik, Dev, inthisstyle, Thor Olavsrud, Blake T. Deakin, colinrego.

1/26/2006 Paul Czege: fun with evil
This past sabbath day we kicked off a planned multi-session playtest of Acts of Evil. And what can I say...I like it. We only had time for two scenes with…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers, hardcoremoose, Calithena.

1/26/2006 Emily Care: [Everway Larp] at Dreamation
Hey there, Kat Miller and her friend Michelle ran an Everway Larp at Dreamation this past weekend.  It was a 4 hour session that kept us all guessing and going…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, Supplanter, WhiteRat, Kat Miller, Andrew Morris, mneme, Lisa Padol, Graham Walmsley.

1/27/2006 Keith Senkowski: Conspiracy of Shadows Desktops
So I whipped up some shit in my spare time.  Got the idea from looking at what John Harper so expertly does and a thread on RPG.net about creating movie…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy, Bifi, mtiru.

1/27/2006 ffilz: [Cold Iron] Applying lessons learned
My Cold Iron campaign has been steaming along pretty well. I've really been enjoying not having to prep for hours before the game, though I have sometimes not done prep…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, Ron Edwards.

1/27/2006 Sydney Freedberg: [apocalypse girl] the new mechanic, maybe - time, dice, and currency
After much "aha! the fix is obvious! except... oh... but then.. dammit... but...", I've finally come up with a complete new mechanic for apocalypse girl. This mechanic is more complicated…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sydney Freedberg, Unco Lober, Joshua BishopRoby, Michael Brazier.

1/27/2006 Danny2050: Disperate Age groups play 1st Universalis game
This is the outcome of actual play of  Universalis. I didn't keep a full transcript of who did what so there are only some highlights in that regard. Players: Aged…
In Actual Play
Participants: Danny2050, Valamir.

1/27/2006 Graham Walmsley: [DitV] Lone Willow Branch revisited
I played through Lone Willow Branch again last night, with two American friends, Tyler and Jamie. It was very satisfying but much harder going (for me) than before. Any comments…
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, oliof, dunlaing.

1/27/2006 Troy_Costisick: [Hierarchy] New Endgame
Heya, The 24 version of Hierarchy is here are the 1km1kt site.  Have a gander if you're not that familiar with my game. The first re-write of Hierarchy is finished. …
In Endeavor
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Arturo G..

1/27/2006 Kat Miller: [Breaking the Ice] A Dangerous game (Dreamation)
I had the great fortune of playing Breaking the Ice with Emily Care Boss at Dreamation this weekend and it was a great experience.  Emily broke her table up…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kat Miller, Emily Care, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., jasonm.

1/27/2006 Green: Introduce your game
I'm going to take my own advice and do my part to get more developing games noticed on the Forge.  Basically, it comes down to this: many people who would…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

1/27/2006 kregmosier: [the Dead] mechanics change, perhaps?
[b]rules:[/b]  [url]http://www.mosierworks.com/dev/theDead012606.pdf[/url] Considering the possibility of changing the rules under "[b]How Do I Do Stuff?[/b]" on pgs. 8-9 that currently read: [quote]An Attribute Check (AC) involves rolling a number of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: kregmosier, WhiteRat, IagainstI, gains, Andy Kitkowski.

1/27/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] using my Mind
So my system has the following attributes (ranged 1-7): Body, Mind, and Spirit. Mechanically, I don't forsee them being used much in conflict resolution. I'm using them more as a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, gains, dindenver, Andy Kitkowski, ffilz, Sempiternity.

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