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1/30/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: [Obsidian: the Age of Judgement] Mask of Shadows
So, I ran Obsidian and I'm using a variant on the Killer adventure that is available for download on the Apophis Consortium site. I renamed the investigation company "Terminal Investigations"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, daemonchild.

1/30/2006 signoftheserpent: noble houses
There are a few games (Game of Thrones and Fading Suns most notably IMO) featuring players who are part of a noble house or  feudal society. Assomeone writing a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: signoftheserpent, timopod, Joshua BishopRoby, Andrew Morris, dindenver, Ramidel, Jack Aidley, Sydney Freedberg, IagainstI, tygertyger, shlo.

1/30/2006 Peter Nordstrand: [Day of Dupes]Post-Chargen Question
[b][color=Maroon]Important: Jonas, Johan, and Kristoffer, this thread is not for you. Please go away.[/color][/b] Everyone else, please stay. I have some specific question this time. We've finished chargen for our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Roger.

1/30/2006 timopod: graphic format
i was looking over some desktop software and it suggested using a file format different then jpeg or gif for images. Tiff or even png. What is the prefer ed…
In Publishing
Participants: timopod, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, jerry, nikola, Clay, Jeff_DUG, Troy_Costisick, Kevin A. Ranson.

1/30/2006 Green: [split from Dramatikos thread in Design forum] Intimacy in cyberspace?
I'm currently revising and refining Dramatikos.  During this phase, one of the issues that came up was how various media (tabletop, LARP, chat, play-by-post) can work for or against the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Green, Andy Kitkowski, Adam Dray, Ice Cream Emperor, Brand_Robins, Joshua BishopRoby.

1/30/2006 ChristopherAshe: Printer Recomendations?
We're about to go to final print with 7/13: Cycle of Existence and I was personally wondering if anyone had experience with major casebound/hardback book manufacturers in the US and…
In Publishing
Participants: ChristopherAshe, Matt, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer.

1/30/2006 Kevin A. Ranson: How important is an interior page background?
Having recently completed the sourcebook for Kindling Moon, it was suggested to me that having minimal graphics (header or footer) on pages that were primarily text didn't look as professional…
In Publishing
Participants: Kevin A. Ranson, Matt Snyder, devilbunny, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, KeithBVaughn, MatrixGamer, nikola, andrew_kenrick.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation: PTA] Life on Mars
I originally posted this in my LiveJournal and Judd suggested I might post it here for discussion. PTA "Life on Mars" I haven't signed up for anything, but Judd's running…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, RobNJ, Paka, Lisa Padol, John Harper.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation WGP] Two-Fisted President Balks!
A strange thing happened in one of the With Great Power… sessions I ran at Dreamation ’06. The game was scheduled to start at 2pm on Friday, but due to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Iskander, Kat Miller, Sydney Freedberg, Marhault, TheTris, Supplanter, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, Doug Ruff, Julian.

1/30/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Our Dogs Set Forth
I start a new job in a few hours, so this will be quick. I believe others will nail down a larger chunk of the game. There were five of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, dunlaing, Supplanter, HenryT, Joshua BishopRoby, Brand_Robins, lumpley, redivider, JonasB, Noon, IMAGinES, alejandro.

1/30/2006 Paul Czege: cover experiment
Have a look. What do you think? (Eero, your brother Jari did the covers for your translations of My Life with Master and Dust Devils, didn't he? I'd be very…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Calithena, Victor Gijsbers, Eero Tuovinen, chris_moore.

1/30/2006 CSBone: [Space Ranger] Two Systems, Examples in Play (LOOONG!!!)
I’m trying to wrap my brain around a ton of ideas and techniques for reducing GM prep time that I got from the thread HERE and HERE. Seems to me…
In Actual Play
Participants: CSBone, Precious Villain.

1/30/2006 Nathan P.: [Carry] Revision 2 Complete. Readers, Artists & Playtesters Wanted.
I finished the latest revision of Carry, my soldiers-dealing-with-issues Vietnam game. You can download the zip file here. There's also this AP thread, which was very useful to me, and…
In Connections
Participants: Nathan P., joepub.

1/30/2006 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Steel Pit Fight Night (Playtest Prep, LONG)
This post is a bit of a brain dump. So much happened, and so much of it significant, that I'm not sure what one thing to focus on, other than…
In Playtesting
Participants: WhiteRat, Andrew Morris, Graham Walmsley.

1/29/2006 Liminaut: Chien Noir (Film Noir with DitV)
The setting is Film Noir in Los Angeles, 1947.  There are some rules re-interpretations: FAITH --------------- The King of Life? Thought I saw him in a Mission Street soup kitchen.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Liminaut.

1/29/2006 Kami-no-Mark: [Falling Leaves] The Life of Akodo Akira
On Friday night, Tom came over and we decided to give Falling Leaves a go.  TheTris is a friend and ever since he’d explained the game to me, I kept…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kami-no-Mark, TheTris.

1/29/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] Defining my metaphysical influence
So, as I mentioned in another thread, the concept behind my d6-d6 mechanic is that the +d6 represents the metaphysical forces that are assist/encourage a character, and the -d6 represents…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, dindenver, Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby.

1/29/2006 James_Nostack: [& Sword] The Doom of Hanno Mad-Dog
After nine freaking months everything lined up properly to give Sorcerer & Sword a go.  It was a good time, slowed slightly due to the limitations of IRC as a…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Bob the Fighter.

1/29/2006 Michael S. Miller: How I organize the Indie RPG Explosions
This is less a list of steps to follow, than a declaration of why you need to do the various little tasks. Maybe you’ll find a better way of meeting…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

1/29/2006 shahanyr: Une collaboration francophone / anglophone
Hello ! I'm sorry for the french topic but i would like in my poor english propose a collaboration with someone who has a good knowledge of my natural langage.…
In Connections
Participants: shahanyr.

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1/31/2006 talesien: [Conquest! - (working title)] Power 19 exercise
Hello everyone! As you will all notice I am very, VERY new here. I have been reading for a coupel of days. I will tell you right of the bat…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talesien, dindenver, Andrew Morris, contracycle, Sempiternity.

1/31/2006 DrVital: The Mountain Witch - Lost in the Woods
I've been looking to run a "next gen rpg" for a while, and settled on "The Mountain Witch".  The book is great, but it was the posts in these very…
In Actual Play
Participants: DrVital, Halzebier, timfire, Eero Tuovinen.

1/31/2006 Warren: Cottonwood Creek: A one-shot town for "Vampires"
Hello all, Further to my Actual Play thread about introducing a Vampire LARP group to Dogs in the Vineyard I needed to create a one-shot town for them. Following Vincent's…
In lumpley games
Participants: Warren.

1/31/2006 Neros Boot: I now own all the dead-tree supplements!
My copies of Sorcerer and Sword and Sex and Sorcery showed up yesterday, whilst I was gaming offline with a friend.  Today, I shall start reading on them!  I've already…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

1/31/2006 Diabolik: Dreamation 2006 Raw interviews are up now!
I wish someone had told me that I didn't code the pages correctly, I was redoing them for the raw video and realized that none of the links were working.…
In Conventions
Participants: Diabolik, Paka, Andrew Morris, bcook1971.

1/31/2006 Dev: More Granular House Rules?
Are there any house rules for "more granular" conflict resolution within PTA? He liked Dogs' system by which new elements were introduced into the conflict in play, changing the conflict.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Dev.

1/31/2006 jburneko: Looking For Advice On Longer Con Event
Hello, In mid-February I'm running Capes as a scheduled 4 hour event.  Since I have some time to play with, I'm wondering how much I should bring to the table…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Hans, Bret Gillan, Gaerik, ophidian_flux.

1/31/2006 TonyLB: [Dreamation: Capes] Eyes on the prize
So I ran a tournament of Capes.  Formulae for victory, and how to earn points, and all that jazz.  Winner got a shiny new folder of sticky click-and-lock modules.  I…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Bret Gillan, Matthew Glover, Zamiel.

1/31/2006 LeSingeSavant: [FoA] Red Prophet, Black Prophet: The Gate
After two weeks off, Jason, Clinton and I assembled for the last session of our Face of Angels game . There had been a 'dead' week in…
In Playtesting
Participants: LeSingeSavant, jasonm, urbanpagan.

1/31/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Another Playtest: Glamour, Mundanity and Damnation
I playtested 1st Quest with the monthly group that has been playing Conspiracy of Shadows for a bit over a year now with breaks due to schedule problems.  It is…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Spiral Jacobs, ubergeek2012, gains, Michael S. Miller.

2/1/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Web of Shadows] Need an Endgame, and a Term
This little snippet of a game has been dogging the back of my brain for too long, so I wrote it out today.  It's missing an endgame -- I know…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Rob Carriere, Troy_Costisick, CommonDialog, Ramidel.

2/1/2006 Gregor Hutton: [3:16] No Man's World -- DragonMeet, London (AP)
I have been pretty much constantly on the move and snowed under with work since Dragonmeet in December. So, at last, here is the AP thread of the 3:16 game…
In Playtesting
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Matt.

2/1/2006 SabreCat: Coming up on first game
It looks as if I'll get a chance to GM a game of Dogs within the next week.  I've read the book, and I'm curious about a couple of things…
In lumpley games
Participants: SabreCat, Vaxalon, Supplanter, lumpley, Alex Fradera, ffilz.

2/1/2006 Gregor Hutton: [Breaking The Ice] Isla and Goldie
And here is my 2nd AP of the night. While I was over in Cork for Warpcon, myself and Dave Neil found ourselves at a loose end for a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Emily Care.

2/1/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] Finishing up my Ability list
I would like to post the current ability list for the setting (subdivided by group). The setting is essentially low-fantasy medieval. I do have questions, at the end of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, dindenver, Bryan Hansel, timopod, CommonDialog, Adam Dray, ffilz.

2/1/2006 rumble: I will pay YOU to review the Dead of Night RPG!
No takers yet! A month has gone by, and two Dead of Night reviews have been published: one online, and the other in print. I think both reviews were from…
In Connections
Participants: rumble.

2/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [Polaris] Frenzied screwing in the icy wastes
We've been playing more Polaris since Effete, very cold knights and the demons who love them. First point is, the game moves both quickly and slowly. Quickly, in that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Solamasa, Bret Gillan, jrs, Ben Lehman, Artanis, faerieloch.

2/1/2006 Glendower: [PTA] - Speed Demons
For some reason, playing a hand of Texas Hold'em again prefaces our crack at Primetime Adventures. Our first attempt is listed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18497.0 for those keeping score. I started by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower.

2/1/2006 zompire: what do people think of my game idea?
Hello I'm new to the forge and I'm wondering if i can get some feedback on what people think of my idea for a game I'm wanting to develop. OK…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: zompire, Ben Lehman, Warren, matthijs, TheTris, Grover, joepub, dindenver, talesien, TonyLB, Kevin A. Ranson, Noon, Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick, Endroff.

2/1/2006 Lisa Padol: Contain / Banishment question
In last night's session, Niccolo failed to Banish a demon. Unknown to him, Andreas put the demon in a Contain. Okay, a snapshot Contain, which may not hold up when…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Julian.

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