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2/19/2006 ijonchrist: Spawn Question
OK, maybe this has been gone over before, but I didn't see it in the first dozen pages so I thought I'd make a new topic.  Two players in my…
In Adept Press
Participants: ijonchrist, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2006 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Looking for an artist
Hello <i>Bliss Stage: Love, Sex, and Giant Robots</i>, which is one of my forthcoming games, needs an artist.  I'm pretty picky about the requirements for this, just so you're warned…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, TonyLB.

2/19/2006 beingfrank: [Trollbabe] Acting towards goals after losing a conflict
Today I went through the rules and did character creations for two players I'm running Trollbabe for.  The first session will be in a fortnight, but we all wanted to…
In Adept Press
Participants: beingfrank, Eero Tuovinen, Calithena, Ron Edwards, Alan, James_Nostack.

2/19/2006 Karasu: [PTA] Nation
Here's a show I'm thinking of pitching to my group. Think of a cross between Battlestar Galatica and the book of Exodus as you read the following: ---- "Our motley…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Karasu, ScottM, Paka.

2/19/2006 Paul Czege: needed: situation to start
After two sessions of playtest, I've been thinking Acts of Evil needs some kind of collaborative situation fabrication prior to play. (And Michael S. Miller's Arthurian enthusiasm post…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

2/19/2006 Andy Kitkowski: 2006 Game Chef Event Announced!
Tell your friends, post on your blogs, get the word out! We're pushing ahead in 2006 with the next Game Chef contest! The dates have been set: March 11th-19th. The…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, joepub, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2006 preludetotheend: Wardrobe (working title)
Wardrobe is a relatively universal role play game that focuses on overcoming your short comings by covering them up with what you continue to learn. It also provides shortcoming mechanics…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: preludetotheend, TonyLB, Troy_Costisick.

2/18/2006 reaction: [Burn (Working Title)] - 19 Questions
All right, obviously I'm incredibly new here, but I'd like a little bit of feedback on my game. So far I've gotten a little positive feedback, but no actual criticism,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: reaction, Marus, dwilsonh, joepub, knicknevin, Czar Fnord.

2/18/2006 Denise: Attn Publisers: 2006 ENnie Award Submission Period now Open
Heya Forgers, Just wanted you to be amongst the first to know, we've opened up the submission period for the 2006 ENnies.  Hopefully having it open earlier than past years…
In Publishing
Participants: Denise.

2/18/2006 Tyberious Funk: Another alternative setting - seeking opinions
I read through the alternative settings thread and was surprised that there wasn't really mention of any cop show styled games.  I think the conflict resolution mechanics would be really…
In lumpley games
Participants: Tyberious Funk, Vaxalon, Levi Kornelsen, lumpley, HenryT, Liminaut.

2/18/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Mortal Coil] Arthurian enthusiasm
Last night, Kat, Michele & I went to Brennan's. We met his friends Jason, Bill & Sandy (who'd I'd met at conventions years ago). The six of us and Brennan's…
In Playtesting
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., inthisstyle.

2/18/2006 Adam Dray: [DitV] Big Rock Fork
I ran Dogs in the Vineyard for the first time a few weekends ago with three players who don't have much indie game experience. Some really bizarre things happened and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, Everspinner, jlarke, jlathomas, lumpley.

2/18/2006 dyjoots: [Manaka] Power 19
Power Nineteen for Manaka (Actual Play here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18737.0) What is your game about? Manaka is about the conflicts, stories, and characters that the players want it to be about.  It's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dyjoots, dwilsonh, TonyLB, Troy_Costisick.

2/18/2006 ChrisJaxn: [Madness Descends] Very Rough Draft, Questions about Character Creation
Okay, I've finished a (rather rough indeed) draft of my vaguely-Call of Cthulhu based game. here. The questions I have at the moment are as follows: Firstly, is the graph…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ChrisJaxn, Bryan Hansel, knicknevin, Artanis, Sempiternity.

2/18/2006 Bryan Hansel: [Judge Judy RPG] The Dice of it all
Okay, so I was working on the rewrite of Waitress today when Judge Judy came on the TV.  I thought it might be pretty fun to have a Judge Judy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bryan Hansel.

2/17/2006 Nev the Deranged: Dave's MLWM Quickref
Hiya. My quick-referencing ways continue with My Life With Master. I am submitting this for critiquing and troubleshooting before finalizing it. Please let me know if anything needs correcting or…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, RdGkA.

2/17/2006 timfire: [Mexican Standoff] I was shot, but I got the money
Hi y'all, I finally got a chance to playtest my game, with the updated rules. As I said in my , twice I playtested the game, but…
In Playtesting
Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, John Hyland.

2/17/2006 Brian Newman: [TSOY] Glorantha
Has anyone tasted these two great tastes together?  It seems to me like a perfect match -- Gloranthan cultures already have keys and secrets (just not so formalized), cults obviously…
In CRN Games
Participants: Brian Newman, Paka, newsalor.

2/17/2006 TheTris: Crazy Days
Apparently it's National PTA Founders Day. Just thought everyone should know.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TheTris.

2/17/2006 John Wick: "It's up to you to decide where you stand..."
After talking to Ron last night and answering a few personal e-mails, I've heard this phrase stated multiple times: "It's up to you to decide where you stand." Can someone…
In Site Discussion
Participants: John Wick, jburneko, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

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2/19/2006 Plotin: Hint question
Hello! The description of “Hint” on page 53 of the rulebook says: The demon rolls Power vs. the Will of the target, and if that is successful, the target rolls…
In Adept Press
Participants: Plotin, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2006 Iskander: [DitV] Player conflict resolved in play.
I wrote about a player conflict that came up in the Czege'n'Bake(r) series I am running at the GGG. The first conflict of last Friday night's session was a neatly…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander.

2/19/2006 tj333: Convention Gaming as Advertising
Here's the situation. A local anime convention is looking for people to be running games at it this year. They just want more games and have additional space set aside…
In Publishing
Participants: tj333, TonyLB, abzu, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, VirtualBasement, Czar Fnord.

2/19/2006 Calithena: My Hangup/Grist for the Mill
I was just reading Paul's starting situation stuff and I see the problem he needs to solve. Every time I think about this game, I imagine the characters are all…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Calithena, Paul Czege.

2/19/2006 Paul Strack: [WGP] Hero game filler at DundraCon, CA
I ran a quick game of "With Great Power..." at DrudraCon in California for a couple friends of mine. It was a great success. I'd prepped some rules sheets and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Strack, Michael S. Miller.

2/19/2006 Paul Strack: [WGP] Alternate Card Mechanics
I've had a chance to run the game now. I posted the Actual Play in the appropriate forum. One thing I tried out in the game was a modified conflict…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Paul Strack.

2/19/2006 fastswimmer: Dev's wanted
Alot of people here love to play MMORPG's. Have you ever wanted to help make one? Here's your chance. I am the sound developer at Addition Gaming Entertainment. We are…
In Connections
Participants: fastswimmer, Eero Tuovinen.

2/19/2006 nikola: Under the Bed T-shirt now available!
Hey, everyone, the first bit of Under the Bed fanwear is now available over at the glyphpress store! Check out the other glyphpress goodies, too: Know Your Copyrights: a shirt…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola.

2/19/2006 Iskander: I have been bad. Again.
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=246977&page=3]I couldn't help myself.[/url] Sorry, ecb.
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Iskander, Emily Care.

2/19/2006 Brendan: [DitV] Whitevein, via AIM
It turns out instant messenger is a lot slower than talking!  This is an account of my first time running Dogs, which I did over AOL Instant Messenger with players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brendan.

2/19/2006 joepub: [Carry] But, I want endgame now!
A few weeks ago, me and a group of people played Carry. I'm going to skip around a bit in this thread, partially because I am cloudy on parts, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: joepub, Nathan P..

2/20/2006 LandonSuffered: Boy Wonders and Sidekicks
Hi!  I don't own Capes, but I have been reading posts and checking out Tony's web site and I really like what I see! I've owned many many superhero…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LandonSuffered, Eero Tuovinen, Vaxalon, Gaerik, Miskatonic.

2/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - selling content... looking for sytems
This thread is a split from How design influences many aspects... and some questions I think my product, as being setting/plot oriented, is not GNS related, so I think…
In Publishing
Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen, Czar Fnord, Ron Edwards, jeremycoatney, mythusmage, btrc.

2/20/2006 pedyo: (Mountain Witch) Incompetent Samurai part 2 - LONG POST
Yesterday evening we continued our game of The Mountain Witch (the write-up of the first session is here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18716.0) This second session was a lot stronger – we got through…
In Actual Play
Participants: pedyo, timfire.

2/20/2006 Technocrat13: [Mountain Witch] Cold & Hot
We had a really interesting game of the Mountain Witch last night.  After looking over my notes from the game I have a few insights I'd like to share.  Boring…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, Eero Tuovinen, urbanpagan, timfire.

2/20/2006 Frank T: [Polaris] New Protagonist Sheet Design
This is what happens when you play with an illustrator and forget to bring copies of the protagonist sheet. I should do that more often. Thanks Kathy! http://www.wyvernslair.de/handouts/polaris_charsheet.pdf
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Frank T, coffeestain, Artanis, Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, cdr.

2/20/2006 Vaxalon: Bridal Falls City
The Dogs in my game have decided that in order to Make Right What's Wrong for the town of Gospel Ridge, they need to escort Sister Azubah (a back-easter who…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, 14thWarrior, Paka.

2/20/2006 Ron Edwards: Followup to the Awful Thread of Awfulness
I'm back. My conclusion: no retractions, no apologies. I do have some comments. If you think my whole point is simply wrong Then you might be right. I never claimed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/20/2006 Czar Fnord: [GLASS] Setting or No Setting?
The original GLASS v1 release deliverable was planned as a book that is almost all System (a la TriStat) with some "micro-settings": Genre chapters with common Abilities (Skills, Powers, Spells,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Czar Fnord, Sempiternity, Graham Walmsley, Heraldic Game Design, Troy_Costisick, contracycle, Valamir, TroyLovesRPG, pells, Nathan P..

2/20/2006 knicknevin: [The Early Hours] Closing the Box
I'm not ready to do a Power 19 on this yet, but here's what's buzzing about in my mind at the moment: What is your game about? It's the early…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: knicknevin, reaction.

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