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3/16/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley (long)
[i]The full moon at midnight. Some eerie background noise, but no music. We pan down to gently sloping grassland, mist rising off the dew-soaked blades. There is a distant, muffled…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Glendower.

3/16/2006 PincheGamesLoco: CHIMAERACON in Texas
Hello to The Forge!  I am just am checking if there is anyone here going to be at the CHMIARAECON going on next week?  It is going to be here…
In Conventions
Participants: PincheGamesLoco, tygertyger.

3/16/2006 PincheGamesLoco: PINCHE GAMES!
Hello toall the gamers and everyone here at The Forge!  Please excuse my English that I am working on making better. My name is LOCO!  I read here every day…
In First Thoughts
Participants: PincheGamesLoco, Ron Edwards, Arturo G..

3/16/2006 DarkAsmodeous: [Beat] need playtesters!
My game Beat is a small narrative game in which players both form and solve a case on the scene. My plans for the game are $3.00 PDF publishing, but…
In Connections
Participants: DarkAsmodeous.

3/16/2006 jburneko: Goal Sniping.
Hello Again, While thinking about the whole narrative control thing, I remembered a condition of gameplay that *does* really irritate me.  I call the condition Goal Sniping.  Goal Sniping happens…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, Zamiel, Sindyr, TonyLB, Adam Biltcliffe, Hans.

3/15/2006 bts: [TSOY] Newbie running Rat Moon Rising
I'm psyched to try out TSOY with my group.  I'm hoping to start with Rat Moon Rising, but using the revised rules.  It seems pretty clear how to convert abilities,…
In CRN Games
Participants: bts, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/15/2006 Alex Fradera: [PTA-Kin] A promising pilot, but conflicts hard to find.
So I was the producer for a pilot episode of a new PTA series a few weeks ago; it went well enough that we're doing it again this weekend, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alex Fradera, Danny_K.

3/15/2006 Kat Miller: What I need from Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con Volenteers
What do I need to do to be part of the Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con? Gen Con has changed their Event Registration process for this year.  For a…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, jasonm, TonyLB, Mike Holmes.

3/15/2006 billvolk: [BESM/AKA] GM-heavy character creation
I was running my first game with the All Kinds of Awesome setting I'm talking about in the Indie Game Design section and using the Tri-Stat d6 rules. Because none…
In Actual Play
Participants: billvolk, MatrixGamer.

3/15/2006 jburneko: Wording of Conflicts and Character Control
Hello, I've been following the whole 'character control' argument and I'm a little confused.  My understanding about how conflicts break down has always been this: Goals are things a character…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, Vaxalon, Sindyr, TonyLB, Zamiel, Tuxboy, Hans, drnuncheon.

3/15/2006 Yokiboy: Story Now, but first we Prep...
Hello, I have bad experience with narrative RPGs due to the prep it takes to setup. We planned a game of Sorcerer, created some kick-ass characters, and a one-sheet, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Yokiboy, Paka, Nathan P., Jonathan Hastings, MatrixGamer, ffilz, Noon.

3/15/2006 davez: Looking for Play Testers for a new System: Anime and Manga fans a PLUS
I am looking for play testers willing to try out my system Zen and the Art of Mayhem. It is a universal cinematic style RPG designed to simulate Anime, Tokusatsu,…
In Connections
Participants: davez.

3/15/2006 Arturo G.: [PuCLN,Valladolid] A Forge's indie-games track in a Spanish national convention
PuCLN -- Convivencias Lúdicas Nacionales A big Spanish national games-convention is going to hold place in Valladolid (Spain) this year. Dates: 13 -- 16 of July. The convention will include…
In Conventions
Participants: Arturo G..

3/15/2006 barna284: [TSOY] Swashbuckling of Yesterday
I have an almost three year long 7th Sea campaign and I´ve decided to migrate from the R&K system due to several issues. A lot of people have suggested TSOY…
In CRN Games
Participants: barna284, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Twobirds, Clay.

3/15/2006 Anna B: My First Town
I recived Dogs by mail about a week ago. This my frist attempt at creating a town. I wanted to create something dealt with gender roles but wouldn't push my…
In lumpley games
Participants: Anna B.

3/15/2006 Ben Lehman: Polaris at GenCon
Kat Miller is looking for <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19013.0">people to run indie games at GenCon</a>. I want a Polaris game to be scheduled for GenCon.  Because of my booth and personal commitments,…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged.

3/15/2006 Arturo G.: [Polaris] Full reference flow-chart
Hi, again! One of the players in my group (Mot) has integrated the conflict flow-charts presented in the thread Conflict flowchart for new players into a full reference chart…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Arturo G., Ben Lehman.

3/15/2006 billvolk: Critique my campaign setting (long post)
This isn't a rules system - it's a setting designed to get the maximum potential out of open-ended, point-based rules systems like BESM (the Tri-stat system found at http://www.guardiansorder.com/downloads/) or…
In First Thoughts
Participants: billvolk, pells, Miskatonic, anders_larsen, Joshua BishopRoby, TroyLovesRPG.

3/14/2006 Superstar: A humble beginning and then some questions
I’ve been reading about DitV for some time and when a guy at my local gaming store mentioned that he owned it, played and didn’t like it I asked him…
In lumpley games
Participants: Superstar, TragicHeroBC, Danny_K, Pol Jackson.

3/14/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Need Drunken Dwarf Art
I need some line art of drunken dwarves and perhaps giant frothy mugs of beer for my Game Chef entry The Ancient and Venerable Art of Tippling. Any takers?  I'll…
In Connections
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, kroh, Miskatonic, racingspoons.

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3/16/2006 drnuncheon: Communal Non-Person Characters (Mysteries in Capes II: Electric Boogaloo)
Back here, in my Mysteries in Capes thread, I promised some of my own thoughts - but I got sidetracked and I didn't want to derail that discussion. So, here's…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: drnuncheon, Hans, TonyLB.

3/16/2006 Hans: {Dust Devils] Ack!! More than I can chew!
Hi all: Well, I've gone and done it.  I've signed up to run Dust Devils at Gen Con.  I hope to high heaven I can get a chance to run…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen.

3/16/2006 Chris Gardiner: [Trollbabe] VoIP play, Session 2
Character creation and first session writeup are here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19034.0 We played our second session of Trollbabe via Teamspeak last night, and I was much happier with it than the first…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Gardiner, John Harper, Nigel Evans.

3/16/2006 Superstar: Delivery time for PDF?
Anyone who have ordered anything in PDF from Chimera? How long until Matt contacted you with d/l info? Been waiting 24 hours now and was planning to have 9 Worlds…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Superstar, Matt Snyder.

3/16/2006 TonyLB: [PTA] Happy Endings
Strange thing happened in our final episode of Bountiful. Jen played Brigit, a faerie (well, y'know, it's in space ... so a space-faerie, I suppose) whose Issue was her exile…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, dunlaing, Joe Dizzy, Noon, Everspinner, contracycle, Alan, Danny_K, Sydney Freedberg.

3/16/2006 Czar Fnord: [GLASS] Reward, Death, and Fair Trade
This is a splinter thread from Request for Comments on Cost Balances. Blame Walt Freitag. ;-) I have been persuaded to address, in GLASS, difficult issues with long-running…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Czar Fnord, Valamir, pells, Noon, Walt Freitag, contracycle.

3/16/2006 jrs: Comic on copyright law
I came across this today-- "Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW".  (Free as a digital version, available for purchase in print.)  It's primary focus is copyright and fair…
In Publishing
Participants: jrs, Technocrat13.

3/17/2006 Willow: [TSOY] Confused about Changing Intentions
Hey there.  Recently picked up TSOY.  It's a pretty cool read, but I have problems wrapping my head around a couple of the concepts.  (And no, I'm not talking about…
In CRN Games
Participants: Willow, coffeestain, Eero Tuovinen.

3/17/2006 jaren: Dead Meat?
I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the Dead Meat game by Sean, or if anyone would happen to have it on thier hard drive and send a…
In Connections
Participants: jaren.

3/17/2006 epweissengruber: Augmentations in Extended Contests and in Simple Contests
Been doing a lot of Heroquest play lately and doing a lot of thinking about the rules.  Our group has been working out our approach to running Simple Contests and…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Web_Weaver, soviet.

3/17/2006 David Bapst: Resource: Forrester's Principles of Systems
Hey Forgites, First off, sorry I've faded out of discussions over the past year. Research in paleobiology has been the focus of most of my attention, but I have been…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David Bapst, Mark Johnson.

3/17/2006 Kat Miller: Link to the IGE at Gencon06 Events page.
I have collected all the information I have been sent. This is the Link to the IGE Events for Gen Con 06 that I have been given so far- http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/Gencon06IGE.html…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Hans, Michael S. Miller.

3/17/2006 Elishar: Superheroes: [what next?]
Hello all, I'm new to the forum here.  I've been checking out the forums off and on for some time now to get a feel for the community but this…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elishar, Eero Tuovinen, anders_larsen, Certified, billvolk, Eric Bennett, Ken, Melinglor, Mark Johnson, dindenver, Vibilo.

3/17/2006 Glendower: [Capes-Lite] - RTFM
RTFM - Read that fine manual.  Yes, that would have made this whole session a lot smoother.  I'd like to first tell Tony that he made an amazing game with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Hans, drnuncheon.

3/17/2006 Calithena: Heroquest Probabilities Question
Talking extended contests here - rough answers are OK. (I already know the answers for simple contests, they're easy to analyze, and weird - I think I'd come extended or…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Calithena, Tim Ellis, Mike Holmes, Hans, Vaxalon, epweissengruber.

3/17/2006 Hans: Capes fun; superpowers appear!
I have started a wiki here (http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Capes_in_Missassauga) to track the ongoing Capes sessions we are running here in Ontario.  In the very first session we had such diverse conflicts hit…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kintara, TonyLB, Sindyr.

3/17/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: Reverse Dog Style (Not like that!!!)
Courtesy of jhkim here. http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=251894&page=2 Anyone ever considered doing dogs with the players creating a town and the GM creating the dogs and trying to fix the town with his…
In lumpley games
Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Vaxalon, coffeestain, BollaertN.

3/17/2006 Emmett: Web promotion
*sigh* I wish there was a good way to get an RPG known. I know that I usually don't have time to play any of the other titles out there…
In Publishing
Participants: Emmett, Ron Edwards, anders_larsen, JakeVanDam, Julian, Selene Tan, sean2099, Ben Lehman.

3/18/2006 stefoid: tasks, conflicts, and a room full of Boggles
We have this HeroWars game which has been going on for some time.  The GM is inventive and improvises well, but his methods are strictly old school.  Another player and…
In Actual Play
Participants: stefoid, Kesher, Walt Freitag.

3/18/2006 btrc: Origins Awards first?
Don't know if it's a gaming first or not, but my Infinite Armies game has just been nominated for a 2006 Origins Award (Vanguard category). This is a "publishing" note…
In Publishing
Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, abzu, Michael S. Miller.

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