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3/21/2006 cmnash: Sorcerers in Black
Was thinking about a setting for a Sorcerer game - Sorcerers in Black Based on the Men in Black movies, the Sorcerers are police keeping humanity 'safe' from the Aliens…
In Adept Press
Participants: cmnash, Danny_K, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2006 Matthew Glover: Ongoing free-for-all Capes at my FLGS
I've been camping out at my local game shop and running Capes demos for anybody who'll stand still, as well as playing some short games with people.  The interest level…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Hans, TonyLB, dunlaing, Zamiel, Garg.

3/21/2006 Sindyr: Boundaries and the meta-game - and Capes
This doesn't just apply to Capes, but it has come up in relation to Capes, so here are some thoughts of mine... When playing an rpg, each player has boundaries,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Valamir, Tuxboy, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik, Garg, Matthew Glover, drnuncheon.

3/21/2006 Chris Gardiner: [Trollbabe] A Question of Scale
Hi there, I'm running a Trollbabe game at the moment, and there's something I'm looking for input on. Currently, the Scale of the game is still Personal. Last session, due…
In Adept Press
Participants: Chris Gardiner, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

3/21/2006 Willow: [The Mountain Witch] Session One: Four Ronin, Three Peaches
See also my pre-game thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19023.0 We gathered at my apartment for a rousing game of the Mountain Witch. No one had ever played before, and I had never run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, coffeestain.

3/21/2006 stefoid: need issue idea
Hi , just had a pilot episode of a 'firefly-like' series called  'Haven' (because thats what the spaceship appears to be to the characters that live on it). It was…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: stefoid, Matt Wilson, Danny_K.

3/21/2006 Argleblather: Help?
Not wholly sure if this is appropriate, because I just signed up, but worth a shot anyway. So, I'm playing in a rather unconventional online game- in that although I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: Argleblather, James_Nostack.

3/20/2006 brokenspirit: Introduction + Interior illustrations (grayscale, line drawings, & color sample)
Hi all, this is my first post on this forum. My name is Martin Orensanz and I'm currently living in Argentina. I like game design and illustration, and I do…
In Connections
Participants: brokenspirit, daMoose_Neo.

3/20/2006 clayton_mcfarland: GM'ing Tips and Definitions
Hey guys.  I've been reading alot of the posts here about GM'ing, and keep hearing alot about Gm's generating 'bangs' for their players characters.  I've not encuontered this term before…
In Actual Play
Participants: clayton_mcfarland, Glendower, Danny_K, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

3/20/2006 Bob the Fighter: collaborative setting creation = fun!
Hello! My name is Zac. I've lurked on the Forge for a long time, but I haven't posted in some time. I think. Anyway, I recently started GMing for a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob the Fighter, James_Nostack, Rich Forest, contracycle, ubergeek2012, Ben Lehman, Zamiel, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth, Tommi Brander, Noon.

3/20/2006 pfischer: WGP Demo at Conpulsion
Hi, I am demoing WGP the coming weekend at Conpulsion in Edinburgh, Scotland. I will be using Michael's Quick Demo Kit, but since I have an hour I can either…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, coffeestain, Michael S. Miller.

3/20/2006 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Armies in Conflict
In a Conan story--"The Scarlet Citadel," I think--Conan is in charge of a huge army, fighting against this other huge army.  In the first Elric novel, Yyrkoon and the Angsty…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer.

3/20/2006 preludetotheend: Coptic Binding and size
Hello all Ihave been playing around with the idea of self binding my books using the coptic sewing method as it produces some very wonderful results. If you have not…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, Czar Fnord.

3/20/2006 Paka: 1st Quest Monthly game: Pool Renewal, XP Hesitancy, and Pushing Conflicts Hard
[b]Pool Renewal[/b] At this game pools were renewed with scenes in which the PC's meditated in a field of pixies, counted rocks, flew through the forest, sharpening of weapons and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Anders.

3/20/2006 BlacklightLion: [Setting Concept]: Asia colonizing the West Coast of the Americas
This is just an idea that struck me as worth working on as an RPG setting... Japan & China settling the Western coast of the Americas, perhaps prior to the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BlacklightLion, anders_larsen, JakeVanDam, contracycle, MatrixGamer.

3/20/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Looking for More Game-Chef Judges!
58 Entries. Holy fuck. http://www.1km1kt.net/forum/ftopic626.html Even with Peer Reviewing, that's about 4 reviews per game, plus a few get 5 reviews because of already registered volunteer judges. I'd like to…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

3/20/2006 Mister Six: [Schism] First game
My rpg group played Schism for the first time last weekend. We have an ongoing Ninth Gate meets Twin Peaks Sorcerer game, but a player couldn't make it, so we…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mister Six, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/20/2006 nikola: Shock: pre-order the future!
[Edit: The game can now be pre-ordered from [url=http://glyphpress.com/shock/]the site[/url] directly!] I'm still hoping that Shock: will be done by the end of the month. I'm having some printing issues…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, Brand_Robins, Thunder_God.

3/20/2006 Eric Bennett: [Mythos] Its Conflict resolution-tastic! (or is it?)
So, I've figured out how I want to do my conflict resolution, and wanted to put it up to see if I have any gaping mechanical holes in things, prior…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eric Bennett, anders_larsen, Danny_K.

3/19/2006 Sindyr: Why can't we edit posts?
I make a ton of spelling mistakes, grammar snafu's, etc. Why can't we edit posts we have made?  I have seen other forums do this.  Is there some technical reason…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Glendower, Valamir.

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3/21/2006 Noon: [Address of Challenge] Deciding what is THE challenge
Recently I discussed the grand theft auto series on RPG.net. Another poster had said that GTA was only about violence as a solution, because of the guns and car theft.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Tommi Brander, ErrathofKosh, Bankuei, Silmenume, Melinglor, contracycle.

3/21/2006 lightcastle: Split Extended contests
Something I'm never quite sure how to handle are extended contests with multiple goals. Let me explain: Our evil priest is on the top of the ziggurat, with the princess.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: lightcastle, Vaxalon, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes.

3/21/2006 jburneko: Breaking Down The Group, Overtly Changing Direction
Hello All, I thought I'd share with you the story of something rather drastic I did a few weeks ago.  For years now, I've run a weekday group.  The group…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Peter Nordstrand, Anders, joshua neff, Matt Kimball, cmnash, dunlaing, Joshua BishopRoby.

3/21/2006 TonyLB: I-Con '06
[url=http://www.iconsf.org/]I-Con 25.  [/url]Stonybrook.  This weekend (Mar. 24 - 26). I'll be there.  I'll (apparently) be somewhere in the dealer's room, with piles and piles of indie goodness, not just Capes. …
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Matthew Glover, Nathan P., mtiru.

3/21/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Voting ... for creator or for player?
So, here's a sketchy thought.  You ask each player three things about their character: What was your character trying to achieve before the story started? Why do they, as a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Doug Ruff.

3/21/2006 Dantai: [Contenders] Ronny winner published
Hey everyone, Just a quickie to say that after months of procrastination, I've bitten the bullet and published Contenders in pdf format. I've managed to get it out in time…
In Publishing
Participants: Dantai, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Malcolm.

3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] [Plug] Breaking the Ice at Games of Berkeley
I'll be running Indie game demos at Games of Berkeley next month (April), and perhaps beyond - on the 15th, at 5-o'clock, I'll include a Breaking the Ice demo.  Just…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Emily Care.

3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] Games of Berkeley will demo Dogs in the Vinyard next month.
Games of Berkeley on Shattuck is hosting an Indie Press RPG night on Saturdays at 5pm, kicking off with demos of Dogs in the Vinyard on the 1st and 22nd…
In lumpley games
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, cdr, caramida.

3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] Games of Berkeley is demoing Primetime Adventures this April!
This coming April, Games of Berkeley on Shattuck is holding Indie Press RPG night every Saturday evening at 5 pm.  On the 8th and the 29th, we'll be doing Primetime…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Matt Wilson, REkz.

3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: Holding an Indie Press RPG Night at Games of Berkeley
Hello, all.  Not sure if this is the proper forum for this (move or delete this if it's the wrong one), but I've arranged for Games of Berkeley to demo…
In Connections
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

3/22/2006 Sindyr: Short lived Goals?
Question: A goal gets resolved when someone has claimed a side and ends the page in control, right? That is, if one side is higher than another, and that side…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, dunlaing, drnuncheon, Tuxboy, TonyLB, Hans, Vaxalon.

3/22/2006 GStonecipher: An RPG with Playing Cards
Hi everyone, I have been a lurker since time immemorial, and I finally have something to post.  This could be a long one I am building a game that uses…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GStonecipher, Adam Dray, Michael S. Miller, Bill_White, Vaxalon.

3/22/2006 Rustin: [Sorcerer] questions about stakes
I’m looking for any advice prior to running my first Sorcerer session. I’m interested in the use of stakes and conflict resolution as much as possible and shy away from…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rustin, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

3/22/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Opposed extended rolls
(First post, so bear with me...) First of all, for anyone who wants more information than i'm giving, full info on my game (as it exists) can be found at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian_W, Troy_Costisick, TroyLovesRPG, anders_larsen.

3/22/2006 Eric Bennett: [Mythos] Actual Play(test): Guyver meets Undead
Well, I finished the first playtest of Mythos last night, and I must say that overall I am very pleased with how things turned out. It taught me that some…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eric Bennett, steelcaress.

3/22/2006 Twobirds: A couple SoY questions
It seems like there are lot of people into The Shadow of Yesterday, but not many people discussing it.  So I figured I would throw out a couple thoughts I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

3/22/2006 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Polaris] A convention game
Sunday afternoon, I'm due to 'run' an introductory session of Polaris. This is taking place as part of the 'Indie Games Track' at Conpulsion, a gaming con in Edinburgh. I…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ben Lehman.

3/22/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Weird Initial Reactions
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18991.0]In this thread[/url], Ron entioned that some people had weird, off-putting reactions to Sorcerer based on the game's aesthetics, or something.  I was wondering if Ron could elaborate on that,…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko.

3/22/2006 Ron Edwards: [Fell] Awesome Sorcerer-esque comic
This is an unabashed fanboy post. "Fell," a comic written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Ben Templeton, is my hands-down favorite comic of my current buy-batch. It's published by…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, James_Nostack, Paka, Eric J-D, Miskatonic, Mister Six, Lisa Padol.

3/22/2006 Web_Weaver: [Prince Valiant] Children as Narrators
The current thread "Young Children: Actual role-play, Actual Play?" has reminded me of my attempt to encourage my brother to roleplay with his friends, many years ago. I had bought…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, MatrixGamer, Noon, Ron Edwards.

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