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4/3/2006 Paul Strack: Story-Weaver: A "pure" narrativist game?
Story-Weaver: A "pure" narrativist game? Hi folks, I have been posting here and there for about 2 months on these forums, but this is my first serious offering in terms…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul Strack, Graham Walmsley, MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2006 Paul Strack: [With Great Power...] Endgame MiniCon, April 1
I ran my third game of WGP at EndGame's in-store Mini-Con in Oakland CA. It was the first time I ran the game where I actually finished the story. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Strack, Michael S. Miller, John Kim, Thor Olavsrud.

4/2/2006 Sindyr: Quick Variant Idea: Inspiration combining
Would this be a bad(tm) idea, to have some way to combine smaller inspirations to make bigger ones? Perhaps using the following method - combining two inspirations yields one higher…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, dunlaing, Matthew Glover, Zamiel, TheCzech.

4/2/2006 JMendes: [Drill] No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!
Hi, all, :) I thought I'd ((try to) be the first to) take up Ron's suggestion that we develop role-playing drills. I present to you: I Expect You To Die!…
In Endeavor
Participants: JMendes, TonyLB.

4/2/2006 Yaksha: [srenken] To ditch or not to ditch? That is the question...
Hi all, http://www.geocities.com/rubboferraro/srenken_b01.pdf I wrote this little game a while ago now, then just dropped it and forgot about it. As it stands I don’t think it is anything great…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Yaksha, dindenver, anders_larsen, Bryan Hansel.

4/2/2006 Ron Edwards: Drills
Hello, A couple of months ago, through a few discussions with Julie (jrs) and Tim (timfire), we developed the notion that Forge-ish activities might include ... drills. Like repetitive punching…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyLB, jasonm, Keith Senkowski, Peter Nordstrand, timfire, JMendes, Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick, Thunder_God, Justin D. Jacobson, Czar Fnord, Eero Tuovinen, chris_moore, majcher.

4/2/2006 Nathan P.: [Meetup Proposal] DeisCon, April 15-16 or 22-23
So I have an idea that I wanna float, and see if it would interest anyone. I have a big hunk o' break over Passover in which I will be…
In Conventions
Participants: Nathan P..

4/2/2006 soviet: Advancement Revisited
After reading the recent(ish) thread on HP reward systems I've been thinking a lot about advancement in HQ. In general I like the system presented in the book. Many players…
In HeroQuest
Participants: soviet, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, lightcastle.

4/1/2006 FlameLover: DM vs. Players
I thought i'd posted this before, but I searched for it and found nothing. So sorry if I posted this earlier ;) I've been hanging around these boards for a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: FlameLover, sirogit, Noon, JMendes, Thunder_God.

4/1/2006 Sindyr: Are abilities *always* available for use?
Are there any circumstances where, for example, the player has a character with a level 5 power that he has not yet used that page but for some reason he…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Gaerik, Hans, Matthew Glover, Glendower, drnuncheon, Tuxboy.

4/1/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Conflict: Eridani] Power 19, First Version.
Here goes something. 1) What is your game about? War!  Specifically, the war between Sol (yay!) and Draconis (boo!) for the Eridani colonies. 2) What do the characters do? Try…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Thunder_God.

4/1/2006 oreso: [Dogs] Notes for 3 Alternate Settings
Some notes for alternate settings that I'm thinking of that I didnt find in the stickied list. DitV is currently in the post, so I dont actually know anything at…
In lumpley games
Participants: oreso, Everspinner, cpeterso, ffilz.

4/1/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [GothCon, Sweden] The Indie Room, with Forge games
Hello all, The Easter weekend (14th to 16th of April) I'm arranging an event called the Indie Room at Sweden's largest gaming convention GothCon. With me I have seven great…
In Conventions
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Peter Nordstrand, Anders.

4/1/2006 cdr: [DitV] Character Gen 1-page summary
I wanted a one-page summary of character generation as a handout for intro games of DitV and I've seen a few floating around in hardcopy, but those wheels weren't exactly…
In lumpley games
Participants: cdr, caramida.

4/1/2006 robotsunshine: [Chimera] Problems with conflict.
I've been looking at Clyde L. Rhoer's game Outside, http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19187.0 about kids using their imaginations as a form of power, and creating alternate worlds with them, and it made me…
In First Thoughts
Participants: robotsunshine, Paul Strack, Thunder_God, c.

3/31/2006 Jinx: [Crucible] Tournament Fighting! Help with Advancement?
Hello, all.  Much as I know I should be finishing up Echoes (my current project), another one has sorta taken hold of me.  I'm calling it Crucible for now, which…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jinx, neko ewen, robotsunshine.

3/31/2006 TonyLB: Gina Tonic and the @%$^ed up Pancakes
So I've had a lot of exposure to children's books recently.  I love the motifs, the recurring structure.  I think you could make a cool game that played like a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TonyLB, Thunder_God, Sydney Freedberg, monsterboy, Miskatonic, Noon, Ben Lehman.

3/31/2006 Sindyr: Freeform characters and Styles
From another thread, broken out into its own: Are there any rules about how many and which Styles must be powered when generating a character by hand?  Can I have…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

3/31/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Conflict: Eridani] Squad and Squadleader Creation.
SO.  Conflict: Edriani is a roleplaying wargame.  You play a mixture of the Bab 5 psi corps and the Starship Troopers mobile infantry in a space fantasy, trying to retake…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Sydney Freedberg, Danny_K.

3/31/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Conflict: Eridani] Colony Creation
Lo, All!  I'm trying to pare down a wicked keen world into something useful for an RPG.  Help me sort out what's cool and my own and what's just filching…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Thunder_God, Miskatonic.

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4/3/2006 jasonm: [Drill] Invisible Knife
Ok, this is a little goofy but I think it is relevant.  I'm taking this improv class, and one of the little focus exercises we did was called "invisible knife". …
In Endeavor
Participants: jasonm, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, Zathreyel, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, timfire, majcher.

4/3/2006 James_Nostack: [Star*Babe] Trollbabe for Space Opera
in 1998, TSR/Wizards published the "Star*Drive Campaign Setting" for their short-lived science-fiction RPG Alternity.  It was, as someone once phrased it, "Forgotten Realms in Spaaaace!" and I hated it for…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Chris Gardiner, Jonathan Hastings, sirogit.

4/3/2006 Elishar: [The Beast Within] Ideas
Ok, I'll give a bit of overview for anyone not familiar with my game.  'The Beast Within' is a modern game based around the hidden battle between human and demons. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elishar, Paul Strack, TonyLB, dindenver, anders_larsen, TroyLovesRPG, Thunder_God, billvolk.

4/3/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Token Economy, also, Gamist Encouragement of Narrativism.
I have been thinking over the various ways to incorporate Tokens in my game, with the basic reasoning is that I need to add another angle to the Gamist Resource…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thunder_God.

4/3/2006 tsps128: [Marinci] Istrakon playtest
Hi, all! Well, I've finally managed to play test my 24 hour rpg called “Marinci”. I think it’s been over a year since I finished writing it, and I know…
In Playtesting
Participants: tsps128, Ron Edwards.

4/3/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Agora] First Playtest. Currency & Direction Needed.
This game was previously discussed in the thread Delicate Dice Pools. So tonight we played a bit of Agora, which I would say is about 80% complete.  We played…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Dev.

4/3/2006 Uriel: [Legion] first draft
These is my first for Legion, a convention game inspired by Memento and The Bourne Identity. Each player will get roughly an hour of gameplay and will use the previous…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Uriel, Troy_Costisick, Thunder_God.

4/3/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Drill] Boris
This is an improv game, by Keith Johnstone. It's great. One player mimes being hauled in by an invisible monster. The "monster" (who is called Boris) forces him into a…
In Endeavor
Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, timfire, majcher.

4/3/2006 TonyLB: [Warmup] Mornington Crescent
Not to be confused with the famous game of the London Underground, this has come to me by word of mouth from (apparently) a BBC radio program of some sort. …
In Endeavor
Participants: TonyLB.

4/3/2006 cdr: [Gencon 06] Demo Teaching?
I recall at last year's Gencon there was a plan to cross-teach how to run demos to everyone working the Forge Booth, although I don't know if that happened or…
In Conventions
Participants: cdr.

4/3/2006 Rich Stokes: Slacker: The Roleplaying Game of Avoiding Work
OK, first thoughts. This is a game that's fermenting right now.  It'll never be very complex, so here we go. The title of the game is Slacker. The players are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Rich Stokes, Bryan Hansel, Plotin.

4/3/2006 Madkitten: [Rules] Automatication
I have been thinking a little. Now, for me, the most important thing about rules (as both a GM and a Player) is that they are fast, in the mood…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Madkitten, Jinx, MatrixGamer, anders_larsen, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, Harrower, CaptainImpressive, TroyLovesRPG, btrc.

4/3/2006 Mike Holmes: [Concinnity] Wrap Up
Concinnity 6 is over, and I thought I'd put in a quick after action review. I really have to say that this was a very well run small convention...one that…
In Conventions
Participants: Mike Holmes, Matt-M-McElroy.

4/3/2006 Bill Masek: [Drill] The Great Journey
I really like the idea of RPG drills and hope that this drill will help players develop their RPG skill set, honing skills ranging from general description skills to story…
In Endeavor
Participants: Bill Masek, Thunder_God.

4/3/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] The kid two houses down
Hello, Two houses down from where my wife and I live, there's a family whom we like a lot. They include Christopher, who's 11 or 12. Since we moved here,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Kintara, Ben Lehman, Calithena, Noon, cmnash, Wolfen, Tommi Brander, ffilz, Adam Dray, Glendower, matthijs, ( o Y o ), Storn, Thunder_God, jburneko, greyorm.

4/4/2006 Sindyr: Four-color rules?
Was thinking of ways to add house rules and mods to encourage four color play; especially that heroes generally triumph over villains, and thought of this: Villains have some kind…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Glendower, Tuxboy, ubergeek2012, Matthew Glover, drnuncheon, TheCzech, humis, Kintara, Hans.

4/4/2006 harish: This post was spam
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In These Are Our Games
Participants: harish, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/4/2006 Willow: [DitV Town] New Prosperity
If you know me and you think there's any chance I might run this for you, DON'T READ THIS! That means YOU, Daniel! Anyway, everyone else, go ahead and read…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, ffilz, Alex Fradera.

4/4/2006 mobuttu: [ORN RPG] My Big 3 answers
After reading several posts about The Big 3 RPG design questions (thanks Troy_Costisick for his clarifications from here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16996.0) I’ve tried to come up with mine. Here they go. Please…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mobuttu, anders_larsen, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2006 jasonm: [Shooting the Moon] Volcano Goddesses of Dinosaur Island
We playtested Shooting the Moon last night and I wanted to provide some critical feedback.  Some stuff went very well and some didn't, which is to be expected.  We played…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, Clinton R. Nixon, LeSingeSavant, Joshua BishopRoby.

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