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4/4/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] The Mechanics of Guilt and Innocence
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year that I am finally getting around to Here's the PDF over at 1km1t Here's the Ronnies thread. In the latest drafts of the…
In Endeavor
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, talysman.

4/4/2006 GreatWolf: So...any Eurogamers out there?
It's all Ralph's fault.  One day in 2002, he brought over this game called Ra, designed by some German guy with a funny name.  Something like "Reiner Knizia".  Now I…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: GreatWolf, Jonathan Hastings, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Graham Walmsley, rafial, Julian, Melinglor, Yokiboy, Thor Olavsrud, Thunder_God, ScottM, Frank T, quozl.

4/4/2006 Asrogoth: Has It Been THAT Long?!?!?
Sheesh.. I logged in last week and found out that I'd missed a Game Chef Competition. The Boards have really changed (new general forums and old ones put in the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Asrogoth.

4/4/2006 Keith Senkowski: Why Thor Sucks
Let us now share stories about the hows and whys Thor sucks.  Why he sucks at Jungle Speed.  How he doesn't live up to the image of the Marvel Comic…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Keith Senkowski, John Harper, Thor Olavsrud, drozdal, Michael S. Miller, mtiru, Paka, Thunder_God, Brand_Robins, Nathan P., Miskatonic, Marhault, Iskander.

4/4/2006 Valamir: Single Best Gaming Moment since last year
Ok, so what was you single best moment (scene, part of a scene, line) RPGing since B-day 2005.  And I mean single best...if you wanna list more than one start…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, inthisstyle, GreatWolf, Alex Fradera, jasonm, Andy Kitkowski, Graham Walmsley, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., Eric Bennett, MikeSands, Ben Lehman, Paka, matthijs, GB Steve, Arturo G., Gaerik, Glendower, ScottM, LeSingeSavant, Frank T, Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, dindenver.

4/4/2006 Kesher: rpgs and poetic tradition...
Okay, this is nowhere near as pretentious as that title makes it sound... So, I've been reading a lot of mid-20th century poetry lately, and the gigantic book The Pound…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Kesher, Lisa Padol, 1of3, Ben Lehman, Peter Nordstrand, talysman, droog, Emily Care, Miskatonic, jerry, Mark D. Eddy, Michael S. Miller.

4/4/2006 jasonm: Half a Sheet to the Wind
We're reprinting The Roach, and we've got half a sheet of cardstock that is currently unassigned - in other words, we've got 40 cards, which consume 3.5 sheets of 8.5"…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Shreyas Sampat, Technocrat13, jrs, segedy.

4/4/2006 pfischer: 60 minute convention demo - any thoughts?
Hi, I am doing a solo indie games track at a Danish convention during 5 days over Easter, trying to expose as many people to good, solid games as possible.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: pfischer, Matt-M-McElroy, Matt Wilson.

4/4/2006 Paka: DIaspora Birthday Fall-Out (but not in a bad way)
Between Story Games and RPGtalk, it feels like I have access to the birthday forum kind of communication with Forge-i-zens every day. In the last year we've see the diaspora…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paka, ffilz, Anders, Keith Senkowski, Thunder_God, xenopulse, Andy Kitkowski.

4/4/2006 Matt Snyder: Forge Midwest
MAN, I had no idea the Midwest gig and the Forge birthday coincided. Awesome. I hereby declare this the thread to go nutso planning and spooing oneself for this weekend.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Matt Snyder, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, Kesher, chris_moore, Thor Olavsrud, greyorm, John Harper, mtiru, Andy Kitkowski, Blankshield, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson.

4/4/2006 Troy_Costisick: This one snuck up on me
Heya, Is it birthday time again already?!?!?  Wow, these years are starting to go by fast.  Well, happy birthday Forge!  There's been a lot of changes in the last 5…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Brand_Robins, Emily Care, Paka, jasonm, JMendes, Kesher, Graham Walmsley, nikola, John Harper, Anders, Thunder_God, Alex Fradera, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

4/4/2006 Thunder_God: Oooh! Ooooh!
I'm first this year! :) I'm Guy, and I'm all about self-pimping :D
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Thunder_God, GreatWolf, Eric Bennett.

4/4/2006 preludetotheend: Almost an Endeavor (Reflections)
The below is the link to the original idea I had its not much important to this thread as I will give an overview of what my current idea is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer.

4/4/2006 Gaeokerena: Daemornia Studios
Hello everyone, We would just like to introduce ourselves; Daemornia Studios, as independent role-playing game publishers. We are the publishers of the Daemornia RPG line, with our core book available…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gaeokerena, Thunder_God.

4/4/2006 Ben Lehman: New Powerset
I was thinking about Gangbuster, and the awesome "unleash artifacts of power" on the magician set, and suddenly I was writing a new powerset.  The goal is to be the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Sindyr, Hans.

4/4/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: [Mortal Coil] Characters
Hey, Would it be possible for you to post a sample character two? It would be interesting to see what they might look like and help guide me through character…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, inthisstyle, Paka.

4/4/2006 Lisa Padol: [Cantarella] Possible Sorcerer source material
Hi. My name is Lisa, and I'm a manga addict. So, I picked up volume two of a manga called Cantarella. It's about Cesare Borgia, and how his father agreed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, mneme.

4/4/2006 MatrixGamer: Manufacturing cardboard counters
I'd like to hear people's experiences with making cardboard counters. I'm move Engle Matrix Games into a folio format. The game comes in a hardback cover (color and glossy) with…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Gaerik, Czar Fnord, guildofblades, Veritas Games.

4/4/2006 bballchic1049: Free, right?
[color=Teal][/color] This place is free, right?
In Site Discussion
Participants: bballchic1049, Thunder_God.

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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4/4/2006 Valamir: Vegetarianism - bah
In this thread folks are talking about accomodating herbivorous diets. Bah, I say.  Our ancestors didn't spend 100,000 years clawing their way to the top of the food chain so…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, Thunder_God, greyorm, GreatWolf, Andy Kitkowski, Shreyas Sampat, Troy_Costisick, John Harper, c, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, joshua neff, Peter Nordstrand, matthijs, Ben Lehman, Marhault, ( o Y o ), Jason13.

4/4/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Updated Wish Lists for 2006
darkpages and Lacuna from Wicked Dead Studios. Elfworld and that new magic game John's working on from Wicked Dead. Bailywolf's On the Threshold and Stealing Heaven. Tenra Bansho Zero from…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, GreatWolf, jburneko, Andy Kitkowski, Thunder_God, Peter Nordstrand, Emily Care, Jeph, Troy_Costisick, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Dav, Lisa Padol, Paka, Keith Senkowski, JMendes, Ben Lehman, Melinglor, Shreyas Sampat, GB Steve, Matt, Arturo G., Marhault, Michael S. Miller, Chris Gardiner, Gaerik, Joshua BishopRoby, Paul Czege, gains, Frank T, ErrathofKosh, James Holloway, neko ewen, Nathan P..

4/4/2006 jburneko: V for Vendetta & Alan Moore
Hello, This might be a fun topic for the Birthday Forum!  This last weekend I managed to both see the movie and read the book, V for Vendetta.  To be…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: jburneko, TonyLB, Emily Care, Melinglor, John Harper, jerry, Bankuei.

4/4/2006 ColinC: Findplay Down?
I hope this is the right place to post this.  Just wanted to mention that Findplay seems to be down.
In CRN Games
Participants: ColinC, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Rayston, Graham Walmsley, Gaerik.

4/4/2006 Andy Kitkowski: This Forum is Why I Started Story Games
Not so much the Tangency-ish stuff that goes on here, which indeed is awesome (I may do something of the effect when Story Games turns One, but only if I…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eric J-D, Levi Kornelsen, Ron Edwards, Jeph, Kester Pelagius, ffilz, talysman, Melinglor, Joshua BishopRoby, Alex Fradera.

4/4/2006 oddsea: Oddsea's Character Barrel
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm an illustrator and will be running the "A Character Concept A Day Till I Get Sick Of It Thread!" C&C Welcomed and will help…
In Connections
Participants: oddsea, Ron Edwards, gpetersz, daMoose_Neo.

4/5/2006 Biggles: [Netland] Power 19
Hi everyone! Since I wanted to have something to talk about at the Midwest convention, here's an idea I've been kicking around for a while. Any comments or criticisms are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Biggles, Thunder_God, Dev.

4/5/2006 John Harper: Come as you are: The Revenge!
Same as always: Film. Book. Game. Your last of each. Aw heck, I'll add a new one: Good Meal and/or Drink. Film: V for Vendetta (excellent) Book: Latro in the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: John Harper, joshua neff, talysman, Troy_Costisick, Jeph, Paka, Ron Edwards, Eric J-D, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Andy Kitkowski, Keith Senkowski, Melinglor, LordSmerf, Dav, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Peter Nordstrand, J. Tuomas Harviainen, dindenver, pells, droog, rafial, matthijs, Graham Walmsley, ( o Y o ), Marhault, devilbunny, Gaerik, Iskander, Thunder_God, Thor Olavsrud, Kesher, Chris Goodwin, GreatWolf, jasonm, ScottM, Jonathan Hastings, Alex Fradera, Paul Czege, Bryan Hansel, Calithena, jrs, ErrathofKosh.

4/4/2006 talysman: New Drill
As those of you who also read the 24 Hour Game forum on 1KM1KT know, I just designed a solitaire tabeltop roguelike dungeoncrawl game, which I am developing further and…
In Endeavor
Participants: talysman, Thunder_God.

4/5/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Holy Hell, "Modify" is Back!
Finally, looks like I can edit some posts again!  I'm notorious for making spelling mistakes or not flushing out my thoughts on the first try, only spotting them 10-30 minutes…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2006 Valamir: More shameless self promotion
Check out the new Universalis Cover
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Miskatonic, matthijs, Thunder_God, Arturo G., Tony Irwin, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Singalong
<i>Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Fo-orge Happy birthday to you</i> Add your own favorite birthday songs.  Or other songs.  Or new languages for this…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, talysman, Peter Nordstrand, Melinglor, matthijs, Miskatonic, drozdal, Thunder_God, Jared A. Sorensen, Bryan Hansel, Mike Holmes, quozl, Meguey, dindenver, Calithena.

4/5/2006 Eric J-D: Encomiums to Howard and "Sword & Sorcery"
In light of both the Forge's birthday and the many discussion I have been in recently at rpg.net regarding Robert E Howard and "sword & sorcery" generally, I thought it…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Eric J-D, Kester Pelagius.

4/5/2006 GreatWolf: Outside the Birthday Forum
Whenever the Birthday Forum is open, the rest of the Forge feels like an office during the in-office Christmas party.  Sure, there are a couple of people working, but there's…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: GreatWolf, greyorm, Thunder_God.

4/5/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Okay, what the fuck is Jungle Speed?
Y'all keep talking about it over and over and over. I think it's the flavor of Kool-Aid that they make you drink before you can work the Forge Booth.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Iskander, Jared A. Sorensen, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, gains.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: Third Birthday?
So, wait, we're celebrating two years late? Wow. I can't wait to celebrate the *fifth* birthday.  That'll be awesome. yrs-- --Ben P.S.  (Check the forum description.)
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Arturo G..

4/5/2006 Ignotus: [PTA] Three Questions
Tomorrow I run episode 2 (session 3 counting the pilot) of my first-ever PTA campaign.  The name of the show is Vice President Werewolf.  It's Buffy meets the West Wing…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ignotus, Joe Dizzy, Jonathan Hastings.

4/5/2006 matthijs: Look what else I can do!
This thread is for bragging about other stuff you can do (besides writing RPG's). Abstract or concrete, intellectual or physical, tell us something else you like doing. I've made a…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: matthijs, droog, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, Gaerik, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Brand_Robins, Jared A. Sorensen, inthisstyle, Adam Dray, Joshua BishopRoby, GreatWolf, gains, talysman, Kesher, Paul Czege, pedyo, Frank T, ErrathofKosh, anders_larsen, Melinglor, komradebob.

4/5/2006 Ian Charvill: Murderball
The straightforward version is Murderball is a documentary about quadriplegic rugby, the rivalry between the Canadian and US teams in the run up to the Athens Paralympics and quadriplegia in…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ian Charvill, Miskatonic, Meguey, jasonm, xenopulse.

4/5/2006 Ben Lehman: [Practice] Guardian Angel
So I'm going to try writing one of these puppies.  This is for 2-5 people and it's called "Guardian Angel."  It's inspired by the fact that I just read the…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ben Lehman, timfire.

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