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4/6/2006 dunlaing: New Character
Brother Solomon retired last night. He retired at the end of the session, so we didn't do character creation. Should I follow the "don't think about your character before the…
In lumpley games
Participants: dunlaing, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist.

4/6/2006 abzu: Self Locking Old Threads?
Hello Clinton, In the wonderful fabulous Bday forum I have twice been tricked into posting into year-old threads. Is there any way to institute a mechanism that locks a thread…
In Site Discussion
Participants: abzu, Thunder_God, M. J. Young, Julian, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Lisa Padol, Nathan P., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2006 Brendan: [Drill] Fedayeen
Or drill, warmup, kata, whatever.  This is inspired by (and crossposted from) John Harper's Game Sketch No. 2 thread at Story Games. Fedayeen What you need to play: Four…
In Endeavor
Participants: Brendan, SPDuke.

4/6/2006 Andy Kitkowski: What Digital/Computer/Console Games do you play?
Followup to this thread on Analog games: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19383.0 If you think console games are evil, Awesome. STEP OFF!!! But if you consent to play them console or computer games every…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Warren, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Graham Walmsley, Jonathan Hastings, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, jasonm, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Jason13, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, jrs, ScottM, Miskatonic, talysman, Marhault, timfire, mneme, Bryan Hansel, neko ewen, Doug Ruff, LordSmerf.

4/6/2006 Andy Kitkowski: What other Analog Games do you play?
I'm not talking computer games here (because I'll open that op to another thread), I'm specifically thinking non-digital only. Settlers of Catan is always a favorite with my group. We…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Warren, Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Hastings, Graham Walmsley, Brendan, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, joshua neff, pfischer, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller, nikola, ScottM, jrs, rafial, talysman, mneme, Jeph, Bryan Hansel, Peter Nordstrand, LordSmerf.

4/6/2006 ( o Y o ): [TRoS] But this time the system does not matter!
In our ongoing Midnight campaign our elven twin brothers have one major flaw: Enemy! It happens that the enemy is a demon and that he plagued the twins since ever.…
In Actual Play
Participants: ( o Y o ), Tommi Brander, Wolfen, Lamorak33, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, ironick.

4/6/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - Redefining publishing of content
I'm still in preparation of my teaser, which I should be able to present in about two weeks. While preparing the related post, I came across this interesting conversation in…
In Publishing
Participants: pells, Clay, Jake Richmond.

4/6/2006 Frank T: What’s your life like?
Here’s another one of those “show me yours I’ll show you mine”-threads. To get to know you people better: What do you do when your’re not designing RPGs or posting…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Frank T, Matt, Gaerik, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel, pells, James_Nostack, abzu, greyorm, Silmenume, Calithena, xenopulse.

4/6/2006 oreso: Klingons!
[url=http://www.geocities.com/maxkill666/klingons.html]Klingons![/url] Have a looky at the link and tell me what you think. Its meant to be a one shot party game to give you an excuse to act like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: oreso, Czar Fnord.

4/6/2006 tj333: [suts] Anime/Maga Based RPG
Strongest Under the Sun is the name for my game.       The idea behind the game is to emulate anime/manga stories like Yu Yu Hakusho, Bleach, Shaman King,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tj333, oreso.

4/6/2006 Jason13: Le Cirque Macabre
Hi, Firstly I must state that I do not own Conspiracy of Shadows or any of the supplements for it yet.  This is a situation that cannot be allowed to…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Jason13, Keith Senkowski.

4/6/2006 James_Nostack: Seaguy... what's up with, well, the whole thing?
So there's already a thread on deciphering Watchmen.  But what about Seaguy, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Cameron Stewart?  Spoilers ahoy! While I enjoyed the hell out of…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: James_Nostack, joshua neff.

4/6/2006 Paka: Blood Simple
http://rpgtalk.net/judd/files/ At the above address I posted a pdf (thanks to the adobe skillz of Josh) of a one-sheet, character and demon sheets and descriptor list for Blood Simple, a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Jason13, Ron Edwards, Chris Gardiner, pfischer, angelfromanotherpin, The_Tim, Eric J-D, Thunder_God, Miedvied.

4/5/2006 quozl: RPGs for young children
I've been thinking about running an RPG for my wife and soon to be 5-year old daughter but haven't yet found anything appropriate.  What RPGs have people here found are…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: quozl, ScottM, Jason13, GreatWolf, komradebob, Bryan Hansel, Meguey.

4/5/2006 Marhault: Origins 2006
So, once again, the big Indie convention is GenCon, which I won't be attending.  I am, however, planning to attend Origins this year.  So, who else is gonna be there? …
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Marhault, inthisstyle, Michael S. Miller, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, Lisa Padol, Mike Holmes.

4/5/2006 Frank T: I NEED to run this game!
I would really, really love to play much more than I actually do. Here's the games I have already finished reading and absolutely NEED to try out: The Shadow of…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Frank T, Marhault, Jonathan Hastings, Thunder_God, rafial, Melinglor, ErrathofKosh, dindenver, Jason13, Alex Fradera, Paka, Andy Kitkowski, John Harper, pedyo, oliof, Lisa Padol, Blake Hutchins.

4/5/2006 Matt Snyder: Fuck poetry ...
... it's always been a lot more like Rock n Roll Greg Stafford = Miles Davis Ron Edwards = Elvis Presley John Wick = Paul McCartney Jared Sorensen = John…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mark D. Eddy, GreatWolf, abzu, Keith Senkowski, Valamir, Thunder_God, greyorm, Thor Olavsrud, Eric J-D, Matt Wilson, John Harper, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Alex Fradera, nikola, Mike Holmes, Bryan Hansel, Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, talysman, Emily Care, Miskatonic, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

4/5/2006 Eric J-D: What Book/Movie/Music Would You Be?
As a way of getting to know folks, I thought it might be fun to have people post what book or movie best represents something about who they are or…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Eric J-D, Mark D. Eddy, Thunder_God, Calithena, talysman, droog, Melinglor, anders_larsen.

4/5/2006 Nathan P.: The Employment Thread
Let us harness the power of networking. If you need a job, now or in the near future, post your skills and general location, and lets see if anyone can…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Nathan P., Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, Chris Goodwin.

4/5/2006 Neros Boot: TOMORROW!
I'll be ordering With Great Power tomorrow!  I'm officially as excited as a kid in a candy store 'bout tomorrow's order!  However, I have a few question 'tween then and…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Michael S. Miller, Valamir.

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4/6/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Where Are You?
This is where I live: Nation: The United States State/Province: California Region: Southern California City: Whittier, suburb of LA
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Thunder_God, inthisstyle, ErrathofKosh, Marhault, Jeph, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel, pells, joshua neff, monsterboy, nikola, Gaerik, anders_larsen, Miskatonic, Alex Fradera, Emily Care, JMendes, Melinglor, Andrew Morris, Eric J-D, Ben Lehman, ffilz, A.Neill, Artanis, Warren, droog.

4/6/2006 Keith Senkowski: Snyder Has No Cell Phone
What the fuck is up with that?  He is some sort of luddite or some shit?  I don't know.  What is your theory as to why he has not joined…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Joshua BishopRoby, Marhault, timfire, Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, jrs, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Thunder_God, droog, talysman, greyorm, jburneko, HMT, Bankuei, abzu, drozdal, contracycle, Matt Wilson, Sydney Freedberg.

4/6/2006 Brother Seth: A good point about DitV...
It's been said that a role-playing game lives or dies by it's combat system. Every system out there has a more-or-less detailed system to deal with combat, with varying levels…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brother Seth, Vaxalon, Wolfen, lumpley, jasonm.

4/6/2006 Alex Fradera: [Dogs Town] King's Garden
I took a stab at writing a town, based in a verdant stretch of the territory. Here it is. Bro Matthew and Bro Enoch are lifelong friends, and share an…
In lumpley games
Participants: Alex Fradera.

4/6/2006 Alex Fradera: Relationships polarity
Am I right in understanding that (stepping into PC's shoes for clarity) every PC you like hates you, and every PC you hate likes you? That's what I get from…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Alex Fradera, Peter Nordstrand, jasonm, segedy.

4/7/2006 Noon: [Drill] System Sez
System Sez Some quick scenarios to try out. Relatively easy to try out with others, if your willing to be GM. Since you'll be feeling the brunt of the exercises…
In Endeavor
Participants: Noon.

4/7/2006 SPDuke: [Summerplay] Initial post, slightly long.
SUMMERPLAY Hi, Forge! I haven’t been here in a while, but I recently had a brainstorm for a game and wanted to share it with you to see what you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SPDuke, Thunder_God, Shreyas Sampat.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Heroquest purchase question
Hi, I'm strongly considering purchasing Heroquest in the very near future. However, I am planning on using it to run a game set in Middle Earth, and was wondering: 1)…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Melinglor, Paul King, droog, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Hobbitboy, simon_hibbs, Vaxalon, lightcastle, fredrikr.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Every title I came up with sounded sappy.
And believe me, it gets sappy enough on the inside. Something I just posted in AP is inspiring me to indulge in a little hero worship. See, I was introduced…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Melinglor, droog, lumpley.

4/7/2006 stefoid: [Bronze] 'skills' and task/conflict resolution
This is a fictional bronze-age game.  I posted the 1st draft rules a while ago.  It was a task-based skill system.  Since being directed to other types of rules, Ive…
In First Thoughts
Participants: stefoid, contracycle, Thunder_God, lumpley, dindenver, two_fishes.

4/7/2006 Thunder_God: [Slime Octopi and Coral] Redesigning Mechanics and Defining Humanity and Mr. H.
This game is what I call a CSI Game, or Competitive Story Interaction game. It's been brought up between Eric Bennett and myself. Eric is big on the Mythos and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thunder_God.

4/7/2006 greyorm: Television Entertainment: What's your poison?
There is probably a great deal you can learn about a person in knowing what sorts of mass shows they watch regularly. Thus, this is my useless contribution to the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: greyorm, Graham Walmsley, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, Matt, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, Frank T, Alex Fradera, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, Shreyas Sampat, jrs, Ron Edwards, Bryan Hansel, Warren, pfischer, talysman, Paka, Mike Holmes, Meguey, Walt Freitag, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth, Melinglor, Thunder_God, xenopulse.

4/7/2006 a_verheaghe: Greyhawk keywords (long)
About a year ago I asked about converting D&D type stuff, well it took awhile but here is my Furyondy stuff for critique. The game will be centered around a…
In HeroQuest
Participants: a_verheaghe, Mike Holmes, screen_monkey, soviet.

4/7/2006 J Tolson: [Twilight] Three character goals
Greetings good forum-goers, In the game that I have been working on over the last 2 years (Twilight of the Gods, or just Twilight for short) I have developed three…
In First Thoughts
Participants: J Tolson, anders_larsen, SPDuke, Thunder_God.

4/7/2006 Emily Care: If I was at the ForgeMidwest Gathering...
I'd be sure to play a full game of Uni with Ralph and Clinton, corner Matt W & Matt S into playing Polaris (or Bacchanal!) with me, play The Mountain…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Emily Care, inthisstyle, GreatWolf, Frank T, jrs, Ben Lehman, Gordon C. Landis, Thunder_God, Bryan Hansel, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

4/7/2006 inthisstyle: [Dogs] At Last I Have Him
Last Friday, my friend Sandy came by and we had a game of Dogs in the Vineyard. I've been trying to get Sandy to play for ages. He is curious…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Noon.

4/7/2006 Noon: Valid question, but it basically asks "Who should I fight, Mr GM?"
This is from my PBP rifts game. It's a kind of an example where tactics applied would have deprotagonised the player (well, tactics would have removed a choice I thought…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, David Hallett, Thunder_God, Paul Strack, contracycle.

4/7/2006 Ron Edwards: [City of Brass] Two cannibals, no Nobility
The full title was intended to be The two mad cannibals with no nobility march off to the City of Brass. Which is, basically, what happened. Let's see ... my…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/8/2006 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon '06] D'oh...
Well, I decided to wait to reserve a room at the Marriott by the con center.... and now they are out of 2-bed rooms. Go figure. I guess I should…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, inthisstyle, btrc, joepub.

4/8/2006 Willow: [Reserve] Distribution of Narration Rights
Hi all.  This is my first post about the Reserve System that I've been working on, so let me tell you a little bit about it.  It's a resource-spending (i.e.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, Paul Strack, Bryan Hansel.

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