Previous Topics 4/11/2006 Equilibrium: Newbie Hello
I discovered Universalis about 2 years ago, I read the rules and my son and one other friend had a crack at it. We all enjoyed though my son… In Universalis Participants: Equilibrium, Mike Holmes, Valamir.
4/10/2006 Lagnath: [DitV] My first attempt to make a town. Alright, below is a description of a town I have written up using the outline in the DitV book. Before I get into the details of the town I wanted… In lumpley games Participants: Lagnath, Andrew Morris, ffilz, TheHappyAnarchist, lumpley, Rustin.
4/10/2006 Troy_Costisick: Cutthroat v4.0 Heya,
I have the latest, and likely the last public, draft of Cutthroat ready for feedback. You can dowload it here: Cutthroat
Here are the latest changes I've made (PS,… In Endeavor Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ramidel.
4/10/2006 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] My first game at Forge Midwest Ralph and I arrived at the Forge Midwest get-together sometime around 7:30 Friday evening. I showed off my new little rat-game proofs and within moments, a game began. It included… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, tylure, Kesher.
4/10/2006 donbaloo: [TSoY] Introduction to the system and conflict resolution in general. Okay, putting aside my fear of being flayed for breaching posting etiquette of some sort or just making a Forge faux pas in general, I’m here to post our actual… In Actual Play Participants: donbaloo, James_Nostack, rafial, Kintara, John Harper, Chris Gardiner, Thor Olavsrud, Paka.
4/10/2006 Will Whatley: Key Phrases: Ron Hey Ron (et alii),
We met at Gencon last year '05, but it's entirely possible you shan't remember one of the boys from Alabama who played schizophrenic Sorcerer with you… In Adept Press Participants: Will Whatley, Ron Edwards, jagardner.
4/10/2006 matthijs: Sex & Sorcery: Rereading it. I'm re-reading S&S these days, and am surprised at how some of the things I found strangely irrelevant or academically stilted the first time, now read as practical and inspirational.… In Adept Press Participants: matthijs, jburneko, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Sydney Freedberg, Meguey.
4/10/2006 jenskot: Just played 7 sessions. Questions: Producer Role, Player vs. Player We just completed a 7 episode series of PTA as part of the Gotham Gaming Guild.
After the first session and reading this forum, we realized we had drifted the… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: jenskot, John Harper, Matt Wilson.
4/10/2006 abzu: Forge Midwest Love Where's the love? Is everyone still too exhausted to post?
So, ye who attended, what did you think?
Did you enjoy yourself?
Would you come back again?
What did you… In Conventions Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Keith Senkowski, chris_moore, Thor Olavsrud, Jason L Blair, jenskot, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, c, jrs, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, Iskander, John Harper, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Paka, tylure, ivan23, ptevis, Matt Snyder, mtiru, Kesher, Tim C Koppang, Andy Kitkowski, GregStolze, timfire, Dav, Nev the Deranged.
4/10/2006 James Holloway: [KRASNOARMEETS] Making miniatures easy OK, it's been a little while since I talked about progress on my Ronnies entry from back in the day, Krasnoarmeets. You can check out the previous discussion of it… In First Thoughts Participants: James Holloway, Bryan Hansel, Ben Lehman, komradebob, MatrixGamer, Sydney Freedberg, J Tolson, TroyLovesRPG.
4/10/2006 Everspinner: Games as a metaphor for something else (This is a duplicate to the thread I accidentally started in Story Games. My apologies to anyone who is interested in the topic and needs to jump between the two… In First Thoughts Participants: Everspinner, pells, greyorm, MatrixGamer, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, TroyLovesRPG, Michael S. Miller, Thunder_God.
4/10/2006 JMendes: Is there going to be a Last Word thread this year? Hi, :)
Well? Is there?
Cheers,
J. In Forge Birthday Forum Participants: JMendes, TonyLB, Walt Freitag, Nathan P., Melinglor, talysman, Miskatonic, Ben Lehman, droog, joshua neff.
4/10/2006 Ben Lehman: I hereby take this opportunity To declare obsolete any game that does not have a "draw your robot" space on the character sheet.
"But Ben!" you protest feebly, "my game does not have robots at… In Forge Birthday Forum Participants: Ben Lehman, talysman, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Dev, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Melinglor, joshua neff.
4/9/2006 markus_cz: Ordering "My Life with Master" Paul,
I've recently stumbled upon "My life with Master", and really enjoyed it. I'd love to order a PDF version, but there's a little problem: I don't have a PayPal… In Half Meme Press Participants: markus_cz, Paul Czege.
4/9/2006 Jake Richmond: New gallery Hi. Let me start by saying this isnt me trolling for work. But I have a new gallery and I am looking for feedback. It's not fancy, but I think… In Connections Participants: Jake Richmond, Clay, c, John Harper.
4/9/2006 Chad: Henbane: role‐playinge the detestable wickednesse of wytchcrafte Hi folks,
I have recently put together the Henbane PDF http://www.ookytentacles.com/Henbane.htmland would like to get your take on it.
Henbane is a witty take on shakespearian witchcraft. It’s has grandiose… In First Thoughts Participants: Chad, TonyLB, Graham Walmsley, Mark D. Eddy, Eric J-D, chris_moore, ivan23.
4/9/2006 Lizbet: I'm a Literature student. I'm alowed. Hey there. I'm something of a newbie here, so...yeah. New. Hai.
I was musing the other day about games and I had the notion of creating one based on the… In First Thoughts Participants: Lizbet, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, nikola, MatrixGamer.
4/9/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Character tangle-kickers So I had a very productive playtest experience of the draft rules of Misery Bubblegum last night ... which is to say that there was the promise of greatness, wholly… In Playtesting Participants: TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray, Madheretic.
4/9/2006 Meguey: What else are you geeky about? I have this theory that everyone is secretly a geek, which in my book (or at least for the purpose of this thread) is someone who knows waaaay too much… In Forge Birthday Forum Participants: Meguey, xenopulse, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, droog, Eric J-D, jasonm, Bryan Hansel, James_Nostack, talysman, Graham Walmsley, anders_larsen, Thunder_God, Miskatonic, Shreyas Sampat, lumpley, ironick, Michael S. Miller.
4/9/2006 Zamiel: PDF Edition I'm already a very proud owner of the 108pg print edition of PTA, but I find myself on the go a lot, and I make frequent reference to my PDF… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: Zamiel, Mike Lucas.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Dust Devils Nouveau The new Dust Devils is hot.
Crap, I suppose I have to write more than that.
So I played it, right? It was me, and Matt LeSnydaire, and this whole… In Actual Play Participants: Matt Wilson, coffeestain, Eric J-D, Jason L Blair, mtiru, Dev, Matt Snyder, John Harper, rafial.
4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Stranger Things at Forge Midwest Those of you who weren't at FM and are all, when is Stranger Things going to be done? Keep yelling, because that fucker John needs to finish his damn awesome… In Playtesting Participants: Matt Wilson, hive_mind, coffeestain, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Thunder_God, demiurgeastaroth.
4/11/2006 greyorm: [Death's Door] I Wasn't Interested But... I have to admit, I had no interest in either playing or purchasing Death's Door. When I heard about it, the idea just didn't grab me, what I heard about… In Actual Play Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, ivan23, Blankshield, Noon.
4/11/2006 matthijs: Ramshead site makes browser implode I've had this problem in the past, and am having it again now: The Ramshead site causes IE to hang, with just a blank browser window. Wuzzup? In Universalis Participants: matthijs, Valamir, Heraldic Game Design, GreatWolf, wburdick, joshua neff.
4/11/2006 jasonm: Roach Play: The Flameout I've heard about two recent games (and hope to see actual play soon) in which the players had a less-than satisfying experience because the game got big fast. "We were… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, jrs, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Jonathan Hastings, Valamir.
4/11/2006 Vaxalon: Neel on Nine Worlds Here's the link:
http://www.20by20room.com/2006/04/more_about_nine.html
Here's the part that caught my eye:
However, the way conflicts work means that it's very difficult to get an interplay going between the players --… In Chimera Creative Participants: Vaxalon, Matt Snyder, Valamir, ivan23, hive_mind, Ben Lehman, doogs19.
4/11/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Entering Convention Mode Hi Roach-players,
I am hoping to play the Roach a lot this friday on GothCon. It is a drop-in event, and I intend to attract hordes of innocent players. At… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Alex Fradera, jasonm, Technocrat13, LeSingeSavant, Sydney Freedberg.
4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Freebooters at FM, or, "I'll get you someday, Tevis!" Freebooters is an adventure using Clinton's system for TSOY, written by John Harper, which I'm pretty sure will become its own full-fledged game. First he needs to finish the ST,… In Playtesting Participants: Matt Wilson, ptevis, John Harper.
4/11/2006 GB Steve: [Polaris]French convention game At SteveCon Paris this week we played a game of Polaris, in French. I'll ask the strangely named Squeeze to email his translations to Ben if he hasn't done so… In These Are Our Games Participants: GB Steve, Ben Lehman.
4/11/2006 xenopulse: Capes Questions on LJ Someone posted a few questions on Capes on the LJ Roleplayers Community. I figure you someone from around here who knows the rules well could hop in and help out.… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: xenopulse, Zamiel.
4/11/2006 neelk: Do extra cards drawn to break ties count for Points? Quick rules question: suppose that Alice and Bob are in a conflict, and put down hands that tie. To break the tie, they each play the highest card in their… In Chimera Creative Participants: neelk, Matt Snyder.
4/11/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Mouse Guard] Yes-play and no-game I played last night in the first real session of Mouse Guard, a quick RPG I made based on the excellent comics of the same name. It was my standard… In Actual Play Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, jasonm, Thunder_God, Alex Fradera.
4/11/2006 btrc: GenCon suite? The following place is off the GenCon hotel radar, yet is close enough to be skywalk accessible:
http://www.malibuonmaryland.com/320.html
If I can get at least 3 other people willing to split… In Conventions Participants: btrc.
4/11/2006 jburneko: [The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] They Ate His Heart Out. Hello All,
The other night one of my Dogs players had to leave a little early so the rest of us, Matt, myself and my wife Meghann decided to take… In Actual Play Participants: jburneko, Matt Kimball, jasonm.
4/12/2006 two_fishes: PbeM structure for playing Amber I yearn for a good Amber DRPG Play-by-eMail structure.
What I like about Amber and the Amber DRPG in general:
- Setting and colour. Amber, Shadow, Pattern, Courts of Chaos,… In First Thoughts Participants: two_fishes, TonyLB.
4/12/2006 Tony Irwin: Shoujo Story Cover Art Hi
I've been able to go from this: http://www.apricot-ink.co.uk/shoujostory.pdf
to this mock-up here: http://www.apricot-ink.co.uk/123421_cover.pdf
Once I recolour the woman on the back cover (want more of a water color thing… In Publishing Participants: Tony Irwin, Bankuei, Andy Kitkowski, Keith Senkowski, Adam, MatrixGamer, Thunder_God, ejh, Shreyas Sampat, Selene Tan.
4/12/2006 Kat Miller: DexCon 06 Link, anyone else? Ok the link to the events for Dexcon are up here:
http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dexcon06IGE.html
MSM suggested I wait till after Forge Midwest to put out a last call.
Dex Con will be… In Conventions Participants: Kat Miller, abzu, Paka, Nathan P., Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Helvetian, RobNJ, Jared A. Sorensen, Iskander.
4/12/2006 BubbaBrown: What do you look for? A general question, but has a lot of relevance: When you are exploring another game or game system, what are the bits of information you look for and in what… In First Thoughts Participants: BubbaBrown, Ron Edwards.
4/12/2006 c: Actual play Anvil-Con. (Forge midwest) Hi guys,
This is late. It may end up long. It's my recollection of the Acts of Evil playtest we had at Anvil-Con. (A Forge is where you prepare the… In Acts of Evil Playtest Board Participants: c, chris_moore, Paul Czege.
4/12/2006 Tommi Brander: A third thought I have this idea of a game kicking around my head. Given that and half a year of free time, this is a good time for actually trying to design… In First Thoughts Participants: Tommi Brander.
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