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4/19/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [AG&G] The life and death of Rama, bandit-king
So, we played Vincent's new game, Art, Grace, and Guts again. It's officially my game I'd take to a desert island, not only because it's more fun than anything I've…
In Playtesting
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm, lumpley, LeSingeSavant, Jeph.

4/19/2006 pedyo: (tMW) Demo-games at Fastaval
At this year’s Fastaval - www.fastaval.dk, I demoed two games of The Mountain Witch as part of the Indie-RPG workshop. Both demos went great and at least two of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: pedyo.

4/19/2006 Blankshield: [Blood and Bronze] Playtesters wanted
Heya, I'm looking for some group or groups willing to playtest Blood and Bronze for me.  The game, in it's original Game Chef version is here, but it's several rule…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield.

4/19/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Threads] Competitive/Cooperative Story Interaction Game, Open Playtest v 1.0
I have finally finished the first English draft of my game. I'd be grateful for any comments, and if anyone tries to playtest the material, more so. Bear in mind…
In Connections
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

4/18/2006 GregStolze: REIGN's release model: A ransom/hard copy hybrid
It's interesting that the quarterly sales of UA continue to chip in a hundred copies of the core book every time.  It seems to support the theory that "the MRB…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Paka, c, Dav, Thunder_God, MikeSands, Ben Lehman, jasonm, andrew_kenrick, Nathan Herrold, Yokiboy.

4/18/2006 Emmett: Mechanic for matching Players to Characters
I'm trying to think of a kind of "E-harmony" for Players to find/create the character they will enjoy playing the best. It seems to me that so many new players…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Emmett, Tomas HVM, c, Filip Luszczyk, Czar Fnord, contracycle, talysman.

4/18/2006 Ron Edwards: Preparation help!
Hi Keith, So, we have our characters, and I-as-GM have to prepare for next week. To orient you, the series is set in the Theocracy of Malindarov, and there seems…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, jrs.

4/18/2006 joepub: (Perfect -wt) Images, Objects and Humanity.
Some of this stuff carries over from the original Perfect thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19466.0 But really, there shouldn`t be any need to refer back to that thread too much, because I lifted…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, MatrixGamer, dindenver, Castlin, sean2099.

4/18/2006 donbaloo: Thoughts and questions after first read...
So these indie games are getting me pretty pumped about roleplaying again but my group and I are having a very rough go transitioning from our old "follow the DM"…
In lumpley games
Participants: donbaloo, agony, lumpley, jburneko, TheHappyAnarchist, ScottM.

4/18/2006 buzz: HERO System, M&M and assessing incoherence
Apologies in advance if this is posted in the wrong forum. I'm still beginning to wrap my brain around the theory discussed here. In Chapter Five: Role-playing Design and Coherence…
In Actual Play
Participants: buzz, Paka, Ron Edwards, Ramidel, jlarke, Gaerik, Storn, Brand_Robins, Caldis.

4/18/2006 Sandman: [Portal] Artwork Request
Good day everyone, First off, my apologies for not using my first name instead of an alias for posting; I noticed that using our real names was preferred after I…
In Connections
Participants: Sandman.

4/18/2006 chris_moore: [In the Pit] Should they care?.
So let's pretend the setting is Vietnam, and the players make U.S. soldier protagonists. (If you missed the setting discussion, it's here:) http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19537.0 As it stands now (and it's rough)…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, joepub, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2006 jburneko: Why I Like One Point Inspirations.
Just reading around this forum I get the general impression that people think low valued inspiration is utterly useless.  However, I think low valued inspiration are totally awesome and I'd…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, Hans, TonyLB, dunlaing, Matthew Glover.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [Cascadia] IndieRPG Toronto playtests an (anti-)Pool variant
Joshua, one of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has us experiment with a new game that adds a narrative structure and a linked resource management mechanic to the (Anti-)Pool variant.…
In Playtesting
Participants: epweissengruber, jaw6, cpeterso.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [MLwM] My Appartment Con
Toronto IndieRPG Group played a session of MLwM during the Easter Break Con. at my pad. We tried to do a 1-shot using the recommendations in the rulebook: high fear,…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Paul Czege, two_fishes, Michael S. Miller.

4/18/2006 chris_moore: [In the Pit] Best setting for breaking characters?
Hi, I'm designing a game called (for now) "In the Pit", a game where people are trapped together and forced to make terrible decisions in order to escape.  the Power…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, Thunder_God, TonyLB, Czar Fnord, Chad, Paul Czege, Everspinner, c, TroyLovesRPG, pells, sean2099, shadowcourt, Castlin, amicitia, dindenver, Nick.

4/18/2006 matthijs: [Sorcerer] Action-packed first session
So I finally did a proper run of Sorcerer the other night. Three friends came to my house at around 3 o'clock. I'd figured we'd define the setting in one…
In Actual Play
Participants: matthijs, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2006 Paka: Ben and Tony, Stay Away: Blood Simple Play by Post kickers and bangs
I exchanged some e-mails with Tony and talked about play by post role-playing and he really did try to talk me out of it but still, we are and the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2006 SpinyUrchin: [PTA] Red Sands Pilot/Real Life Soap Opera
We're for the most part a fairly traditional gaming group. Been playing together for decades. Our favorite RPGs are Champions, D&D3, d6/Star Wars, and Talislanta. Occasionally I've run some of…
In Actual Play
Participants: SpinyUrchin, Matt Wilson, Joe Dizzy, Warren.

4/18/2006 GreatWolf: [Polaris] Battle in the Remnant!
(The previous report can be found here.) Battle is joined in the remnants!  Demon armies attack!  Dragons clash in the air, and below, the Knights of the Order of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, ScottM, Raquel, Sydney Freedberg, Miskatonic, Valamir.

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4/19/2006 inthisstyle: [Bulldogs!] Cool Deck Plans Site
Check out this site: http://deckplans.00sf.com/ There are loads and loads of deckplans (for Star Wars, but hey, a deck plan is a deck plan). These look great for any sci-fi…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

4/19/2006 GreatWolf: [Polaris] Key Phrases are lies
In another thread, Ben said this: It occured to me sometime after publishing the game that all three of the elaborate key phrases (game opening, character introduction, game closing)…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Valamir, Jinx, Raquel, Arturo G., Bankuei, Gaerik.

4/19/2006 Paul Czege: anyone interested in a small Keys project?
So, a few months ago I ran across the Skyknights RPG. And dang if the game's motivations wouldn't be an interesting fit if converted to TSOY Keys: http://www.skyknightsrpg.com/Ver2/motivation.htm Anyway, my…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul Czege, Niko, Eero Tuovinen.

4/19/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [FLFS] HMS Superb -- Final Playtest
Continued from HMS Superb -- Lingering Scenes. My LAGames group, Mark, Judson, Alex, and I, completed our playtest of Full Light, Full Steam last night.  We used the revised…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, John Harper.

4/19/2006 talysman: [Kanthe] How Freaky Is This?
As some of you probably know, I recently wrote up a solitaire roguelike fantasy dungeoncrawl RPG, Raiders of the Ruins of Kanthe, renamed Depths of Kanthe.  The version on the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: talysman, Paul Czege, Noon, Bryan Hansel, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2006 Brother Seth: [DitV Town] Two Forks - My first town - comments please
[b]Two Forks[/b] [b]People - [/b] Millicent Atwater, the daughter of William and Alice William Atwater, father of Millicent Alice Atwater, mother of Millicent Martin Atwater, younger bother of Millicent Caleb…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brother Seth, jburneko, WhiteRat, lumpley, caramida, greyorm.

4/19/2006 John Harper: Greek Names PDF
Here's another resource I put together for my upcoming Nine Worlds game: a large collection of Greek names, male and female. You can grab the PDF here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/9w/greeknames.pdf
In Chimera Creative
Participants: John Harper, jporrett.

4/19/2006 GB Steve: [PTA] Animal Firm
We had a fine game of Prime Time Adventures this evening so here for your delight is a summary of play: Set in the town of Orville, Animal Firm charts…
In Actual Play
Participants: GB Steve.

4/20/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] Playtesters Wanted
Gnostigmata, is a blend of "The Matrix", "Stigmata", and "The Da Vinci Code".  It is a competitive GM-less role-playing game that focuses on the ancient conflict between Gnostic and Catholic…
In Connections
Participants: John Kirk, Paul Czege.

4/20/2006 Zathreyel: [Criminal Element] Buenos Aires: the Mendoza Job
I'd known about it for about a week.  My regular Tuesday night crew had become pretty irregular for a little while, so our regularly scheduled game of Nobilis had sort…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards, CMWeck.

4/20/2006 Eliarhiman6: Schrodinger's Fallout (on the Dogs, not on the cat )
Hello! This is my first post on the Forge. English is not my native language (I live in Italy) so please forgive my grammar errors. I would like to get…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, demiurgeastaroth, Everspinner, lumpley, Pyromancer, Vaxalon, agony, Glendower.

4/20/2006 Matt Kimball: Sorcerous Dogs -- Actual play questions
Last Sunday I ran a one-shot session of Dogs.  A friend of mine from Salt Lake City was visiting me in L.A. and he expressed an interest in playing a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Matt Kimball, jburneko, Vaxalon, lumpley, ffilz.

4/20/2006 Dangerboy: [SYSTEM] Reinventing system mechanic; need help task resolution
Hey guys. Posted this on RPGnet, but I'm not getting any responses yet, so I'm shotgunning it here to for a larger feedback pool. Ok, here's the idea I got…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dangerboy, dindenver, anders_larsen, monsterboy, Tommi Brander.

4/20/2006 btrc: GenCon booth accessories?
In the interest of continual upgrading of the Forge presence, I've been scouring the web for good looking and just as important, portable and storable booth accessories. Anyone have any…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, inthisstyle, Paul Czege, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, Nathan P..

4/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - Last two concepts and Q&A about my teaser
My teaser is finally ready. So, this thread is more of a final thoughts than a first thougths, as I want to present the last two concepts needed to understand…
In First Thoughts
Participants: pells.

4/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - Finally, a teaser
I had to give a lot of thougths into this. I've been presenting my project for quite a while now, and finally, I've got something to show. But, I do…
In Publishing
Participants: pells, abzu, Eero Tuovinen, Jake Richmond, Selene Tan.

4/20/2006 Arturo G.: [Hierarchy] Playtesting with 14 people
I'm afraid this is going to be a long post. Twenty days ago I did a Hierarchy playtesting. I'm sorry I had no time to rewrite my draft notes until…
In Playtesting
Participants: Arturo G., Troy_Costisick, lanarch.

4/20/2006 Dave: Online RPGing
Hello, My name is Dave. I am am a RPG fan and a programmer as well. I am currently (as a hobby) building a program which allows a group of…
In Connections
Participants: Dave, M. J. Young, Vibilo, ocasta, arthurtuxedo, greyorm, heruca.

4/20/2006 Solamasa: [Dogs] Existential angst
Five towns and eleven sessions in and I think I've got a great GMing rhythm going.  But Pride goeth before Injustice, as they say, and I ran headlong into an…
In lumpley games
Participants: Solamasa, Vaxalon, Wolfen, Blankshield, Tindalos.

4/20/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [InSpectres demo] Solo play
Few weeks ago, while reading InSpectres demo it occured to me that the game could theoretically be played alone. And I tried it. All in all, it was fun and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Jared A. Sorensen, JMendes, greyorm, demiurgeastaroth.

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