Previous Topics 4/23/2006 Ned: CanGames (Ottawa,ON) Anyone, anyone? Hey all. My hometown Con is on May 19-22. Are there any kinky Forgey gamers to be found? I think I'm up to running some Inspectres if there are takers,… In Conventions Participants: Ned, Darcy Burgess, walkerp, Denise.
4/23/2006 Dev: [Dance and Dawn] Healthy Competition in Speed-Dating About two years ago, The Dance and The Dawn came out of the IGC. I’m getting it together for a revision now. You can see the rules at the link,… In First Thoughts Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman.
4/22/2006 Stefan: [DitV Town] Widow's Willow Hi everybody,
I just finished my first town for DitV, and thought to get me some feedback. The town is designed to get my players in over their heads and… In lumpley games Participants: Stefan, Lagnath, lumpley.
4/22/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Newbie here Hi, all,
Long-time lurker at the Forge, first post.
I recently discovered The Shadow of Yesterday. It looks really exciting, because it seems to provide a lot of what I've… In CRN Games Participants: r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, James_Nostack, rafial, Twobirds.
4/22/2006 Sindyr: Even more questions... Which of the following goals are not legal according to the Capes rules?
Goal: Fred opens the door
where Fred is an NPC (ie, can you make goals with… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: Sindyr, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Hans, drnuncheon.
4/22/2006 pfischer: [Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] Fastaval 2006 Demo Game I was invited to the Danish convention Fastaval over Easter 2006 to demo indie games. Apart from a lot of talk about indie roleplaying games and running 60 minutes demos… In Actual Play Participants: pfischer, jasonm, Joe Murphy (Broin), olleolleolle, pedyo.
4/22/2006 ( o Y o ): [TSoY] Confusion about unopposed ability check "The third and final step is actually rolling the dice. If the success level is equal or better than the difficulty, the character has succeeded." (quote page 31)
Huh????
What… In CRN Games Participants: ( o Y o ), Clinton R. Nixon.
4/21/2006 Belinda K.: Exalted --> TSoY Conversion I’d like to convert my Exalted game to TSoY, to suit my light GMing style better and to make things 'flow' more. I've looked at Exalted --> Wushu, but really… In CRN Games Participants: Belinda K., James_Nostack, cpeterso, Filip Luszczyk, Andy Kitkowski.
4/21/2006 John Harper: Timing actions: Burning Muse points and restoring Arete/Hubris This is a question of action sequence. I don't think the rules specify anything here, so I'll throw it out for general discussion.
Let's say my Archon gets womped by… In Chimera Creative Participants: John Harper, Vaxalon.
4/21/2006 xzallion: Looking for a few opinions I have had an idea for a campaign world for about three months now, and would like some opinions on it. Here is a link covering the concept and my… In First Thoughts Participants: xzallion, anders_larsen.
4/21/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Reward system idea - mainstrem cinematic action games, competion and experience If there is something similar to my idea in any game, simply let me know. Sorry, if something like that was discussed before.
So, I'm a fan of mainstream cinematic… In First Thoughts Participants: Filip Luszczyk, xzallion, TonyLB, Shreyas Sampat, Dav.
4/21/2006 chris_moore: [In the Pit] resolution and reward(?) I'm fired up about this game that tells stories of physical, emotional, and moral survival.
I'll explain a bit, then ask questions.
Characters start with a list of player-created traits… In First Thoughts Participants: chris_moore, xzallion, joepub, Kesher, Dev, Thunder_God.
4/21/2006 Eric J-D: Three's A Crowd Redux Over in this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18447.0 Wolfen asked some good questions about how to handle a host who was inhabited by both a parasite and a possessor demon.
This got me… In Adept Press Participants: Eric J-D, Paka, Alan, Ron Edwards.
4/21/2006 dsellars: Could I have some advice on getting my campaign started? Hello All,
This is my first post here so please be gentle I've probably misunderstood things round here, I have tried to read around things though :), I also hope… In Actual Play Participants: dsellars, rafial, Sydney Freedberg, ScottM, Wade Lahoda.
4/21/2006 chris_moore: more setting? Paul, how much setting have you decided on providing for players?
Maybe by describing a bit more specifically what the occultists do would give players and GM's more material to… In Acts of Evil Playtest Board Participants: chris_moore, Paul Czege.
4/21/2006 sean2099: [Divinity]Looking for Playtesters Hello Everyone:
As the subject lines states, I am looking for a few people willing to be playtesters for Divinity. It is a "freeform" game where players are gods/goddesses. It… In Connections Participants: sean2099.
4/20/2006 Rustin: [DitV] Witchfinder Generals A buddy of mine watched this Vincent Price flick called Witchfinder General, and thought it would be cool to roleplay in that setting. I agreed.
I want to tempt the… In lumpley games Participants: Rustin, Vaxalon, Jinx, avram, demiurgeastaroth.
4/20/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] Attributes and...Skills? "Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year. Here's the PDF over at 1km1t, which is very Alpha at this point. Here's the Ronnies thread.
With the basic mechanics of Guilt… In Endeavor Participants: greyorm, Dav, Sydney Freedberg.
4/20/2006 talysman: [Kanthe] Watch Out for Beaked Snakes! Callan asked in the How Freaky Is This? thread for some actual play descriptions of this solitaire roguelike dungeoncrawl game. I played two playtests, one using the original version… In Playtesting Participants: talysman, Noon, Dev.
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.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 4/23/2006 TonyLB: Inviolate characters: The Security Blanket There's been a fair amount of talk here, recently, about how important it is to some people that their character is inviolate ... that nobody else can get inside of… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: TonyLB, Sindyr, jburneko, Valamir, Glendower, greyorm, humis, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Sydney Freedberg, dunlaing, Vaxalon, drnuncheon, TheCzech, Tuxboy.
4/23/2006 inthisstyle: Bulldogs! and Bulldogs! Races on Sale at IPR IPR is holding a 20% off sale for May Day, and you can get Bulldogs! and Bulldogs! Races at 20% off on the site through May 6. In Galileo Games Participants: inthisstyle.
4/23/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules]: Mind Control Rules The saga continues...
This time around, we tried exploring a bunch of new powers, including Hate, Laughter, Blindness, Paralysis and Stun. And I found that the characters I had created… In Playtesting Participants: mratomek, Ken.
4/23/2006 preludetotheend: Identifiers, what are yours, whats their impact? So I was just wonder how you think people identify to your product by just skimming through it. Whats your strategy, and how much of an impact do you think… In Publishing Participants: preludetotheend, abzu, Ron Edwards.
4/23/2006 rrees: London CoS Game I've put up an advert in Playin' Games so I thought it wouldn't hurt to mention the game here as well. There's room for one or two more players in… In Bob Goat Press Participants: rrees, GB Steve, Keith Senkowski, Steven, Gypelemo70.
4/24/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Coolness Hello, all, :)
Well. My wife blew me away, the other day.
We have a regular gaming group for Saturday nights. Used to play L5R. I've posted about it here,… In Actual Play Participants: JMendes, James_Nostack, Frank T, tonyd, oliof.
4/24/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] BDTP Questions I'm stuck on some of the wording...
After the free-and-clear stage, everyone rolls ability checks for their action. If this is the first action in Bringing Down the Pain, the… In CRN Games Participants: Belinda K., rafial, demiurgeastaroth.
4/24/2006 ObLaDan: BDTP explanation This is a step-by-step explanation of Brining Down the Pain that I came up with for my group, after lurking on this forum for a while. Maybe it'll be helpful… In CRN Games Participants: ObLaDan, r_donato.
4/24/2006 JMendes: Mechanics Questions and Tactics Question Hey, all, :)
Finally got to play Capes for the first time, and I must say, I enjoyed it immensely, but I came away from the table with a bunch… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: JMendes, drnuncheon, Hans, TonyLB, Sindyr, Zamiel, Matthew Glover.
4/24/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] - The Shadow of D&D Warrgh, the computer ate the latest draft of my 'Shadow of Exalted' conversion document. More on that later.
But - I've also finished a quick D&D conversion, over here: http://random.average-bear.com/TSOY/TheShadowOfDungeonsAndDragons… In CRN Games Participants: Belinda K., Clinton R. Nixon, Paka.
4/24/2006 gaelyn: First post and new game This is the first post anywhere public I am making about an RPG that I am designing. It's a series of core games with rules for universal possibilities. Current title… In First Thoughts Participants: gaelyn, MatrixGamer, anders_larsen.
4/24/2006 ocasta: [Dust Devils] Sub-genres In preparation for running my first Dust Devils I read Ron's review here on the Forge. One of the things that Ron mentions is that everyone should agree on which… In Chimera Creative Participants: ocasta, Matt Snyder.
4/24/2006 Old_Scratch: Some Sorcerer Setting pdfs [url=http://When Reason Sleeps...]When Reason Sleeps...[/url]
The first one was partially developed in this thread:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=12191.0
The second one:
http://home.earthlink.net/~glepper/SinEaters.pdf
...was first developed here:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13816.0
My group has gotten together to… In Adept Press Participants: Old_Scratch, matthijs, xeperi, Eric J-D.
4/24/2006 Vaxalon: What makes an extended contest fun and interesting? First, read these two posts:
http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=601&page=1#Item_8
In my highly limited experience with extended contests in HQ, they have seemed fairly unnecessary.
When do they work? In HeroQuest Participants: Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, mneme, Valamir, Ian Cooper, Web_Weaver, Der_Renegat.
4/25/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] "Seeds of Play" idea Hi all,
While waiting on playtesters, I had an idea for a free PDF for my game Divinity.
Without going into too much detail and making this thread even longer....… In First Thoughts Participants: sean2099.
4/25/2006 arthurtuxedo: Tensided Roleplaying System seeks 3 playtesters Hello, I am the designer of the Tensided Roleplaying System, a class-less, level-less ruleset that seeks to find the elusive balance between realism and ease of use. Tensided, in one… In Connections Participants: arthurtuxedo.
4/25/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] Character effectiveness decreasing In our TSOY game last week my PC got in a conflict, brought down the pain, and as a result of his opponents intention can now "never wield a sword… In CRN Games Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, r_donato, joshua neff, Gaerik, Twobirds, segedy.
4/25/2006 Sindyr: Capes play and judgementalism in general OK, I think I have found a clearer, more analytical way to express the problem here.
There are several questions one could ask vis-à-vis Capes, such as:
1. What are… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: Sindyr, Tuxboy, greyorm, TonyLB, drnuncheon, Gaerik, joshua neff, dunlaing, TheCzech.
4/25/2006 Bret Gillan: [Charnel Gods] The Irthan Epoch I've moved to a new city, into a new apartment, paid for with money from my new job. College is over, and I feel like I'm stepping into life as… In Adept Press Participants: Bret Gillan, Valamir, Paka, Eric J-D.
4/25/2006 Matt: [Covenant]Easy situation and less prep This is a followup to my earlier topic where I wrote about how the game had been in an endless tweak stage and how I was getting out the rut… In Playtesting Participants: Matt, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby.
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