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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 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 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.

4/23/2006 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.

4/23/2006 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 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 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 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 Graham Walmsley: Postcards from London
Often, when I read a book, I wish that there was a roleplaying game based on the author's work. For example, when I read Graham Greene books, I want a…
In Endeavor
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Czar Fnord, pfischer, PrzeSzkoda.

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.

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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.

4/25/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: Preparing for Actual Banthas Play!!! Last minute advice time!
Previous threads. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18977.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13410.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14311.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16956.0 Okay, lemme get crackin and give you the rundown. Basic premise.  My players aren't buyin the mormon gunslinger premise just yet, but the rules…
In lumpley games
Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Vaxalon, Lagnath, dunlaing, Andrew Barton, Brendan.

4/25/2006 tonyd: [Magicians of England] Playtesters wanted
Under Queen Victoria, England presides over an empire that spans the globe. Astronomers are discovering new worlds, the railway connects the corners of the British Isles, exotic goods from every…
In Connections
Participants: tonyd.

4/25/2006 Valamir: New Supplement: Capes: The Internet Forum RPG
Seriously, check out This Thread and This Thread. Imagine the first posts of each as first Tony then Sindyr throwing down a Goal Conflict of "Prove my Point about X".…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Valamir, TonyLB, Zamiel.

4/25/2006 Sindyr: Splitting question
Will reply to the brouhaha one the other stuff later... (only so much time for explaining things, after all, I am not getting paid to do this...) but for now,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Zamiel.

4/26/2006 monsterboy: [Gideon] Power 19 (and a setting question)
The Power 19 is here: http://mysite.verizon.net/erin.miner/GideonPower19.doc My setting question is: I wanted the whole fire & brimstone preacher thing, but didn't feel I could do Christianity properly, not being familiar…
In First Thoughts
Participants: monsterboy, Troy_Costisick, J Tolson.

4/26/2006 scorpio rising: [Sorcerer] Rules questions: Total Victory
Hello!  I haven't posted on the Forge much previously, but I've recently reaquired my Sorcerer books and I'm hoping to run an &Sword game in the near-ish future.  In re-reading…
In Adept Press
Participants: scorpio rising, Plotin, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko.

4/26/2006 Hans: Capes F.A.Q.
I was sitting around a few days ago, saying to myself.."you know, Capes really needs an FAQ, why doesn't it have one."  And then it occurred to me, "The reason…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

4/26/2006 JMendes: Free narration: whose character is it anyway?
Hi, :) So, here's us playing Capes for the second time, and another couple of questions popped up, the main one being, if I choose to play a character, is…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: JMendes, Zamiel, ricmadeira, Hans, drnuncheon, TheCzech, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

4/26/2006 Ryan Koppenhaver: [AG&G] The Emerald of India
(Hello, everyone!  First post, etc!) So, a few friends and I had the chance to play Art, Grace & Guts yesterday, and I thought I'd post a summary and a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ryan Koppenhaver, lumpley, John Harper.

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