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7/4/2006 baron samedi: [MLwM] Starting Fear for single session game?
Hello, I have friends over this summer who'd like to try playing , but we have only a single evening available. Thus, I was wondering what the starting FEAR and…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: baron samedi, Artanis, jrs, Paul Czege.

7/22/2006 baron samedi: [DITV] Actual play : Thanks Mr. Baker!
I've just finished a 6 hour IRC session of DITV, in French... My irst experience with both IRC and DITV... it was wonderful. We only got through the initiation of…
In Actual Play
Participants: baron samedi, Artanis, lumpley.

7/27/2006 baron samedi: (DITV) Understanding the mysteries of the d4
Hi fellow Dog lovers, To better get a grip on DITV's system, I have a very narrow question regarding the construction of d4 Traits. I do understand that more d4s…
In lumpley games
Participants: baron samedi, Vaxalon, ffilz, Valamir, Gaerik, Glendower, Warren.

8/3/2006 baron samedi: [DitV Alternate Settings] City sin progression in Judaic Kabbalah?
Hi fellow Dogs, I'm trying to figure out a way to reflect the City sin progression in other settings than the Deseret world of "vanilla" DITV... Specifically, I was trying…
In lumpley games
Participants: baron samedi, xeperi.

8/8/2006 baron samedi: [Chronicles of Erdor] Doing away with proper nouns?
Hello everyone, I'm in the process of writing the 2nd edition and supplements of a French indie fantasy-oneiric RPG, and thinking ahead on how I'd do a translation-adaptation to English.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Joshua BishopRoby, andrew_kenrick, Everspinner, Castlin, davidberg, reprobate, Kesher.

8/25/2006 baron samedi: (RPG Layout) Questions on layout for 6"x9" format
Hello Forgers! I am looking for the advice of people who have some experience with layout for RPGs or books in 6"x9" format. I'm an amateur at doing layouts, I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: baron samedi, MatrixGamer, KeithBVaughn, Adam, Matt Wilson, Zach, Wolfen, madelf.

9/6/2006 baron samedi: (Question) Game mechanisms for buildings in RPGs?
Hi, I'm working on a design idea and wondering... Has there been any RPG out there that integreated the role of *buildings* or places into the game system? I'm not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Adam Dray, joepub, Valamir, WhiteRat, Joshua BishopRoby.

9/11/2006 baron samedi: "Best practices" for adventure/campaign creation?
Hello Forgites! I'd like to ask the Forge's collective wisdom whether there exists somewhere a thread on the "best practices" for adventure/campaign creation, from a game writer's perspective? I'm not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Anderon, anders_larsen, Matt, Wolfen, Noon, Eliarhiman6, TroyLovesRPG, pells.

9/15/2006 baron samedi: (Last Chronicles of Erdor) Players "refusing" Director Stance for tragedy
Hello fellow Forgeites! Last night, three players and I made our first playest session of the 3rd edition rules of my game "The Last Chronicles of Erdor". The game is…
In Playtesting
Participants: baron samedi, Adam Dray, Sovem, Ron Edwards.

10/12/2006 baron samedi: [Last Chronicles of Erdor] Searching for the right adjective to name a religion
Hi, I'm in the process of translating a role-playing game from French to English, and stuck with the choice of a proper term to designate a specific religious movement. -…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, FLEB, crowyhead, Wolfen.

10/17/2006 baron samedi: [LCoE] Strange places: ideas ?
Hello Forgeites, After building a set of game mechanics that allows a game effect bonus for using a specific landmark or building, I'm trying to find ideas about strange places…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, crowyhead, David Artman, Narf the Mouse, Simon C, TroyLovesRPG.

2/21/2007 baron samedi: (Burning Empires) What are Inner Demons exactly?
Hi everyone, Reading the Burning Empires RPG, I come upon an interesting rule - Inner Demons - that evoke Trevor Faith's Monkey King (in the graphic novel album no.1), but…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: baron samedi, Glendower, Iskander.

8/21/2007 baron samedi: [New 'Noir' Game] Wondering about a core conflict-resolution system
Hi everybody, I'm in the creative process of trying to develop a one-shot RPG/campaign (somewhat like The Mountain Witch or Puppetland) in a  "Noir/Police Investigation" genre with a theme about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Capulet, Mike Sugarbaker, anders_larsen, Justin Nichol - BFG.

3/11/2008 baron samedi: (Q) Thread about competitive auctions for "generating" setting elements?
[color=indigo]Greetings, Is there a thread on the Forge regarding games that discusses the use of [b]competitive resource auctions [/b] for "generating" setting elements in tabletop RPGs, such as can be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Eero Tuovinen.

4/23/2008 baron samedi: [New Robot-Technothriller RPG] UCHRONIA is now available
Silence Indigo's new technothriller role-playing game and sourcebook, UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™, is now available at www.silenceindigo.org UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™ is about the dramatic dilemmas faced by emancipated transforming robots ('mechas')…
In Publishing
Participants: baron samedi.

5/12/2008 baron samedi: (philosophical SF RPG) Help brainstorming Story Tracks
Hello, I've been trying for some time to construct a few "generic" story-design models for creating scenarios in relation to a specific theme, in order to draw a resource-management system…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi.

5/21/2008 baron samedi: [Tapeworms] an indie rpg taunting indie rpgs
Back in 2003, I wrote a one-page RPG about bowel tapeworms as an inside joke among friends on my lunch hour (60 minutes design in all), the original idea being…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Roadkill, Michael Johnson, Ron Edwards, Will, anansi.

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