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4/27/2006 baron samedi: [Chroniques d'Erdor]
Hi everyone, I’m new at the Forge, but I took the time to familiarize myself with the tripartite model used here. 1. PERSONAL INTRODUCTIONS For politeness, let me first introduce…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Paul Czege.

4/27/2006 LateNite: [LateNite Publishing] Hi! Just arrived!
This is my first post, so I'll go ahead and say "Hello" to everyone. Now, the LateNite Publishing website is located at http://latenite.hostmatrix.org . And, I'll explain a little bit…
In First Thoughts
Participants: LateNite, joepub.

4/27/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Creating my first characters
Hi, all, I just created a couple of characters to test my understanding of the TSoY system. I have several questions. 1) During chargen, you are given 5 advances. Are…
In CRN Games
Participants: r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Twobirds, IMAGinES.

4/27/2006 wgrzanic: Low-prep D&D with kickers, flags, conflict webs, and no-death
Hi all, This is my first post here, so apologies in advance if I break any rules, written or otherwise.  Just let me know. A couple of weeks ago (yes,…
In Actual Play
Participants: wgrzanic, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Bankuei, donbaloo, Matthew Glover, BrendanC, Warren, John Harper, Alan, soviet.

4/27/2006 Vibilo: [Dreamers - WT] Initial Thoughts
Well the idea for this game popped into my head while I was at work today so I jotted it down. The idea for this game probably has influences from…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vibilo, Thunder_God, davidberg, c.

4/27/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] Using RPG Design Patterns
In my recent call for playtesters, Paul Czege asked me how I went about designing Gnostigmata: Hey John, I started writing the game as an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: John Kirk, Bryan Hansel, r_donato.

4/27/2006 Damon C Bradshaw: [The Age of Thirteen] Some conceptualization
Greetings Forge, Been sitting on this idea for a while, but feel compelled to finally start putting some time and energy into it. The Age of Thirteen Concept Players are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Damon C Bradshaw, TonyLB, sean2099, c.

4/27/2006 Zach: Indie Efforts at JenCon 16 (May 4-6, IA)... Stymied?
Hello good sirs and ladies: I will be demoing some of my games at a small convention located between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. International Cooking Challenge, The Ballad of…
In Conventions
Participants: Zach.

4/26/2006 Thunder_God: A Small Suggestion.
This is meta-playtest discussion, but since it keeps coming up, I'll note it. Add Page Numbering to your file. Possibly, also add a Table of Contents. You want playtesters to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Thunder_God.

4/26/2006 xenopulse: [Purgatory] Silent Hill Knock-off
Purgatory: Psychological Survival Horror After watching the Silent Hill movie, I yearn for a game based on Silent Hill 2 (that’s right, the second and vastly superior installment in the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: xenopulse, sean2099, jburneko.

4/26/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Agora] Providing Structure
Agora is currently in playtest and you can download the full playtest document if you like. Short Version: Each player controls a character who leads a community of individuals that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, dindenver, Dev.

4/26/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] GM Abilities
Okay, I've got a general concept that I'm quite happy with, and then the details ... yuck.  Need better details. General concept:  A character sheet is not a character.  Abilities…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman.

4/26/2006 coffeestain: My Life with Master Soundtrack?
Because every game needs a soundtrack. Regards, Daniel
In Half Meme Press
Participants: coffeestain, Paul Czege, markus_cz.

4/26/2006 Hans: Capes at GenCon, Friday night!
This is an open call to everyone who will be at GenCon who wants Capes action. Ok, I'm looking through the events at GenCon and I realize I am the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB, Gaerik, TheCzech, Tuxboy.

4/26/2006 Doc Blue: With Great Power - Online?
Has anyone run WGP online (I'm thinking Forum based, or play-by-email)?  Or does anyone have any thoughts around that?  I've got a hankering to try WGP, but my schedule won't…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Doc Blue, chris_moore, Michael S. Miller, Brand_Robins, Kai_lord.

4/26/2006 jrs: Happy World IP Day
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day.  Julie
In Publishing
Participants: jrs.

4/26/2006 Hans: Amount of Debt from a drive?
[quote author=Matthew Glover link=topic=19529.msg205846#msg205846 date=1146027804] I'm 99% sure that this is incorrect.  You can only stake debt from one drive, yes.  However you can stake as much from that drive…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Matthew Glover, Kai_lord, TonyLB.

4/26/2006 JMendes: Adversity: What's in a scene?
Hey, all, :) So, here's my second question about our second session of Capes. I could have put this in with the other one, but I feel these are both…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: JMendes, Zamiel, ricmadeira, Hans, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

4/26/2006 Matthew Glover: Staking Is Limited By Drive Strength
[quote author=Sindyr link=topic=19529.msg205704#msg205704 date=1145979063] Well, the most he is likely to stake is 3 debt, because each player can only stake debt from one drive, and only as much debt…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Zamiel.

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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4/27/2006 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] Case study for discussion
Post 1 of 3 Hello, Now that the It Was a Mutual Decision books are printed and shipped - yay! - I thought I'd give a little history and outline…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Adam Dray, Paka, Justin D. Jacobson, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Technocrat13, Czar Fnord, Eero Tuovinen, Clay, davidberg, Thunder_God, Bryan Hansel, Miskatonic, Adam, Dav, Andy Kitkowski, Gregor Hutton, greyorm, jasonm, Paul Czege, Sydney Freedberg, Troy_Costisick.

4/27/2006 ptevis: Gamex 2006, May 26-29, Los Angeles area
Joshua BishopRoby, Jesse Burneko, and myself will be running games at Gamex 2006, the Memorial Day Weekend version of Strategicon. Is anyone in the the Los Angeles area playing Nine…
In Conventions
Participants: ptevis, Joshua BishopRoby.

4/27/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] Extra stuff in Finnish translation?
I've been reading about some slight changes between the Finnish translation of TSoY and the English one - I'm curious, Eero - what differences were made during the translation? Are…
In CRN Games
Participants: Belinda K., Eero Tuovinen, IMAGinES, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato, shadowcourt.

4/27/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] High Power Levels
I was wondering how well TSoY scales to high-level games, with the power level going through the roof and characters having massive pools and high levels of abilities and secrets…
In CRN Games
Participants: Belinda K., Twobirds, r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Dev, Norbert Matausch.

4/28/2006 Tully305: Initial Game Idea
This is my first post on this idea I've had hanging around in my head.  The game is about the life of fighter pilots on-board a starship in the middle…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tully305, LateNite, MarkDunder.

4/28/2006 Precious Villain: [Shadowrun] Combat Monsters
I'm playing in a Shadowrun (4th edition) campaign.  Up until last Saturday there were three of us:  Myself (Rob), Sam and Kelsey.  Saturday, we invited an old fellow gamer from…
In Actual Play
Participants: Precious Villain, Tommi Brander, DagdaMor, Zamiel, TonyPace, TonyLB, Noon, Dav, JongWK, Ramidel, Wade Lahoda, Ron Edwards, BearKing, ffilz, Jaik, Web_Weaver.

4/28/2006 Zamiel: Car Assault Wars Auto Double-Zeta
I'm a sick, sick man. I'm well aware of it. I have this minor obsession with making various add-on systems which are patched together, Frankenstein-like, until I have something terrifying.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Zamiel, Stickman, Miskatonic, drnuncheon, TheCzech.

4/28/2006 Salar: [Inspectres] First game
Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while just getting my head around some of the ongoing discussions. It's certainly been an education! I've been roleplaying on and off…
In Actual Play
Participants: Salar, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2006 donbaloo: Escalating and then de-escalating
Just want to make sure on this before we play.  If a player escalates from talking to say, physical violence, but then after one round wants to back down to…
In lumpley games
Participants: donbaloo, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, TheHappyAnarchist, wunderllama, Thunder_God, coffeestain, lumpley, oreso, ffilz.

4/28/2006 Anthony Herring: [Trollbabe] How do you like your Stake?
Hello, I'm planning to run Trollbabe soon, and am looking for a little elbow-elbow, nudge-nudge in the ole gray matter. So, please share some of the Stakes and Consequences that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Anthony Herring.

4/28/2006 inchoates: World of Condemn Campaign Setting help needed
Hi all, Since this is my first post here, a little information about myself seems to be in order. I am, first and foremost, a creator(artist?)...like everyone else here. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: inchoates, anders_larsen, davidberg, stefoid, zilla151.

4/28/2006 Michael S. Miller: The Roach scuttles Out of the Box
Ken Hite reviews the Shab al-Hiri Roach in his latest Out of the Box It's a brilliant recapitulation of comic and horrific tensions, an ideal "one shot" game that embraces…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Michael S. Miller, jasonm, inthisstyle.

4/28/2006 David Hallett: Quick mechanics/narration question
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I can't think what to search on to look for it. We had our first play session the other night (I'm hoping…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Hallett, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley.

4/28/2006 caramida: KublaCon 06?
Any chance any of you folk are going to KublaCon next month?  I'm finding the discussions here quite edifying and I'd love to meet some of y'all in person (having…
In lumpley games
Participants: caramida.

4/29/2006 MarkDunder: Talents
My game design is based on an idea from Dave "Zeb" Cook.  He took out attributes and such and stuck everything under Talent Pools.  This allows you to create any…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MarkDunder, dindenver, greyorm.

4/29/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Agora] IRC Playtest
Alright, it took me forever to post this up, but it was a messy file that needed a lot of cleaning up to make it readable.  Now it's pretty! Agora…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman, Dev, Shreyas Sampat.

4/29/2006 Paul Czege: Acts of Evil, the new evil (revised playtest rules)
Alrighty, what we obviously need as basis for conversation and further playtesting is a game text as plain instructions, complete with all current rules in as few words as I…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

4/29/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Anal Retentive Me
Hi, Is bumping old threads permitted in Connections? I am asking because I have seen it done several times with no moderator visibly moderating. I'm just, you know, wondering. Peace,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2006 xeperi: [Paladin] New to the Forge
Hi there, I'm new to the Forge and have been learning a few of the games buzzed about 'round these here parts.  I just wanted to post saying that Paladin…
In CRN Games
Participants: xeperi, r_donato, James_Nostack, Artanis.

4/29/2006 ghoyle1: My Life With "Ming"
Hi there, I've just bought MLWM, and I'm still trying to get my brain wrapped gooily around the game system, which, at this point, seems to be a rather daunting…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: ghoyle1, Jonas Karlsson.

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