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5/2/2006 JMendes: Couple-o-Quickies and one not so obvious one
Ahey, :) I and two friends got together to draw up a couple of characters, the other day, and a few questions were raised in my mind. First, mechanics stuff:…
In lumpley games
Participants: JMendes, Vaxalon, agony, Thunder_God, oreso, Ben Lehman, Alex Fradera, Warren, demiurgeastaroth, khelek, ffilz, donbaloo.

5/2/2006 Zamiel: Splitting From Multi-Die Pools
I'm a bit of an anal-retentive geek. I'm well aware of this fact. As such, I've been reviewing the FAQ posting and the messages it links to, as well as…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Zamiel, Hans.

5/2/2006 Czar Fnord: [GLASS] System Test Document v1.0 (beta)
Thanks to very useful feedback from participants on my previous GLASS threads (see my sig), I am now able to release... GLASS System Test Document v1.0(beta) GLASS-System-v1-0-beta.pdf GLASS-Costs-v1-0-beta.pdf Major Changes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Czar Fnord.

5/2/2006 Tindalos: Ignoring Raises
I'm asking for some people's thoughts on the ability of Raises to be ignored. For example, demons it seems like typical raises (gunshots) can be ignored, whereas ceremony cannot be…
In lumpley games
Participants: Tindalos, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Wolfen.

5/2/2006 Hans: TSOY, Donjon in G.O.D. session at GenCon
Hi all: I am going to be running two Games on Demand (G.O.D.) session at GenCon, and would like to be prepared to run either Donjon or TSOY for people…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/2/2006 Hans: Too much pressure! This pressure's got to stop! (Debt in ongoing Capes)
In the last session (the fourth) or our ongoing game, two of us (Liz and I) were playing our spotlight characters that had been in two of the three previous…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, drnuncheon, Gaerik, TheCzech, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

5/2/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer and Training Wheels?
In this ( http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19689.0 thread, Chris wrote: For folks who've really only known D&D, do you -really- want to start them off with Sorcerer?  Does anything like Donjon or octaNe…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Eric J-D.

5/2/2006 Technocrat13: [Red Box D&D] Module B4: The Lost City
A few months back I'd acquired a mint condition copy of the ol' Red Box edition of D&D.  After reading through it again for the first time in what must…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, James_Nostack, JamesDJIII, Miskatonic, Bryan Hansel, Ron Edwards, Noon, Calithena.

5/2/2006 John M W: rpgg.shroovy.com - Digg-like Indie RPG Site
Hi, my name is John and I have been a lurker on these forums for a while now. I'm just plugging a site that some people might find useful. I…
In Connections
Participants: John M W.

5/2/2006 ocasta: All Roaches are not created equal.
A couple of weeks ago I got an opportunity to play the Roach. There were four of us, all old time roleplayers who hadn't roleplayed for many years and were…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: ocasta, jasonm, Technocrat13.

5/2/2006 Karlkrlarsson: First session
Had an excellent first session with Capes on sunday. A real brain teaser. Anyhow, three things came up, and I just want to make sure i get them right 1.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Karlkrlarsson, Zamiel, Hans, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Matthew Glover, JMendes, Kai_lord.

5/2/2006 emarald: new user
hi i am new here.
In Connections
Participants: emarald, M. J. Young.

5/2/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] The Gospel of Michael
You can download the current version of Gnostigmata from here The Social Aspects of our first play-test The players were:  Bill Boucher, Kim Boucher, Ralph Buttner, John Kirk, Melissa Kirk,…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kirk, drnuncheon.

5/2/2006 jknevitt: [The Valley] Concept Notes
So, I've had an idea kicking around in my head for a rules-lite, genre-vague game set in and called, simply, The Valley. What is The Valley? It's exactly that --…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jknevitt, Thunder_God, Chad, davidberg, jasonm, sean2099, c, flammifer, Czar Fnord, joepub.

5/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Skill combat and blood drinking
Hooray! After an intervening family vacation and a couple of other interruptions, Dan and Christopher and I reconvened for our second session of D&D 3.25. (Definition: I have one of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, wgrzanic, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, JamesDJIII, Melinglor, Bankuei, Valamir, IMAGinES, Blankshield, contracycle, buzz, Gaerik, ffilz, Glendower.

5/1/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer, FitM, and Cinematic Narration
Hi all, This post is divided into two parts: a preamble and then the actual meat for thread discussion. So... The twenty-something's in my graphics department discovered I used to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Eric J-D, Bankuei.

5/1/2006 sirogit: [Play Right!] Matrix Sequels
I gave Play-Write! a whirl last night. It was a bit more difficult to find a story 4 people were all familiar/invested in than either I thought or the text…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit.

5/1/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules]: Final Supers Game
In our last game before moving on to more fantasy-based settings, the villains had to enter 5 different bunkers and reconfigure a computer/telecommunications system to communicate with a different satellite…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek, Bill Masek.

5/1/2006 Paul Czege: the evolution of evil
I'm interested in some conversation about the changes I've made to the rules. Of course I think they're improvements, that they make the game tighter, but I'm interested in doubts…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, chris_moore, c.

5/1/2006 Montola: Prosopopeia -- Playing on the Edge of Reality
Greetings, I guess Actual Play is the appropriate forum to post this paper discussing a pervasive larp Prosopopeia we staged in Sweden: Montola, Markus & Jonsson, Staffan (2006): Prosopopeia. Playing…
In Actual Play
Participants: Montola.

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5/3/2006 wunderllama: Washing the blood off our hands... again
Just about a year ago now, our gaming group played a campaign of Dogs that ended in a spectacular sorcerous shootout between the Dogs; you can find the actual play…
In lumpley games
Participants: wunderllama, greyorm, TonyLB, Bankuei, oliof, Ravingmad, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, ironick.

5/3/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Playtesters Needed.
I've just released Cranium Rats Beta V. 1.2, available here. While I can rewrite the whole thing from ground up to make it clearer and closer to the end-product, I…
In Connections
Participants: Thunder_God, 7Storyfall, Selene Tan, Filip Luszczyk.

5/3/2006 Sindyr: Matt Wilson: where are you?
I have some more PTA questions for Matt, asked a few of them here as well as sent him some of them using the private messaging system - is Matt…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, Ben Lehman.

5/3/2006 chris_moore: Clarity vs. Teachers
Clarity is defined as: "your mastery of the occult worldview, and also your status among occultists.  The more confidently immersed you are in thinking like a cthonic god, the more…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: chris_moore, Paul Czege.

5/3/2006 nikola: Under the Bed is now back under your bed!
[url=http://glyphpress.com/UtB/]Under the Bed[/url], second edition is now available from the glyphpress site! The new cards are smaller (2.25" x 3.5") and some rules have been refined (The game now goes…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, b00jum, Artanis, matthijs.

5/3/2006 Matthew Glover: "Bound" Debt
In a couple of other threads there's been some talk about schisms and debt and stuff and it triggered a question that I've had in the back of my mind…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Hans, TonyLB, Kai_lord, Zamiel.

5/3/2006 Adam SBG: Promotion tips
Hello everyone: I'm a little lost. Our first new game in a long, long time (we were on hiatus while my partner dealt with a death in the family) came…
In Connections
Participants: Adam SBG, tonyd.

5/3/2006 foucalt: DitV Coolest Lyrics contest!
Putting together a DitV mix for my players to listen to in their cars or whenever they need their fix out-of-game, and so I'm going through some of the music…
In lumpley games
Participants: foucalt, lumpley, Ben Lehman, ironick, Matt Kimball, Supplanter.

5/3/2006 tonyd: I Draw Maps
I draw maps. That about sums it up. You can see a bit of my work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996594214@N01/sets/1291106/ I also drew a bunch of map tiles for John Harper's game…
In Connections
Participants: tonyd, Clay, Miskatonic, dindenver, Larry Wickman, Rob Kuntz.

5/3/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: Raid Earth
Hi this is one of the systems I'm working on at the moment and it's got me stumped, I've got some idea's and combat done but I can't find a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, MarkDunder, sean2099, Czar Fnord, joepub, Smithy, KKinsane.

5/3/2006 Miedvied: Sorceror Updates/Revisions
Are there any plans in the works regarding updating and revising Sorceror? I've noticed that in a lot of discussions here there occurs the comment - not infrequently - that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Miedvied, Ron Edwards, greyorm, jburneko.

5/3/2006 Miedvied: Re: [Sorceror] First Time Prep: Big Sky -- The New Primitives (split)
[quote author=ivan23 link=topic=13770.msg146568#msg146568 date=1103739641] [b]Will descriptors:[/b] [i]Daddy's Farm [/i]– this land's always been yours, and it's always gonna be. [i]US outta UN [/i]– resist authority, fight the man. [i]Lotus Eater…
In Adept Press
Participants: Miedvied, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, Bret Gillan.

5/4/2006 JohnU: Donjon Play by post over on RPG.net
I am very new to the Donjon game and I am taking part in a play by post over on RPG.net.  I am sure I am butchering the hell out…
In CRN Games
Participants: JohnU.

5/4/2006 Thunder_God: Regarding Reprinted WGP...
First of all, that is totally sweet of you. Second, it doesn't double the chances of me getting to play the game, but almost, so I'm glad as a pig…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Thunder_God, Michael S. Miller.

5/4/2006 Bailywolf: [Maestro Mago] Basic Concepts & Themes
I was thinking… I love Doctor Strange- he’s my favorite Marvel character by miles.  I like the whole mojo of the character- the brownstone, the funky companions, the mystic origins,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, chris_moore.

5/4/2006 khelek: [DitV] Temperance and Accountability
[DitV] Temperance and Accountability Executive Summary: A long post, more about our personal discovery of Conflict Resolution during DitV play, than the story that played out. This is the Actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: khelek, lumpley.

5/4/2006 Will_Whatley: findplay down
Hey Clinton, Findplay won't work for me. I tried using the following 2 browsers. The error information follows version information. Firefox v1.0.7 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12)…
In CRN Games
Participants: Will_Whatley, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/4/2006 Bret Gillan: Gods - A Capes Hack
For a long time I've wanted to create a game about world-building, and struggles between competing deities for control over events and creations. I've batted around quite a few ideas…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Gaerik, Hans, cpeterso, Zamiel, Paka, dunlaing, Kai_lord, TheCzech, Sindyr, nicolasfueyo.

5/4/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Troublesome first session
Hello, folks, I'm pretty new to the Forge, so if I make a faux-pas, please let me know. I'm here to describe my first attempt at running TSoY. It fell…
In Actual Play
Participants: r_donato, Valamir, Glendower, rafial, sirogit, Paka, donbaloo.

5/4/2006 JavaApp: Jared Sorenson’s The Farm – How does it play?
I originally posted this on RPG.net, and all I got in response was a bunch of people telling me, "Hey, let us know how it turns out." I used the…
In Actual Play
Participants: JavaApp.

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