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5/5/2006 Thunder_God: [CSI Games] Competitive RPGs, a New Project
So, I've decided to begin a new project, a personal outgrowth of my ideas regarding RPGs and games in general. This project is called(at least for now) CSI Games, which…
In Connections
Participants: Thunder_God, Paul Czege, Filip Luszczyk, Adam Kleizer, Ron Edwards, Dantai, mratomek, inthisstyle.

5/5/2006 donbaloo: Escalating in conflicts without opponents?
Hi folks.  I'm curious how you experienced Dogs players handle those conflicts that don't include a a true opponent.  The rules state that when there isn't an opponent the GM…
In lumpley games
Participants: donbaloo, demiurgeastaroth, Vaxalon.

5/5/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Demoing & Playing with Kids
First question: I've posted a notice about running a demo of Dogs next Thursday night at our relatively new local comic/game store -- a nice, big, clean store with a…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, demiurgeastaroth, oreso.

5/5/2006 Paul Czege: character sheet contest: out sephiroth the designer
So I've been messing around with character sheet designs, taking graphical inspiration from the kabbalistic sephiroth and other occult and astrological sigils. And though I'm pretty pleased with how it's…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, chris_moore, c.

5/5/2006 Paka: Burning Wheel: Elf vs. Orc
So, it is the weekly Burning Wheel group.  Excuse me while I kvell a bit. We took time off to playtest Luke's Sooper Seekrit Project but found out that one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Storn, agony, taepoong.

5/4/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Alternate Click-n-Locks
I may be convincing my brothers to play our traditional summertime roleplaying game in Capes instead of something boring.  We're not too keyed up on superheroes, but the two of…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Zamiel, Hans, drnuncheon, cpeterso, TonyLB, Glendower, Gaerik, Kai_lord, dunlaing, JMendes.

5/4/2006 greyorm: [DitV] GMing and Relationships
I just recieved my copy of DitV in the mail...hrm, two days ago (yay to IPR's May sale!) and finished a read through. I have one question that has been…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

5/4/2006 14thWarrior: [DitV Town] Transit Branch
The problems in this 'town' are obvious, despite not having escalated beyond the level of Sin; the solution, however, is not so obvious.  I'm just wondering if the town's problems…
In lumpley games
Participants: 14thWarrior, Vaxalon.

5/4/2006 jmac: should I refer to the book?
I'm not sure, maybe I should have asked this in publishing forum. My question is about game text. There is a game, I'm trying to finish, It's being playtested now,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jmac, Thunder_God, c, Andy Kitkowski.

5/4/2006 Eric J-D: Nicotine Girls--An Odd Proposal
Hi Paul, This is the first time I've posted in your forum I think, so forgive me if this is a strange first post (as well as a longish one). …
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Paul Czege.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

5/3/2006 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.

5/3/2006 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.

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5/5/2006 Yokiboy: Non-Ensamble Cast Series
Hello, Does anyone have experience playing a Non-Ensamble Cast Series in Primetime Adventures? How did it impact the play? Without an ensamble cast how does one ensure that the Problem…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Yokiboy, Alan, Sindyr, Adam Biltcliffe, Glendower, dpetroski, Call Me Curly.

5/5/2006 Troy_Costisick: Looking for a web Builder
Heya, I need someone to build a website for my games.  I want nothing fancy, just functional.  It will be a maximum of two pages- a front page and a…
In Connections
Participants: Troy_Costisick.

5/5/2006 Bailywolf: "Transhuman Contact"- Breaking the Ice for posthuman relationship woes?
After reading the novel Mindscan - a fascinating book dealing with consciousness, uploading, and the legal and social ramifications of that kind of thing- I got to thinking about a…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Emily Care.

5/5/2006 barna284: Too many Keywords? (was Heroquest 7th Sea)
In my recent attempt to convert 7th Sea to Heroquest, I stumbled upon a problem. Generally, I think of Keywords as important issues you need to define about your character;…
In HeroQuest
Participants: barna284, a_verheaghe, mneme, Mike Holmes, soviet, Jane.

5/5/2006 Bailywolf: [Strange Alias] Being human is hard
Oddly enough, this game idea came from my efforts to learn Photoshop.  I was compositing and image… here, : this one Basic image concept- ‘when cheap holographic projectors and flash…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, c, Castlin, knicknevin, TonyLB, cognis, Mike Holmes, ironick.

5/5/2006 Nigel Evans: [DitV] great play and minor troubles
Right, so after a long-term game ended, my group decided that we'd play some Dogs one-shots before launching into the next big thing.  A few people had suggested doing a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nigel Evans, demiurgeastaroth, TheHappyAnarchist, Bankuei.

5/5/2006 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer] Charnel Gods - The Irthan Epoch
Last night was the first night of my Charnel Gods campaign, and it rocked. After my previous Sorcerer campaign left me feeling a little cold, I really wanted this one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Paka, Eric J-D, greyorm.

5/5/2006 dsellars: games 'in play'?
This query of mine has basically come about by reading this thread (a few times through now) here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19690.0 It basically revolves around the following paragraphs, written by Ron.: First…
In Actual Play
Participants: dsellars, Ron Edwards.

5/5/2006 Bailywolf: [Orphan game mechanic] What price victory?
Stop me if this has been done, but I got to thinking about an alternate take on resolution (possibly diceless resolution).  In playing with mechanics for Maestro Mago, Strange Alias,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, knicknevin.

5/5/2006 Czar Fnord: Will Edit for Credit
I am hereby offering my services as a production editor (post-typeset) for any RPG that will, in turn, provide me with "Production Editor" credit in the game book front matter.…
In Connections
Participants: Czar Fnord, David Artman.

5/5/2006 a_verheaghe: Dogs Play by Post- how too? any advise?
I've ssne a couple of threads that mention play by post games and I'm wondering how this is working with the bids and conflicts? Any advise to someone very interested…
In lumpley games
Participants: a_verheaghe, Vaxalon.

5/5/2006 Darcy Burgess: [paladin] -- rules clarification
Our group is likely going to be playing a paladin game v. soon (open source rules, setting will be derived from Werewolf: the Apocalypse -- basically taking "warriors for Gaia"…
In CRN Games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Artanis.

5/5/2006 Paladin Knight: Questions about accuracy and evasion.
Hi, everyone. I've been working on making an RPG with rules that have elements of various RPG video games I've played before such as Final Fantasy games and Diablo, just…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paladin Knight, TroyLovesRPG, greyorm, c, Blankshield.

5/6/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Forge Midwest Demo Observations
Juli, Tod and Tim (Kleinert) were gracious enough to play a quick game of Orx with me at Forge Midwest. This was also a milestone in Orx play as the…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm.

5/6/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Snakes in the Shadows - prep for a convention game
Hi everybody. I’m preparing to run a game of TSoY at NordCon, one of the biggest European role-playing conventions. I have decided to use pre-generated characters. I do like to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, ( o Y o ), oliof.

5/6/2006 flammifer: Card-based character creation
Does anybody have any experience with using randomly dealt cards for character creation ? I am partly inspired by some recent posts on Vincent Baker's blog around the Cheap and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: flammifer, cpeterso, Damon C Bradshaw, Czar Fnord, gains, playbywiki.

5/6/2006 tonyd: [Magicians of England] of Flaws and Faeries
We sat down for our third playtest of Magicians of England. Playtest one was phenomenal, and playtest two went pretty well, so I expected three would be smooth. I was…
In Playtesting
Participants: tonyd, John Harper.

5/6/2006 nyhteg: [InSpectres] Demons in the Dinner Hall
There have been a couple of threads in recent memory about running games with/for kids so I thought this might be of interest to someone. In a nutshell, I ran…
In Actual Play
Participants: nyhteg, Bryan Hansel.

5/7/2006 Paka: Afraid: Madame Lamara Keene: Devourer of Dreams
A woman who reads people's dreams and tells them what they mean.  She loves hearing about their dreams.  She is a liar and a con artist but she truly loves…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, Vaxalon, Rob MacDougall, Rustin.

5/7/2006 redivider: Heads of State: Palace Gates & As I Lay Dying
Last weekend Alex, Josh & I played two Heads of State games in succession, using the same dictator (Alex's Star of Freedom). A small milestone in passing the half-way point…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider, alejandro.

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