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5/11/2006 Der_Renegat: Failure means conflict
The idea for this thread comes from Mike Holmes statement here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19740.0 The key is creative failure conditions. In most games, failing to leap the chasm means the player…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, barna284, Bankuei, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes, soviet, Jane, Miskatonic, Hobbitboy, Vaxalon.

5/11/2006 The_Tim: [Sorcerer] Humans as Demons and The Matador
So, this thread got me thinking again about something burning the back of my mind.  That was how to reconcile demons that are humans with the idea that in Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: The_Tim, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: Raid Earth: Why raid Earth?
[quote]Quote Instead of focusing on food retrieval, what about focusing on bringing back metal (following up on the recycling board idea) or maybe water to keep hydroponic farms on the…
In Endeavor
Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, contracycle, Thunder_God, Czar Fnord, joepub, knicknevin.

5/10/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] Pool refreshes
Can PCs refresh pools as part of normal gamey actions (e.g. "While I spend the night out drinking to refresh my Vigor, I'll also ask around in the pub if…
In CRN Games
Participants: Belinda K., rafial, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, segedy, John Harper, Mike Lucas, Twobirds.

5/10/2006 abzu: The One Game Policy
[quote]I've tried to closely follow the threads lead up to GenCon this year, as well as reviewing the threads about last year's booth and the rule about newbies only being…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Dav, Thunder_God, Thor Olavsrud, Jonathan Walton, inthisstyle, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Malcolm, Czar Fnord, Nathan P., Jasper the Mimbo, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2006 Myrmidon: Further Roach Gameplay question
Further Roach Gameplay question 1. It's player A's scene.  They assign a Pembertonian of note (one who must appear during this event) to player B.  Can player A narrate freely…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Myrmidon, jasonm, segedy.

5/10/2006 Levi Kornelsen: I got to be the audience.
Had a Dogs game last night where my players decided to have their characters sort out their internal problems.  They spent all night, and fought like... ...Well, like Dogs. I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Vaxalon, oreso, khelek, greyorm, Dev.

5/10/2006 Bryan Hansel: [Drill/Microgame]Book of Job
Inspired by a game of Death Stakes I played in (Nathan Paoletta kindly posted it on his blog here: Space Opera Death Stakes.) and one I watched (Joao Wins Death…
In Endeavor
Participants: Bryan Hansel.

5/10/2006 Emily Care: Dogs game night
Hey there, Just want to let folks know that Vincent & Joshua Newman will be running a pair of towns in Greenfield, MA on Friday May 19th.  If you are…
In lumpley games
Participants: Emily Care, Eric J-D.

5/10/2006 phredd: Some Dodgy Strife Aspects.
[b]My GGG players should not read this.[/b] I'm gearing up for a WGP come this Friday night at the last session of the current Gotham Gaming Guild run.  I took…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: phredd, Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller.

5/10/2006 flammifer: Crashed on an island
Pretty basic settings: the characters are their actual selves, crashed on an unknown shore (plane accident, etc.). What did they do? One looked for ships and wrote a giant SOS…
In Actual Play
Participants: flammifer, Alan.

5/10/2006 Warren: Dogs in the Vineyard for my Vampire group
It's occurred to me that I never got back and told people how running Dogs in the Vineyard for the Vampire group I joined went. The dysfunction I spoke about…
In Actual Play
Participants: Warren, Artanis, Glendower.

5/10/2006 Sydney Freedberg: So are these Keys & Secrets broken or what?
I'm getting back in the GM-as-worldbuilder seat after two years of Capes and Prime Time Adventures, and I chose TSOY as the best way to get the old-school D&D flavor…
In CRN Games
Participants: Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Gaerik, r_donato, rafial, shadowcourt.

5/10/2006 dsellars: whooohoo! it arrived!
My copy of Sorcerer arrived in the post today :)  Looks like all other books are going to be put on hold for a bit :) My first impression was,…
In Adept Press
Participants: dsellars, Gaerik, joshua neff, Eric J-D, Christopher Kubasik.

5/10/2006 Sir Privy Toastrack: Where can I post my game-in-progress?
Is there a shared website for folks to upload games-in-progress for feedback?
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sir Privy Toastrack, flammifer, Thunder_God, Daemonworks.

5/10/2006 Lisa Padol: Humans with Desires and Needs
Judd recently asked me what we talk about after a Sorcerer session. Last night, we were really jazzed after the session, so there was a lot of talk about the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2006 Belinda K.: [Vampire: the Requiem] Attempt at using 'Forge techniques'!
I’ve been running a Vampire game recently, about a crap vampiric band in Chicago, where I’ve been trying out some new GMing things, mainly attempting a character driven game as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Belinda K., Ron Edwards, Storn, Tommi Brander, joshua neff, JonasB, Nathan P..

5/10/2006 IMAGinES: [Heavy Gear 2nd Ed.] Where's The GM Fun?
I’m trying something I read about over on The 20’ By 20’ Room, creating a campaign “design document” complete with a goal. Although there’s not much detail on what a…
In Actual Play
Participants: IMAGinES, Belinda K., Ron Edwards, eruditus.

5/10/2006 joepub: [Perfect] The Mechanics of Commiting Crimes.
just for reference, one of the previous threads: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19545.0 and, one on game colour/etc: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19498.0 Okay... So for those of you who haven't been following, and didn't click the above…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, Chad, Czar Fnord, dindenver.

5/10/2006 Ken: [Ten Cent Heroes] Power 19
Hey All, Here are the 19 questions for my golden age super hero game called Tales of Ten Cent Heroes (or Ten Cent Heroes). Feel free to ask any questions.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ken, Graham Walmsley, Larry Wickman, Malcolm.

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5/11/2006 Dumirik: [My Life With Master] Concerning Carlos Armani
Last night while out for dinner at a friend's place, I ran a short test prep session with one of the players in my new group so we could get…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dumirik.

5/11/2006 charles: [Throne Of The Spider God] Pulp S&S
Hey all "Throne Of The Spider God is a game of bloody combat and daring exploits, perilous magic and the wrath of gods. It takes you to exotic worlds where…
In First Thoughts
Participants: charles, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Smithy, Miskatonic, charles ferguson, John Harper, davidberg.

5/11/2006 TonyLB: [TSOY] The Long Bridge
Well, we had a game with drama powered entirely by The Shadow of Yesterday's Keys mechanic.  Good times, good times. The general idea that Sydney pitched us was off of…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, r_donato, jasonm, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Glendower, Mike Lucas, John Harper, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg, Storn, Clay, Doyce.

5/11/2006 Eric J-D: Playing Sorcerer with my Daughter (long)
Over in this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19793.msg207341#msg207341 I mentioned that I am starting a Sorcerer game with my 11 year old daughter.  It'll be just the two of us (I think), although…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Czar Fnord, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg.

5/11/2006 MatrixGamer: Interrogation: A question about role playing them.
I am interested in hearing people's perspectives on how to run an interrogation using conflict resolution techniques. First a review of other ways I've seen interrogation done. In D+D games…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, joepub, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Czar Fnord: Request for Spell Check Dictionaory Additions
I am not sure if/how you can add entries to the Forge's SMF dictionary that is used for spell checking, but if you can, could you add the following?: GNS…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Czar Fnord, dindenver, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Gen Con Demos - A Procedure for Ensuring Coverage and Request for Advice
Perhaps this should have been split into two different threads. In any case... 1) On the other GC threads, there's been some concern expressed about the ability to demo so…
In Conventions
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Jonathan Walton, Blankshield, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, abzu, Matt-M-McElroy.

5/11/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Gen Con Sell Sheets
It would seem that sell sheets would be helpful to those working the booth. These would be succinct documents outlining the key features of the game in question so anyone…
In Conventions
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, inthisstyle, Troy_Costisick.

5/11/2006 Paladin Knight: ¿Percentile dice?
I've been looking at the Returner Headquarters FFRPG page a lot, and in the rules section under "Combat", it says right at the top how they determine hits and misses.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paladin Knight, jeremycoatney, KKinsane, Adam Dray, rafial, flammifer, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Supplanter: Ludologic Irony
I think this may be a new literary wrinkle, for our new way of telling stories. Last night the Dogs are trying to get the three Children of Ham they've…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, lumpley, dunlaing.

5/11/2006 ( o Y o ): [TSoY] Begging for help!
OK. We decided to change the system, just for the experience - you know - midgame from TRoS to TSoY. We all think that the change went smooth. There are…
In CRN Games
Participants: ( o Y o ), Paka, rafial, John Harper, Clay, Frank T, demiurgeastaroth, r_donato.

5/11/2006 Yokiboy: It is Hard to be a Player
Hello, I have learned that it can be really hard to be a player. I have been game mastering every campaign I've played in for the past 21 years... until…
In Actual Play
Participants: Yokiboy, James_Nostack, Alan, Web_Weaver.

5/11/2006 Eric J-D: [Sorcerer} Has anyone tried this with Demons?
Hi all, In addition to welcoming any comments on the "Playing Sorcerer with my Daughter" thread, I would really appreciate some feedback on the following idea. Has anyone ever tried…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, mneme.

5/12/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] Contest Tree works
[b]Session 2[/b] The second play-test of Gnostigmata used Beta 3.0 that you can download from [url=http://legendaryquest.com/books/Gnostb3.zip]here[/url].  You can read an Actual Play account of the first play-test session [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19692.0]here[/url].  The…
In Playtesting
Participants: John Kirk.

5/12/2006 Trevis Martin: Need some webspace or a page?
Hi folks, I currently have an account with Dreamhost, and I host a couple of private domains on it that I tinker with.  Here's the thing.  I'm not expecting spikes…
In Connections
Participants: Trevis Martin.

5/12/2006 Trevis Martin: Need some art?
Hi folks, I'd like to do art for someone's game.  I'm an experienced artist but I've not done any illustration work for publication before.  I'm wanting to build a portfolio…
In Connections
Participants: Trevis Martin.

5/12/2006 Adam Kleizer: [The Dynasty/La Famiglia] Concept and early changes
Hello everybody! I participated in this year's Game Chef with a game named The Dynasty. The game is a GMless competitive storytelling game with a bidding system. A brief summary…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Kleizer, Graham Walmsley, Oscar Evans, Everspinner.

5/12/2006 TonyLB: Death March of Happiness
So I corralled some people on FoundryMUSH to playtest my new warmup mini-game, Death March of Happiness.  It was a hoot, but I am having trouble getting the right balance…
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB, Dave Cleaver, Bryan Hansel, Joshua BishopRoby, c, contracycle, Bill Masek.

5/12/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] The 10-Minute Demo
Up in the Conventions forum, there's some really <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19816.0">good advice about convention demos</a>, mostly aimed at GenCon specifically. Since I am debuting <a href="http://www.galileogames.com/mortal-coil/">Mortal Coil</a> at a convention, I…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, Mike Holmes, mtiru, Thunder_God.

5/12/2006 OverDream: New to the Forge
Greetings, I have been an armature rpg-designer for some twenty years now, and am looking for a place to showcase my work and gain feedback and insight into the competency…
In Connections
Participants: OverDream, Nathan P., dindenver.

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