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5/17/2006 Yokiboy: My Life with Yoki
Hello Paul, Okay, so you might pretend that the game is set in some eastern European setting, but I know the truth. This game simulates my early gaming life. Seriously…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Yokiboy, matthijs.

5/17/2006 Nicolas Crost: "You Ask Far Too Much"-Question
Hi, the following question arose during our game of Polaris: When faced with an "You Ask Far Too Much"-statement as a player, do I a) revise the content of my…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Nicolas Crost, Ben Lehman, Valamir.

5/17/2006 D Hirtle: [Shadowrun] The PC's ate my baby!
Hello and thanks to the Forge.  Because of this place I have the words to talk about what's going on in my game.     I am running a 3rd…
In Actual Play
Participants: D Hirtle, Valamir, Gaerik, Alan, DaGreatJL, Wolfen, Grover.

5/17/2006 a_verheaghe: Request for assistance with Demo and my gaming woes
From my previous posts over the last year, I just can’t get my group of 15+ years to enjoy Heroquest- other then one person who loves it. I’ve scrapped my…
In HeroQuest
Participants: a_verheaghe, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

5/17/2006 Bret Gillan: [Gods] The Labyrinth, the Tuskers, and the King of the Black Citadel
Last night was supposed to be Charnel Gods night, but after some bullshitting and a couple of beers, we opted to playtest my Capes supplement/mod - Gods. It was just…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care, Valamir.

5/17/2006 joepub: [Perfect] Able to playtest soon?
Hey... I'm just heading into the playtest stage of Perfect. The game doesn't have too steep a learning curve, I don't think. It is easiest played with small groups. 3-5…
In Connections
Participants: joepub.

5/17/2006 sayter: [Realm] Tree based or List based powers?
Greetings. It has been quite some time since I posted here, as things have been mighty busy. But, Realm is on a roll again so here I is! Currently I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sayter, jeremycoatney, Ken, dindenver, sean2099, Daemonworks.

5/17/2006 playbywiki: Symbol ("sigil") based text system: 3 questions.
I've been playing RPGs and, specifically, GURPS and, hyperspecifically, text-based RPGs based on GURPS for years. About six months ago, I got this idea that it would be cool to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: playbywiki, jeremycoatney, Jinx, Thunder_God, cpeterso, Sydney Freedberg, Daemonworks.

5/16/2006 Maleficence: [Fading Suns] First actual play post, game session 32
Hello, I'm Esteban. I've been reading the Forge for a few months now and I've been quite interested by many of the concepts I've read here as well as the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Maleficence.

5/16/2006 Kaare Berg (Old): [Afraid] Of my second and third bungling.
We played thursday and sunday last week. And it didn't rock. Which has been bothering me a bit, so I've spent some time wondering why. Here is my take on…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kaare Berg (Old), Emily Care, lumpley.

5/16/2006 Oscar Evans: Space Pirates
I was asked to run a game a few days ago and had to come up with something on the spot. It was a one shot so i couldnt use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Oscar Evans, Precious Villain, Czar Fnord, sean2099, Kobayashi, Immunis.

5/16/2006 Editor Drew: Developmental Editor
Hello all.  I just wanted to introduce myself to this forum and tell you that I'd be happy to field questions about the development side of any manuscript that you…
In Connections
Participants: Editor Drew.

5/16/2006 klausok: WGP Ganging up again
I am going to run a game of With Great Power as GM. We start the day after tomorrow. Actually I expect character creation to take all of the first…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: klausok, Kai_lord, Michael S. Miller, yogshog, Tindalos, Valamir, Brand_Robins, Austin Walker, Ludanto.

5/16/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] Jumping to the Action
[b]Session 3[/b] The third play-test of Gnostigmata used Beta 4.0 that you can download from [url=http://legendaryquest.com/books/Gnostb4.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] and…
In Playtesting
Participants: John Kirk, Paul Czege.

5/16/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] Looking for another batch of playtesters
Hi all, I have shown some people my RPG and I have ran some playtests.  I need to see if the game stands up by itself or if the results…
In Connections
Participants: sean2099.

5/15/2006 Jalathas: [DitV]First-time player looking for online game
I'm not positive this where I should post this, but I just got my book in the mail on friday, read it all over the weekend, and want to jump…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jalathas, Vaxalon, xjermx, baron samedi.

5/15/2006 Mark Galeotti: Mythic Russia
Comrades! I hope you'll allow me a moment's shameless and blatant plugging, as I am delighted to announce that Mythic Russia, the HeroQuest-engined game of medieval Russian adventure, is close…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mark Galeotti, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, alexandre santos, rafial, Neil the Wimp, Lisa Padol, Alex Fradera, CCW, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Thalaxis.

5/15/2006 Sinistraphobia: Keith Speaks!
Well speaks again... I just wanted fans of the game to know that Keith, will be on our upcoming episode of "The Gamestas", available at www.gamestas.net.  He's like wrasslin' a…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Sinistraphobia, Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy.

5/15/2006 Supplanter: Town: Kanawha Falls
[url=http://www.weeksfamily.net/games/DitV/town.aspx?t=12]My second town[/url], played a couple months ago. Best, Jim
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter.

5/15/2006 memolith: [Dogs] Brother Joseph, the Devil's Surgeon with an Axe
I made some characters with a couple of friends, but we didn't get to the initiatory conflicts yet. One of the Dogs, Brother Joseph, is a cold, heartless man with…
In lumpley games
Participants: memolith, Vaxalon, lumpley.

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5/17/2006 Frank T: [Aller Tage Abend] Brief History and Power 19
Today I’m going to post about my new project. This post is meant as a source to point people to in discussions to come. I am not looking for specific…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Frank T.

5/17/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: We Broke Capes
So last night my group got together and played a little Capes, and it... really didn't work. I'm not entirely sure why. The Players & Characters: I myself played Moose-Boy,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Vaxalon, drnuncheon, Miskatonic, jburneko, TheCzech, TonyLB, Tuxboy, Kai_lord.

5/17/2006 jrs: Trollbabe music
I've been tinkering with my personal "Wanna be a Trollbabe" playlist.  It remains subject to my whim, but in the off chance it may be of interest, here's the contents…
In Adept Press
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Dav, John Harper, Miskatonic.

5/17/2006 DensityMan: Graphic Designers (split)
Sorry to dig up old posts like this, but thought it better than starting anew... Is there a resource available for start-ups who are looking for a layout artist? We're…
In Publishing
Participants: DensityMan, Ron Edwards, nikola, playbywiki, Justin D. Jacobson, dwalton97060, Docbrown, gpetersz.

5/17/2006 Lxndr: Ensemble: New Twisted Confessions Project
All the game ideas I've spent years considering, I'm still considering, but meanwhile, another idea has come at me like a thief in the night, and has pounced.  The result,…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Thunder_God.

5/18/2006 ssfsx17: Wrangling with wording
The system I am designing is based on ten-sided dice pools. The success of a die roll is determined by a difficulty number which defaults to five. Rolling higher is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ssfsx17, Oscar Evans.

5/18/2006 Saile: Some questions (including "Another Approach to Ganging up")
Hi! I haven't played this game before, but I've heard good things about it and, having read the book, I am looking forward to trying it. However, I think there…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Saile.

5/18/2006 rikiwarren: Conflict Resolution System
Hi, One problem I've noticed in many games is that GMs try to create conflict within the game largely through the game mechanics. For example, character A has to scale…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rikiwarren, TonyLB, ssfsx17, Oscar Evans, Madheretic.

5/18/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Spells and swords - fight!
Hello, For context and previous play, check out the threads The kid two houses down and Skill combat and blood drinking. We played our third session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Asteele, cdr, Jinx, James_Nostack, Dav, mneme, John Harper, Czar Fnord, rafial, Technocrat13, Mark Woodhouse, Noon, Aaron, TheTris, xeperi, Storn, Web_Weaver, Miskatonic, ffilz, r_donato, greyorm, buzz, Melinglor, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, Roger, Calithena, Caldis, jesterina, Ian Charvill, Jasper the Mimbo, Mike Holmes.

5/18/2006 Yokiboy: Thoughts at First Look
Hello, I bought the book/PDF combo recently, and while I have yet to see the book, the PDF greatly impressed me (not technically, but the writing). Tony, your writing is…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Yokiboy.

5/18/2006 Pelgrane: Anyone here making a living from RPGs?
Is there any person who writing indie games who is making a full-time living from it? I'm just wondering how this compares with so-called mainstream RPG publishers (a number of…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, Joshua BishopRoby, joepub, Jake Richmond, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, GregStolze, Justin D. Jacobson, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, greyorm, pells, LordSmerf, abzu.

5/18/2006 playbywiki: [PlayByWiki] Marketing a wiki-based RPG
Simply put, "How?" I'm looking for any and all thoughts, ideas, directions, viral marketing suggestions, tips, tricks, inclinations, things to avoid, things to definitely do, etc. I've been in marketing…
In Publishing
Participants: playbywiki, Graham Walmsley.

5/18/2006 DensityMan: [Ustio] Looking for help/suggestions/discussion - moving towards printing
First off, I love the fact that there is a forum for game designers to share their experiences, resources and pitfalls. Hope we can help some as well as absorb…
In Connections
Participants: DensityMan.

5/18/2006 Hans: Action-Reaction a single unit
Hi all: Tony: over in story games, you said the following: Action: Use Ability to roll up a die Spend Debt to Split said die Reaction: Use Ability to roll…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans.

5/18/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: [Passages] Chargen Limits - Mechanical or Social?
Well, this is my first actual post here about a game I'm working on. Passages has actually been in development for over a year now. You can learn more about…
In Playtesting
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Tommi Brander, Bill Masek, CommonDialog, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Retooling Drives & Exemplars
I'm gearing up for my Fantasy-flavored Capes game this summer, and we're looking at Drives and Exemplars.  I want to fiddle with them. Now, Drives serve two purposes: (a) they…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, TheCzech, Uhlrik, drnuncheon.

5/18/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: [Raid Earth] Skills and Character Creation
Well I went out of my way to make to make a fancy PDF version to show you but I can't host it for you to look at anyway.... I…
In Endeavor
Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, KKinsane, Czar Fnord.

5/18/2006 maddrjeffe: Ok, I just got the book yesterday...
Boy my mailman was relived, I was starting to scare him hanging out at the box when he showed up. First impressions, impressive cover, interior design and binding. All of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: maddrjeffe, Matt Snyder, Luxferre.

5/19/2006 sean2099: Differences in writing 'adventures' for LARPs vs. Tabletop.
Hi all, I have never written a "formal" adventure for a LARP style game before.  I have played in them before and they seemed more spontaneous (little preparation beforehand.) So,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sean2099, c, Czar Fnord, Adam Dray, mneme, Graham Walmsley, Daemonworks, Sara Adyms, Mike Holmes, Lisa Padol, museleading, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley, Episode 1
Ok, it took us two game sessions, for reasons that will be made clear, but Jenni, Nate and I managed to complete Episode 1 of our show, Nightshade Alley. AP…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Everspinner, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

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