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5/19/2006 lumpley: [1001 Nights] Falconer, Midwife, Dancer, Master of Sword
So it's Emily, Julia, me and Meg, playing Meg's game in development 10001 Nights. We've set up and we're just starting play. My character's the Sultan's favorite dancer. He's a…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Emily Care.

5/19/2006 agony: On Judgment and the Territorial Authority
A TA Claims officer/Tax collector (in relation to a small gold vein discovered at a town) is causing a bit of sin related to greed.  This town has been half-way…
In lumpley games
Participants: agony, Vaxalon, ffilz.

5/19/2006 M. J. Young: Origins?
Just yesterday someone was pressuring me to commit to appearing at Origins, and it suddenly occurred to me that I don't recall anyone here ever saying anything about selling games…
In Conventions
Participants: M. J. Young, inthisstyle, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Dav, Lisa Padol.

5/19/2006 SabreCat: Observations from first two towns
Hullo all! I posted a while back asking for advice on my first session, and didn't really follow up on it.  Since then, though, I've run two towns (Boxelder Canyon…
In lumpley games
Participants: SabreCat, ffilz, nikola, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Claudia Cangini.

5/19/2006 mratomek: Role Playing Game -- Without a GM!
I have working on a game for some time now--the public beta of the game will be posted on monday for everyone who is interested--which allows gamers to play fun…
In Endeavor
Participants: mratomek, jasonm, TonyLB, Noon.

5/19/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules] Fantasy
Finally, last night we played Monster Rules with a fantasy setting. I hosted the adventure, creating a simple three part scenario: 1. Knife in the dark 2. The Lost Crypt…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek, Melinglor.

5/19/2006 Domon: Other settings? Violence, academia, Harry Potter
[quote author=elgorade link=topic=16156.msg172545#msg172545 date=1122901089] *  Is it that we accept violence, even shootings, in the West?  I'm sure that is part of it.  I don't think it would be nearly…
In lumpley games
Participants: Domon, lumpley, Glendower, Vaxalon.

5/19/2006 charles ferguson: [DitV] Poll: Vanilla or Exotic?
I have my first game of Dogs tonight :D Before I got the rules, I was determined not to play the default setting. The whole God & Mormon thing just…
In lumpley games
Participants: charles ferguson, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, khelek, Wolfen, ffilz, oliof.

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.

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.

5/18/2006 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.

5/18/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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5/20/2006 Jason Newquist: Shipping... closer?
Joshua! When will you start shipping pre-ordered Caution Orange squares?
In glyphpress
Participants: Jason Newquist, nikola, Miskatonic, epweissengruber, Thunder_God, Valamir.

5/20/2006 klausok: Motivation aspects
We started character creation last Thursday. We did finish it, because not everybody showed up. Swapping back issues should be done with everybody present. We are 5 players, plus me…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: klausok.

5/20/2006 Hobbitboy: Messing with relationships?
In the "Request for assistance with Demo and my gaming woes" thread Mike Holmes makes the following statement... ... In fact I've been going a…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Hobbitboy, Mike Holmes, Web_Weaver.

5/20/2006 Hemdog560: Seeking freelance writers and game desginers
Bad Baby Productions is currently seeking freelance writers and game designers to begin working on expansions to the Worlds of Wonder RPG system. We are seeking both experienced and introductory…
In Connections
Participants: Hemdog560, Clay, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm.

5/20/2006 Kobayashi: 10 000 Mythic RPG
First of all, I'm new here, so hi to all ! I'm currently working on a rpg named 10 000 inspired by Xenophon's Anabasis: the story of ten thousands Greek…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kobayashi, Lewis Flanagan, Noon, Oscar Evans, Daemonworks.

5/20/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Difficulties with stakes negotiation
Hello, all, :) So, we had a most excellent TSoY session last night, about which, a post in Actual Play will follow soon. While I compose that post, I'd like…
In CRN Games
Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Ralek.

5/20/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Solid Gold
Hello, all, :) Oh, I am become happy. Happiness has occurred within me.* Last night, we finally played our fifth session of TSoY. I should tell you right off the…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Storn.

5/21/2006 Graham Walmsley: Publishing wiki
I put this together over the last week. It links to old Forge threads (and some other resources) to answer common questions like: how do I create a PDF? How…
In Publishing
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Willow.

5/21/2006 Frank T: Joint booth with Projekt Odyssee at Spiel in Essen/Germany?
“Spiel” is the game fair to be in Europe, this year 19 to 22 October. Previously discussed here and here. This weekend on NordCon, I was approached by the folks…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, oliof, Nicolas Crost, Nephilim, Emily Care, Daniela Nicklas, ( o Y o ), inthisstyle, jasonm, TonyLB, Blankshield, Zoombot, Yvie, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, ocasta, Justin D. Jacobson.

5/21/2006 Brand_Robins: Bitches in the Vineyard
In case any of you had missed it, the logs for Bitches in the Vineyard (all female Dog's game) are being posted here: http://www.spaceanddeath.com/sin_aesthetics/2006/05/bitv-logs-setup-and-session-1.html Hopefully the next two logs will…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brand_Robins.

5/21/2006 joepub: [Perfect] Playtest version up!
[url]http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Perfect_RPG.php[/url] That is the playtest version of Perfect, right there! [b]In the final version of the game, there will be content about:[/b] -establishing who gets to set the scenes (what…
In Playtesting
Participants: joepub, Oscar Evans, Pelgrane.

5/21/2006 barna284: Doubts for duelling using an Extended Constest
When I started my conversion of 7th Sea to Heroquest, duelling is one of the situations I thought would be perfectly covered by extended contests. AP are a neat mechanism…
In HeroQuest
Participants: barna284, Eero Tuovinen, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Hobbitboy, rstites, Web_Weaver, fredrikr.

5/22/2006 gains: [Lacuna Part 1, 2nd Attempt] Orientation
I ran some new players through my Lacuna "Orientation and Mobility within Blue City" scenario using the new and improved rules. The theme of the scenario is to learn to…
In Actual Play
Participants: gains, abzu, ghashsnaga, Ron Edwards.

5/22/2006 Paka: [Burning Wheel] The End of Vault
I'm really great at running a one-shot that everyone wants to keep on playing.  A few pick up and play games among my friends have become years long campaigns, serendipity,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, abzu, Storn.

5/22/2006 Tommi Brander: Bug: spellcheck
I tried to use spellchecking on a thread in First thoughts, and this was the error message it gave: An Error Has Occurred! strpos() : Offset not contained in string.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Tommi Brander.

5/22/2006 coldblackwind: Twelve Kings RPG Premise and Summary
Hello, Here I am another newbie to this board but no stranger to RPGs or writing. First off I would like to say that all the information I have found…
In First Thoughts
Participants: coldblackwind, Ben Lehman, joepub, TonyLB, greyorm, dindenver, Oscar Evans.

5/22/2006 drnuncheon: [Actual Play] Trenchcoats in LA, Session 2
We got a late start this time as John and I went biking Saturday afternoon (and Mel slept!).  Only three scenes, but the second one was huge. Scene 1 (John)…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: drnuncheon.

5/22/2006 Storn: [L5R] who asks for skill checks and what we did after
This weekend I was playing in a Legends of the Five Rings game.  It was a 2 parter, the 1st part was a solo for my charcter.  The 2nd parter…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, Valamir, Bankuei.

5/22/2006 Frank T: [Spiel 2006] Booth Monkey Thread
Hi, Check out the discussion on Spiel 2006 here. If you are thinking about contributing money to the endeavor, you are probably interested in how well your game can be…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Gerd H., Joe Dizzy, oliof, ocasta, Matt, Daniela Nicklas, ( o Y o ), Nicolas Crost, Yvie, btrc, Caynreth.

5/22/2006 jasonm: Roach Convention Demo - Feedback Requested
Hey freinds, I'm working up a convention demo for The Roach and I'd like some comments, particularly from experienced Gen Con demo monkeys and hardcore Roachists.  Here's what I've got…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, oliof, Nicolas Crost, Technocrat13, urbanpagan.

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