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7/7/2006 Noon: Stealing from drinking games
If I wanted to steal certain qualties from drinking games, without using drink, how would I do it? The qualities I'm looking to swipe are: That there is no resource…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, Ben Lehman, PhilV.

7/7/2006 Philbo: Idea for an RPG Setting...
Here's my idea in a nutshell... A fantasy role-playing game set in a fictional land based loosely on mythic Greece.  The tone is light-hearted and adventurous, with an emphasis on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Philbo, oreso, ODDin, Caldis, Roger, billvolk, brainwipe, contracycle.

7/7/2006 polyesterjellyfish: Music for RPG websites
Hi, Like 1000's of other people online, I dabble in computer music, mostly weirdo electronica and cartoonish sounding atmospheric stuff. Its definitely not to everyone's taste but it might be…
In Connections
Participants: polyesterjellyfish.

7/7/2006 Mr. Sluagh: [WGP] Best for Silver Age Games?
People keep saying that With Great Power is best for Silver Age-style games.  Why is this?  From what I've heard, it seems as if the story structure it encourages would…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Mr. Sluagh, Michael S. Miller.

7/7/2006 ScottM: [D&D] Sons of Grumsh over the 4th of July weekend
[b]The gathering:[/b] Zach got his grandparent's trailer for the weekend.  Seven of us showed up; Katie and Jonathon, Scott (me) and Jennifer, Zach, Jim (my Dad), and Tony. The goal…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM.

7/7/2006 inthisstyle: Podcasts
There are a couple of podcasts from Origins where I or my game is mentioned: Mike Sugarbaker of Ogrecave interviewed me at Origins about IPR: http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/index.php?id=41 Paul Tevis and Ken…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, joewolz.

7/7/2006 r_donato: [TSOY] "Playing the game"
Hello, I've been telling some friends about TSOY, trying to convince them to play it. They all come from a traditional-RPG background, with all the assumptions that that entails. So,…
In CRN Games
Participants: r_donato, rafial, Clinton R. Nixon, Artanis, zmook.

7/7/2006 Mr. Sluagh: [PTA] Revelation: Matching Characters to Play Styles
All this time, I thought I wasn't a good roleplayer.  I've been collecting the books and talking on the forums for years, but I've never played much.  Whenever I did,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mr. Sluagh, Matt Wilson, clair, Gaerik.

7/7/2006 Doyce: Quick question about Demonic Influence in Tower Creek branch (from the book)
So, I'm riding into Tower Creek, and the first thing I get is Sister Doeswell coming up with her stillborn baby in her arms, asking me to name him, even…
In lumpley games
Participants: Doyce, wingedcoyote, Gaerik, coffeestain, Mark Woodhouse, ffilz, lumpley, klaveshy, Warren, Taltos.

7/7/2006 Ron Edwards: Character creation concept
Hello, I had a notion for making up characters a month or two ago, and only mentioned it to a couple of people. Both of them instantly utilized it, so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ron Edwards, Czar Fnord, polyesterjellyfish, Keith Senkowski, greyorm, Noon, Jixxala, Certified, Roger, joepub, timfire, Bankuei, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, matthijs, Call Me Curly, Sydney Freedberg, ChrisJaxn, stefoid.

7/6/2006 TonyLB: DEXCON
Okay, people ... DexCon approaches like an oncoming freight train of Indie RPG goodness.  July 12th through the 16th, in East Brunswick, NJ, if you didn't know. You remember last…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Vaxalon, Gaerik, Matthew Glover, Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, Ben Lehman.

7/6/2006 Alex-01: Parallel setting on two different worlds?
Dear role-players, I don`t know if this is he right place, but I have a problem with a background story. There are two worlds: A fantasy world and a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Alex-01, Selene Tan, Ron Edwards, wheloc, Czar Fnord, Jixxala, JayDaWarlord, dindenver, jerry.

7/6/2006 Ville Takanen: [The Stray Path] Group involvment on character creation.
The Stray Path - Or Harhapolku as it was originally deciphered. I have no idea, if this would belong here - or in the actual play forum, so let the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ville Takanen, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2006 preludetotheend: Low blow for Aegri Somnia Press
Recently I had agreed to work with an individual on a project I don't wish to disclose the details exactly I will pick up work on it some other time…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson.

7/6/2006 Taltos: Altar Springs Branch
Hello, all. I just stumbled on DitV by chance at Origins and I think it is one of the most inspired things I have seen in a bit. Now that…
In lumpley games
Participants: Taltos, baron samedi, Call Me Curly, Gaerik, lumpley.

7/5/2006 MegaMinis: FREE Mega ART License for game designers
  Mega Miniatures launches FREE artwork database.  The MEGA ART LICENSE allows the use of our images in your game system or for personal use.  There are a few simple…
In Connections
Participants: MegaMinis, daMoose_Neo.

7/5/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] System Draft 3.3
I'm still struggling with the system for Grey Ranks, but I feel like I'm getting closer.  I know what I want it to do, but translating that into mechanically satisfying…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

7/5/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Basic Conflict Resolution Mechanics
I've waited until the last possible moment to outline the general conflict mechanic for Sudden Light.  I've done so guided by the desire to see as many improv. performances as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zach Walton, matthijs.

7/5/2006 Arturo G.: [PuCLN] Advertising your games
Hi, folks! Next week it will be held PuCLN, a big national Spanish convention. As I announced in the thread  PuCLN, we have organized the first official track of Forge…
In Conventions
Participants: Arturo G..

7/5/2006 LemmingLord: Hero's Code of Conduct
I'm playing my first real capes game on Friday and would love to hear what kinds of provisos others have put in their Here's codes...  Can you help me out?
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LemmingLord, TonyLB, Gaerik, jburneko, Vaxalon, Hans, dunlaing, Sindyr, Matthew Glover, Tuxboy.

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7/8/2006 copx: How much "inspiration" is legal?
Can I sell something if the mechanics are mostly taken from other (commercial) RPGs? The rules of my game are a crossbreed of WFRP 1st Edition, Inquisitor and my own…
In Publishing
Participants: copx, Kesher, Valamir, Bill Masek, jerry, Gasten, Veritas Games, Ron Edwards, baron samedi, Thunder_God, Justin D. Jacobson.

7/8/2006 Blessdevil: Morituti Characters: a good idea?
Hello, my name IRL is Michele Gelli. I started working on a game inspired by an old and obscure Marvel comic called "Strike Force Morituri". It was a really unusual…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Blessdevil, Ron Edwards, Tony Irwin, Arturo G., nikola, Mark Woodhouse, Dumirik.

7/8/2006 timfire: Kwaidan---companion fiction for tMW
Hi everyone, I'm putting together a companion book for The Mountain Witch---"Kwadain: Tales from Ghostly Japan". The will be a collection of traditional Japanese ghost stories, compiled from the books…
In Publishing
Participants: timfire, jasonm, Thunder_God.

7/8/2006 sean2099: (art) taste in cover questions?
Hi all, I know that I have some work to do on Divinity before it gets published but I was browsing at Clipart.com and I found some images...(imagine that).  Anyway,…
In Publishing
Participants: sean2099, Clay, Thunder_God, Jake Richmond, baron samedi, c, Justin D. Jacobson, Ron Edwards.

7/8/2006 Byron: Three types of wounds for all weapons?
This is just a First Thought I have that I am trying to refine and wondered who else may have gone down this road. I am considering changing the numerical…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Byron, billvolk, Noon, Hereward The Wake, Ron Edwards, matthijs.

7/8/2006 David Bapst: Sim Oneshot System; First Playtest and Partial Dissolution of System
Session Report First Playtest and Incomplete Dissolution of System Last night, I tried to run the first playtest session of a system I’d been working on for the past year…
In Playtesting
Participants: David Bapst, Filip Luszczyk, zmook, Czar Fnord, davidberg, Paul T.

7/9/2006 clair: Rookie RPGer...?
[I know I'm probably pissing off all of the pros here... my apologies.] I'm new to the whole serious RPG scene-- I've never been a hardcore player. The only real…
In Actual Play
Participants: clair, TonyLB, r_donato, Gaerik, Ron Edwards.

7/9/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Donjon] Dice deviations
Now, I know that I may be frowned upon by everyone for creating such a heretical thread, but after yesterday's test I realised how slow, unwieldy and confusing the basic…
In CRN Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Iskander, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/9/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] A Clash of Worlds, the Medium War.
This session continued the playtest which is described here. Here are the Playtest log and the Character sheet for how things looked at the end of the game.At the end…
In Playtesting
Participants: Thunder_God, Filip Luszczyk, 7Storyfall.

7/9/2006 Thunder_God: [CSI Games]A New Logo.
CSI Games has a new logo, one that will hopefully be used to indicate games belong to this type of games. The actual pictures you see were made by Matthijs.…
In Connections
Participants: Thunder_God.

7/9/2006 GB Steve: Polaris by Christian Dior
[url=http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2006CTR/complete/slideshow/CDIOR?loop=0&event=show1503&designer=design_house27&trend=&iphoto=37&play=false&cnt=6]This [/url] shows something from Dior's latest collection that seems to be straight from the pages of Polaris.
In These Are Our Games
Participants: GB Steve, Artanis, Ben Lehman.

7/9/2006 mindwanders: Is designing an RPG gateway game a bad plan?
I'm playing about with what path to follow for publishing/marketing my game. The principles all seem to be pretty simple and should be usable to people with no roleplaying experience.…
In Publishing
Participants: mindwanders, philreed, guildofblades, Justin D. Jacobson, komradebob, slade the sniper.

7/9/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] very first thoughts
[i]"A man rides into town, a shooter at his hip. In it are six bullets, one for each of his enemies. Six bullets for vengeance."[/i] Insomnia has struck and with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Noon, Zathreyel.

7/10/2006 Dodavehu: Pantheon
-- Hello.  I was only recently exposed to this wonderful forum.  Reading through these posts has made be want to try my hand at design as well (something I haven’t…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dodavehu, sean2099, shawnhcorey, Bankuei, matthijs.

7/10/2006 Aaron: Bangs and non railroading(TROS)
Yesterday we played our 4th session of Riddle of Steel set in the warhammer world. There are three characters, a former bounty hunter who is a bit religious and conscientious,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aaron, Ron Edwards, zmook, Paul T, Valamir.

7/10/2006 PhilV: [Echos] A proof of concept
Greetings all. This is a proof of concept idea in response to this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20334.0 by Callan. I didn't want to bog down that thread but the concept intrigued me…
In First Thoughts
Participants: PhilV, Artanis, matthijs.

7/10/2006 Quixotica: Being a Designer or Creator of RPG.
I have been writing for at least 10 years, mostly technical philosophy and theology. Independant Press. For a while now, I have gotten away from that and have had creative…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Quixotica, Bankuei, Sydney Freedberg, Valamir.

7/10/2006 Sunlit: RPG 3.5 - Positive Energy "magic\powers"
I have created a character which bases his existential understanding on that positive energy and negative energy is the fundamental energies in the world, and that the friction between these…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sunlit, billvolk, Bankuei.

7/10/2006 oliof: [TSOY] dubious rules fragment
Hello, I am in the process of translating TSOY to german, and I stumbled about this paragraph in the rules: The third and final step is actually rolling the…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, zmook.

7/10/2006 Quixotica: My little world of role play.
I hope this is the right place to share this. I am happy to find a group of people who have a like-minded goal of building, creating, playing and just…
In Actual Play
Participants: Quixotica, Gaerik, ScottM, Ron Edwards.

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