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7/23/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][DexCon] Owning your tragedy
More actual play from the DexCon Capes extravaganza.  This is still in that third session, and occurred directly after Fighting about what we're fighting about. I'm going to dump a…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, r_donato, Nathan P., dpetroski, Bret Gillan, Sydney Freedberg, phredd.

7/23/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: Dogs Actual Play, My First Session Ever
I ran my first session of Dogs in Vineyard last night, and I figured I'd write up my thoughts here about it. My three players are Tom, Josh and Brian. …
In lumpley games
Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, lumpley, Valamir.

7/23/2006 signoftheserpent: Designging the City of Tomorrow
Hi, I am soliciting advice and suggestions for the landmarks and makeup of a Metropolis style city; a 'city of tomorrow' in the pulp vein. Not somewhere set in the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, andrew_kenrick, TonyLB, Ken, dindenver, Latigo.

7/23/2006 c: Getting design info from your website?
I was looking at my stats for my website, this morning, via a service called Awstats which is provided by my shared hosting company. I like to check from time…
In Publishing
Participants: c.

7/23/2006 shays: Game Designer Needed
I am currently looking for some folks to help in organizing and designing rpg mechanics.  If your interested please e mail me at: iif dot internal dot com at gmail…
In Connections
Participants: shays, matthijs, Clay, Nathan P., Ron Edwards.

7/23/2006 Matt Wilson: [Galactic] Playtest in Madison - 1
Today I spent a few hours in Madison with Sarah, Chris and Daniel setting up for what looks like a kickass game. I'll say right up front that I'm extra…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper.

7/22/2006 baron samedi: [DITV] Actual play : Thanks Mr. Baker!
I've just finished a 6 hour IRC session of DITV, in French... My irst experience with both IRC and DITV... it was wonderful. We only got through the initiation of…
In Actual Play
Participants: baron samedi, Artanis, lumpley.

7/22/2006 Paka: The disappearance and re-appearance of Galileo Press forum
If I am not signed in, I can't see it.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paka.

7/22/2006 c: [MFUC]The risk of hurting players (adult language)
So my game Outside is getting a name change to reflect my new understanding of what I've been subconsciously wanting to accomplish. More about those particulars here. So ... "My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, nikola, Noon.

7/22/2006 Offray: Urgent: Getting sorcerer books in Chigago before my travel back to my country
Hi all, Sorry for posting this twice (this is also in general topics). I need to get help as son as I can. I'm from Columbia (South America) and I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Offray, ZenDog, jrs.

7/22/2006 Paka: The Mortal Coil Weekend
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=6058967#post6058967"]It has begun.[/url] This game absolutely rocks. If I had to travel from con to con, known as the GM-With-No-Name, I'd have to travel light.  I'd have PTA, Dogs in…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Paka, inthisstyle.

7/22/2006 markus_cz: MLwM - Considering the Endgame
Hi, I have a little question about the Endgame - what exactly happens when a player not involved in fight with Master decides to join the fight? The book says…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: markus_cz, Paul Czege.

7/22/2006 Troy_Costisick: GenCon 2006 Booth Menu Draft and Redraft
Heya, I thought I'd post this here so that there's no confusion with the other thread in conventions.  Okay, here we go.  I've posted the first draft of the Menu…
In Publishing
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Iskander, c, Nathan P., Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Blankshield, abzu, timfire, Matt Wilson, jasonm, Paka, Justin D. Jacobson, Kevin Allen Jr, Thunder_God, joepub, Paul Czege, Matt, Malcolm, LordSmerf, Jonathan Walton, John Harper, Denise, Keith Senkowski, nikola, btrc, Matt Snyder, Thor Olavsrud, iago, Emily Care, lumpley.

7/22/2006 boredoom: Conflicts against inanimate objects
I just got the rules, and I love them. I think I'll have to GM this, which would be the first time I GM in 15 years or so. But…
In Galileo Games
Participants: boredoom, inthisstyle, Nathan P..

7/22/2006 Gasten: [The butler did it!]
Hi! I've been writing (and thinking) of a role playing game in the same spirit as Agatha Christy's novells (I.e detective novells) in a couple of days now (with a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gasten, oreso, matthijs, Troy_Costisick.

7/22/2006 Brother Seth: [DitV] Two Forks: My second attempt at a town
OK, I didn't do this right last time, and it got way cluttered. Here's my second attempt, I humbly submit it for comment. Two Forks Pride: Caleb Wilburn, the Town…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brother Seth, Eliarhiman6, oliof, baron samedi.

7/22/2006 Glendower: [Galactic] Aliens and Adamantium
I downloaded, printed, and sat three players down to play test Matt Wilson's Galactic.  The premise really called out to me, and I'm pretty eager to play test anything by…
In Playtesting
Participants: Glendower, Matt Wilson.

7/22/2006 Coleslaw: “What do you do?” A matter of proper timing. (Long)
My group and I have played a few sessions of Stormbringer (Elric!/5th Edition) recently.  This game has fond memories for many of us since we played the older editions when…
In Actual Play
Participants: Coleslaw.

7/22/2006 RockyRaccoon: System before World?
Hey folks, I've been lurking for a few days, and finally feel the need to post! My user name is RockyRaccoon, but you can also call me 'Dan' if you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RockyRaccoon, Noon, eruditus, Valamir, Call Me Curly, billvolk, slade the sniper.

7/22/2006 joshua neff: [PTA] St. Sebastian
The first thing: I haven't actually played PTA since it was a playtest document, but I've wanted to play it more. The second thing: As soon as we moved back…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: joshua neff, Matt Wilson.

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7/23/2006 Garvey: Playtest vs Final Rules
I heard about Mortal Coil on the Have Games Will Travel podcast, which inspired me to look up the game on the net.  It looked interesting, but the lack of…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Garvey, inthisstyle.

7/23/2006 timfire: "Mexican Standoff" Print edition for GenCon
Having noticed my listing for "Mexican Standoff" in my product-list for GenCon, Guy Shalev asked: So it's now more than the one-page thingy which was posted on IPR? Not really---though…
In Publishing
Participants: timfire, Emily Care.

7/23/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Wizards in the Vineyard
A number of weeks ago, I came up with an idea for a Dogs variant, and went to work on it. Basically, it concerns powerful wizards who have been given…
In lumpley games
Participants: greyorm, Rustin, lumpley, klaveshy, Ramidel.

7/24/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] first playtest
I ran my first session of Six Bullets for Vengeance tonight, and all in all I think it worked very well. My regular group games online, so I have the…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, iain, Matt Wilson, Gregor Hutton, Warren, Zathreyel.

7/24/2006 coldblackwind: Adding a Link
I tried to add a link on the button that says Add a Link and it tells me that I seem to be lost.  I know that I am not…
In Site Discussion
Participants: coldblackwind.

7/24/2006 Revontuli: Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
We're putting a Finnish roleplaying game out in English. It's based on the Star Wreck line of sci-fi parody movies, and will be published in August of this year. It's…
In Publishing
Participants: Revontuli, Ron Edwards.

7/24/2006 Web_Weaver: Removing attributes from HQ
I am moving this more general idea from out of the Species keywords--a kludge? thread, to avoid hijacking the keyword debate. I have discussed there, that it may be an…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Mandrake, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

7/24/2006 daMoose_Neo: 4 day GenCon badges - badge for demos
Alright - Fun times here at Neo ^_^ We were going to be running a skeletal crew this year anyhow, but could have managed, except for the fact that my…
In Conventions
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Gaerik, joepub.

7/24/2006 Keith Senkowski: [GenCon] Chairs
So who is taking these things home with them?  I'm bringing the shit down, but as I said in this thread, my ass can't store them and I am bringing…
In Conventions
Participants: Keith Senkowski, btrc, Valamir, abzu.

7/24/2006 Tim M Ralphs: [WOD} - GM authority without GM force. And demon assassins. a dilemma
Good Afternoon, A little background, and then I’ll state my dilemma. One of the groups I game with has been playing for about 5 years. The games have been fairly…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim M Ralphs, Gaerik, Hans, Ron Edwards, Noon, Paul T, TonyLB.

7/24/2006 Nathan P.: [carry] [DexCon] Levels of Engagement
I ran three games of Carry, my soldiers-dealing-with-issues-in-Vietnam game at DexCon, and they all went very well, in slightly different ways. Due to the short-form nature of the game (its…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nathan P., Shawn De Arment, Yokiboy, Iskander, TonyLB, RobNJ, jasonm.

7/24/2006 Hans: Does Capes need a GM?
Does Capse need a GM?  Sindyr said elsewhere... -All games, in fact all social activities have a Social Contract. -What makes D&D not broken ultimately is…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Sindyr, Gaerik, Tuxboy, TonyLB, joshua neff, LemmingLord, Bret Gillan, xeperi.

7/24/2006 drnuncheon: PDF
Brennan, Over on RPG.net, you mentioned that you were going to reformat Mortal Coil and make it available as a PDF.  Do you have any plans on offering a PDF->Print…
In Galileo Games
Participants: drnuncheon, inthisstyle.

7/24/2006 Bret Gillan: Gods: The New Ideas
Because there really needs to be a thread in this forum where we don't argue with Sindyr. ;) So I came away from Dreamation with some cool ideas for Gods,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Hans, TonyLB, Tuxboy.

7/24/2006 Mandrake: Bring back edges
OK. This is really beginning to bug me now. If you take 2 warriors, identically skilled, but give one a sword and leather, the other say halberd and plate, the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mandrake, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, nichughes, Jane, Web_Weaver, soviet.

7/24/2006 Hans: Capes online play, a possible environment?
Hey all: For your reference, the following two websites seem like a pretty darn good way to organize an online Capes game: http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage and perhaps even better http://www.vyew.com/content/ since it…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Bret Gillan, Sindyr, AaronLehmann, Lxndr, Adam Dray.

7/24/2006 Iskander: [GenCon] Booth flyer - IMPORTANT for game designers
Dear designers, If you are going to GenCon, and have not yet looked at the GenCon menu thread, what are you waiting for? Love and hugs, Alexander P.S. I will…
In Conventions
Participants: Iskander, abzu, Justin D. Jacobson, LordSmerf, Emily Care, lumpley, jrs, timfire, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/24/2006 ColinC: Galactic Soundtrack
I hope to be playtesting Galactic sometime soon, and am trying to think of music to play while we're playing.  Here's what I've got so far. (all of these are…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: ColinC, Dev, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, Michael McAleese, ironick, Andrew Morris, Joe Dizzy, Frank T.

7/24/2006 Valamir: Gen Con Cash Register
Once again I'm providing the cash register that will be used at GenCon.  This year, instead of being staffed by overworked underpaid volunteers, Brennan of IPR will be providing the…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, Blankshield, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, inthisstyle, iago, John Harper.

7/24/2006 Harshax: Healing as extended contest ~ how?
HQ suggests that one may treat healing wounds as an extended contest, by using the inverse (I assume) of the injury as the starting AP total, and a TN as…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Harshax, soviet, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, Doyce.

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