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7/31/2006 Hans: GenCon Transportation
I may not be the only one who needs to talk about this, so feel free to post your own requests here as well... My transport to return from GenCon…
In Connections
Participants: Hans.

7/31/2006 mudron: Will draw for food!
I'm a Harvey Award-nominated funnybook artist in need of work - my previous experience includes knocking out roleplaying manual illustrations (many for people posting on this very board!), storyboards, gaming…
In Connections
Participants: mudron.

7/31/2006 yangnome: [DitV] Alternate Setting: Cops on the Street
Hello, I picked up DitV last year and have had a blast playing it.  Immediately, it seemed like it might make a good fit for a modern police game.  I'm…
In lumpley games
Participants: yangnome, charlesperez, nikola, rulvestad, klaveshy.

7/31/2006 Glendower: [DITV] Initiation and Zarephath
I ran a game of Dogs in the Vineyard with my friends.  The two of them, Lisa and Chris, have not had that much exposure to the newer indie games,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, RobNJ.

7/31/2006 rulvestad: [DitV] First timers - Tower Creek one-shot
Long time lurker, first time poster.  My name is Reed and I’m in Austin.  I played my first game of Dogs in the Vineyard this weekend and I loved it,…
In Actual Play
Participants: rulvestad, jasonm.

7/31/2006 coffeestain: Question about Magical Aptitudes
What is the intention of having Magical Aptitudes and Items require only one Magic Token per session to activate, while Magical Effects require one token per use?  Is it to…
In Galileo Games
Participants: coffeestain, inthisstyle, Nathan P., RedPissLegion.

7/31/2006 woodelf: still not clear on several of the rules
Ok, we're starting a game of With Great Power…, and i have a few bits of the rules that i haven't figured out yet. I think i've read all of…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: woodelf, Michael S. Miller.

7/31/2006 Marhault: [Afterworld] Resolution problems
The world as it once was has come to an end.  All that is left is a few scattered pockets of survivors trying to rebuild.  The Player Characters are members…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marhault, Matt Wilson, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Bill_White.

7/31/2006 Ron Edwards: Proposed major change to the Forge
Hello, Clinton and I had one of our Dark Admin Discussions a couple of days ago. There's a problem to acknowledge, and a couple of possible solutions. We decided that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, r_donato, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, Valamir, joshua neff, Zathreyel, thwaak, demiurgeastaroth, contracycle, baron samedi, Eero Tuovinen, Blankshield, rafial, Nathan P., Emily Care, Halzebier, Arturo G., Czar Fnord, Wolfen, GreatWolf, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, LordSmerf, Mark Woodhouse, timfire, abzu, c, Steven Stewart, Noon, Wysardry, dsellars, ejh.

7/31/2006 xoet: 3d/4 person chess game >>into rpg
heya, these are the two games I am working on and or designing 1    the 3d 4 person chess set up This is the idea I just got about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: xoet.

7/31/2006 Steven Stewart: Two Questions from Tokyo
Hiya, First I would like to say thanks for making such a game. News travels slow to this end of the world, and eventhough I don't physically have the book…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Steven Stewart, Ben Lehman, Rorimack.

7/31/2006 museleading: Happily ever after - design thoughts
I'm designing a game and I'd like to get some input on it.  I have a set of characters with a strong backstory and set of relationships.  I have a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: museleading, TonyLB, Matt Wilson, dindenver, Selene Tan.

7/31/2006 Thomas D: Group Character Creation
I’ve got an idea for a game with a character pool where during the course of play any player can choose characters that are on the table as the main…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thomas D, Ben Lehman, Adam Kleizer, Bill_White, jasonm, TonyLB, daMoose_Neo, Arturo G., Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, aaronil.

7/28/2006 Frank T: [Sorcerer & Sword] Dinosaurs and Zebra Women
This is another AP thread from the Spione weekend in Berlin. After dinner, I reminded Ron of his promise, and so it was time for some Sorcerer. Ron wanted to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank T, Paul T, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/28/2006 Don Johnson: HEIST
HEIST What you need: Three or more players. One player is the Ringleader. The rest of the players are the Crew. The Hire: (IC RP) The Ringleader presents the heist…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Don Johnson, TonyLB, jasonm, Kevin Allen Jr, Zathreyel, Ron Edwards.

7/28/2006 iconoplast: [DitV] 24-inspired session idea and mechanics question
I was re-watching the first season of 24 with my girlfriend, and I kept thinking that, scene by scene, these conflicts could work well in Dogs.  The NPC knows something:…
In lumpley games
Participants: iconoplast, Warren.

7/28/2006 Hans: Anvilwerks forum gone?
Any idea why I suddenly would not be able to see the Anvilwerks forum?  Did I miss a memo?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Hans.

7/28/2006 lumpley: GenCon Booth - Awards Banner
[quote author=abzu link=topic=20622.msg214869#msg214869 date=1154097391] Also, I think we* should put a display together similar to what Vincent had last year -- the hanging panels that described Dogs and its accolades.…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, Paka, Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman, timfire, Nathan P., jasonm, Valamir, btrc, Paul Czege, Dantai, c, Emily Care, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

7/28/2006 Gregor Hutton: Best Friends released
Back in March Joe Prince released Contenders, the first Ronnies game to be published, and now I've got Best Friends for sale as a PDF. The print copy, fingers crossed,…
In Publishing
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Dantai.

7/28/2006 cpeterso: [TSOY] distilled vs undistilled poison?
How do distilled poisons differ from undistilled? TSOY pages 171-173 describe the poisons' effects with different verbiage, but I don't see a significant difference. thanks, chris
In CRN Games
Participants: cpeterso, Clinton R. Nixon.

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7/31/2006 Joe Dizzy: [Retro Runner] First draft. - General feedback requested
Hello all. This is my first foray into designing a game, as opposed to house-ruling an existing one into oblivion. This is very much modeled on my first exposure to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Joe Dizzy, leapin lizard, Bill_White, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Noon.

7/31/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Frostfolk and GNS aggravation.
(Please note: I'm hoping to use this thread as the opening point of a discussion, rather than as a straight report). --- Of late, I've taken a lot of time…
In Actual Play
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Ron Edwards, r_donato, Precious Villain, Caldis, Christopher Kubasik, Melinglor.

7/31/2006 Zach: [Intergalactic Cooking Challenge] Published! What next?
Written by Zach Welhouse and illustrated by Pauli Kohberger and Mika Peterson, Intergalactic Cooking Challenge is the first concentrated effort to present the high-stakes world of futuristic cooking challenges in…
In Publishing
Participants: Zach, Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman.

7/31/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Info, funding, and homework for the authors
Hi, I'm back with some information on how the Essen project, previously discussesd here, is making progress. To recap, Spiel fair at Essen, Germany, is Europe's largest game fair and…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Justin D. Jacobson, Markku Tuovinen, TonyLB, jasonm, Blankshield, Yokiboy, Emily Care.

7/31/2006 TonyLB: Is popcorn necessary?
So, our very own Hans coined the term "popcorn throwing" to generally cover any out-of-game social feedback of the "Oh, what you did totally sucks, take it back," variety.  And…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Mark Woodhouse, Bret Gillan, Hans, Valamir, Andrew Morris, Tuxboy, Vaxalon, Gaerik.

7/31/2006 Doyce: [Galactic] Denver Playtest: Session 0
So folks got together on Friday, roughly around 6pm, to run through all the prep-work for a Galactic! campaign: Captains, Crews, Factions, the Galaxy, our First Worlds, and an addition…
In Playtesting
Participants: Doyce, Matt Wilson.

7/31/2006 timfire: [tMW] Non-gamers---joke-y but thematically interesting
A few weeks ago... three weeks ago I think, I played two sessions of The Mountain Witch with three of my non-gamer friends. The first was Becky, who was like,…
In Actual Play
Participants: timfire, Noon.

7/31/2006 Dom: [Actual Play] Blood Opera @ Continuum 2006
[b]Or...my First Time Experience Running CoS.[/b] The following is the set of notes that I put together immediately after running [color=Red]Blood Opera[/color] at Continuum. As it was something like 2AM…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Dom, Keith Senkowski, Neil the Wimp, Iskander.

7/31/2006 r_donato: [TSOY] Rules question re: BDTP with multiple opponents
I have some questions regarding standard (non-gestalt) BDTP with multiple opponents. Let's suppose we have three characters: A, B, and C. (I thought long and hard about those names.) Question…
In CRN Games
Participants: r_donato, Twobirds, Gaerik.

8/1/2006 Arturo G.: [Polaris] Two scenes frozen from a convention show
Some days ago I got the record of our quick Polaris show at PuCLN, a national Spanish game convention held in mid July. It was an incredible successful session. Players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Arturo G., Steven Stewart.

8/1/2006 micah: Free artist needed
Hi. I have several projects simmering away at the moment but, like most people, I'm stuck on the artwork front. Though I do draw and have art experience, I'm just…
In Connections
Participants: micah.

8/1/2006 Bret Gillan: [Gods] The Myth Cycle
The following is the rough Myth Cycle I've come up with. The Myth Cycle covers the Comics Code that will be followed in the various Ages, and the Ages that…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, xeperi, Hans, TheCzech, Threlicus, oreso, newsalor.

8/1/2006 Randulf: [Harn] A character, a demon, and a question
[b]Baldwin[/b] Stamina 4, Military Training Will 5, Belief System, Vow (to Argent Order) Lore 1, Naive Cover 5, Knight of the Order of the Lady of Paladins Humanity 4 Telltale:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2006 vfortgm: Seeking collaberators for online game tool
Is anyone out there interested in contributing to the development of an on-line game tool? I am looking for designers, graphic artists and play testers. It is a completely non-commercial…
In Connections
Participants: vfortgm.

8/1/2006 TonyLB: [DexCon] [Unistat] One Wing Dipped in Blood
So, final slot of DexCon ... Sunday, 2 - 6.  I know from experience that it's luck of the draw whether people show up for such a thing.  I also…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, John Harper, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, Rob Donoghue, Krista E, Sydney Freedberg, Shawn De Arment, xeperi.

8/1/2006 greyorm: Spot Colors and Printing with Lulu
Well, I've finally decided to take the plunge and get a print version of ORX set-up and ready for sale. And yes, those of you at Forge Midwest saw what…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc, MatrixGamer, joepub, timfire, Nathan P..

8/1/2006 Sinistraphobia: Products for review
We at The Gamestas are devoted to getting info on the best games out there, and The Forge has been a great place to find the best in independent games. …
In Connections
Participants: Sinistraphobia.

8/1/2006 JasperN.: [DitV]First try and observations about different gaming goals
So we got together yesterday to play Dogs for the first time. Players were me, Lukas (my partner) and Niklas (a friend of ours). We´ve known each other for years…
In Actual Play
Participants: JasperN., oliof, Ron Edwards, Frank T.

8/1/2006 xjermx: How do you handle NPCs in your game? simple vs complex
Hi folks, I figure Actual Play is a reasonable place for this. I'm curious how you handle NPCs in your game.  Specifically, their stats/sheet/combat related tasks.  To be even more…
In Actual Play
Participants: xjermx, TonyLB, Arturo G., Jonathan Hastings, RobNJ, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, Matthew Glover.

8/1/2006 Matt Wilson: Two Anniversaries
Two anniversaries, kinda. First, it’s now three years to the day since I brought Emmett home from the Humane Society. He’s snoozin’ nearby on his little blue doggy bed. Hooray…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, coffeestain, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, John Harper, joshua neff, oliof, Arturo G..

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