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8/2/2006 jasonm: [The Roach] Gameplay Questions
Emily Care Boss had some questions arise during her Roach game at Jiffy-Con.  THey are good questions, so I thought I'd share them here with y'all.  Here's what I told…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, Doyce.

8/2/2006 BWA: Freelance Editing (available)
I'm a full-time professional editor, and I do some freelance work now and then. I'd love to work on someone's game (or website, or what have you) instead the dull…
In Connections
Participants: BWA.

8/2/2006 Noutaja: More About length of game
Hi everyone! Usually our Polaris sessions arent very long. Every session lasts something between 4 or 6 hours, I dont know yet that how many sessions we need to play…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Noutaja, Ben Lehman, martino, Steven Stewart, Blankshield, Arturo G..

8/2/2006 sourflower: Dice instead of cards
I purchased the game several months ago but being a traditional gamer I am having trouble getting players to try to give a game using cards a chance (and am…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: sourflower, Michael S. Miller.

8/2/2006 thwaak: [Praise & Shipping] Matt Rocks!
Just wanted to say that I ordered PTA on July 26, and got it August 1. That's excellent turn around time (considering that I ordered some stuff from IPR on…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: thwaak, Matt Wilson, 1000buffalo, ejkong, Dave Versace, dragavan.

8/2/2006 abzu: Forge Booth Sticker Scheme
Hello, hello, So, based on our bad experiences at the Forge boothg in the past few years with repitching the same customers over and over again, I devised a simple…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/2/2006 Sonja: [Dust Devils] Concrete Angels
Is the PDF for Concrete Angels still circulating? Apparently it's to play Dust Devils in modern world of crime. Is there just one PDF or multiple? Sonja
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Sonja, Matt Snyder, Hans.

8/2/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - The fog of war
On Friday night we played the fourth session of our HeroQuest Dark Ages game. Reports on previous sessions can be found here and here. For a number of reasons to…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, TonyLB, beingfrank.

8/2/2006 Adam Kleizer: [Mafia Story] How much complexity is still ok?
Hey all! I've got this game, which started as the Game Chef entry "The Dynasty", then became "La famiglia" after converting it to a mafia setting. Now I just use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Kleizer, matthijs.

8/2/2006 Zach: [Intergalactic Cooking Challenge] It's chefs... in spaaaaaaaace!
Last evening, I ran Intergalactic Cooking Challenge for three friends, all college-aged guys who’re fond of traditional role-playing. It was intended as a one-shot to introduce them to the universe…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zach.

8/2/2006 Gordon C. Landis: [SNAP] Publication history, publication future
The design history of SNAP (a generic “system” to build & run Narish games) I can trace back to this May 2001 post, but the publication history . .…
In Publishing
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, MatrixGamer, Adam SBG.

8/2/2006 oliof: [TSoY] Rat Moon Rising (single session run! -possibly spoiler content)
Hi, this weekend, Frank T ran Rat Moon Rising for us. In short: The game rocked! Players were Martin, Ron (our Ron, not Ron Edwards), and me. Martin and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: oliof, Frank T, JasperN..

8/2/2006 Paul T: Princes & Prophecies
Hello, I have been reading discussions on the Forge for about eight months now, and getting more and more of a solid grasp of how the theory relates to game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, TonyLB, Andrew Norris.

8/2/2006 Lxndr: Fastlane Advertisement
If you liked Fastlane and want to promote it, and you're publishing a book or other item wherein games might be advertised, there is now an official full-page advertisement available,…
In Connections
Participants: Lxndr.

8/2/2006 Brian Leybourne: Fate - Mechanics initial thoughts
Hi all, I'm back after a REALLY long absence. In fact, I don't think I've been on in a year (good to see you all at last years GenCon, by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Darcy Burgess, Hermes3, btrc, trechriron, dsmvites.

8/2/2006 Rustin: [Afraid] A Monster and Questions
I ran my Witchfinder version of Dogs.  The players enjoyed themselves, though they didn't show much interest in passing judgment, rooting out sin etc... Afraid, I think, will…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rustin, Marhault.

8/2/2006 Steven Stewart: Offering to Host a Polaris Game over Ventrilo (Voice over Intenet Software)
Hello fellow Polaris fans. I am really excited about this game, and looking forward to playing. Due to some real life constraints and location, I think that playing Voice Over…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Steven Stewart, Ben Lehman.

8/1/2006 SilentScope: [Insurgency: The RPG] Published! What next?
A bit about the game first. http://insurgency.bravehost.com/ Insurgency: The Game is a Roleplaying Game created by Silent. Players take on the role of Insurgent Commanders, leading a growing insurgency, uniting…
In Publishing
Participants: SilentScope, daMoose_Neo, abzu.

8/1/2006 mtiru: [Princes' Kingdom] Not Giving to a Monkey
[b]The Princes’ Kingdom[/b] I recently ran the Princes’ Kingdom for two new gamers and a veteran, all adults. For people who might look at Clinton’s game as just “Dogs variant”…
In Actual Play
Participants: mtiru, Jonathan Hastings, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/1/2006 knicknevin: How Do I Stop the Train and Stay Friends with the Driver?
To start with, some background: I belong to an RPG club that runs in 2 month blocks, where the members divide up and play different games for those 2 months.…
In Actual Play
Participants: knicknevin, TonyLB, Blankshield, xjermx, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Noon.

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8/2/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Kingdom question.
I've got a LOT of nieces, nephews, and cousins.  Many are of around the target age for this game. My extended family is very, very Christian, and *will* read anything…
In CRN Games
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/3/2006 baron samedi: [DitV Alternate Settings] City sin progression in Judaic Kabbalah?
Hi fellow Dogs, I'm trying to figure out a way to reflect the City sin progression in other settings than the Deseret world of "vanilla" DITV... Specifically, I was trying…
In lumpley games
Participants: baron samedi, xeperi.

8/3/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Rewards
I'm considering overhauling Over the Edge's mechanical reward system with my group, with the main goal of vitalizing play, getting people jazzed about cool stuff happening, and rewarding them tangibly…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, r_donato, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2006 sourflower: Gencon
Will there be any games of WGP at Gencon next week? I would love to sit in on one.  I think it would be much easier to grasp the concepts…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: sourflower, Michael S. Miller.

8/3/2006 Falkayn: [Dust Devils] How to narrate outside of conflict?
OK, from reading Matt's replies to various threads on this board I've got a fair idea as to how to handle conflicts, but I'm a little stuck wondering how we…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Falkayn, Hans, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen.

8/3/2006 Blankshield: [Gencon] Where do I go, what do I do?
Ok, this is straight up questions to the primary sponsers, so please don't post unless you happen to be one of them with answers. I'm getting off a plane Wednesday…
In Conventions
Participants: Blankshield, timfire, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Keith Senkowski, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc, drozdal, jasonm, abzu.

8/3/2006 Noon: 'Must...learn...crane technique!' Design idea.
Had an idea for a gamist bent design. Basically the GM/some player describes an opponents move toward you. You then go on to describe your move. The GM/other player then…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, oreso, Arturo G., Filip Luszczyk, Eliarhiman6.

8/3/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Booth monkeys in charge of the games
This is the second booth monkey thread for the booth at Spiel Essen in October. This time, it’s not about “I’d like to be there and I possibly could demo…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Markku Tuovinen.

8/3/2006 Berlin-Raoul: Translation of German Indi Games to English
Hello, this is my first Articel and you will see, english is not my first Language. ;-) I`am a Member of the German-Berlin Club "Nexus / Projekt Odyssee" and met…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Berlin-Raoul, Ron Edwards, JasperN., oliof, Frank T, Paul Czege, xenopulse, Artanis.

8/3/2006 epweissengruber: Collaborative Setting and NPC Creation for A Heroquest Conspiracy Game
Hi, I tried to set up a campaign based in the Lunar Empire but it fizzled.  I came up with some very elaborate setting-creation plans under the inspiration of Vincent…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

8/3/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Broken, cannot act, so forced out of BDTP?
This happened in our game last night.  I just want to make sure I handled it in a manner consistent with the rules as written. Bobby and Jake's characters, having…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Eero Tuovinen.

8/3/2006 preludetotheend: Asian Publishers
A while back I remember a thread popping up about a person looking to print in asia but not sure if the cost was worth it. I have recently been…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/3/2006 thwaak: Bring It On!
Heya, Last night I was talking up PTA to my gaming group after our session ended, so we didn't have a lot of time to discuss it, and interest in…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: thwaak, Matt Wilson, joshua neff.

8/3/2006 semioticity: The Mountain Witch, from a First Poster
First off, some background: I've been gaming for about 20 years, GMing for much of that, but I'm new to the Forge and this is my first post here. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: semioticity, Eero Tuovinen, timfire.

7/31/2006 master dwarf: PM Spam
I just got spammed via the private message feature of the forums.  User: Don Johnson.  Anybody else encounter this?  Could somebody look into this and squash it?
In Site Discussion
Participants: master dwarf, Kicker, Claudia Cangini, Johanna, signoftheserpent, ricmadeira, Gasten, J-MK, Hawk, drozdal, Clinton R. Nixon, thwaak, Silmenume, Lord Shield, David Johansen, greyorm, Thunder_God, droog, Ron Edwards, Jonny Nexus, Bardsandsages, Eva Deinum, epweissengruber, Bankuei.

8/3/2006 thwaak: Going from Mainstream to Independent?
Heya, There are plenty of games that started off as independent ventures and made the jump to mainstream publishing/success, but what of the reverse? Have any games started as being…
In Publishing
Participants: thwaak, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, abzu, Kesher, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

8/3/2006 Paul Czege: what the non-occultists need
Playtesting has shown that non-occultist NPCs (Nobodies and Victims) don't emerge to capture our interest as protagonists in the narrative of play. As this was a primary design goal for…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, c.

8/3/2006 Gaerik: [TSoY] Mobsters and Double Agents
Greetings, I recently ran an introductory session of TSoY for my group and received positive feedback on it.  Thus, I decided to start a longer running campaign style game and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Ron Edwards, oliof.

8/3/2006 komradebob: Other ways of rpg publishing?
Has anyone explored the idea of "publishing" a game as a magazine article/submission? I think Ryan ( Guildofblades) mentioned the idea in another thread a while back, although I don't…
In Publishing
Participants: komradebob, preludetotheend, Joshua BishopRoby, guildofblades, David Artman, Bardsandsages.

8/3/2006 Jonathan Hastings: Trouble with a Conviction Strife Aspect
(The players in the WGP... game I am GMing should avoid this thread). So, James is playing the Hypernaut, a Green Lantern, cosmic cop type character (although with more trippy/new…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Michael S. Miller.

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