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8/12/2006 Marhault: [Afterworld] Resolution outline
I outlined more or less how I want conflicts to work in Afterworld.  Previous thread is here.  You may want to read that one first. When a conflict arises, follow…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marhault, Jasper.

8/12/2006 Ravious: "New" PbP Idea - Almost GM-ful
First, a PbP is a play-by-post - a forum-run RPG, similar to a PBeM (play-by e-mail) but, in my opinion, with significant advantages. The idea came to me from a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ravious, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2006 Yaksha: [The Window] Sizzle
SIZZLE When I first read The Window I instantly became excited at the very liberating form of role playing it was proposing.  I soon however got bogged down with the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Yaksha, Troy_Costisick.

8/12/2006 HOT: [System Does Matter] - Thank you Ron!
(OK English isn't my first language so I'll apologize in in advance for any errors and I hope that they don't detract from anything I have to say.) this post…
In Adept Press
Participants: HOT, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2006 rulvestad: I think I get it now
I posted this DitV AP (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20642.0) a while back and since then I’ve been following and participating in a couple other threads.  I’ve also reread the some of the original…
In Actual Play
Participants: rulvestad, Noon.

8/12/2006 Byron: [Codex] Using Story Tokens
I would like some direction on the subject of using story tokens.  I can envision how I want them to work but I would like to see some examples and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Byron, Troy_Costisick, TroyLovesRPG.

8/11/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: [The Roach] Actual Play, Koalas, Incest and Gunfire
Last night I got play Shab-al-Hiri roach with a bunch of my friends.  Bret already posted a little bit about what he felt about the session, but I wanted to…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, jasonm, Bret Gillan, segedy, Lxndr.

8/11/2006 Bret Gillan: [The Roach] Gameplay Observations
So I got to play Shab Al-Hiri Roach last night and it was a blast. We were only able to play for two hours so we only made it through…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, oliof, segedy, jasonm.

8/11/2006 Wolfen: Rats in the Walls - Playtesters needed
Greetings! My fellow Forgites, I am in need of your services, if you are interested in helping me out. I've (finally) gotten around to putting together the latest version of…
In Connections
Participants: Wolfen.

8/11/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: {HENSHIN!} I need a resolution mechanic...
I'd like to make a game about teenaged magical girls juggling relationships and a normal life against thier duty to fight the monsters menacing their school and town.  Mostly Sailor…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Kesher, Kintara.

8/10/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Second Playtest - this time with 100% more apes!
We played the second playtest game of Six Bullets last night. This time round we had the right number of players (7), and with a mix of veterans and newbies,…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/10/2006 stack0v3rflow: [System] System check
OK, so the setting is the William Marshal meets “Fast and the Furious”, kind of a knight-punk; think “A Knight’s Tale” with good music and a larger part for Alan…
In First Thoughts
Participants: stack0v3rflow, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/10/2006 Jacob: [DitV] Reoccurring NPCs / Towns in Dogs
I’m getting ready to start running my first DitV campaign, and one of my players has mentioned that she would really like to emphasize on in-game relationships. She pointed out…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jacob, Vaxalon, Eliarhiman6, baron samedi, oliof, Bret Gillan, Claudia Cangini, lumpley, cdr.

8/10/2006 MJGraham: [Insurrection] Idea for using Karma to resolve conflicts
I wanted to run this idea for using a karma based system for resolving conflicts and I was hoping for some criticism At the beginning of a scene the GM…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, matthijs.

8/10/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [Sorcerer] Prep, Swedish 19th century folklore
Next weekend I'm playing Sorcerer with three friends, and now I'm preparing for the character creation session. I have suggested three different settings in an email, and the players were…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jonas Karlsson.

8/10/2006 Taltos: [DitV - Firefly] Whirling with the Dervish
The background: Some friends and I are inspired by the DitV mechanics, but one of our players is horribly turned off by the setting. He is a big Firefly fan.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Taltos, JMendes.

8/10/2006 BeUrgaust: Calvinballing for viable combat?
Okay lets set a scene... lets do a wuxia kungfuish game with a strong narritive bent. However, the rules for combat are as follows: The participant of combat that initiates…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BeUrgaust, Noon, matthijs, Filip Luszczyk, Thomas D, tj333.

8/10/2006 Chirikh: RP Log Thread.
I'd posted these on the old forum, and the online game has some new folks who need the old backstory again. So it's past time to be doing them up…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Chirikh.

8/9/2006 SilentScope: Tycoon: First Draft
[quote="Tycoon"]In this game set in the far future, the entire galaxy is run by tycoons, business magnates and moguls that have managed to gain themselves political power by using economic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SilentScope.

8/9/2006 Taltos: Alternate 'disadvantage' approach?
We are ramping up for our Firefly based DitV setting and in going through the first conflicts I had a thought on a way to handle disadvantaged situations that I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Taltos, Wolfen, demiurgeastaroth, Eliarhiman6.

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8/13/2006 Tancred: Missing Suspense in the Dog's Bidding System
Hi, I'm looking for advice on a problem that's come up when I recently played Dogs in the Vineyard. When a conflict's arisen and the dice have been rolled we…
In lumpley games
Participants: Tancred, Gugliandalf, JMendes, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Vaxalon, ffilz, zornwil.

8/13/2006 epweissengruber: HQ and the Mountain Witch setup.
I love the mechanics of this ronin-meets-Resevoir Dogs game: http://www.timfire.com/MountainWitch/MW_resources.html It's a great way to capture the play between trust and betrayal in samurai movies, westerns, and dark action stories.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

8/13/2006 iconoplast: Getting ready to run first game. Advice / Town sought.
I ran half a session of Dogs months ago, as an impromptu filler session when a D&D game failed to coalesce. However, I've been talking the game up forever, and…
In lumpley games
Participants: iconoplast, lumpley, Vaxalon.

8/13/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [HENSHIN!] A Back Cover Spiel, Plot Sequence and Whether I Need A GM
HENSHIN!  ...is a game about teenaged Mystical Guardians who defend thier friends and loved ones from the supernatural, at the cost of totally screwing up any chance of a normal…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, andrew_kenrick, Mr. Sluagh, c, knicknevin.

8/14/2006 Matthias Wasser: RISK or Civ, roleplayed
(Hi! As you might have guessed from my post count, I'm new here. This idea only reached the conscious parts of my brain today, which is why I registered. Also,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matthias Wasser, Vaxalon, komradebob, Sydney Freedberg, lev_lafayette, GregStolze, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer.

8/14/2006 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] Rule question: Dogs in IIEE
Hello! I have a question for Vincent, when he will be back from GenCon (but I would welcome comments and answers by others people, too) I have a doubt about…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Vaxalon, Spooky Fanboy, Claudia Cangini.

8/14/2006 joepub: Why do wolves bite people?
Okay, so Clinton ran this Kick Ass game of The Princes' Kingdom on the Sunday night of Gencon. But this cool, altered version that I'll talk about in a minute.…
In Actual Play
Participants: joepub, Clinton R. Nixon, Noon, eruditus, Meguey, Supplanter.

8/14/2006 Frank T: [Rim Patrol] Texans and hookers in space. Vodka, too.
So we have been asked to post about German game designs in development. Ron, you’re gonna like this one. The game is called “Randpatrouille” (Rim Patrol) and you can download…
In Playtesting
Participants: Frank T, abjourne.

8/14/2006 Adam Kleizer: [Mafia Story] Saving the daughter of the Boss
[b]Hello![/b] Last week I had the opportunity to test my game Mafia Story with 3 of my friends. (Get the playtest document [url=http://web.t-online.hu/kleizerne/rpg/mafiastory_briefgameplay.pdf]here[/url]. This document lacks a good overview of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Adam Kleizer.

8/14/2006 RobNJ: Dice probabilities question and meta-question
1) I am wondering where I can find probability distributions for various dice pools, or how I can generate them.  Most of us know the 3d6 bell curve, what I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RobNJ, stack0v3rflow, TonyLB, Valamir, jerry, Hans, Lxndr, David Artman, Blankshield, efindel.

8/14/2006 Andrew Morris: [GenCon][Unistat] Crazy surreal western/Americana and "Tesla: Dead or Alive"
For some reason, I didn't do much role-playing at GenCon. I had lots of fun just hanging out and doing random other stuff. But I did get a chance to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, LeSingeSavant, Eric Minton, Sydney Freedberg.

8/14/2006 Lxndr: [Ensemble] Playtesting at GenCon: Land of the Lost
Okay, so.  Ensemble, a game of improvisational roleplaying, managed to be playtested exactly once at GenCon, late Friday night at the Embassy Suites. It was originally Emily Care Boss, myself,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Lxndr, Nathan P., Jake Richmond, c, Jonathan Hastings.

8/14/2006 btrc: Post-GenCon comments
Just starting a thread for people to chip in on. I'm not in much shape to write, having just finished 15 hours of driving with a 4 hour sleep break…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, chadu, Editor Drew, Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, Matt-M-McElroy, jasonm, Nev the Deranged, Jürgen Mayer.

8/14/2006 James_Nostack: [mechaton] Strategies? Builder Code?
I've been dying to play Mechaton, and nearly got to play this weekend but some friends punked out on me.  This leads to a few points: 1.  Vincent, I'm not…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, ScottM, lumpley.

8/15/2006 tj333: [Drill] 12 Cranes Style VS Iron Fist of the Dragon
Inspired by the Calvinball for Combat thread I've written up this drill. Its a wuxia/kung-fuish /super powered martial arts style drill where the power of your long and perhaps oddly…
In Endeavor
Participants: tj333, Noon, BeUrgaust.

8/15/2006 marknau: GenCon Observations from an "Outsider"
I haven't been keeping up with things at the Forge for about 3 years now. I saw the booth at GenCon and waded in to see what was up. Observations…
In Conventions
Participants: marknau, c, Smithy, Waiwode, Editor Drew, Zach, stove, RobNJ, Adam Dray, David Artman, Sydney Freedberg, Denise, sean2099, Turbo, GB Steve, MikeH.

8/15/2006 John Kim: 2005 Indie RPG Award Winners
So the Indie Awards were announced on Friday live at GenCon, and I'm posting them now as I get back.  I'm updating the website with comments and pictures now --…
In Conventions
Participants: John Kim.

8/15/2006 John Harper: Agon (print version) now available!
My game of ancient Greek heroes, Agon, is now available in printed form, thanks to the good folks at Lulu.com. You can order the book here. The game website has…
In Publishing
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/15/2006 wunderllama: [Mouse Guard] Fantastic GenCon playtest!
This past weekend at GenCon, I was privileged enough to play through a playtest of Clinton Nixon’s Mouse Guard, run by Clinton himself. (Mouse Guard is a game he wrote…
In Playtesting
Participants: wunderllama, Solamasa, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, ironick, pedyo.

8/15/2006 epweissengruber: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
I will be running a Space Opera take on The Well of Souls shortly. I have posted my notes and my character sheets here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Space%20Opera%20and%20Well%20of%20Souls/ The labels allow players to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Der_Renegat.

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