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8/18/2006 Spooky Fanboy: [Afraid] Please explain to someone who just stumbled across it
I found out last night, while browsing here, that there was a way to adapt DiTV to horror, a way called Afraid. I'm curious: is it being written up as…
In lumpley games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Rustin, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, claes.

8/18/2006 boredoom: Desperate Reactions
When committing two Action tokens to gain the benefit of an Aptitude for defense as a Desperate Reaction, do those tokens have to come from the pool, or can they…
In Galileo Games
Participants: boredoom, inthisstyle.

8/18/2006 Nathan P.: Ask A Frequent Question: carry. a game about war.
Hiya, This thread is for questions about carry. a game about war. It's a game about the burden's and issue that soldiers bring with them into the Vietnam war. I'll…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Meguey, Rob MacDougall.

8/18/2006 Randulf: Boost Stamina question
I've searched on Boost Stamina and I still don't think I get it.  When does the damage from over-boosting take effect? If it's immediate, then the penalties from the damage…
In Adept Press
Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2006 Nathan P.: Ask A Frequent Question: Timestream
Hiya, This thread is for questions about Timestream, the game of cinematic time travel. I'll be updating this post to incoporate answers from downthread. What's up with all the formats?…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

8/18/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Gen Con Playtest
So I got together at Gen Con with a dream team of young Turks to try out Grey Ranks:  Gregor "Best Friends" Hutton, Kevin "Primitive" Allen Jr, Joe "Contenders" Prince,…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Technocrat13, Nathan P., Dantai, Gregor Hutton.

8/18/2006 Randulf: [Harn] Another character and more questions
Hiyas.  I've got a character concept from another player - I think he mostly gets it. He's another knightly character, whose demon is a parasite that inhabits his eye.  The…
In Adept Press
Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2006 Steven Stewart: [Vice!] [Discordia] [The Pool] and other stuff...
Well, not sure where to post, so I think that first thoughts is always a good place if you can't find another one. I am still working on the Big…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Steven Stewart, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Agon for Solo Play
I first started roleplaying when Traveller was the new kid on the block. Traveller actually had pretty good support for solo play, and I believe it was a deliberate part…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Beast Master question
The Beast Master heroic ability includes +2 Positioning against Beasts. Does this include Monsters that happen to be Beast-like (or are you meant to make Monsters distinctly different from living…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Sailing
The first thing I wondered about when looking at the character sheet - what do you use for Sailing! I understand that the game is set up so that it…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Rolls to avoid or cancel specific effects
In the rules, players might make contests for the following kind of things: At the start of a battle, to see if they can choose the starting range. When…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 Silmenume: [Middle Earth - home brew] 2nd day in July 4th '06 week of play.
The following morning (if one considers two PM to be morning) I find that I am the last to rise.  I bleary my way downstairs to find that some Team…
In Actual Play
Participants: Silmenume, Valamir, Precious Villain, Caldis, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Special Manoevres
I can see potential abuse (or what seems like abuse to me) here. What's to stop a character who is planning to use one of these from putting as many…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Hubris - contests into battles
You can turn a contest into a battle by invoking Hubris. What if the contest is something like, crossing a river. Does the GM then have to create the river…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Minions and Glory
I'm unclear on how much glory you get for defeating minions. I think it's either: a) Base cost of a minion (say, 7), divided by heroes. Then each hero gets…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Shield - is it worth it?
I'm not completely convinced of the usefulness of the Shield. It gives less dice than either the sword or spear, and when using the spear at least, you can certainly…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Oaths - the helping die
I see on the FAQ that the character providing the helping chooses the ability. I'm not sure about this. If they are free to choose d4 and d6 traits, and…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Divine Favour and rerolls.
John, in your reply on Luke/abzu's thread, you said that the wrestler could have rerolled all his dice for 2 Divine Favour, if I read you right. But the chart…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Strife and Simple contests
According to the text, The Antagonist gets 1 Strife when defeating a Hero in a simple contest. Is this 1 strife per hero defeated in that contest, or 1 strife…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

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8/18/2006 Tomas HVM: A silent game
I've read the thread "What is possible to achieve with game design", and had a thought: How about making a game that is supposed to be played out in silence…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tomas HVM, Kevin Allen Jr, matthijs, David Artman, Bret Gillan, a302b, itesser.

8/18/2006 Andrew Morris: Looking for the right printer, need some help
Does anyone know of a POD or small run printer that can handle all of the following, or at least the first two? 1. Small trim size (4.25 in. by…
In Publishing
Participants: Andrew Morris, Valamir, Ron Edwards, andrew_kenrick, Jake Richmond, joepub, AvalonPOD, nikola.

8/18/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY][New Key] Cursed!
In our swashbuckling pirates game last Wednesday, the crew was attempting to salvage a shipwreck and were somewhat startled to discover a huge sea serpent had taken up residence in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, xjermx, John Harper, JMendes.

8/18/2006 anders_larsen: [Distant Horizons] Character concept
Distant Horizons is a game that have been brewing in the back of my mind for some time, but I could never find some way to get started on it.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen, Joshua BishopRoby, Eric J. Boyd, David Artman, Roy Batty.

8/18/2006 Karasu: Revised Edition?
Please excuse me if this has been answered elsewhere but, what are some of the key differences or clarifcations that would behoove an owner of of the first edition to…
In Universalis
Participants: Karasu, Valamir.

8/18/2006 BeUrgaust: Character Creation through a developing history?
Okay I just checked out the Fate variant to Fudge and I think that the character creation system is stellar!!! The way its presented the GM provides a general history,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BeUrgaust, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Mcrow, joepub, dindenver.

8/19/2006 timfire: [Mexican Standoff] I shot Peter Adkison... but he shot me back
So Sunday at GenCon Peter Adkison did his usually rounds at the Forge booth, buying pretty much every new game on the shelf---my little party game Mexican Standoff included. Then,…
In Actual Play
Participants: timfire, John Harper, Wolfen, Keith Senkowski.

8/19/2006 Twobirds: [TSOY] Cults and secret societies
Clinton has mentioned that he's worked on a supplement for The Shadow of Yesterday called "Yesterday's Heresies."  He's linked the doc-in-progress before, so I think it's okay if I throw…
In CRN Games
Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

8/19/2006 AaronLehmann: Play by post/play by chat
So I picked up Capes at GenCon, along with Sorcerer, and started lurking these boards to try and get an idea how the old hands play it. You guys carry…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: AaronLehmann, Wolfen, Kintara, Dave Cleaver, Gaerik.

8/19/2006 Paka: Gave it a Go
It hasn't felt like I played yet; it felt like we gave it a go. When I read games, I have to read them over once or more, go play…
In one.seven design
Participants: Paka, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Bret Gillan, Valamir.

8/19/2006 epweissengruber: [Heroquest Genericized] Kung-fu and Sci-Fi Game in Toronto
Erik Weissengrube here. I am opening a thread for discussion of the games I ran at the Toronto Roleplayers Alliance's "Fun Day" The two games were - Kung-fu Assault on…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/19/2006 Matt Wilson: Post-convention sales
I sold a moderate number of books at Gen Con. I didn't make money, after factoring my share of the booth, hotel, gas money, food, etc. But here's the thing:…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Wilson, Justin D. Jacobson, John Harper, Jonathan Walton, Blankshield.

8/19/2006 Andrew Craig: [DITV] Shepherd's Find Branch - a 4-5 hour town?
Hey all, My first game of Dogs is coming up soon.  There're two other players; neither of them has played before either. We want the first town to be resolved…
In lumpley games
Participants: Andrew Craig, oliof.

8/19/2006 Technocrat13: [theInfected2] Spiders of Phoenix
A few months back I hammered out a little zombie movie game I called Shamble and Moan.  By the time I got done with it I was calling it the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Technocrat13, Aman the Rejected, knicknevin.

8/19/2006 John Harper: Agon Semi-Official Rules Changes
This thread will collect playtested rules modifications that I think improve game play. ----- Highest Position Roll The combatant with the highest position roll gets to make two moves instead…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.

8/19/2006 AaronLehmann: Being Overdrawn
What does it mean to be overdrawn?  What are the game effects? Also, I had a question about implementation:  Superman's alterego is Clark Kent.  He rarely makes use of his…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: AaronLehmann, TonyLB.

8/19/2006 Emily Care: [Shooting the Moon]Gen Con: Stalingrad '43
Hello all, At Gen Con, I got to play Shooting the Moon with Jye and Scott from Australia. We had demo'ed the game earlier in the day and had fun,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, jasonm, JasperN., Brand_Robins, Jye Nicolson, Parthenia.

8/19/2006 daMoose_Neo: Wanted: Vampire & generic item imagry
I'm looking for some vampire and otherwise generic images for an upcoming expansion of Final Twilight. The images would need to be about 2 inches sq. at 300 DPI. Terms…
In Connections
Participants: daMoose_Neo, racingspoons.

8/19/2006 AaronLehmann: Capes and GMing
So I'm thinking about taking a setting I wrote and ran in D&D, and porting it to Capes.  My concern is that there is cool story I want to tell,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: AaronLehmann, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, baron samedi, LemmingLord.

8/19/2006 AaronLehmann: Splitting sides
How do splitting sides work?  What if a player controls characters on two sides?  Can he give story tokens to himself? Example: Alice is playing OneUpMan for free, and has…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: AaronLehmann, xeperi, Hans.

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