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8/22/2006 Tomas HVM: [The Dull and the Dramatic] A game sketch
Here goes! Following is a short sketch of a possible roleplaying-game. Any comments are apprectiated. Any test of it and report in the "Actual Play"-forum is appreciated. Go gently, it's…
In Endeavor
Participants: Tomas HVM, matthijs, xenopulse.

8/21/2006 Yokiboy: Untitled Questions
Hello Keith, As a huge Dark City fan I really enjoyed the Ronnies version of Untitled, and wonder how much the published version(s) differ from the contest winner? Any play…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Yokiboy, Nev the Deranged, jburneko, Alex Fradera, Keith Senkowski, inthisstyle.

8/21/2006 Doyce: [Galactic] Denver Playtest: Session One
Okay, so the group got together for our first 'real' session of Galactic, since our first session (also detailed here in the forum) was pretty much nothing but the prep…
In Playtesting
Participants: Doyce, Matt Wilson, Pyromancer.

8/21/2006 boredoom: AP -Mörtål Cöil - Revenge of the Vikings
Mortal Coil really speaks to me, so I chose it as the first game to GM after a 15 year hiatus. I wanted to try it out in a fantasy…
In Galileo Games
Participants: boredoom, inthisstyle.

8/21/2006 pfischer: Shock on IPR?
Hi, I can't seem to find Shock on IPR - am I looking in the wrong place? Is it going to be there at some point if not there yet?…
In glyphpress
Participants: pfischer, nikola.

8/21/2006 opsneakie: Alternate DitV setting?
I've been playing Dogs and Afraid recently, and I've been wondering about possible adaptations of the system: For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of running a…
In lumpley games
Participants: opsneakie.

8/21/2006 LemmingLord: Long Winded Narration
How much can someone narrate the actions of characters whom they are not playing in a particular scene? Free narration - assuming player A is playing Archer and player B…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LemmingLord, Vaxalon, Hans, TheCzech, Andrew Morris, TonyLB.

8/21/2006 azrianni: review of Breaking the Ice on RPGnet
I've posted a review of Breaking the Ice on RPGnet: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12397.phtml
In Black and Green Games
Participants: azrianni, Emily Care.

8/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [The War for Eridani] The Big Three and some questions.
[i]What's the game's about?[/i]  The War for Eridani is a roleplaying wargame that asks: Can you win the War for Eridani and remain a decent human being? [i]What do the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, jasonm.

8/21/2006 Meguey: GenCon AP: Bacchanal, carry, Primitive, Roach, and more
Rather than starting seven separate threads for my actual play at GenCon, it's mostly all here. I played a Bacchanal demo with Ron and two other men while Tovey was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Meguey, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2006 Kat Miller: Southern Exposure III: Indie Explosion?
The same staff that brings us Dreamation and Dex Con also host a smaller con in Cherry Hill New Jersey (just outside of Philadelphia)  at the end of September. Southern…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, devilbunny, abzu, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., Kevin Allen Jr, xeperi, Bret Gillan, gains, forlorn1, Kai_lord, Mel_White.

8/21/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Achievements
When doing Achievements, do you get Glory for those contests? Also, when doing achievements, can you Impair abilities to bring in other traits. My gut feeling is no in both…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/21/2006 Meguey: In which we say hello, and rules are disclosed
Hey, thanks for visiting Night Sky Games, home of 1001 Nights and whatever else happens. I'm Meguey Baker, 35, Pisces, married for 15 years, mother of three boys, Unitarian Universalist,…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey.

8/21/2006 joepub: [Boulevard] Moving between the Issues
So, I’ve got this game I’m working on. It’s called Boulevard, and it’s pretty fucking cool. It’s about these nihilistic, pretentious, lowlife, poverty-line, naïve, alternative kids. These kids are like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, marknau, David Artman, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/21/2006 mikefernandez: Origins
Hello internet.     I am working on a miniatures encounters system featuring Chargen, Groupgen, and a dynamic interaction system.     I would say I am about 8% towards…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mikefernandez, Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/21/2006 whytcrow: [TSOY] Long term campaigns
We're just finishing up a medium-ish long campaign of TSOY, and I really like the way the system works.  However, we've really hit the keys for all their worth, as…
In CRN Games
Participants: whytcrow, Gaerik, cpeterso, oliof, shadowcourt, Doyce, japrufrock, Paka, Frank T.

8/21/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Could you tell me a bit about your game?
Sorry, I did not see a webpage for it, and I'm assuming from the title it's based on 1001 Arabian Nights, and perhaps a competitive story game. Is that roughly…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Meguey, Ron Edwards, komradebob, 114211.

8/20/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Playtest 3 - a radical rethink
Six Bullets had its 3rd playtest late last night, and its first airing in face to face roleplaying. It was the same group who have run through the material a…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Technocrat13, Zathreyel.

8/20/2006 William Burke: [Dog Eat Dog] Seeking Playtesters
After seven months (most of it spent doing nothing), Dog Eat Dog is finally ready for outside playtesting. Dog Eat Dog is a game of colonialist oppression and its consequences. …
In Connections
Participants: William Burke, baron samedi, Bankuei, Paul Czege.

8/20/2006 Ron Edwards: [Contenders] The folks next door
Hi there, A few nights ago, my wife and I found ourselves in a state of fatigue, after a running-around day of work and way too much focused intensity on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Meguey, Matt Wilson, Yokiboy, pfischer, Dantai, Frank T, dysjunct, Noon, contracycle, c, Malcolm, r_donato, RDU Neil.

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8/22/2006 Samarkand: A newbie question about a dice mechanic
    I'm working out the details of a descriptor based challenge ladder inspired by FUDGE, only not using the 4dF dice.  The ladder is -5 to +5, with 0…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Samarkand, Kesher, Joshua BishopRoby, Darcy Burgess, Mcrow.

8/22/2006 rstites: Settlement of Dragon Pass Game
I'm starting a HQ game this Friday that will center around the (re)settlement of Dragon Pass in Glorantha.  I think it'll be a good place to start for a group…
In HeroQuest
Participants: rstites, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, Mandacaru.

8/22/2006 rstites: Personality Traits and Relationships
One question I got from a player was what do the various levels for personality traits and relationships mean.  There's tables showing what an ability is roughtly.  Anyone have one…
In HeroQuest
Participants: rstites, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Mandacaru, soru, Vaxalon.

8/22/2006 Der_Renegat: In this thread i´d like to talk about soviets HQStarWars
I dug the pdf out last week and had another closer look at it - really awesome just because of the sheer amount of work that must have been involved…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, sebastianz, soviet, Mike Holmes, barna284, Melinglor.

8/22/2006 drnuncheon: [AP] Capes at the Game Store
It was a recipe for failure.  Everything was stacked against it. I had stopped down at Game Masters (my FLGS) because the wife was at her "lady geeks" church group,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: drnuncheon, Vaxalon, Hans.

8/22/2006 claes: [DitV] Upgrade deal of Dogs
New to the board, although been lurking for a while. I've seen on the Dogs website that there will be an upgrade deal coming soon. When's it due and what'll…
In lumpley games
Participants: claes, lumpley, Spooky Fanboy.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Action order - tied ability
In Battles, the rules state that cgaracters act in reverse order of Positioning, and in case of tie, in order of Ability. How do you break ties if the Ability…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Divine Favor - Multiple Attacks
When spending the 2 point Divine Favor, Take an Extra Attack, can you do this multiple times within the same exchange?
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, LordSmerf.

8/22/2006 Denise: The Forge and the ENnies
Please be advised that the following post is mostly conjecture and opinion-finding, and does not constitute any sort of binding agreement from the ENnies Board of Directors. There's talk of…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, Ron Edwards, iago, Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Walton, Settembrini, jasonm, xeperi, M. J. Young, Dav, Ben Lehman.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Hero v Hero
The rules for contests explicitly cover things like Hero v NPC (Name + Ability) or Hero v Obstacle (Strife), but don't say anything about Hero v Hero. In a Hero…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.

8/22/2006 btrc: [soft landing] Seeking playtesters
As some of you know, one of the things I've been doing the past few years to stay awake on the Bataan Death March home from GenCon is to try…
In Connections
Participants: btrc.

8/22/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Mortal Coil] Frozen Alaska and serious rules questions
Brennan and all, My group played Mortal Coil last night in an awesome setting (the Klondike gold rush + necromancy), and I want to say that the setting-building part of…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, boredoom, Doyce, coffeestain, jasonm, Nathan P., Andy Kitkowski.

8/22/2006 drnuncheon: Spirit preorders
Hey Fred! I just talked my FLGS owner into starting to order stuff from IPR.  Will there be some way to preorder SotC through him and still get the PDF?…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: drnuncheon, iago.

8/22/2006 Ron Edwards: [Bacchanal] GenCon demos and more
Hello, I decided to spin off of Meg's thread GenCon AP: Bacchanal, carry, Primitive, Roach, and more. In it, she said it was interesting to see the fleeting look…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley, tonyd, Frank T, markus_cz, Jonathan Walton, hardcoremoose, charlesperez, Jasper the Mimbo, matthijs.

8/22/2006 Cabbagetom: "Nightmare nineoneone" (PTA)
Greetings Forge!  I joined so that I could discuss Prime time and any other games we've tried out.  My group of players here in edinburgh scotland have varying tastes and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Cabbagetom, Eric J..

8/22/2006 Kai_lord: Look! Up in the sky! It's the CapesBOT!
Well, as Hans requested, I'm officially announcing my Capes IRC bot. It's designed to track turn order and conflicts in a IRC Capes game. As of right now, it doesn't…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Kai_lord, Bret Gillan, jesterina, Hans, arcane, AaronLehmann.

8/22/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime 8/27
The Forge will be down for maintenance, and hopefully, spam prevention on Aug 27, 2006 all day.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

8/22/2006 TonyLB: [GenCon] How does the booth red-tape work?
[quote author=Clinton R. Nixon link=topic=21000.msg217798#msg217798 date=1156272771] If we could, on the other hand, build some sort of indie shanty-town of booths, well, that'd be amazing, but it's not going to…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Blankshield, Justin D. Jacobson, David Artman, LordSmerf, Jonathan Walton, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick.

8/22/2006 Bret Gillan: [The Apostles] Setting Good Stakes
The basic notion: this game is supposed to reward good stakes-setting. That's sort of the point of it. To take a scene, dig down beneath the layers of what's going…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bret Gillan, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB, Bill_White, LordRahvin.

8/22/2006 joepub: [Boulevard] Ranting! and how it works.
[url]http://competitiverpgs.pbwiki.com/f/Boulevard%20Board-1.pdf[/url] The link above my head shows a sample Ranting board. For a bit of context, check out this thread if you like: [url]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21010.0[/url]. I closed that one and opened…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, David Artman, stefoid, contracycle.

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