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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Nev the Deranged: Tony's alter-ego, in the flesh!
http://www.whowantstobeasuperhero.tv/cast/#majorvictory
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, TonyLB, Wolfen, AaronLehmann.

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8/22/2006 ffilz: [DitV] Buttercup Overlook 1st session
Last night, we polished off chargen (the young couple needed gear, and the husband's character needed to clarify his Dogs relationship), did initiation conflicts, and got started on Buttercup Overlook.…
In lumpley games
Participants: ffilz, oliof.

8/22/2006 Nathan P.: Ask Non-Frequent questions too!
It occurs to me that I may be shooting myself in the foot with all the stickies. The stickies are for big-picture questions/questions that I've already gotten multiple times about…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

8/22/2006 David Laurence: [DitV] Massive Supernatural Carnage in Play
This is a session I ran last night using this town, for the players I've been running as detailed here. (White Falls was good fun, but nothing I felt was…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Laurence, ffilz, oliof, Brennan.

8/22/2006 James_Nostack: aspects neither transformed nor redeemed?
Hi Michael-- in the end of our WGP game, one my aspects had been devastated, but we defeated the villain and devastated his Plan before I could redeem the aspect. …
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller.

8/22/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation 07] A Crazy Idea To Start Thinking About
At Dreamation 07, we* should organize an Indie Playtest Explosion, either formally or informally, part of the overall Indie Games Explosion or not. The basic point of it would be…
In Conventions
Participants: Nathan P., Andrew Morris, Bret Gillan, Bill_White, RobNJ, TonyLB, Paka, mtiru, Kat Miller, Shawn De Arment.

8/22/2006 Valamir: More miscellaneous queries
1) NPCs have Divine Favor.  Is it possible for them to have a god and get Favored Ability bonuses as well? 2) You can buy an Advantage die for 1…
In one.seven design
Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/22/2006 Valamir: Fun With Greatest Deeds
I'm liking the whole Greatest Deeds tracking thing.  Here's a thought I had that sounded kind of fun. Cut up the Greatest Deeds sheet into 8 individual "cards".  Award the…
In one.seven design
Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/22/2006 markus_cz: Nicotine Girls - an idea
Hi, in my game group we've finally decided to try this interesting game. Thinking about the rules, I had an idea. You see... we'd only play a one-shot. And in…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: markus_cz, Paul Czege, matthijs, Mike Holmes.

8/21/2006 jasonm: From Game Chef to Gen Con [split]
Yeah, what she said, and also I'd love to hear about the transformation from Game Chef entry to functional, complete game. 
In ndp design
Participants: jasonm, Nathan P., ocasta.

8/23/2006 Garvey: [Mortal Coil] Helping Directly
My group recently played Mortal Coil, (and I may post an actual play at some point) but in the process we had a few rules questions. As I understand the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Garvey, inthisstyle.

8/23/2006 drnuncheon: [Musing] Drives in different Genres
It seems to me that the Drives are what really ties Capes to the superheroic genre, at least on the mechanical level.  (The trappings are just that - trappings.  Excuses…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: drnuncheon, TheCzech, TonyLB, Vaxalon, LemmingLord, Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, Filip Luszczyk.

8/23/2006 Solamasa: [Mechaton] Assorted questions
Vincent, I have a few questions in the wake of two games and hours of explodey-mecha fun: 1.  A mech being attacked doesn't yet have a defence number, so goes…
In lumpley games
Participants: Solamasa, Valamir, lumpley, Ben Lehman, rafial.

8/23/2006 Eric J.: [Pentagon Game] How Anyone Can Love Roleplaying
Hello, I'd like to share a personal triumph with you guys. I'm visiting my old town for the summer on break from college.  I've been working on a RPG for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., JMendes.

8/23/2006 Noon: Crouching causality, hidden crane
I got into the issues of the previous design thread ('Must learn crane technique') and the problem point really, really surprised me. Which is a good thing. I'm going to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, Bill Masek, contracycle.

8/23/2006 Aaron: First Try (Sorcerer and Sword)
Sunday we played a session of Sorcerer and Sword and I've got to say fo the most part it went great! The guys were really into the character creation and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aaron, Frank T, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2006 Melinglor: Shameless praise and some first-timer questions
Hi! I've been poring over the available (free) Capes material as well as this forum for the last few months, and I must say, Tony, this game is brilliant. Delicious,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Melinglor, Kai_lord, drnuncheon, AaronLehmann, TonyLB.

8/23/2006 lev_lafayette: Wither theory?
Now that the RPG Theory and GNS Model discussion boards have been closed I'm at a bit of loss on where theoretical perspectives on roleplaying ought to be published. Or…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lev_lafayette, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/23/2006 Gregor Hutton: [Best Friends] Gen Con 06
I got to run short demo games of Best Friends on the booth at Gen Con 06. The knock on demos, in general, is that they aren't real games. In…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Malcolm, Yokiboy, John Kim, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2006 David Hallett: Another escalation question
We just finished our first town last night, and it was fun, though I think I can do better on the next one. We had to replay the final conflict…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Hallett, lumpley, Technocrat13.

8/23/2006 TonyLB: [Dreamation] The Indie Passport
This idea has been bandied about for years, and now the time has come.  It's a fun little invented reward for people to come hang around the booth ... and…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, iago, Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, RobNJ, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, Shawn De Arment, andrew_kenrick.

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