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8/25/2006 drnuncheon: Agon through IPR?
So, the owner of my FLGS was kind of interested in Agon - is it going to be available through IPR?
In one.seven design
Participants: drnuncheon, iago, John Harper.

8/25/2006 Sephera: Females game, too
I'm a fairly new D&D gamer (about two years). I started gaming with my husband and a few of our friends. There are four women that game in the group…
In Conventions
Participants: Sephera, iago, jasonm, Emily Care.

8/25/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Currency, Combat, and Confusion
Recently I started rereading Sorcerer in preparation for running a game.  However this time through when I hit the combat section of the rules I got all confused because they…
In Adept Press
Participants: DAudy, jburneko, Valamir, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2006 GreatWolf: [De Profundis] Play-by-blog
Recently I happened to remember that, back in GenCon 2002, I had purchased a copy of De Profundis, a Lovecraftian roleplaying game...of sorts.  This was part of Hogshead Publishing's line…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Tim C Koppang.

8/25/2006 jburneko: [InTERRORgation] More of a Drill than a Game.
Hello Everyone, So, at the upcoming SoCal Con, I've decided to run Annie Rush's game InTERRORgation.  I don't like running games for the very first time at a con so…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko.

8/25/2006 Eric Minton: [Degenerate States] Metamorphosis
So I’ve been toying with a vampire LARP idea in which vampirism isn’t a metaphor for adolescence, but rather about growing out of adolescence.  Vampires start out beautiful and hungry,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eric Minton.

8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Special Items
There's that section of the character sheet taunting me, tempting me, teasing me: Special Items. What sort of thing is that box for, and if it's for special items accumulated…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, rafial, iago, Valamir, John Harper.

8/25/2006 baron samedi: (RPG Layout) Questions on layout for 6"x9" format
Hello Forgers! I am looking for the advice of people who have some experience with layout for RPGs or books in 6"x9" format. I'm an amateur at doing layouts, I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: baron samedi, MatrixGamer, KeithBVaughn, Adam, Matt Wilson, Zach, Wolfen, madelf.

8/25/2006 iago: Divine Favor - Dice adders
Divine favor expenditure includes: 1 box: +1d6 to any roll 3 boxes: +1d8 to any roll My first question, one which may have been asked and answered (if so, apologies)…
In one.seven design
Participants: iago, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Valamir, coffeestain.

8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Highest Legend Benefits
According to the rules, the Hero with the highest Legend gets a +2 Orate in leadership-type contests. I like this. But, possibly inspired by Ralph's Greatest Deeds idea, I'd like…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/25/2006 TonyLB: Be good!
Okay, I'm probably not going to have net access until about Labor day. That means that if something goes wildfire out of control it better be the cool kind of…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB.

8/25/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM]My Life with Sauron
I originally posted this over at Story Games but thought it might be a good plan to post it here too. I mentioned that I was debating whether to run…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/25/2006 Paka: Writing a Dictionary: so many people to thank
Inspired by: Brennan's Mortal Coil: From Concept to Product Thor's Making of Burning Empires One , Two.  ]Three. Four. and Five The Dictionary of Mu began with this: I am…
In Publishing
Participants: Paka, iago, Keith Senkowski, Andrew Craig, abzu, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2006 marknau: [GenCon "Untitled"] Outsider Reaction
Hey there! I'm the ignorant boothgoer who slammed Untitled's presence at the Forge booth at GenCon '06. I know that many aspects of this topic have been hashed out and…
In Conventions
Participants: marknau, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2006 JohnTynes: The Fundamental Mechanic
So I went to GenCon last week for the first time in four years or so. And I found it a really fun experience. I had to work most of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JohnTynes, Gordon C. Landis, LordRahvin, jasonm, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, stuartr, iago, greyorm, Roger, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Thunder_God, Noon, jim pinto, Telarus, KSC, MatrixGamer, komradebob.

8/25/2006 iago: Agon: Heroic Traits Grab Bag
Okay, so, 10 Heroic Traits does not a sufficiently large grab-bag make, for me.  The ones provided on page 21 are *awesome*, but not in large enough quantities. So, I'm…
In one.seven design
Participants: iago, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, jasonm, Shreyas Sampat, rafial.

8/25/2006 xeperi: [Capes Lite] First steps on the road.
Hello everyone. Not too long ago I finally got around to getting myself a copy of Capes (and a lovely lovely binder of laminated and adhesive click-and-locks - kudos on…
In Actual Play
Participants: xeperi, Bret Gillan, Noon, peccable, Hans, drnuncheon.

8/25/2006 Nathan P.: [carry. a game about war.] From Game Chef to Gen Con
I posted this in the HPP forum, but figured it was of more general interest, so I'm reposting it here as well (with a couple edits)! Below is the basic…
In Publishing
Participants: Nathan P., joepub.

8/25/2006 TonyLB: A worthwhile exercise
Check out this AP thread and then maybe this one and this one.  You know what they had in common?  They all started from a common ground of strong preparation,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, oreso, Gaerik, Technocrat13, Hans.

8/25/2006 BobbyKearan: [TSOY] Martial Artist ?
Just brainstorming on how to accomplish something... Dirty : Scrapping Secret of Speciality - Scrapping : Unarmed Combat (or "ninjitsu", etc) Use Athletics to assist scrapping for cool moves. Secret…
In CRN Games
Participants: BobbyKearan, Frank T.

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8/25/2006 Spooky Fanboy: [Afraid] Rules quesion
In the examples provided for Afraid, one of them has the GM making the stakes "If I win, his head gets chopped off." Rules-wise how does that work: 1) In…
In lumpley games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, lumpley.

8/26/2006 Turbo: Exalted: The Gates of Heaven
First off, I apologise if this is breaking some bit of etiquette I didn't see in the sticky information threads. I've been running a short-term Exalted 2nd Edition game, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Turbo, Noon, Sovem.

8/26/2006 tonyd: [TSOY] Tales from the Aether: The Jovian Enigma
Enigma of the Great Red Spot is the sequel to Thought Lords of Mars, John Harper’s science-fantasy TSOY variant. The adventurers from the previous episode (with some staffing changes) have…
In Actual Play
Participants: tonyd, rafial, Daermon, John Harper, Judaicdiablo, philaros.

8/26/2006 c: AP: Acts of Evil August 25th 2006
This is likely to be very long so I'm going to make three posts. Pre-game Clyde questions, actual play, and post-game thoughts/positions. So here's some stuff I noticed while rereading…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, Paul Czege.

8/26/2006 Jake Richmond: Panty Explosion : Festival of Terror!
[b]Playing Panty Explosion[/b] Right before Gencon I got together with my younger brother Nick and some friends to play Panty Explosion. Nick had helped play test the game and was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Richmond, Adam Dray.

8/26/2006 iago: Agon - First Among Equals
"First Among Equals" is the name I'm using for my Agon running.  I wasn't entirely expecting to, but I ran a session for two players, including character creation, end-to-end, one…
In one.seven design
Participants: iago, coffeestain, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Adam Dray.

8/26/2006 Willow: [Town] Whitechurch, Extended
Based on Vincents suggestions that starting towns should ramp all the way up to hate and murder, I took the Whitechurch Branch out of Dogs and ramped it up.  (In…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow.

8/26/2006 Halzebier: [The Pool] Playing with fewer dice?
Hi there! I'm a teacher and plan on running The Pool for a group of 5 to 8 students, aged 15 to 18, on an upcoming class trip. I'm worried…
In Playtesting
Participants: Halzebier, Artanis, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2006 mikefernandez: Foundational elements and the illusion of setting...
Theme is (oddly enough) the theme on this site. Its not that it confuses me that a site that "pioneered" rpg theory would generate an evolving doctrine of procedure, but…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mikefernandez, Ron Edwards, aaronil.

8/26/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Monster Killing
I have a couple of NPCs I plan to post to the NPC thread, but I'm having trouble thinking of special ways to kill them. According to the rules, each…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/26/2006 PJ Jacoby: "Weekly Sensationalist Tabloid" the RPG. . .
Hehe, I think you know where I'm going with this. The first thing I need to know is if this premise has ever been published (real curious about that). The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: PJ Jacoby, neko ewen.

8/26/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [Sorcerer] Parasites, Possessors and Trolls
Last weekend I played Sorcerer with three friends. One of them, Björn, I've played with since, oh, 1994 or so. Through Björn's student dormitory I met Tobias and I guess…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2006 BWA: [Sweet20] d20 Keys
Clinton, My D&D group is just getting back together this week after a long hiatus, and we were all super excited to use the version of Keys you worked out…
In CRN Games
Participants: BWA, Clinton R. Nixon, cpeterso, ffilz.

8/26/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Looking again at Stat Descriptors
Hey, Something I've forgotten to get around to asking about for a few years(?) now. I've heard here and there that it was important to understand that the descriptors for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Gaerik.

8/26/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Invoking Hubris, and Non-combat Battles
There's a rule in the Hubris section that I wonder about: After rolling in a simple contest (win or lose) any player has the option to “invoke hubris.” <snip> The…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

8/26/2006 John Harper: Darren's Hydra with Minions for Heads
This is so cool. Darren has designed a Hydra that has a bunch of extra heads treated as minions in the game system. This is so brilliant, I just wanted…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, iago, demiurgeastaroth.

8/26/2006 Doyce: A *THIRD* Cover?
Okay, before I bitch that I ordered a revised edition copy of TSoY (apparently) about month too early and got the one cover I flat out do not like at…
In CRN Games
Participants: Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, Squeeze, Skywalker, Brand_Robins, coffeestain, Clay.

8/27/2006 joepub: Pitch and a Miss (why my non-gamer friends won't try it)
So, this isn't really an actual play thread. This is an I-didn't-get-any-actual-play-because-I-can't-convince-my-friends-to-try-RPGs thread. So, I'm not going to get into specific examples here too much, because I want more general…
In Actual Play
Participants: joepub, Noon, Frank T, Alan, greyorm, Storn, Blankshield, Lamorak33, Doyce, Mike Sugarbaker.

8/27/2006 Turbo: Getting My Feet Wet -- 'Capes in the Wasteland'
Lo, after overloading my geek batteries (in the good way) at GenCon, an idea has grabbed a hold of me and refuses to let go. It's bad enough that my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Turbo, Ken, Hans.

8/27/2006 John Harper: Agon: Actual Play Index
Post links to Actual Play here. I'll start with a few. The Bronze Chimera (Shreyas Sampat) http://njyar.thesmerf.com/blog/2006/08/food-agon/ First Among Equals Session Zero (Fred Hicks) http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=282403
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Emily Care, hix, MikeSands, Mel_White.

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