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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 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.

8/26/2006 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.

8/26/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

8/25/2006 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.

8/25/2006 forlorn1: Firefly-esque TSOY? culture interaction etc..
Anyone ever thought of combining these two great tastes?  I seem to have a vague memory that Clinton posted something about TSOY really shinning when it came to the interaction…
In CRN Games
Participants: forlorn1, Twobirds, Doyce.

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8/27/2006 jim pinto: from the desk of...
Hi Everyone, This is my first excursion into the forums of the Forge. I had the pleasure of meeting a great deal of the lead Indie publishers at GenCon and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2006 LemmingLord: Gloating Feature
[i]Gloating If Resolving would violate the group Code the Claimant instead Gloats. Starting with their highest die on the Conflict they may turn dice to 1. For each die turned…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LemmingLord, Vaxalon, AaronLehmann, Hans, drnuncheon.

8/27/2006 Adam Dray: Just a cool Dogs scene
At Games on Demand at GenCon this year, Carl Rigney runs Dogs in the Vineyard for me, Piers, Clyde, and Nathan.  Forgive me if I have the names wrong; GenCon…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, c, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Frank T, cdr.

8/27/2006 Daermon: [tSoY] Quick one-shot report with some questions
So, after sitting on it for over a year, I finally convinced my group to try a game of tSoY. We ran the one-shot Rat Moon Rising and everyone seemed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Daermon, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato.

8/27/2006 Dev: [Dust Devils] Texas Hold Em mechanic for consideration
More than a few times, people asked for a Dust Devils mechanic that works with Texas Hold 'em, in part to help ameilorate the problem of running out of cards…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder, Hans, Nathan P..

8/27/2006 Silgaer: Nine Worlds - ¿similar to Nobilis?
Hello everybody, i'm totally new in this forum and in the world of indie rpgs. Maybe you can help me. ¿Is NW similar to Nobilis? if not in mechanics ¿similar…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Silgaer, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

8/28/2006 Jonathan Walton: Push Sales: Our First Month
In case anyone's interested in what sales figures might look like for a new product with a reasonable amount of hype, I've posted a summery of our first month's sales…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton.

8/28/2006 Paka: Dictionary of Mu Available @ Indie Press Revolution
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=3506.msg33348#msg33348%22"]Four years since the first post where the idea was spawned[/url], the Dictionary of Mu, a setting supplement for Sorcerer, is now available at [url=http://www.indiepressrevolution.com"]Indie Press Revolution[/url]. Inspired by Howard's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, cpeterso, Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, iago.

8/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Shock] rules question
More about setup, actually. So we're sitting at the table. Myself, Chuck, Bob, Betty, and Sue. The names are fictitious, this is not a real example, I haven't sat down…
In glyphpress
Participants: Ron Edwards, nikola, lumpley.

8/28/2006 Jye Nicolson: [Last Exile] Mystery and the Group
I'm doing the groundwork for a game that will let groups run stories riffing off the anime series Last Exile.  It's a great setting, but it's used up by the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jye Nicolson, dindenver, Emily Care, Gasten.

8/28/2006 Bailywolf: [Unseen] a thumbnail sketch of a possible game
I just read Christopher Priest's book The Glamour, and beyond being Priest's usual alternately intriguing and frustrating blend of unreliable narrators and psychological schisms, it also got me thinking about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, Paka, David Artman, Qi Chin, Pol Jackson, knicknevin, Castlin, Sovem.

8/28/2006 neko ewen: [Tokyo Heroes] Shadow Hunter Akuranger
After letting it sit for a few months I got inspired and finally managed to finish up the first draft of Tokyo Heroes, my sentai RPG, and when I announced…
In Playtesting
Participants: neko ewen, Sovem.

8/28/2006 rylen dreskin: Kolat vs Telmor
I'm writing up a story/quick ceremony for a game I'm part of.  I'd appreciate any feedback, and especially help with one of the names. The current situation, Telmori are raiding…
In HeroQuest
Participants: rylen dreskin, sebastianz, Mike Holmes.

8/28/2006 cpeterso: Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator?
Does the Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator still exist? The old anvilwerks.com URL http://www.anvilwerks.com/c_and_c.php is currently 404. And http://www.crngames.com/c_and_c.php too. thanks, chris
In CRN Games
Participants: cpeterso, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/28/2006 jim pinto: George's Children
Jon Hodgson (illustrator) and I are in the midst of designing a new indie game based on a 2-hour conversation we had the other night about global politiics. I can't…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jim pinto, joepub, dindenver, Kesher, Meguey.

8/28/2006 efindel: Indie Gaming at DragonCon
Anyone going to DragonCon?  There's supposed to be open gaming areas available 24 hours in the Hilton, so I'm hoping we can get some people together and do some actual…
In Conventions
Participants: efindel, Adam Dray, David Artman, dcolanduno.

8/28/2006 Valamir: [Agon] Actual Play
Agon was the game I left GenCon most wanting to try with my group.  It offers a pretty solid combination of features, not the least of which is an opportunity…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, GreatWolf.

8/28/2006 REkz: PTA - insights from 3 / 5 "Cuckoo's Nest" Episodes
Gamers, Our group has played 3 of 5 episodes for the 1st season of Cuckoo's Nest. As the game Producer, and this has been my 1st time playing PTA, here's…
In Actual Play
Participants: REkz.

8/28/2006 Thomas D: [PTA/Shadowrun] The Foundation; using PTA as a first session game
Previously, on Shadowrun:  Our group originally came together to play Shadowrun, but we didn't wind up with a successful campaign.  Shadowrun's default mode is the characters are a bunch of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas D, Matt Wilson, REkz, DAudy, Melinglor, Jhulae.

8/28/2006 IMAGinES: TSoy BDtP Rules Quibble
Hi, Clinton, Something I wanted to check with you. Over in the Actual Play forum, you wrote: Parallel vs Perpendicular…
In CRN Games
Participants: IMAGinES, Eero Tuovinen, Daermon, Clinton R. Nixon.

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