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9/3/2006 Claudia Cangini: Freelance Illustrator
Hello, I’m an illustrator and would love to do some RPG work. Please, visit my gallery at the following link: http://claudiacangini.deviantart.com/ For any further information or to check about my…
In Connections
Participants: Claudia Cangini.

9/3/2006 TheLHF: Large scale games.
Angry Argrath over on RPG.net mentioned that you could use HeroQuest to run anything you can write up a 100 word description for. Gods, kingdoms, cities or sailing ships all…
In HeroQuest
Participants: TheLHF, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, droog, Lamorak33, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2006 sean2099: (Divinity) Beta Playtesters wanted
Hi Forgites: I wanted to thank everyone for the past comments they have made about Divinity.  With your help, I have, at least in my own mind, have gotten to…
In Connections
Participants: sean2099.

9/3/2006 ed_keer: [Wasteland] A modernist RPG
I've got an idea for an RPG based on modernist literature. This would be my first RPG and I admit I have never played an indie game. Oh, and I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ed_keer, Technocrat13, Wood, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., TroyLovesRPG, tonyd, Thunder_God, joepub.

9/3/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer] Creativeville: a Sorcrere One Sheet
[b]Inspirations[/b] The movies The Matrix, Brazil, Naked Lunch, Soylant Green, Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet; the books Brave New World, We. Also, current theocratic Christians in the United States,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, pfischer, charlesperez, jburneko.

9/2/2006 Valamir: The quest for punchier combat
Ok.  Based on our latest actual play I've been thinking about a way to perk up Agon combat. Currently Agon combat is a fairly long, attrition based, D&D-esque whittling down…
In one.seven design
Participants: Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

9/2/2006 Valamir: [Agon} Week 2
Following on the heals of this actual play thread and discussions from the Helping Dice thread in the Agon forum, our group played its second session of Agon last night.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Adam Dray, Noon.

9/2/2006 nikola: The Official glyphpress Discussion Forum
I've just gotten the glyphpress discussion board up over on the glyphpress site. On it, you can find discussion about the rules of Shock: and Under the Bed, including errata…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, greyorm.

9/2/2006 iago: Spirit of the Century - Preorder Starts Today!
<b>THE CENTURY CLUB NEEDS YOUR HELP!</b> <img src="http://www.evilhat.com/spirit/wallsclosein.gif">   The deadly Doctor Methuselah seeks to unravel time itself with his solution to the Eternity Equation... Gorilla Khan stalks darkest Africa…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago.

9/2/2006 Emily Care: [Sign in Stranger]Gen Con playtest
Hey there, Friday night at Gen Con was the peak of the con for me. I got to play the amazing Stalingrad love tragedy of Shooting the Moon with Scott…
In Playtesting
Participants: Emily Care, bluegargantua, John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, brainwipe, Jake Richmond.

9/2/2006 demiurgeastaroth: NPC Cost error?
[b]1. NPC Point Costs[/b] Is there a mistake in the costs of the three sample NPCs in the book? By my calculation, they should all be 1 point higher. I…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

9/2/2006 Uruush: [AP] FATE Wuxia One-Shot
This is a long post.  I'm going to post the FATE/gameplay-relevant part up first, then respond to it in a second post with the game report I sent out to…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Uruush, iago.

9/2/2006 IronMessiah: Writing for a game to which I have no license...?
Okay, first let me say this is my first post to The Forge.  I've long watched things going on here while I write my game materials and rules, but I…
In Publishing
Participants: IronMessiah, daMoose_Neo, Gordon C. Landis, guildofblades, greyorm, Blankshield, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2006 dindenver: [LoL] Chargen idea
Hi!   I'm pretty happy with the character generation rules of LoL, but there is one part that always sort of nagged at the back of my mind: GM approval…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, anders_larsen.

9/2/2006 iago: Agon on OgreCave
Round about the 53rd minute of the latest OgreCave Audio Report, Mike Sugarbaker (I think) calls Agon "Game of Show".
In one.seven design
Participants: iago, John Harper.

9/2/2006 Eric J. Boyd: [Shock:] Some questions and errors
Joshua, I picked up Shock: at Gen Con and finished reading it today. I'm very pleased to finally have a game for exploring real science fiction issues. That said, I'm…
In glyphpress
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola, Iskander.

9/1/2006 metaltoad: Draconian d20
In the last D&D game I played we started coming up with a home brew variation of rules for the d20 system.  The result was a system that stripped down…
In First Thoughts
Participants: metaltoad, abjourne, neko ewen, Noon, Wood, TroyLovesRPG, anders_larsen.

9/1/2006 r_donato: My first attempt at game design
I've never seriously tried to design a game from top to bottom before, but I've had this idea kicking around in my head for a while and I thought I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: r_donato, Adam Dray, dindenver, sean2099, David Artman, contracycle, Doug Ruff, stefoid.

9/1/2006 James_Nostack: [Capes] Giant, Incontinent Robot Curmudgeon Ruins USS Intrepid
We played Capes last night.  "We" meaning the group from the "Curse of the Python God!" Sorcerer game and the "Blue Diamond Super-Spectacular Annual #1" With Great Power... game plus…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, TonyLB, Jonathan Hastings, NBraccia, Hans, Kintara.

9/1/2006 gwangi: The Fundamental Mechanic (II)
I'm glad to have happened on this forum. I have been designing an rpg for just two days now in response to the "reveresed engineer" challenge. Basically, I inherited a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: gwangi, komradebob, Pol Jackson.

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9/3/2006 ( o Y o ): [GroFaFo Challenge] the Great Below or a mother journeys to kill her beloved son
the Great Below This was my game for the GroFaFo-Challenge. Just to remember, the words were: Mother, Cave, Sensuality, Law and we had 72 hours to finish the whole thing.…
In Endeavor
Participants: ( o Y o ).

9/3/2006 Supplanter: Princes' Kingdom as Low-Dice Dogs Hint?
Vincent, awhile back you said that if you had to do Dogs over you'd give PCs fewer dice. How close is the general die-quantity range in TPK to your might-have-been…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, lumpley.

9/3/2006 Rob MacDougall: Gorgeous char sheet for superhero game using Dogs/Afraid hack
Some of my Boston friends are talking about running a superhero game using a variant of Dogs/Afraid as the basic system (what can I say, we/they love Dogs). I just…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rob MacDougall, coffeestain, lumpley, claes, johnobrien, Copperhead, zornwil.

9/3/2006 Waiwode: [Cold City]Kammergericht Nights.
We gathered together for our first session of Cold City. My “pitch” had been successful, the guys were all fairly eager to begin the new game, and the prospects of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Waiwode, Malcolm.

9/4/2006 ghashsnaga: Lacuna Questions
I moved this to a new thread as requested :) . I was looking for some guidance on running Lacuna. I ran a one night session using the first attempt…
In Actual Play
Participants: ghashsnaga, Thomas D, matthijs.

9/4/2006 Aussigamer: Magic System [Nexus] - Comments please
[b]SPELL CASTING BASICS[/b] Arcane spells are abilities beyond the scope of most ordinary individuals. [b]SPELLS[/b] A spell is a one-time magical effect. Magic is used by individuals with magical power,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aussigamer, Qi Chin, dindenver.

9/4/2006 Aussigamer: Nexus Stuff for your input
http://www.rpgprojects.com/downloads.php?cat=5 There are several items already there so pick one and lets chat.
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aussigamer, MikeH.

9/4/2006 qingtian: Babel Deluxe Game
Use your word skills to build an inspiring tower in this lexical challenge in the ancient world. Travel through time to a land where words have yet to be invented.…
In CRN Games
Participants: qingtian.

9/4/2006 c: Mechaton: The battle for Madison
So this isn't a roleplaying game per se. I did buy it at the Forge booth at Gen Con so I hope this post is alright. This isn't a post…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, brettspiel, Valamir, cdr, nikola, lumpley.

9/4/2006 Kicker: [Burning Empires] Figure of Note Relationships
This coming Saturday, God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be running the first of two sessions of Burning Empires.  Let me first say to those responsible that I…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Kicker, Iskander, mtiru, eruditus.

9/4/2006 joepub: Offer: Free Book Layout
Hey, guys. I've been getting really, really interested in book design lately. I've read through a couple books on Layout and Typography and Design. I've been playing around with my…
In Connections
Participants: joepub, jim pinto, iago.

9/4/2006 Pookie: Utb Review Query
Each time I write a review, I try and send a copy to the author. Unfortunately I do not have Joshua's e-mail. Could he be so kind as to srop…
In glyphpress
Participants: Pookie, nikola.

9/5/2006 ValentineS: illustrator (new to the boards)
Hello everyone, Please take a look around my site http://www.stachnikart.com. I'm always looking for new projects, so shoot me an email if you're interested. Thank you Valentine S.
In Connections
Participants: ValentineS, Wolfen, somniturne.

9/5/2006 charles ferguson: Archaic Glorantha
Hey all I'm playing my first HQ game in a couple weeks. I'ts a 'short story arc' thing, we're trying a few games & HQ is next up (I'm GMing).…
In HeroQuest
Participants: charles ferguson, Lamorak33, James Holloway, Jane, rstites, soru, Mike Holmes, Mandacaru.

9/5/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Terrain in combat
A funny bit of synchronicity. Over in this post, Ralph asked if anyone had any ideas for using Terrain in combat. At the start of our first battle in tonight's…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago, Bankuei, Banesfinger, NathanFrund, John Harper.

9/5/2006 Ron Edwards: Important annual reminder
Happy birthday, Clinton!! Best, Ron
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, coffeestain, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, matthijs, Artanis, Marhault, r_donato.

9/5/2006 Baraestes: Spirit of the Century
Just got the PDF, and spent a fair bit of time reading through it. The first word to come to mind is wow.  Or perhaps Wow!!! My main interest is…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Baraestes, demiurgeastaroth, iago, cpeterso.

9/5/2006 cdr: [Mechaton] ConQuest Eyegrabbing (+ Questions)
There's a bunch of questions at the bottom. After I ran 3 games of DitV at ConQuest (which has a lot of board and miniature and historical wargamers, with an…
In lumpley games
Participants: cdr, rafial, Nathan P., lumpley.

9/5/2006 sean2099: what to do if you suspect someone used your material?
Hi all, I wasn't sure where to post this question.  I know there have been several questions about copyrights but I have a question of a different bend.  I admit…
In Publishing
Participants: sean2099, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

9/5/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Skill mix and match
In my game Channeling i'm working with a skill based system that was actually suggested on this board. The system works by investing points into tiers, where higher tiers are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian_W, Aussigamer, Skallagrim, Qi Chin, Sovem.

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