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9/11/2006 gds: Art pricing
So, this is a really vague subject I know, but I'm just wondering... I have a 200-or so page book, which will be digest size. I want some art -…
In Publishing
Participants: gds, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

9/11/2006 GB Steve: Different responses to Mortal Coil
After publishing my Mortal Coil AP here, on rpg.net and Casus NO (a French rpg forum) I got very different responses. There wasn't a massive amount of discussion on any…
In Galileo Games
Participants: GB Steve, Eliarhiman6, inthisstyle, coffeestain, arete66, Steven Stewart.

9/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Larceny, hatred, and supportive actualization
Hi there, Last weekend, after some noodling around with a whole stack of games in front of us, my regular group and I decided upon Best Friends as a kind…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Gregor Hutton.

9/11/2006 Supplanter: [TPK] Carnation Island
This one was created especially to hook my daughter, player of Princess Rose, so it's a "princess island." I threw in what would otherwise be more male characters than I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing.

9/10/2006 Tancred: [Actual DRYH Play] Dead Voices
Hey, just noticed this is up and running again! I posted this to rpg.net already, but since the forum here is back and active I thought I'd stick it here…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Tancred, iago.

9/10/2006 alexandro: New Secret- need opinions
[b]Secret of Privileges[/b] You are nearly always acompanied by allies, underlings or slaves and you are very skilled at directing them to do all the heavy-lifting for you. You may…
In CRN Games
Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

9/10/2006 Iskander: [Shock:] GDMN class traitors throw spanners in the works
Thor, Dro, John and I met up again on Thursday to conclude our game of Shock:, started in GDMN - the Global Distributed MindNet is working for you. Here's what…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, nikola, Thor Olavsrud.

9/10/2006 Tim Alexander: Learning to Play again
Hey Folks, I've spent a long time in the GM role; most of it as an illusionist/roads to rome sort of guy but have taken a lot of steps to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim Alexander, c, Storn, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, charles ferguson, Noon.

9/10/2006 boredoom: [Nine Worlds] Talismans and Points
I just played in Iskander's game. Good time. I accumulated 14 Pride, which kind of scream to be put toward a talisman. But how do Talismans work in conflicts: do…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: boredoom, Matt Snyder, Iskander.

9/9/2006 Doyce: [Roach] Quick question in mid-game
I'm putting this up a couple places, and this is one of them -- apologies. Starting up a Roach game, and doing relationships: The game says you have a positive…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Doyce, jrs, jasonm.

9/9/2006 beacon: [Idea] vision
Hello, it's my first thread at the forge, so please - don't shout at me too much ;p While reading Wiki searchin' for some information about terrorism, I've come out…
In First Thoughts
Participants: beacon, anders_larsen, brainwipe, Adam Dray, joepub.

9/9/2006 giblfiz: [Hell Tempered] play testers and opinions needed.
Hi everyone. I have just recently finished up with a second draft of an RPG, and I'm hoping to get some feedback from other game designers, and some playtesting from…
In Connections
Participants: giblfiz.

9/9/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Running Out of Budget
I know this has been covered. But my Search-Fu is failing me. What happens when the Producer's budget is eptied out? Does game play change in any way? Or do…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ben Lehman.

9/9/2006 Doyce: [TPK] First-time Princes' Kingdom, with a six-year-old!
So, I was planning for a pretty game-filled weekend anyway, but I got a great surprise when I got home from work: both the Shab al-Hiri Roach and my hard…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, demiurgeastaroth, Storn, Noon, JasperN..

9/9/2006 Kensan_Oni: Opinion Gathering: Flavor of Fighting Games
I have been doing some reflecting on one of my projects, which I am still working out some of the kinks about. In the street-fighting genre computer game (from hereforth…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kensan_Oni, Technocrat13, tj333, neko ewen, Hereward The Wake, Hans, Mike Holmes, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Thor Olavsrud, nikola.

9/9/2006 Nathan P.: StoryGames Boston
All who live in the general Boston area are totally invited to a weekly StoryGames game night, held at Pandemonium Books in Central Square. The info: StoryGames…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

9/9/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] Quickplay derived from actual play notes
Hi all, This isn't the best actual play notes to post but I figure anything is better than nothing.  I had made this pdf file from notes that I took…
In Actual Play
Participants: sean2099, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2006 rafael: Looking to hire an artist
Hey, everybody, I'm looking for an artist who can contribute black-and-white illustrations to a role-playing game of modern horror.  This is a paying job. If you're interested, or if you…
In Connections
Participants: rafael.

9/8/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Whatever happened to Riptide?
Is it still gelling in the background, or is it kinda dead in the water? It sounded real cool...
In CRN Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/8/2006 JustinB: Marketing
Has anyone found any really good places to advertise games? Alternatively, can anyone recommend a marketing strategy or a place on this site where this has already been discussed?
In Publishing
Participants: JustinB, daMoose_Neo.

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9/11/2006 Pyromancer: [Galactic]Karlsruhe Playtest: Session 0 - Smugglers and Battlestars
Two weeks ago I finally managed to gather my Galactic-Playtest-Crew. A somewhat more details report (in German) can be found at http://grofafo.org/index.php/topic,28847.0.html To summarize it: We had a ton of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Pyromancer, TonyLB, Frank T.

9/11/2006 Storn: [PTA] Lions at the Gates
Got a chance to play Prime Time Adventures last night for the first time.  I did  some quickie sketches while at the table and they are imbedded in the character…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, Joe Dizzy, ubergeek2012, Paka, Bret Gillan, Matt Wilson.

9/11/2006 tonyd: [Burning Empires] When is it OK to hull a PC
Reading through the Burning Empires rules, it looks to me like it's quite possible to have a situation where a PC gets hulled, and the player continues to  play the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: tonyd, Thor Olavsrud.

9/11/2006 Lamorak33: Pendragon Actual Play
Hi A while back I posted this, http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20909.0 Basically it was me bitching about the GM's style. I have since played a few games and exchanged a number of emails…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Caldis, Brand_Robins, Valamir, Noon, Web_Weaver.

9/11/2006 baron samedi: "Best practices" for adventure/campaign creation?
Hello Forgites! I'd like to ask the Forge's collective wisdom whether there exists somewhere a thread on the "best practices" for adventure/campaign creation, from a game writer's perspective? I'm not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Anderon, anders_larsen, Matt, Wolfen, Noon, Eliarhiman6, TroyLovesRPG, pells.

9/11/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: [Passages] Help, Forge Playtesters, You're My Only Hope!
The last (and hopefully final) incarnation of the Passages ruleset is completed. The problem I've got is that I fear my existing playtesters have been tainted by my incremental rules…
In Connections
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Clinton R. Nixon, iago.

9/11/2006 alexandro: Helping other Characters
I think I have a problem regarding how characters can use their abilities to help each other. The book says, that you can use a secondary (or tertiary...etc.) ability to…
In CRN Games
Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt.

9/11/2006 Sovem: [Divinity Horizons] Destiny mechanic
(This thread is an extension of this discussion.) Well, my wife and I spent almost the entire day yesterday trying to figure out a Destiny system for our DH game.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sovem, TonyLB, knicknevin, Wolfen, Valamir, sean2099, TroyLovesRPG.

9/11/2006 inthisstyle: Mortal Coil Actual Play
Here's a collection of threads to read about actual play of Mortal Coil: Old Gods Get Mean http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18067.0 Old Gods Returns http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18482.0 Arthurian enthusiasm http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18778.0 Dark Vegas http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20516.0…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

9/11/2006 Garth: Playing Without a Producer?
Here's our situation:  We came up with a great premise and set of characters and issues... then the Producer had to bow out.  Can't run the series. We hate to…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Garth, Aaron Smith, John Harper.

9/11/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Storm Watch - A cathartic exercise in roleplay
Both my wife and I used to be avid roleplayers but children, work, scheduling with other players, and general dissatisfaction with play had reduced me to not playing at all…
In Actual Play
Participants: DAudy, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Blankshield.

9/11/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Storm Watch - character and world creation
In another post I talked a bit about botching up a game with my wife, then working through coming up with another game that looks like it will rock.  This…
In Actual Play
Participants: DAudy, Ron Edwards.

9/11/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Setting (long - but juicy, hopefully)
Ahey, all, :) After eleven high-fun, high-learning, action-packed sessions, Rat Moon Rising has finally come to a close, bringing with it some interesting conclusions, some healthy post game talk, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, brainwipe, Melinglor, Ralek.

9/11/2006 Meguey: YLQ
I'm now officially working on a new game (yes, you may laugh now, those of you who heard my protestations at GenCon). It's called Miss Schiffer's School for Young Ladies…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey, Iskander, komradebob.

9/12/2006 MegaMinis: FREE Townfolk Mega Art License
24 different Free TOWN FOLK illustrations in TIFF format newly posted.  Mega Miniatures website  http://www.MegaMinis.com    launched a FREE artwork database on June 2006 and will be adding to this…
In Connections
Participants: MegaMinis.

9/12/2006 Matthew_Teets: Creating a "Hard" Science Fiction RPG --- Too Hard?
I'm working on trying to make a "Hard" science fiction game, basically without any "magic foozle" things or anything like that.  My biggest struggle is that with trying to use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matthew_Teets, Aussigamer, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, epweissengruber, TroyLovesRPG, razzmataz, b_bankhead, joepub, nikola, dindenver.

9/12/2006 Alan: A few rules questions
Hi John, Some quick questions on Agon second printing: 1) Under invoking hubris, it says losers suffer wounds. But under battle it says the winner gets advantage die. I suspect…
In one.seven design
Participants: Alan, rafial, John Harper.

9/12/2006 drnuncheon: [AP] Dogs in the Gamestore
[size=8pt][i]crossposted from [url=http://drnuncheon.livejournal.com"]Nuncheonland[/url], my LJ[/i][/size] "Indie Game Monday" continued last night with D. Vincent Baker's <i><a href="http://www.lumpley.com/dogs.html">Dogs in the Vineyard</a></i>, the game that got me into the whole indie scene…
In lumpley games
Participants: drnuncheon, Thomas Lawrence, cdr.

9/12/2006 Sovem: Dying to play
I am absolutely dying to try this game out, but I can't get my players to give it a chance for the life of me. To be fair, we're in…
In Universalis
Participants: Sovem, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

9/12/2006 REkz: Re: Comments on Uni as a "storytelling game" vis-a-vis an RPG
[quote="Valamir"]Split from [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17301.0]this thread[/url][/quote] Arturo, I was waiting to hear you say if you liked UNIVERSALIS or didn't like it after getting open-minded and buying it? My copy just arrived. …
In Universalis
Participants: REkz, Mike Holmes.

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