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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 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 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 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 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.

9/11/2006 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.

9/11/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RedPissLegion: [DRYH] My Head Hurts And So Does The Universe
In an earlier post I wrote about a couple of characters I and my girlfriend came up with for a Don’t Rest Your Head game. We played a bit in…
In Actual Play
Participants: RedPissLegion, iago.

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9/12/2006 Bobson: [DitV] Trial game
Last week, when 4/6 of my gaming group didn't show up for our scheduled D&D session, I pulled out a Dogs town I'd created, and ran it for the two…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bobson, lumpley, Adam Dray, r_donato, museleading, baron samedi, Ron Edwards.

9/12/2006 Keith Senkowski: CoS at GGG
If you live in NYC and want to play Conspiracy of Shadows check out the pitch this game that will be going on at GGG. The Hooded Ones The Silent…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Keith Senkowski.

9/12/2006 Web_Weaver: Extended Contests - Mining HQs Narrativist core
There have been many discussions here that have focused on utilising HeroQuest for a narrativist agenda, and many have expoused the view that the best way to facilitate this is…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Lamorak33, Melinglor, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Valamir, soru.

9/12/2006 Kai_lord: Capes Flowchart
Since I'm going to be running a few Capes Games at Southern Exposure, I made a simple flowchart to help me teach the game to new people. Any comments or…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Kai_lord, Hans, TonyLB, Vasco Brown, oreso, Yokiboy, Keiko.

9/12/2006 iago: Small/Tiny
I have an Inconspicuous demon that I'm thinking is fist-sized.  In the 'Big' ability, there's this note: "Without this ability, Passing or Inconspicuous demons may be dwarf-sized to largish-human-sized."  But…
In Adept Press
Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

9/12/2006 anders_larsen: [Distant Horizons] Game flow and Exploration Sheet
To understand what's going on here you have to read the initial post of my last Distant Horizons thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20974.0 Sorry about this, but there are just a lot of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen.

9/12/2006 Jastlin: Professional Editing Services
Hello, I have more than 10 years of professional writing and editing experience with more than 25 years of gaming experience. I don't edit on the side, I do it…
In Connections
Participants: Jastlin, iago.

9/12/2006 boredoom: [Nine Worlds] Gaming Talismans
As mentioned in a previous thread, I have 14 points with which to buy a talisman. Thinking about how to distribute them, I got into a gamey mindset. Three main…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: boredoom, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Iskander.

9/13/2006 Glendower: [Universalis/Burning Wheel] Playing a game to set up another game
In order to play Burning Wheel, I needed a setting.  I looked at all the settings currently out and thought to myself "I want a setting that everyone is invested…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Sovem.

9/13/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Any Indie-Friendly Conventions in Florida?
My jealousy with all the conventions around the country is getting the better of me. Are there any indie-friendly conventions in Florida? There aren't many conventions period, and they are…
In Conventions
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Ron Edwards.

9/13/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules] Announcing MOD Forces
MOD Forces (formerly Monster Rules) is a great custom miniatures game, which uses a simple point-based system for character creation and to build scenarios. The game is very flexible and…
In Connections
Participants: mratomek.

9/13/2006 dbisdorf: [SOTC] Aspects and Consequences
I've been reading through my PDF of Spirit of the Century and I'm eagerly waiting for a chance to run a game.  However, I have a few questions about the…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: dbisdorf, iago, Hudson Shock, John Harper, dunlaing, drnuncheon.

9/13/2006 Tim Alexander: [Space Rat] Call me Cosmos
Hey Guys, This game really kicks ass. FUN with a capital F - U - N! It seems to have gotten lost in the deluge of Ronnies and somehow even…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Noon.

9/13/2006 arete66: [Mortal Coil] Night Watch
A match made in heaven, it seems to me...I'm in the research end of things currently, and would be interested in hearing from others familiar with both Mortal Coil and…
In Actual Play
Participants: arete66, Sovem, Ron Edwards.

9/13/2006 arete66: [Mortal Coil] Night Watch
A match made in heaven, it seems to me...I'm in the research end of things currently, and would be interested in hearing from others familiar with both Mortal Coil and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: arete66, Ron Edwards.

9/13/2006 JustinB: More Card Thoughts
I've thought more about this theoretical card-based RPG that I may start working on eventually. I'm thinking, at this point, that I'd like equipment, magic/psychic abilities and pretty much everything…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JustinB, Kensan_Oni, joepub, daMoose_Neo, flammifer, Hermes3, knicknevin.

9/13/2006 Thomas D: [PTA/Shadowrun] The Foundation: initial SR(ish) rules game session
As recounted earlier, I used Primetime Adventures as the ruleset for our Shadowrun campaign's opening session.  Post-PTA, we spent time out of the game session to remake the characters using…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas D, Noon.

9/14/2006 Thomas D: d20 PTA: a dice mechanic variation
Oh, and just because this might have been missed by some people interested in PTA that don't read the Actual Play forum, here's a bit on a d20 dice mechanic…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Thomas D, Chris Goodwin, Vaxalon, Mychal, Jhulae.

9/14/2006 foucalt: [DitV Play Aids] Random Name Generators are live
I made some quick random generators for Faithful Men, Faithful Women, and Faithful Towns. Men Women Towns Just refresh to get new options. To see how it's done or add…
In lumpley games
Participants: foucalt, lumpley.

9/14/2006 joepub: [Boulevard] Taking some cues.
So, I've got this great idea for a game. I'm just having trouble translating idea into game. Or idea into mechanics, or structure. The game is called Boulevard. The basis…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, Adam Dray, dindenver, Tim Alexander, nikola, Ice Cream Emperor.

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