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9/14/2006 MatrixGamer: Learning curves on new computer programs.
Recently I purchased Adobe Creativity Suite 2 (with a college discount so I'm not in hock for the next year!) I got it so I could start converting product files…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades, David Artman, nikola.

9/14/2006 Aussigamer: Nexus Flamethrower Unit
I am still trying to get the designs right for my system for the weapons. http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l236/aussiegamer/Flamethrower.jpg Nexus uses the weapons size as the TH modifer. My initial thoguhts would be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aussigamer, brainwipe, Andy Kitkowski, joepub, JustinB, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Darcy Burgess, TroyLovesRPG.

9/14/2006 Bruceman: Another illustrator that is new..
Hey, I've been told to come over here and introduce myself by another illustrator that visits here. I know he's going to read this! Anyway I'm an illustrator that has…
In Connections
Participants: Bruceman.

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.

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 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.

9/13/2006 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.

9/13/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/12/2006 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.

9/12/2006 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 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 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 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.

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9/14/2006 Four Skulls: Need some help with Secrets
I'm thinking about running my next game with the TSoY system, but I'm not quite sure how to use secrets to model my character's abilities correctly (I hope that doesn't…
In CRN Games
Participants: Four Skulls, RedPissLegion, Twobirds, JMendes.

9/14/2006 GreatWolf: Print version on the horizon
It would appear that it is time for the annual Alyria forum post.  Here's hoping this isn't premature, but the time seems to be right. As I type, Crystal is…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, M. J. Young, Marhault, greyorm, Ron Edwards, hix, matthijs, Eero Tuovinen, Steven Stewart.

9/14/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum]
Alright!  Finally a playtest of Misery Bubblegum that didn't explode on contact, strafing everyone nearby with hot, jagged, rules-system shrapnel.  Eric and I got together for a night of games. …
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB, Hans, Gaerik, TheCzech.

9/14/2006 TonyLB: My Next Game System
In case there are folks here who are fans of me, to the extent that they think my next game will probably be cool too, I've just posted the first…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Bret Gillan.

9/14/2006 Graham Walmsley: [BtI online] Uptight English and American pirates
Jason and I played BtI last night, using a web application I've been working on. So, basically, Jason's sitting in North Carolina and I'm sitting in London. We're talking using…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Emily Care, jasonm, xenoss.

9/15/2006 Rob MacDougall: [DitV] Snakes on the Plains
Hi dog lovers, I just posted a Dogs variant to my LiveJournal and the 20x20 Room - not an alternate setting but a bit of totally unnecessary laser-sharking on the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rob MacDougall, uberxael, Call Me Curly.

9/15/2006 joepub: [Vancouver] V-Con
[url]http://www.vcon.ca/[/url] Sorry it took me until now to look into Vancouver cons. Anyways, there is a con in Vancouver called the V-Con, on Oct 6-8. If anyone is in British…
In Conventions
Participants: joepub.

9/15/2006 Ron Edwards: Forge retrospective project - please join in!
Hey, I had an idea. Sort of a community project, really. Pick any single six-week period during the Forge's history. Check out all the Forge threads during that time, including…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Paka, Alex Fradera, Eliarhiman6, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, jrs.

9/15/2006 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim]Narration limits and general feedback. (adult)
Hello everyone, So I've been giving consideration to my game, Silence Keeps Me A Victim, and am in a place I'd like to get some feedback. The color/setting is of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Aussigamer, Isbo, nikola, Noon, dindenver, Tim M Ralphs, Wood, DAudy, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2006 baron samedi: (Last Chronicles of Erdor) Players "refusing" Director Stance for tragedy
Hello fellow Forgeites! Last night, three players and I made our first playest session of the 3rd edition rules of my game "The Last Chronicles of Erdor". The game is…
In Playtesting
Participants: baron samedi, Adam Dray, Sovem, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2006 Ron Edwards: [Bacchanal] What, more?
Before our first round of Best Friends, the same group limbered up with a session of Bacchanal. Some of you are probably relieved to learn that this was my latest…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs.

9/15/2006 DaveyJJ: Any lite or preview version of The Princes Kingdom to review?
Clinton, I'm in a huge discussion thread over on RPG.net right now about a) getting back into RPGs after more than 20 years away; b) finding a suitable RPG system…
In CRN Games
Participants: DaveyJJ, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/15/2006 r_donato: [Machiavelli] Splitting character use in two
For my game Machiavelli, each player has two characters: a Prince and a Counselor. For this thread I would like to focus on the Counselor because his creation and use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: r_donato, Adam Dray, nikola, JustinB.

9/15/2006 Matthew Glover: [Mortal Coil] Matthew and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Game Session
After hearing me blather about how cool it sounded for weeks, my wife got me Mortal Coil for my birthday.  We finally got to play it Wednesday.  It did not…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matthew Glover, r_donato, GB Steve, Paka, Tim Alexander, inthisstyle, Doyce, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2006 JMendes: [Donjon] Hospitality
Hoy, :) What's it for, is basically the question... To clarify, I understand what it means and I know why I should have the numbers and use them to color/inform…
In CRN Games
Participants: JMendes, James_Nostack, eruditus.

9/15/2006 Roger: [kpfs] Killing Puppies For... some reason...
Life imitates lumpley: <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14843831/> Cheers, Roger
In lumpley games
Participants: Roger.

9/15/2006 Steven Stewart: Need Suggestions for Simple, Easy Webpage to Put Games on...
I have been fiddling with game design for a little bit. I would describe myself as a casual designer, meaning that I want to get my ideas out to people…
In Publishing
Participants: Steven Stewart, c, Technocrat13, JakeVanDam, joepub.

9/16/2006 Ian Cooper: What was Questworld in the RuneQuest days?
I split this from Archaic Glorantha, but I'm guessing Mike might be interested in this because of his Otherworld material. Questworld was a reaction by Chaosium to the fact that…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian Cooper, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2006 Dom: Cat and Mouse
Keith, The new cat and mouse material looks very interesting. It may well help break the log jam I have on how to start a campaign. BTW, the example seems…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Dom, Keith Senkowski.

9/16/2006 greyorm: [Princes' Kingdom] First Session with the Kids
The kids and I had one or two interesting D&D games I didn't write up, due to lack of time, but otherwise, we've mainly been playing Carsaconne, a board game…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, r_donato, c, birdofparadox, Clinton R. Nixon, Supplanter, charles ferguson.

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