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9/17/2006 Paka: The Season
After playing quite a few PTA one-shots and having a grand ole time at it, we've finally sat down to play a PTA season and I get to play, rather…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, Matt Wilson, Storn, Bret Gillan.

9/17/2006 Ron Edwards: Forge vision
Hey everyone, Recently, I engaged in a discussion at Story Games in which I was asked by Kuma why "the Forge" is not being leveraged as an actual commercial brand…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, r_donato, Blankshield, joepub, abzu, Frank T, Hans.

9/16/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Swapping Ads for Full Light, Full Steam
Howdy, folks. Full Light, Full Steam will be released at GenCon SoCal in November.  It's a steampunk space opera setting with some dirty hippie mechanics and all that. I'm looking…
In Connections
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, jasonm.

9/16/2006 johnobrien: [Caper!] Call for play reviews
Just in time for a new Fall tv season featuring shows like 'Smith', 'The Nine', and 'The Knights of Prosperity'... I have written a role playing game called Caper: A…
In Connections
Participants: johnobrien.

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.

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 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.

9/15/2006 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.

9/15/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/14/2006 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.

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9/17/2006 epweissengruber: Template for Generic Heroquest Character Backgrounds
I am hoping to run a Heroquest setting with heavy player input.  That means generation of homelands, professions, common magic, etc. I am hoping to have fairly experienced characters too,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, soru, Vaxalon.

9/17/2006 StefanS: [Sorcerer] Using Warp as weather-control device?
Hello, I'm prepping a Sorcerer campaign which I'll GM. Actually, I'm writing up the NPC demons, and in the case of one of these demons, I'd find it appropriate if…
In Adept Press
Participants: StefanS, Ron Edwards.

9/17/2006 arete66: "Night Watch" as a Mortal Coil setting...
I just recently watched the excellent Russian Horror/Fantasy film "Night Watch" and was amazed at how it seemed to scream "Mortal Coil" to me. What are your impressions of "Night…
In Galileo Games
Participants: arete66, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, Sovem.

9/17/2006 Zathreyel: [The Mountain Witch] Angst Ascendant, pt. 1
Dan and I have been friends for a while.  A mutual love of Rebecca Borgstom brought us together in the dizzying bustle of Philadelphia, and our mutual love of all…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zathreyel, timfire.

9/17/2006 c: AP: Acts of Evil Sep 15th
I'm thinking this one will be useful as the playtest was a total crash and burn, but I get ahead of myself. For this session we had Tim and Len…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, Paul Czege, TJ.

9/17/2006 Nathan P.: [Timestream] GamingReport.com Review
Which can be read here. It's interesting to me that all (four) reviews of Timestream have been pretty consistent in terms of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the game,…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

9/18/2006 DaveyJJ: Can someone explain magic within the BW system please?
I'm exploring systems to play after 20-25 years out of RPGs. Alot of the mechanics of BW appeal (I think) after reading through the downloads available, buit I'm a little…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: DaveyJJ, mtiru, Thor Olavsrud.

9/18/2006 Hans: [TROS] Social Combat for TROS
I know that the Riddle of Steel (TROS) has its own forum now off the Forge, and have posted this there as well.  But I figured there may be enough…
In Actual Play
Participants: Hans, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

9/18/2006 BWA: [Forge-style D&D] Keys vs. Random Monster Encounters
I’m not sure if this will be of interest to anyone or not, but Ron suggested I do an Actual Play post (while I was pestering him in a series…
In Actual Play
Participants: BWA, r_donato, Lamorak33, Paka, Melinglor, James_Nostack, John Harper, charles ferguson.

9/18/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Good times, bad times
Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share. I just finished playing Shadow of Yesterday with two buddies, Eric and Pat. The game went mostly well, but there…
In Actual Play
Participants: r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/18/2006 Doyce: Comparing old and new editions of DitV
Hi all, So: great news -- I'm going to be running a Dogs game/campaign starting Friday, kinda.  Actually, we started about two years ago, making up characters and doing initiations…
In lumpley games
Participants: Doyce, Warren, lumpley.

9/18/2006 joepub: Pushing a game outside the RPG scene.
So, I randomly decided earlier today to start at the VERY beginning of the Publishing forum. Just start scanning through the pages, and reading any threads that jumped out at…
In Publishing
Participants: joepub, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, b_bankhead, daMoose_Neo, komradebob, guildofblades.

9/18/2006 Keith Senkowski: Bob Goat Videos
The Game Design video library has begun.  I'll post here with any updates over time.  The first videos are up with more coming later today.  Hope you find them useful.…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Yokiboy, Nev the Deranged, Andrew Morris, markus_cz, Vasco Brown.

9/18/2006 Wood: [Messenger II] Disloyalty and Advancement
Me again, and still thinking about the game I dared to call Messenger, because it's a better and less painful title than The Second String Professional's Vanity Project. So,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Wood, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

9/18/2006 Artanis: [Iä! Iä! Ph'iles] Prep-less mystery & dramatic characters
Hello This is the report of the fifth playtest session of my mystery game, which I will use to present the game. I'll have some other threads coming up later…
In Playtesting
Participants: Artanis, Emily Care, John Harper.

9/18/2006 komradebob: Making a boxed set? What goes into it?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21500.0]This thread[/url] got my mind turning back again to the idea of a boxed set rpg. I know a coupple of people around here have put out board games and…
In Publishing
Participants: komradebob, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13.

9/18/2006 Keith Senkowski: Game Design Seminars from GenCon 06
I have just posted the first session from the Game Design seminars at GenCon 2006 (in seven parts).  If you missed the sessions at GenCon here is your chance to…
In Publishing
Participants: Keith Senkowski, c, Michael S. Miller, Adam Dray, KeithBVaughn.

9/18/2006 Ron Edwards: [Perfect] Explosions and betrayals
Hi there, This is my follow-up to Neighbors gone wild!. I'm starting a new thread because it's been a while. Joe asked some questions at the end of that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, joepub, David Artman.

9/18/2006 Storn: [PTA] Lions at the Gate Week 2
Okay, forgive me a little bit, as I am doing this AP a few days after we played.  I'm really fuzzy on who set up what scenes, so I'm not…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, Paka, Bret Gillan.

9/18/2006 foucalt: [1001 Nights Play Aids] Name Generator
I emailed Meguey a while back about this, but thought I'd post here for general use. There's an online name generator for 1001 nights, composed of name parts Meguey contributed…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: foucalt, Meguey, Ben Lehman.

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