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10/8/2006 tonyd: [Burning Empires] Cheat sheet for Firefight
Whenever I play a new game, I create a number of cheat sheets for my own use. I have a very visual mind, and not a great memory, so the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: tonyd, mtiru, Anemone, drozdal.

10/7/2006 CaffinatedAngst: A title would be nice, wouldn't it?
As stated from the general top of the board there is no title as of yet... Being that I love Tolkien and DnD, I originally wanted to do a RPG…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CaffinatedAngst, joepub, jasonm, dindenver, Xibalba, TroyLovesRPG, Call Me Curly, JustinB, Primordia, Castlin.

10/7/2006 Sindyr: Schisming and Alliance
I am not sure if this is actually covered in the rules or just maybe implied: When one schisms off a side that one was allied to, creating a new…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB.

10/7/2006 Hudson Shock: General SotC questions thread
I'm hoping this thread will become a "check here first" resource for general Spirit of the Century questions.  I know I have a lot.  Some are "How do you do…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Hudson Shock, drnuncheon, Rob Donoghue, iago, Mel_White, Michael Brazier, demiurgeastaroth, Uzzah, Danny_K, dbisdorf.

10/7/2006 shadowcourt: Secret of Shattering (and related Secrets)-- What about harm?
Okay, so here's something which has come up in my group. The Secret of Shattering is a good example of what we're concerned about, so I'll use it as an…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt.

10/7/2006 Xibalba: Need help with a core mechanic
I have two ideas for the core mechanic for a fairly traditional swashbuckling rpg of high adventure, and I cannot decide between the two.  Please give me some advice and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xibalba, CommonDialog, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, TroyLovesRPG, Noon, Falc.

10/7/2006 museleading: [DitV] First time GMing for new players - critque town?
I've played a few games now and am getting ready to GM my first session on Sunday.  The group consists of three players who have never played before and one…
In lumpley games
Participants: museleading, Call Me Curly.

10/7/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Monster fight on the open sea!
Wow! So after a long hiatus (last gamed at Dragonflight 2004, running Donjon and InSpectres), I started up a game of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5/3.0 (we have both sets of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bankuei, Pol Jackson, Noon, JasperN., Paul T, ffilz, r_donato.

10/6/2006 museleading: Dying in Dogs
I'm reading the chapter on Resolution in Action (pg 89-90 in the new version) and I was hoping someone could explain something to me. For instance, I have a possessed…
In lumpley games
Participants: museleading, lumpley, nikola.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: [Forum News] Announcement
Hi guys, Due to changes in Issaries publishing policy, which have been in place for a little while now, this forum can't be held at the Forge any more. I'm…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, boredoom, WildElf, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, alexandre santos, lev_lafayette, Mike Holmes, MrWrong, tzunder, sebastianz, Web_Weaver, Ian Cooper, Ward, Blake Hutchins, rylen dreskin.

10/6/2006 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Revisiting the Conflict Resolution Mechanic
Okay. First of all, this is a scary thing to post.  Ron knows I've put a lot of hours into understanding and more importantly documenting others' understanding of the Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen, The_Tim, James_Nostack.

10/6/2006 Reithan: In need of informational source
I'm building a sci-fi game with a cyberpunk 'feel' (I think the proper term, as far as The Big Model goes would be Color...but I'm still hazy on the whole…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Reithan, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, joepub, Certified, Call Me Curly, dindenver, TroyLovesRPG.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: Deleting with author's permission
Hi there, Occasionally, the forum software doesn't let me split threads. It works most of the time and not always. Clinton tells me it's buried way deep in the code…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

10/6/2006 dyjoots: [Mortal Coil] Passion questions
I'm just about set on the rules, but I'm running the game tonight for my wife so I wanted to try and get a few final clarifications on the way…
In Galileo Games
Participants: dyjoots, RedPissLegion, inthisstyle.

10/6/2006 marknau: [Fantasy Non-Heartbreaker] First Playtest
I conducted a one-hour playtest of my WIP, the result of which follows. What I’d like is to get some attention focused on the core mechanic: Successes, Dings, Complications, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: marknau, timfire, Adam Dray, Steven Stewart.

10/6/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spien Essen] Demoing Universalis
So I heard from Ralph that Universalis doesn't traditionally have a very elaborate demo, and usually he just does a bit of tenets and a first scene as a demo.…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

10/6/2006 Shreyas Sampat: [not exactly actual play] Battles Are Crazy
Tonight I ran another island. It was way fun. As one of the challenges, the heroes had to "defend the corpse of the Golden Goar of Ion from the hounds…
In one.seven design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, demiurgeastaroth.

10/6/2006 Mel_White: [Working Title: ‘Foresworn’] (Southern Exposure)
Greetings, I’m pretty new to independent RPGs and I’d like to contribute a little bit to the hobby with some Actual Play reports from Southern Exposure III.  I was disappointed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White.

10/6/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: Books & Games for the Troops
Hey folks, I'm putting together a box of books, CDs and RPGs to send to some troops over in Iraq. If anyone is interested in donating stuff to be sent…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Eero Tuovinen.

10/5/2006 Glendower: [Burning Wheel] Spiking the Gift
Character burning for the game discussed here was going rough.  We had spent the last two sessions Burning (about 4 hours per session) with not a completed character in sight. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Paka, abzu, memolith.

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10/8/2006 Brian Newman: [DITV] Embers in the Void
I've been working on an alternate setting to use with Dogs in the Vineyard.  I wanted to incorporate elements of Dogs, Lost, and Firefly, and I finally hit upon something…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brian Newman, Lagnath.

10/8/2006 Melinglor: And somewhere, Mike Holmes' ears burned. . .
So I sat down to explain/describe roleplaying the other day with my girlfriend. I laid out the basics of four systems, D&D3E, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Heroquest, and PTA, to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Melinglor, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

10/8/2006 Der_Renegat: in this thread i want u to write up one of your favorite character from a novel
Thought it would be a nice idea to have some fun before this forum closes. So i would like you to write up a character in HQ from one of…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes, Melinglor, droog, Tim Ellis, Tuxboy.

10/8/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Demoing BARBAREN!
So here’s my take at demoing my game BARBAREN! at Spiel fair in Essen in two weeks. The idea is picked almost one on one from an early playtest of…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Matt.

10/9/2006 Thomas D: [PTA/Shadowrun] The Foundation; using PTA as a refocusing tool
With two of five members of the player group gone for the weekend and my notes for the game session missing, we decided to play a flashback game session of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas D.

10/9/2006 museleading: [DitV] Assumption of a Dog's role
Last night, I ran Horton's Bend. Quick synopsis of the town – Br Simon came to town and started peddling his wares. Sr Philomena bought a 'cure' and used it…
In Actual Play
Participants: museleading, Adam Dray, demiurgeastaroth, cdr, Danny_K.

10/9/2006 Otherworlder: Seeking Collaborator for Web RPG
Greetings fellow imaginers, For twenty years I've designed RPGs the old fashioned way---using my art, my writing, a crowded kitchen table and several landfills worth of notebooks. Having recently discovered…
In Connections
Participants: Otherworlder, Eero Tuovinen, daMoose_Neo.

10/9/2006 Bill_White: [Crypt of Chthonos] Sailing to Sarnath: A Kind of Horror Heartbreaker
I've followed with interests threads that talk about Lovecraftian games, because I've always enjoyed the idea of Call of Cthulhu even though I'd never played it.  The consensus that emerges…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bill_White, Wood, anders_larsen, Narf the Mouse, Mel_White, andrew_kenrick.

10/9/2006 MrWrong: Player vs player in HeroQuest
Has anyone handled this in their games, and if so how? In a couple of weeks I'm running a game were all the player heroes are the vip of the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MrWrong, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, epweissengruber, Raedwald Bretwalda, Web_Weaver, Tim Ellis, Jane, nellist, Neil the Wimp.

10/9/2006 GreatWolf: [Trollbabe] Actual Play from the campsite
INTRODUCTION This weekend my wife Crystal and I went camping.  Among other things, we had scheduled a session of Trollbabe.  I bought this game for Crystal last Christmas, but so…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth, Tim Alexander.

10/9/2006 sebastianz: Heropoints for the Narrator
Sometimes when running and a contest comes up, after the dice have hit the table, I have a certain notion to spend a heropoint. But at the same time, I…
In HeroQuest
Participants: sebastianz, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Web_Weaver, GB Steve.

10/9/2006 museleading: Ongoing failure to understand
In this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21694.30;topicseen Ron stated: The hobby as a sustainable activity (which requires no-murk) is still in its infancy. I can still see it everywhere - the ongoing…
In Actual Play
Participants: museleading, Ron Edwards, memolith, GreatWolf, crowyhead, Valamir, contracycle, Noon.

10/10/2006 Ken: COMPACT RPG CHALLENGE!!!
I'm happy to say that the challenge is on! Big thanks to everyone for working with me over the last week. The group is set up, the links in place,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ken, btrc, Andrew Morris, redivider, aedaren, David Artman, dpetroski, Olorin, Kesher.

10/10/2006 Frank T: Sorcerer from the crypt - best introduction evar!
On German "Blutschwerter" RPG forum, the first forum channel dedicated solely to Sorcerer just opened. The introductional thread is the best I ever read. Here's a lousy Google translation. Kapuzenmantel…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards.

10/10/2006 trukulo: RyF , a very easy and fast game
Hello, first i have to apologise for my poor english. I want to show you a game that we made. It was made in spanish and this is a translation.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: trukulo.

10/10/2006 gwangi: Playtesters sought for a rpg-boardgame hybrid. Return services offered.
I am looking for a handful of playtesters for a game that I designed for the Reversed Engineer project. This game isn't serious enough yet, in my mind, for the…
In Connections
Participants: gwangi.

10/10/2006 MJGraham: [Insurrection] Motives and Virtues as Attributes
Before I ask my question I feel that I should explain a little about my game. My roleplaying game uses two sets of attributes: virtue attributes (e.g. courage and honesty)…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, r_donato, GreatWolf, AmbroseCollector, stefoid, Narf the Mouse, TroyLovesRPG.

10/10/2006 Hans: Possible Capes Tournament at Pandemonium in Ontario in Feb?
The Toronto Area Indie-RPG group is looking at what kinds of things we will try to have on offer at the Pandemonium Con in February next year.  The con takes…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

10/10/2006 Storn: [Spirit of the Century] Con experience (with pics!)
This weekend, I got a chance to play Spirit of the Century, which I believe is a Fate 3.0 engine.  A very, very good pulp game system.  As I am…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, oliof, Reithan, iago.

10/10/2006 daMoose_Neo: [BasiCCG] Writing up an open lisence Card Game
I'm always doing this aren't I? New CCG stuff, always ^_^ My earlier discussions with Lee Valentine (Veritas) have led to some revisions of my POD card concept. I'm ordering…
In First Thoughts
Participants: daMoose_Neo, TroyLovesRPG, jeremycoatney, JustinB, David Artman.

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