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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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/8/2006 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.

10/8/2006 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 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 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 azrianni: "Previously on..."
I just recently thought that the one bit of the common TV formula that doesn't get used is "previously on...". I was wondering if anybody had tried doing anything with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: azrianni, dyjoots, Matthew Glover.

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.

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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.

10/10/2006 Pelgrane: Game of Unremitting Horror
The Game Of Unremitting Horror plunges ordinary people into a disturbing contemporary world of madness and violence. Players take the roles of regular folks much like themselves, who are inexorably…
In Connections
Participants: Pelgrane.

10/10/2006 soru: rules variant: unified contests
Between HQ and Mythic Russia, there are quite a few different systems (simple, extended, group extended, chained, heroquest, ritual) for conflict resolution out there, each of which behave differently, with…
In HeroQuest
Participants: soru, sebastianz, Der_Renegat.

10/10/2006 vgunn: Can you fill in the missing pieces? -- system design questions
Hello All, Its my first post here. I have really just started to look at the forge in detail and I am hoping you could help me out. I've been…
In First Thoughts
Participants: vgunn, joepub, Gasten, Hans.

10/11/2006 memolith: How do demons get what they want?
I'm confused about how Demons can exert their influence outside of Sorcery and conflicts where there is no obvious opposition. Let's use the Whitechurch Branch for example: -The Demons want…
In lumpley games
Participants: memolith, museleading, Thomas Lawrence, lumpley.

10/11/2006 sean2099: airing out the idea for a new supers game
While I am awaiting feedback on a different game, I thought that I would put out some beginning thoughts to a new supers game I am working on (working title:…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sean2099, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Ken, Narf the Mouse, dindenver.

10/11/2006 Eric J. Boyd: [Shock:] Shadowrun
Last week my group got together and took Shock: for a spin. We had the intent to play a game in a setting similar to Shadowrun, so our two shocks…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola.

10/11/2006 Malcolm: [Perfect] Three Crimes & A Soiree
So, we sat down to play Perfect at GEAS, the Edinburgh University games society last Sunday. Hugo, Shevvy and Vicky had all expressed keenness the previous week, so this time…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, joepub, David Artman.

10/11/2006 Sindyr: Question on inspiration awards (and splitting, again)
This happened last night at my weekly Capes game: Started with 1 / 1 (a die reading 1 on both sides.) PlayerA rolled up one side to a six. 1…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Matthew Glover, Hans.

10/11/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorc] the vigilante's sacrifice
Here's something I never noticed about Sorcerer before: according to the official errata, if you sacrifice a real scumbag during a summoning ceremony you might actually gain Humanity.  "Hey, demons! …
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

10/11/2006 Narf the Mouse: Tales from the Rusty Broadsword Inn - Combat Aptitudes
Sorry, no real-life name - I just don't feel comfortable using it on the internet. The RPG name is just a placeholder; it was chosen because of a backstory that's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narf the Mouse, Adam Dray, Hereward The Wake, Noon.

10/11/2006 ffilz: [LEGO] Almost Roleplay?
This past weekend I had an interesting experience that I'd like to explore a bit. Since 1999, I have been collecting and building with LEGO, and almost immediately got into…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, DAudy, David Artman, Hans.

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