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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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/10/2006 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.

10/10/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/9/2006 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.

10/9/2006 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.

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10/12/2006 Levi Kornelsen: [The Exchange] Considering Revisions
So, since my last chat with Ron, I've been playing around with loose revision ideas for The Exchange, one of my little "freebie" game things.  You can see the second…
In Playtesting
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Alan, Ron Edwards, TonyLB.

10/12/2006 Caesar_X: [Close Encounters] The 90-min RPG
This idea just came out of me tonight while I was trying to muddle my way through the Polaris rulebook in a reclined position.  As my mind wandered, I started…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Caesar_X, andrew_kenrick, TroyLovesRPG, Narf the Mouse, Call Me Curly, cpeterso.

10/12/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] More people makes things tricky
So Misery Bubblegum has this system where you give each other your dice, and then people can use dice from other players to represent each having emotional influence over them.…
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB.

10/12/2006 c: Help me to sell your games.
This past Weekend, myself and my two other regular group members, went to a local convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin, called oddly enough Osh Con. *grins* Tim and myself came to…
In Publishing
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, timfire, Blankshield, Adam SBG.

10/12/2006 Web_Weaver: [HeroQuest -modified] Scene Framing Questions
Hi all, This time out I am not expressing a problem, as I am confident that the game is on track here, but I have little twinges of doubt and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, Lamorak33, sebastianz, Gaerik.

10/12/2006 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 2006
IndieRPG Toronto will be running a series of indie games and demos at the upcoming Pandemonium convention in Toronto. Volunteer to run a game or just show up to play. …
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/12/2006 dsellars: [Burning Empires] one on one
Hello, I some how missed all the news about Burning Empires even when a friend of mine kept on talking about it.  I think I was thinking "hmm, yeah Sci-fi…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: dsellars, mtiru, Oddball, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, eruditus.

10/12/2006 a_verheaghe: US distributor for ILH2 and Mythic Russia
Way back in July I requested ILH2 from my local shop, he informed me it would not be available from his distributor until mid August. Now it appears he can't…
In HeroQuest
Participants: a_verheaghe, boredoom.

10/12/2006 GB Steve: Mortal Smackdown
So in last night's game, the continuation of Twisted Fifties, the PCs arrive mob-handed at the asylum to confront Dr Scolari, the twisted woman hater who seems to be at…
In Galileo Games
Participants: GB Steve, dyjoots, inthisstyle.

10/12/2006 baron samedi: [Last Chronicles of Erdor] Searching for the right adjective to name a religion
Hi, I'm in the process of translating a role-playing game from French to English, and stuck with the choice of a proper term to designate a specific religious movement. -…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, FLEB, crowyhead, Wolfen.

10/12/2006 Reithan: [Mage: The Awakening] Here goes nothing...
Ok, after wanting to do this, being told to do this, still wanting to and generally dreading doing it, mainly for the reason that I haven't a clue how to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Reithan, Danny_K, Glendower, Ron Edwards, Selene Tan, Noon, Ice Cream Emperor, r_donato, Paul T, Marco.

10/12/2006 gorckat: [Sorc] Contact and Summon Rituals
I was wondering if the following might be a doable method to resolve Contacts and Summons, or if I've misread the rules somehow negating these thoughts: When a Player attempts…
In Adept Press
Participants: gorckat, Ron Edwards.

10/12/2006 Zamiel: Complications and Stake-Setting
One of the things I've found particularly of interest in the new wave of indie RPG design is the idea of "stake setting," that is, conflicts are entered into with…
In Universalis
Participants: Zamiel, Valamir, Adam Dray, komradebob, Eero Tuovinen, pete_darby, Robotech_Master.

10/13/2006 tj333: Dog in a Black Coat
I've started a series of 9 Dog's town where a man who used to be a Dog but has become a sorcerer. His coat is now black and he travels…
In lumpley games
Participants: tj333, ironick, Ramidel.

10/13/2006 willo: Gaming System Framework
What would it take for you to develop your new RPG idea using a Gaming System Framework? Gaming System Framework:     A core set of rules that could be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: willo, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, jeremycoatney, TroyLovesRPG, mratomek, tj333, joepub, Danny_K, David Artman, Certified, Nathaniel B.

10/13/2006 Zamiel: Theoretical Battlestar Galactica Play Example
One of the things I do when I'm trying to get a handle on how a game is played is work up a session / scene, with mechanical notation and…
In Universalis
Participants: Zamiel, Valamir.

10/13/2006 ShaneJackson: [Sorcerer] confused by example
I'm trying to learn the game, but some errata is confusing me, specifically the correction to page 92 where it says: Page 92: A rolls 10 10 8 7 7…
In Adept Press
Participants: ShaneJackson, jrs, Ron Edwards, gorckat, James_Nostack, JamesDJIII.

10/13/2006 Keith Senkowski: untitled desktops
[url=http://www.bobgoat.com/images/untitled/paranoidDesktop.jpg]They Are Out To Get You[/url]
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Paul Czege.

10/13/2006 James_Nostack: [Mechaton] Do sensors completely ignore armor?
Hi Vincent, I finally got a chance to play Mechaton the other night!  Hooray for me!  I had a question, though: when you paint someone with a sensor tag, does…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, lumpley.

10/13/2006 Sindyr: After much play - a disturbing trend is noticed
OK, gonna bring up something I have been noticing for some time.  At first, I was worried that it may be due to my inexperience with Capes - maybe because…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, oreso, Gaerik, Hans, James_Nostack, Andrew Morris, TonyLB.

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