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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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/12/2006 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.

10/12/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/11/2006 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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10/13/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Yesterday's Tomorrow] Interrogation as character creation
After a hiatus of 2 years I've finally gone back to Yesterday's Tomorrow, my game of a nuclear-powered, dystopian alternate now inspired by 1984, Brave New World, Children of Men…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Reithan, Paul Czege, James_Nostack, Narf the Mouse, TroyLovesRPG, Madheretic, Everspinner, Troy_Costisick.

10/13/2006 kalyptein: [Charnel Gods] Sarantium Wrap-Up
Since most of my questions here are about running a Sorcerer game, rather than more general topics about theory or dysfunctionality, I'm putting this here, rather than in Actual Play. …
In Adept Press
Participants: kalyptein, cpeterso, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

10/13/2006 c: [Mortal Coil] Of Wolves, Dragons, and 11 year olds.
Last weekend at Osh Con we played several games of Mortal Coil and this game was the one I found most interesting. We had three players, myself, Len, and Derrick…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, Storn.

10/13/2006 wunderllama: [With Great Power...] Ragnarok meets teenage angst!
So we just finished up our first issue of With Great Power last week, and wow. I mean... wow. Fantastic.  We had The Valkyrie, my character, who was chosen by…
In Actual Play
Participants: wunderllama.

10/13/2006 charlesperez: Have Gun, Will Travel - Wire Paladin, San Francisco
The 50s western, "Have Gun, Will Travel" features the gunslinger Paladin, who appears to be a Dog in all but name. He begs for a Dogs writeup, provided below. Obviously,…
In lumpley games
Participants: charlesperez.

10/14/2006 angelopampalone: reward table for HQ
Hi, can someone post a link to the thread where was proposed a table with selectable reward for the palyer based on the win or loss of a contest. I…
In HeroQuest
Participants: angelopampalone, Der_Renegat.

10/14/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spiel Essen] Demoing MLwM
This one took a bit of typing, but I thought it better to put my MLwM demo up here for checkup. I created this one in the spring of 2005,…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, ocasta.

10/14/2006 Wood: [Messenger] First Run: "A and B"
Ran my Messenger system for the first time tonight, and to my slight surprise, it went very well indeed. No hitches whatsoever.  Characters were a conscience-stricken "Liquidator" and a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Wood, Everspinner.

10/15/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.5] Badger, Goblin, Fight!
Our second D&D session is done, and much fun was had by all. The first session can be found here: Monster fight on the Open Sea! Before Play Here…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, ffilz, Steven Stewart, DAudy, Wolfen, Noon, cpeterso, James_Nostack, Gaerik, Melinglor, Narf the Mouse, r_donato.

10/15/2006 xjermx: TSOY Wushu
I dont know why this did not occur to me earlier, or why I didn't grasp the idea sooner.. but it dawned on me suddenly that my destiny involved running…
In CRN Games
Participants: xjermx, Selene Tan, shadowcourt, Danny_K, Hans, Iskander, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper.

10/15/2006 memolith: Print size for MLWM?
I admit it, I'm a cheapskate. I purchased the pdf of MLWM, to save a couple of bucks. Now I'm wishing I'd just bought the printed copy. Anyhow, I found…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: memolith, Thomas Lawrence, Paul Czege.

10/16/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Temptation and Corruption
Alright first of all, i will try to give all needed information in this thread. If you want to know more, want to read through what i have, or want…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian_W, Troy_Costisick, Narf the Mouse, Xibalba.

10/16/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Best Friends] Game in a pub
On Thursday, I met up with various forum people (Steve, Alex, Drew and Jukka) in a London pub. We had a quick game of Best Friends: which turned out to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Graham Walmsley, r_donato, Alex Fradera, Gregor Hutton, Merten, GB Steve.

10/16/2006 Noutaja: Phrases in dialogues
I was reading Polaris on my spare time and found myself thinking about the different ways to run dialogues for two or more persons in Polaris. So this is just…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Noutaja, Ben Lehman.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] Camp Nerdly: Mayahuel's Revenge
I ran The Shadow of Yesterday for six players at Camp Nerdly:  Krista, Remi, Joe, Dave, Frank, and Andy.  Two players were quite familiar with TSOY but the other four…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, foucalt, TonyLB, SNES Chalmers.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Getting Drunk
We got a great question about getting drunk in Roach play recently and I thought I'd lay it out here as well.  The drunk rule appears under "Resisting the Roach",…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards.

10/16/2006 Nathan P.: Carry Audio Demo
Jeff and Judd of the Sons of Kryos recorded a 15-minute demo of carry with me at Gen Con 06. Check it out on this page. And I don't sound…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Yokiboy.

10/16/2006 Eric J. Boyd: Shock: actual play - some clarifications please
I've posted a report of my group's first session playing Shock: here. We used a setting modeled on Shadowrun and had a rockin' first session that slowly interweaved the characters'…
In glyphpress
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [Infected] Camp Nerdly: The Inwood Zombie Fortress and Drama Club
Mark ran a game of The Infected, Eric Provost's in-playtest game of survival horror, at Camp Nerdly, and I got a chance to throw down with Frank Manna, Kevin Allen…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, SNES Chalmers, Technocrat13, joepub, Narf the Mouse, Aman the Rejected.

10/16/2006 Hellbender: Re: Tales From The Floating Vagabond is looking for publishing partners
Hey,   I recently came across your discussion of Tales ffrom the Floating Vagabond on The Forge (I was looking online for a copy of the rule book to buy,…
In Connections
Participants: Hellbender, Ron Edwards, Wolfen.

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