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10/18/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] The Big Grid
I haven't talked about Grey Ranks much, but I feel like I'm getting close to playtesting and will start asking for feedback on bits and pieces.  So:  In GR you…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Hans, Narf the Mouse, Bill_White, Joshua BishopRoby, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman.

10/18/2006 Remko: [Dust Devils]: Failing to get really intensive conflicts
I'm now back from a small con, where I ran a short Dust Devils session, and it didn't go as I had hoped. I made a short analysis, which I've…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Remko, Eero Tuovinen, Hans.

10/18/2006 MikeRM: [Errantry] Playtests wanted - medieval quests game based on TSOY rules
Announcing version 0.9* of Errantry, a game of knightly quests: http://www.csidemedia.com/files/Errantry.pdf This is medieval fantasy – as the medievals knew it. Play… a valiant Knight, a resourceful Lady, a talented…
In Connections
Participants: MikeRM.

10/17/2006 Ludanto: [AFRAID] Victimization & Nightmarish Resources Questions
OMG this is awsome and I'm super sad that I have to wait for a book. :(  I'm going to try to run a game anyway. Questions: 1)When a victim…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ludanto, lumpley.

10/17/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: Seeking Playtesters for a Cardgame of Interstellar Domination
'Lo all!  Armored Wing, a strategy card game of interstellar domination... with mecha!... is hitting open playtesting. No, it's NOT going to be collectible.  To the great relief of the…
In Connections
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

10/17/2006 crowyhead: [TSOY] New Ratkin shamanic secret
I'm kinda geeked because I wrote my first ever custom TSOY secret this week.  I'm playing an albino ratkin shaman named Lutra, and Josh (shadowcourt) and I have been having…
In CRN Games
Participants: crowyhead.

10/17/2006 baron samedi: [LCoE] Strange places: ideas ?
Hello Forgeites, After building a set of game mechanics that allows a game effect bonus for using a specific landmark or building, I'm trying to find ideas about strange places…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, crowyhead, David Artman, Narf the Mouse, Simon C, TroyLovesRPG.

10/17/2006 Halzebier: [Spiel Essen] Forge Booth - which exhibition hall?
Hi there! I've just checked the official webpage of the Spiel 2006 but couldn't find the Forge among the exhibitors. I've heard the booth is called "PrO/Forge", but could not…
In Conventions
Participants: Halzebier, Frank T.

10/17/2006 aedaren: My First Uni Game + Confusion about complications
Hey everybody, I've been having a good time playing Universalis for the first time with some guys from the indie net gaming group.  We're using a wiki to play, and…
In Universalis
Participants: aedaren, Valamir, Trevis Martin.

10/17/2006 Ancannios: Stuck on a resolution mechanic
Hi to all, I am currently designing my homebrew simulationist  rpg set in the early middle ages, but for 5 days now I just cant get any ideas for a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ancannios, andrew_kenrick, iain, Narf the Mouse, drfelip.

10/17/2006 RedPissLegion: [Mortal Coil] Hexcity - First trial run questions
Last Saturday (October 16) we gather a play group in a local RPG store to try out Mortal Coil, no one had ever played before and during play I (the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: RedPissLegion, inthisstyle.

10/17/2006 bebbstar: [Alternate Setting] Gods in the Vineyard
Hello all... This is my first post on this forum and my introduction to all things DitV. First (off-topic) - Vincent what an amazing thing you've created in DitV. I've…
In lumpley games
Participants: bebbstar, lumpley, demiurgeastaroth, Ramidel.

10/17/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Dice for the Masses
I ran Over the Edge with my group last week, and it rocked hard. I unveiled and implemented a set of changes to the Experience Dice system that I discussed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, r_donato.

10/17/2006 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Raiders in a foreign land
I ran the first playtest of the new revised playtest edition of BARBAREN! this Saturday at ConTor, a small local convention near Hamburg with a good mix of indie and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, JustinB, TroyLovesRPG, Noon.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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10/18/2006 LeSingeSavant: [Agon] Camp Nerdly: The Island of Ithaka
We played Agon the first night of Camp Nerdly. After a half hour of prep, I was ready to go. Character generation went fairly smoothly, and we ended up with:…
In Actual Play
Participants: LeSingeSavant, foucalt, John Harper, rafial, jasonm.

10/19/2006 Kuma: Announcing the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge!
Kuma Pageworks is proud to announce the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge, a game design workshop and competition dedicated to stretching the boundaries of role-playing game design. Using the enigmatic <a href="http://mixotronic.elseworld.org">Mix-O-Tronic</a>, a…
In Endeavor
Participants: Kuma.

10/19/2006 Malcolm: [Contenders] This Must Be The Place
So after unanimous consent in the pub last week, this week we sat down to play Contenders. So there we sit round Per’s kitchen table drinking…ginger beer? Regardless of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Joe Murphy (Broin), pfischer, iain, Dantai, Yokiboy.

10/19/2006 Pelgrane: Call of Cthulhu survey
Pelgrane are doing a new version of Call of Cthulhu under license, and we've done a survey to get some idea of what people want. This data should be taken…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane.

10/19/2006 Hans: [Donjon] Mind Control
Hi all: Here is a quick question; how have you all dealt with people trying out Mind Control type effects.  Specifically, when a person makes a casting roll, and has…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans, memolith, Markku Tuovinen.

10/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] the Penultimate Nightshade Alley
This is apparently the week for awesome Actual Play for me. Two days after I had this killer Over the Edge session with my regular group, I played PTA with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Paul T, hix, Kami-no-Mark, cydmab.

10/19/2006 oliof: [Spiel Essen] The first impressions
Hello, a late night first report from Spiel Essen. To start with something you all like to hear: We have sold about thirty units, and sold out one game line…
In Conventions
Participants: oliof, Justin D. Jacobson, inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, ocasta, Ben Lehman, StefanS, Frank T, Matt, Jürgen Mayer, Daniela Nicklas, JasperN., Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

10/19/2006 jasonm: Five players?
Hey everybody, My weekly group wants to go nuts with Agon, but I'm concerned that five players is too many - I've played with three and that seemed perfect.  Any…
In one.seven design
Participants: jasonm, demiurgeastaroth, LeSingeSavant, John Harper.

10/19/2006 timfire: An observation & a thought (AoE & KPfS)
I'm not sure where I want this thread to go, but I had an observation from our last playtest and a thought. During our last playtest---our second actual play session…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: timfire.

10/20/2006 Iskander: [TSoY] Harm and success
So, Prince Abdul ibn Rahman al'Katab, heir to the Sultanate of the Striped Isles, is this eight-foot tiger guy, and he's in Hell, where he's unwittingly challenged the late Soul…
In CRN Games
Participants: Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud.

10/20/2006 Web_Weaver: GM as Facilitator, looking for signposts in the unknown
This post falls between Actual Play and First Thoughts. I place it here because primarily I am involved in adaptation of rules, and a radically altered game is likely to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Web_Weaver, timfire, TroyLovesRPG.

10/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - Thoughts on promotion
A very late follow-up from this thread, I am now ready to begin the promotion of Avalanche. At my disposal, I have those tools : an english and a french…
In Publishing
Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.

10/20/2006 GreatWolf: New Universalis review...on Boardgamegeek?
Weird but true.  Here is the link.
In Universalis
Participants: GreatWolf.

10/20/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.5] Slaughter in the Plaza
Previous plays with this group: 1. Monster fight on the Open Sea! 2. Badger, Goblin, Fight! Before Play I discovered a great resource for printing up battle maps called DungeonForge.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Narf the Mouse, r_donato, Noon, Mason, Primordia.

10/21/2006 Willow: [Agon] First Try
Tim, Len, and myself met for a rousing session of killing things (and taking their stuff). The night started off a little humorously, Tim's computer couldn't be connected to both…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, rafial, John Harper, TJ.

10/21/2006 Willow: Some More Rules Questions
After having actually played the game now: How much Glory does a PC get for beating an NPC in a simple roll?  1?  1, plus another 1 + NPC's cost…
In one.seven design
Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/21/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Incentivizing Play
...which is a fancy way of saying that I'm thinking about bonuses and penalties. The core mechanic is a die roll that must exceed the current scene number (1 through…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Troy_Costisick, Hans.

10/21/2006 daMoose_Neo: Halloween Upcoming- Anyone doing anything to promote your titles?
Last year I did a little something fun: I handed out cards from my dark fantasy game Final Twilights to older trick-or-treaters in my community. Posted about it on the…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Jake Richmond, andrew_kenrick.

10/21/2006 Jake Richmond: Theft
Is PDF sharing a problem you are concerned about? I wasn't until recently. In the last few weeks sales of the Panty Explosion PDF have dropped from about 3 copies…
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Richmond, JakeVanDam, Joshua BishopRoby, daMoose_Neo, Wolfen, c, timfire, David Artman, pigames, Yokiboy, Peter_Hollinghurst, Steven Stewart, Ken, Ron Edwards, andrew_kenrick, David C, demiurgeastaroth, GregStolze, greyorm.

10/22/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Making a better bullet
I've been tinkering with the rules for conflict resolution in Six Bullets for Vengeance, mostly as a result of the last playtest we did (which is here ). Over the…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

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