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10/24/2006 Mel_White: [Ubercon] “Burning Wheel”
At Ubercon 2006, I had the opportunity to play Burning Wheel for the first time.  The game was superb.  We played the ‘Inheritance’ scenario, where player character conflict is paramount…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White.

10/24/2006 Storn: [PTA] Lions at the Gate ep 4
This last week’s episode, I took pretty extensive notes during play.  In a format that I’m just gonna transcribe.  To refresh everyone’s memory of the cast, we have: Producer:  Bret…
In Actual Play
Participants: Storn, Paka, Matt Wilson.

10/24/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Coyote Creek in triplicate
[url=http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=6282&src=theforge]Coyote Creek[/url] is the Dead of Night demo adventure that I’ve run countless times over the past year. I first ran it at Gencon UK, late 2005, and have finally…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Narf the Mouse, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2006 Doyce: Wherefore, other Mortal Coil AP and Theme Documents?
Hey all, Brennan's got a cool sticky up at the top of the forum, collecting some of the AP threads, but I don't think that's all of them (Judd's from…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Doyce, inthisstyle, cawshis.

10/24/2006 ubergeek2012: [Mortal Coil] A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Last weekend I ran a one-shot of Mortal Coil for a few of my friends.  They’re gamers, but had never played Mortal Coil before.  It was my first time running…
In Actual Play
Participants: ubergeek2012.

10/24/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] - Fade To Grey
So, character creation was somewhat staggered over a couple of weeks for this game. Some players created their characters when we sat down to discuss stuff a week ago, other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Shevaun.

10/24/2006 Simon C: Thinking about a Metagame mechanic.
So this isn't so much a new game idea as an idea that could be used in otherwise traditional style games, to mix up the game authorship in a way…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simon C, Troy_Costisick, crowyhead, Narf the Mouse.

10/24/2006 oliof: [Roach] The Library as A Temple?
Today in germany at least, it's the day of the library. On the radio this morning, I heard a report on the IKMZ Cottbus, a new center for information and…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2006 muddlepud: [A Thousand And One Nights] and [InSpectres] Indie Sunday 22/10/06
I'm starting up a regular game day I'm calling Indie Sunday to try our numerous rpgs that Jye and myself brought back from GenCon earlier this year. This time around…
In Actual Play
Participants: muddlepud, droog, Emily Care, timfire.

10/24/2006 Tim C Koppang: [Hero's Banner] Gameday 2006
I was recently in Mt Prospect, Illinois for the En World Gameday 2006 -- which I must say was all kinds of fun. During the morning session, I ran an…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, WildElf.

10/23/2006 tonyd: Fun: A Burning Empires Cosmology
The other day I was stuck at a coffee shop for an hour with my sketchpad and no book to read, so I made up a little Burning Empires cosmology…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: tonyd, abzu.

10/23/2006 Salar: Universalis as creator of worlds
Hi all, I've just bought Universalis and spent my weekend reading through it (instead of working) and I must say I'm really impressed by both its simplicity and it's depth…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Salar, fredrikr, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

10/23/2006 Nathan P.: [Carry] NC Gameday AP-ish
Jeffrey Collyer, (forlorn1 on these boards) is a fine fellow that I've gamed with at Dreamation and Dex Con. He contacted me a couple of months ago about running carry…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Technocrat13.

10/23/2006 oliof: [Roach] Rules additions and game handling propositions.
Hi, in some conversations at Spiel Essen I talked to people that played the Roach and complained about it being too random. I gather this is because of some things:…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, jasonm.

10/23/2006 Nephilim: [Wiedergänger] First ideas for a game...
Hi there! I'm one of the Projekt Odyssee authors from Germany and part-time Forge-reader (though not poster). The successful cooperation at the Essen game fair made me think about posting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nephilim, Troy_Costisick, David Artman, dindenver, TroyLovesRPG.

10/23/2006 GB Steve: Universalis spotted in Forbidden Planet
I was browsing in Forbidden Planet on Friday night. It's the largest comic book, DVD and genre fiction outlet in London. They have a selection of RPGs, about 3 IKEA…
In Universalis
Participants: GB Steve, Salar, Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Alex Fradera.

10/23/2006 Graham Walmsley: Rabbit cartoons
I'd like some cartoons of a running rabbit (well, a hare, actually, but the idea's the same). They're for my website, which is at: http://www.catchyourhare.com/ As you can see, I've…
In Connections
Participants: Graham Walmsley, daMoose_Neo.

10/23/2006 Simon C: [Savage Worlds] New thinking on old style of play
Hi!  I'm new 'round these parts so please forgive me if I've missed some forum rules, and for starting off with a hefty post. Recently I finished a long running…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon C, baron samedi, r_donato, anders_larsen, Storn, Barlennan, Narf the Mouse, Mike Holmes, Noon.

10/23/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Numbers and impressions
Hi everyone! So, back from Essen. It was a lot of fun and also very exhausting. I am at work right now, so I don’t have time to post extensively.…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank T, jasonm, Justin D. Jacobson, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, oliof, TheTris, StefanS.

10/23/2006 Gregor Hutton: [It Was A Mutual Decision] Huw and Delphine
Tonight we played a game of It Was A Mutual Decision, a game that doesn't get enough AP around here (I found one from Ron here, for comparison). We had…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Shevaun, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Malcolm.

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10/25/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Themed roulette sheets
Making myself ready for running Fastlane (and I hope to get down to it this week) I've put together some themed roulette sheets, to "soften" the impact of casino imagery…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Lxndr.

10/25/2006 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Character before conflict
So over on Story Games I had a discussion about the way that conflict structures a character ... more specifically, the pieces of a character which are not dependent upon…
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB, Bill_White, Narf the Mouse, WhiteRat, Danny_K, Dumirik, Steven Stewart.

10/25/2006 daMoose_Neo: Anyone with InDesign able to do an export for me?
I'm wrapping up work on a little book, but its enough I want bookmarks for the PDF. My InDesign 2.0 is acting up though and I'm not getting any text…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, iago, David Artman, Ron Edwards.

10/25/2006 jburneko: Shooting The Moon, Rules Questions.
Hello, First let me say that I think Shooting The Moon is excelent!  I've been waiting for a romantic rivals game for quite some time.  I do have some questions…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: jburneko, Emily Care.

10/25/2006 kroh: Re: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] very first thoughts
Would the "players" create the scenes as the game progresses (allowing the non-good guy bad guys in the scene to take on suplimental roles) or would they be predefined (written…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kroh, Ron Edwards.

10/25/2006 two_fishes: [DitV] Alternate Setting: Jedi Knights: Mos Alam
Hi! I am going to be running a DitV game on Friday, refitted for Jedi Knights. I thought I would post the town here for everyone's entertainment/comments (any constructive criticism…
In lumpley games
Participants: two_fishes, Vaxalon, LostSoul.

10/25/2006 Lamorak33: Newvampire game, with bangs, exciting!!!
Hi Last night we met for character creation. In fact it was for Chronicle creation too. Our Pendragon game (which I played in) had imploded and I was asked to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Danny_K, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/25/2006 Mytholder: [MLWM]The Untitleable
After a long break, I've started gaming again, with two groups. One group is playing Runequest at the moment. The other group is playing 'whatever odd stuff I bring to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mytholder, Adam Dray.

10/26/2006 BabbageCliologic: D20 Multiverse Game - Actual Play
Hello All: So my Friday Night group usually meets every other Friday. On one alternate Friday a month, I host a game where I invite people from my Friday group…
In Actual Play
Participants: BabbageCliologic, Gaerik, Noon.

10/26/2006 c: [Rock-Con] November 3-5
Hi folks, Myself and my two partners in crime will be bringing Indy games to play at Rock-Con. We are planning on being there all day Saturday, November 4th. If…
In Conventions
Participants: c.

10/26/2006 Pelgrane: Distribution Data
I'm looking for data from publishers who have swtiched from a pure direct sales model to a mixed direct/retail/distributor model. Ignore any cut that IPR, Key20 or other similar organisation…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane, daMoose_Neo.

10/26/2006 Thomas D: [Lacuna] Character sheet and static notes.
So I'm going to run Lacuna at the upcoming tiny con. (I've already got someone signed up for the con session.  I checked the other games he's signed up for:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas D, Yokiboy.

10/26/2006 sean2099: (split) super power categories
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21789.0 is the thread I am splitting from at this point.  As you can probably tell, I am wanting to make some sort of 'supers' game.  I hope the thread…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sean2099, Troy_Costisick, TroyLovesRPG, dindenver, Ken.

10/26/2006 Trevis Martin: [Vampire: The Requiem] Play as written?...right.
I decided early in 2005 that I wanted to play a game with the new Vampire: The Requiem rules.  It was pretty easy to convince the group to give it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trevis Martin, sirogit, James_Nostack, Simon C, Joe Murphy (Broin), Lamorak33, TJ.

10/26/2006 Matt Snyder: Express Media aftermath, anyone?
My understanding is that Express Media dissolved over the summer, after I last dealt with them for Nine Worlds printing. I need to print up some more books. My contact…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2006 Troy_Costisick: Having Trouble with Pagemaker 7
Heya guys, I'm having some real trouble with my Pagemaker software.  I've got my games layed out in the regular pmd format and they look great.  I print them on…
In Publishing
Participants: Troy_Costisick, MatrixGamer, David Artman.

10/27/2006 Narf the Mouse: Tales: Thoughts on meta-game rewards - Themes
As stated previously, I'm writing an epic-journey, low-magic fantasy game. On thing I've been thinking about a long time, that I want in there is what I call Themes. Themes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narf the Mouse, Troy_Costisick, TroyLovesRPG.

10/27/2006 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Thor is no damn good
Hello, We played a third session of Best Friends, following up on the events described in Larceny, hatred, and supportive self-actualization, with me, Tod, Julie, and Maura. This…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jrs, Gregor Hutton, sirogit, Graham Walmsley.

10/27/2006 gooderguy: Flashcards
Having read lots of the RPG theory and come to a novice understanding of Social Contracts and GNS, I've been wanting to play a diceless system for ages now, but…
In First Thoughts
Participants: gooderguy, jasonm, Justice Platt.

10/27/2006 James_Nostack: Tomoe Goezen: wow.
There was a thread about a year ago on David Mason's The Sorcerer's Skull, so I hope this thread isn't inappropriate. I just finished it, and the sequels I ordered…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

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