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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 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.

10/25/2006 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.

10/25/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Caesar_X: [Touch of Noir] The seedy underbelly
I finally got a chance to do a full playtest of the draft rules of 'Touch of Noir' tonight and I got some great information!  We broke the rules and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Caesar_X, cpeterso.

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.

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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.

10/28/2006 Willow: [Agon] Agon is a Harsh Mistress
Our first session writeup was here:  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21878.0 Tim, Len, and myself gathered for another session of blood, sweat, and glory. After spending many interludes allowing Alastor to regain his wounds…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/28/2006 Mark: Regarding the planned publisher rate increase
Regarding the planned publisher rate increase by OBS (formed by the merger of RPGNow.com and DTRPG) - "With the possibility of price hikes, I believe that both vendors and consumers…
In Publishing
Participants: Mark, Narf the Mouse, daMoose_Neo, dindenver.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Drugs, hugs, knives, and Zu
At last! Despite a whole bunch of schedule conflicts, we finally got our game going, with me, Tim A, Tim K, and Chris. Setting up for it reminds me a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Frank T, Matt Wilson, pfischer, pedyo, buzz, Miskatonic, Paul T.

10/28/2006 Caesar_X: [Touch of Noir] Traits and desperate acts
After analyzing my Touch of Noir playtest from the other night (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21915.0), I realized that I wanted to see character traits more defined during play instead of simply during character…
In Playtesting
Participants: Caesar_X, iain, JustinB, c, anders_larsen, Noon, Paul T.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Dead of Night] Werewolves! Men with guns! Mom!
Hello, Last week, Tim A's household was laid low by kid crud, so Tim K, Chris, and I met to play a one-session game in the interim between Shadow of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, inthisstyle, Yokiboy, andrew_kenrick, rumble, charlesperez, Web_Weaver, Tim C Koppang, Tancred.

10/29/2006 Adam H.: ideas to complex for first thoughts but not developed enough for playtesting
First Thoughts for Operation Newborn. Operation newborn is an R.P.G. that takes place in a small country inside of a large crater on an unknown planet. The setting is mid-evil…
In Endeavor
Participants: Adam H., Ron Edwards.

10/29/2006 Garvey: Polaris in a Play-By-Post Format
I didn't see this discussed anywhere, but I may have missed it. I'm thinking of setting up a Polaris play-by-post game, and I curious if this has been done before…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Garvey, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Everspinner.

10/30/2006 museleading: Helping dice
Ran a conflict last night and a rule question came up.  Someone wanted to raise by shooting (and killing) a demon with a bullet soaked in the blood of a…
In lumpley games
Participants: museleading, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Yokiboy.

10/30/2006 oliof: roach theme cards
A significant number of people have been telling me they like the roach but for the lack of an overarching structure. So, what I'd like to do is collect a…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm.

10/30/2006 c: [The Grey Man Wants You Dead] Initial thoughts
So the research for Silence Keeps Me a Victim is going a bit slower than I anticipated as it's taking me longer to get through suggested reading and resource materials…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, jasonm, Valamir, timfire, TroyLovesRPG.

10/30/2006 epweissengruber: Burning Wheel in Toronto: Fantasy Japan Setting
If anyone is interested, IndieRPG Toronto will be starting up a BW game:  Original thread: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/boards/view/viewthread?thread=2348962 Here is the spiel.  If you are interested, PM me here or sign up…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: epweissengruber.

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