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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.

10/27/2006 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.

10/27/2006 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 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 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.

10/26/2006 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.

10/26/2006 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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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.

10/30/2006 Ancannios: [Alchemiae] Brainstorm
Hi to all here at the Forge. First of all, this isn't completely a topic with precisely defined requests, so I hope the Forge will not decapitate me for spamming…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ancannios, Troy_Costisick, nikola, TroyLovesRPG.

10/30/2006 bilros02: Help with ideas on Advertising
Hey guys, I need a little advice on how to advertise my game systems on the net. Ive already gotten the manuals for my games written (Two of them anyway),…
In Publishing
Participants: bilros02, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, abzu, sean2099, rafael.

10/31/2006 Simons: Balance in a flexible gaming system
I have always had an interest in games where the players have complete (or near complete) control over what happens to their characters when they level up (perhaps the best…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, Filip Luszczyk, TroyLovesRPG, bilros02, Simon C, Noon, cottc cid, David Artman.

10/31/2006 jlester: [Unnamed Espionage Project] Playtest
I'm cross posting this over from Story Games for the sake of a wider audience. So, after having realized that my spy game project was too big to get to…
In Playtesting
Participants: jlester.

10/31/2006 Steven Stewart: [Binary] First two Playtest sessions and some questions regarding wanking
Playtest Notes for Binary Introduction I have written this post about a half-dozen times. Each time it ends up being too long. Or too long that I think…
In Playtesting
Participants: Steven Stewart, Danny_K.

10/31/2006 GB Steve: Can we have less beating the meat?
Is it necessary to have "wanking" in subject headers? S'all. Steve
In Site Discussion
Participants: GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

10/31/2006 Primordia: Do you know something like this?
Hey Everybody. I have a while ago started on making a roleplaying world + system. This world is a primordial soup, and the characters play amorphous blobs. I have created…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Primordia, Ron Edwards, nikola.

10/31/2006 memolith: Question about selling items
Can you sell/trade items that your character pulled out with Provisions? I suppose there's no real reason to prohibit it, I just wanted to make sure. I have this weird…
In CRN Games
Participants: memolith, Hans.

10/31/2006 cthulahoops: Polaris at Gaelcon
As part of the Indie-Games track I was organising at Gaelcon this year, I ran Polaris.  I didn't get a chance to get a group together to play it in…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: cthulahoops, Hermes3.

10/31/2006 JohnUghrin: Use for fantasy?
Howdy all. Fascinating idea this Capes game. Kudos to the creators. I'm looking to spring this on an old gaming group. They're a pretty diverse bunch of guys, but can…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: JohnUghrin, Zamiel, Andrew Morris, Filip Luszczyk, Gaerik, Glendower.

10/31/2006 trifletraxor: rpgdrivethrough HQ pdf
Hi! I'm an old RQ player who loath Greg for making this horrible HeroQuest and abandoning RuneQuest to the hands of Mongoose! ;-) I am however, starting to realize that…
In HeroQuest
Participants: trifletraxor, Mike Holmes, Erik Nolander.

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