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11/1/2006 anders_larsen: [Distant Horizons] Explorations Map - some new thoughts
Distant Horizons is a game about exploring and adventuring. It is about people that leave their home to travel the world, and about how this will change them. The exploration…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen, Simon C, Troy_Costisick, Primordia, TroyLovesRPG.

11/1/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Gift Dice and their numbers
Hey, :) Clinton, I'd like to ask you a question: what was the rationale for setting the amount of Gift Dice given to each player each session? The rules state…
In CRN Games
Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, crowyhead, shadowcourt, Andy Kitkowski.

11/1/2006 Matt Snyder: [D&D 3.5] Wyrd Tales
This past Sunday evening, we got to play D&D using my new Wyrd experience system. The Group In about May, my group of old friends and younger brother started off…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder, Gaerik, Simon C, Aaron, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Roger, Ice Cream Emperor, charles ferguson.

11/1/2006 Ward: Where to order HeroQuest from in Europe?
I was wondering if anyone happens to know where I might order HeroQuest in Europe? I know I could order it from Warehouse23, but the shipping will be fairly expensive…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ward, Mike Holmes, Erik Nolander, Fatespinner, Ron Edwards.

11/1/2006 Supplanter: [DitV] We Need a Montage!
I was recently struck with a hazy notion of a Dogs variant where you can run accomplishment conflicts as part of play. Maybe this would replace fallout-based advancement, maybe it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, Ramidel, demiurgeastaroth, Web_Weaver.

11/1/2006 MacTele: [Trollbabe] novice questions, pls help
Hello I role-play for over 15 years but what i discovered at the Forge few days ago it is a revolution. More on that later. So i bought Trollbabe and…
In Adept Press
Participants: MacTele, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Arturo G., Alan.

10/31/2006 iain: [Peer Pressure] Time and Trouble
Hi guys, I have started talking about this idea over at <a href="http://www.rpglaboratory.com">RPG lab</a> and I would like to engage the services of you good fellows. 'Peer Pressure' is a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: iain, TroyLovesRPG, Noon, Primordia.

10/31/2006 WyldKarde: Tabletop Miniatures / Card Game Idea
Hello all, I'm trying to develop a game that combines the strategy and planning of a tabletop miniature game with the randomness of a collectible card game. Nothing innovative or…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WyldKarde, Valamir, Hereward The Wake, komradebob, stefoid, sean2099, TroyLovesRPG.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

10/30/2006 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.

10/30/2006 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 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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11/2/2006 David C: Gameplay terms - safe or dangerous on ground of copyright
As I write my rules, I find myself using terms like 'saving throw' 'DC' and 'skill check.' Then I find myself wondering, with increasing frequency, am I stepping on thin…
In Publishing
Participants: David C, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Justin D. Jacobson, jerry, Ron Edwards.

11/2/2006 thelostgm: [Giants] Rewards question
After much procrastination and discussion with myself over what exactly I wanted to say, I have finally come up with a post. So here it is: the first post about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: thelostgm, Ben Lehman, Paka, RobNJ, Caesar_X, contracycle, Manicrack, CommonDialog, Primordia.

11/2/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] King of Life does not throw dice
So, I've been thinking about a diceless resource bidding mechanic for my planned Mage: the Ascension game, and checking stuff like Sorcerer Diceless - and an idea occured to me…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Danny_K, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

11/2/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Spiritual opposition only game
(Sorry for flooding the forum with two new topics one after another, but I preferred to keep the ideas separate, for the eventual feedback not to be mixed.) During the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

11/2/2006 Helvetian: Dreamation 2007
As you all know, Double Exposure loves having you guys. :) We're plowing forward into Dreamation plans now, so I wanted to post and get this particular ball rolling. As…
In Conventions
Participants: Helvetian, iago, timfire, TonyLB, M. J. Young, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., c, Michael S. Miller, nystul, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/2/2006 pells: Meeting old friends and promoting indie scene
Being in vacations in my native land, I was invited to take part in a game. I wasn't the DM, this wasn't my product, nor my typical group of players,…
In Actual Play
Participants: pells, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

11/2/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Aiming?
Hey Ron, This may have been covered elsewhere. Now, I think I've finally gotten my head wrapped around the broad concepts of Sorecerer Conflict Resolution. And then I go check…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

11/2/2006 lokis wrangling: [BtI] Question: The Final Attraction Roll
Hi, I was wondering about this rule, After the Third Date has been completed, make a final roll for all the new Attraction Levels, but this time roll all your…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: lokis wrangling, Emily Care.

11/2/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Key of the Masochist
Let me begin by quoting the rulebook: Key of the Masochist Your character thrives on personal pain and suffering. Gain 1 XP every time she is bloodied and 3 XP…
In CRN Games
Participants: r_donato, segedy, shadowcourt, Doyce.

11/2/2006 lokis wrangling: [BtI] The Detective and the Half-Demon
Possibly the most unusual thing about this game of BtI is that it's not a standalone game. It's a spinoff from a larger GURPS campaign in which I am currently…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: lokis wrangling, Emily Care.

11/3/2006 timfire: [IaLC] Conflict & Resolution Structure
As some of you might remember from old threads, I'm working on a game tentative titled "In a Land Called". I'm getting close to a playable alpha, but I'm still…
In First Thoughts
Participants: timfire, Steven Stewart, Filip Luszczyk, TroyLovesRPG, Web_Weaver, c, masqueradeball, Simon C, Kami-no-Mark.

11/3/2006 jburneko: The PtA Economy Between Episodes
Hello Again, Just a few quick questions to confirm my understanding of what happens to each resource pool between Episodes. 1) Any unspent budget goes away between episodes. Correct? (Note:…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: jburneko, Matt Wilson.

11/3/2006 Kaare Berg (Old): [Shock:] First time stumbling and relevation
[size=8pt]This has been a long time coming, and writing this right now is therapy for me with regards to some heavy real world issues. Which has nothing to do with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kaare Berg (Old), nikola.

11/4/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Confusion about Qek spirit magic
I'm hoping someone can clear up some questions about Qek spirit magic for me. 1) Zamani cannot be contacted. Based on the description of contacting roho and sasha, does that…
In CRN Games
Participants: r_donato, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/4/2006 JasonPalenske: The Frontier Challenge
The Challenge So begins the First Frontier Biquarterly 24 hour Challenge! That's right boys and girls, Biquartery! Once every 4 months Frontier will sponsor a Challenge based upon the game.…
In Connections
Participants: JasonPalenske.

11/5/2006 davidberg: [Werewolf] complete the mission! realistically! (GNS ?)
Warning: I've included a lot of preamble to provide proper context. If you want, skip it and scroll down to "the point" (in bold and caps below). Then if you're…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Noon, Frank T, Ron Edwards, Caldis, r_donato.

11/5/2006 bilros02: [GAIA SAGA] Online play testers wanted!
Hi there everyone, in order to spread the good name of our game system, we will be running a instant messenger based adaptation of the game on Yahoo! Messenger for…
In Connections
Participants: bilros02.

11/5/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Comedy, R-Maps, and Gut-Wrenching Angst
I just played my first session of what will hopefully become a recurring game of TSoY. It is best described as ABSOLUTELY FREAKING AWESOME. The Setup I've been pimping TSoY…
In Actual Play
Participants: r_donato, Frank T, Ron Edwards.

11/6/2006 Primordia: [primordia] The world is shrinking, what to do.
Hey guys. in my primordia project, im thinking about having characters play in a game world, that diminishes constantly, much like michael ende the neverending story. The gods of primordia,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Primordia, King Turnip, Geoff Hall.