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11/11/2006 Caesar_X: [Contenders] Dry run generates some rules questions
I'm really looking forward to playing Contenders this upcoming week.  So coffee mug in hand and 'Eye of the Tiger' on the stereo, I sat down this morning to generate…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caesar_X, rafial, Gregor Hutton, Malcolm.

11/11/2006 nitramwi: Do you need to narrate?
Hi all!  Just started a wonderful game of PTA, and I have a serious question. In conflict resolution, do you have to have one person act as a narrator? Instead,…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: nitramwi, Jonathan Hastings, John Harper.

11/11/2006 MacTele: [Trolbabe] making it cyberpunk setting ?
As i wrote here i was looking for good cyberpunk system when i found The Forge. I still think about running good cyberpunk game but i feel there is no…
In Adept Press
Participants: MacTele, James_Nostack, WDFlores, Ron Edwards, Danny_K.

11/11/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [InSpectres] Pulp Ghosts in the Porn Valley
So, it's 9:20 on a Friday night and my left hip down to my left calf is throbbing with Sciatica. It's as if there's something biting through my skin and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Paul T, Jared A. Sorensen, Artanis.

11/11/2006 Doyce: Secret of Imbuement & Living Morph
Quick question: Someone wants a furry cloak that, norse-like, lets them change into an animal form.  Okay. Great. Secret of Imbuement with Secret of Living Morph from 3-corner magic.  Falcon-shape…
In CRN Games
Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman.

11/10/2006 King Turnip: [Politico] Ripped from today's attack ads!
I'm kicking around a game of political corruption.  My inspiration is the state of Washington, D.C. and the seemingly pervasive corruption there.  For you outside of Cali, know that we've…
In First Thoughts
Participants: King Turnip, Caesar_X, Ramidel, TroyLovesRPG.

11/10/2006 memolith: [Donjon] Many Various Tweaks
First off, I want to say how much I love Donjon. We finished up the sample adventure in the book last night, and it was tremendously fun. One short anecdote:…
In CRN Games
Participants: memolith, The Dragon Master, 1of3.

11/10/2006 DaveA: The Ultimate Geekdom
Hello, all. Last night I began teaching a friend the rules for Capes.  We didn't get far enough to provide any serious insights into the game.  What did make the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: DaveA, Curufea, Matthew Glover, Kai_lord.

11/10/2006 Geoff Hall: [Anarchy] First thoughts (Long!)
Okay, I should probably preface this with the fact that this is not only my first post to these forums (well, discounting a mention of Burning Empires to Primordia a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Geoff Hall, andrew_kenrick.

11/9/2006 Jesse Custer: Forum to discuss campaign prep
Is this forum for campaigns too? I have a campaign of mine that I've been refining for a while and I would like to discuss it (and my design decisions)…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jesse Custer, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

11/10/2006 sirogit: Starting up an Afraid game
Hi, I'm starting up a game of Afraid, and I'm a little confused - Is there anything written on it besdies the playtest docs on anyway? Also, I'm planning on…
In lumpley games
Participants: sirogit, Ludanto.

11/9/2006 Curufea: First play thoughts
Another new player here - had my first game yesterday. There was some confusion with Pages which could be resolved with a better turn sequence description, I think.  Breaking up…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Curufea, Hans, Gaerik, DaveA, Matthew Glover, TonyLB.

11/9/2006 mratomek: [Super Force Seven] Tactical RPG
After another long, long, long reworking of the rules, I finally got another playtest together. Most of the changes came from the great suggestions and feedback I received from this…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek, Valamir, Noon.

11/9/2006 Harsh: Artist looking for projects
Hello, I am an illustrator looking for various projects to keep myself busy in the winter months. I have an online portfolio up at www.harshweb.com , and would work for…
In Connections
Participants: Harsh, Ron Edwards, David C, Thunder_God, xenopulse.

11/9/2006 Ludanto: [Afraid] First Aid Conflicts
Hey, I've just encountered a First Aid Conflict.  The problem is, the first aid provider is an NPC.  So I figure there are two ways I can go with this. …
In lumpley games
Participants: Ludanto, lumpley, ffilz.

11/9/2006 GregStolze: Ransom Method: Follow the Money
Per Ron's request, I'm starting a new Ransom Method thread.  Here goes. MBM: Full ransom was met, so I split the cash between myself and Dan Solis.  (I'd paid Thomas…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, gobi, sean2099, daMoose_Neo, joepub.

11/9/2006 Paul King: [Polaris] Getting It
Presented for comment.  The idea is to have something to present to players so that they can understand more of the conflict between Heart and Mistaken. Polaris is a game…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Paul King, Hermes3, Ben Lehman, Web_Weaver, Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, Daniela Nicklas, Steven Stewart.

11/9/2006 chrisn: Primetime Reminders
I love the fact that conflict resolution is handled in PtA with playing cards (rather than dice). So, when I thought to make some reminders for the players on what…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: chrisn, John Harper, Dave Versace, cydmab, Glendower, 1000buffalo, REkz, Gugliandalf, Brennen Reece, relaxingnap.

11/8/2006 MacTele: Sorcerer ?
I am sure it is covered and written many times in many places, i checked rpg.net, sorcerers sites links and many others and still do not know what to think…
In Adept Press
Participants: MacTele, James_Nostack, Frank T, DAudy.

11/8/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Fastlane] A difficult beginning
Last Monday, after a nearly five-month break, I finally managed to schedule a game with my regular group. The players were: Michal - he's been into table-top RPGs for four…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.

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11/13/2006 Mel_White: [Ganakagok] MACE
Greetings: This is a summary of a Ganakagok game at MACE.  We had four players and GM, which was a good number based on the time available.  The players were…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White, jasonm, Bill_White, Andrew Morris.

11/13/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Secret of Mighty Blow
Rules question. I have a Vigor pool of 5+ and the Secret of Mighty Blow. The first time I hit, in a fight, ends the fight, because I can spend…
In CRN Games
Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/13/2006 xaosgod: Sorcerer & Sword mini supplements
I have recently ordered Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword, because of my recent disillusionment with main-stream rpgs and their ability to immitate the sword & sorcery fiction that I love,…
In Adept Press
Participants: xaosgod, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

11/13/2006 Dave Panchyk: Intercon Mid-Atlantic
Pretty much all the high-profile games are jammed to the rafters, so it looks like I'll have plenty of free time to attend. Will any of the Forgeoisie be available…
In Conventions
Participants: Dave Panchyk.

11/8/2006 Mister Hoppe: Re: Indie gamers in Toronto/Mississauga/Oakville ? (split)
hello to everyone... Mister Hoppe here if you are looking for RP Games in Mississauga, Oakville and Toronto  - - Just drop me a line at MisterHoppe@hotmail.com i think that…
In Connections
Participants: Mister Hoppe.

11/13/2006 jasonm: [Cold City] MACE game: Projekt Flakturm
I ran a convention game of Cold City at MACE in High Point, NC this weekend and it went very well.  I'd previously run a three session mini-campaign of Cold…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, JamesDJIII, Malcolm.

11/13/2006 Emily Care: [Best Friends] Senate Frosh at JiffyCon
Hey there, We played Best Friends on Saturday at JiffyCon.  The blue fever that hit the nation on Tuesday infected us, or else we'd just had too many donuts, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, Parthenia, Graham Walmsley, Nathan P., jrs, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards.

11/13/2006 Yokiboy: [DitV] Singe Stakes or Orthagonal and Oppositional Stakes?
Hello, In preparing an DitV Actual Play post in Swedish, I talked about some of the reflections we had following our most recent session. It struck me that I had…
In lumpley games
Participants: Yokiboy, lumpley, claes.

11/13/2006 aedaren: More Complication Questions
Hey guys, I have a couple of questions about complications.  I read the rules (revised) thoroughly, and as far as I can tell, once the complication has started, anyone can…
In Universalis
Participants: aedaren, Mike Holmes, kayl.

11/13/2006 forlorn1: [Savage Worlds] My hack job
In an effort to make SW better, and a bit more player narrated, I hacked up both Aspects from SotC and PTA's fan mail.  The result was 3 games I…
In Actual Play
Participants: forlorn1, Simon C, Storn.

11/13/2006 Thomas D: [PTA] "I really don't watch television."
After reading about all the amazing PTA actual play posts, I was a bit afraid to run PTA at a game convention with a group of relative strangers.  I've ran…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas D, Storn, James_Nostack.

11/14/2006 rafael: [Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium] MACE 2006
[i]NOTE: I cross-posted this at Story Games.  Hope that's okay.  If not, please let me know.[/i] This past weekend, I ran four games of Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafael, David Artman.

11/14/2006 MarktheAnimator: Marketing to the Military
Hey, is there a marketing section on the site?  I haven't seen one.... so I'll post this here. I'm interested in selling products thru the military px system.  Does anyone…
In Publishing
Participants: MarktheAnimator, JasonPalenske, guildofblades, David Artman.

11/14/2006 jrs: Piracy Paradox
Hi folks, I thought about adding this link to the Copyright Resources sticky, but it isn't really a resource -- just interesting.  The paper, The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual…
In Publishing
Participants: jrs, Jake Richmond.

11/14/2006 David Artman: [Contenders] Questions/Suggestions after MACE game
The nature of this post makes it hard for me to categorize, so forgive me if I am in the wrong forum. I hope to provide feedback via questions and…
In Actual Play
Participants: David Artman, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Dantai.

11/14/2006 gooderguy: Systemized Setting Design
Okay, so a player named Matt (who i've played burning wheel, riddle of steel and burning empires with) decided to combine a group of his friends for a new campaign.…
In Actual Play
Participants: gooderguy, baron samedi.

11/14/2006 juandsix: [The Call] - Further Thoughts on Reality Gaming
I did some work on a game concept called "The Call" here a Good While Back, then got pulled off by, well, Real Life. The Out There place. Le Monde.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: juandsix, Simon C.

11/14/2006 DaveyJJ: Mortal Coil not available as a PDF?
Brennan, Is MC not available as a PDF purchase/download? I'm back into RPGs after 20 years away and just purchased Primetime Adventures and want to buy MC, but not if…
In Galileo Games
Participants: DaveyJJ, inthisstyle, Everspinner.

11/14/2006 Geoff Hall: [Anarchy] Dice pools and conflict resolution
Right, having not garnered much of a response in my first thread about Anarchy (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22078.0) because, I assume, it was rather too long and lacking in focus I thought that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Geoff Hall, Troy_Costisick, andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2006 JasonPalenske: Short Stories
Has anyone found them to be good setting material? I'm looking to spread some short stories through my Frontier settings to help give a feel and some flavor for them.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JasonPalenske, TroyLovesRPG, Simon C, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth, pells.

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