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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 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 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 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 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.

11/8/2006 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 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.

11/13/2006 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 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 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.

11/12/2006 Curufea: Doctor Who
Something I was pondering on the bus to work this morning is how to use Capes to play a Doctor Who genre game.  There would be a few house rules…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Curufea, Hans, hix, TheCzech, James_Nostack, TonyLB.

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.

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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.

11/15/2006 epweissengruber: DitV -- applicable quote from Georges Bataille
These quotes come from the "Chance" section of the French post-surrealist's book Guilty: "  If Good didn't question itself it would be the judge's power of execution.   Take Good…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/15/2006 Curufea: Capes PBBB
Well, I'm going to see how Capes goes as a Play By Bulletin Board game.  I'm currently fiddling around with phpBB here - http://www.curufea.com/Capes/index.php Hopefully once I've got the programming…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Curufea, TheCzech, dunlaing.

11/15/2006 GreatWolf: At last, the print version is available!
It's been a while since I posted this update, wherein I discussed some problems with the proof. Well, Crystal and I both agreed that more needed to be done.  A…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, hix, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, M. J. Young.

11/15/2006 Yokiboy: [DitV] Swedish Translation and Actual Play
Hello, I've posted a Swedish Actual Play report and translation of the most commonly used terms in DitV. Along with the AP, I have created a character gallery, where you…
In lumpley games
Participants: Yokiboy.

11/15/2006 Ingo: Translation German to English (and back)
Hello, well I'm not sure that First Thoughts is the correct board, because we already published our roleplaying game. It's called Primary ROleplaying SysTem (short: Prost) and we got the…
In Connections
Participants: Ingo.

11/15/2006 Michael S. Miller: Events for Dreamation 2007
This is split from the main Dreamtion thread. As the schedule develops, Kat will be maintaining a website at http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dream07IGE.html Please let us register everyone together. DO NOT submit to…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., RobNJ, Zathreyel, Paka, iago, nikola, nystul, Bret Gillan.

11/15/2006 GreatWolf: [Trollbabe] Two-player GMful play?
On another forum, a discussion has broken out, recommending two-player GMless games.  Along the way, someone mentioned Trollbabe. This sparked a thought for me.  Honestly, it seems like the Trollbabes…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth.

11/15/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Passages Design Diary as Launching Point for Bullseye System - Feedback Please
I just released Passages, which has been over two years "in development." It's been a long, strange journey in what I've come to call "incremental" game design. I've been posting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, joepub.

11/15/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: "Generic" vs. "Multi-Genre"
You've probably noticed that there aren't any "used" cars anymore. They're all "pre-owned." This trend was started by the upscale car companies to combat the negative connotation associated with the…
In Publishing
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, StefanS, daMoose_Neo, David Artman, Joshua BishopRoby, Nathan P., nystul, jeremycoatney.

11/16/2006 nitramwi: [We The People] Working thru the Mechanics
"We The People" is my first attempt at designing a RPG.  Its about a group of jurors deciding the guilt or innocence of the accused in a trail.  Its influence…
In First Thoughts
Participants: nitramwi, King Turnip, Troy_Costisick, c, TroyLovesRPG, masqueradeball, contracycle, David Artman.

11/16/2006 Mike Sugarbaker: Go Play Northwest (June 2007)
In the great city of Seattle, Washington, at a moderately nice hotel, there shall be a weekend of those games we like to play. We (a committee of five that…
In Conventions
Participants: Mike Sugarbaker.

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