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12/13/2006 joewolz: [TSOY] Quick Harm Question.
Can a character be Harmed in a situation in which the Pain was not Brought down?
In CRN Games
Participants: joewolz, Technocrat13, Eero Tuovinen, IMAGinES.

12/13/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Collective Mission rolls
So in Grey Ranks, you've got a collective Mission in each Scene.  It's framed by a Mission Leader, which is a role that rotates from player to player per Scene. …
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Malcolm, two_fishes, Graham Walmsley, redivider.

12/13/2006 JamesDJIII: [DiTV] Is it ok to insert PC family members during town creation?
Or is this something to be negotiated with the players, like, "Pete, you have a brother here, does that sound ok?" Or do you wait until the players want to…
In lumpley games
Participants: JamesDJIII, demiurgeastaroth, greyorm, ffilz, Warren, David Artman.

12/13/2006 WRPIgeek: [Donjon] Looking for feedback on a supplement
Howdy everyone. I've been a fan of Donjon for quite a while, and when I looked back into it recently I found out it was on a Creative Commons license.…
In CRN Games
Participants: WRPIgeek, The Dragon Master, Hans.

12/13/2006 Greymorn: Drifting toward Narrativism
This is my first post, so I'll start with hello all and a big, big thank you to the creators, moderators and posters of this forum. In particular many thanks…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Greymorn, anders_larsen, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray.

12/13/2006 jasonm: Indexing
Hey friends, My next game is going to need an index.  Please give me advice on how to make that happen - can we leverage the tools in InDesign to…
In Publishing
Participants: jasonm, Eero Tuovinen, Justin D. Jacobson, nystul, segedy, David Artman, GreatWolf, MatrixGamer, abzu, selvi.

12/13/2006 azrianni: [Costs] playtest reports
If you're playtesting Costs, we can talk about it here! (Interested in playtesting? see the other thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22546.0)
In Playtesting
Participants: azrianni, Paul Czege.

12/13/2006 azrianni: Playtesters needed for "Costs"
[i][b]Costs[/b][/i], a roleplaying game of bartering and difficult choices, is now available for initial playtest. At this point, I'm mostly looking for people to try it out and see if…
In Connections
Participants: azrianni.

12/13/2006 thark: [TSOY] Inapplicable Keys
Something that hasn't come up yet in play (three sessions into our first TSOY campaign and lovin' it so far) but which I've realized might and wanted to have an…
In CRN Games
Participants: thark, Twobirds, Eero Tuovinen, r_donato, Alan.

12/13/2006 timfire: A possibe avenue for distributing AP recordings
A while ago I stumbled onto music.download.com. It's a cool site with a ton of free mp3's. Today I was glancing at their Spoken Word/ Story-telling section and thought, "Hey,…
In Publishing
Participants: timfire, Bryan Hansel.

12/13/2006 Alan: [DiTV] Recommend a Town for a oneshot?
Hi all, I'm looking to prepare a one session introduction to Dogs, which would conclude character creation and play in 4 hours. Two requests directed at experienced GMs of Dogs:…
In lumpley games
Participants: Alan, oliof, Warren, ffilz, cdr.

12/13/2006 JSDiamond: Want to try "Sea of Fate" ?
Here is a link to the pdf. Card based, simple.  Don't know if it's been done before.  Any feedback on how it works in play is appreciated.  I have tried…
In Connections
Participants: JSDiamond.

12/12/2006 Rampage: What drove me here, and where I'm going
Hi everybody, I thought of writing a brief introductory post on why I ended up here for, maybe, your amusement. I'll withhold names of the guilty and really specific examples…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rampage, r_donato, Noon, Christopher Kubasik, Filip Luszczyk.

12/12/2006 CleverUserName: Core mechanic: need critique
I need some help on the limitations/pitfalls of this core mechanic.  Also, please point out "this is exactly like X".  Any tweaks or improvements, obvious flaws, etc. would be helpful.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CleverUserName, Roger, Bailywolf, anders_larsen, Simon C, TroyLovesRPG, contracycle.

12/12/2006 Steven Stewart: Incoherent Play, Bucket Seats, Aliens and Chainguns...
This is somewhat of a continuation of this actual play post-->http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22317.0 I’d like to pick up from there with the next game we tried, which was a D20 Modern/Future adaptation…
In Actual Play
Participants: Steven Stewart, Dennis Laffey, Simon C, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2006 sean2099: [heroes and villains] character sheets and mechanics
[url]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22159.0[/url] is the thread I am coming from at this point. On the character sheet itself, I am going with the method suggested by Ken.  In a sense, it is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sean2099, Troy_Costisick, dindenver.

12/11/2006 Invain: Donjon still available from IPR?
I was looking for Donjon on the IPR website today and couldn't find it. Is it still available in print form? Thanks! ~Kevin McD
In CRN Games
Participants: Invain, Trevis Martin.

12/11/2006 Tim M Ralphs: [Afraid] Sister Nancy Piety, second night
Last weeks play was here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22455.0 Playlogs are here: http://community.livejournal.com/fateofeden/5164.html My house last night which meant it was easier in terms of space and in terms of crawling distance to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Tim M Ralphs, lumpley.

12/11/2006 mratomek: [Super Force Seven] Assassination Agenda
Finally got a round to trying the new scenario generator for Super Force Seven--SF7 is a super hero tactical RPG. To start, we just picked a conflict that sounded fun:…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek, Valamir, komradebob.

12/11/2006 dyjoots: [SotC] Slowing healing down?
Does anyone have any thoughts on what effect slowing healing down might have on Spirit of the Century?  Specifically, what would happen if, instead of stress boxes clearing out after…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: dyjoots, demiurgeastaroth, iago.

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12/14/2006 blackpaladin: The Lost Room as a setting...?
Joshua (or whomever) - I've become increasingly intrigued with Indie RPGs, particularly Burning Empires. Having that in my thoughts while watching the The Lost Room gave rise to this story…
In glyphpress
Participants: blackpaladin, nikola, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic.

12/14/2006 yogshog: Other formats for all these wonderful ideas
So, I'm someone who has trouble reading large amounts of text online, but I am fascinated by the discussions and things here. Is there any way to export all the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: yogshog, Ron Edwards, jerry, David Artman.

12/14/2006 markus_cz: [Nicotine Girls] - Experimenting with NG
One day, my friend and a co-player David came with a crazy idea. "Remember the RPG called Nicotine Girls? The one by the author of My Life with Master?" he…
In Actual Play
Participants: markus_cz.

12/14/2006 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Liar's Dice as Core Mechanic
I've been putting some work into a noir/detective game that I'm calling Dirty Secrets.  My specific sources of inspiration are the Philip Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler (particularly The Long…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, nystul.

12/14/2006 M. J. Young: Theory 101 Third Article Posted
I neglected to mention it last week as I've been pretty preoccupied with other matters, and I apologize because it should have been a priority. The new issue of Places…
In Site Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young.

12/14/2006 Overdrive: How to fight uncreativity?
Hi all, My name is Antti, and I'm from Finland. I believe it's almost two years since my last post here. This year's been hectic with my flat renovation project…
In Actual Play
Participants: Overdrive, Rampage, Noon, Alan, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, TroyLovesRPG.

12/15/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Indie Explosion @ Orccon 2007 (Los Angeles) Feb 16-19
Hi all, Some of us over at NerdSoCal are putting together the list of games we'll be running. Here's the link for Orccon 2007 http://www.strategicon.net/ Here's the link for NerdSoCal…
In Conventions
Participants: Christopher Kubasik.

12/15/2006 DainXB: NPC builds for commentary
Greetings! Here are some ideas I've had for NPCs, but I'm not 100% sure that I'm doing this right.  Comments on both the concepts and the math are welcome.  Once…
In one.seven design
Participants: DainXB, John Harper.

12/15/2006 DainXB: New Heroic Trait
Thinking about female PC concepts, I came up with something besides the typical 'Amazon' or 'Warrior Princess', and it's actually historically accurate!  (Not that that's important.)  I built a Heroic…
In one.seven design
Participants: DainXB, John Harper.

12/14/2006 memolith: Re: Alternate setting: Troubleshooters in Alpha Complex?
This thread is ancient, and I'm bumping it. So sue me. Allow me to think out loud for a moment. I play The Computer, it's peripherals, opposing Secret Societies, and…
In lumpley games
Participants: memolith, Gaerik, lumpley.

12/15/2006 Icel: Battle Pool
Since one is not supposed to resurrect threads that are past page one,  is it okay for me to repost my ideas? I'll just quete my previous posted on the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Icel, Noon, Hereward The Wake, tyrinian.

12/15/2006 Leviathan: Multiple Character Sheets in the Core book of a game
Since joining this site, I have been reading a great deal of the older postings from many of the various areas of the Forum. Many ideas have occurred in these…
In Publishing
Participants: Leviathan, Giacomo, nystul, David Artman, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc.

12/16/2006 Ben Lehman: [Hero's Banner] Convention Play
So Hero's Banner is a seriously, seriously excellent game, and not coincidentally it runs the multi-generational political epics that I've always wanted to play.  Because of its excellence, I'm planning…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Tim C Koppang.

12/16/2006 mratomek: [Super Force Seven] Heroes vs. Champions
There are three basic types of characters in Super Force Seven: Minions, Heroes and Champions. Minions are grunts and mooks. Cheap to purchase, low power and easy to eiminae. Heroes…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek.

12/16/2006 selvi: Help me in index creation for long documents...
Hi.. While creating index for a book, is there any way to create a index for only one chapter and taking all the entries to the remaining chapters like appending.…
In Publishing
Participants: selvi, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

12/16/2006 IMAGinES: [DitV] Trying Again
Hi, everyone, From the looks of things, another long-term break in my gaming will be coming to a close at the beginning of the New Year. Although I’ve been going…
In lumpley games
Participants: IMAGinES, JamesDJIII.

12/16/2006 NathanFrund: Ability: Shield question
Last night I ran the first test demo of Agon and we loved it. A bit of confusion came up about 'Ability: Shield'.  When is that ability die used?  When…
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, Shreyas Sampat.

12/16/2006 Hugin: Multiple opponents
Hi all Stunning game John. And with 300 due out, this is getting me really excited. Anyway... I may have missed this somewhere but can't find it in the rules,…
In one.seven design
Participants: Hugin, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.

12/16/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Eleanor's Dream] Playtesting with an 8-year old
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21681.0]Eleanor's Dream[/url] is my game for children and adults. It's totally the ultimate mainstreaming effort based on up-to-date theory and praxis. [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22342.0]My last playtest was here.[/url] This time (a couple…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Simon C.

12/16/2006 Shreyas Sampat: Ragnarok: a fan-supplement
So, someone on RPG.net mentioned how cool a Norse-styled adaptation to Agon would be, and I was like, yeah it would! So I'm going to use this thread for mainly…
In one.seven design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Hugin, John Harper, 1000buffalo, Nev the Deranged.

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