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12/19/2006 hix: [& Sword] The Contessa's Baby
The game’s Sorceror, set in 18th century Africa. Here's the prep thread. Sean’s playing Rasputin, a Russian sorcerer eager for the demonic knowledge he knows can be found in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, James_Nostack, Frank T, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

12/19/2006 AdAstraGames: [Worlds of Honor] Power 19
[b]Worlds of Honor[/b] is the working title for an RPG based off of the Honor Harrington universe.! The Power 19 [b]1. What is your game about?[/b] The game is about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AdAstraGames.

12/19/2006 Zatt: Using pre-made scenes.
One thing that I thought of while I've been readying myself for my upcoming Universalis story arc for our Warhammer 40,000 campaign was the idea of readying scenes. Here's the…
In Universalis
Participants: Zatt, Mike Holmes.

12/18/2006 Storn: Sons of Kryos Actual Play contest
I've had the good fortune of being invited to be part of Sons of Kryos, a wonderful podcast on gaming.  Link in a moment.  I'm on episodes 29 and 31…
In Endeavor
Participants: Storn.

12/18/2006 Bailywolf: A PDF of BtI?
I floated Breaking the Ice to my non-gamer-but-curious wife, and she seemed quite taken with the concept, but the print+shipping price is beyond our 'stocking stuffer' range, which is where…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Emily Care.

12/18/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Looking for guinea pigs for an online playtest
I'm interested in running an online playtest of Illumination (link in my signature), 22-23 and 27-31 December. My preferred medium is voice chat (Ventrilo or Skype) or IRC (#indierpgs channel),…
In Connections
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

12/18/2006 Ludanto: Secret of Knock-Back?
Ok, it knocks an opponent back several yards.  Got that.  But it also ends Bringing Down the Pain "without resolution".  Sooooo, what does that mean?  Do we go back to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Ludanto, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik.

12/18/2006 Bailywolf: A Crazy Dream, Ron Edwards, and a Different take on character advancement
So, I dreamed last night that Ron Edwards was writing a new game, and I was pumped about the promo and sample material he was putting out for it.  It…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, Eero Tuovinen, GregStolze, jasonm, Filip Luszczyk, GB Steve, Andy Kitkowski, Asa.

12/18/2006 Simon C: Post counts
Hi Ron, I've been posting to these boards for a little while now, and run the full arc from "this is dumb" through "I don't understand why things are done…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, David Artman, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Valamir.

12/18/2006 Eric Schwenke: [Synergis] Power 19
Hey, I'm new.  I've had this idea for a "Purity-of-System" rules-set for many years that is born from my own frustrations with how many games treat character creation and advancement,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eric Schwenke, Adam Dray, Valamir.

12/17/2006 Dev: [Crime and Punishment] Freakin' Ivory Tower, man...
We played Moyra Turkington’s C&P at a recent SG Boston night, and it was great - in fact, a perfect fit for the style of these nights, which have mostly…
In Playtesting
Participants: Dev, spaceanddeath.

12/17/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Combinging Demonic Ability to Greater Effect
Hey all, So, I'm ramping up to a Sorcerer game, and right now my one big weakness is the Demonic Abilities. Here's the breakdown: 1) For some reason I've always…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, WDFlores, Eero Tuovinen, angelfromanotherpin, jburneko, James_Nostack, Rampage, Valamir.

12/17/2006 Entsuropi: How does pdf ordering work?
Hi all. I bought the .pdf from the frontpage earlier, but I have not yet recieved it. Does Mr Harper email it out himself, or should I have gotten a…
In one.seven design
Participants: Entsuropi, iago, NathanFrund, John Harper.

12/17/2006 Mizukane: Neon Myth
I have recently initiated a new Forum based Role Play named Neon Myth and would like some Users to participate. http://neonmyth.myfastforum.org The story successfully combines fantasy with science fiction. It…
In Connections
Participants: Mizukane.

12/17/2006 Bailywolf: [Of Men and Monsters] A mechanical extrapolation upon Zak Arston's 'Deplorable'
This design riff is inspired by Zak Arston's lost gem Deplorable... in fact, 'inspired' isn't really a strong enough word.  This is more an extrapolation on what Zak was going…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf.

12/17/2006 NathanFrund: Ran my first multi-player game (demo) last night
And I gotta say that it went great.  It was a very simple run through with just a bit of scenario to get players into the setting.  I purchased some…
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

12/17/2006 cydmab: [DitV] BNitH
Ran my first game using DitV system tonight. It was pretty fun, but reactions were mixxed by the end of it. Part of the problem was in order to motivate…
In Actual Play
Participants: cydmab, Noon, Ben Lehman, r_donato, David Artman, Everspinner, Web_Weaver.

12/17/2006 Leviathan: Availible for artwork
      Time and again I see postings about artwork on the various boards and decided that maybe I should mention that I might be able to offer services…
In Connections
Participants: Leviathan.

12/16/2006 Mizukane: Neon Myth
I have recently initiated a new Forum based Role Play named Neon Myth. http://neonmyth.myfastforum.org The story successfully combines fantasy with science fiction. It takes place in the world of Xanthus,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Mizukane.

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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12/20/2006 nikola: Dreamation roll call
Hey, who all is going to be at Dreamation from this mob? I'll be there with Vincent Baker and Emily Care Boss with plans for great fun and enjoyments!
In Conventions
Participants: nikola, Paka, Ben Lehman, Kevin Allen Jr, Bill_White, gains, Valamir, iago, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2006 AdAstraGames: Watershed Games for Me.
My first RPG was D&D, in the early 80s.  A bunch of us in junior high started playing it, had fun, then most of us noticed girls and it died…
In Actual Play
Participants: AdAstraGames, Noon, nystul.

12/20/2006 contracycle: Card games: hand sizes
I'm as wondering if there was anyone out there with encough familiarity with the CCG and similar line of things to help me with the following. I want to know…
In First Thoughts
Participants: contracycle, IntentionallyWrong.

12/20/2006 contracycle: [The Duellists]
The Duellists This is intended to be an RPG microgame, an RPG which executes exactly one scene, and then ends.  In this case, the scene is a duel between a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: contracycle, IntentionallyWrong, Valamir, Hereward The Wake.

12/20/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Niche Engine] goes Burning Empires
So, playtested Paul's Niche Engine. There were four of us, me and three teenagers. Haven't had strictly regular gaming lately, so I've just called the teens to set something up…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

12/19/2006 Giacomo: Re: Copyright resources
Actually, no its not.  It will not replace a copyright, but will serve to establish a date stamp for your work.  You will still need to get a regular copyright. …
In Publishing
Participants: Giacomo, jerry, Ron Edwards.

12/19/2006 Giacomo: Re: Copyright resources
When all else fails, there is always the "poor man's copyright":  mail yourself a copy of your product...don't open it when you receive it.  The post mark on envelope will…
In Publishing
Participants: Giacomo, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2006 1000buffalo: Silverscreen Adventures ;)
So, I've had this idea rattling around in my head for a few months, and thought I'd put it out there. I have a vision of a little companion book…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: 1000buffalo, Matt Wilson, chrisn.

12/20/2006 Greymorn: Drifting toward Narativism (AP)
For background about our group, our system and what we're doing, see this thread. As promised, here's a report of last night's session. Overall, things went really well and everyone…
In Actual Play
Participants: Greymorn, Valamir, Alan, Danny_K, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Pre-Alpha Playtest
Last night Mark, Judson, Jim, and I got together to give the chassis of Sons of Liberty a whirl.  Since the game works in some pretty odd ways (more on…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, jim pinto, contracycle.

12/21/2006 David C: Reducing Skill List Length?
So, I was thinking of a way to reduce skill list length, and it hit me. Lets use d20 for example. Instead of all the skills there are, you'd only…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, dindenver, SimonWray, Valvorik, Doc Faustus.

12/21/2006 Noon: [Rifts PBP] Exploration not really happening
I know it when I see it, that's all I can say. A certain point in exploration of the game world that clicks with me and I have to give…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, cydmab, Filip Luszczyk, Danny_K, Glendower.

12/22/2006 Steven Stewart: [Polaris] The Fall of Tall Star Remenant Session 6
This is the same group that was playing in these sessions: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21570.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21570.0 http://www.freewebs.com/blamdesign/ This isn't going to be as long as other AP posts, just wanted to share a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Steven Stewart, Ben Lehman.

12/22/2006 Pelgrane: The ulimate arbiter of evil
I've read a few threads around this topic, and I don't think there has been a clear answer. It seems from the rules that the players are the ulimate arbiters…
In lumpley games
Participants: Pelgrane, demiurgeastaroth, Gaerik, Brian Newman, oliof, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Miskatonic, crowyhead.

12/22/2006 James_Nostack: Cooperative Rituals: how often does demon roll?
Let's say three coven members are attempting to contact a demon.  Each coven member rolls Lore + modifiers.  Does the demon roll against each sorcerer?  Or only once? 
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

12/23/2006 GB Steve: [MLwQ] Straight outta Windsor
Straight outta Windsor It was time this week for our annual Christmas game of My Life with Master. Paula was the Master, Queen Elizabeth, and the characters were as below…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: GB Steve, Mike Holmes.

12/23/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] 2nd test - coherency, resolution and handling issues etc. (long)
I playtested Illumination again, this time using new shaping rules and setting, with two players. I wasn't pushing the rules in any particular direction and didn't focus on testing any…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

12/23/2006 Ben Lehman: KueiCon again!
Since last year's gathering was a wild success of gaming, pho, conversation, and more pho, Chris Chinn and I will be putting on KueiCon this January 18th-20th at Chris's apartment…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman.

12/24/2006 1000buffalo: Anyone going to DarkCon?
Howdy All, So, I'll be visiting a friend in Phoenix in a couple of weeks, and he's going to DarkCon (well, he's running some stuff - M&M and WFRP). Anyone…
In Conventions
Participants: 1000buffalo, Ron Edwards, Eric J. Boyd.

12/25/2006 Frank T: Setting Challenge Submission Thread
Dear participants of the 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge! This is the official submission thread. Please post your entry here before 2007, with a download link, mention of the game…
In Endeavor
Participants: Frank T, wunderllama, Steven Stewart, Graham Walmsley, Malcolm, Eero Tuovinen, Everspinner, Rich Stokes, Sam!, Ben Lehman, talysman.

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