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1/5/2007 Dan Maruschak: [Free Will] Exploring the concept of free will in a computer RPG
I’m trying to design a single-player computer RPG.  I’ve never seriously played tabletop RPGs, but I do enjoy reading RPG rules, and have read a few Forge-style games, and think…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dan Maruschak, Noon, Madheretic, Sane, Hans.

1/5/2007 Malcolm: Umlaut: Setting Challenge review
Every one of the settings I was given made me feel something different and out of all of them, Umlaut, by Rich Stokes, produced the most wry smiles, nods and…
In Endeavor
Participants: Malcolm, talysman, Sam!, Graham Walmsley, Rich Stokes, Dantai, Ben Lehman, Everspinner.

1/5/2007 Graham Walmsley: Lords and Ladies: Setting Challenge review
I really liked Lords and Ladies. It takes Dust Devils and, very successfully, transplants it to a Jane Austen-ish setting. It also blends immersionist LARPs with Dust Devils' conflict resolution:…
In Endeavor
Participants: Graham Walmsley, talysman, Sam!, Ben Lehman.

1/5/2007 YeGoblynQueenne: Gender Identity as a Role Playing Game
Hi all. New here. I 'm making this game; its'    working    title is "Transsexuals: The Transition" and it's just what it sounds like. Kinda tongue in cheek,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: YeGoblynQueenne, c, Simon C, hardcoremoose, Emily Care, Sane.

1/5/2007 Aaron Blain: QUINCY: Emergent Game/Sim
Synopsis: I want to approach gamish sim through with a nar-ish sim procedure, using a very simple ruleset that utilizes the players’ conception of “tactics” instead of attempting an exhaustive…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aaron Blain, Simon C, Paul T, Troy_Costisick, joepub, YeGoblynQueenne, Myrmidon.

1/4/2007 Hans: [Afraid] A few questions on conflict and scene framing
First, let me say that I have never played Dogs in the Vineyard, or read the rules for that game.  It could be that persons who have played Dogs are…
In lumpley games
Participants: Hans, lumpley, Ludanto, Tim M Ralphs.

1/4/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Major system collapse
Saturday's playtest brought me to some conclusions about what I have now and where I'm going. I have a generally workable system that is fun to play, as long as…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Artanis, Hans.

1/4/2007 mholmes52: [Secrets Island] A Lost experiment
The Premise: Characters are survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island. Each of them has a Secret, and in the surviving luggage is a piece of evidence of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mholmes52, TonyLB, Falc.

1/3/2007 Bryan Hansel: [Pinnacle Empty Quiver] Raid on the Spanish Fort
PEQ went through its first playtest over the holidays. PEQ was my entry in the 2006 Game Chef competition where I got a ton of encouraging remarks about developing the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bryan Hansel, jasonm, Graham Walmsley, jlester, John Harper, andrew_kenrick, jdizon.

1/3/2007 Hawk: [Maelstrom] Rough idea, what do you think?
While reading a book (of the same name as this rpg), an idea came to me. Before you press the "back" button of your browser, let me attempt to explain…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hawk.

1/3/2007 Rampage: Honor+Empathy humanity?
Thinking about the Dupes scenario, I was thinking in having humanity as defined the combination of honor and empathy. I'm unsure, tho, as to whether this combination results in a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rampage, Ron Edwards.

1/3/2007 Pelgrane: Player control of character behaviour
As a result of a session we tried last week, the following question arises. Can the stakes of a conflict involve changing the mind of a PC against the wishes…
In lumpley games
Participants: Pelgrane, lumpley, Tim M Ralphs, cydmab, GB Steve.

1/3/2007 Artanis: [In a Wicked Age] There is no circus in Istak...
This evening we played In a Wicked Age... I have too few words to describe my enthusiasm, so I'll just do an AP. We played with the playtest rules to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Artanis, Valamir, lumpley, Emily Care, timfire.

1/3/2007 Elysium: Steampunk setting?
A friend of mine was looking to get into a steampunk game, and I got to thinking about using Sorcerer to do it. Gadgets, vehicles and steam and gear robots…
In Adept Press
Participants: Elysium, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Valamir, angelfromanotherpin, greyorm.

1/2/2007 mrwan: Advertising for Art Website
Hey Guys,  I'm interested in different methods of advertising for Art website in the Internet. Maybe someone have some experience in promotion, SEO, adwords etc... The main interest (can you…
In Connections
Participants: mrwan.

1/2/2007 The Dragon Master: [Donjon] Character Roll's Cheat Sheet
I am starting a game for my nieces and my nephew using the Hyrule setting that I have posted elsewhere, and realized that to keep them interested I would have…
In CRN Games
Participants: The Dragon Master, WRPIgeek.

1/2/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] The Thing You Hold Dear
OK, I need to make an important change in Grey Ranks (one of the last, I hope!) and I'd like some feedback.  Right now each character has a Thing They…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Hans, segedy.

1/2/2007 kapnkrunch: Bookshelf Accounts: Need help, please
Due to a bit of sloppiness on my part I have 3 seperate accounts at http://bookshelf.indie-rpgs.com. I would like to consolidate these accounts into one so that I can see…
In Site Discussion
Participants: kapnkrunch, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/2/2007 ED.S Teioh: First post/questions, etc.
(cross posted from rpg.net) Hey, guys. I've been reading the Forge for a while now, and really enjoy it. A lot of the stuff on here has really influenced my…
In Actual Play
Participants: ED.S Teioh, Gaerik, jasonm, Eero Tuovinen, Simon C, r_donato.

1/2/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Periodical RPG Model] DL-Quarterly initial reflections
Heya, Well the first issue of DL-Quarterly, Cutthroat, went out on December 30th and the PDFs were sent out the next day.  Despite numerous delays from my printer, I was…
In Publishing
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, jeremycoatney, Sane, pells, Graham Walmsley, preludetotheend.

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1/6/2007 Melinglor: So I lost my Capeginity on New Years' Eve. . .
Hey, everyone! Been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to say: as I've been gushing about elsewhere, I played my first game of Capes (Lite) this week!…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Melinglor.

1/6/2007 Jon Scott Miller: [Dungeon Opera (Was: Dungeon Noir)] Scenario Design
Hello. This is a follow-up to a previous post on my narrativist (?) dungeon game. Before I was calling it "Dungeon Noir," now it's "Dungeon Opera" (you know--like "Space Opera").…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jon Scott Miller, Jillianaire, talysman, Noon, Clinton R. Nixon, stefoid, sean2099, Simon C.

1/6/2007 Uruush: Pemberton Follies
I've Wikipedia'd Follies to try to get a handle on what they are.  I think I understand in a general sense, but I'm curious how others (including the designer) have…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Uruush, jasonm, James_Nostack.

1/6/2007 WyldKarde: E-publishing
I figured I would ask those who had come and gone before me, what steps would I take in setting up PDF downloads for paypal payments?  I'm growing my studio…
In Publishing
Participants: WyldKarde, andrew_kenrick, iago, Ron Edwards, Nathan, Paul Czege, Trevis Martin, Jake Richmond, Mcrow, Adam SBG.

1/6/2007 BWA: [Mechaton] twofers
I just saw that the Mechaton book is available. Woot! One question: Is there any way to get one of those deals where you buy the print version and get…
In lumpley games
Participants: BWA, lumpley, Zeek.

1/6/2007 Cemendur: Virtual Government Game
Form states made up of five diverse factions and try to realize your faction's ideals through politics, money, and force. I've joined and invite others to join. Its pretty cool.…
In Connections
Participants: Cemendur.

1/6/2007 James_Nostack: serious humanity, but shallow demons?
I'm in the process of getting a game together, hopefully to play in the next couple of weeks; it's got me thinking about the kind of game I'd want to…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, crowyhead.

1/6/2007 wunderllama: The Engine: Setting challenge review
I'll admit that when I opened up The Engine, I groaned when I saw the massive page count. (I read The Engine last, and since I'd drawn the two beefiest…
In Endeavor
Participants: wunderllama, Malcolm, Everspinner, Sam!, tadk, talysman.

1/6/2007 Miskatonic: DDR review at RPGnet
Hey look! A review already! http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12686.phtml
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Miskatonic, Matt Snyder.

1/6/2007 orgo: Craig Brasco - freelance artist
Hi folks! My name is Craig Brasco and I'm available for freelance jobs concerning art for roleplaying games and the like. I have done work for Moongoose Publishing, Great White…
In Connections
Participants: orgo.

1/7/2007 Graham Walmsley: The Legion Of SuperScience: Setting Challenge Review
I'm realising that there are two broad categories of entry in this competition: those which shoehorn a game into a completely different setting (Umlaut, Western Journeyers) and those which use…
In Endeavor
Participants: Graham Walmsley, talysman, Sam!.

1/7/2007 AdAstraGames: Finding the Big Model
Ron, I'm afraid I've gotten lost trying to find the final state of the Big Model. I've read the Glossary, I've looked at the PDF linked from the Glossary, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: AdAstraGames, Ron Edwards, r_donato, Thunder_God, jrs.

1/7/2007 TonyLB: Who will work for a sneak-peek at upcoming product?
Within the next day or so I will (barring substantial derailing ... excuse me while I go off and make some quick backups ... okay, back!) have the first draft…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Eero Tuovinen.

1/8/2007 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2007] The plan for this year - important
GENCON 2007 - FIRST POST I'm getting started early this year for a couple of reasons. The first is to make sure we hit the early-bird deadline for signup, which…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyLB, c, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, abzu, JustinB, DensityMan, spaceanddeath, Travis Brown, inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon, Blankshield, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, nikola, Matt Gwinn, andrew_kenrick, Gregor Hutton, iago, Nev the Deranged, Jasper the Mimbo.

1/8/2007 jim pinto: [George's Children] Playtest IV
George's Children is an original game design by Jon Hodgson and jim pinto. I've now playtested this game four times, and it's really taking shape. We had a great game…
In Playtesting
Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards, joepub.

1/8/2007 thespiderprince: A moral dilemma that pertains to Sorcerer: Explore your PC's depravities vs.
A moral dilemma that pertains to Sorcerer: Explore your PC's depravities vs. finding and/or standing up for your PC's humanity. Many gamers, regardless of genre or game, seem to think…
In Adept Press
Participants: thespiderprince, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2007 sean2099: Taking the Publishing Plunge (with some questions)
Well Folks, I have actually taken most of the steps to getting Divinity published.  This is probably self-evident to most of you.  It has been an enlightening experience, that's for…
In Publishing
Participants: sean2099, jerry, Troy_Costisick, anders_larsen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Richmond, JustinB, xenopulse.

1/8/2007 dreamborn: Fog of War
To all, This topic is about the Fog of War and realism in RPGs.  I am an advocate for realism and the Fog of War as long game play is…
In Actual Play
Participants: dreamborn, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Valamir, johnzo, Noon.

1/8/2007 Hans: [In a Wicked Age] Surreal Funk Exploitation Fantasy
Someone wasn't able to make it to my regular Riddle of Steel session last night, so Vic, Justin and I were left a bit adrift, wondering what to do.  I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Hans, lumpley, Artanis, Anders.

1/8/2007 Hans: Playtest of In a Wicked Age
Over at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23008.0 for those with an interest.
In lumpley games
Participants: Hans.

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