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1/10/2007 muddlepud: [Arcanacon 2007] Indie Demo Explosion
Jye and I attended GenCon last year and brought home bucket loads of new games so we decided to try running some demos at a con. In addition we found…
In Conventions
Participants: muddlepud.

1/10/2007 Uruush: Questions
Hello again.  Pesky me. 1) Can stakes be whether a given PC feels a certain way about an issue against their player's inclination? Example: "At stake is whether my character,…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Uruush, Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm.

1/9/2007 jburneko: Fan Mail Between Seasons
Just another quickie question: Do players keep their unspent fan mail between seasons? Jesse
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: jburneko, Matt Wilson.

1/9/2007 Greymorn: Drifting toward Narrativism, Part 2
This is a follow up to part 1 and my first thoughts. Read back for info about me and me group. Thanks to all of the great feedback, I have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Greymorn, Eero Tuovinen, Danny_K, cydmab, Ron Edwards.

7/30/2002 Ron Edwards: http://indie-rpgs.com/reference/index.php/welcome/topic/23029
Hi Danielle, I sometimes think that the "homosexual" and "pastor" problems exert some arcane influence over the dice - the combination seems remarkably common across games of Wuthering Heights, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/7/2005 GB Steve: Connection problems
I had a hard time connecting just now. I kept getting a page with not much on except a short message at the top saying all the connections were busy.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: GB Steve, AsuraDemon.

1/9/2007 angelfromanotherpin: [Do or Die]
Okay, I was recently inspired by a friend to try some design.  The envisioned setting is inspired chiefly by the Warhammer Fantasy novels, and the Myth games.  Grim and gritty…
In First Thoughts
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Valamir.

1/9/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Upgrade occurred on Jan 9th
Hi, all! I upgraded the forums on January 9th, which should really help with the spam nonsense we've had. There's no new features I know of to announce at this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Miskatonic, Noon, Chris Goodwin, Graham Walmsley.

1/8/2007 TheGroog: My First Impression
Hello I first met Universalis about 2 years ago, with the first (?) edition. Myself, son and buddy merely dipped our feet but we had an underwater laugh with dolphins…
In Universalis
Participants: TheGroog, Valamir, Robotech_Master, hix.

1/8/2007 Bryan Hansel: [Btl] How would you set up Brisco County Jr and Dixie Cousins Romance
We've been thinking about playing a game of Breaking the Ice with the characters of Brisco County Jr. and Dixie Cousins. In the TV show, the two protagonist's romance is…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bryan Hansel, Emily Care.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

1/7/2007 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.

1/7/2007 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 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!.

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1/10/2007 muddlepud: Indie Sunday (some time in November 2006)
I ran another Indie Sunday event some time in November. Time slipped away and the crazy season started so I haven't had the chance to write up anything. This time…
In Actual Play
Participants: muddlepud, jasonm, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

1/10/2007 Bailywolf: [Design Riff inspired by Zak Arnston's Deplorable] Dark Nar/Game Supers
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, anders_larsen.

1/10/2007 Dev: Rules questions: minutae, antag credits
* Minutae: if you have multiple players offering minutae (and an effect on the conflict), is there a specific way of deciding which one to use, or should that just…
In glyphpress
Participants: Dev, nikola.

1/10/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Oakland Playtest
Mike Montesa organized a Grey Ranks playtest in California (I'll let the participants out themselves if they want to).  I asked for permission to re-post comments and suggestions I received;…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Mike Montesa, Paul Strack, Mychal.

1/10/2007 Sam!: Darker: Setting Challenge review
As I already mentioned when judging Umläut, I expect a new setting to somehow change the original system. It's nasty, because this is not the way Darker was designed. So…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sam!, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen, Everspinner, Gregor Hutton.

1/10/2007 Rich Stokes: Thou Art But a Warrior: Setting Challenge Review
Thou Art But a Warrior is a setting for Polaris by Anna Kreider.  It's a 13 page PDF. I find this entry very hard to judge.  After reading this brief…
In Endeavor
Participants: Rich Stokes, Malcolm, Eero Tuovinen, wunderllama, Graham Walmsley, Ben Lehman, Everspinner, talysman, Sam!.

1/10/2007 Sam!: Western Journeyers: Setting Challenge review
Why did I get all the hard ones? Western Journeyers is an anomalous entry in the setting contest. It takes Under the Bed, a game of childhood and growing up,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sam!, Ben Lehman, Graham Walmsley, talysman.

1/10/2007 nikola: [Gencon 2007] Sharing experience
There are a bunch of things that every Forge egg will have to figure out. Let's share experience so we're not all running around and looking stuff up. Please post…
In Conventions
Participants: nikola, inthisstyle, Joshua BishopRoby, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/10/2007 nikola: [Gencon 2007] Sharing experience: Booth pricing and details
You can find all sorts of useful info over on the Gen Con exhibitor application, including booth pricing, advertizing, and a bunch of other administrivia.
In Conventions
Participants: nikola.

1/10/2007 jrs: [GenCon 2007] Sharing experience: furnishings
I'll be GenCon booth historian for the moment and provide a brief summary of booth furnishings.  If I recall correctly, each 10' x 10' booth comes with one long skirted…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, nikola, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

1/11/2007 Totino: Wanted: Realistic War Game
Hey, I'm just curious if anyone out there is running a realistic war game based off of either World War II or the Vietnam War. Thanks.
In Connections
Participants: Totino, Clinton R. Nixon, Lostscotsman, Lacloix.

1/11/2007 Tim M Ralphs: [Afraid] - Escalation question
Something came up last night that made me question how I was handling things concerning escalation as a free block. My current interpretation is that someone can block a challenge…
In lumpley games
Participants: Tim M Ralphs, Ludanto, lumpley, Web_Weaver.

1/11/2007 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Talking about other characters
I spent a longer time than I should trying to "deduce" a formula for how to make a character appealing (at least to me) from first principles.  All of the…
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB, Danny_K, Noon, Simon C, cdr, Filip Luszczyk, Emily Care, Jasper Flick.

1/11/2007 Mike Holmes: What's Next?
So, Orx is pretty much done now? Or are there more steps with it? And then do you have anything else planned, Raven? Mike
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: Mike Holmes, greyorm, Thunder_God.

1/12/2007 Brimshack: Game Testing at Crunch-Waffle
Hello, We are shopping for new game-testers at Crunch-Waffle enterprises. We are a miniature company (okay 2 people) with a couple pen&paper games in the works. We currently have 3…
In Connections
Participants: Brimshack.

1/12/2007 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 27 (Toronto, Canada) February 23-25
Pandemonium 24 http://www.warhorn.net/pandemoniumconvention24/ Pre-Registration is now open! Register for your events before February 9, 2007 and you will receive our pre-registration price of $30 for the entire weekend. Registration after…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, Hans.

1/12/2007 Hans: Capes all day at Pandemonium, Baby!
At Pandemonium in Toronto in February: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23051.0 I am organizing a full day's worth of Capes on Saturday.  That's three sessions, four hours each, up to 12 people a session.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB, Gaerik, epweissengruber, Bret Gillan.

1/12/2007 mratomek: New Super Hero Tactical RPG (Playtesting)
If any one out there is a big super hero fan and a gamer at heart, I would like to invite you to check out Super Force Seven, a tactical…
In Connections
Participants: mratomek.

1/12/2007 names_are_useless: The Fullmetal Alchemist d6 RPG
Hello there, I would like to say hello to everyone on the Forge forums :) I am a rookie RPG maker that is looking for help and support for my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: names_are_useless, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, David C, jeremycoatney, Sane, Eric J..

1/13/2007 YeGoblynQueenne: The Game Development Kit (a game design tool)
Hi all. Since my last post was rather huge and interested readers will have to wait 'till their weekend to sit down with a hot cuppa and a bikkit to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: YeGoblynQueenne, Noon, joepub, anders_larsen, Simon C, contracycle, c, Sane, johnwedd, Mike Sugarbaker.

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