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1/14/2007 NathanFrund: I posted an actual play over at rpg.net
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=306491 Check it out and let me know what you think.  Pointers?  More NPCs/Monsters that aren't posted to the site?
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

1/14/2007 TJ: Forgecon 2, aka Forge Midwest 2007?
This may be a little early, but are there any plans underway for a Chicago-area Forge gathering this year?
In Conventions
Participants: TJ, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Jake Norwood, GreatWolf.

1/14/2007 ghashsnaga: Far From Home (Power 19) - working title
1. What is your game about? It's about what are adventuers willing to do (or give up) in order to kill the dragon, steal the booty, and maybe rescue a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ghashsnaga, anders_larsen, Troy_Costisick.

1/14/2007 Trevis Martin: [Sorcerer] If at first we don't succeed...
So my recent game of Sorcerer didn't go so well.  I had pushed to play it after we had finished with Vampire and gotten through a several month period of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Trevis Martin, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

1/14/2007 TheLHF: [Lost in the Dream]
Lost in the Dream. The characters are trapped or stuck in their dream. They are all sharing a dream and they can’t get out until they unravel the dream and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TheLHF, Darcy Burgess, Bailywolf, Sane.

1/14/2007 gsoylent: [FUDGE] Trying Conflict Resolution
I was running a Fudge game taking a Conflict Resolution style approach but I am not sure I got it quite right and as a result the ending was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: gsoylent, Simon C, Lord_Steelhand.

1/13/2007 Web_Weaver: [DitV] Escalation, Group Conflicts, and Timing. Help!
HI all, The - Escalation question thread has left me confused when it comes to group conflicts. Staying focused on DitV for now, because that's what I am playing,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Web_Weaver, lumpley.

1/13/2007 Rich Stokes: Revolutionaries: setting challenge review
I was rather hoping someone else would start a thread about this, quite simply because Malcolm started a thread about Umläut and was very complementary about it.  And the problem…
In Endeavor
Participants: Rich Stokes, Graham Walmsley, Malcolm, Everspinner, Ben Lehman.

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.

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..

1/12/2007 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 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 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 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.

1/11/2007 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.

1/11/2007 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 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 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.

1/10/2007 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.

1/10/2007 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.

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1/15/2007 MJ_Alishah: Digital Artist
Hi Forge members, I'm a graphic designer by trade and the following links contain some illustration work and website design I've done for the Accursed Knowledge fantasy gaming club... http://www.accursedknowledge.0catch.com/…
In Connections
Participants: MJ_Alishah.

1/15/2007 Simon C: Narrativist Game Design and V:tM - Questions.
I've been thinking about this post for a while, after re-reading Ron's essay on "Story Now" Narrativist play.  I'm still working through my own thinking on it, because some of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon C, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Danny_K, Noon.

1/15/2007 Dantai: [Contenders/Umlaut] Rocking out
Rich Stokes has done a mighty fine metal based setting for Contenders as part of the setting design challenge (more info in the endeavor forum). So I got to play…
In Playtesting
Participants: Dantai, Caesar_X, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Rich Stokes.

1/15/2007 Sara Adyms: [Sanctum: The Fallout/Ends and Means] Playtesters and Artist Wanted.
I'm not sure where this belongs, since the Indie-Design is closed and the subject line for this forum included playtests.  If I'm mistaken to post here, I apologize; it seemed…
In Connections
Participants: Sara Adyms, MJ_Alishah.

1/15/2007 Everspinner: Atlas: Setting challenge feedback and observations
As I seem to be the first one writing about it, I could put out a proper review of Atlas. It is a setting that certainly deserves it. Alas, with…
In Endeavor
Participants: Everspinner, wunderllama, Eero Tuovinen.

1/15/2007 xenopulse: [Beast Hunters] Ennead Game Night
Last Saturday I ran Beast Hunters for a group of four players at the Ennead Game Night. We had about a dozen players who showed up ready to get their…
In Playtesting
Participants: xenopulse, Emily Care, Uruush, clam of god.

1/15/2007 Charrua: Fog of War (reboot)
Since Dreamborn may or may not respond to this, my request is for anyone else who experiments with this mode of play: My largest concern with this mode of play,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Charrua, Ron Edwards, Barlennan, Noon, Simon C, contracycle, cydmab.

1/16/2007 The Dragon Master: Adding Actions
I'll be starting my first game in the next week or two and wanted to make sure I understood correctly. When it says in the text that you add the…
In CRN Games
Participants: The Dragon Master, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/16/2007 YeGoblynQueenne: About that edit button...
It was suggested to me that I should ask about it here as this is the appropriate forum for that kind of stuff. So, first excuse the previous breach of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: YeGoblynQueenne, Blankshield, Ron Edwards.

1/16/2007 Blankshield: Artist/layout designer wanted
hi folks, I'm looking for two different things, which hopefully aren't too hard to find in the same person. 1: I want someone who can design me a simple, simple…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, jim pinto.

1/16/2007 Wade Lahoda: [DitV] Disconnection between mechanics and in character experience
So, since the last time I was here I ran Dogs in the Vineyard again.  Much more successful this time.  Probably helped by the fact that I only had three…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wade Lahoda, Gaerik, Blankshield, Web_Weaver, Valamir, Artanis, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

1/16/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Immediate vs delayed rewards
I have a fanmail equivalent mechanic in the system I'm working on. Currently, whenever a specific unit of play is closed, everyone can give one "fanmail" award to some other…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Simon C, Ron Edwards.

1/16/2007 deadlytoque: Dogs games in Calgary, Alberta?
Is there anybody out there running Dogs in the Vinyard in or near Calgary, Alberta, Canada? I'm really keen on giving this game a go, and my group is getting…
In lumpley games
Participants: deadlytoque, Blankshield.

1/16/2007 TheGroog: Capes Fantasy
hello New to the forum. Want to play Universalis but it seems to confusing right now. Hopefully will give it a go lateer. Meanwhile, Capes looks very interesting. Can Capes…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TheGroog.

1/17/2007 Geodragon: Need some help with ideas for Fantasy/Cyberpunk RPG.
This is not my first time making a tabletop RPG and making my own rules to it and GM'ing it for my Roleplaying club. But this will be the first…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Geodragon, talysman, anders_larsen, dindenver, Qi Chin, johnwedd, TonyLB, Lostscotsman.

1/17/2007 Sara Adyms: [Sanctum: The Fallout/Ends and Means] The Beta-Testing Begins!
[color=black]-This is my first "real" post here, and it is also my first play-test- Keep that in mind with the critisism.  I make no claims to be 'a pro' -The…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sara Adyms, jasonm, Graham Walmsley.

1/17/2007 Sara Adyms: [Sanctum: The Fallout]
There's been a few concerns in general that I have with Sanctum: The Fallout.  Some of them I'm dreading the answer to while it's just too soon to say for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sara Adyms, Sane, anders_larsen, WhiteRat, YeGoblynQueenne.

1/17/2007 guildofblades: Advertising sales Reps Needed
Advertising Sales Reps Needed, The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is looking for commissioned advertising sales reps to help us sell a growing volume of internet ad inventory for our…
In Connections
Participants: guildofblades, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

1/17/2007 zoom: Links
Hello Could somebody help me. I'd like permission to add this site to my links page on my new website. I am a role player based in manchester in England…
In Site Discussion
Participants: zoom, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/16/2007 Helvetian: Dreamation schedule
The Dreamation schedule is now posted at www.dexposure.com/d2007sched.html. Please be sure to get pre-registered online at www.dexposure.com/d2007i.html, so that your badge is all set for when you arrive and so…
In Conventions
Participants: Helvetian.

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