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1/22/2007 sean2099: can anyone read this for me?
I was surfing around and I noticed my covers on a forum site...just wondering if anyone can read what they are saying? http://forums.the-orc.com/viewtopic.php?p=35439 Thanks, Sean
In Connections
Participants: sean2099, Thunder_God.

1/21/2007 clam of god: Project: C.H.A.I.R.- a game by nick smith
hi everyone my names nick smith, i live in portland, Oregon and i think i have the basic concept for my new rpg Project: C.H.A.I.R. and would appreciate any feedback…
In First Thoughts
Participants: clam of god, Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2007 Jasper Flick: [D&D] Who's boss?
Hi all, this is my first Forge post and it's about the first (actually, a pre-play) session of our new RPG initiative. The big themes, if there is any, would…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper Flick, James_Nostack, r_donato, Eero Tuovinen, cydmab, lev_lafayette.

1/21/2007 Leviathan: Free PDF idea: The Cursed
I am still in the first draft version of a small (10-11 page) PDF for free release as the initial work for Boundless Allegory. It should be ready for playtesting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leviathan, Everspinner, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2007 Nathaniel B: Game Operations Director's Holistic Universal Gaming System
I have read many of the threads on this site and have mined all I think I can from the discussions in the now closed G/N/S & theory forums and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nathaniel B, Mike Sugarbaker, Everspinner, Lostscotsman.

1/21/2007 Eric J.: Startup questions
I have a question too. As part of the intial binding of the PC's first demon, do they have to make a flat Stamina/Will versus Will roll?  It would seem…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J., Ron Edwards.

1/21/2007 Robotech_Master: 2-page Play Aid: Free Dialog?
I was glancing at the 2-Page Play Aid on the Resources page, and happened to notice, under its list of things you could do at any time, it says that…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master.

1/21/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: HeroQuest - Testosterone-filled Imperial goodness
Throw up the devil horns! The Durham 3 are playing HeroQuest and it is crazy wild. I've wanted to play HeroQuest for a very long time. If you aren't a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Brand_Robins, ( o Y o ), joshua neff, Neil the Wimp, jasonm, Frank Tarcikowski, Ian Cooper.

1/20/2007 goldongman: Weathertop 2007 - Vancouver, BC
[color=purple][b]Weathertop 2007[/b][/color] Vancouver's Premier Gaming Convention We would like to invite you to Weathertop 2007, a gaming convention taking place in greater Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 2nd to 4th; a…
In Conventions
Participants: goldongman, Ron Edwards, joepub, Danny_K.

1/20/2007 The Dragon Master: Alternate Donjon Board?
Does anyone know if there is a more active board for Donjon? Or is this pretty much it?
In CRN Games
Participants: The Dragon Master, Clinton R. Nixon, Ante.

1/20/2007 Jake Norwood: Playing again. Sort of.
So after a multiyear hiatus of gaming I got together with some members of my college gaming group over Thanksgiving. We played like highschoolers again, finishing an entire story in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, WDFlores.

1/20/2007 Robotech_Master: Interrupt interrogative
I was reading through the rules on Interrupts and something wasn't quite clear to me. Say there are four players, A, B, C, and D. It is player A's turn,…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

1/20/2007 Jake Norwood: [Origins 2007] Looking for other Forge-ites to go
Hi all. I've been away from the gaming scene for a bit over two years now, given my profession, but I'm looking pretty hungrily to get back into it here…
In Conventions
Participants: Jake Norwood, inthisstyle, JustinB, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/20/2007 kpklukken: Serious Creators Block
*Isn't EXACTLY sure if this is the right forum area* So if this post is supposed to be somewhere else then my apologies. move it wherever you will. Some time…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kpklukken, Mike Sugarbaker, Simon C, GB Steve, Adam Dray, Sane, Leviathan, johnwedd, deneb829, Ron Edwards.

1/20/2007 joshua neff: The Princes' Kingdom, family-style
I've been taking a break from role-playing/story games. But my daughter, Morgan, had gotten a taste for this kind of play last spring, playing a few sessions of a game…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Caesar_X, Everspinner.

1/20/2007 Caesar_X: [TMW] The Dirty Half-Dozen (part two)
After the group killed "Train", several of them put on the uniforms of the SS Major and the two corporals they had killed and started walking up the road towards…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caesar_X.

1/20/2007 Caesar_X: [TMW] The Dirty Half-Dozen minicon game
Last weekend at the EndGame Oakland Minicon I ran a modified version of The Mountain Witch in a 4-hour time slot for six players.  This was my first con game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caesar_X.

1/20/2007 Artanis: Moons and Mistaken character control
Hello! A rule question popped up last time I played. Do Moon characters move to the Mistaken part of the Cosmos when the Mistaken follows a suggestion with "we shall…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.

1/19/2007 Ron Edwards: Hey I have a dice question
I bet someone's asked this before - direct me to the thread if necessary. How many dice, and what kinds, do you come to the game with? I'm talking about…
In ndp design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Yokiboy.

1/19/2007 Katya: Mitigating Moon's Actions
I'm involved in a Play by Post game of Polaris, and thus far, it seems to be going pretty well.  A question did come up today, though, for which we…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Katya, Ben Lehman.

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1/22/2007 The Dreamer: The Breaker Zone Rough Draft
Hi there! I'm new to this forum and to RPing in general but one thing I have always liked is writing stories.  Now as said before I have never really…
In First Thoughts
Participants: The Dreamer, Qi Chin.

1/22/2007 Artanis: FindPlay down?
Hello Clinton I was suggesting a registration on FindPlay to somebody today but the code doesn't seem to work any more, I get the following error when I try to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Artanis.

1/22/2007 zoom: Dark Lines Game
Hi There I'm new to this forum (as you can see by my post count). I would like to talk about a recent game of mine I have designed and…
In Playtesting
Participants: zoom, Clinton R. Nixon, Filip Luszczyk, TonyLB, contracycle.

1/22/2007 Simon C: [Through the Ansible] Play-by-post the ecumen.
So I was thinking about the concept that rules in roleplaying games exist to determine who is allowed "authority" over the truth of a narrative.  The "Lumpley principle"? I think?…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simon C, Qi Chin, Trevis Martin, johnwedd, Eero Tuovinen.

1/22/2007 WDFlores: [Sorcerer] Character Improvement Question
Hello, I've got a question. That bit on character improvement (pg. 42, Sorcerer) says: "The player may check the scores for improvement in any order, but if a point is…
In Adept Press
Participants: WDFlores, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Contenders] Gladiators!
So over here we've been talking about a Gladiators conversion for Contenders. My sunday group wrapped up the first phase of our Burning Empires campaign just before christmas, so this…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Caesar_X, Yokiboy.

1/22/2007 WDFlores: [Sorcerer] Play-by-Mail Party Dice Tweak
Once more into the fray. After many delays (i.e. the holidays), my Sorcerer PBEM is finally falling into place and I've been mulling over this possibility: In scenes…
In Adept Press
Participants: WDFlores, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2007 Glendower: [PTA] Series creation and teaser scene
(Note:  I didn't get permission to use names, (I forgot to ask) so I'm forced to use initials instead.  I know this isn't easiest to read, so I added bold…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower.

1/22/2007 pells: [Avalanche] - looking for a master mapper
I'm looking for something very specific : a "master mapper". The website of the current project can be find here : www.cycles-rpg.com And for an overview of the product, here's…
In Connections
Participants: pells, Pelgrane.

1/22/2007 Nathan P.: [Dreamation 07] Indie Games Explosion travel guide
(x-posted with Story Games) Hey all y'all. I put together a pamphlet with all of the info and event descriptions for the indie games explosion at Dreamation. It still needs…
In Conventions
Participants: Nathan P., Bret Gillan, Adam Dray, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

1/22/2007 Minx: Mechaton just as pdf?
Hey, after reading all the kick-ass campaign descriptions/preperations and general coolness about Mechaton on anyway and Story-Games, I'm itching to get my hands on it. (It also looks like it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Minx, lumpley.

1/23/2007 Robotech_Master: Looking to start chatserver game
I'm looking at starting a chatserver game of Universalis, to get better acquainted with the rules in the hope of running some live demos soon. In order to play, you'd…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master.

1/23/2007 Robotech_Master: Seeing Universalis everywhere I look...
It's funny--I've been so immersing myself in Universalis over the last couple of days that I'm starting to think of movies and TV shows and things in Universalis terms. "Luke…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Mike Holmes.

1/23/2007 jim pinto: Art Direction/Graphic Design
Hi, Those of you who do not know me, I'm jim pinto... the ex-AD for AEG. I've been in the industry 10 years now and I can help with all…
In Connections
Participants: jim pinto.

1/23/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Setting Challenge] The Voting, Part 2
Dear Challengers! Though the Fates conspire to derail us, willing to take it out on innocent forum accounts, we are back on track and laughing in their faces. Here now,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Malcolm, Everspinner, wunderllama, talysman.

1/23/2007 vgunn: Ruin Consequences in Hither Lands
I am working through the mechanics for Hither Lands: Roleplaying in Middle-earth. This version is very much different from the original design, in part due to all of the indie…
In First Thoughts
Participants: vgunn, Simon C.

1/23/2007 iain: [Reel Adventures] Curse of the Glass Rose (pt2)
Notes for second session I had done some fiddling with the rules in between sessions. We found the momentum build was too great and slowed it down a bit. If…
In Playtesting
Participants: iain.

1/23/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Translation to german in the works
Hello everyone, I am working on the translation of TSOY to german, meekly following the tracks of Eero Tuovinen, the driving force behind the finnish translation of TSOY. Everyone is…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof.

1/23/2007 Gregor Hutton: [Three Sixteen] The Second Session (Where we actually kill some bugs)
So, following on from The First Session (Character Creation and Flashback), we have the second session. Malc and Neil created characters without all the footering of last week…
In Endeavor
Participants: Gregor Hutton.

1/24/2007 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] How to Cultivate Playtests?
Hello all, I'd like to learn about successful strategies you've used to get good playtesting results from people you can't meet face-to-face. I've fielded several offers of interest into my…
In Playtesting
Participants: WhiteRat, iain, Sara Adyms, joepub, Graham Walmsley, Andrew Morris, Malcolm, Wolfen.

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