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1/31/2007 Ninetongues: Logo and CS design
Hey there. I've been making games for over 10 years now. I always tried to keep an eye at the details and visual side of the projects too, and this…
In Connections
Participants: Ninetongues, Troy_Costisick, northerain.

1/31/2007 Yokiboy: [Capes] Setting and Situation
Hello, I'm on my first read-through of Capes, and have a question. Does the game come with a setting or the tools to create one, I can't find this addressed…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Yokiboy, TonyLB, James_Nostack.

1/30/2007 NathanFrund: Wondering: Die Degrades Only Upon Failure?
As per the subject, I've been wondering if the system would work okay if say, a character's Cunning Die degrades only when failing at a task instead of simply by…
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

1/30/2007 phargle: [DitV] Does taking the blow mean you concede to that raise, and other questions.
This game has me excited about gaming in a way that I haven't been for ages.  Thank you for writing it, Vincent. I have a few questions. 1.  If someone…
In lumpley games
Participants: phargle, Ludanto, Tim M Ralphs, Valamir, lumpley, IMAGinES.

1/30/2007 jasonm: What-the-Hell-Con 2007
I've never been but it sounds great.  Greg Stolze will be there and has a pair of panels about game design and publishing.  There will be fire dancers as well,…
In Conventions
Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, GregStolze.

1/30/2007 Malcolm: [Cold City] Operation Violine, convention play
This is a report on a cold City game played in a 3 hour slot at Warpcon, Cork, Ireland. Con games in the standard 3 – 4 hour slot are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Yokiboy, jasonm, komradebob, Kami-no-Mark.

1/30/2007 Paka: [Dreamation '07] Dictionary of Mu
I ran the Dictionary of Mu for a few years while it was still just a word document with red ink on it.  It was at Dreamation that I met…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, ShaneJackson, James_Nostack, Uruush.

1/30/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] Why to go independent from the booth / Why to stay with it
I just got back from Dreamation, and I had an interesting conversation with Joshua A. C. Newman about the decision to go make an independent booth vs. staying with the…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, Valamir, TonyLB, Matt Snyder, Justin D. Jacobson, nikola, abzu, c, Nathan P..

1/30/2007 Kevin Allen Jr: [Primitive] Dreamation 07
On Friday in the 8:pm Slot I ran a game of Primitive for 6 wonderful players, who I had never played the game with before.  They had also never played…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, jasonm, Ron Edwards, bluegargantua, Nathan P..

1/30/2007 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] (Dreamation) Her Tears Fall As Rain
Her Tears Fall As Rain Dave played a curious child. Frank was a cursed youth. Fred started off as a harsh truth-teller. Matt was a brave javelineer. Lisa was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, iago, Lisa Padol.

1/30/2007 Lostscotsman: Unusual but practical Cyberpunk gear
[color=green]I am new to this forum, (despite being an old fart of a gamer), so I am unsure if this is the right place to post this enquiry. If not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lostscotsman, Call Me Curly, David Artman, Simon C, johnwedd.

1/30/2007 Yokiboy: [Capes] Demo Script?
Hello, I wanted to run the Capes demo for a couple of friends, but was surprised there's no script to go along with the cards. I would also enjoy seeing…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Yokiboy, TonyLB.

1/30/2007 Qi Chin: [D&D] Just some examples
Alright, after lots of encouraging from a couple of you here I am going to try and write up my RPG experiences at the gaming table. Note that while D&D…
In Actual Play
Participants: Qi Chin, James_Nostack, Artanis, Jasper Flick.

1/30/2007 Emily Care: [Shooting the Moon] Dreamation: Love's Reflection, or The Daughter of Deception
On Saturday afternoon at Dreamation, I got to play Shooting the Moon with Dave Cleaver, Matt Gandy, Michelle, Kat and Michael Miller. Dave and Matt were the two who had…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, Simon C, Dave Cleaver, semioticity, Michael S. Miller.

1/30/2007 dsaraujo: RPG Search Engine
Hello guys, I don't know if this is the best place for that, but I'd like to present to you my Google co-op RPG Search Engine, in http://rpgsearchengine.googlepages.com/ . I…
In Connections
Participants: dsaraujo, guildofblades, Iskander, priestofroadkill.

1/29/2007 Glendower: [PTA] The Chosen, Pilot
From their experiences last week, E and A wanted to try out a full episode of Primetime Adventures.  When I arrived, A had some misgivings about the original series.  He…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower.

1/29/2007 Hans: [In a Wicked Age] Multiplayer conflicts, Character ownership
A group of us here in Toronto are going to try In a Wicked Age long term.  First session went very well, but with 6 (yes 6) players, multiple participant…
In lumpley games
Participants: Hans, lumpley.

1/29/2007 John Wick: Houses of the Blooded Character Creation
Hey guys. Over at my LJ,, I'm putting up the character creation rules for Houses of the Blooded, one step per day. By the end of the wthe week, you'll…
In Playtesting
Participants: John Wick, Troy_Costisick, contracycle.

1/29/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Dreamation Playtests
If you played Grey Ranks at Dreamation I particularly invite your feedback here! I ran two sessions of Grey Ranks at Dreamation 2007, Friday and Saturday from 9AM to 1PM. …
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Bret Gillan, RobNJ, Mel_White, phredd, Emily Care.

1/29/2007 Ninetongues: London Call
Is there anyone in London interested in meeting up to chat, inspire, talk about games, or maybe play sometimes..? I find it very hard to find anyone interested in RPG…
In Connections
Participants: Ninetongues, GB Steve.

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1/31/2007 Ninetongues: Minmi World - Into Dreams!
Yesterday, when I was reading my way through Your ideas here on the Forge I came up with some funny idea for a game. Im a writer, and I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ninetongues, johnwedd.

1/31/2007 Bret Gillan: [Mortal Coil] Contested Magical Facts
So I got a quick question from Actual Play. An American sorcerer-spy (NPC) is trapped in a magical prison created for him by a Knight Templar (Bob). A Russian sorcerer-spy…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, inthisstyle.

1/31/2007 Jeremiah Lahnum: Tabula Rasa early development.
So, recently a I took a trip to Dreamation with Bret Gillan. It was my first time at the convention and it was a total blast. I got to play…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum.

1/31/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: PAX - Seattle, WA - Aug 24-26
In several conversations over the last year, I've heard people express an interest in re-defining what they are doing from the term "role-playing game" or the traditional role-playing game culture.…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Sugarbaker, rafial, Ben Lehman, c, abzu, Jake Richmond.

1/31/2007 14thWarrior: First Dogs game happening soon - Would this town work?
I've finally got some people interested in trying out Dogs with me.  It's my first time running or playing the game. I'm considering using Orchard Plains Branch, which is a…
In lumpley games
Participants: 14thWarrior, lumpley, Glendower, Brand_Robins, Tim M Ralphs, Valamir, oliof, Warren, Falc.

1/31/2007 Matt Snyder: [Forge Midwest 2007] Official thread, Part 1 of 2
This is the first of two official threads about Forge Midwest 2007. This thread is to open up planning and discussion a little bit. This will be short lived as…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, jenskot, Eric J. Boyd, GamerChick, mtiru, Jake Norwood, Nev the Deranged, Jared A. Sorensen, abzu, GreatWolf, Blankshield, Iskander, Michael S. Miller, c, Mike Holmes, coffeestain, Tim C Koppang, greyorm, Jason L Blair, steinomite, Ron Edwards, TJ, drozdal.

1/31/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Quick Guides to Incorporation?
Hey all. It's come to my attention that for this RPG project I'm working on, it's better to go for 'incorporation'* so that if troubles occur, it's the "company" at…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, JakeVanDam, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, guildofblades.

1/31/2007 Justin D. Jacobson: All this talk about Generic RPGs...
Got me hankerin' to make a truly generic rpg. As is sometimes the case, my concept starts with an image and I whipped this up: Generic RPG Mock-up The hamster…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Ninetongues, Simon_Pettersson, David Artman, Noon.

2/1/2007 joepub: [Polarpunk] An intro, and a question: Vantage Bonus too powerful?
So, I have a game I'm working on called Polarpunk. It's a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk game that's set in a worldwide "second Ice Age". It's supposed to be fun, fast, exciting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, dindenver, Bill_White, Noon.

2/1/2007 Mel_White: [D&D] (Dreamation) "Well Met in Mankara"
After an 'unfun' experience playing D&D at DEXCON I determined that I would run my own D&D session at a convention that I would try to do 'better'.  So this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White, Sempiternity, Bill_White, Paka.

2/1/2007 JamesDJIII: [Dogs In The Vineyard] Silver City - a FLGS demo
This is my third time running "Dogs in the Vineyard." After running a couple of games for my buddies, it was time to run it as a demo. I drew…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, David Artman, ffilz, jasonm, Web_Weaver, WhiteRat, Ice Cream Emperor.

2/1/2007 Russell Hoyle: [TSOY] secrets and abilities
Hi Gentlefolk, Any wise thoughts or guidance on what sorts of things constitute secrets and how one discriminates them from skills or other abilities ? I know breadth is a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Russell Hoyle, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

2/1/2007 Emily Care: Chocolates and Charity 2
Once again this year, the proceeds (minus shipping etc.) from sales of Black and Green Games will be donated to a charity.  Games purchased directly from B&G will also be…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care.

2/1/2007 Teh_Az: Tactics Engine
This is my first time posting here and I've been wanting to design an RPG since 6th grade just because I love the technicality of it all and the cool…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Teh_Az.

2/1/2007 Simon_Pettersson: The Invisible Carnival
Hi, name's Simon, and it's my first post to the Forge (though I've been lurking around here for some time). I've been thinking about this game for some time now.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simon_Pettersson, Sane, jasonm, baron samedi, Simon C, sean2099, JCunkle.

2/1/2007 Kashell: Advantages & Disadvantages
I'm interested in what some of you think are some good advantages and disadvantages for character design for a fantasy roleplay world. Specifically, these work somewhat like feats from D&D,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kashell, epweissengruber, joepub, David Artman, Simon_Pettersson, Noon, sean2099, cydmab.

2/1/2007 Nathan P.: [carry] Dreamation Actual Play, Selling Out, & Other Fallout
I ran two games of carry at Dreamation 07, and both went very well. Here's a couple of posts of AP from various players. Dave gives an overview, and promises…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., jasonm.

2/1/2007 Nathan P.: [Dreamation 07] Attendance Analysis
Heya, I'm trying to collect the data on how many of our rediculously many games went off, and with how many players. I have almost all the info, but there's…
In Conventions
Participants: Nathan P..

2/1/2007 Denise: 2007 ENnies- increasing Indie participation again
Wasn't sure where to put this, so this'll have to do!  (Conventions?  But it's more than just a Gen Con thang... Publishers?  But publishers aren't eligible to run for judgehood,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Denise, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, c, Calithena.

2/1/2007 Ludanto: AGON Questions
I might be playing this soon, but I had some questions (as usual). 1) Divine favor supposedly represents the favor of your patron deity, so do you only get extra…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ludanto, John Harper, Nev the Deranged, demiurgeastaroth, cdr, Skywalker.

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