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2/5/2007 matthijs: [Shock] A compilation of tips, clarifications & explanations
[b]SETUP[/b] [b]Suggested order for world & character creation[/b] The order of operation in the book is logical, but it encourages wild creativity instead of focusing it. Here's a suggestion for…
In glyphpress
Participants: matthijs, nikola, Anders, Pilgrim.

2/5/2007 matthijs: [Shock] Almost wonderful.
I recently tried Shock: for the first time. It was a mixed experience; some scenes were wonderful, some dull, some protagonist/antagonist interactions faltered, some shone. All in all, I felt…
In glyphpress
Participants: matthijs, nikola, TomTitTot.

2/5/2007 Graham Walmsley: [The Gay Recruitment Squad Wants YOU!] At Conception
We playtested <a href="http://www.catchyourhare.com/files/Recruitment4.pdf">The Gay Recruitment Squad Wants YOU!</a> at Conception. Including myself, there were five players, all experienced gamers and very enthusiastic. (I was very nervous, by the way:…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Malcolm, GB Steve, Scott Dorward, Rich Stokes, andrew_kenrick, contracycle, knicknevin.

2/4/2007 Andrew Morris: [Dreamation] [Unistat] Knights of the Living Dead
Here's the quick and dirty write-up of my Friday night game at Dreamation. Player (Character/Trait) Emily Care-Boss (Jennifer the Zombie/Who am I?) Mike Miller (Mayor Zane VanFoil/Self-Important) Ralph Mazza (Sir…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, Emily Care, Valamir.

2/4/2007 joshua neff: [The Princes' Kingdom] Children, parents, and imaginative play
This is a continuation of my thread "The Princes' Kingdom, family style," although there are some other issues I want to discuss. My wife, Julie, our daughter, Morgan, and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Mel_White, Simon C, ffilz, cdr.

2/4/2007 Biggles: [NETLAND] Looking for playtesters and/or opinions
Hello folks! I've been working on a RPG called NETLAND for some time now and I've finally gotten to where playtesting is needed. Unfortunately, I moved a while back and…
In Connections
Participants: Biggles.

2/4/2007 Ante: How does Advances really work in TSoY?
I've found a on-line text of a intrguing game, read it through and felt it had to be played. It's TSoY, of course. Now, there's one thing I don't get.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Ante, Twobirds, oliof, r_donato, crowyhead, Hans.

2/4/2007 TheMadman: questions on level ups and atmosphere
Hey there! I just discovered this site a few days ago and i'm still amazed by all the good stuff to read here. I'm  from Quebec, Canada. I'm a french…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TheMadman, Kashell, Simon_Pettersson, Matt, TonyLB, Noon, johnwedd.

2/4/2007 Robotech_Master: First game: Slaves of Springfield
My first session of Universalis went pretty well, for all that there were only two players in it. I had arranged to give a "demo" at MetaGames, the local gaming…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Mike Holmes, Valvorik, Valamir.

2/4/2007 Matt-M-McElroy: Concinnity '07 Milwaukee
Planning is underway for this year's Concinnity convention in Milwaukee. This year's convention will be on Saturday March 31st and Sunday April 1st. We are working on panels, game demos…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Jason L Blair.

2/3/2007 RobNJ: Jersey Gaming Guild
Hey everyone.  I am ripping off the Gotham Gaming Guild idea and trying to plant it in central NJ, the home of the marvelous Double Exposure conventions Dreamation and DexCon. …
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ, M. J. Young.

2/3/2007 Kashell: [R&R] Connections / Significants
Hey everyone! My roommates and I have been working on our own roleplaying game for almost two years now. I somehow doubt that we will publish, but nevertheless, we want…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kashell.

2/3/2007 Danny_K: Robo-Joe Test Drive (rough sketch)
I just finished reading an article in this month's Harper's magazine about the coming robot soldiers.  Good article, very inspirational.  And lo, I was inspired. Here's my rough idea for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Danny_K, Everspinner.

2/3/2007 Nathan P.: The BibliOdyssey RPG Challenge
(x-posted with Story Games) Hey everyone! So I wanna run a challenge! This is one centers around..... (drumroll) ART! Specifically, old art that has been posted at the ever-wonderful BibliOdyssey…
In Endeavor
Participants: Nathan P..

2/2/2007 Wise One: [PTA] Over the Wall
Having laid my hands on PTA a couple of months ago, I've finally got round to running a series through my university gaming society.  We've got five players (3 male,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wise One.

2/2/2007 Zathreyel: A Call For Help
Everyone here at the Forge, My name is Michael O'Sullivan.  I've been a member here at the Forge for a number of years now, posting occasionally when I saw something…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Zathreyel.

2/2/2007 Lacloix: My system basics
Here are the basics of my system, as is. I'm looking for advice on fine tuning some elements. The Mechanic: 1d20 blackjack roll-under The Attributes (range 1-13): Build - overall…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lacloix, talysman, Simon C.

2/2/2007 redivider: [Heads of State] playtest call for Feb-March 07
Hi, I have posted playtest files http://www.headsofstate.net/?page_id=6 of the games from my series Heads of State: nine short games about tyrants. The game files, plus an intro to the series,…
In Connections
Participants: redivider.

2/2/2007 Kat Miller: [into The Mystic/Tangled Fates] City of 1000 moons [long]
I ran a playtest of Into the Mystic this Saturday.  It wasn't planned, but I couldn't have asked for a better situation.  I was scheduled to run an Everway Game…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

2/2/2007 mratomek: [Super Force Seven] Playtest
Played a game last night, a quick one-shot game, 500 points each. The premise of the game was that the villains were meeting with an informant to extract some information…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek, Ron Edwards.

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2/5/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Blood Shot Eyes - Conception playtest
The Setup On Saturday morning at Conception I managed to gather a group of enthusiastic players to playtest the latest rules for Six Bullets for Vengeance, my game about revenge.…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Geoff Hall, Rich Stokes.

2/5/2007 Artanis: [In a Wicked Age] Conflict questions
Hi Vincent! Here are my remaining questions that arose from the two sessions I played with my group and which were not answered in Hans' thread I'm not sure…
In lumpley games
Participants: Artanis, lumpley.

2/6/2007 rycanada: (new guy) Lost at the Forge...
Hi, I'm new to the Forge, although I devoured the intro to forge theory blog entries and read deep in the game start to finish. I'm pretty dissatisfied with my…
In Actual Play
Participants: rycanada, Simon C, komradebob, johnwedd, Noon, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Jasper Flick, Valamir, Paka, Web_Weaver, contracycle, Marco.

2/6/2007 matthijs: [Shock] Some more questions
There's a few things I'm still not 100% clear on. d4s in a conflict When several of my d10s are successes, does my opposition affect all of them with…
In glyphpress
Participants: matthijs, Anders, nikola.

2/6/2007 Yokiboy: [Untitled] Reference and Questions
Hello Keith, One of my friends is very intrigued by Untitled the RPG, and I felt I had to wrap my head around the system before bringing it to the…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Yokiboy, Keith Senkowski.

2/6/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] How to turn procedure into dice mechanics?
Hi Folks, I'm a bit stuck on my game, "Silence Keeps Me A Victim," and want to get some feedback. Previous posts about the game are: What is possible…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, contracycle, Simon_Pettersson, Yakk, Simon C.

2/6/2007 MatrixGamer: Example of a Engle Matrix Game interest building article.
My plan for marketing this year is to send out one new product a month to reviewers and offer the product as a PDF on RPGNow and as a paper…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C, komradebob.

2/6/2007 Kat Miller: [Serial] A first play test
Last night was the first opportunity we had to play test our detective game Serial. The Players: Michele, Michael and Kat.  Serial is almost Gmless.  One player plays the part…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kat Miller, Eric J. Boyd.

2/6/2007 John Harper: Go Play Northwest : Seattle, June 22-24
Hello Everyone, We have dates and a location for Go Play Northwest. What sort of event is GPNW? It's going to be very much along the Forge Midwest model, with…
In Conventions
Participants: John Harper, Jake Richmond, b00jum.

2/7/2007 Robotech_Master: Ideas for Rules Gimmicks for Chatserver Play
I was just thinking about possible rules gimmicks for chatserver play, made necessary by the lack of visual contact. For instance, a shorthand for making clear how many coins you…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Mike Holmes, David Artman.

2/7/2007 joepub: The best roleplaying I've ever done [sorcerer]
So, I'd like to talk a bit about the session where I felt that I did my best roleplaying to date (a very subjective statement, I know). There was one…
In Actual Play
Participants: joepub, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, J B Bell.

2/7/2007 MatrixGamer: Dracula Engle Matrix Game - Refereeing example
ENGLE MATRIX GAME REFEREEING: DRACULA ACTUAL PLAY Three players, Tom, Bob and Chris are gathered together to play “Dracula: The game before the game” (available on RPGNow from Hamster Press).…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, Noon, komradebob.

2/7/2007 Denise: ENnies Judge Nominee Q&A
Over in "site discussion" we've been discussing the judge nomination process for the Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards.  In an effort to increase participation (and relevance) to a…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, Ben Lehman, Vermicious Knid, C.W.Richeson, Doug Ruff, fusangite, Xath, Mcrow, jasonm, Tim C Koppang, Graham Walmsley, c, Aman the Rejected, Treebore, Beckett, Kaladhan.

2/7/2007 Lamorak33: [V:TM 2nd Ed] The Forbidden Tome Kickers
Hi I have just started a new group with the intent of playing another round of the Forbidden Tome scenario, from Sorcerers Soul. The players all decided that London would…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Web_Weaver.

2/8/2007 MatrixGamer: Engle Matrix Games used in RPG Character Development
The following bit is a gloss of how I've used Matrix Games as a support element in RPGs. In this case to aid character growth. MATRIX GAMES IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C.

2/8/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Zom-Pocalypse Now
After listing to the recording of Dreamation's Indie game design round table (thanks to SoK), I wanted to post here to see if I can collaborate with others to finish…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, joepub, c, johnwedd.

2/8/2007 James_Nostack: Would this [DITV] mod work? (seeking advice)
Hi Vincent & crew, I am tempted to run a science-fiction verison of Dogs.  I've never run or played Dogs before, though, and I want to make sure I don't…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Falc.

2/9/2007 zipht: [Dexcon 10] any plan's for indie games?
My friends and I have a good time at Dreamation 2007, we attended it based on Luke's recommendation. ( is he every wrong? ). We all had a very good…
In Conventions
Participants: zipht, Nathan P., Paka, iago, RobNJ, Helvetian, JustinB, Kat Miller.

2/9/2007 Insect King: Putting my system in bed with my setting... Is it mechanical incest?
Hi there. For a long time I tinkered about with existing systems for ideas and story possibilities. I have since become sick of it and a while ago decided to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Insect King, Everspinner, Troy_Costisick, Yakk, BigElvis, TroyLovesRPG, johnwedd.

2/9/2007 Kami-no-Mark: [Bloodlines RPG] first 3 playtest sessions (single campaign)
I've been a bit quiet since posting about my initial thoughts for my generational RPG back here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23087.0. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions about how it seems to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kami-no-Mark, c, jackson_tegu, Simon C.

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