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2/12/2007 Ice Cream Emperor: [DitV] Dogs at a con -- pregens?
I'm going to be running some Dogs at an upcoming con, and since the slots are 4 hours I am naturally a bit concerned about time management. I ran the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ice Cream Emperor, Warren, chriscrouch, David Artman, Valamir, Paka, cdr.

2/12/2007 NathanFrund: Just wanted to give a BIG thanks for the NPC thread
This past Saturday, I ran a 10 hour Agon marathon (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=311144).  The NPCs presented in the NPC thread really, really helped me a lot, so I want to give a…
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

2/11/2007 Omelet: $150 for RPG GAMERS
RPG GAMERS Are you someone who can spend hours assuming the roles of characters and participating in a world of where your choices shape the direction and outcome of the…
In Connections
Participants: Omelet, joepub, Harsh, Ron Edwards.

2/11/2007 Thomas Lawrence: A Game of Theatrical Tragedy... I Hope
Crossposted from Story Games, hope that's kosher. So, I've been watching altogether too much of a Les Miserables DVD (the musical), and I got to thinking about stage tragedies as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thomas Lawrence, BigElvis.

2/11/2007 Jasper Flick: [D&D] Midwinter Harvest
Last Saturday I had my first play session with the group I talked about in the " Who's boss?" thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23122.0. We've got me as GM and Ivan, Johan, Marcel,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper Flick, Eric J., Simon C, Yakk.

2/11/2007 oliof: Spiel Essen Forge Booth After Effects
Hi, I just wanted to report that the forge booth at Spiel Essen 2006 has made a good impression. The organization team of the yearly rpg convention Hannover Spielt! asked…
In Conventions
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

2/11/2007 Artanis: [Polaris] Experience for non-Heart protagonists in a scene
Hello, A rule question for those having encountered similar situations: What happens when a protagonist is brought into a scene of which his player is not the Heart, and that…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.

2/11/2007 Denise: Thank you, Forge!
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone on The Forge for getting involved in the judge selection process for the 2007 ENnies. I'm working hard to make the Awards…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise.

2/11/2007 Thor: Hellmouth Hospital
Hi All! I was driving to gaming Friday and thinking about the ides that every scene should change the character. I don't know if I believe it or not, so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thor, Troy_Costisick, contracycle, Yakk, sean2099, Jarx.

2/11/2007 signoftheserpent: Idea for A Game About Alchemists Who Died But Didn't Really Die
Something like that. NOTE: This idea came to me while reading Promethean; I have a general fondness for the WW style and it's associated idiosyncrasies. The writeup is as purple…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, c, joepub.

2/11/2007 guildofblades: New Publishing & Revenue Model
Hi All, In my time in the hobby game industry I have always paid close attention to all things business related and always tried to examine each unique business model…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, pells, c, JoystickJunkies, David Artman, xenopulse, JustinB, preludetotheend, daMoose_Neo.

2/11/2007 jackson_tegu: solution for the "War Shoal" problem...?
hello there, everyone. i think i have a possible solution for what has, in academic circles, been referred to as the "War Shoal" problem. though this is a forum for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jackson_tegu, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, contracycle, johnwedd.

2/10/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] First Mechanics Playtest of Act One.
After the help I got in this thread, I got excited and kept my friend Tim up after Friday night gaming to run a quick playtest of Act One of,…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, TJ, Simon C, Yakk.

2/10/2007 heironymous: Reviewers wanted!!
Some time ago, I posted here looking for honest, thorough reviews of Seven Leagues: http://malcontent.sourdust.com/7L/ I'm still interested, and would be happy to send a complimentary copy of the game…
In Connections
Participants: heironymous.

2/10/2007 BWA: (Sweet20 D&D) Imperial Bad-Guy Elves
I posted several months ago about using the Sweet20 experience rules (from The Shadow of Yesterday) in a D&D campaign. I did that with a small group of close friends…
In Actual Play
Participants: BWA, oliof, Simon C, chriscrouch.

2/10/2007 Adam Graham: Resolution Curve
Greetings,     I'm looking for some thoughts on my resolution system.  Mainly for as to whether or not it is to random.  I have a system that I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Graham, Eero Tuovinen, Yakk.

2/9/2007 Jake Richmond: Test Classroom Deathmatch
I'm looking for some players to test Classroom Deathmatch. Classroom Deathmatch is the sequel to Panty Explosion, the game Matt Schlotte and I published last year. You may remeber it…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Richmond, Leviathan, Travis Brown, xenopulse.

2/9/2007 Mandrake: [Ditv} My first town - coherent or confused ?
Our group has played 3 towns now, all run by one GM. Part of the reason for playing Dogs is as a learning experience and as such, the idea is…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mandrake, Glendower.

2/9/2007 Lacloix: Sim board
I had started a thread on the First Thoughts board and didn't get a lot of feedback. Part of the problem (as explained by one of the people who did…
In Connections
Participants: Lacloix.

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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2/12/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Orchard Plains
The first game I played with Erica and Aaron was Primetime Adventures, and though it was fun, there was the conspicuous lack of dice that both of them really wanted…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Valamir, 14thWarrior.

2/12/2007 unexpected: Another way to start a Confrontation?
Hello! I'm quite new to Universalis (one session so far), I really like it, but - of course - my gaming group has encountered a situation, were we are not…
In Universalis
Participants: unexpected, hix, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: Gencon Hotel Reservations
I'm sure most of you knew this already, but preregistartion for Gencon started yesterday and hotel reservations started today. As of right now, most of the rooms available through Gencon…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, btrc, segedy, Nev the Deranged, iago, c, Thunder_God, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, GregStolze, GreatWolf.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Lives
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let people know that I am still alive, Kayfabe is still selling and I will try really hard to get my serial killer RPG put…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, tstone.

2/13/2007 hix: Gathering tips for PTA pitch sessions
It struck me that’d it’d be useful to assemble a list of tips for running PTA pitch sessions – good questions to ask, tools for sorting out problems. I haven’t…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: hix, Glendower, memolith.

2/13/2007 hix: [Universalis] A fantasy epic in 3 hours (or How I took the Gloves off)
This happened back in January last year, on the first day of Kapcon (our local convention). Five players – Ivan, who I’d never met before. Margee was a friend from…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Simon C, Valamir, Yokiboy, TonyLB.

2/13/2007 Yakk: Random Crunch (dice)
Some random number generator for tabletop gaming ideas. I haven't seen many of these as the core mechanic of a game.  If you've seen them used, or even better seen…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Yakk, johnwedd, contracycle.

2/13/2007 WyldKarde: Storytelling System
I'm trying to create a game system that focuses on telling a story moreso than killing ogres and taking their loot.  Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of experience with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WyldKarde, joepub, TonyLB, johnwedd, xenopulse.

2/13/2007 J B Bell: [Dead Inside] Tears in Afghanistan
On Saturday, 10 February 2007, myself and a few friends played Dead Inside. Overall, it went extremely well and I was very pleased with how the system worked. In trying…
In Actual Play
Participants: J B Bell, joepub, Anemone, Dumirik, chadu.

2/13/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Champion
Challengers! Finally, with half a month’s delay, it is time to announce the Champion of the 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge! Aaaaaaand the winner iiiiiiiis: Thou Art But a Warrior…
In Endeavor
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Everspinner, wunderllama, Graham Walmsley, Rich Stokes, Ben Lehman, talysman.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: BASHCon XXII: Feb. 23-25
BASHCon XXII BASHCon is an annual gaming convention held at The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. This year, the convention will be held on February 23-25, 2007, at the…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

2/13/2007 spaceanddeath: [GenCon 2007] Helping Me Help You.
Hi. I am new to the booth and to Gencon in general. I have limited GM experience and as such have some serious concerns about demoing your games. Even where…
In Conventions
Participants: spaceanddeath, Nathan P., jasonm, Michael S. Miller.

2/13/2007 BigElvis: Flash - GM-less competetive. Dark and intensive war rpg.
My questions for this game is: do you understand how the narration and the mechanics work, and do you think they actually do work? Meaning what problems do you see…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BigElvis, TonyLB, jasonm, johnwedd.

2/13/2007 davidboze: TSOY Tribe - players play tribes
I posted this on rpgnet and someone suggested there might be interest here.  I might run it as a pbem there if anyone is up for it. Tribe This game…
In CRN Games
Participants: davidboze, Hans.

2/13/2007 BigElvis: Rewarding narration in GMless competetive games.
For my game Flash i wanted to include a mechanic that could both reward narration and direct narration as well. My solution was word/picture cards. Each card would have a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BigElvis, joepub, Noon.

2/14/2007 NathanFrund: Magic System Ruminations
After running Agon this past weekend, I thought that it would be great to run a D&D type game with it.  Already I think it's a better D&D than D&D…
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper, Doyce.

2/14/2007 John Harper: Healing Clarification (FAQ updated)
After reading a few AP reports recently, I realized that the Healing text is poorly worded. So, I updated the FAQ with a clarification. Here it is: Healing Q. The…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.

2/14/2007 daMoose_Neo: Card Printing
Earlier this fall I made a couple mentions about some work I was going to be doing, bringing my card game printing "in house" so to speak, and by the…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, JustinB, joepub, guildofblades, Justin D. Jacobson, Thenomain.

2/14/2007 Adam Graham: Heroes of Leyreth - A Christian based RPG
In another post I was encouraged to begin a thread about the focus of my RPG that I have been working on for the last year or so.  It is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Graham, Clinton R. Nixon, johnwedd, WhiteRat, Ron Edwards, preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Simon C, baron samedi, sean2099.

2/14/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Announcing CAMP NERDLY 01 (US East Coast): Registration Live
Hey all, over at Story Games last year we threw together a totally fun (albeit cold, cause of the season) event called "Camp Nerdly". It was such a blast that…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jasonm.

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