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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 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 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 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 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 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.

2/12/2007 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.

2/12/2007 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 Kat Miller: Indie Games Explosion and Gen Con 07
I posted to story games about this here: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2404 With this years changes happening at the Forge Booth, a strong IGE presence I feel will help out during this time…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, iago, jasonm, Jasper the Mimbo.

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.

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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.

2/14/2007 Robotech_Master: Unclear on groups
I'm having a little trouble understanding the groups trait. On page 33, in the mini-scene example, it mentions the creation of a "team of Slytheran" and that it's "1 Coin…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/14/2007 davidboze: New idea for Shadow of Yesterday
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23291.msg230149#new
In First Thoughts
Participants: davidboze, Andy Kitkowski.

2/14/2007 MatrixGamer: Matrix Game Decision Making Process
MATRIX GAME DECISION MAKING PROCESS I have always found that solo games are useful for understanding thought processes. Thought experiments like this hark back to the first generation of psychologists…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C, komradebob, Valamir, Aaron Blain.

2/14/2007 Robotech_Master: Mini-scenes vs. interruptions
It says in the rules that a mini-scene only lasts until the end of the turn of the person who created it. What if he's interrupted?
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Valamir.

2/14/2007 passionado: Player – Charakter Survey
hello there, i'm new to this forum and stumbled over it while researching... I'm a design student and working on my prediploma. as a scientific topic i have to complete…
In Endeavor
Participants: passionado, Jasper Flick, Ron Edwards.

2/14/2007 Lamorak33: [V:TM 2nd Ed] The Forbidden Tome - Rule Changes Revolt
Hi Although I like the genre of Vampire, and I am happy to run it (you never have trouble finding players for this game), some of the rules bug me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Noon.

2/14/2007 OKeefe: Out of the Gray (early concept)
Hi I'm new.  I hope this is the right kind of post in the right kind of area. I have a few ideas for a game that I think will…
In First Thoughts
Participants: OKeefe, johnwedd.

2/15/2007 AsuraDemon: dealing with writing about theme, and storytelling
So I've got an idea that I want to run with for an RPG.  But I've never gotten very far in such an endevor before, and what I need some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AsuraDemon, Matt, WyldKarde, TroyLovesRPG.

2/15/2007 oliof: Indie Presence at hspielt! 14, March 31st/April 1st 2007
I understand that y'all are deep into your gencon preparations, so a budding presence at one of the longest-running conventions in northern germany might not be high on your priority…
In Conventions
Participants: oliof, Matt, Ron Edwards, xenopulse.

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