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2/18/2007 Thomas Lawrence: [Tragedy] Sisters in Hollywood
So i got to run a two-player game of my Tragedy game last night, with Anthony Damiani, whom I met in the #rpgnet channel after putting out an appeal for…
In Playtesting
Participants: Thomas Lawrence, Jason Petrasko.

2/18/2007 Mr Teufel: Bene Gesserit - DitV for Dune?
Just throwing an idea in the pool. I haven't seen a Dune variant, and wondered if the Bene Gesserit would work?
In lumpley games
Participants: Mr Teufel, James_Nostack, xdiox, Minx, Transit, Web_Weaver.

2/18/2007 IMAGinES: [Burning Empires] Slow Burning Fires Over Omac
I had an interesting game session yesterday afternoon and evening. I've been itching to try Burning Empires out since before I bought the game (I was hooked by Thor Olavsrud's…
In Actual Play
Participants: IMAGinES.

2/17/2007 aaron taylor: ARPG: like the D20 sytem with no profession/class
Hello forge. I'm a 3rd ed. DnD guy. This is my first post.  I'm designing a breakoff of the d20 system called the Adapatable RPG.  Major difference: No class. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: aaron taylor, AsuraDemon, Falc, Yakk.

2/17/2007 Jason Petrasko: [Fabricated] Drinks at the Lunar Cafe
A short Introduction to the game and some nifty art can be found here: Budding Website. I'll link to PDFs used in play as they come up. The game rules…
In Playtesting
Participants: Jason Petrasko.

2/17/2007 Adam Graham: Heroes of Leyreth Power 19
[b]1.) What is your game about?**[/b] The struggle of the righteous in a world consumed by the corruption of man. [b]2.) What do the characters do?**[/b] Stand up as heroes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Graham, Troy_Costisick, preludetotheend, johnwedd, WhiteRat, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, OliverTheMerc.

2/17/2007 Meguey: Where the hell have I been???
Short answer: Buying a house. Slightly longer answer: My last grandfather died the Sunday before Thanksgiving, then the holidays hit, and on Dec. 29, we decided to buy a house,…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey.

2/16/2007 mratomek: [Super Force Seven] Game Objectives
I've been working on a demo to take around to stores and cons and eventually publish as what I am calling a Fast-Play scenario. This game was a 3-part adventure…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek.

2/16/2007 Calithena: Miniatures-Driven Roleplaying Rules
Hi all - I'm working on a system right now which is sort of an 'alternate direction' RPGs could have evolved back in the seventies. Instead of trying to make…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Calithena, RyanMacklin, Leviathan, komradebob, johnwedd, Simon C, Darcy Burgess, Samael, mratomek, Thenomain, TroyLovesRPG, David Artman.

2/16/2007 Paka: [Dreamation] 1st Quest: World Tree Pack
[url=http://"http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=148797&highlight=world+tree+pack"]I had come up with the idea for the World Tree Pack in an old RPG.net thread inspired by Luke's Great Wolf lifepaths in the Monster Burner and it never…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, ShaneJackson, Thor Olavsrud, mtiru.

2/16/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Spirit of the Century] The London Centurions in … Apes of Wrath!
This was the second session we played in our new SotC game, but the first one was mostly spent getting used to the system and beating up giant cockroaches in…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, iago.

2/16/2007 David Artman: Alternate Settings for DitV & Product Concepts
I probably should search--I suspect I am not the first to think of this--but I can't for the life of me think of good terms to get appropriate hits. So…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Artman, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk, zornwil.

2/16/2007 Thierry Michel: [TSOY] well, they say they had a good time...
I wanted to try TSOY for a long time, but it's only recently that I managed to find interested players. I intended to run a one-shot, but since they were…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thierry Michel, thark, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper Flick, Paka, Ron Edwards, Simon C, Noon.

2/15/2007 Adam SBG: OshCon 2007 Sept. 22-23, 2007 Oshkosh, WI
OshCon 2007 - Tabletop Gaming Convention in Oshkosh, WI September 22-23, 2007 River Center, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Check the web site at www.oshcon.org for more information. We're very…
In Conventions
Participants: Adam SBG.

2/15/2007 Adam SBG: Licensing questions
We've been contacted by a company in another country about licensing our card game so they could produce it in their country and print it in their language. We were…
In Publishing
Participants: Adam SBG, guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, daMoose_Neo.

2/15/2007 chris_moore: [made the devil do it] conflict resolution
So I love the basic concept of Sorcerer, but I wanted a game that would have a different focus.  I also love the category conflict resolution system of Otherkind.  …
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, johnwedd.

2/15/2007 RyanMacklin: Damned Anonymous, a personal cosmic horror RPG
Hello, I have a game I'm working on that is a horror game where the PCs are all corrupted/infected/tainted by some great Evil, and have formed a support group to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RyanMacklin, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Danny_K, johnwedd.

2/15/2007 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Managing Miscommunication
In designing my LARP system, I've assumed that all communication between players is clear and complete. In actual play, this isn't the case. A scene happened last game where the…
In Playtesting
Participants: WhiteRat, c, Sara Adyms, Graham Walmsley, Andrew Morris, Noon.

2/15/2007 Pelgrane: [DitV] Help with a new setting - King's Marshalls
Steve - don't read this! I ran a game called King's Marshalls using 1st Ed D&D rules. It was intended as the first in a series of "system matters" experiments.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Pelgrane, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, David Artman, GB Steve.

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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2/18/2007 somniturne: Kingdom of Nothing- a dark fantasy game about homelessness and escapism
Hey guys, At the last Dreamation I attended the game design panel and put out my concept for a game.  After receiving a lot of really insightful feedback, I've been…
In First Thoughts
Participants: somniturne, c, Hermes3.

2/18/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Sorcerer] Reference Sheets
Hello! Recently my gaming group tried to play some Sorcerer & Sword based on the "Dictionary of Mu", but we had a lot of problem with the searching time for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, hix, Doyce, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

2/18/2007 The Mule: [First time with PTA] Firewall
[b][u]PTA: [i]Firewall[/i][/b] [b][u]Player Information[/b] I bought PTA on the recommendation of a good friend, but having only a traditional RPG background (DnD3.X, Mutants and Masterminds, Iron Heroes) I want to…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Mule, Matt Wilson.

2/19/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Dictionary of Mu] Red Wastes - Mystic otherworld?
Hello! Playing Dictionary of Mu yesterday, we had some difficulties with the concept of the Red Wastes as a "Mystic Otherworld" from page 32 of Sorcerer & Sword. I get…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Paka.

2/19/2007 New-Rome: Artist Needed
I am currently seeking artists who draw in either a realistic style or the cyberpunk genre to create illustrations for a role playing game I am putting together. The game…
In Connections
Participants: New-Rome, Harsh, clevername.

2/20/2007 ThunderCheetah: [D&D](Savage Tides)
This is my first stable campaign in years, and my first experience with the new 3.5 edition rules (not that I was very familiar with anything else, besides a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: ThunderCheetah, Jasper Flick, towishimp, Adam Dray.

2/20/2007 heironymous: [Seven Leagues] a short romp
The other evening I had the pleasure of leading a troupe through a short Seven Leagues game. I play infrequently with a group of indie-minded gamers, and there is no…
In Actual Play
Participants: heironymous, Nick.

2/20/2007 Paka: Gamer: the Podcasting reviews Breaking the Ice
http://www.somniturne.com/gtp/GTP-E035.mp3
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Paka, Emily Care.

2/20/2007 pwate: Any ideas for a mechanic to fix to my magic system?
I am in the process of working on a magic system and am looking for some advice.  The system is essentially elemental, magic users can summon on of three different…
In First Thoughts
Participants: pwate, Troy_Costisick, Sentience, Valamir, talysman, lumpley, johnwedd.

2/20/2007 phargle: [DiTV] Injury, death and recovery - did we do this right?
My character took a lot of physical (non-fighting) fallout during a conflict with a forest.  We were trecking through it to find where the townsfolk were going after dark.  It…
In lumpley games
Participants: phargle, lumpley, womble.

2/20/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria available at IPR
Dark Omen Games has joined the revolution!  Now you can purchase Legends of Alyria at Indie Press Revolution.  I am looking forward to a profitable business relationship with Brennan and…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Thalaxis.

2/20/2007 ElliottBelser MKII: [BESM] 9 Doggy-Style house rules and group character creation
So, yesterday I attempted to begin a game of Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd Edition.  I say "attempted" not because it was unfun - far from it, it was the…
In Actual Play
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

2/20/2007 1of3: [Donjon] Preparations
Hi. My Donjoneers have completed their first adventure (after three sessions) and I noticed something about the basic rules. We know it's pretty simple: 1 success = 1 fact or…
In CRN Games
Participants: 1of3, Hans, Valamir.

2/20/2007 knicknevin: [Doodle Dungeon] Power 19
This is one of those loose ideas that rattled around in the back of my head for years; it was a name and very little else, but then it all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: knicknevin, Calithena, Simon C, Valamir.

2/20/2007 Ludanto: Who "owns" dice?
Sorry, I couldn't find this anywhere else. The rules for being Overdrawn say, "At the start of each Page, for each Overdrawn drive, the player rolls the highest die the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ludanto.

2/20/2007 BabbageCliologic: Where do I post Promotions? I have a little rpg 'zine I'd like to promote.
Hello! Where do I post Promotions? I have a 2 page rpg 'zine that I'd like to promote. Thanks! /BC
In Publishing
Participants: BabbageCliologic, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2007 jburneko: [It Was A Mutual Decision] OrcCon 2007
Hello Everyone, So, having met repeated resistance to playing "It Was A Mutual Decision" I decided to throw it on the schedule for OrcCon and see what happens.  Only two…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Laura Bishop, Valamir, Meguey.

2/21/2007 redivider: Disappeared (heads of state) at Orccon
I ran a pick-up/playtest game of Disappeared, one of the nine games in my Heads of State series, at orccon late Saturday night. Disappeared is a gm-less game but since…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider.

2/21/2007 Rustin: [Deadlands] Zombies and a Mine
I'm a player in a 6-7 member group.  We plan to meet bi-weekly, but it usually ends up being monthly.  I'm the only player familiar with indie style games.  Prior…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rustin, Simon C, Glendower, Jasper Flick, Noon.

2/21/2007 redivider: [lacuna] Lost Angeles: a L.A.cuna mod at orccon
Lost Angeles: L.A.cuna at orccon I ran a 6 player convention game of lacuna on Sunday. The concept was that it had stopped raining in the blue city and that…
In Actual Play
Participants: redivider.

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