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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 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 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 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 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.

2/19/2007 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.

2/19/2007 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.

2/18/2007 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.

2/18/2007 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 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 The Mule: Observations and Questions on our first PTA attempt
First, off, Hello World! PTA was highly spoken of by a friend of mine, so I've decided to take the leap from Dungeons and Dragons into nontraditional games! I bought…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: The Mule, Matt Wilson.

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.

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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.

2/21/2007 Teh_Az: [Engine] RPG/Wargame Engine
Hi my name is RV and I posted here earlier regarding my design for a similar engine that hopefully integrates tactics combat (Final Fantasy and Ogre Tactics game-play) with traditional…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Teh_Az, johnwedd.

2/21/2007 Ben S.: New to Forge/Advice on Choosing Ruleset
Hi, I'm new to the Forge, and I'm looking for some advice about how to structure a potential game that's at least a few months away (really, probably several months…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben S., Jasper Flick, Glendower, Simon C, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2007 jasonm: Blood Saga of the Viking Instructional Technologists
The other day I had an academic job interview.  They asked me to put together a presentation and teach them something, preferably in a hands-on way.  Being an inveterate geek,…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Ben S..

2/21/2007 jasonm: Interview with Sons of Kryos
I got interviewed by the Sons of Kryos at Dreamation.  Thanks, Judd and Jeff!  My bit starts 34 some minutes in.
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Paka.

2/21/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Orchard Plains - Same gun, different shooters
I ran Orchard Plains again, this time with my Tuesday night group.  They comprised of Dave and Wes, from my original AP and first post to the Forge here, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, lumpley.

2/21/2007 baron samedi: (Burning Empires) What are Inner Demons exactly?
Hi everyone, Reading the Burning Empires RPG, I come upon an interesting rule - Inner Demons - that evoke Trevor Faith's Monkey King (in the graphic novel album no.1), but…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: baron samedi, Glendower, Iskander.

2/22/2007 Troy_Costisick: Sorcerer Settings
Heya, I guess I'm kind of out of the loop on some things.  I always thought that Dictionary of Mu was the first setting for Sorcerer released by someone other…
In Adept Press
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2007 rycanada: Is another edition of PTA coming?
I was just wondering if PTA is essentially "done" or if there was going to be another edition.  There's a few things that I find kind of tricky in reading…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: rycanada, Matt Wilson.

2/22/2007 WyldKarde: Goin' Legit
I and mine are moving forward and making our "good ideas" into a legitimate company with profitable ventures.  Now, no one is looking to topple giants (ah, but wouldn't it…
In Publishing
Participants: WyldKarde, daMoose_Neo, guildofblades, Valamir.

2/22/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Sorcerer] rule question: changing bond strenght
Hello! I am going to be the GM in a sorcerer game. I already played the game two times (two one-shots), but with very drifted rules, so this time I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2007 WyldKarde: Reinventing The Wheel: making a universal system
I'm trying to develop a universal system for a number of traditional "loot-and-level" RPG's I'm working on.  I'm trying to determine how to make a mechanic that's friendly to swords,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WyldKarde, Yakk, Valamir, Calithena, Noon.

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