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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: 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 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.

2/20/2007 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.

2/20/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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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.

2/22/2007 Larcen: Adventure Kids - With a new resolution system
Hi All, I was happy to see that this forum is all about game design. Awesome. Having just finished putting together a little RPG for use with my kids, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Larcen, komradebob, scrandy, Remir, Noon, Sentience.

2/22/2007 eldunce: [DitV] - in space, again
So, this is no doubt the umpteenth time since Firefly came out on DVD that this has been brought up, but here we go: I'm running a space game, of…
In lumpley games
Participants: eldunce, Falc, Tim M Ralphs, ffilz, Cyclopeus.

2/22/2007 signoftheserpent: city design
I need some advice with how to layout and design a modernish, comicbookesque/city of tomorrow sort of noir city setting (somewhere between the setting for Nevermen, Astro City, Mega City…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, andrew_kenrick, Caesar_X, TroyLovesRPG, Sentience, Thenomain.

2/22/2007 Justin D. Jacobson: Paging Jenn Rodgers
I hate doing these sorts of public pages, but she hasn't responded to my e-mails for a couple of months now. If you know Jenn and given our great working…
In Publishing
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, iago.

2/22/2007 1of3: [Nine Worlds] Creating NPCs
Hi. I'm thinking about running a game in the Nine Worlds. It's just... I have no idea about how much Power, how much Force and how many points for Urges…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: 1of3, Iskander, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

2/22/2007 rycanada: Getting ready to run PTA for the first time (advice?)
So, either next weekend or shortly thereafter I'll be "running" a game of PTA for a motley crew of friends, gamers, and maybe a coworker or two.  I'm definitely going…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: rycanada, LeSingeSavant, Ben Lehman, Paka, Matt Wilson.

2/22/2007 Astaryll: I've just discovered Trollbabe
Hi everyone, I was recently browsing the net looking for something new to try out with my roleplaying group for when my V:TM campaign finishes in a couple of sessions…
In Adept Press
Participants: Astaryll, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2007 Harmast: Christians in Nero's Rome
I've had an idea brewing for a while about game that somewhat reverses Sorcerer or KPFS in that the characters represent highly moral people (in game objectively a la DitV)…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Harmast, Valamir, Bill_White, contracycle.

2/23/2007 Hans: [Grey Ranks] Very belated Act 2 Playtest report
Ok, this is so belated as to be probably useless.  Jason, I apologize for the delay.  No excuse, although my burgeoning addiction to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion counts as one of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Hans, jasonm.

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