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3/5/2007 Falc: Looking for a thread / post on lumpley site
Okay, I'm getting ready for my first Dogs game in a while. Been browsing this forum a bit more often, and such. So, about a week or two ago, I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Falc, lumpley.

3/5/2007 lericson: Keys in World of Darkness
I have adopted the Keys from The Shadow of Yesterday (TSOY) for my White Wolf World of Darkness (WoD]) campaign.  I thought I'd share how I adopted the rules and…
In CRN Games
Participants: lericson, Gaerik, Filip Luszczyk, Warren, Thenomain, xjermx, Simon C, Everspinner, Hans.

3/5/2007 Ian ORourke: SotC: Gadgets and Sorcery
I'm really liking the game, but I have two questions, relating to things I've not come across while reading, or my hopeless brain has missed.... You can create gadgets, which…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago, Alan.

3/4/2007 Paul Czege: The Ashcan Front FAQ
Hey all, Matt Snyder and I are organizing a booth separate from the Forge booth for Gen Con this year. It will be a booth focused entirely on selling ashcans.…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege, Troy_Costisick, Mike Sugarbaker, daemonchild, Matt Snyder, Matt-M-McElroy, Kesher, Miskatonic, ptevis, Thor, chris_moore, thelostgm, somniturne, Mike Holmes, michael lingner, JasonWalters, Jason Walters.

3/4/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Robots & Rapiers Playtest] A Simple Letter
Hi Ralph, Some thoughts following our first session of Robots & Rapiers: 1. We had a good deal of fun, which is unusual and a pleasant surprise for a playtest.…
In Universalis
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Valamir, drozdal, Robotech_Master, Iskander, Mike Holmes, jenskot, GreatWolf, mtiru.

3/3/2007 Ron Edwards: [carry] Helicopters and Accuser role-switching
Hello, I decided to start a new thread as the first one, Gun-butts, dope, and non-mutual masturbation, seems like it hit a natural endpoint. We played our second and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, droog, Nathan P., Noon.

3/3/2007 Filip Luszczyk: D&D, revisited (long)
Although I've put away D&D for quite some time, lately I've been finding myself in a mood for some good old powergaming feast. However, I've been exposed to Forge too…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Thenomain, Simon C, jerry, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.

3/3/2007 Xibalba: Almost Ready to Publish Questions
Playtesting of my game, Heirs to the Lost World, is going well so I am getting ready to start the publishing process, but I need some advice.  I've been looking…
In Publishing
Participants: Xibalba, iago, preludetotheend, Thenomain, Jake Richmond, David Artman, Valamir, guildofblades, MatrixGamer.

3/3/2007 Xibalba: Rotating GM
The playtest group of my game has been going well, and, as everyone is getting more familiar with the setting, several players are coming up with adventure ideas.  This has…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xibalba, Eliarhiman6, knicknevin, nikola, MatrixGamer, RobMcDiarmid.

3/3/2007 Bret Gillan: [Capes] The Greater of Two Evils - Con Scenario
After playing in Tony's badass Earth Prime con scenario, I came away with a new perspective on running con scenarios. Previously I'd let players create their own characters and frame…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Matthew Glover, hix.

3/2/2007 Bret Gillan: Character Creation Praise
So I've participated in character creation for Spirit of the Century and Don't Rest Your Head, and I believe you guys have perfected character creation in some way. Not only…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Bret Gillan, iago, C.W.Richeson, Rob Donoghue, Valamir, BastardToadflax.

3/2/2007 Nev the Deranged: CodCon, micro-IGE?
I recently learned that CodCon is coming up just before Forge Midwest, and I was thinking of running something indie there. Probably either taking another crack at DRYH, or maybe…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

3/2/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Full Playtest, Session One
I'm facilitating a local playtest of Grey Ranks and we had our first session last night.  The four players are members of my regular, long-time game group, and are all…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, madirishman, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel.

3/2/2007 BabbageCliologic: Setting Idea: Alien Nano-bot Invasion
So I've been kicking around an idea for the past couple of weeks. Aliens send nano-bots to earth to prepare it for take-over. The alien nano-bots take the form of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BabbageCliologic, Simon C, johnwedd, TroyLovesRPG, Chainsaw Aardvark.

3/2/2007 hix: Is there a summary of "How you spend points"?
Hi Matt, I've borrowed Nine Worlds off a friend recently, and am really enjoying it. Hoping to give it a spin at a mini-con next weekend. I think the cheat…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: hix, Matt Snyder.

3/2/2007 NathanFrund: Sooooooo. The 300 starts this weekend.
John, I seem to recall you mentioning a while back that you were going to release writeups for the battle of Thermopylae.  You still have plans for that?
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

3/2/2007 Jake Boone: [Dust Devils]: Updated release date?
I have money burning a hole in my PayPal account, and I desperately want to spend it on the revised edition of Dust Devils.  Any news concerning the release date?
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Jake Boone, Matt Snyder, Paka.

3/1/2007 1of3: [Donjon] Traps
Hi. Donjon includes very nice rules for creating monsters and foes, but it's a little thin on traps. So which traps have you made up? And what advice would you…
In CRN Games
Participants: 1of3, The Dragon Master, Hans, Thenomain.

3/1/2007 oliof: [TSoY] Stealing from the best: Alternative rules for group actions
I am just enjoying the read of the Esoterrorists, and since obviously I have a lot of TSoY on my mind right now, the rules for group actions sprang in…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

3/1/2007 KeithBVaughn: Playtesting, Playtesters...An Absymal Failure
To the Group, I'm just sharing an experience and experiment that I just did. On one of the Yahoo boards I found a group of miniatures that looked interesting to…
In Playtesting
Participants: KeithBVaughn, BabbageCliologic, AdAstraGames.

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3/5/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Dark Sands- 1st Run] Gearing up for DL-Quarterly Series #2
Heya, So I'm starting to playtest the games I'll be releasing for DL-Quarterly Series 2.  Most of these games won't be released until 2008, but it's never too early to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Troy_Costisick.

3/6/2007 Matt Snyder: [Forge Midwest 2007] Official Thread, Part 2 of 2
Ok, the details are confirmed now. Forge Midwest will be held Friday April 20th through Sunday April 22nd. The location is the DoubleTree Hotel in Rosemont. We have 1 slightly…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Troy_Costisick, Nev the Deranged, Doyce, jrs, Blankshield.

3/6/2007 matthijs: Sort of related to Sex & Sorcery
For anyone interested in how relationships/sexuality can affect role-playing/role-players, and how to plan games around such issues, there's a pretty good article called "Impact of Relationships on Games" in the…
In Adept Press
Participants: matthijs.

3/6/2007 lee-anne: Buy-In with Systemized Setting Design
Last week, our Primetime Adventures Director, Luke, had to cancel at the last minute. Instead of running pick-up TSOY, I told Scott and Tim about jonathan's nifty group setting design…
In Actual Play
Participants: lee-anne, Gaerik, Noon.

3/6/2007 iain: [Mob Justice] Betrayal at Cold Cut
The 'Collective Endeavour' went to conflagration in Glasgow on the 24th and 25th of March. We had a good time and I got to run a full game of Mob…
In Actual Play
Participants: iain.

3/6/2007 jasonm: [Contenders] New York, 1913
Clinton, Remi and I decided to play Contenders, based on our extremely positive play experience at Gen Con and the fun I had running it later at a local con. …
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Caesar_X, Dantai, ShaneJackson, LeSingeSavant, Uruush.

3/7/2007 Noon: [PBP] Damn that lucky player!
I'm running a play by post at the moment - its in the same spot where I've run games before and commented about them here. This ones played different as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Simon C.

3/7/2007 anders_larsen: [Tempestas] Base mechanics
Tempestas is a fantasy rpg I have worked on with a friend for many years. The first incarnation of this game was very much in the category of traditional fantasy…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen, mothlos, Troy_Costisick.

3/7/2007 Roy Batty: Re: [DitV/Roanoke] Vikings vs. Horror, or Wolves of the New World
(Not sure what happened with my original post...) (Cross posted at RPG.net) I picked up Dogs in the Vineyard about a year ago, and I’d like to use it for…
In lumpley games
Participants: Roy Batty.

3/7/2007 Miro: How to contact glyphpress?
Hello   Does anyone know how to effectively and privately contact glyphpress?I have got some questions about my order, tried sending e-mails, can't send PM here:) so I'm looking for…
In glyphpress
Participants: Miro, nikola, AnaSaupe, jrnmariano.

3/7/2007 tstone: Looking for a game...
I'm new to the world of indie rpgs.  I've been jumping into them wholeheartedly, with their innovative approaches to characters, stories and worldbuilding.  LOVE THEM!  But a question, hope you…
In Publishing
Participants: tstone, andrew_kenrick.

3/7/2007 lambda: Interstellar diplomatic game
Hi, I'm new here (not even much lurking, but I've read a few of the theory articles), and I've been having an idea kicking around in my head for a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: lambda, MatrixGamer.

3/8/2007 Hans: The Silly Limit: unique to Capes, unique to me?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23052.msg231266#msg231266]In a separate thread[/url], I attempted to coin a new term, called the Silly Limit, as follows: [quote]The Silly Limit is the greatest amount of seriousness that can occur in…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB, Bret Gillan, James_Nostack, Jonathan Hastings, JohnUghrin, Gaerik, epweissengruber, BlackSheep.

3/8/2007 xenopulse: Couple of Questions
You will probably be able to point me to threads discussing this before, but I couldn't find them on my own. Over on IWKFAM, you wrote: the dice don't tell…
In lumpley games
Participants: xenopulse, lumpley.

3/8/2007 rafial: Rocket Red
Hey, I realized I'm totally empowered to just make something up, but I'm wondering if Rocket Red had any kind of "incognito" identity in the campaign where she originally appeared…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: rafial, iago.

3/9/2007 Eliarhiman6: [TSoY] Know Truth: "asked of her"?
Page 136, Divination Secrets, Know Truth: "Your character can know the answer to any question asked of her. The GM will determine the clarity of these answers by your success…
In CRN Games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, oliof.

3/9/2007 redivider: [heads of state] art and death in jakarta
Joshua, Judson, Stacy and I conducted the third playtest of Palace Gates earlier this week. That same night we played Subversive Words for the second time, with Jim taking Stacy’s…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider, jim pinto.

3/9/2007 Mattias: Game mechanics for a swashbuckling Rpg (Lost Eden)
First of all im new here so…Hi to everyone! Secondly excuse my English, as I am not American Im trying to develop a game, which I call Lost Eden, the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Mattias, Simon C.

3/9/2007 Dumirik: [Kin] Mothers and daughters
Last weekend I got to run a session of Kin, my game in development. Kin is this game where you play estranged family members called together for a big family…
In Playtesting
Participants: Dumirik, joepub, J B Bell, Ice Cream Emperor, Meguey, Joshua BishopRoby.

3/9/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Full Playtest, Session Two
We had our second session last night and it went great.  It covered chapters four, five, and six, 2-7 August 1944, the high water mark of the Uprising.  Everyone returned…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, segedy.

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