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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 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.

3/7/2007 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.

3/7/2007 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 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 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 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 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.

3/6/2007 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.

3/6/2007 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 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 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 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.

3/5/2007 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.

3/5/2007 MatrixGamer: [Press Release] Jack the Ripper: Engle Matrix Game
"Jack the Ripper: The game to play before the game" Now available at RPGNow for $5 Laminate paper version available at Hamster Press for $9.95 Players: 2-6 Duration: 1/2 hour…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer.

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.

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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.

3/9/2007 cydmab: [PTA] The hurricanes (Akira/Madmax hybrid)
So I finally got the group to try PTA last weekend. The last campaign of DnD/Freeform had pretty much puttered out and died, and some of the reasons I believed…
In Actual Play
Participants: cydmab.

3/9/2007 Andy Kitkowski: One Week Until GAME CHEF. March 17. Lock and Load!
Hey all, it's that time of the year again.  This project, so deep-rooted in the history of the Forge as to be almost inseparable, is rolling around again for it's…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mcrow.

3/9/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Initial Playtest Process
In this thread, I said: In another post, I'll write up what I've done so far, and I'll scrawl notes as I go through my ongoing playtest as I…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, jasonm, sn0wshrew.

3/10/2007 Eero Tuovinen: [Bliss Stage] Jury-rigged ANIMa in the outback
So, I've been slowly going through games published last year. One of the crop was Shock: Social Science Fiction, which has found great response from a selective clientele, my teenage…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman.

3/10/2007 Chainsaw Aardvark: Overwhelmed Zombie
Hello. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, but the forum seems to be giving me the run around. For several months now I have been working on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Chainsaw Aardvark, Ron Edwards, jasonm.

3/10/2007 inky: [SotC] Other People's Aspects
So I got SotC recently and have been looking through it with the intention of running a game with it sometime. Overall it seems like the system has a good…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: inky, Alan, demiurgeastaroth, iago.

3/10/2007 jim pinto: Relics of Power
Our playtest of Relics of Power did not go well. Because of the open-ended nature of the game, the PCs took the DAGGER OF POWER and used it to their…
In Playtesting
Participants: jim pinto, Eero Tuovinen, OliverTheMerc, Noon.

3/10/2007 Shia: Presentation and two little question ^^
Hello everybody ^__^ I'm a 32 year old, 5 year experienced gamer living in Rimini, Italy, and this is my first time here ^^ I've read with great interest the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Shia, Eliarhiman6.

3/10/2007 NathanFrund: Stats: Leonidas & Dienekes
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=315936 I posted stats over at rpg.net in response to John's thread.  Take a peek and make recommendations for tweaks/changes.
In one.seven design
Participants: NathanFrund.

3/11/2007 joepub: Indie RPG Steals D&D's Thunder (Details on Page 6)
This is technically about a game in Playtest, but it felt like it fit the AP forum more. It's just a little anecdote which I quite enjoyed and want to…
In Actual Play
Participants: joepub, Andrew Morris, Calithena.

3/11/2007 joepub: [Perfect] Swooping Vulture technique
So, I finally figured out how to run my own game (Perfect, that is). I submit, for the approval of the midnight society, a GMing technique that I tried out…
In Actual Play
Participants: joepub.

3/11/2007 Ian Charvill: [Questers of the Middle Realms] Under-prepping
In a nutshell: offering to run a game system that you've never run before while you've got a major project going on at work and at the same time you're…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian Charvill, rafial.

3/11/2007 xenopulse: [SIS] Playtest Questions
Hi Emily, We played Sign in Stranger at the Go Play PDX II gathering yesterday.  Great fun was had by all.  I actually hadn't laughed that much in a while. …
In Black and Green Games
Participants: xenopulse, Emily Care, Alephnul, Jake Richmond.

3/11/2007 ElliottBelser MKII: My girlfriend's back, and she wants to play Spirit of Hogwarts for her birthday
Crossposted to RPG.net and Story Games. So, my girlfriend's birthday is coming up this month. I offered, as one of my birthday presents to her, to teach her how to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, johnwedd, TroyLovesRPG, Ron Edwards.

3/11/2007 Caesar_X: [Cat] Meredith's Big Night Out
One of my gaming goals for 2007 is to expose more non-gamers to Story Gaming in an attempt to understand more about what excites them from a gaming perspective.  So…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caesar_X, Noon, komradebob.

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