Previous Topics 3/14/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Questions - flashbacks and nature of monsters/victims
1. Can ‘flashback’ scenes be used to resolve research or absentee stakes? Not as something to recount in raises etc. (page 88 of DiTV) but as the stage for a… In lumpley games Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.
3/13/2007 John Brown: [ TSOY ] Clarification request: Zu words
I am assuming, though unsure, that the word Zu or Uz can be known by more than one character at a time thus differing from other Zu words of power.… In CRN Games Participants: John Brown, Eero Tuovinen.
3/13/2007 Hereward The Wake: Idea for a dice mechanic I am working on a combat system, non missile weapons at the moment. The emphasis of which is the tactical choices made in regard to moves, attacks reactions I want… In First Thoughts Participants: Hereward The Wake, Mcrow, JCunkle, Conteur.
3/13/2007 TwilightCorps: Twilight Corps While this isn't a new idea(I've been working on it for two years now) It's new to the Forge.
It's a futuristic single origin supers game, meaning that everyone got… In First Thoughts Participants: TwilightCorps, Mcrow.
3/13/2007 Bjorn: Some newbie questions about DitV Hi, I just bought the game and have some questions. Some of these might be terribly naive but here goes.
1) How important is it to have a basic foundation… In lumpley games Participants: Bjorn, Warren, lumpley, David Artman, Wolfen.
3/13/2007 Arilyn: Hi all, and a request for purchase of both BtI and StM Hi, I'm rather new to the non pop-cultured versions of mainstream RPGs, and both of these games really do seem pretty interesting to RP in my games. Congrats, Emily!!! Thing… In Black and Green Games Participants: Arilyn, Emily Care.
3/13/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Clarification over stats in the rule outline The rule outline says a couple of times:
Bad: 1d61d8; good: 2d6 (e.g. assigning dice to relationships, assigning dice to traits)
Is that supposed to be Bad 1d6, Good 1d8,… In lumpley games Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.
3/12/2007 rulvestad: A Song of Ice and Fire (and Capes) I've just read the Capes Lite rules (and will almost certainly be buying the full rules soon) and had an idea that this could be adapted really well to George… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: rulvestad, Andrew Morris.
3/12/2007 scrandy: Mystix RPG - The Big 3 Hi!
I did some RPG developing, for some time now, because I was bored and disappointed with other Systems. Till now (3/2007) I have got a nearly playable Version (with… In First Thoughts Participants: scrandy, Conteur, mauriciocabaleiro.
3/12/2007 tstone: Would like to buy your games... Paper copies, but have no access to Paypal. Any way to send you a money order and pick up some of your games?
Thanx! In Half Meme Press Participants: tstone.
3/12/2007 andrew_kenrick: [1st Quest] Wolves of the World Tree Last night I ran a playtest session of 1st Quest, Judd's new game. We played through the World Tree Pack tutorial from the book - essentially you play members of… In Playtesting Participants: andrew_kenrick, Paka.
3/12/2007 1of3: [Donjon] Tweaking Skills and Saves Some more tweaks for Donjon. When my fellow players like these as well (and I'm pretty sure, they will), there's hardly anything left from the original rules. ;)
Anyway, I… In CRN Games Participants: 1of3, The Dragon Master, Hans.
3/12/2007 Myrmidon: SOTC Wiki Is there a Spirit of the Century Wiki, akin to what is available for The Shadow of Yesterday ?
It would be great if there was a place we could… In Evilhat Productions Participants: Myrmidon, iago.
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
3/10/2007 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.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 3/14/2007 hardcoremoose: Kagematsu: Torrid Samurai Romance! Hey everyone,
It’s been awhile, but after months of little or no activity and two missed GenCons, here I am with my hand out.
On and off for the past… In Playtesting Participants: hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, jrs.
3/14/2007 Sentience: Using the D20 system I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not to use the OGL and the D20 system for the RPG I'm creating. However, I believe I could come to a… In First Thoughts Participants: Sentience, Mcrow, Ben Lehman, TroyLovesRPG.
3/14/2007 Banesfinger: Assigning Battle dice Wow - not sure what happened when I posted this the first time - it said the server was unavailible, yet posted several times????
Webmaster please delete the other posts!… In one.seven design Participants: Banesfinger, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
3/14/2007 Conteur: New Roleplaying Game: Kissanil I have finally decided to begin working on editing my game on wich I work since 15 years. The site is not finished(and it will never be...as all roleplaying games)… In First Thoughts Participants: Conteur, scrandy, andrew_kenrick, Rafu, pells, xenopulse, davidberg.
3/14/2007 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Jack the Ripper Podcast A group of gamers in Louisville Kentucky just posted a podcast of a game of Jack the Ripper. The show lasts a little over two hours.
Podcast of an actual… In Actual Play Participants: MatrixGamer.
3/14/2007 phargle: Who can start conflicts; who can use items; I don't get demonic fallout. We just finished our Dogs in the Vineyard campaign. The characters evolved and we saved a few towns; for us, this was one of the coolest games we've ever played… In lumpley games Participants: phargle, lumpley, Gugliandalf.
3/15/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Outtage RPG Contest] Review of Blackout on the Elevator Review of “Blackout on the Elevator”
By: Bryan Hansel
Game Summary:
Opens with the situation. You’re trapped in an elevator. This game doesn’t mess around. It presents the players with… In Endeavor Participants: Troy_Costisick, Bryan Hansel.
3/15/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Outtage RPG Contest] Review of Comedy Blackout Comedy Blackout Review
By John Laviolette
Game Summary:
The game begins by explaining what “blackout” means in comedic circles. That’s great because I would have had no idea. The background… In Endeavor Participants: Troy_Costisick.
3/15/2007 wunderllama: Hey! You got Dogs in my television show! A brief thought, inspired by tonight's episode of Jericho. (Fair warning, if anyone follows Jericho, spoilers follow)
So there's a character, Robert Hawkins, who was working for a secret shadow… In lumpley games Participants: wunderllama.
3/15/2007 tj333: [DitV] The End of the Dog in the Black Coat Okay, this is the second half of a town that we played but didn't have the time to finish. It was a short session and it just wasn't working so… In Actual Play Participants: tj333, Mike Lucas, Web_Weaver.
3/15/2007 sdanic: 13 Virtues - Can resource pools be dramatic? I love pulp and cinematic action games. I also love resource pools. However, when I see resource pools in practice, characters tend to become less and less heroic as their… In First Thoughts Participants: sdanic, Reprobus, andrew_kenrick, Filip Luszczyk, Valamir, joepub.
3/15/2007 Simon C: [Sweet20] Keys to represent character religions. Hey, I'm messing around with implimenting the Sweet20 experience system (Keys) into another game with a pretty specific celtic/mythological irish flavour. Think Slaine. Anyhow, I was thinking that Keys could… In CRN Games Participants: Simon C, Ludanto.
3/15/2007 Banesfinger: Game Design Hello John Harper
Can you tell us what games (if any) inspired your Agon game mechanic (e.g., Savage Worlds uses a similar dice mechanic).
Did you try other dice mechanics… In one.seven design Participants: Banesfinger.
3/15/2007 Sinistraphobia: The Gamestas with Joshua A.C. Newman This is just a heads up about our interview with Mr. Newman about Shock, on Episode -14. We hope you enjoy, and feel free to give your thoughts and opinions.… In glyphpress Participants: Sinistraphobia, nikola, Paka.
3/15/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Untrue facts as "fallout option"? Triggered by this thread, that I'm posing here rather than resurrecting (Forge rule about not resurrecting stuff a couple of pages down, right?).
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22931.0
.... Part way through the… In lumpley games Participants: Valvorik.
3/15/2007 Hans: [TSOY] Finnish multi-participant BDtP rules, some questions Eero placed a brief summary of his Finnish version of the multi-participant pain rules in this thread. Multi-party BDtP is a regular and consistently troubling feature for the game I… In CRN Games Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.
3/15/2007 Eric J-D: [Sorcerer] How do you deal with Mystery Kickers? Hi folks.
Lately I've found myself thinking about Kickers again, specifically the issue of Mystery Kickers. You know the type: "A friend on the police force tells you that the… In Adept Press Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards.
3/15/2007 scholar_of_light: [ D&D 3.5 ] The world of Vangal. {a home brew world} Greetings all,
Just stumbled across this site, and figured this would be the best way to introduce myself.
Basic layout of game : Home brew campaign. About 500… In Actual Play Participants: scholar_of_light, Paka, Gaerik.
3/15/2007 Jonathan Walton: [Afraid] The Mistress of Erich Zann I ran Afraid Arkham-style for the SGBoston crew this week.
When I first read Afraid, the monster-creation guidelines reminded me of a number of Lovecraft stories, especially Pickman's Model and… In lumpley games Participants: Jonathan Walton, lumpley, Valvorik, Meej.
3/16/2007 Philippe Tromeur: One-page RPG's I'm currently participating into a kind of casual contest on a French forum : each month, one has to write a full RPG, based on a given topic. The game… In Endeavor Participants: Philippe Tromeur, komradebob, scrandy, Filip Luszczyk, salkaner, Conteur, Kesher, Ron Edwards, Noon, Ken, patrice larcenet.
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