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3/21/2007 mauriciocabaleiro: What is your ORIGINAL setting? Describe it...
I just started this topic with the following in mind: How creative and original the sageous forge members can be? After years discussing all about RPG what have they come…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mauriciocabaleiro, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2007 Valvorik: Re: [Afraid] Fallout and Stakes Questions
I'm sorry about the 'blank posts', not sure why board keeps freezing on me and doing that. The question were: Fallout Questions 1. In campaign play, if some old Relationships…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik, Ludanto, lumpley.

3/21/2007 Glendower: [Capes] Shadowrun!
As far as my experience is concerned, Shadowrun is a good example of "love the world, hate the system".  When Dave, friend and member of my Tuesday gaming night, suggested…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, Jasper the Mimbo, Miskatonic, Madheretic.

3/21/2007 yarrmet: Cool, free game you can make money on is back! :)
Hi there! I recently found a cool, free web-based online adventure game you can make money on! The game has been around for some time, but just recently (march 2007)…
In Actual Play
Participants: yarrmet, rycanada, Christopher Ashe, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Questions about Character Creation
I've actually got more Q's than this but thought I would (a) cluster them in themed groups; and (b) not post them all at once to avoid overloading etc. I'm…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.

3/20/2007 sean2099: Reflecting on my first publication
A while back, I posted a thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23002.0 where I had asked for advice on the publishing game. This is my almost two month followup to releasing my game (Divinity…
In Publishing
Participants: sean2099.

3/20/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: Spiel Essen 07
Okay ladies, last year we've been moving late. Let's not make this mistake again. Spiel Essen (18 to 21 October 2007) is one of the largest gaming fairs in the…
In Conventions
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, oliof, TonyLB, Eero Tuovinen, Matt, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Blankshield, Emily Care, iago, Meguey, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson, Nathan P..

3/20/2007 jdrakeh: Let me be your corporate man-whore!
So. . . Here's the deal: I have an old, faded, tattoo on the back of my neck that looks horrible. And I couldn't rightly think of what I should…
In Connections
Participants: jdrakeh, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Collecting Monsters?
Vincent said in the end-notes on Afraid that he hoped to see monsters created and posted like towns in DitV.  I think some sample monsters would be great, helping getting…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik.

3/20/2007 rycanada: What happened to Deep in the Game?
I went back to bankeui.blogspot.com and it was just pointing at advertising.  I know the blog was over - but is it just gone now, or is it mirrored somewhere…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, Ben Lehman.

3/20/2007 TwilightCorps: In search of playtesters for Web-based Twilight Corps
I'm still in the process of playtesting for my supers game and I'm looking for other players and possibly an extra GM so that I can get the experience of…
In Connections
Participants: TwilightCorps.

3/20/2007 Claudia Cangini: Suggestion for PTA con demo?
Hello, I'm here looking for suggestions or links to previous thread treating this subject. I'd like to run a PTA demo at a local Con. I love the game and…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Claudia Cangini, Matt Wilson, LeSingeSavant.

3/20/2007 Mencelus: [DitV] With more than 4 players?
I posted this over on RPG.net as well, but thought it might get a better response here. My group has recently decided to play Star Wars, and we've decided on…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mencelus, Glendower, lumpley, WildElf.

3/20/2007 tonyd: [Go Play Northwest] Registration is open!
Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to announce that registration is (finally) open for Go Play Northwest. You can find more information and a registration link here: http://goplaynw.wetpaint.com/. Go Play Northwest…
In Conventions
Participants: tonyd.

3/19/2007 Sam!: [Dust Devils] Folding
Greetings I wrote an alternative setting of Dust Devils to the 1st Trans-Atlantic Setting Design Challenge 2006, Lords & Ladies. After finishing that Eero Tuovinen encouraged me to ask Matt…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Sam!, Eero Tuovinen.

3/19/2007 scrandy: What is your most important feature of a modern Fantasy-RPG?
Hi, people! I'am Andy Paland, called scrandy on the net. I'm working on a new Fantasy-RPG which I announced here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23484.0. Since I found out that it is more interesting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: scrandy, rycanada.

3/19/2007 chris_moore: [psi run] situation
My friend and I are working on a game called Psi Run.  Players create characters that: 1)  have a psychic power 2)  have been captured by a shadowy organization 3) …
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, Noon, Paul Czege.

3/19/2007 Michael S. Miller: GenCon 07 Games On Demand / IGE
Kat and I have been in touch with GenCon about securing table space and promotional opportunities for the Indie Games Explosion and Games On Demand. I’d like to discuss these…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, GregStolze, Matt Gwinn, Hans, Kat Miller, Ben Lehman, Blankshield, c, Nev the Deranged, Jasper the Mimbo, RobNJ.

3/19/2007 moonflovver: Playtesting seems to be the market to be in..........
WE have done some play testing here in our local area with our game THE Organization and have had great response with it.  What I would like to see is…
In Connections
Participants: moonflovver.

3/18/2007 Doyce: [AP] From the Casebook of Donne & Donne, Detectives
Next weekend, my fiance's in town and I wanted to have a social kind of gaming thing go on because (a) it's a chance for both of us to hang…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Doyce, Three-Star Dave, inthisstyle.

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3/21/2007 David Artman: Icehouse Pyramids RPG (game name pending)
Hi again, all; been away a while, but I'm back with some gaming goodness (I hope!). I have just put a new role-playing game into Ready for Playtesting status at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David Artman.

3/21/2007 QuestKeeper: Trying to playtest a game
Hi, I'm a new member here. If I wanted to post the rules to my game so that others could playtest it, where should I post them? Should I post…
In First Thoughts
Participants: QuestKeeper, Wolfen.

3/21/2007 Eero Tuovinen: [Bliss Stage] Drunking, the Finnish national sport
My experiments with Bliss Stage by Ben Lehman continue. Last Saturday we did chargen with me + four eager pilots, of which two were with me in our one-shot test…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

3/21/2007 Ludanto: Afraid Initiations ("Premonitions")
I read earlier about Vincent having the idea of letting the players play the victim during Afraid's Initiation phase and I thought I might throw some ideas out there. First,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ludanto, Valvorik, cdr.

3/21/2007 Nev the Deranged: Fortune-at-the-Very-Beginning?
Wasn't sure where to post this, so feel free to move it if this is inappropriate. I was wondering if there are any games where the die roll (or whatever)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, greyorm, chris_moore.

3/22/2007 Nev the Deranged: Agon - Oracle idea, looking for feedback
Hiya. Still working on putting together that con scenario. One of the ideas I had was for one of the quests to involve an Oracle on a mountaintop. And of…
In one.seven design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Mel_White, Noclue.

3/22/2007 Ken: SPELLing Bee- a magic game/system
For the last couple of days, I've been tooling around with a magic system/setting called SPELLing Bee. The main idea is that students from magical schools across the globe (or…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ken, QuestKeeper, Noon.

3/22/2007 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Artists needed!
[i]The Fifth World[/i] is a post-apocalyptic pseudo-utopian setting in a neo-tribal future four hundred years after civilization's collapse.  Right now we have an extraordinary crew of people working on this…
In Connections
Participants: jefgodesky.

3/22/2007 Robotech_Master: Ficlets!
I've recently started writing on ficlets.com. You get to write stories in 64-to-1024-character chunks ("ficlets"), then someone else gets to write a follow-up sequel or prequel chunk. And multiple people…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Mike Holmes.

3/22/2007 iago: Ken Hite Wants Your New Releases Info for GenCon '07 - Deadline!
Hey folks.  Ken Hite mentioned this elsewhere, and I wanted to pass this along, so I contacted him and got his permission to do so.  Beyond the whole "what indie…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, Kevin Allen Jr.

3/22/2007 cicio: Bud Redhead game
Hello, Bud redhead game ( http://www.fungamesplaza.com/pd-star_defender_ii.html ) is a great game; anyone knows other games in the same style? I am specially interested in high quality remakes after old hits…
In First Thoughts
Participants: cicio.

3/23/2007 Simon C: New Keys for 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 First Thoughts
Participants: Simon C, oliof.

3/23/2007 JustinB: DexCon Spring Gathering
What, if anything, is the Forge plan for the Dexcon May convention? What kind of turn-out is there for the Spring Gathering and Dexcon?
In Conventions
Participants: JustinB, Andrew Morris.

3/23/2007 Simons: Role-Playing in a strategy game
Hi all, I have always had an interest in strategy war games, though have recently become  interested in where they seem to merge with RPGs.  Most of what I've seen…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, MatrixGamer, Noon, phasmaphobic.

3/23/2007 Jake Richmond: Struggling with a new game idea
Tonight I finally had the chance to transcribe the ideas for the game I've been thinking about for a few months. It's a love story set against a war, where…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jake Richmond, Christopher Ashe, Simon C, Alan, neko ewen, Noon, Wolfen, Lollo.

3/23/2007 Hans: First SotC game tonight: questions!
Ok, running this for the first time tonight, and have a few questions, so... * Fate points for compels - the bit that bothers me is this line on page…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Hans, iago, epweissengruber.

3/23/2007 Kat Miller: IGE Deadline for GenCon 07 for Registered Indie Games March 31st
Hi Everyone! The absolute deadline to register anything for Gencon is April 6th so I need all games for the explosion by march 31. If you are interested in being…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller.

3/23/2007 chris_moore: [psi run] Why can I read minds? second try
Previously, I described Psi Run's situation. Characters: 1)  have a psychic power 2)  have been captured by a shadowy organization 3)  can't remember their past 4)  have just survived…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, Valamir, Noon, Ken, knicknevin, Eero Tuovinen.

3/23/2007 jasonm: Gen Con Roach Volunteers Needed!
Hey, I know no one runs a game of The Roach, but I'd love to find a couple of enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate formal, scheduled games at Gen Con.  If…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Hans.

3/24/2007 NathanFrund: Looking for advice on a mecha conversion to SotC/FATE 3.0
I'm popping in for a bit of advice.  I'm working on a mecha conversion to SotC/FATE 3.0 and I've got a few design questions. But first, here's what I've got…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: NathanFrund, sabbatregent.

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