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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 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 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 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 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.

3/21/2007 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.

3/21/2007 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 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 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 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 Andy Kitkowski: Story Games "Make a Relationship Map" Contest
Here's a link and the info: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2693 With all the talk of relationship maps these days, I figured that it was time for a new Endeavor. So here it is.…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

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.

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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.

3/24/2007 Parthenia: [Steal Away Jordan] First Session, Second Playtest
And the second time I've ever GM'ed a game. The jury's still out on that, but everyone seemed to have fun. The first playtest (with unrevised rules and a slightly…
In Playtesting
Participants: Parthenia, nikola, jasonm, Emily Care, GreatWolf, Meguey.

3/24/2007 Parthenia: Playtesters wanted for Steal Away Jordan
Hi! I would greatly appreciate playtesting and feedback of my game. You can download the pdf and get more information here and read a playtest here. Thanks! Julia
In Connections
Participants: Parthenia.

3/24/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [BARBAREN!] Artwork Preview
Really not much of a discussion issue, but a report on progress. There is now a galery on the BARBAREN! homepage with some of the artwork. The artists name is…
In Publishing
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, abzu, xenopulse.

3/24/2007 wgrzanic: [d20 Iron Heroes] Situation-driven, party-based play?
Hi all, I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time now, and am only now getting around to it, because I am a lazy-ass slacker.  My apologies if…
In Actual Play
Participants: wgrzanic, Noon, contracycle, rycanada, Gaerik, AJ_Flowers, RedPissLegion.

3/24/2007 ShawnI: [DitV] Alternate NPC system...
Vincent posted a note over at Anyway a while back on an alternate way of figuring out NPC stats: http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=294.  It looks pretty slick, but later on in the comments,…
In lumpley games
Participants: ShawnI, lumpley.

3/24/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Resolving a Crime, or "Look! Look! I have a Grid, too!"
We playtested Dirty Secrets again on Monday.  (Our regularly scheduled playtest on Thursday night was cancelled, due to sick children.)  In this session, we finally got around to resolving a…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir.

3/25/2007 Noon: [D&D 3.x] crouching cave, hidden MC
Lets see, there was Chris, Joe (brothers) Daniel & Matt (another pair of brothers) and myself. Chris and Dan are the elder brothers. This was played yesterday afternoon/last night. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, James_Nostack.

3/25/2007 QuestKeeper: POD or PDF?
I am finishing up a shorter RPG I have made, and was wondering:What is the general opinion here. Is it better to publish it as a sellable PDF, or as…
In Publishing
Participants: QuestKeeper, xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

3/25/2007 Sindyr: Where can I buy Mortal Coil?
IPR appears to be sold out.
In Galileo Games
Participants: Sindyr, inthisstyle.

3/25/2007 matthijs: Shock: seriously rules.
I played Shock: again a few days ago, for the third time; once again, a one-shot. One of the other players had tried it before (once); the two others hadn't.…
In glyphpress
Participants: matthijs, nikola.

3/26/2007 MUKid: Multiple Participant Conflicts
Hi all.  I'm new to both the forum and to Dogs, so please be kind! We played our first game of DitV this weekend.  I was able to run the…
In lumpley games
Participants: MUKid, demiurgeastaroth, rohoe, Glendower, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Web_Weaver.

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