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3/29/2007 Matt Gwinn: Origins Anyone?
I'm planning on being at Origins on Saturday and Sunday. Is anyone else from the Forge going to be there? ,Matt
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Kat Miller, Jake Norwood, ephemere, c.

3/29/2007 Kami-no-Mark: [Bloodlines] - more playtesting & alpha draft now available
Previous threads are here: First Thoughts: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23087.0 Playtest: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23257.0 This is a quick update on how the playtesting of my generational RPG is going.  I’ve also (finally!) got together…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kami-no-Mark, thrall.

3/28/2007 Glendower: [DITV] The Bloated Blood River Valley
I have never made my own town in Dogs.  I usually took a town from the site to use instead, which has worked well for me the last little while. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Web_Weaver.

3/28/2007 MUKid: How to handle negative traits
How do other GMs handle a trait that's a disadvantage?  For instance, a character has a trait, "I have a peg leg 1d4."  Is there a way to translate that…
In lumpley games
Participants: MUKid, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Ludanto, lumpley.

3/28/2007 Brian England: portfolio
Hello, My name is Brian England. I would like to submit my portfolio for review. www.eiotech.com I’ve been working freelance for about four years now. If you think my work…
In Connections
Participants: Brian England.

3/28/2007 gds: [Ruby] Battles on Crimson
Started a game of Ruby last night with my regular group. So there are four of us, three players plus me. This was going to be a bit of a…
In Actual Play
Participants: gds, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2007 Glendower: Blood River Valley
When I designed Blood River Valley, I first asked my three players what they really hated about society and the people in it.  I wanted to find out what would…
In lumpley games
Participants: Glendower, oliof.

3/28/2007 greyorm: Review of Sorcerer
I was bopping around the web tonight and by means random and illogical happened to come across <a href="http://www.websnark.com/archives/2007/03/for_all_the_fif.html">a review of Sorcerer</a> on Websnark.
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, demiurgent.

3/27/2007 chris_moore: [psi run] conflict resolution
Previous psi run posts:http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23540.msg231790#msg231790                                 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23579.msg231992#msg231992 Okay, we're in a scene.  Character Aaron Zinn, with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, Ken, Troy_Costisick, Majidah.

3/27/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid, a bit of DitV too] Possession
Some questions about possession, crossing over from Afraid and DitV. 1.  Was there ever a  blow-by-blow description of an exorcism for DitV, per last past in: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16699.0 - note, can’t…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.

3/26/2007 Ludanto: How to end a scene?
Ok, I know when a scene ends, but I'm not sure how a scene ends. Does it just cut off abruptly after the last conflict is narrated? Does the person…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ludanto, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Melinglor.

3/26/2007 RobNJ: Pen Names
I have decided that when I eventually publish my RPG, Misspent Youth, I want to do so under a pen name. My real name is spelled such that it produces…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, jdrakeh.

3/26/2007 Silverback: Shield/Counter designs
Our Agon GM, after seeing what I'd produced, decided it would be a good idea for each player to have their character(s) shield designed and used as a token during…
In one.seven design
Participants: Silverback, John Harper, Nev the Deranged.

3/26/2007 Eero Tuovinen: [Zombies at the Door!] Introduction to my fine zombie boardgame.
As some of you might know, my current big project, as far as my own game design goes, is Eleanor's Dream, a story-telling game for parents and children. Eleanor has…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Bryan Hansel, contracycle, newsalor, Sam!.

3/26/2007 badidea: Play-by-Post roleplaying and the order of events
OK, so, first post in this forum...I apologize if I misuse any of the terminology I'm working on trying to create a game specifically for the online message board/play-by-post (PbP)…
In First Thoughts
Participants: badidea, Noon, josephcarrington, Mike Sugarbaker, MatrixGamer, Rich F, lee-anne.

3/26/2007 Graham Walmsley: [The Gay Recruitment Squad Wants YOU!] Conpulsion playtest
Another playtest at Conpulsion. There were three players: the staff by the sign-up sheets were offering free fingers of Fudge to anyone signing up. It seemed thematically appropriate. I've, um,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Rich Stokes, jasonm, Simon C, Bryan Hansel.

3/26/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Carry] post-play questions
Hi! We played Carry yesterday. We were only 4 (3 players + GM) and we misread the rules for the first hour or so, but it was a blast anyway.…
In ndp design
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Nathan P..

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.

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.

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

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3/29/2007 Sentience: Decay RPG - Experience Levels
Greetings! My company has been developing a post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk game for about four months now called Decay (http://www.decayrpg.com), and I've been mulling over the problem of Experience Levels for about three…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sentience, Majidah, scrandy, Noon, Greymorn.

3/29/2007 pells: [Avalanche using TSOY] - Battles, battles and more battles ...
Well, continuing our adventures (and playtesting) of Avalanche. So, here it goes ... The context We had not been playing for a while now : almost ten months (since my…
In Playtesting
Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.

3/29/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Grey Ranks] Conpulsion playtest
So Saturday afternoon at Conpulsion as part of the Indie Games Track we got to play Grey Ranks. We had 4 players so I faciliated, and 2 hours, so we…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, jasonm.

3/29/2007 The Crazy Player: The Meaning of Magic(k)
Greetings! This is my first foray into The Forge, so if I fumble etiquette, please let me know. I have often been fascinated by the concept of Magick in RPGs,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: The Crazy Player, Troy_Costisick, lumpley, David Artman, CommonDialog, tj333, Spooky Fanboy, Filip Luszczyk, Sentience, fantang7.

3/30/2007 Ragnarok: Sorcerer: First steps
Here's a collection of thoughts and events related to character creation and introduction to the game in, hopefully, the order in which they happened. It was a bit confusing. So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ragnarok, Karl, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2007 phasmaphobic: Streetwise LARP - Musings on Conflict mechanics
Hey folks, I'm looking for some place to bounce around some ideas with others on some concepts I've been forming regarding revamping the rules of a LARP that I wrote…
In First Thoughts
Participants: phasmaphobic, Majidah, Andrew Morris.

3/30/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] A painful reunion
Yay!  More playtesting!  And today, since I’m getting into the groove, I’ll actually do it up as a full-blown AP report.  Aren’t you happy? Quotable “I just want to see…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis.

3/31/2007 xenopulse: [Inspectres] Case of the Flaming Pussy
Gamestorm 9 is going on this weekend in Portland. Last night, from 10 to 12, I played in a game of Inspectres. I've read about the game plenty of times,…
In Actual Play
Participants: xenopulse.

4/1/2007 Paul Strack: [Improv/Zombie Dawn] Endgame RPG Night Playtest
This was a play-test for a game I am still in the process of writing. The draft may have changed since I ran the game. You can see the current…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul Strack.

4/1/2007 brianbloodaxe: Looking for advice for my card based rules system.
Ok, I'm new here, blah blah etc. Hi! :-) I am always looking for new ways to improve relisim in my games without increasing the rules or required book keeping.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: brianbloodaxe, Simon C.

4/1/2007 jasonm: Roach LARP at KublaCon
If you're going to KublaCon in Burlingame, California, consider playing in the world's first Roach LARP. I can't wait to see how it turns out!  Anybody planning on attending?
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Caesar_X.

4/1/2007 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon] Event Registraton Question
Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but I've never registered for events at GenCon before. This year I'd like to get in on some games and whatnot, so I've…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Blankshield, Hans.

4/1/2007 Valvorik: Adding traits during complication and elimination costs
If a complication is about eliminating a component (e.g., character), and during the resolution the component is narrated as having additional traits (the controller seeking to give them traits resisting…
In Universalis
Participants: Valvorik, Valamir.

4/1/2007 phasmaphobic: [Classroom Deathmatch] Played at Gamestorm last night
Last night I had the privilege of playing in a convention-style demo game of <i><a href="http://atarashigames.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=31" target="_blank">Classroom Deathmatch</a></i>, the new tabletop RPG by fellow Portlander Jake Richmond.  In this game,…
In Actual Play
Participants: phasmaphobic, xenopulse, Jake Richmond.

4/2/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Bacchanal] Multiple ties?
So, I'm futzing around with the Bacchanal dice, trying to teach myself to play so I don't look like a buffon if/when I get other folks to try it. And…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege.

4/2/2007 jasongreeno: One FREE Card Illustration created by ME for YOUR GAME
Hi, I'm considering a shift in careers and want to see what it is like to work as a freelance illustrator. I'm a graphic designer by day with drawing ability…
In Connections
Participants: jasongreeno, iago, Eero Tuovinen.

4/2/2007 josephcarrington: ww2 with zombies themed d20 system play-by-post
Hello everyone. My names Joe and I'm about to start running a game for a few friends of mine over my messageboard. The theme everyone decided on was ww2, superscience…
In First Thoughts
Participants: josephcarrington, knicknevin, Majidah.

4/2/2007 Starblade: Since my other game didn't pan out...
I've been thinking of a game system which potentially incorporates three levels. It doesn't have a theme yet, but right now here are the elements: 0. A three tiered combat…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Starblade, joepub.

4/2/2007 Hans: GenCon: will the Wheel be there?
I have just one question, Alexander...will the roulette wheel be at GenCon this year?  If so, I want to know when and where, because I and two friends will be…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Hans, Lxndr.

4/2/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Robots & Rapiers Playtest v2.3] Character Creation
So we held another playtest session on Thursday. I had not had a chance to read through the revised document, and the revisions didn't update the sample characters we'd been…
In Universalis
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Iskander, mtiru.

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