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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 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.

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.

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.

3/30/2007 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 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.

3/29/2007 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.

3/29/2007 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 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 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 burnout02: [psuedo-Tokyo Heroes] Fade To Black
Let's face it. Tokusatsu (Japanese Live-Action programs) is cool. While, admittedly, some of the Sentai team stuff is pure cheese (Just look at the later variants of the Power Rangers),…
In Actual Play
Participants: burnout02, Nev the Deranged.

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.

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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.

4/2/2007 Kat Miller: Indie Games Explosion Gen Con 07 Schedule
Ive finished the Gen Con Indie Games Explosion schedule. I've posted this link to The IGE Live Journal and to Story Games. If your running games as part of the…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Hans, JustinB, iago, Nev the Deranged, Matt Gwinn.

4/2/2007 cglasgow: Angels in the Vineyard? (setting request)
Hi, I'm Chuck, and I'm a newbie.  (To this forum, and to DitV, if not to RPGs in general.)  *g* I've seen the Dogs as Angels thread in search, but…
In lumpley games
Participants: cglasgow, lumpley, phargle, Web_Weaver.

4/2/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Snakes in the Shadows OR Dysfunction is good if it's the characters
(also posted at story games under a slightly misleading title) I was at hspielt! 14 this weekend, and ran a minimally tweaked version of a con scenario called Snakes in…
In Actual Play
Participants: oliof.

4/2/2007 Rustin: [tsoy] bonus dice statistical impact?
So with 3dF you have a 3.7% chance of getting a 3, an 11.11% of getting a 2, a 22.22 of getting a 1 and a 62.96% chance of getting …
In CRN Games
Participants: Rustin, Hans.

4/3/2007 Jake Richmond: Free ad space in Classroom Deathmatch
I have 2 blank pages in the back of Classroom Deathmatch. The book is available now for preorder and will be available for saler on April 17th. If you have…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Richmond.

4/3/2007 LandonSuffered: [InSpectres] 1st Time Role-Players -- Kids!! (long-ish)
My wife and I occasionally (every couple months or so) baby-sit/host game night for the two sons of our friends; the kids’ ages are 9 and (just barely) 13.  We’ve…
In Actual Play
Participants: LandonSuffered, skatay, matthijs, demiurgeastaroth, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Meguey, Mr. Sluagh.

4/3/2007 LandonSuffered: Raked Over The Coals
Man...I just recommended your game Donjon to a young (age 13) friend of mine, based entirely on what he wanted to play (a stripped-down, narrative D&D) and on the…
In CRN Games
Participants: LandonSuffered, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon, Hans, Eliarhiman6.

4/3/2007 CommonDialog: [T.E.A.M.]Mechanics to Force Player Interaction
Hiya Group, I am designing a game which is heavily centered around teamwork.  The players gain all sorts of neat bonus dice if they work together, but I am toying…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CommonDialog, jueqel, Madheretic, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

4/3/2007 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Dead Duke
Hamster Press has just released “Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Dead Duke” at RPGNow. A paper version of the game is available on the Hamster Press web page. Sherlock…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer.

4/3/2007 jasonm: Roach Questions from Virginia
Thanks to Our Virginian Cousin for these: What happens if you drop to 0 reputation.  You've got nothing to wager, so can you still have a scene? "If you are…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

4/3/2007 r_donato: Forge Borthday Forum this year?
Will the Forge birthday forum be repoened this year? It is the appropriate time.
In Site Discussion
Participants: r_donato, Ron Edwards.

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