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4/5/2007 Ron Hammack: [D&D 3.5] Solo game with a brand new player--is this the right game for us?
[b]Background[/b] I've been roleplaying on and off since 1983, mostly D&D in its various incarnations and mostly (80% of the time, I'd say) GMing. I'm currently without a gaming group,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Hammack, xjermx, xenopulse, Gaerik, Caesar_X, BabbageCliologic, Nev the Deranged.

4/5/2007 Gaerik: Combat without the Fight! mechanics
At the end of the basic rules section of the BW book, Luke suggests going and burning characters and playing the game.  That's cool because the core rules really aren't…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Gaerik, rafial, abzu, xenopulse.

4/4/2007 GregStolze: [Wild Talents] Grim War: Reign of the Talents
I'm spamming the whole RPG internet with cloned AP writeups of my new WT game with REIGN companies grafted on top to eventually track how the PCs interact with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: GregStolze, Nev the Deranged, Mike Lucas, wreckage, FredGarber.

4/4/2007 cglasgow: [DitV] Playing in AIM chatroom
For those of you not familiar with AIM's die roller syntax for their chatrooms, it works like this: //roll-diceX-sidesY to roll X dice with Y sides each. Forex -- "//roll-dice8-sides10"…
In lumpley games
Participants: cglasgow, lumpley, Dave Cleaver, demiurgeastaroth, Archer5280, EarthSea, Filip Luszczyk.

4/4/2007 Valvorik: [Afraid] Someones.. and Interplayer Tension
In DitV, a good deal of game comes from players not seeing "the answer" the same way etc. 1..How much of that should be brought into Afraid?  This links to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.

4/4/2007 jueqel: [Silver Cord] Story Impact Traits
I've been developing an RPG for a number of years, and a recent reworking has changed my perspective on the approach I'm looking for. Silver Cord is a psychic adventure…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jueqel, Ide.

4/4/2007 oliof: NordCon, 2dn/3rd of June, 2007 - Hamburg, Germany
Hi, despite limited efforts at hspielt, I want to give indie games some more spin at the biggest RPG convention in Northern Germany, NordCon. One of the organizers, Stefan Unger,…
In Conventions
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

4/4/2007 Priest: TRINITY SYSTEM
Hello, New here, so its nice to be able to chat with other game designers, I have been contemplating a new system that works off of a three system method.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Priest, joepub.

4/4/2007 redalastor: [Elfs] Gothic Elfs
I'm about to GM my first game of Elfs. I thought about what kind of scenario I'd want to play and the thought "something gothic" went through my mind. Something…
In Adept Press
Participants: redalastor, jburneko.

4/4/2007 Caesar_X: [PTA] TV Tropes Wiki
<Cross-posting from Story-Games> I was going through my del.icio.us subscriptions feed and saw that someone posted a site called TV Tropes. I've only taken a quick look, but this could…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Caesar_X, Matt Wilson.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

4/2/2007 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.

4/2/2007 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 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.

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4/5/2007 phasmaphobic: LARP: Working on the foundations for our 2nd Edition Rules
I started a discussion in a previous thread, but the direction I'm going has changed significantly enough that I felt a new topic would allow me to put forth some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: phasmaphobic, Majidah.

4/5/2007 Lagnath: A question to Vincent.
So I'm gonna pose a theoretical question to Vincent and see if he's ever had any thoughts in this direction and if so, what they were. I'm proposing to a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Lagnath, oliof, Eliarhiman6, Gugliandalf, lumpley.

4/5/2007 Rustin: [TSoY] Simple Rules questions
[b]If the success level is equal or better than the difficulty, the character has succeeded. [/b] So does that mean in addition to contemplating penalty or bonus dice the GM…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rustin, Clinton R. Nixon, Hans.

4/5/2007 Rustin: [TSoY] Complext Rules Question
I struggled the first time I played with Abilities and how--well, they are sort of open ended and vague. I ended up using Athletics for pretty much everything.  So I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rustin, Eero Tuovinen.

4/5/2007 Jake Richmond: Panty Explosion actual play
[b]The Psychic Cosplay Catgirl Demon Adventure![/b] Last Sunday while at Gamestorm I had a chance to facilitate what turned out to be the best stand alone game of Panty Explosion…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Richmond.

4/6/2007 The Mule: First Dogs run!
Dogs is one of my first indie rpgs, and so me and my crew are pretty new at this stuff, but we've managed to have a lot of fun so…
In lumpley games
Participants: The Mule.

4/6/2007 Tensen01: Character Sheets
All these sheets were done for personal use. None have been published, nor are they official. If you need a character sheet for your game and want it to have…
In Connections
Participants: Tensen01, jasongreeno, David C.

4/6/2007 jdrakeh: Indie Game Day at Compleat
I've already emailed a few of you about this, but I figured that it is worth posting here, as well. . . The premiere local hobby shop here in Colorado…
In Publishing
Participants: jdrakeh.

4/6/2007 MatrixGamer: Reality check
Am I wrong? It looks like the rate of posting is declining on the forum. Is that a problem? Do we need to do anything about it? Chris Engle Hamster…
In Site Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Dictionary of Mu] Theme music.
Hello! For my future game of Sorcerer set in the "Dictionary of Mu" setting, I am thinking about returning to an old habit we had in a previous game group:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Jennifer Rodgers, Paka, epweissengruber, Dumirik.

4/6/2007 markus_cz: How to play Nicotine Girls?
How to play Nicotine Girls? I know this sounds strange... but really, how? There's absolutely no advice in the game rules of how to play it, how to frame scenes,…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: markus_cz, hix, JC.

4/6/2007 Denise: [ENnies] Attention publishers!
A request from one of our judges: When shipping product to a judge not in your country, please mark on the package "FREE SAMPLE PRODUCT FOR EVALUATION ONLY.  VALUE LISTED…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, iago.

4/6/2007 Garvey: Non heart Protagonists and asking permission
In the book, it says you can't use another protagonist in a conflict statement without permission. My question is whether permission is given ahead of time, not knowing what the…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Garvey, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Web_Weaver, yellowparis.

4/7/2007 phasmaphobic: LARP: Scene-Framing within the flow of the LARP
I've posted this elsewhere, but I think I might be able to get some good input from you folks here.  My major experiences with playing in LARPs leads me to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: phasmaphobic, Matt, David Artman, newsalor, Eliarhiman6, fantang7.

4/7/2007 FLEB: Glass and Steel - Idea Intro and Concerns: Enough latitude?
I'm in the initial stages (read: a couple days, a couple premise sketches) of hashing out this game idea, but it's a rather tightly encapsulated and pre-ordained plot+game package, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: FLEB, Noon, joepub.

4/7/2007 Valamir: ROBOTS & RAPIERS BETA V2.3 NOW AVAILABLE
At long last, Robots & Rapiers is nearing completion of the design stage.  The game has gone through major revisions the last couple of years but is now at a…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

4/7/2007 RobNJ: [Dex Con 10] 4 games for a badge
Public Service Announcement: I read up on the policies page for Dex Con and they require 128 player-hours of GMing in order to get a free badge. Kat was able…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ, zipht.

4/8/2007 garrowolf: STLPunk Game
I am working on a space cyberpunk game. I want some realistic damage codes for my ships so I am looking for the damage values for a naval combat simulator…
In Playtesting
Participants: garrowolf.

4/8/2007 Artanis: [In a Wicked Age] A look at the "We owe" list after three chapters
We played a follow-up session to our two chapters with Zangdar's yellow gem. My brother didn't play again, but my friend Julien joined in with Romain and Jérôme, while I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Artanis.

4/9/2007 TTK: [Sorcerer] First try and questions
Hi all! So my Sorcerer game finally arrived last week and me and my group set together for the first session... After reading through most of the topics listed under…
In Adept Press
Participants: TTK, Alan.

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