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4/13/2007 signoftheserpent: Wuxia Space Opera
I've started a blog for my design of a wuxia space opera game (something i brought up here briefly a long while back), initially dealing with the setting (gotta have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, preludetotheend, Thenomain, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] Power 19.
Here is my attempt at answering the Power 19 for my game called Insurrection: 1.) What is your game about?** The game is about the tension between the characters virtues…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham.

4/13/2007 BlackSheep: School me on relationship maps
Following up from a post in the Chimera forum: Actually, what you're describing isn't a relationship map, not as I introduced the term in my book…
In Adept Press
Participants: BlackSheep, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

4/13/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Re: [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse] Berlin 1939, prep session
I'm after the first full-session playtest of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, my Game Chef entry. Information about the game and link to the document itself can be found here. It was…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

4/12/2007 Ian ORourke: Gadgets..Weird and Mad
Okay, just some general advice and discussion really. The gadget rules are the part of the game I feel less comfortable, not saying there is anything wrong with them, it's…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago, TomTitTot, Mel_White.

4/12/2007 Nev the Deranged: Strife and NPCs
So, how do you deal with spending Strife on NPCs before you know how they will be disposed toward the heroes? Should Strife only be spent on definite enemies? Would…
In one.seven design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, Skywalker.

4/11/2007 sabbatregent: Time travel
Hi, everyone. I'm on the process of designing a time-traveling RPG. Basically, the PCs are time-cops who use Matrix style fighting and Time witchraft to fight time-criminals and cults. On…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sabbatregent, jerry, MJGraham, David Artman, FLEB, Thenomain, Options, Hans, BlackTerror.

4/11/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is in playtest
Hey, everyone.  My next game is currently in production.  It's entitled Dirty Secrets, and it's all about the classic detective story, in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald. …
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Hans, hix, Neil the Wimp, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik, Artanis, Finarvyn.

4/11/2007 KeithBVaughn: Marketing Mistakes at a Local Con
In the interest of sharing information and passing on some experience to other members, I want to relate what happened to me at a local convention and some mistakes I…
In Publishing
Participants: KeithBVaughn, iago, JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, sean2099, Michael S. Miller, Jake Richmond, Adam SBG, c.

4/11/2007 epweissengruber: [Sorcerer One Sheet]
These are the first steps towards a one-sheet for IndieRPG Toronto.  Comments welcome Life Under the Double Sun - j"stone age" post-apocalypse, coming out of ice age and hurtling towards…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

4/10/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Aller Tage Abend] License to Tweak
Hi there! This morning I had a very good conversation about role-playing and the ever-problematic issue of “cheating”, or, more precisely, tweaking the dice. For my game in (early) development…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, anders_larsen, Filip Luszczyk, Noon, Ben Lehman.

4/10/2007 Ben Lehman: Space for Indie non-RPG ads
I'm publishing a book called the Drifter's Escape, which is a combination of stories and a role-playing game.  I want to advertise some other stuff in it, but I don't…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, iago, xenopulse, RyanMacklin.

4/10/2007 Snarls-at-Fleas: Max number of players in PtA
I was wondering about for some time. I'm going to run PtA in nearest future and as far as I can see all the shows are usually about 3-4 protagonists.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Snarls-at-Fleas, Matt Wilson, hix.

4/10/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] We wrap our first game
Last night we wrapped up our first game of Dirty Secrets.  It’s been a bumpy ride at times, especially since the rules have shuffled around during this particular playtest, but…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf.

4/10/2007 Kat Miller: Indie Games Explosion at Dex Con (I need games by April 15)
I already posted on announcement on Story Games about this: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2784 While Double Exposure who host Dex Con have changed policy regarding Free Badges, being supportive of the Indie Community…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, iago.

4/10/2007 Sentience: Decay RPG - The Seesaw of Power!
Greetings! This thread is an extention of the discussion we were having here (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23611.0) about the pro's and con's of Experience (power) Levels. This thread is meant to be a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sentience, xenopulse, Noon, Majidah.

4/10/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] GM Rewards
I'm working on an idea for my game where the both the players and the GM receives points for playing well. In return for winning these points players can make…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, Eliarhiman6, Noon, David Artman, David C.

4/10/2007 Simon C: [Sorcerer] Roleplaying bonus dice.
I'm planning on running a game of Sorcerer in the near future.  I got the rulebook recently, and I'm really impressed.  I have one problem with it though.  The system,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Simon C, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.

4/10/2007 madviking: Fighting Unarmed
We played Agon for the first time a few nights ago. It was a total blast. Some questions did arise, of course and although most have been answered by this…
In one.seven design
Participants: madviking, John Harper.

4/9/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Once again, from scratch
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22928.0]The last playtest of Illumination,[/url] although it resulted in a major system collapse, gave me quite a lot of food for thought. However, it's only now that all the loose…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Spooky Fanboy.

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4/13/2007 Fergus: [wfrp] Core Meltdown
The session I'm about to describe took place over a year ago. The system is Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (Version 1).  I'm the game master.  I've been GMing this system on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Fergus, Noon, JSDiamond, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Precious Villain, Eero Tuovinen.

4/13/2007 Eric J. Boyd: [The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries] Playtesters Needed
I'm cruising forward with development of my storytelling game of pulp exploration, having incorporated the feedback of some awesome external playtesters (such as the games discussed here). The game is…
In Connections
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, jasongreeno.

4/13/2007 Kevin Allen Jr: A Mechaton Question
So i'm a little unclear on spot. What i want: To build a really fast mech without weapons, but like 2-3 yellow die attachments. This thing would run up to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, lumpley.

4/13/2007 Matt Snyder: [Dust Devils] Hell's comin' with me
Dust Devils: Stories in the Old West has just been shipped. I will receive a small number of copies next week, and bring them with me to Forge Midwest. In…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, hix, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Doyce, Paka, 1000buffalo, Caesar_X.

4/13/2007 xenopulse: [Beast Hunters] Tribal Warfare
I ran Beast Hunters demos at the recent Gamestorm convention here in Portland.  One of these games was a scenario I played with Chris and Lisa Goodwin. They used two…
In Actual Play
Participants: xenopulse, Chris Goodwin, Noon.

4/14/2007 greyorm: A plague of 500 Internal Server Errors
As per the subject line. For the last few months I have been aggravated by "500 Internal Server Errors" that crop up more than half the time when I attempt…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Eric J., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Xeriar, Thenomain, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon, xenopulse, hix, Thunder_God.

4/14/2007 skatay: [Trollbabe] First Adventure, First time GMing it, First time RPing with Wife
Hi, I had my first GMing experience in a long time, with my wife, playing Trollbabe. I tried to get some things down, and made mistakes along the way. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: skatay, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2007 Emily Care: JiffyCon Boston, April 28
Hello, For all those in the Massachusetts and general Northeast area, we're having another JiffyCon this time in Boston. It will be held on Saturday April 28th, from 10am -7pm…
In Conventions
Participants: Emily Care.

4/15/2007 tradegcuk: Gen Con UK 2007
[color=green]Dear all ok sorry if this breaks any of the guidelines on posting concerning a Convention.  I was just going to place an advert but I read the guidelines on…
In Conventions
Participants: tradegcuk.

4/15/2007 northerain: Private Messages - Bug?
Hi there I've been away for quite a while and I just came back to this forum. So the site says I have 2 new messages. When I check my…
In Site Discussion
Participants: northerain, Eero Tuovinen.

4/15/2007 Eric J.: Re: [Living Alchemy] - It's a PDF for your review
Um... so there was some kind of problem.  I guess it's an empty thread.  No matter!  I'll post it again!  If there are still problems, I'll contact an admin! Hello! …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eric J., preludetotheend, xenopulse, David C, LandonSuffered, Spooky Fanboy.

4/15/2007 Shane: Public Domain (split)
Wow, I am confused.  How does something that is in the public domain qualify as something you can trademark anyhow? I am a longtime rpg and wargame player that only…
In Publishing
Participants: Shane, Ron Edwards.

4/16/2007 Ian ORourke: Issue of Compel Rates
Okay, first SotC session coming in about a month, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm happy with the characters and all is going well. I think everyone will enjoy…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago.

4/16/2007 Jake Richmond: [Project C.H.A.I.R.] What is Vandal?
Nick ran another playtest for his game Project CHAIR this weekend. This is the second time Nick, Travis, April and I have played the game together.Gabe joined us this time…
In Playtesting
Participants: Jake Richmond, Filip Luszczyk, clam of god.

4/16/2007 Grex: Getting started with Agon -- any advice?
So I'm going to get some Agon going with my friends -- as old-school dungeoneers they seem like the right target demographic, and Agon seems to be all about the…
In one.seven design
Participants: Grex, John Harper.

4/16/2007 RedPissLegion: SOTC Demo questions
Hi, I've teamed up with a roleplaying partner of mine to conduct a series of RPGs demos in a store in our hometown of Lisbon, Portugal. This month (at the…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: RedPissLegion, iago, Ian ORourke.

4/16/2007 northerain: [Obscure] First Thoughts
Alright...first thread for me here, I'm gonna try and describe my game idea and see if I can get some feedback for it. I started working on this rpg a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: northerain, Malcolm, priestofroadkill, Mike Sugarbaker, JasonWalters, Andy Kitkowski, joepub.

4/16/2007 okaynowa: [TSOY] Preparing TSOY/Eberron one-off
Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently bought TSOY after falling in love with the descriptions of the Key and BDTP systems. I'm currently running a D&D 3.5 Eberron…
In CRN Games
Participants: okaynowa, Eero Tuovinen.

4/16/2007 chris_moore: magickal game
Inspired by this from Vincent: When you design a game, you coordinate what magic is IN the game's fiction with what magic does TO the game's fiction. Here's an idea. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, C.W.Richeson, lumpley, Jarx, Certified.

4/16/2007 northerain: Digital Dark Art
Hello there I thought I'd put some of my art on here and see if anyone could use my services. My portfolio is here: http://www.bloodsongmedia.com but it's pretty light(I'm redesigning).…
In Connections
Participants: northerain.

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