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4/26/2007 The Mule: "Tribalism", Hot off the Brain Press
In the process of trying to make an interesting character in a tribal setting without any mechanical guidelines in the system to ensure a story, I decided to try to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: The Mule, TonyLB.

4/26/2007 GreatWolf: [It Was A Mutual Decision] [Forge Midwest] Scared by rats
[i]So, yeah, I'm cross-posting this from another forum.  I figure that it's still my writing and, honestly, I'd like to get a conversation started over here.  So, here goes....[/i] "It…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, GamerChick, AJ_Flowers, Ron Edwards, Doyce, Nev the Deranged.

4/25/2007 daedalvs: [Mortal Coil] [Actual Play] Malleus Malleficarum
Hello! <Waving hands> My name's Jokin, and I'm a newcomer in the Coil forum, even though I've been reading it since some time ago. I have finally decided to intervene…
In Galileo Games
Participants: daedalvs, inthisstyle.

4/24/2007 LukeSineath: Idea for a Conflict-based historical game
I'm interested in roleplaying in historical periods.  I started to think about a way to run a game based on the fall of the Roman monarchy using Burning Wheel, but…
In Universalis
Participants: LukeSineath, Mike Holmes.

4/24/2007 Paul Czege: talking about ashcans, The Ashcan Front, and game design with Clyde L. Rhoer
Clyde and I had a very enjoyable and wide ranging conversation late last Friday evening at Forge Midwest that he recorded for his Theory From the Closet podcast. And it's…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

4/24/2007 Ben Lehman: Half-Baked Games and Design Culture
So we as a design community have a problem, which I think has been sort of flailingly addressed on Story Games, but it is a real problem and I think…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, xenopulse, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, LeSingeSavant, Balbinus, Paul Czege, guildofblades, GreatWolf, JSDiamond, iain, signoftheserpent, Pelgrane, jdrakeh, Levi Kornelsen, Marco, eyebeams, Thunder_God, pells, Frank Tarcikowski, Thor Olavsrud, Paka, nikola, Matt Snyder.

4/24/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [UnSpeakable] Narrativising Mr. Cthulhu?
Last Friday, we played quite a fun session of UnSpeakable via Skype. The game was pretty spontaneous, as someone proposed we try out InSpectres, curious of how it works in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Noon, David Artman.

4/24/2007 GregStolze: [InDesign] Darn
By which I mean, "dammit."  Anyone here an extensively experienced genius at InDesign?  If so, please drop me a line at gregstolze AT comcast DOT net. -G.
In Connections
Participants: GregStolze.

4/24/2007 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Build an Anthology!
I'm constructing a Sword & Sorcery anthology for my girlfriend C.  After months of rolling her eyes when I would suggest it, she started reading Tomoe Gozen a little while…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Alan, Christopher Kubasik.

4/23/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Forge Midwest 2007] How was it?
I totally want to see a (read: many) full report. Quick play blurbs, pics if you have them, the whole works.  It's been a year since I've seen the likes…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, GamerChick, syntruth, Matt Snyder, c, Nev the Deranged, Mike Holmes, jrs, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

4/23/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Forge Midwest 2007] Reflection
Heya guys, I'd like to ask you guys a few thing about the hotel and how it facilitating your experience at this year's Forge Midwest.  If you get a chance,…
In Conventions
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Doyce, c, jrs, Tod Olson, GamerChick, Nev the Deranged, TJ.

4/23/2007 011121: [Slumber] first thoughts on kid's RPG
Slumber is an RPG designed to be played by parents (or other adults) with young children.  The likely age range of interest is 3-8 or so, depending on the individual…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 011121, xenopulse, Eero Tuovinen, JasonWalters, Meguey, Eric J., komradebob.

4/23/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] [Forge Midwest] Pediatricians and photographs
I got to playtest Dirty Secrets at Forge Midwest on Saturday.  My partners in crime were Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, John Stavropoulos, and Tod Olson.  (If I got your name…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Tod Olson.

4/23/2007 c: Osh Con 2007
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23692.0]In this thread[/url], Keith B Vaughn asked, "As a side note: will anyone else be going to Oshcon in September? (Oshkosh, WI) I run my booth solo and that is…
In Conventions
Participants: c, KeithBVaughn, Adam SBG.

4/23/2007 RedPissLegion: [agon] Newbie questions on oficial rulings/advices
Hi, I've played Agon once and now I was selected to GM some islands to a group. I plan to post a full AP after we complete the first island.…
In one.seven design
Participants: RedPissLegion, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Rick Danger, JMendes.

4/23/2007 David Artman: POD Pricing: Ethical Issues?
Damned Internal Server errors.... Hi, all; This one's for the POD publishers and ethics pundits in general.... I am hoping to release the full GLASS rules via POD ("shot GLASS"…
In Publishing
Participants: David Artman, xenopulse, Eero Tuovinen.

4/30/2007 greuh: Re: Game of the Month!
Shooting the Moon not only is the game of the month for march at www.roliste.com, but it enlists it for the GRoG d'Or prize with the 11 other games of…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: greuh, Emily Care.

4/23/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] [Forge Midwest] Cursing within.
So I got to run a playtest of Silence Keeps Me A Victim at Forge Con, this weekend. Here's a list of previous posts if you want to see how…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Valamir.

4/23/2007 GB Steve: Mille et Une Nuits
I ran a game of 1001 Nights at SteveCon Paris IV on Saturday. We were sitting in the back bar of the Mayflower pub up in the Left Bank 5ieme…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: GB Steve, Meguey.

4/23/2007 David C: How did you come up with your name?
I always figured that coming up with the name for my game would come to me as I worked on the game. Now, its been a year later and I…
In Publishing
Participants: David C, David Artman, RyanMacklin, JustinB, Jake Richmond, Jarx, Ron Edwards, nikola, GregStolze, guildofblades.

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4/26/2007 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2007] Revving the motor
Hi there, Yes, Virginia, there will be a 2007 Forge booth at GenCon. It's been a while since I posted to announce the new design and plans for the booth.…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, segedy, inthisstyle, Gregor Hutton, btrc, iago, Justin D. Jacobson.

4/27/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim]A reworking in progress.
I've started over from square zero, on my game, "Silence Keeps Me A Victim." I'm really excited as my playtest failures and some feedback have got me feeling much more…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, anders_larsen, nitramwi.

4/27/2007 billvolk: [Cops & Robbers] Childhood Memories?
I'm working on a sort of roleplaying meta-game that's based on the way I and some of my friends used to play as kids. Rules are added with adult players…
In First Thoughts
Participants: billvolk, TonyLB, Froley.

4/27/2007 Grex: How's Stranger Things coming along?
Can you tell us anything about it?
In one.seven design
Participants: Grex, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, jporrett, Warren.

4/27/2007 gds: [Ruby] Session two, an Opal murder mystery
So finally we ran the next session of Ruby. The game can be played as essentially small, isolated adventures linked by the presence of the characters, where the previous mission…
In Actual Play
Participants: gds, Ron Edwards.

4/27/2007 preludetotheend: Diversifying?
So my question is in a nutshell have any developers out there taken the steps to get their game on any platforms other than rpg? I mean obviously this would…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Jake Richmond, JustinB, pells, David Artman, JSDiamond.

4/27/2007 MatrixGamer: Blast from the past: The longevity of web pages
I've just had a Matrix Gamer in England join my yahoo MG group who has been playing MGs since the late 90's. He came across the rules that were posted…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer.

4/27/2007 chris_moore: [psi run] hide and seek, manhunt, or...?
So, I'm working on a game about "psychic runaways" as someone put it.  After another internal playtest, I'm realizing that the roles people take on in the game might not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, TonyLB, Kevin Allen Jr, Noon, Noclue, lumpley.

4/28/2007 Jarx: Re: FATUM- a roleplay in epic scenarios
It seems like it's unreadable so I try again. Fatum is inspired by books like, the illiad, paradise lost and book of revelations. It takes place in Sirathaír fifty years…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jarx, TonyLB, joepub, Noclue, slavemind.

4/27/2007 abzu: FORGE GAMA
I spent Sunday to Thursday in Las Vegas at GAMA. Overall, the show is small and sedate compared to Gencon and even Origins. GAMA is a "trade show" for RPGs,…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, jasonm, jdrakeh, Matt Wilson, Jake Richmond, inthisstyle, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, iago, Pelgrane, AngusA.

4/27/2007 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Jack the Ripper PBEM
We've been playing a game of "Jack the Ripper: The game you play before the game" on the MatrixGame2 yahoo group. This group has been around in one form or…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

4/28/2007 Levi Kornelsen: [Prophets] Is my series going to get stale?
I have this LARP I'm running; it's very much based on design principles that are visible in theatresports and in a fistful of games from around these parts.  Game materials,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Troy_Costisick, Noon, Miskatonic, Blankshield.

4/28/2007 AJ_Flowers: A New System for Martial Arts Fighting
This is an idea I discussed briefly with Ron at Forge Midwest which he encouraged me to post up to First Thoughts!  Obviously, it's not a fully formed idea, since…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AJ_Flowers, Hereward The Wake, Noclue, slavemind, CommonDialog, Valamir, John Hyland, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

4/28/2007 pilot602: [KvD] Card/Board game?
Just a couple thoughts on my next endeavor ... The concept: KvD (to be disclosed later); a board game where "collectible card decks" are used as the conflict resolution and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: pilot602, matthijs, Ron Edwards.

4/30/2007 Matt Wilson: Re: print quantity as benchmark for fully baked games
[i]Whoa, hey, that was weird. I was all, how come no one's responding to my thread, and Ben PM's me and says, you have a post up with no content…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Wilson, Pelgrane, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jake Richmond.

4/28/2007 Thunder_God: [Half-Baked Spin-off] How Does the Book Carry a Message?
In the original thread, Ron said the following: Shock as a game is the only science fiction RPG ever published. It's innovative, fun, and powerful. Shock as a book is…
In Publishing
Participants: Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson, C.W.Richeson, jasonm, matthijs.

4/28/2007 sabbatregent: [Neo-Cops] Inverse game design
Hi there again. Perhaps you remember me from my time traveling queries. Now that I have than beast (almost) tamed, I would like to talk you about my idea for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sabbatregent, Everspinner, matthijs.

4/28/2007 lincolnstoller: games as art
Oh dear, so much to say, so many voices... Here's the "skinny": I want to approach games as art, forget the commerce, the play, the money, just focus on creating…
In First Thoughts
Participants: lincolnstoller, C.W.Richeson, slavemind, matthijs, Ron Edwards, David C.

4/29/2007 Paul Czege: 2006 sales of My Life with Master charted against prior years
Most recent post at halfmeme.com. But for fun, first ask yourself what impact you'd expect from the game being out of print for the Saturday and Sunday of Gen Con…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

4/29/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] First successful playtest, or I need math help.
Last night was a great experience. I playtested my game with some friends, and it kinda worked and got some positive results. It was my first actual play experience validating…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Miskatonic, nitramwi, Willow, Valamir, TJ, Ben Lehman, anders_larsen.

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