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5/1/2007 Ben Lehman: [Thou Art But A Warrior] I wish my game was this fun
So Joshua, Emily, Alexis and I played Thou Art But A Warrior the other night. For those of you who didn't keep up with Frank T's setting design contest, Thou…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ben Lehman, Emily Care, Frank Tarcikowski, Solamasa, wunderllama, Arturo G..

4/30/2007 Veraticus: Some Standard Newbie Questions
Hi everyone! I think these questions have been asked before on this forum... but regrettably I can't seem to actually search it, so please forgive me for putting them once…
In lumpley games
Participants: Veraticus, Valamir, EarthSea, lumpley.

4/30/2007 JasonWalters: [You Brought This On Yourself] Costume List
Many of you were helpful in adding to the list of "Faces" for my game, so I thought I would bounce my list of Maniac's "Costumes" off of you as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JasonWalters, jasonm, GregStolze.

4/30/2007 Jarx: Magic metal
This was an idea i've had for a roleplay though i dont know how to make work, anyway the idea is that the characters are rock-musicians using their instrument for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jarx, Eero Tuovinen, Noclue.

4/30/2007 lantern314: Venturing out of the [Dojnon]
I just purchased Donjon from Lulu, but haven't had a chance to play it yet. I've had an idea for a war based fantasy campaign in my head for a…
In CRN Games
Participants: lantern314.

4/30/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Artesia] Sons of the Spring Queens
I really wasn’t going to post about my Artesia game anywhere. I was going to savor it just for myself. Anyhow, here’s a bit that is just too cool. Well,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, Noon.

4/29/2007 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer] Help me brainstorm a Humanity.
I'm looking to start a new Sorcerer game, and I'm looking to really sink my teeth into Humanity.  I want a Humanity which will get checks and gain rolls all…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

4/29/2007 Aidan: Attempting to gather interested people (Kayfabe Efed)
Hello all - I've recently purchased the Kayfabe PDF with the intention of running an e-fed off of the wonderful ruleset provided by it.  I've had some involvement in efeds…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Aidan, Matt Gwinn.

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.

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.

4/28/2007 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.

4/28/2007 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 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.

4/30/2007 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 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.

4/28/2007 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 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.

4/27/2007 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.

4/27/2007 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.

4/28/2007 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.

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5/1/2007 DC Henderson: Comic Relief
Over the many RP sessions I've been involved in there have usually been one or two elements or characters to the session that add in some random humour, whether it…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DC Henderson, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, pells.

5/1/2007 gds: Re: Playtesting - Investment versus Payback
Hi All, Sorry for the blank first post. My PC threw a benny. So I've been reading a few of the other threads, and been noting the comments about playtesting…
In Publishing
Participants: gds, nikola, Pelgrane, Valamir, woodelf, Channelm, TwoCrows.

5/1/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - short & long con Demos
Hi Gang, I'm running an indie demo-table at my local con (CanGames) later this month. I've got a slew and a half of games lined up, and most of my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, angelfromanotherpin, hix.

5/2/2007 Paka: Sorcerer: Warlocks, Witches, Priests, Nuns, Demons, Angels, Satan and God
"Our job as Devils is not to damn our appointee's soul to hell as quickly as possible.  Ideally, we want a cycle of damnation and coldness and then a sliver…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, James_Nostack, Arturo G., Valamir.

5/2/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Practical Things we can individually do to Revitalizing the Forge?
In the Apt thread over here, Ben started something that got drowned out. It's important enough that I think it should be given another look-through: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23771.45 Ben has some ideas…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, northerain, xenopulse, M. J. Young, anders_larsen, David Artman.

5/2/2007 Grover: Agon Questions
If only one hero is involved in a simple contest does he automatically get a glory point for having the highest score among the heroes? If you call on an…
In one.seven design
Participants: Grover, RedPissLegion.

5/2/2007 chris_moore: [psi run] At the Crossroads
Okay, so characters are amnesiac psychics on the run from their handlers.  They try to keep their freedom while reclaiming their memories and identity.  Several posts about it in this…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chris_moore, lumpley, joepub.

5/2/2007 rohoe: GASPcon7, Pittsburgh, PA
I am the convention coordinator for a small Micro Con in Pittsburgh and this will be the 7th year we will be holding this event. This years convention will be…
In Conventions
Participants: rohoe.

5/2/2007 xenopulse: [Pentripolis] Answers to the Power 19
Before I get to the actual responses to the Power 19 about Pentripolis, let me point out that the game will give players several choices that influence the answer to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: xenopulse, Valamir, Troy_Costisick.

5/2/2007 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] Power 19
[b]1.) What is your game about?[/b] Robots & Rapiers is about characters discovering that everything they thought they knew about themselves and their world was a programmed illusion, and how…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Valamir, xenopulse, Dan Maruschak, Troy_Costisick, Miskatonic, Falc, Everspinner, Frank Tarcikowski, Age of Fable, AJ_Flowers.

5/2/2007 Luke Fleeman: [DATA System] Criticism and Suggestions
Greetings All, I posted some time back about a setting I was working on, and the discussion sent me off in the way of designing a system. In the time…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Luke Fleeman, contracycle, Adam Dray, thargas.

5/3/2007 dikaiosunh: Fiddling with Negotiation/Conflict Resolution Simulations
This represents my first shot at thinking about design, so I hope this is specific enough for feedback... I apologize if some of it is long-winded, but I want to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, Noclue.

5/3/2007 redivider: {Coup d'etat} Tony Blair: watch your back!
Tony Blair- watch your back! Coup’d’etat playtest set in contemporary Britain Two weeks ago Judson, Joshua & I played Coup d’Etat, one of the nine games in my Heads of…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider.

5/3/2007 sdm: Experience playing Shadows with young children
On Sunday I played Shadows with two of my daughters for the first time.  They’re four and six years old.  I’ve had some limited D&D 3.5 play time with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: sdm, Kesher, matthijs, Arturo G., komradebob.

5/3/2007 lumpley: [psi run] cold and rainy in San Francisco
Meg, Emily, Julia and I played Psi Run last night. I GMed. Meg's character, Charlotte: What's in the box that's handcuffed to my wrist? Who is Donovan? Where are my…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, chris_moore, Caesar_X, Parthenia, michael lingner.

5/4/2007 JustinB: Marketing: Reviews and Reviewers
Let's put together a semi-comprehensive list of places and people that a new game should be reviewed by. If this has already been done and I missed it in my…
In Publishing
Participants: JustinB, Levi Kornelsen, Matt Wilson, iago, C.W.Richeson.

5/4/2007 sirogit: [Gears of Pain]The needs of the environment.
One of my latest developmental projects is Gears of Pain: http://gop.awardspace.com/gop.html , an attempt at a vigorous persistant online game with rules largely influenced by PTA, TSOY and Burnig Wheel…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sirogit, xenopulse, Eric J., Noon.

5/4/2007 Peter Nordstrand: Playingcardsonly/playingcardsindia
Hi there! Long time no see. I've been preoccupied with ... things. Nevermind. Here's the question Have any of you used, or considered using, playingcardsindia.com (apparently they are the same…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, cambridgegames, Thenomain, Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo, darnest.

5/4/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] Enabling I will not abandon you?
I've been thinking about how to enable, "I will not abandon you" in SKMAV. What are some of the key characteristics of games that enable this type of play?
In Playtesting
Participants: c, lumpley, nitramwi, Gregor Hutton.

5/4/2007 Paul Czege: [Chronicles of Babel] slaves in the hanging gardens
Well, the Sunday before Easter our occasional Sunday group was between games, and so I seized the day and ran a playtest of Paul Elliott's Chronicles of Babel. As a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, Mithras, Noclue.

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