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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 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 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 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.

5/3/2007 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.

5/3/2007 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 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 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.

5/2/2007 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.

5/2/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

5/1/2007 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.

5/1/2007 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 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 Emily Care: [Sign in Stranger] JiffyCon playtest
We played Sign in Stranger at JiffyCon Boston.  Kat, Alexis, Jonathan Walton and I embarked our characters on a one way trip to living on a space station above a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Emily Care, jasonm.

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5/5/2007 Archer5280: DitV Conflict Flowchart
Hello, all! I am brand new to DitV, and this is my first post on this forum. However, I am trying to run an introductory online DitV game. So, to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Archer5280, demiurgeastaroth, oliof, Web_Weaver, Karl, Yokiboy, EarthSea.

5/5/2007 Alan: [Nine Worlds] Creating NPCs (for real)
Hi, I have the pdf version of Nine Worlds and I have the same problem as Stefan. I got real excited to see his thread, then it fizzled without an…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Alan, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

5/5/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - Help - Slaves to the Rhythm
Hi, I'm working on developing a sorcerer game.  In fact, its genesis is detailed here.  I'm pretty stoked about the basic idea, but I'm at loggerheads about the definition of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, James_Nostack, Arturo G..

5/5/2007 Froley: Mega Corporation 2
Thanks for the ideas the really helped me out. I've decided to go with some sort of: bio-medicine company. Their medicines increase peoples (or animals) ablilities for a sort period…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Froley, James_Nostack.

5/6/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Cold City] All that you leave behind
Cold City: all that you leave behind My Sunday night gaming group continued to work through my shelf of indie games last week, beginning a game of Cold City. We’ve…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Malcolm.

5/6/2007 Troy_Costisick: [No Greater Love] Power 19
[b]1.) What is your game about?**[/b] No Greater Love is about getting the chance to die for something your say you would die for.  This is your chance to really…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Troy_Costisick, joepub, Malcolm, Arturo G., Wormwood, Everspinner.

5/6/2007 Aidan: Resources trait for promotions
Hi Matt - I've noticed that all promotion traits except resources have example ranges to aid in gameplay on page 58.  Is this intentional?  Without the ranges I find knowing…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Aidan, Matt Gwinn.

5/7/2007 Malthusian: [Afraid] Tentative Release Date?
Any guesses as to when the full Afraid system will be available?
In lumpley games
Participants: Malthusian, lumpley, Matt Wilson.

5/7/2007 jasonm: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Nauvoo Legion at Nerdly
This was probably the most interesting game I played at Camp Nerdly this past weekend, in terms of content.  Dave Y. ran a session of Dogs that was solidly grounded…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, foucalt, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Brand_Robins, David Artman, spaceanddeath.

5/7/2007 foucalt: Actual Play from Camp Nerdly
Jason was kind enough to start an AP thread about the historically drifted DitV game (one of several Dogs games that happened) at Camp Nerdly.
In lumpley games
Participants: foucalt.

5/7/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] playing time and handling chargen
Hi all, I'm in the process of setting up my first TSOY game, which I'll be running with my semi-regular Castles and Crusades group. I've done quite a lot of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Hans, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Artanis, Ron Edwards, oliof, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Filip Luszczyk.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

5/7/2007 Paul Czege: for the Acts of Evil ashcan: please fact-check my playtest history
One of the things that has me excited about doing an Acts of Evil ashcan is the opportunity it represents to really experiment with the form of a game text.…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, c, Eero Tuovinen, chris_moore.

5/8/2007 xjermx: Supernatural TSoY thoughts
What if there were a Shadow of Yesterday game that took place in a somewhat altered version of our modern reality? What if in that game, the PCs were normal…
In CRN Games
Participants: xjermx, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt, Anders.

5/8/2007 Troy_Costisick: [GenCon 2007] Forge Booth Menu
Heya, Last year I started to work on a booth menu, then Alexander took it over and did an awesome job.  Is anyone up for starting this project again for…
In Conventions
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, c, iago, jrs, Eero Tuovinen, Gregor Hutton, Iskander, inthisstyle, Paul Czege, jasonm, Valamir, Blankshield.

5/8/2007 sirogit: Looking for Playesters on IRC, for Gears of Pain
Hello, I'm looking for playtesters for my persistant online IRC-based RPG, Gears of Pain. http://gop.awardspace.com/gop.html Its in a very early stage of the design process, but the environment its based…
In Connections
Participants: sirogit, Johnbert18.

5/8/2007 Rughat: Changing a Trait
In our recently started game of Dogs (two sessions so far, and I've got AP posts on the way) an interesting question came up: can a trait ever change?  Not…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rughat, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

5/8/2007 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Talismans, Narration and Theft
How do I steal a talisman? Can I give a talisman away, or be given one? Suppose I've created my aethership as a talisman... can it be taken away from…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder.

5/8/2007 David Artman: [brainstorm] Use of Music and/or Singing as Mechanics
Hi, folks; Due to other threads here at The Forge and at RPG.net, I have begun thinking about how one could use music performance, singing, both, or some other poesy…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David Artman, jasonm, Simon C, Noclue, okaynowa.

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