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5/14/2007 Tranlin: good books with advice for GMs
What are some of the best books that offer advice on GMing? 
In Actual Play
Participants: Tranlin, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

5/13/2007 Paul T: Converging Plotlines in the Land of Nodd
Hello. I just wrote the first draft of a new game I'm calling "Land of Nodd". It's a roleplaying game, but a "GM-ful" one, as some people around here like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul T, northerain.

5/13/2007 Dustin: Seeking research participants
Hello, My name is Dustin Tanner. I am a doctoral student at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. I would like to invite you to participate in a research study…
In Connections
Participants: Dustin.

5/13/2007 sabbatregent: [SotC/FATE] Player interaction
[b]Premise[/b] This is are small AP snippets of a Spirit of the Century game that happened a month ago.  I've been playing SotC / FATE 3.0 games with this specific…
In Actual Play
Participants: sabbatregent, RedPissLegion, boswok.

5/13/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Godlike] - Marines on Guadalcanal
Given my current projects (Black Cadillacs and Escape from Pleasant Palace), it's no surprise that I've been thinking about war and rpgs a lot lately.  When I talk about war,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley, GregStolze, Ron Edwards.

5/12/2007 Ron Edwards: [Cutthroat] Vroooooommmm!
One of my sins is not playing the Ronnies games to the fullest. I've played a lot of them, but not enough. Fortunately, in the last couple of months, I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick.

5/12/2007 Ron Edwards: [Primitive] Grunt! Grunt! I'm talking to you
I've been looking forward to playing this for eight months! It was one of my faves from GenCon last year. Finally, at Forge Midwest, I got the chance to run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, jrs, GreatWolf, Kevin Allen Jr.

5/12/2007 Archer5280: Handling the Supernatural in DitV vs. Afraid
This post includes some background about the particular game, and then an actual question. Skip the background if you like. Background My play-by-post game that started out as pretty straightforward…
In lumpley games
Participants: Archer5280, David Artman, lumpley, Malthusian.

5/12/2007 BeatGuy83: [DitV] Newbie Question (answer ASP please!)
Hey All: I'm really excited to run my first session of DitV tomorrow. However, I'm having a tough time wrapping my head around how traits and belongings work into the…
In lumpley games
Participants: BeatGuy83, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

5/11/2007 ChadDubya: [ENOCH] Indy game needs love
Hello all, I've done my fair share of lurking here, but this is my first post. I have recently completed my rpg ENOCH and am ready to share it with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ChadDubya, Filip Luszczyk, jasonm, Technocrat13, michaelb.

5/11/2007 JC: [DITV] Temple Creek Branch... advice? [long]
hi :) this is my first town, so I'd like a little advice even though I've stolen bits and pieces from other towns floating around the net, I'm worried it's…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC.

5/11/2007 Brand_Robins: Toronto Games Expo
Heya all, I just got this from Justin, who heads up relations for the Toronto Game Expo. I've done this a couple of years now and while it isn't the…
In Conventions
Participants: Brand_Robins, epweissengruber.

5/11/2007 klausok: Drowning and Falling questions
I have just bought D&F and read it for the first time. It looks like it would be fun to play. But there are a couple of points that are…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: klausok, jasonm.

5/11/2007 Malthusian: [Afraid] Quick question
If a player's character has a pet (dog, cat, whatever) that would defend the character where would be the best place to put that pet on the character sheet: Under…
In lumpley games
Participants: Malthusian, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley.

5/11/2007 guildofblades: Hard Backs...Sort of?
Hi Everyone, We have a new production option we might be able to use on future game books here at the Guild but its a bit unusual so I thought…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, jasonm, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, MatrixGamer, iago, madelf, David Artman.

5/11/2007 GregStolze: Last Night I Dreamed of GenCon
No, seriously. I dreamed I was playing "Burning Empires" with Luke Crane. I haven't read "Burning Empires" and have only played "Burning Wheel" in a demo a couple GenCons ago,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, WorkingMan, Filip Luszczyk.

5/11/2007 jasonm: [TSOY] With Players New and Old
Remi was recently asked by some of the improvisers in his performing company to show them what roleplaying is all about.  He ended up running PTA for a few of…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, LeSingeSavant.

5/11/2007 MatrixGamer: Dead Man on Campus Engle Matrix Game released
If you like Call of Cthulhu you'll love this game. Dead Man on Campus is the fourth folio EMG released this year by Hamster Press. This time the games centers…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards, guildofblades.

5/11/2007 RedPissLegion: [DRYH] Improvised play on easter hollidays
Finally I got around to writhing this, yeah! Last Easter me and something around 10/12 other guys went out for the holiday to dedicate 6 days to playing everything from…
In Actual Play
Participants: RedPissLegion.

5/11/2007 Age of Fable: looking for feedback for a fantasy 'online gamebook'
My unfinished project is more of a gamebook than a pen-and-paper role-playing game, so you might feel that it's outside of this site's brief - but anyway, here it is:…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Age of Fable, Ron Edwards, Noon, Vanoj, Simon C, Aaron Blain.

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5/14/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Robots & Rapiers v2.3] Session I
Due to a logistical error, John took the notes for this last session and is now in Hawaii, so I’m just going to touch on some of our major findings…
In Universalis
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Valamir, Ron Edwards, ( o Y o ), Iskander, mtiru, Matt Wilson.

5/14/2007 Rustin: [TSoY] Need advice
I've managed to play TSoY three times in the past two weeks.  I'm playing it again tonight. TSOY is now my preferred game. I still have two main issues. Stakes…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rustin, Clinton R. Nixon, oliof, Rob Alexander.

5/14/2007 Matt Wilson: bookshelf twitchiness
I'm not sure who I oughta mention this to. There's someone whose account on the bookshelf I can't seem to authorize download for. It's weird. I click the box, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/14/2007 lumpley: The new server: banned words
The Forge's new server, by default, disallows posts containing certain spam-common words. I don't know the exact list of words; all I know is that I just had a post…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley.

5/15/2007 Erick Wujcik: Erick Wujcik GMing in San Francisco Bay Area
Greetings! I've relocated to the North Bay, near San Francisco, and I'm starting to run various experimental RPGs. Here are some examples: 1. Tonight (sorry for the short notice!), I'll…
In Connections
Participants: Erick Wujcik, SaintandSinner, Devin P. Owens.

5/15/2007 stefoid: conflict, its the one bit that I cant 'get'
Hi, Ive visited this forum before asking about this aspect of PTA.  I love nearly everything about the game, except this bit.  I just dont get it. Specifically, I dont…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: stefoid, Eero Tuovinen, Joe Dizzy, Glendower, Matt Wilson, Warren, Alan, SabreCat, Shymer.

5/15/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Burning Wheel] Burning THAC0: Redemption and Lost Faith
In our Burning THAC0 game (a Burning Wheel game celebrating oD&D and AD&D 1st, set in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos), our characters are dirt fucking poor. A few weeks…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Paka.

5/15/2007 WorkingMan: Call to Adventure (Power 19)
[b]1.) What is your game about?[/b] [b]Call to Adventure[/b] is about finding Truth in a world of illusion. Once discovered, Truth is the mechanism by which change and transfiguration may…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WorkingMan, Mike Sugarbaker.

5/15/2007 michaelb: War Room - a strategic, competive RPG for large groups
Hey, Background Not only am I quite new here at The Forge, but I would also consider myself not extremely experienced in RPG's in general. Sure, I have role-playing sessions…
In First Thoughts
Participants: michaelb, C.W.Richeson, Noon, Noclue, komradebob, FLEB, Paul T, Aaron Blain.

5/16/2007 abjourne: A Start, Rise 2 Legends: FR
I’ve been running a rpg game in the forgotten realms setting for about a year & a half now using my own fantasy rules. My game is called “Rise 2…
In Actual Play
Participants: abjourne, Adam Dray, contracycle.

5/16/2007 Eric J. Boyd: Ad Swap for Soon-to-be-Published Games?
So I'm in the final stages of getting my game "The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries" ready for publication this summer. I'm sure a lot of other folks are…
In Connections
Participants: Eric J. Boyd.

5/16/2007 sirogit: [Gears of Pain] Prequels
So I did a little actual play for my IRC persistant game, "Gears of Pain". http://gop.awardspace.com/gop.html I felt the game wasn't quickly moving enough, which is what I'd like to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sirogit.

5/16/2007 Malcolm: [Everlasting Empire] The First Playtest
[i]This thread might provide some help in understanding the basics of Everlasting Empire: [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22506.0]Everlasting Empire Power 19[/url][/i] Last weekend saw the first ever playtest of Everlasting Empire. In truth, it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm.

5/16/2007 fluency: Until We Sink; a different roleplaying game, from norway.
I wasnt sure where to post this, but it was too interesting to pass up! This is a translation of the norwegian rolaplaying game Until We Sink. Its very different…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fluency, Noclue, jasonm, Magnus Jakobsson.

5/16/2007 Nathan P.: carry is back in print
After an unforgivable wait, carry is back in print. It is currently available at Indie Press Revolution. I will also be selling direct through my website, once I'm done revamping…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Eliarhiman6.

5/16/2007 JustinB: Fae Noir: Vote Early, Vote Coffin First Playtest
We ran a playtest of the second Fae Noir adventure module this past Sunday and it went much better than the initial playtests of The Paris Escapade, which is encouraging.…
In Playtesting
Participants: JustinB, Emily Care.

5/16/2007 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2007] Sign-ups so far, and information check
Hi there, I figured I'd out everyone, and try to get all the relevant information in one place for Fred. I'm looking for some missing information and corrections, too, because…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, iago, GreatWolf, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, Kevin Allen Jr, JustinB, Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Richmond.

5/17/2007 Uruush: [Contenders] Hell's Kitchen
Jake hosted another Go Play SE Portland event for more than a dozen people associated with Portland Indie Games, and I moderated this GM-less role-playing game for Jake, Christian, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Uruush, rafial, Jake Richmond, Dantai, andrew_kenrick.

5/17/2007 kenw: Rapid POD to open its Publishing Doors This June
Would you like to set back and just design games for a living?  Would you like someone else to spend their money on printing, advertising and promoting your games.  Would…
In Publishing
Participants: kenw, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2007 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Possessor in a corpse - how to
Hi there, I am prepping for our next Sorcerer game, based on my Unforgiven-inspired one-sheet Las Cruces http://darkplaces.squarespace.com/downloads/lascrucesonesheet.pdf. We have characters and starting demons, minus finalised Kickers, and it's all…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Alan, Ron Edwards.

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