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5/23/2007 fjj: Indie Game Designer for Guest Star Appearance on Danish Game Con wanted
Viking Con 26 is held October 12 -14 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Last year, we did a workshop and demo games of many different indie games like Dogs in the…
In Conventions
Participants: fjj.

5/23/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG first playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Ben's notes and some other playtests We played Dirty Secrets last…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf.

5/23/2007 Sentience: [Decay RPG] Artists, playtesters, concept designers, and others needed!
Greetings! As the middle of the year quickly closes in, Sentient Games has come to realize that we're behind schedule! A few of our designers have parted ways due to…
In Connections
Participants: Sentience.

5/23/2007 anubis9: The currency of "Fame" in a competitive superhero game
OK, so after sitting on the fence, and lurking for awhile, I’ve decided to stick my head out. You see, I heard about this really cool contest called “game chef,”…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anubis9, Mike Sugarbaker, Narf the Mouse, Ken, Noon, boswok.

5/23/2007 Gaerik: Giving in DitV
There are a couple of threads in Actual Play concerning DitV and one of them is discussing Giving during a conflict and the conversation there is making me think that…
In lumpley games
Participants: Gaerik, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

5/22/2007 Hereward The Wake: A New System for Martial Arts Fighting (split)
I too would have liked to see more on it. From my point, it seemed that it was going from a very specific approach whiich while intersting was outside of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hereward The Wake, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2007 gds: [Quest] Comments on this game concept?
So I’m thinking about a new game, and I thought I’d float some mechanics out here to see what people think. Note that this is completely untried and unplaytested, so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: gds.

5/23/2007 Joe Dizzy: [GALACTIC] Berlin Playtest 2007
[b]Session 1 - Character and setting creation [/b] These are a few of my impressions of our first Galactic session on Monday. All in all it took us a little…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joe Dizzy, Matt Wilson, Emily Care, yothales, Alan.

5/23/2007 RedPissLegion: [TSoY] IIEE breakdown and stakes
Hi, Initial note: I didn't want to de rail Rustin's thread so I started this one. After reading the link that Rustin posted on this reply a couple of doubts…
In CRN Games
Participants: RedPissLegion, Clinton R. Nixon, oliof.

5/23/2007 Judaicdiablo: [SotC] Reference Sheets
Here are the current incarnations of some reference sheets that I am working on.  They are still not really done yet, but I am at a bit of a stand…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Judaicdiablo, Yokiboy, demiurgeastaroth, BastardToadflax.

5/23/2007 epweissengruber: Indie RPG Toronto Takes on Universalis: AGAINST THE 13th REICH!
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998 We had a good experience with the game and I hope to pull it out again for our next social meeting.
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber.

5/22/2007 Nev the Deranged: Rise of the Argonauts
There's not a lot of info available (for free anyway) on the web about this upcoming game, but the articles I've read sound pretty badass. And, not incidentally, pretty Agonesque.…
In one.seven design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper.

5/22/2007 TwoCrows: The Product I thought of while thinking about Indie RPG products
Greetings, After days of lurking, reading, and ruminating (…and certainly there’s enough material here that an admission of only having barely skimmed the surface should be a forgivable sin…) I’ve…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TwoCrows, Paul Czege, KickAssClown, Noon, pells, Ron Edwards.

5/22/2007 timmyd: Other sources of Quests
I'll admit right off the bat that I have not yet read *all* of the Agon rulebook, and I have not yet ran a game. With that in mind, I…
In one.seven design
Participants: timmyd, RedPissLegion, MikeSands, John Harper.

5/22/2007 sirconis: Open-ended player-created spells / abilities ???
I was wondering if anyone has come across a system that allows players to create their own spells / abilities?  I'm working on a game system that incorporates this and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sirconis, KickAssClown, Eero Tuovinen, gooderguy, darquelf.

5/21/2007 PlatonicPimp: "Flaws" in DITV or Afraid.
First off, Hello, this would be my first post here. Secondly, in DITV and afriad, D4 traits are typically considered "flaws" because their small size makes it easy to acheive…
In lumpley games
Participants: PlatonicPimp, The Mule, WildElf.

5/21/2007 ChadDubya: [ENOCH] Play-testers needed!
Hi gang, I have recently made available the first incarnation of ENOCH, a mythical post-apocalyptic RPG. It may be downloaded at www.enochrpg.com/wiki I am looking for play-testers to help me…
In Connections
Participants: ChadDubya.

5/21/2007 ( o Y o ): Re: [Robots & Rapiers v2.3] some questions
Hi Valamir, I mean the Difficulty. Your comment on RAM9 suggests that the "other way" round (Bonus is my Bonus and Difficulty is my Difficulty) it would be more intuitive.…
In Universalis
Participants: ( o Y o ), Valamir.

5/21/2007 Emily Care: JiffyCon June, and GenCon ruminations
Hey folks, We're having another rpg con out in western Massachusetts.  This is the fourth JiffyCon. It's a one day rpg event, and we've had a wide variety of the…
In Conventions
Participants: Emily Care, Ron Edwards, RobNJ, Ben Lehman.

5/21/2007 Joeslucher: Experienced Illustrator Available
I am currently available for work. I've worked for Mongoose Publishing, Great White Games, Kunoichi Kreative (The Spoils CCG), New Gods of Mankind and many others. I just finished the…
In Connections
Participants: Joeslucher.

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5/23/2007 Filip Luszczyk: I need to make sure I get Belongings right
Am I right that: 1.Belongings are essentialy very specialized Traits, i.e. technically they are dice attached to the character and not to the actual object. 2.The only way to gain…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

5/23/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] Indie Games Passport - Sign Your Booth Up!
[img]http://www.deadlyfredly.com/gencon07/indiepassport-thumb.jpg[/img]  So, this year I'm going to be working on doing the Forge Booth Menu, to help the Forge Booth better tell people who's games are there to be demo'd,…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Valamir, RobNJ.

5/24/2007 jrs: [Grey Ranks] Another playtest
So we started a Grey Ranks game.  We only got through Chapter 2; not exactly a full session.  I assume much of that was due to our unfamiliarity with the…
In Playtesting
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, jasonm, segedy.

5/24/2007 RobNJ: Playmat
So, for Misspent Youth, I have developed a playmat which contains pretty much all the conflict resolution rules in a very convenient way. It's got this nice parabola, squares to…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, GregStolze, Darcy Burgess, Valamir, Joshua BishopRoby, jasonm, abzu, David Artman.

5/24/2007 TwoCrows: (Resurrected) Magic(k), Meaning & Mechanics
This post is a rez from The Meaning of Magic(k) Hope I did that bolded url thingy right…no edit button…copied from Ron’s references to a split post…not good at BBCode…we’ll…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TwoCrows.

5/24/2007 mathx314: Bugged: 1984 meets The Matrix
First of all, this is my first post and I just wanted to say hello to everyone here.  I've lurked for a while and finally wanted to get in on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mathx314, Noclue, Narf the Mouse, joepub.

5/24/2007 Garth: Exemplar Questions
Hey everyone, just picked up Capes and am dying to try it!  (The big problem will be finding more people to play...)  But I've got a few questions that don't…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Garth, Gaerik.

5/24/2007 Garth: Freeform Question
Is there (or should there) be any particular rule about how many of a (super) character's Styles should be Powered?  The example of the Click-and-Locks would seem to suggest "at…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Garth, Gaerik, TonyLB.

5/24/2007 famous: I need some good rpg makers
I dunno if this is the correct place to post this but i need some good rpg makers My site is iduel.org if u are interested please just come thank…
In Connections
Participants: famous.

5/24/2007 Yokiboy: [Actual Play] Polar Ice
Hello, We played a quick session of a Polaris last week, which I documented here. Hope it's okay I'm using the cover pic to pimp it? We're geared up for…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Yokiboy, Ben Lehman, cydmab.

5/24/2007 jim pinto: Murdercycles
Set in tumultuous and fictious 1960s sweden, Murdercycles is an RPG of motorcycle gangs run amok. The last days of the Devil Dogs (or whatever gang) is captured in this…
In Playtesting
Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick.

5/24/2007 Federico Figueredo: Problem reading the forums.
Good day to you all. I'm a complete newcomer to the forums and since this *is* my first post I thought some greetings wouldn't be that bad. But to stay…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Federico Figueredo, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Artanis, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

5/24/2007 Darcy Burgess: [MLwM] - The Horror Revealed
I had the pleasure of experiencing my first My Life with Master game this past weekend.  It was a wonderful romp, with friends old and new, as well as new…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, lee-anne.

5/24/2007 phasmaphobic: Seeking advice on organizing my first playtest
Hey folks, I'm looking to put together my first official playtest of a game our company is developing.  We have a few people signed up and ready to go, that…
In Playtesting
Participants: phasmaphobic, GreatWolf.

5/24/2007 gooderguy: [Dust Devils] question on when to raise stakes
by stakes i don't mean intent, or goals but the actual poker stakes of chips.  in the new revenged version, you are able to set stakes as chips, and earn…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: gooderguy, Matt Snyder.

5/24/2007 TwoCrows: Clarity on the Marketing Survey Idea
Hey, Someone was kind enough to point out to me that what I’m proposing may well seem like a scam, or that I’m trying to sell the membership something. I…
In Connections
Participants: TwoCrows, c, pells.

5/24/2007 Jathromir: [Dogs] Attempt at Starfleet in the Final Frontier
This thread is a pinch from this http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19284.0 I like the concepts but thought to bring them together and try to clean it up and see what…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jathromir, oliof, David Artman, 14thWarrior, lumpley, oreso, Gugliandalf, zornwil.

5/24/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Mystery and Suspense?
Hello, I was asked in another forum how mystery and suspense could ever work in a game where the stakes are set openly and there are no hidden checks whatsoever.…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

5/24/2007 Matt: [Covenant]Death in Venice at Conpulsion
Back in March I went to Edinburgh for Conpulsion, a fun Con of about 200 people. I was there as part of the Collective Endeavour, and we ran an Indie…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt, andrew_kenrick, Graham Walmsley.

5/24/2007 timmyd: A Non-Island-hopping Campaign?
Has anyone tried to run a campaign (long series of connected quests) outside of the typical Agon "island hopping" paradigm?
In one.seven design
Participants: timmyd, RedPissLegion, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

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