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5/27/2007 ElantiaOnline: Chronicles Of Elantia-Online.com
Hey guys Crow here Lead Director of Elantia Online MMORPG, I am currently looking for people to help with our Indi game we have a great staff but are lacking…
In Connections
Participants: ElantiaOnline.

5/26/2007 TwoCrows: Misc Discussion Zone
Ron, Clinton, How about a "Misc Discussion" forum to chat about anything the participants would like, stickied only with the standard Forge rules of collegial respect? Brad
In Site Discussion
Participants: TwoCrows, Andy Kitkowski.

5/26/2007 C.W.Richeson: Dos and Don'ts of Online Marketing - Cost effective ways to share your product.
I'm writing up a short article on resources available to small press publishers for online marketing and I'd like to hear from publishers on this topic.  What has, and has…
In Publishing
Participants: C.W.Richeson, Valamir, jasonm.

5/26/2007 Jarx: The magics of doom
Hello, I was thinking of talking more about Fatum but now with the light on magic. If you havent read the topic, go read it first as it contains important…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jarx, Narf the Mouse, greyorm.

5/26/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [TPK] An official Polish website?
Browsing CRN Games site I've found a link to an official Polish website of TPK, here: http://www.crngames.com/the_princes_kingdom/links Only, it links to one news about the game and that's all. Also,…
In CRN Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

5/26/2007 Judaicdiablo: [SotC] Minion Questions
Hey Fred (and gang), Question 1 When buying minions can you mix and match minions?  Example: Minion Stunt 1 - I buy 3 Good Minions and 3 Average Minions Minion…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Judaicdiablo, iago.

5/25/2007 Svante Landgraf: Swedish translations of the key phrases
After a lot of discussion in my gaming group and on the Swedish forum at www.rollspel.nu (more specifically here), we've arrived at a translation of the key phrases that we're…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Svante Landgraf, Ben Lehman, Hermes3, fjj.

5/25/2007 Darcy Burgess: [BtI] - You proved me wrong!
Hi Emily, This is part-AP and part-confession.  Let's do the confession part first. When I initially heard about Breaking the Ice however-long-ago that was, my immediate gut reaction was "Oh,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lee-anne, Emily Care, Andrew Morris.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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5/27/2007 Judaicdiablo: Go Play NW - Seattle, June 23rd-24th - Pre-Reg ends June 1st
Go Play NW – June 23rd & 24th A chance to meet and game with other members of the story games community. <a href="http://GoPlayNW.wetpaint.com">Go Play NW website</a> Seattle University Seattle,…
In Conventions
Participants: Judaicdiablo.

5/27/2007 Coleslaw: Character Sheet, Story Arc, etc PDFs
Hi all, I own the hardcopy of the game (WGP) and have finally got a small group of friends to play it.  I want to make some print offs of…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Coleslaw, Yokiboy, Andy Kitkowski, Filip Luszczyk, Michael S. Miller, steven807.

5/27/2007 Matt-M-McElroy: Looking for indie RPG web banners...
Hey folks, I am looking for web banners for your RPGs that I can feature on Flames Rising with links to your products and/or websites. I want to help promote…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Matt Snyder, Channelm.

5/27/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] First playtest
This is the first playtest of my game and also my first write up of a playtest so I hope I do it right... The game began with me explaining…
In Playtesting
Participants: MJGraham, Malcolm.

5/27/2007 ja-prozac: Great DitV inspiration
Hi While searching for Jay Ward cartoons on youtube I've found something that almost exactly fits for Dogs in the Vineyard. It's Crusader Rabbit. In episode 8 one can see…
In lumpley games
Participants: ja-prozac, Filip Luszczyk.

5/27/2007 Garth: Between Sessions
I'm a little curious how people handle things in a continuing campaign ("story arc"?) of Capes. I assume that all Debt, Story Tokens, and Inspirations carry over between sessions.  Since…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Garth, JohnUghrin, Gaerik, TonyLB, Hans.

5/28/2007 CSBone: Power 19: One Roll Narrative Role Playing System (Long)
Lordy, lordy I've been gone a long time! Based on the comments of people on this forum I realise that what I was working for Space Ranger was just not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CSBone, northerain, anders_larsen.

5/28/2007 Malcolm: [Okhrana] Playtest at Spodley Grange
A few weeks ago, the Spodley Grange weekend playtesting event saw the first ever playtest of Okhrana, a game I initially wrote for the 24 Hour Espionage RPG competition hosted…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm, Graham Walmsley, Jonas Karlsson.

5/28/2007 neutrinonj: Something feels off
I’m new to SotC and like the game a lot.  I bought it after watching players take down zombie King Kong at a convention.  However, I want to like it…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: neutrinonj, iago.

5/28/2007 RedPissLegion: [Mortal Coil] Passions at zero
Hi, When a passion rating reaches zero does that passion still exist on the character sheet at that rating or does it completly disapear? For instance my Hate: Demons passion…
In Galileo Games
Participants: RedPissLegion, inthisstyle, Dustin of the Dead.

5/28/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Periode Style Playing cards
A while back, I purchased these playing cards that were designed to look like 17th c. cards. I found a company on line that sells them, but they claim that…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Hans, Matt Snyder.

5/28/2007 Spooky Fanboy: [DRYH] a more competitive style of play
Let us say, hypothetically, that I felt like monkeying around with Don't Rest Your Head a bit. One thing in particular I wanted to try would be to take the…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, iago, demiurgeastaroth.

5/28/2007 pells: Using contests as a way to promote your game
This thread is about a very specific context, but first, how I came to this problematic. The problematic I came across this little contest, which subject is to create a…
In Publishing
Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.

5/28/2007 asdfff: Outsider question: Who in the world does the 'd20' name appeal to?
I was reminded of the D&D player's handbook the other day, and I thought to myself, who in the world buys this thing? 1) D&D claims to have only a…
In Publishing
Participants: asdfff, C.W.Richeson, Justin D. Jacobson, Ron Edwards.

5/28/2007 asdfff: Why are dice pools a favored idea here?
I heard it mentioned on the wizards D&D boards that indie rpgs look favorably upon dice pools instead of straight up percentage modifiers. Can someone tell me why this is?…
In First Thoughts
Participants: asdfff, northerain, Narf the Mouse, Ron Edwards.

5/28/2007 anders_larsen: Game Design Groups, a proposal
[b][size=14pt]Introduction[/size][/b] This is an idea that comes from [url=http://www.game-chef.com/]Game Chef[/url] 2007, where all the participants were assigned to feedback groups of about ten people per group. This made it much…
In Endeavor
Participants: anders_larsen, Filip Luszczyk, David Artman, lee-anne.

5/29/2007 asdfff: Why are dice pools a favored idea here? (moved to here)
I heard it mentioned on the wizards D&D boards that indie rpgs look favorably upon dice pools instead of straight up percentage modifiers. Can someone tell me why this is?…
In Actual Play
Participants: asdfff, Noon, Ron Edwards, GregStolze.

5/29/2007 c: Lake Geneva Gaming Convention (June 15-17th)
Hey folks, The Lake Geneva Gaming Convention is scheduled for June 15th to 17th, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Is anyone looking to go to this? My group of conventioneering buddies…
In Conventions
Participants: c, Adam SBG.

5/29/2007 gooderguy: [Dust Devil] mitigating Harm
i plyaed Dust Devils Revenged past this weekend, and it was awesome.  we had a great storyline and a fun time playing it out.  the one issue i had with…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: gooderguy, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen, Dustin of the Dead, skatay, BlackSheep, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2007 Fergus: [ros] We Blew It
The session I'm about to describe took place last weekend. The system is Riddle of Steel.  I'm the game master.  This is the first time I've run this system.  A…
In Actual Play
Participants: Fergus, khelek, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Ward.

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