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6/6/2007 Ludanto: [TSoY] Perception in BDtP?
Hi! Here's the situation.  Pick-Tooth the ratkin is sneaking past a guard (Stealth vs. React), but fails, so he Brings Down the Pain.  Now Pick-Tooth continues to try to evade…
In CRN Games
Participants: Ludanto, Gaerik, Eero Tuovinen.

6/6/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] The Forge Booth - Menu Update - Please Read!
I've put together a spreadsheet with the information I'll be using to construct the Forge Booth's menu.  I need all this information to be complete before the end of June…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, Troy_Costisick, Paul Czege, GregStolze, Denise.

6/6/2007 hatheg-kla: [The Pool] Looking for a scenario idea for first-time convention play!
Hi. I've been talked into running a game at a mini convention in 2 days time with a bunch of people I don't know.  I've never GM'ed The Pool, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: hatheg-kla.

6/6/2007 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] I need some help seeing if buying arguments is good mechanic
I want some help finding the bugs in a new rules mechanic I'm playing around with. The basic rule of Matrix Games now is that each turn a player makes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MatrixGamer.

6/6/2007 itiro: EIRPG 15 - São Paulo, Brasil
The 15th edition of EIRPG (Encontro Internacional de RPG - "International RPG Meeting") will happen in São Paulo on July 7th and 8th. We are planning to run demo games…
In Conventions
Participants: itiro.

6/6/2007 AlanDeSmet: MLwM: The math behind the game
I'm running my first game of My Life with Master (play report "Soon"), and I became curious about the math behind the game.  For example, theoretically a Minion can successfully…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: AlanDeSmet.

6/6/2007 Eldrad: The Olde Realm
This is a possible intro to the Olde Realm RPG/Novel It is a genre called swordpunk. Take the cyberpunk model and  reniassance level technology mixed with a bit of magic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eldrad, Sovem, brainwipe, Adam Dray, TwoCrows, Vanoj.

6/5/2007 klausok: [Dust Devils] Chips
Are the examples in the rules realistic? In one, a player has 13 chips. I have a hard time seeing how you could ever accumulate that many.
In Chimera Creative
Participants: klausok, Matt Snyder.

6/5/2007 daedalvs: [Mortal Coil] Some Rules-related Questions
Hello everyone! Quite some time has passed since I posted a bunch of questions in the thread relating the AP we did here in Spain, named "Malleus Malleficarum", and received…
In Galileo Games
Participants: daedalvs, RedPissLegion, GB Steve, inthisstyle.

6/5/2007 Sovem: A new method for combat?
AJ's post of several weeks ago about a new system for martial arts has really got me thinking about alternative ways to run combat. Her suggestion was that instead of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sovem, Justin Nichol - BFG, Noon, hix, Noclue, VoidDragon, brainwipe, Aaron Blain, contracycle, boswok.

6/5/2007 ChadDubya: [ENOCH] Playtest
The first official playtest of Enoch happened this weekend. Me and three players spend roughly 3 hours together, half of which was actual play, while the other half was talking…
In Playtesting
Participants: ChadDubya, nitramwi, TJ, c.

6/4/2007 Jonathan Hastings: [DitV] What should possession look like in a low supernatural dial game?
So - I'm GMing my first game of Dogs for James and Scott.  James has skimmed through the rules before and Scott is coming to the table having heard about…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, demiurgeastaroth, oliof, Ron Edwards, lumpley, zornwil.

6/4/2007 SaintandSinner: New versions of games
Should publishers update books for existing customers?  Should someone who bought PDFs Shock or Mortal Coil (just to pick a couple of examples that have been tossed around as needing…
In Publishing
Participants: SaintandSinner, Matt Snyder, MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards, Jake Richmond, Dav.

6/4/2007 Justin Nichol - BFG: Resolution Mechanic- Need help with the use of descriptors
I'm currently trying to develop a Universal, Extensible, Open Source game engine for use with community developed settings. I want it to draw upon some narrativist game mechanics, while still…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, TwoCrows, Noon, Aaron Blain, Noclue, anders_larsen.

6/4/2007 Temple: [Arkana] An improvisational rpg of Fae and magic.
In this thread I mentioned that I had two projects that I was picking up. Downtown is one of them. This, Arkana, is the other. Arkana; Bortenfor, Bakenfor (Arkana; Beyond,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Temple, brainwipe, Spooky Fanboy, David Artman.

6/4/2007 chrisn: Tying fan mail to index cards
In my last game I tried something new. I labeled some index cards with phrases like "shocking twist", "telling detail", "unexplained phenomenon", (and, particular to this Land of the Lost…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: chrisn, Matt Wilson, Filip Luszczyk, BlackSheep.

6/3/2007 Graham Walmsley: [Darker] Thank heaven for little girls
Darker is my setting for the Shab al-Hiri Roach: the Roach comes to Oxford University in Victorian times. We tested it today, after Sunday lunch. There's John, Alex, Adam and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

6/3/2007 Peter Nordstrand: One Can Have Her
We playtested Jonas Ferry's (the artist formerly known as Jonas Karlsson) Ronny winning game One Can Have Her. The short version of this report is that the game went very…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.

6/3/2007 TwoCrows: The Tin Soldier 70/80s Logo
Does anyone out there remember the old Tin Soldier hobby store that was located in the Centerville Ohio area? If memory serves me it was in the Washington Square shopping…
In Connections
Participants: TwoCrows.

6/3/2007 TwoCrows: Questions of Big Game Con Virgin
Forgites, My convention experience has heretofore been limited to only a handful of small-ish gigs relatively local to me (the Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus Triangle; nearest the Cinci point in that geometry), and…
In Conventions
Participants: TwoCrows, TonyLB, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

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6/7/2007 Xeriar: What's in a name?
Well, I've been mulling over my setting, and have decided to split it in two.  I'm going to make 'Solar Storms' the sortof timeline-setting aspect, while the end result... an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xeriar, Justin Nichol - BFG, VoidDragon, Ron Edwards.

6/7/2007 abzu: Summer Secret Surprise 07 Hint
[url=http://burningwheel.org/forum/showthread.php?p=41456#post41456] [b]SUMMER SECRET SURPRISE 07[/b][/url] Once again, we're releasing a secret surprise project at GenCon. Preorders begin Monday, June 18th. [list] All preorders will be signed and numbered. [*]Preorderers will…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Marhault, WildElf, Gaerik, The Dragon Master, Thor Olavsrud.

6/7/2007 GreatWolf: So, about that Wraith game....
In a different thread, Ron said this: All that said, I am still quite motivated to play a game of Wraith one of these days.…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, HighmoonMedia, c, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, Thenomain, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.

6/7/2007 JasonWalters: [You Brought This On Yourself] Pivots
A big part of the slasher film/morality rpg I'm working on involves Narrative Control. A PC can attempt to seize control of the storytelling process for himself at certain specific…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JasonWalters, TwoCrows, Brimshack.

6/7/2007 Doyce: [BtI] Double-blind: Can't wait for the actual game
Okay, after having the game for ages and talking about it for ages -1 with my fiance, we finally sat down late Saturday night and made up characters and setting…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Doyce, Emily Care.

6/7/2007 Jarx: New ideas about FATUM
[center]I think I've iritated many with my constant yapping about my "cool" game... So this will be my final topic. If nobody posts, I declarate it dead. Wanting my game…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jarx, Spooky Fanboy, Filip Luszczyk, Adam Dray.

6/7/2007 Rob Alexander: various questions after second session
Hi all, I just ran a second session of TSOY after the one described here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24038.0. Glad to say it seemed to go a lot better this time, despite having…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

6/7/2007 TwoCrows: One Cat Itching to loose another life
Forgites, I am interested in a candid no punches pulled private, or offlist, dialog with any published Indie game designer that is willing to openly discuss topics regarding the Indie…
In Connections
Participants: TwoCrows.

6/8/2007 Brimshack: ETC - Big Gun versus Little Grunt
ETC - The Slaughter Okay, so this was the last game we ran before posting the online version of ETC at Crunch-Waffle. It was between myself and a friend, Chris.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brimshack, Noon.

6/8/2007 John Harper: Ocean's 13: Great SotC example
In the trailer for Ocean's 13, there's a great example of a high Rapport/Contacting character doing his thing. Al Pacino threatens George Clooney: "I know people who really know how…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: John Harper, iago.

6/8/2007 natfrobinson: Resist the Sunne [Steampunk/Space Opera]
G'day all. My names Nat and I am from Melbourne, Australia. I thought I'd jump right into things with an idea of my own - My own take on the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: natfrobinson, CommonDialog, Sovem, Reprobus, Everspinner, TwoCrows, Thenomain, Nuthael, Alan, xiombarg.

6/8/2007 Brimshack: Ethno-Fantasy Setting (Ramble Warning)
Notes Toward a Campaign Setting or Two: Okay, so I've been interested in working concepts from non-standard cultural backgrounds into fantasy gaming for some time. Roughly speaking, I am talking…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brimshack, Ron Edwards, Age of Fable.

6/8/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG second playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the MKRPG first playtest.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, ParRathorne.

6/8/2007 brainwipe: [Icar] Should I go from Percentiles to D10?
Something that's been bugging me for some time is the skill percentile system in Icar. Generally, it's not very easy to use. For the uninitiated, every skill has a percentage…
In First Thoughts
Participants: brainwipe, Temple, chriscrouch, Eldrad, sid.raphael, Noon, Sydney Freedberg.

6/8/2007 jasonm: [Ashes] Modeling Fight-or-Flight
So I'm working on this project that requires characters to constantly either run for their lives or fight tooth and nail.  Here's what I'm thinking: I’m imagining this as a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jasonm, hix, Darcy Burgess, David Artman.

6/8/2007 Aman the Rejected: [The Devil's Advocates] Alpha Design
Mark Causey here. I have been tinkering with game design for quite a while. I have often (temporarily) concluded that I'm not good at it. However, I finally found something…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aman the Rejected, jasonm, Anemone, Tymen.

6/8/2007 Dean Chung: [Nine Worlds] Pace for resolving muses
Hi, I am going to be starting a new campaign with Nine Worlds, and I have a question concerning muses.  Since muses play an important role in the progression of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dean Chung, Jonathan Hastings, Matt Snyder.

6/8/2007 boswok: [Mage: The Awakening] Here goes nothing... (split)
I have one suggestion for your mystery subplots.  This references the characters erroneously assuming that spirits were involved.  When they began hunting down info they seemed to be showing real…
In Actual Play
Participants: boswok, Reithan, Ron Edwards, Falc, David Artman, Noon, Precious Villain, The Dragon Master, FredGarber.

6/9/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Firing Blanks
So last night I ran a playtest of Six Bullets for Vengeance with my regular gaming group. It was a spectacular failure, but a fascinating, if frustrating, playtest. First, a…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, Noon, Sydney Freedberg.

6/10/2007 Palmer: [DiTV] how many dice of each type have you used, in total, during play?
Hi, what's the max number of dice of each type you've used during a play session? I'm going to order dice for a group of 4, but I don't know…
In lumpley games
Participants: Palmer, Glendower, Gugliandalf, epweissengruber, Warren, Filip Luszczyk, fjj, Transit, WildElf.

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