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6/13/2007 The Bane: [DitV] - Archons in the Night
All, Let me say that I am a DitV noob. I bought the PDF when I saw it on a forum being run. I have since joined that game and…
In lumpley games
Participants: The Bane, Filip Luszczyk, David Artman, lumpley.

6/12/2007 Valvorik: Afraid fallouts and circumstances
Couple of questions (1)  For GM Fallout, Acolyte and Slave bonds are never listed as something to reveal.  I think it makes sense that in a conflict involving either, assuming…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik.

6/12/2007 RobNJ: Epigrams and The Law
As I finally begin to write the text of my sci-fi game of youthful rebellion, <a href="http://indie-insurgent.livejournal.com/1768.html">Misspent Youth</a>, I am coming up against a concern I would imagine a number…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Gaerik, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, jasonm, David Artman, rafael.

6/12/2007 Simon C: [Fir Bolg] Fortune (near or maybe at) the Start, and GM Fiat.
Fir Bolg is this project that I'm kind of unable to let go, even though I don't really think of myself as a game designer.  It's a mostly gamist supporting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simon C, Noon, Rafu, contracycle, Eero Tuovinen, HighmoonMedia.

6/12/2007 Taladel: Who's going to be manning the Forge Booth?
A guy I met through a mutual friend just told me that he's got a seat at the Forge booth for GenCon this year. He mentioned that he's demoing a…
In Conventions
Participants: Taladel, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, jrs, Justin D. Jacobson.

6/12/2007 CSBone: One Roll "High" School
This started as Power 19: One Roll Narrative Role Playing System (Long). This is the first of three concepts. My goal is to get the One Roll system ready…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CSBone.

6/12/2007 James_Nostack: [Dictionary of Mu] A Martian Armory
[i]Sorcerer & Sword[/i], on page 71, suggests that in certain contexts, particular weapons should receive tactical advantages.  While as a GM I'm quite happy doing this [i]ad hoc[/i], I felt…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack.

6/11/2007 Yokiboy: Fastlane on the RPG Index
Hey Alexander, I submitted Fastlane to the RPG Index. I still don't have a roulette wheel, or I'd have played the game by now. It still ranks highly on my…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Yokiboy, Filip Luszczyk, Lxndr.

6/11/2007 Adam Dray: [Primitive] The Order of the Big Stick
Yesterday, I had a little cook-out for some of my friends this weekend. SarahScott was back in town (she moved away to New Orleans), and she and Lisa and Mike…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, Nev the Deranged, Eric J. Boyd, Kevin Allen Jr.

6/11/2007 jeffmoore: The Abnormal RPG ...
Vincent Baker, owner of lumpley games and author of "Dogs in the Vineyard" said, "Don't make another normal RPG. There are plenty and more than plenty, there are too many…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jeffmoore, Adam Dray.

6/11/2007 btrc: [GenCon 2007] Furniture?
I'm bringing the flooring, and I assume we're doing the same thing as last year regarding tables and chairs? And, just to drool over and think about for the future:…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, iago, jasonm, Ron Edwards, segedy, Valamir, inthisstyle, Paul Czege, Denise.

6/11/2007 JoystickJunkies: Starblazer, the Fate RPG of space opera adventure!
Hi there, just thought I'd drop in and announce (if you'd not heard yet) that Cubicle 7 Entertainment in the UK have licenced the British space opera comic book Starblazer…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JoystickJunkies.

6/11/2007 JoystickJunkies: Fate based space opera RPG Starblazer needs playtesters
Hey there, check out http://www.myspace.com/Starblazeradventures and see if you'd like to be part of the playtest team for the new Starblazer RPG by Cubicle 7. It's based on a British…
In Connections
Participants: JoystickJunkies, epweissengruber.

6/11/2007 JoystickJunkies: Ideas for the Fate based Starblazer RPG
Hi all, I'm currently working on the new Fate space opera  RPG called Starblazer. I'd love to know if you've thought of any sci-fi related ideas for Fate or used…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JoystickJunkies, epweissengruber, TwoCrows, C.W.Richeson.

6/11/2007 Jonas Karlsson: [One Can Have Her] Questions on conflicts
I'm playtesting my film noir game One Can Have Her and this Thursday the players raised some concerns on how I handled conflicts and their consequences. This could just be…
In Playtesting
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Peter Nordstrand.

6/10/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] The Algorithm of Egalitarianism
This is a much-delayed AP from the June 1 JiffyCon run by Emily Care Boss in western MA. I got to run a playtest of Misspent Youth, my science fiction/youthful…
In Playtesting
Participants: RobNJ.

6/10/2007 GB Steve: [Daker] Eating people is bad
My French friend Ben was in town for a night so we assembled some likely faces for a game. Graham W kindly offered to give us a run of Darker,…
In Actual Play
Participants: GB Steve, jasonm, Graham Walmsley.

6/10/2007 Mister Hoppe: need a place to play ..
Hi guys RCEHoppe here i have friends of mine that are trying to start up a LARP game in Ottawa and they need a place to play, if anyone…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Mister Hoppe, Ron Edwards.

6/10/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Gathering Storm] -- can't shake the war!
So, here's the deal:  I just can't shake war as a theme.  It's in all of my design ideas -- it just won't go away. And here's its latest iteration. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Darcy Burgess, jasonm, Noclue.

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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6/13/2007 RiverofTearsJvL: Looking for a program for Tree Graphs
Anyone know of a program that will let me run long Tree Graphs? Im converting notes and rules i wrote over the last few years to my laptop, and i…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RiverofTearsJvL, SpazMan.

6/13/2007 Archer5280: [DitV / Afraid] Some Actual Play-by-Post Play
So, I've posted a few items on these boards related to my play-by-post game, regarding conflict tracking and rules and dice rolling, and ceremonies. Some other players in the game…
In lumpley games
Participants: Archer5280, The Bane.

6/13/2007 hatheg-kla: [Dying earth] Persuasion in play
Hi there. I ran a convention game of the Dying Earth RPG the other day and I thought I'm post my observations.  This is the first time I've run it…
In Actual Play
Participants: hatheg-kla, Tim C Koppang, Pelgrane.

6/13/2007 WRPIgeek: Seeking art for Sufficiently Advanced
Hi everyone. <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/suffadv/">Sufficiently Advanced</a> is getting to the stage where I need artwork. Ergo, I am looking for artists. I'm going to be looking not just for good art,…
In Connections
Participants: WRPIgeek, clevername, Claudia Cangini, Technocrat13, rogue_artist, roningenius.

6/13/2007 zornwil: Dogs mechanics, action-adventure, and lethality
Warning - long post. First, we are really digging Dogs a lot.  So much so, that we are expanding it into "traditional" action-adventure realms, as it well-complements the kinds of…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

6/13/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] [Forge Booth] [Menu] You have 24 hours to pay Ron!
Hey, folks.  In the interests of keeping the "data churn" on my end to a minimum, I need to conform to Ron's Official List of Booth Folks in terms of…
In Conventions
Participants: iago.

6/13/2007 zornwil: More on Dogs and action-adventure, but for long-running campaigns and Exp.
As mentioned in my other post of today, we are doing Dogs with action-adventure more and more. One thing that we haven't decided on is how Experience/Fall-out should work where…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, lumpley.

6/13/2007 MatrixGamer: Where can I put announcements of product releases?
They are not really right for the publishing section - where is the appropriate place to put press releases? Maybe you need a place for them like the have on…
In Site Discussion
Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, M. J. Young.

6/13/2007 Robert M: Saying No at the Gaming Table
I orginally posted this over at I would knife fight a man. Vincent suggested that I post it here, so here goes! I recently I have been modifying D&D for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Robert M, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Noon, Marco, Noclue.

6/13/2007 SpazMan: Shards of the Titans [Game Setting advice; System in development]
Hello "The Forge", This is my first post, and I have only recently started looking into The Forge. I have been recently listening to back archives of podcasts such as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SpazMan, Adam Dray, Sydney Freedberg.

6/14/2007 AlanDeSmet: [MLwM] Problematic initial sessions, advice? Link to full session summaries.
[url=http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/gaming/my-life-with-master/200706-game.html]The full session notes for this game are online[/url] if anyone is interested. [b]The Situation:[/b] After two sessions, the Minions all have around 6-7 Self-Loathing (SL), 1 Weariness, and 2-4…
In Actual Play
Participants: AlanDeSmet, Adam Dray, Noon, Ron Edwards, Fergus.

6/14/2007 Dave Graffam: [Race to Glory] My first stab at this sort of thing
I'm calling this game "Race to Glory". Objective: The point of this game is to tell a zany story and have a good time telling it. It's possible for all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dave Graffam, VoidDragon.

6/14/2007 Melinglor: [Dogs] Fire and Hammer, Visions and Faith
Hi! I haven't been around here much lately, but it seemed appropriate to return "home" for this play report. And I certainly do miss me some Forge-style AP. So! I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, JC, Noclue.

6/14/2007 Doplegager: [Zen] Core Mechanic- Inverted Dice Pool
I'm attending GenCon this year with the Ashcan Front Booth, and am in the process of developing a system to introduce myself to the gaming community with.  I'm expecting to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Doplegager, Darcy Burgess, SpazMan, VoidDragon, Rafu.

6/15/2007 dyjoots: Dust Devils Character sheet?
I've looked high and low, and I can't seem to find a character sheet. The website mentioned in the back of Dust Devils: Revenged doesn't seem to have a sheet…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: dyjoots, Yokiboy, Matt Snyder.

6/15/2007 thark: [tsoy] Zu...
So, I'm starting a new TSOY campaign, and it's set to potentially feature some Zu in it. Naturally, I'm having dreadful trouble coming up with anything that seems reasonable and…
In CRN Games
Participants: thark, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

6/15/2007 zornwil: [DitV] d12s?
(First, I'd like to apologize for not properly putting the "" in front of my other posts, still getting used to this board's etiquette) I searched posts on d12s in…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, David Artman, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, eldunce.

6/15/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Absolute Apocalypse Academy] Change of the title and the new direction
Over a month has passed since I took a break from Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, and it’s a good moment for me to re-examine the game, consider its further development and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

6/15/2007 fluency: Grab Life by the Balls
[u][b]Grab Life by the Balls[/b][/u] [i]By Gilbert Kraag Translation from norwegian by Skjalg Kreutzer[/i] Grab Life by the Balls (GLbtB) is a live-action roleplaying game for 1 or more players.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fluency, joepub, Vanoj, davidboze.

6/15/2007 Valvorik: [DitV/Afraid] Sequence of Stakes Resolution and Fallout
The sequence in the rules is (a) last person in conflict resolves stakes; (b) everyone rolls fallout. It seems to me that the "fiction being created" would flow more smoothly…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik, Eliarhiman6.

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