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6/17/2007 Rick Danger: one/two-shot advice
I'd like to get some pointers for running one-shots with Agon. How long do you expect a one-shot to be for Fate to be relevant and for characters to retire?…
In one.seven design
Participants: Rick Danger, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

6/17/2007 GDorn: [kpfs] lowercase, right? or: running it for complete strangers
got in a game of kpfs, finally, after having bought the pdf a couple years ago and never finding people to play it with.  it was in the context of…
In Actual Play
Participants: GDorn, lumpley.

6/17/2007 Meguey: [Psi Run] One game right after another!
Last Thursday we finished up our first Psi Run, as per this thread, with Vincent running for Emily, Julia, and me. It was fantastic! I got to break my lock-box…
In Playtesting
Participants: Meguey, Parthenia, michael lingner, chris_moore, lumpley.

6/16/2007 The Dragon Master: So what's sorcerer about anyway?
After reading a brief wikipedia article on GNS Theory at the turn of the year, I began to explore some some of the games referenced in there. Most of them…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

6/16/2007 SkuToV: [Death Team] First Timers First Idea
Hi, I'm completely and utterly new to these forums. I found out about them from the perosn working on Raid Earth and I came up with my own idea for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SkuToV, Noon, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg.

6/16/2007 Alan: Clockwise or Counterclockwise
Hi Joshua, I'm going to present Shock at Go Play NW next weekend. I've studied the rules and the recommendations for effective play on the Forge, but I'm confused about…
In glyphpress
Participants: Alan, nikola.

6/16/2007 zornwil: [Afraid] Clarification needed on Afraid group NPC Answers in Conflicts
Hi, I'm not quite grokking one thing (er, at least one thing, but I THINK only one thing!) in Afraid group conflict resolution.  I searched the boards and didn't find…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, Filip Luszczyk.

6/16/2007 The Bane: Disclosure
This may be a funny question to most, but I just purchased the PDF and am dieing to run a PbP game of it. I am wondering what amount/type of…
In lumpley games
Participants: The Bane, zornwil, Filip Luszczyk.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

6/14/2007 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.

6/14/2007 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 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 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.

6/13/2007 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.

6/13/2007 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.

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6/17/2007 travisfarber: [Grey Ranks] A little thing called War
So, I have had the great opportunity to read through and play Grey Ranks.  This is the first of three sessions. To give a little background to the preperation part…
In Playtesting
Participants: travisfarber, jasonm, BlackTerror, ironick.

6/17/2007 fluency: The Drunken Man in the Corner & Mr. Happy Loveshine
[u]The Drunken Man in the Corner[/u] [i]By Gilbert Kraag Translated from norwegian by Skjalg Kreutzer[/i] You need: *3-10 players *An empty beer bottle. Sit in a circle. Spin the bottle.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fluency, SkuToV, Ron Edwards, David Artman.

6/17/2007 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Comedy of (Copier) Errors
Joel, Lisa, and Jon played Business Solutions yesterday at Mayacon, Andy Kitkowski's house-con devoted to playtesting.  Lisa posts around here as Urbanpagan.  Joel's in my weekly TSoY group.  Jon is…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Ben Lehman.

6/17/2007 preludetotheend: Hard Wired (Gears and Cogs (GaC)) first thoughts please longish :(
    Thanks for giving things read over I will try and be as brief on setting as possible and get to the meat and potatoes of what the forums…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, SkuToV, VoidDragon.

6/17/2007 algi: I Need More Feedback from My Players
Because I hate reading long posts, but love to write them, I make some chapters. Sorry for the long foreword, just skip it if you think it doesn't help. To…
In Actual Play
Participants: algi, TonyLB, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, Sydney Freedberg, wgrzanic.

6/17/2007 vertigo25: PODs Who Print Slipcases and/or Boxes?
I'm working on my game (which will, of course, revolutionize the industry and make everyone who ever plays it wish they had thought of it first and will win every…
In Publishing
Participants: vertigo25, guildofblades.

6/17/2007 Wolfen: About Alex - IMPORTANT
I am posting at the request of Alexander Cherry. Some of you may know that he was headed to Spain for the summer, for a foreign education program. Unfortunately, his…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr.

6/18/2007 zornwil: Relationship Reflection Dice Rules Question (simple!)
Hi - I've been thinking something worked a certain way....and realizing after all this time, maybe I'm dead wrong... "Add any two dice to your unassigned Relationship dice" - okay,…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, Filip Luszczyk.

6/18/2007 Noon: [D&D 3.x, partly the basic game] Beware: The orcs bite!
I recently tried out my 'try to throw a dice into a distant box to see if a monsters there' idea. Played last weekend with my seven year old son…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Filip Luszczyk, wgrzanic.

6/18/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] The Pirate Game
An idea for a pirate mod came to my mind today. Dunno if I run it, but might just as well share. There are no Dogs as in "we go…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, zornwil, Archer5280.

6/18/2007 jasonm: [Medical Hospital] Arts and Crafts
I got to playtest Medical Hospital, my game about medicine and hospitals, ay Mayacon last Saturday.  It was pretty interesting.  Medical Hospital is going to be a modular game with…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant, Aman the Rejected.

6/18/2007 Bret Gillan: [Gods] More Eyes and Playtesters
So it's been awhile, and I've been running it at cons and whatnot. Amusingly but not surprisingly, most of my "addon rules" ended up being confusing to players so they…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Gaerik, oreso.

6/18/2007 Sentience: {Attrition} Play by Comment Playtesting
Greetings! Sentient Games has started a Play by Comment campaign based in the Decay: The Remnants of Earth setting. We're currently looking for players to fill the ranks and help…
In Connections
Participants: Sentience.

6/18/2007 drnuncheon: [PTA] All Together Now (Protagonists acting as a group)
So my players and I have decided to try out PTA.  The elevator pitch for the series we came up with is "John Woo directs the X-Files" - it's a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: drnuncheon, Thenomain, Alan, Harry the Dirty Do, Standback.

6/18/2007 c: [Other Worlds][Lake Geneva Con] Becoming Undead Means I Win.
I had lots of fun this Saturday. My friend Len and I went to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the Lake Geneva convention put on by Troll Lord Games. As per…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, nitramwi, Mike Holmes, Valamir, simon_hibbs.

6/18/2007 Felon: First play - a transcript and some questions
I ran my first Agon session last Saturday with two players, both also new to the system. I knocked up a quick one quest island as an intro, which is…
In one.seven design
Participants: Felon, John Harper, Camtha, mysterious hu.

6/19/2007 Rich Stokes: Gearing up for a game after a while: A few questions!
I'm gearing up for a new Agon game starting tonight and while I've read the book and played out some simple contests and a couple of battles, I'm still having…
In one.seven design
Participants: Rich Stokes, Camtha, John Harper.

6/19/2007 Andy Kitkowski: [Gencon 2007] Is there a Games on Demand area this year?
Hey all, after thinking for the last year or so that there was no way I could get to GenCon... Things changed, and I will be there. :-) This is…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jrs, Gaerik, Nev the Deranged.

6/19/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto moving to Yahoo.
IndieRPG Toronto is migrating from Meetup to Yahoo. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/indierpgtoronto/
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/20/2007 Zeigfreid: Walking down a long road
Hi I'm Ziggy. I love to write settings, and the way I do this is by making roads. Roads are linear and easy to write, so I can generally get…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zeigfreid, xiombarg, Noon, vertigo25, OleOneEye, Narf the Mouse.

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