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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 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 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.

6/17/2007 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.

6/17/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 Vanoj: [Silent] Introductory Feedback Requested
[b]Personal and Project Background[/b] After months of lurking, only occasionally burrowing out to shoot off a comment or two, I'm glad to have some ideas to present for critique. I've…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vanoj, northerain, Artanis.

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.

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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.

6/20/2007 The Dragon Master: Character Creation
I saw a thread here titled "The Sultans Court" that was listing characters only... the character profile seems much smaller than I'm used to seeing. Is that the whole character?…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: The Dragon Master, Meguey.

6/20/2007 xjermx: Keys that tie in to other players
So I'm thinking about a TSoY game in which some of the players are bound to other players - something like the relationship between Warders and Aes Sedai in Wheel…
In CRN Games
Participants: xjermx, Eero Tuovinen.

6/20/2007 MatrixGamer: Making board game boards
I'm playing around with making boardgame boards. I'd like to share the results of the experiments so far. First off I'm printing maps on a HP Color laser printer. This…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades.

6/20/2007 mothlos: Inductive vs. Deductive Game Design
I am looking for some reading on inductive vs. deductive game design. I am puzzling on this a bit myself and was hoping for some help. In case my words…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mothlos, SpazMan.

6/20/2007 wgrzanic: [D&D] I quit DMing.
Hi, guys.  A little over a week ago, I sent out an e-mail to my group telling them I wouldn't continue running my very short-lived pseudo-weekly D&D campaign.  Basically, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: wgrzanic, Filip Luszczyk, Valvorik, Calithena, contracycle, Rob Alexander, Adam Dray, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik, The Dragon Master, michael lingner, Thenomain, Grex.

6/20/2007 James_Nostack: Why no "revised" Sorcerer?
Ron, in a recent RPG.Net thread, you said that if people wondered why there would never be a "revised" Sorcerer they should take it to the Adept Press forum.  So:…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Wolfen, Alan, David Artman, xenopulse, Nev the Deranged, angelfromanotherpin, Brand_Robins, The Dragon Master, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski.

6/20/2007 Hereward The Wake: Is there such a things as "a new method for combat?"
Based upon recent threads and my own musings on combat systems, is there such a thing as a new way of dealing with combat? I'm not so sure. I know…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hereward The Wake, SpazMan, Ryutensai, VoidDragon, Noon, Sydney Freedberg, mothlos, Adam Dray, Zeigfreid, Nev the Deranged, eldunce, Brannos.

6/21/2007 sarendt: Text advice for GMs (split)
I really liked where this post was going and was sad to see it die an early death, so I figured I would post some game exp. of my own…
In Actual Play
Participants: sarendt, Ron Edwards, Gaerik.

6/21/2007 Jenita: Tips To Save Big On Your Next Car Loan
Get Your Credit Report You can’t pick up a personal finance article, magazine or book that does not refer to the importance of knowing what is on your credit report.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jenita, Rafu, vertigo25, SpazMan, eldunce, Ron Edwards.

6/21/2007 Bret Gillan: [TSOY] Don't Make Me Fuck You Up With My Crane Style
Hey guys. I wanted a game that I could play while I listened to rap, so I tinkered with The Shadow of Yesterday (for its brilliance, tinkerability, and consistently awesome…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, xjermx, Eero Tuovinen.

6/21/2007 GB Steve: Wasteland
So, last night was the first game that one of our group has run for us. I don't think he had much experience of narrative gaming before he joined us…
In lumpley games
Participants: GB Steve.

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