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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.

6/19/2007 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 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.

6/18/2007 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.

6/18/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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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.

6/21/2007 vertigo25: Darkest Dungeons
I usually get flashes of ideas, and burn through them pretty quickly. This one, however, looks like it may actually see the light of day. I've actually been putting at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: vertigo25, Ron Edwards, Zeigfreid, Rafu, Noon, natfrobinson, Narf the Mouse, Justin Nichol - BFG, Age of Fable.

6/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [PTA] Sex, Drugs & No Remorse
We've closed our first successful PTA season. Both our previous attempts to play the game died in the midpoint. The first time one of the players was too strongly rooted…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, JackTheOwner.

6/21/2007 Matt-M-McElroy: Game Design Blogs Wanted (Blog Carnival Announcement)
Hey folks, Drop by Monica Valentinelli's Freelance Writing Blog if you are interested in getting in on her new Game Design Blog Carnival. Here is a chance to show off…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

6/21/2007 Neikiu: Business Tabletop?
hey all, I have been into table top for a few years now, and after falling out with the guy who used to GM with me and some friends (long…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Neikiu, vertigo25, zoom.

6/22/2007 rycanada: Games that use difference?
The quick version: What games have used the difference between the "attacker" and "defender" actions to resolve the damage or tilt the stakes?  Were there pitfalls to this approach? The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, Vanoj, Alan, VoidDragon, Age of Fable, Justin D. Jacobson.

6/22/2007 darnest: StrikeForce :2136 Combat Revision
Okay so StrikeForce is a transhuman high tech adventure RPG with a conflict system for the characters to develop against.  The world is design on conflict, on purpose by the…
In Playtesting
Participants: darnest.

6/22/2007 Web_Weaver: Quest Based Card Game
Whilst getting bored on a Coach journey and wishing I had a deck of cards I began to imagine a card game that engaged the players on more than a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Web_Weaver, vertigo25.

6/22/2007 zoom: Diceless ... clueless
Hello I'm developing an idea to create a game that uses points to decide weather a character successfully completes actions or not and as such the game does not require…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zoom, Vanoj, Eliarhiman6, JW Carroll, Valamir, Noon, mothlos, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards.

6/22/2007 joepub: [The Infected] The Final Nail in the Coffin of Fox River
I played The Infected with two players last night. We agreed upon playing a meandering, gritty western for the backdrop - Fox River, a dying mine town on its last…
In Playtesting
Participants: joepub, Darcy Burgess, Technocrat13, MikeSands, Rich Stokes.

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