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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 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 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 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.

6/21/2007 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.

6/21/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

6/20/2007 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.

6/20/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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6/22/2007 MichaelCurry: [Afraid] Monster Bonds?
I'm prepping a game of Afraid for next weekend, and I've found myself stuck on choosing non-victim Bonds for the monster. The obvious choices that I come up with tend…
In lumpley games
Participants: MichaelCurry, Valvorik, lumpley.

6/22/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Guarding the scottish homelands
Hello, I played Sorcerer with my Indie-Game-group recently and it was a success. Group & Setting Our game group consists of  Edwin, Anna and René (myself). All of us…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9, The Dragon Master, Jonathan Hastings, Ron Edwards, hix, Simon C.

6/23/2007 DavidRapozaArt: Concept Artist looking for work
Hi my names David Rapoza, I'm a concept artist from massachuesetts. Check out my blog here for some of my most recent work: http://davidrapoza.blogspot.com/ email: rapozaster@gmail.com I have experience in…
In Connections
Participants: DavidRapozaArt.

6/23/2007 JMendes: [June Retreat 2007 – PTA] Redemption - Coolness, with weirdness in the mix
Hello, all, :) As you probably have no way of knowing, last week, a bunch of us picked up and left for an eleven-day RPG retreat. Being the one among…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, REkz.

6/23/2007 Narf the Mouse: Tales From The Rusty Broadsword Inn (Take 2) - Some sort of massive problem?
I had a flash of inspiration and completely redesigned the system. Then, I posted straight to 'Connections', which now seems very premature. With about four hundred and fifty views on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narf the Mouse, Noon, The Dragon Master, Rafu, BigElvis.

6/23/2007 Dan Bell: Seeking feeedback of play for new free published Harn adventure
Hello all I want to announce the release of a new free pdf adventure module set in the world of Harn (but easily adaptable to another gaming world). I am…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dan Bell, Ron Edwards.

6/24/2007 GestaltBennie: [TMW]Winter and Spring
[i]In preparing to run the MountainWitch, I drew on elements from my one play experience, an actual play is found here. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20913.0 The graveyard and temple encounters are inspired by…
In Actual Play
Participants: GestaltBennie, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Caesar_X.

6/24/2007 greyorm: [InSpectres] More Gaming with the Kids
After hearing about the other InSpectres game played with kids, I thought I'd give it a go as well, so last Saturday night for family night we played through a…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, xenopulse, Sydney Freedberg, LandonSuffered.

6/23/2007 LordEntropy: [&Sword] Trading Victories Question (split)
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=15988.msg170593#msg170593 date=1121697501] Hi James, Sorry 'bout the delay; the home wireless is acting funny. Let's see if I can stay on-line long enough for this to work.…
In Adept Press
Participants: LordEntropy, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.

6/24/2007 Nathan P.: [carry] Endgame tweaks
Here's how I'm going to start running the Endgame for carry. 1. Everyone chooses a target and hands their Burden die to the person. The GM keeps track of who…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Yokiboy, Ron Edwards.

6/25/2007 rafial: [Tunnels & Trolls] Vaults of the Skolari
To anyone who thought that Ron might have been hallucinating when he talked up Tunnels & Trolls a couple years back, you need only check in with one of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, Simon C, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, joepub.

6/25/2007 Jake Norwood: Last Call for Origins?
Hey all. Just poppin' in one more time to see if there will be any forge-ites up for some pick up games or just hanging out at Origins. I'll be…
In Conventions
Participants: Jake Norwood, Nathan P., iago, Marhault, Jared A. Sorensen, c.

6/25/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] GM Fiat: How much is too much? (NSFW)
I've been playtesting my own game and the following incident occured. In one scene the protagonists were staying the night at a religious compound. A player who was roleplaying a…
In Playtesting
Participants: MJGraham, c, Noon.

6/25/2007 Matt Snyder: [Ashcan Front] Support the front with T-shirts!
We're working to get everything in place for the Ashcan Front booth at Gencon. Paul created some really cool T-shirts with the Ashcan Front logo. So, we're offering pre-orders to…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Snyder, Matt-M-McElroy, Paul Czege.

6/25/2007 FredGarber: [D&D 3.5] playing amongst the wargamers - advice wanted
Situation ----------------------- I just discovered that my fellow player is really defined by her past playing wargames (Mechwarrior, Flames of War, Warhammer), so much so that in her mind, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: FredGarber, Gaerik, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Eldrad, ODDin, contracycle, James_Nostack, Millsy, Vulpinoid, Valvorik, cpeterso.

6/25/2007 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Club 138
[b]Setup[/b] Gaétan (Investigator), Jérôme, Julien, Xavier and myself tested Seth Ben-Ezra's game friday a fortnight ago. In a word, it was: great! I actually didn't understand the rules very well…
In Playtesting
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf, Valamir.

6/26/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Gathering Storm] -- That Gut-Wrenching feeling
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24100.0]The original genesis thread[/url]. [b]What the game's about[/b] Telling short (brutal?) stories set in Britain during the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz]Blitz[/url] (1940-41). [b]What's changed since the genesis?[/b] The game will be driven by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Darcy Burgess, BigElvis, Zeigfreid, Sane, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg.

6/26/2007 Zero Zeed: Stuck in the setting
Hi guys, I’m new to this forum so I will introduce myself, my name is Ciro and I am from Venezuela so sorry if my english get too wrong. I’m…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zero Zeed, anders_larsen, rycanada, jasonm, Vanoj, Ron Edwards.

6/26/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] the Hungry Ones are coming
(Sorry if this post is a monster. Might I recommend a hardcopy and a comfortable armchair?) I've been running TSOY as a fill-in game while our main (Castles and Crusades)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rob Alexander, oliof.

6/26/2007 Michael Desing: [Mythweaver: The Splintered Realm] Wraith Battle
This was the encounter that let me know that 'Mythweaver: The Splintered Realm' was headed in the right direction. I was refereeing a session with just myself and my wife…
In Playtesting
Participants: Michael Desing.

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