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6/28/2007 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2007] Demonstration kits for the booth
Last year, nearly everyone followed a common design for the demo kits. Not in terms of content, but in terms of size and physical design. Basically, it was a flat…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/28/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] [Forge Booth] [Menu] Price List Finalized; Last Peek at the Design
This is the final peek at the Forge Menu (not the same as the passport -- that's still under development). Basically this is going to manifest as two 8.5x11 sheets…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, segedy, Gregor Hutton, nikola, Justin D. Jacobson.

6/28/2007 preludetotheend: Colored page paper?
I was just curious is any one had used the sturdier paper used in printing colored pages at all, and if so how did it go for you? If you…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer, David Artman, komradebob.

6/28/2007 oliof: [DitV] The Movie
Hello, Black Snake Moan sounds like Craig Brewer read DitV and then wrote the script…  Talking the jealous guy out of shooting the "dog" who had chained that guy's sexually-disordered…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, jmac, lumpley.

6/28/2007 Justin Nichol - BFG: A New Kind of Magic System
Perhaps I'm wrong. It might not be new at all. Maybe some of the fogies like Ron (I say this only after having read his Fantasy Heartbreakers series, can you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, lumpley, greyorm, VoidDragon, BigElvis, Agleos, Valamir, David Artman, chris_moore, simon_hibbs, Noclue, Creatures of Destiny, Dan Maruschak, Spooky Fanboy, JustinB.

6/28/2007 Thenomain: [(A)D&D] How I Surprised My DM
I don't know why I didn't do this earlier.  This is a split of the thread " I Quit DMing", specifically the open conversation between myself and Rob Alexander.  The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thenomain, Noon, wreckage, Web_Weaver, wgrzanic.

6/28/2007 VoidDragon: [AVERA] The line between character and equipment
Okay, I just ran the first playtest of my multi-genre roleplaying system this last Sunday.  It looks like I'll be able to fix the most obvious issues the players had…
In Playtesting
Participants: VoidDragon.

6/28/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Power 19
1.) What is your game about? Misspent Youth is a game about friendship, rebellion, and growing up. 2.) What do the characters do? The Youthful Offenders stand up to The…
In Playtesting
Participants: RobNJ, Emily Care.

6/28/2007 spikexander: [Mob Justice] Our Last Playtest
[center][b]Mob Justice 1.5 The Big Lie[/b][/center] [i]Okay, I have to tell a little tale. In 2005, I attended GenCon for the first time thanks to a game publisher that needed…
In Playtesting
Participants: spikexander, iain.

6/27/2007 GreatWolf: Anyone out there using Scribus?
My wife does my layout work for me.  She is currently using PageMaker 6.  But that is starting to get dated, so she is considering switching to Scribus, an open-source…
In Publishing
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, jerry, zoom, scbenezra, David Artman, Jonas Karlsson, Clay, xenopulse, klapton.

6/27/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] PCs can win if they want to?
In another thread, Eero said: For your concerns, I direct you to check out the resource odds the system of TSOY provides for players. There…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, oliof, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen.

6/27/2007 algi: How My Players Surprised Me
Shira: a barbarian from the cold mountains of the distant north, who began a "peaceful" life as a mercenary among the native nador. Amron: a magician from a far eastern…
In Actual Play
Participants: algi.

6/27/2007 Dumirik: [GoPlay Northwest: Kin] This is everyone's fault but mine!
This is the second playtest I've run of Kin, at GoPlay Northwest. I had seven players, again! It was really fun, and I learned a lot. I mean, a lot.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Dumirik.

6/27/2007 thespiderprince: Donald Tyson's "Necronomicon: the Wanderings of Alhazred" is right on point
I don't like to use the catch phrase "must read" but I would definitely put this on the recommended reading list. This is an excellent pastiche/ tribute of H.P. Lovecraft's…
In Adept Press
Participants: thespiderprince, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2007 rycanada: D&D ran like an indie rpg - almost
This all happened at the York D&D Meetup, about 20 people were in attendance.  I recently got tired of developing my own system so I made sure to come out…
In Actual Play
Participants: rycanada, GregStolze, Narf the Mouse, sarendt, Ben S., Valvorik, James_Nostack, Hans.

6/26/2007 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon '07] - Non-Exhibitors Wednesday Meetup Plans (?)
For those of us (if, in fact, there are any besides my crew) who are coming into town on Wednesday, but are not Exhibitors, and therefore are prohibited from helping…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Matt Gwinn, Matt-M-McElroy, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Thunder_God.

6/26/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] Indie Games Passport: Rubber Stamp Designs, stat!
[img]http://www.deadlyfredly.com/gencon07/indiepassport-thumb.jpg[/img] Attention: Folks involved in the Indie Games Passport! The place I'm going to be ordering the rubber stamps from is doing a 50% off sale for one week only…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, nikola, GregStolze.

6/26/2007 punkbohemian: Fudging Fudge dice
I know what the probability curve looks like for 4dF, but I'm wondering how it would change if the fudge dice were modified. For example, let's say it's 2dF with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: punkbohemian, VoidDragon, Age of Fable.

6/26/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [TSoY Prep] What is in the ancient Zaru capital?
So, in our World of Near, I am using Harald’s interpretation of the geography: The Zaru now live in the Zaru delta, but the peninsula to the north is the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, 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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6/28/2007 Ben Lehman: Bliss Stage Pre-Order
<i>Seven years from now, humanity is in ruins, devastated by a ferocious alien occupier from the edges of our understanding.  The adults of the world have been undone by the…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Skywalker, hix, GreatWolf.

6/28/2007 iago: [GenCon 2007] [Indie Passport] When's best for the prize drawing?
I'm looking for a time on Sunday that will be best to do the prize drawing for the Indie Games Passport. Is anything going on at Sunday noon that would…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, GregStolze, nikola, c, Paul Czege.

6/28/2007 Ron Edwards: [One Can Have Her] Ratting in black and white
At last, I have time to post about playing One Can Have Her. The group included me, Tim K, Tim A, and Chris. Jonas (and Peter), I apologize for the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jonas Karlsson, Emily Care, Peter Nordstrand.

6/28/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Goateed Washington and the Fully Armed and Operational Printin
[b]Prior Posts:[/b] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22694.0]Pre-Alpha Playtest[/url] - this thread lays out the basics of the game mechanics; disregard 'Valor' [url=http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=3060]Tale of Two Toms[/url] - Mark's Tory Win [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24025.0]Kickin Ass Tory Style[/url] -…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby.

6/29/2007 preludetotheend: Quick question on a missing file
I was just doing a switch over of all my files to the new computer and seemed to have missed The world the flesh the devil (much sadness). I have…
In Connections
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

6/29/2007 Eliarhiman6: ModCon 2007
Hi! Andrea Castellani asked me to post this announcement: --------------------------------------------------------- THE FLYING CIRCUS GOES TO MODCON 2007! The “Flying Circus” (www.flyingcircus.it) is a movement of authors and players (often nicknamed…
In Conventions
Participants: Eliarhiman6.

6/29/2007 darnest: StrikeForce:2136 short session
Since no one really knows this system yet (its being release at GenCon this year) a short explanation of how the system works is in the thread on the combat…
In Actual Play
Participants: darnest, Noon.

6/29/2007 Dan Bell: Harn: Free pdf adventure module
(I've been told via PM that this subforum, rather than Actual Play is the correct subforum for this post): Hello all I want to announce the release of a new…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dan Bell, Ron Edwards.

6/30/2007 Ice Cream Emperor: [Mortal Coil] Subbing out the conflict resolution
So it seems plausible that over the next month or so we'll be starting a longish-form game using Mortal Coil, and consequently I decided to give the rules another read-through.…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Ice Cream Emperor, Filip Luszczyk, inthisstyle, Dustin of the Dead, Hisho.

6/30/2007 algi: Wizards of Middle Earth
I have this little game idea, but I don't know where to start, what to care about, I just know what I would like to achieve. I noticed reading LotR,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: algi, Ron Edwards, Justin Nichol - BFG, greyorm, Noon.

6/30/2007 TickTock Man: "Stacking" Demon Abilities and scope
Greetings, A question came up in our game of Sorcerer last night.  The question was really one of the scope of the abilities of a demon and whether a demon…
In Adept Press
Participants: TickTock Man, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2007 Matt Wilson: offline
I'm about to make the final leg of our move, which will leave me without a regular internet connection until Friday, July 5. Everyone please play as much Primetime Adventures…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, thedavidrayko.

7/1/2007 Eldrad: The Olde Realm
[b] Session before last[/b] Damien Ehrlich the Sage of the Purple Cloth and Kora the Barbarian were looking for a simple place to eat.. The city of Westfort was in…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad, Calithena, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2007 Zathreyel: (Criminal Element) On the Bullet Train
Alright, so I've had the chance to run some hardcore Criminal Element sessions recently.  It's good to get back under the hood of that thing.  Criminal Element, for those not…
In Playtesting
Participants: Zathreyel, Everspinner.

7/2/2007 contracycle: Play prep and NPC's
I was asked to discuss the kind of prep I do and had some thoughts on the prior thread about NPC's which I wanted to mention. I thought I had…
In Actual Play
Participants: contracycle, Sydney Freedberg, Rob Alexander, Noon, FredGarber, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2007 xjermx: [TSOY] commanding NPCs via an ability
This may not be the first time this flavor of question has been asked, but I couldn't locate its twin, so - It occurred to me to have an ability…
In CRN Games
Participants: xjermx, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt, oliof.

7/2/2007 Denise: [ENnies] Nominations for Best Publisher 2007
Heyall, First of all, I have to say how happy I was to see such great Indie participation in the ENnies this year.  Special thanks need to go out to…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, Justin D. Jacobson, M. J. Young, Eero Tuovinen, JimAlder1982.

7/3/2007 Tobias: We tried baseball and it didn't work
I searched, but didn't find a reference to this yet. If it's already here, my apologies. http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatBaseball.htm Greets, Tobias
In Playtesting
Participants: Tobias, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

7/3/2007 preludetotheend: Patrons
So I was thinking the other day about the idea of why demons are compelled to steal away souls through shady contracts? I decided upon the demon actually stealing away…
In Adept Press
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards.

7/3/2007 Justin D. Jacobson: Dawning Star VIP Game for Charity - How To Get a Ticket!
The purpose of this post is to explain how I'll be releasing the tickets to play in the Dawning Star VIP Game to benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children and…
In Conventions
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson.

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