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7/6/2007 oreso: Avatar The Last Airbender - mushing it together
Someone is making this beautiful little game about Avatar. With 'Dharma paths' that give your character goals and a story develops from them and changes the character. Its all about…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: oreso, Filip Luszczyk.

7/6/2007 craig: Level based Vs. skill based characters.
[color=blue]Hello...I'm going to ask a question but do so without any sort of framework supporting why specifically I need to know, outside of that obviously I am in the process…
In First Thoughts
Participants: craig, The Dragon Master, Noon, FredGarber, Narf the Mouse, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MK RPG Third Playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the first and second…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, Artanis, Valamir, Caesar_X.

7/4/2007 Pelgrane: Playtest for New Esoterrorists Adventure
We have a new GUMSHOE adventure written by Lenny Balsera. Please PM me if you'd like to playtest it. Simon Rogers Pelgrane Press Ltd
In Connections
Participants: Pelgrane, iago.

7/4/2007 Earthling: Ether-using jedi in a steampunk world experiencing the information revolution!
First of all, let me introduce myself - my name is Harri Sarsa, and I hail from the barren, frozen wasteland of southern Finland. Hello to everyone. Now, the topic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Earthling, oliof, tj333.

7/4/2007 Zathreyel: (Sorcerer) The Family Blood
Man did I just have a great session of Sorcerer and I'm all abuzz to share.  As some of you guys might know, I like dark things.  I like crime…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards, Tobaselly.

7/4/2007 tychsen: Help wanted with RPG research project
Hi everyone I am currently starting up a research project where I will be surveying the motivations for why we play role playing games, and in conjunction with this project…
In Connections
Participants: tychsen, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, Jake Richmond, M. J. Young, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman.

7/4/2007 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Goblin Adaptability has never quite sat right with me
This was inspired by a comment I made on another threat about how abilities never really require Secrets to perform as written-- the assumption being that you don't have to…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen, Ludanto.

7/4/2007 neko ewen: Raspberry Heaven: A game about happy times in an anime high school
Yesterday I came up with a game idea that I'm really jazzed about, though it's very much in the "First Thoughts" stage. "Raspberry Heaven" is meant to be based on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: neko ewen, Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman, FredGarber, Zach, Jake Richmond.

7/3/2007 Jeff Turner: Power and Politics as core gameplay - Broken Hills
I was struck with an idea on a game I would like to run, and I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts, criticisms or advice. The Concept Modeled…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jeff Turner, Noon, contracycle, zoom.

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.

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 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.

7/2/2007 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.

7/2/2007 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 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.

7/1/2007 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.

7/1/2007 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 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.

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.

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7/6/2007 Hisho: [Shock:] A little rules question?
Hi, I am a little bit irritated by the use of Minutia. I will explain my question using an example: Making it very easy Protag-player rolls 2d10 and end up…
In glyphpress
Participants: Hisho, nikola.

7/6/2007 Simons: Gradual Party Destruction
Hey all, I’ve posted here twice before, and it’s been helpful.  Anyway, the game I’m working on now is called Game X (or at least this is the working title…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, Noon, BlackTerror, David Artman, elbows, LandonSuffered.

7/7/2007 Ron Edwards: [Drowning & Falling] Gamers' id revealed for all to see
Hello, Tim K, Tim A, and I ended up at my place. I grilled beef filets rubbed with black lava salt and peppercorns (both ground up by me with mortar…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Eliarhiman6, jasonm, Tim C Koppang.

7/7/2007 JC: Defining relationships with NPCs before play?
playing (GMing) my third game of Dogs tonight, via IRC... I'm excited :) a quick question: how does one go about defining relationships between PCs and NPCs before play? do…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, Pyromancer, lumpley.

7/7/2007 oliof: REIGN of TSoY
Inevitably, I had to mash up two of my favorite games. Since I didn't see a simple, non-artificial way to graft keys onto REIGN, I went out and "statted" up…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/8/2007 Matt Gwinn: Anyone need a room for Gencon?
I booked a room at the Hilton Garden Inn then got a better room at the Omni.  I still have the Hilton Garden room if anyone wants to take it…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

7/8/2007 dikaiosunh: [Schism] First time running it (or Sorcerer)
This weekend, I'll be running my first Sorcerer game, a one shot at an informal local con.  I have some specific questions, and I've read a bunch of Sorcerer threads…
In Adept Press
Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

7/8/2007 Krul: Idea - City Suspended between Void and Chaos
Hello everyone, thought I'd toss this out. I was thinking about a game with a city suspended in void and chaos between three world/dimensions(Our world/universe, another one with biotech base,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Krul, Ron Edwards.

7/10/2007 Denise: ENnies nominees announced
I am pleased to announce the nominations for the 2007 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards ("The ENnies"). You can find them at http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=200968 As one of the judges put…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise.

7/10/2007 JC: [DITV] First IRC session
After my first (pretty negative) experience with DITV, I decided I had to learn how to play this game properly before trying it again. Nobody here in Paris seemed interested,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Artanis, Filip Luszczyk.

7/10/2007 jasonm: [PTA] Deep in the Blue, Season Two
We started a second season of our PTA game (first season write-up is here).  That was over a year ago!  In the interim we've played a lot of games, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant, Matt Wilson, JoeStanton, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/10/2007 damiller: DitV for Silver Age Supers...
How do I do it? My input. I don't think that there is much need to change stats or anything like that, seeing as how superheroes generally are people. My…
In lumpley games
Participants: damiller, David Artman, Eliarhiman6, Archer5280, zornwil, sinanju, Filip Luszczyk.

7/10/2007 JC: [Carry] Controversial?
howdy :) I’m not sure how to phrase this question, but I’m going to try anyhow also, an imporant point: I’m not trying to talk about politics at all in…
In ndp design
Participants: JC, Nathan P..

7/11/2007 Ben Lehman: Playtest Documents
I'd like to remind everyone to please not circulate your playtest documents via the internet.  They're not game previews, and they're not for public consumption. Of course, anyone who has…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman.

7/11/2007 SPELLSLINGER: Spellslinger expansion
I got a RPG today that uses the d20 system, and thought of an expansion showing a war between the humans and werewolf-like gray runners. i also thought of adding…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SPELLSLINGER, Finarvyn, Ron Edwards.

7/11/2007 Krytos: A Greeting and a Request
First of all greetings to you all, as this is my first post here. I found this place a few days ago via a link in someone's blog about rpg…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Krytos, Eero Tuovinen, C.W.Richeson, SpazMan, Narmical.

7/11/2007 GreatWolf: Good Dirty Secrets discussion
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24263.0]This playtest discussion[/url] has resulted in some helpful guidance for playing [i]Dirty Secrets[/i].  This is the sort of conversation that I'd like to have here, once the game is available…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

7/11/2007 rogue_artist: artist looking to be involved with creative projects
Hello! my site is: www.Rogue-Artist.com I work almost exclusively with small-press and indie publishers, so my prices are rather friendly toward that direction.  I grew up peddling my art at…
In Connections
Participants: rogue_artist, Wolfen.

7/11/2007 Aman the Rejected: Nuts and Bolts Rules Question
I have just a general question that I hope has a simple answer. Can anyone help me speculate on what would happen if Harm was always 1? This hypothetical would…
In CRN Games
Participants: Aman the Rejected, Twobirds, oliof, Gaerik.

7/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [1001 Nights] OK, we ate Cheet-Os and drank beer
About a month and a half ago, the gang gathered to play a game we'd jointly decided upon the previous week, 1001 Nights. Technically we should have waited until Tim…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Caesar_X, lumpley, fjj, Tim C Koppang, Meguey.

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