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7/14/2007 VoidDragon: [AVERA] Banking Advancement with Interest
In reference to my Logarithmic, Multi-genre system, I was hoping to develop/modify my character creation/advancement system with a few goals: 1. Players will be compensated if the GM forces advancement…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VoidDragon, Justin Nichol - BFG.

7/14/2007 Wolfen: Network Visualization Tool
This seems like the best place to put this.. I have created a program that can be used to visualize networks such as relationship maps. It was originally something I…
In Connections
Participants: Wolfen.

7/14/2007 Bret Gillan: Finally!
Emily, I finally got to play one of your games! Me and my friends Jere and Josh played Shooting the Moon and we played two professional wrestlers (Jere and Josh…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

7/13/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets layout preview
My wife has been feverishly working on layout out Dirty Secrets, so I wanted to show off some of her work. This file is a preview of what we're working…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Hans.

7/13/2007 mratomek: FINALLY...
I wasn't sure where to post this, but the beginnig ("First Thoughts") seemed to be a great place at the end ("sending to the file off to the printers). Just…
In Publishing
Participants: mratomek.

7/13/2007 mratomek: Super Force Seven at Comic Con
Hi all, It's been a while. Just wanted to invite everyone in the who is planning on goving to Comic-Con (in San Diego) to visit Atomek in the Open Gaming…
In Conventions
Participants: mratomek, komradebob.

7/13/2007 the_lone_voice: Illustrator/Web Designer available
Illustrator/Web Designer available My name is Jason Moser, I'm a freelance illustrator and web designer. I've worked for a number of companies in the comic book and  RPG industry. My…
In Connections
Participants: the_lone_voice, TwoCrows, David Artman.

7/13/2007 broundy: MLWM-inspired comic
Hi Paul! After reading about "My Life with Master" last year, and lurking on these forums for a while, my brain caught fire with lots of cool ideas. I started…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: broundy, Artanis, xenopulse, Paul Czege, Nev the Deranged, Yokiboy, skatay.

7/13/2007 Justin Nichol - BFG: Rethinking my resolution mechanic
ok so I had a new idea for the game system I'm trying to create. I've created about 5 systems now, each better than the last but each still not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, VoidDragon.

7/12/2007 KickAssClown: [Shaped] Character definition and Character generation
Alright as some of you might already know, I am working ona game that for now I call Shaped. It started out from a brainstorm and was briefly discussed in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: KickAssClown.

7/12/2007 M. J. Young: Congratulations to Dark Omen Games...
...for being on the nominees list for Best Publisher in the ENnies. Best of grace in this. --M. J. Young
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

7/12/2007 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils actual play
If you haven't yet seen it, Ron Edwards' Dust Devils actual play post is a great read. It's almost like coming full circle when Ron first playtested and reported about…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder.

7/12/2007 c: Evil Hats hung in the closet with care.
I did an interview with my Origins roommate Fred Hicks that is now available. We discussed some of the design choices for Spirit of the Century, and Fate, Jim Butcher,…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: c.

7/12/2007 francis: MEchanical Dream 2.0
Hi everyone, For those who don't ever heard about Mechanical Dream before, I invite you at www.steamlogic.com. We offer a complete Industrial-Fantasy world with high content such as politic, economic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: francis, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2007 sacredchao: printing the .pdf
I'm just wandering what the best way to go about printing the .pdf is. I ask as the full color cover page is not 8.5 x 11, and the actual…
In lumpley games
Participants: sacredchao, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley.

7/11/2007 XSiberia: [FitV] & NWN: The game I'm looking for.
Hello forum! I discovered DitV (and "The Forge") this morning, by way of the conversion Firefly in the Verse--which I found linked here. It looks fascinating! I've been out of…
In lumpley games
Participants: XSiberia, lumpley, The Bane, Archer5280.

7/11/2007 Kothlar: Experiential Major Wounds
For some time now, my game group has been working on adding major wounds to the d20 setting.  There are a number of ways to go about this and we…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kothlar, Noon, preludetotheend.

7/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [Dust Devils] A brutal morality play in pre-San Francisco
Tim K, Chris, and I convened about two months ago with a very strong desire to play Dust Devils, using the new book. Now, my experience with Dust Devils is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis.

7/11/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Opening Handclasp, Sign, and Countersign?
So I've been pondering the Campaign Mode for Sons of Liberty and how much I want to constrain and flavor the three different stages of the campaign.  The levels (sessions)…
In Playtesting
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, Zathreyel, Thenomain.

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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7/15/2007 Abhoth: Hey everyone New guy here
hi all im so new to Sorcerer that I dont even have any of the books yet, for some reason the indie press website is down, anyone got an any…
In Adept Press
Participants: Abhoth, Ron Edwards, zomben, angelfromanotherpin, James_Nostack.

7/15/2007 scarecrowking: Tracking down Dungeon Squad author
Hi everyone.  I looked all over, and this seems to be the best place to put my request.  Does anyone know who wrote the Dungeon Squad game?  I remember having…
In Connections
Participants: scarecrowking, jasonm.

7/15/2007 Eldrad: NOVEL RPG System
Okay imagine just making a character in a freeform way. For example... I look through the book and decide I want to make a Science Officer for my STARCLADS Sci…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eldrad, Filip Luszczyk, Justin Nichol - BFG, Charlie Gilb, David Artman, Sydney Freedberg, Vulpinoid.

7/15/2007 Ron Edwards: [Grey Ranks] Third and final session
Hello! What a great game. You can read about our first two sessions in Another playtest for first two sessions. We'd completed seven out of the ten missions.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm.

7/16/2007 Wrageowrapper: Me, My RPG and the dreaded "E" word.
Hello Forge, first post here yet I have been a filthy lurker for a while now. The game I am currently working on is called "Welcome to Yus Space", its…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Wrageowrapper, Justin Nichol - BFG, Alan, David Artman, Valamir, Johanna, David C, Alex Johnson.

7/16/2007 Jono: Political Space Adventure [long]
Hello, everyone. This is practically my first post at the Forge, so go easy on me if I make a mistake, please ;-) I was at Forge Midwest, where I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jono, BlackTerror, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Jake Richmond, contracycle, Thenomain.

7/16/2007 trebor: Player vs Player online games?
Can you point me to any prior discussions on the pros/cons of "Player vs Player" in online games? The ability for a player's character to kill another player's character within…
In First Thoughts
Participants: trebor, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2007 thed00d12: wargame rpg
Hey guys im interested in playing a table top war game thats also an rpg. I know games workshop has some, but what about other companys? Whats good? The thing…
In First Thoughts
Participants: thed00d12, Justin Nichol - BFG, komradebob, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2007 JC: [Freeform] Two questions
hi! played in a pick-up game a couple of days ago it was on IRC, and there were three of us we went with freeform: no setting, no rules, no…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk, Paganini, Noon, LandonSuffered, David Artman.

7/16/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria review thread
Let's put all Legends of Alyria review links here. Here's an RPGnet review by Christopher W. Richeson to start.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

7/16/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Dread/Jenga] Heartbeat, slow down (long)
Thorsten is playing my character’s ex-wife on the phone and says, “Daniel, you shouldn’t have called me.” My character’s name is Andy, Daniel is the guy whose head got severed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, fjj, hix, FredGarber.

7/16/2007 MBradford1968: Quick Character Question
We played our first Capes session last night - enjoyed it and it went well but we had one question. We played the birth of a super team so at…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: MBradford1968, Zamiel, 5niper9.

7/17/2007 xenopulse: A Strange Damage Progression
I'm working on a tactical RPG. If you need to have some setting context, think of it as the unholy lovechild of Fist of the North Star and Vampire Hunter…
In First Thoughts
Participants: xenopulse, VoidDragon, Noon, Valamir, Justin Nichol - BFG, KickAssClown, BlackTerror, David Artman, Narmical, contracycle, FzGhouL.

7/17/2007 dezknife: [Standard Aflame] The Big Three
So, I have finally decided to post on this forum after lurking for some time. My game is very much in its infancy, and I would like a little community…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dezknife, Justin Nichol - BFG, anders_larsen.

7/17/2007 Jason aka Jay: Putting ideas on paper
I guess I'll start by introducing myself, my name is Jason but more comfortable with Jay (yes, i am quirky that way).  I am 17, pale (no sun exposure), listen…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jason aka Jay, GreatWolf, Eldrad, anders_larsen, Noon, Narmical.

7/17/2007 TomTitTot: Characters: simply cyphers for Players?
I have a quick but important question for you old hands here at DitV. I am concerned that Dogs is designed to evoke and elicit judgements from players via characters…
In lumpley games
Participants: TomTitTot, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

7/17/2007 drnuncheon: Mechaton: Junkyard Wars
Presented straight from the shower, unplaytested and unrefined, it's Mechaton: Junkyard Wars (or Mechaton: Scrapyard Challenge for those of you across the Atlantic) What you need: a circular table a…
In lumpley games
Participants: drnuncheon, Uriel.

7/14/2007 Plotin: Good discussion about NaN (split)
This is nog a strict reply to the opening of this post, and I also hope that you (Ron!) don't think I am neither hairsplitting nor nitpicking, bit this aspect…
In Adept Press
Participants: Plotin, Ron Edwards, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

7/17/2007 Filip Luszczyk: How many conflicts?
The procedure for initiating conflicts given on page 22 seems contradictory. In the second paragraph: Most scenes in which the protagonists find themselves should involve at least one, if not…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Lxndr.

7/17/2007 komradebob: ?? Selling Pdfs from a home site?
Hi folks: I ran into a strange situation yesterday. I was ordering a game (pdf format) from an online seller, but it turned out that I had to buy a…
In Publishing
Participants: komradebob, David Artman.

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