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7/19/2007 Alex Johnson: Charisma skills
In working on an RPG concept I had, I have run into a problem where I'm too good at my stated goal.  The game will be generic (multi-genre support) and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Alex Johnson, LandonSuffered, VoidDragon, Age of Fable, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2007 redivider: [Short History of Decay]: pandas, pollution, population
Colin, Jim, Joshua & I tried A Short History of Decay, my mini-game about the decline and fall of practically anything. I wrote this game for a very informal challenge…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider.

7/19/2007 BenW: Empires Fall:
Firstly, I would like to say hello, and that I hope you’ll treat me nicely. It is worth noting that I am very heavily dyslexic, so I apologize in advanced…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BenW, xenopulse, Eldrad.

7/19/2007 Thermight: Can someone post the Clicking Sands map?
Hello, I noticed that the lowest part of the Clicking sands color map is missing on http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com/clickingsands2.jpeg I like maps. Can someone post it? It would be nice! :)
In Adept Press
Participants: Thermight.

7/19/2007 JC: [DITV] Question
hi :) had a little problem during our last session I'll go into the specifics of the scene, but I think the problem's more of a general one here's what…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, oliof, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

7/19/2007 David C: Organization methods
So here I am, reformatting my hard drive. Over the past few years, about 30% of my drive space has mysteriously disappeared. I blame gremlins. Anyways, while backing up my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C.

7/19/2007 SPELLSLINGER: new horror game
i have a thought for a live-action RPG. somehow you would decide who is the murderer (without anyone knowing). that person would then murder as many people as possible by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SPELLSLINGER, Narmical.

7/18/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Design Challenge
Hello everyone! Inspired by the last year's Compact RPG Challenge hosted by The Forge, I want to propose System in a Can design challenge, from this point referred to as…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, xenopulse, anders_larsen, ja-prozac, Darcy Burgess, greyorm, Dave Cleaver, Lobo, Chainsaw Aardvark, Vulpinoid, Reprobus, preludetotheend, Primordia.

7/18/2007 MatrixGamer: Anybody done anything with silk screen printing?
I'm getting ready to do some experiments with screen printing to get a glossy coat on covers, maps, etc. Anybody done any of this before me? If so, how did…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, David Artman, Paul Czege.

7/18/2007 nikola: Preorder Shock: 1.1
(Crossposted from Monkey Do, Monkey See) I’m not good at keeping my mouth shut, but I win a brownie for this one. Over the last 8 months or so while…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, rafial, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2007 14thWarrior: [DitV] Finally! My first time running DitV is done! Used Orchard Plains.
Well, it took me over half a year, but I finally got a group together and we played some Dogs in the Vineyard.  The group I managed to pull together…
In lumpley games
Participants: 14thWarrior, lumpley, Sztalker.

7/18/2007 travisfarber: [Grey Ranks] Playtest over Skype
Recently we did a playtest for Grey Ranks over Skype.  Originally, we were going to play another game, but we ended up playing Grey Ranks instead.  I'll try to give…
In Playtesting
Participants: travisfarber, jasonm.

7/18/2007 Russell Hoyle: Problem with searching?
Hi, I keep getting page not found errors when I try to do any searches (simple or advanced). Is this a site problem or my problem? I did try to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Russell Hoyle, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.

7/18/2007 MJGraham: Two combat system in one rpg.
While my game Defiance (formerly known as Insurrection) is undergoing the process of having artwork created for it, I've decided to try my hand at a short and sweet RPG…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, Wrageowrapper, preludetotheend, Charlie Gilb, xenopulse, Justin Nichol - BFG, Narmical, David Artman, VoidDragon, zakueins.

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.

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.

7/14/2007 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 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.

7/17/2007 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 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.

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7/20/2007 tj333: Take a Premise and Brainstorm Mechanics for it Endeavor
Take game premise <insert cool premise of choice> and then we all create mechanics for it. Taking place on the Spin forum we have a kind of game of brainstorming…
In Endeavor
Participants: tj333.

7/20/2007 abjourne: The Glory of Chaos & Carnage
Mass Combat, A few years ago in the Tales of Durien, The heroes were accompanying a contingent of the Lord’s men (1/2 a dozen mounted guardsmen) tracking down a bowahr…
In Actual Play
Participants: abjourne, LandonSuffered, wreckage.

7/20/2007 ( o Y o ): How balanced is the Spending Strife: Simple Contests?
Hi! We played Agon for four evenings and most of the time we had mucho fun! To end our latest quest we had to plug (to occlude?) a whole vulcan…
In one.seven design
Participants: ( o Y o ), demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

7/20/2007 Paul Czege: question about acrylic paint
I'm planning to do splatter painting and paint stamping with acrylic paint on the covers of my Acts of Evil ashcan books for Gen Con. And I've been thinking the…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, MatrixGamer, Darcy Burgess, David Artman.

7/20/2007 ynnen: Games with built-in "plot tracking" contrivances... Referenes Sought
Hey all - finally delurking after 4+ years here, hot on the trail of making progress on one of my indie designs. I'm looking for references or systems that have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ynnen, craigp, hix, pells, Millsy, contracycle, jasonm, Hans.

7/20/2007 xenopulse: [sic] Tales of Vengeance
This is my thread for the Setting In A Can challenge. I'm selecting Set A: SET A Setting: high fantasy. Theme: revenge/treasure hunt story. High fantasy, to me, means…
In Endeavor
Participants: xenopulse, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, anders_larsen, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, Primordia.

7/20/2007 Darcy Burgess: [the Infected] Corporate Whores!
[b]Social Set-up[/b] This past Wednesday (July 18, 2007), I had the opportunity to run the ashcan version of [url=http://www.ericsrpgs.com]The Infected[/url] for a mixed group - the players included a long-time…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Tim Sellmer, Technocrat13, lee-anne.

7/20/2007 JackTheOwner: [sic] The end is comming
Ok, let's start. SET C Setting: post-apocalypse/space opera. Theme: wacky overcoming-inner-demons story. It's all about people, who have sth with "First Sign" (It's like a big boom in entire outerspace).…
In Endeavor
Participants: JackTheOwner, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Primordia, Chainsaw Aardvark.

7/20/2007 ja-prozac: [sic]The Ultimate Elvis Challenge!
Set C of course. The Ultimate Elvis Challenge! There can be only one true Elvis impersonator! In postapocyliptic wasteland left after alien invasion humanity has lost its spirit. Only people…
In Endeavor
Participants: ja-prozac, Filip Luszczyk, Primordia, Reprobus, Vulpinoid.

7/20/2007 Lobo: need some help getting started
Hi! I am new to this forum and my name is Björn. I am trying to create an RPG but it is still mostly in my head. I have tried…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lobo, Filip Luszczyk, preludetotheend, Noon.

7/20/2007 anders_larsen: [sic] Cyber Barbarians
I go with set D here. A few hundred years in the future the world are controlled by a seven big corporations. These corporations are incomprehensible complex, and no one…
In Endeavor
Participants: anders_larsen, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Lobo, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, xenopulse.

7/21/2007 greyorm: [ORX] Now Available at IPR! Plus New Freebie!
Heya all, To celebrate IPR picking up ORX (yay!), I have released the "Alternative & Optional Rules" booklet for ORX, which I had mentioned working on some time back. Note…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

7/21/2007 craigp: [sic] TIN FRIGATE
I'm definitely going with C. Mine's a Star Trek spoof. I was thinking this: http://www.projectperko.com/game/TINFRIGATE.pdf It's not actually a finished rule set, I just find I'm not so good at…
In Endeavor
Participants: craigp, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/21/2007 Jake Richmond: [The Year We All Died] Platesters wanted really bad.
I'm looking for play testers for The Year We All Died. You can download the current play test version of the game below. I would very, very much appreciate anyone…
In Connections
Participants: Jake Richmond.

7/21/2007 Everspinner: [PTA] Edgeway
[b]To start off[/b], and to avoid losing the questions amid the other AP stuff, here are the rules questions that came up during play. Must say the rules are less…
In Actual Play
Participants: Everspinner, Matt Wilson, FredGarber.

7/21/2007 Abhoth: Ok Question time from the new guy
Ok several questions: So essentially I need to create my own mythos for the way sorcerery works (ie like the way's presented in the back, IE Classical vs Radical, and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Abhoth, angelfromanotherpin, 5niper9, Ron Edwards, dikaiosunh.

7/21/2007 BenW: [SIC] Lock and Key Principle
SET: D Concept: Near future science fiction, set in a crumbling city dominated by grim, rundown tower blocks, drug use is rampant and destroying sociaty. humanity has abdicated from free…
In Endeavor
Participants: BenW, Filip Luszczyk, Vulpinoid, David Artman, Chainsaw Aardvark.

7/21/2007 Snowden: [DitV] What are all these dice "worth," anyway?
I realize there may not be a simple answer to this question, but do people have a sense of the relative effectiveness of various dice combinations?  Is a 2d6 trait…
In lumpley games
Participants: Snowden, 5niper9, lumpley.

7/21/2007 Dave Cleaver: [sic] After Earth: An Unlikely Savior
This is my thread for the Setting In A Can challenge. I'm selecting Set A: SET C Setting: post-apocalypse/space opera. Theme: wacky overcoming-inner-demons story. I think the setting is…
In Endeavor
Participants: Dave Cleaver, Filip Luszczyk, xenopulse, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] The Salad In My Head
Well, it's not the title of my game ;) After an evening of brainstorming, I have a salad of ideas in my head and I didn't settle on a single…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, Primordia.

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