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7/26/2007 SteveCaruso: Review Request: Amalgam: A Diceless Roleplaying System
Hello everyone. I'm looking for people who would be willing to review or comment on Amalgam: A Diceless Roleplaying System. Amalgam's fairly unique in that character creation consists of picking…
In Connections
Participants: SteveCaruso.

7/26/2007 MJGraham: [Defiance] Wrath of the Ahriman (very long first post)
This is my first ever time doing an actual play post. I hope I do it right. A little background: it's the fifth a final session of a story set…
In Actual Play
Participants: MJGraham.

7/26/2007 preludetotheend: Vision Impared and indie's place in the market.
[size=15pt]I think that one of our greatest abilities as small time press's to gain an edge in sales on larger companies is our focus. Larger companies focus on the largest…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Primordia, MatrixGamer, jasonm, Andy Kitkowski.

7/25/2007 Melinglor: [DitV] Narrativist Blueballs
A couple of weeks ago, I GMed my first Dogs town. Well, half of it, anyway. Which is all I'm gonna get. Which is frustrating. Maybe I should back up…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Web_Weaver, Alan, JC, jasonm, lumpley, GregStolze, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, FredGarber, Noon.

7/25/2007 Matt Wilson: As a Matter of Fact I Will Be at Gen Con!
As of today Dog-eared Designs is officially signed to participate at the Ashcan Front. I'm not sure why Paul asked for a vial of blood, but whatever, he didn't say…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Snarls-at-Fleas, paulie.

7/25/2007 JC: [DITV] Looking for a player for this Sunday
hey :) I'm playing Dogs via IRC this Sunday with a friend, and we'd like an extra player we'll be playing from 14:30 to 20:30 GMT if you're interested, give…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, damiller.

7/25/2007 Hans: [Dirty Secrets] Too late playtest in Ontario
Hello: Josh, Liz, Piers, and I decided, as sort of an afterthought, to playtest Dirty Secrets one in our last gaming session as a group (Josh and Liz are off…
In Playtesting
Participants: Hans, GreatWolf, jaw6.

7/25/2007 seawolf69: MACE 2007 getting geared up
Hey all, As some of you already know, we love having you guys represented at MACE.  I am just posting here to remind you guys it's coming in November, we…
In Conventions
Participants: seawolf69, Andy Kitkowski, Technocrat13, jasonm.

7/25/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Entries
This is the submissions thread for System in a Can Design Challenge. Final versions of your entries go here. The deadline is Sunday 29th July. Once you're done with your…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Primordia.

7/25/2007 MJGraham: [Bile] Reviewers Wanted
I'm looking for someone to review my ever so short roleplaying game called Bile. You can download it here for free: http://www.lulu.com/content/1045384. Bile is an unplesant game for emotionally immature…
In Connections
Participants: MJGraham.

7/25/2007 GreatWolf: An early Dirty Secrets endorsement
Gerald Cameron (aka Linnaeus) writes about Dirty Secrets and has some very good things to say. In the interest of full disclosure, he did edit the book, but, as he…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, ynnen.

7/25/2007 The Groog: Brilliant Idea
I've benn looking for something like Mortal Coil for years. It looks brilliant. 2 questions though: How unobtrusive are the rules, do they fade into the background, or is…
In Galileo Games
Participants: The Groog, inthisstyle, GB Steve, Yokiboy, Dustin of the Dead.

7/25/2007 zakueins: Sci-Fi RPG Concept
I've been working on a concept that's been banging around my head for a while. Some notes in no particular order- *The game is "Traveller Lite"-the political blocs that would…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zakueins, Chris_Chinn, contracycle, Capulet, Vulpinoid, brainwipe.

7/25/2007 Spinachcat: Gateway 2007 in Los Angeles needs GMs!!
We need GMs for Gateway 2007at The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.  The convention happens over Labor Day weekend August 31-September 3, 2007.  We expect over 1000 attendees for more…
In Conventions
Participants: Spinachcat.

7/25/2007 Iraku: Nature vs modern society rpg
this game is pretty well played like DND but with a couple tweaks. Tweaks below 1. you get to pick from eight classes and races 2. nature is good aligned,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Iraku, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2007 Starblade: A few people may have done this type of game before but I'll take my shot at it.
I am currently in the process of creating a game which is similar to most trading card games but with the exception that it is played on a chess board.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Starblade, FzGhouL, Narmical, David Artman.

7/24/2007 Hans: The Struggle, and the aspects on each side
I think these are very simple questions, and I am embarrassed that I cannot find the answers in the book: * Other than giving a thematic center for a session…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Michael S. Miller.

7/24/2007 drnuncheon: [Mechaton] Unintentional Rules Drift/Damage variant
So I introduced some unintentional rules drift into the Mechaton games at the con this weekend - specifically, that white dice could be lost whenever the defender wanted (instead of…
In lumpley games
Participants: drnuncheon.

7/24/2007 Matt Snyder: What is the [sic] prefix?
I'm probably missing something wildly obvious, but what does the prefix signify? At first I thought it the acronym of a game, but then see that it's posted by…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

7/24/2007 Willow: Power 19 For Kung Fu Game
Hey all, I'm brewing up a new game idea, and I'm pretty excited about it.  It started as something very traditional, but I've started taking it in some new directions. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, Adam Dray, vikingmage, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, DanielM.

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7/26/2007 Noon: Blade Tongue (short game)
I've never been a man into settings, thus this is dry in that regard. It's a procedure fixed design, in the way most board games are (or if I may…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, Willow.

7/26/2007 VoidDragon: [AVERA] Movement Abstraction
So far, in my logarithmic multi-genre system, I've created the tactical movement rules for grid-based tactics.  These rules work with either squares or hexes.  The rules are such that, when…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VoidDragon, contracycle, Hans.

7/26/2007 Del_Esau: Machyna steampunk RPG: A thank you to the Forge and playtesting invite!
Wow, I started work on Machyna in '03. I took Emily Dresner-Thornber's advice and wrote out the concept and synopsis and posted that and background info here on the Forge.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Del_Esau.

7/26/2007 ynnen: [Survival] New RPG Concept - Seeking Input on "Incidents" For Story Settings
Hello, all, I'm feverishly working on my current design pet project, known as Survival. Here is an overview of the game: Survival! OVERVIEW Survival is a role playing game mirroring…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ynnen, Adam Dray, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman.

7/26/2007 phasmaphobic: [Verses RPG] Undiscovered Countries, first session report
This past Saturday, July 21st, saw the first actual game-play session of our new campaign. Aside from the goal to have a buttload of fun, the purposes for this campaign…
In Actual Play
Participants: phasmaphobic.

7/26/2007 VoidDragon: Logarithmic Rolling Mechanics
I'm thinking of converting to a logarithmic rolling mechanic that's less granular than the one I've been using so far.  I've tried all sorts of dice looking for one.  I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VoidDragon, Vulpinoid, Starblade, Hans.

7/26/2007 rycanada: Jamming as a group on descriptive qualities
I've had this idea in my head for a while.  Imagine a game where the players picked descriptive qualities, but before the game started the whole group jammed on what…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, David Artman.

7/26/2007 Chris_Chinn: [The Emperor's Heart] The Library
The Emperor's Heart is the laser-sharked space-wuxia game I've been working on for a few months now.  Take the classic "Outlaws fighting against corrupt eunuch-run Imperial government" add spaceships, robot…
In Playtesting
Participants: Chris_Chinn, Darcy Burgess.

7/27/2007 lumpley: Dogs fans: wanna see something cool?
[url=http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=117]Fair Game: Designing for Dogs[/url] -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, JC, David Artman, The Bane, Andrew Morris, Meguey, Ben Lehman.

7/27/2007 Chris_Chinn: [The Emperor's Heart] The Princess
So, this is a quick report of the second game my friend N. and I ran using the Emperor's Heart rules I'm working on.  Both games were like an hour…
In Playtesting
Participants: Chris_Chinn, Sydney Freedberg.

7/27/2007 Nev the Deranged: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
I emailed Joshua my questions, since I wasn't sure if it was kosher to post about 1.1 yet, but he said it was cool, so I am cut and pasting…
In glyphpress
Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola, matthijs, Melinglor, xenopulse, ldd23, biotaps35, Artanis.

7/27/2007 forlorn: mechanic concept, tactical/combat centred rpg (scifi)
Hi Having experience playing and running a rpg, I prefer getting solid thoery down first. I'm working on a tactical/battle centred concept. The idea is it can be transferrable, but…
In First Thoughts
Participants: forlorn, ynnen, Noon.

7/27/2007 lachek: Artists working on profit sharing model?
This may be naive, but is there any precedent for "hiring" an artist not with cash-per-page, but with profit-sharing? Like a comic book or a children's book will often have…
In Publishing
Participants: lachek, iago, KeithBVaughn, c, guildofblades, Jake Richmond, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards, pells.

7/27/2007 btrc: Opinions on this?
Saw this on one of the blogs I frequent: http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/07/26/a-bookshelf-as-easy-as-legos/ For convention purposes (i.e. Forge booth), it has some style to it, it might draw some attention just from its…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards.

7/27/2007 fractayle: Fractayle: The Collision of Worlds
Hi everyone, I am old to gaming, but new to this forum...so I hope that I do not post this in the wrong section or topic etc. I have (for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fractayle, hix.

7/27/2007 Clay: TSOY Supplements
Clinton, A couple of years back, you mentioned that you were at work on a TSOY supplement, something to do with religious groups and cults in TSOY.  Did that go…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clay, oliof.

7/28/2007 The Dragon Master: [MURPG] Marvel Mysteries...
I'm running this in the Marvel Universe Role-Playing Game system. We've just played the first adventure last night, but I plan for this to continue for at least 6 more…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Dragon Master.

7/28/2007 Bullbar: A system where characters are defined by their flaws?
I was working on some ideas for a system in which the characters are defined primarily or entirely by their Flaws and problems. I eventually came up with this. A…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bullbar, asdfff, Justin Nichol - BFG, Narmical, ynnen.

7/28/2007 fractayle: Playtesting of Fractayle: The Collision of Worlds
Hi everyone, I've already posted into the "First Thoughts" section and we are busy with a thread discussing the rules there (can be found at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24431.0). The game (rules and…
In Playtesting
Participants: fractayle.

7/28/2007 Web_Weaver: SotC - Situation Diagrams Question
Hi all, Been flicking through Spirit of the Century and am very impressed with the Tips and Tricks section, and have a quick question. Could someone tell me where the…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Web_Weaver, iago, Rob Donoghue.

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