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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 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.

7/26/2007 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.

7/26/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 MJGraham: [Defiance] Play Testers Wanted
[center]'I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggle to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through many years to…
In Connections
Participants: MJGraham.

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.

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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.

7/29/2007 Ganesha Games: Oblivion- a rpg with no character generation
Hi everybody, my name's Andrea and I am an Italian screenwriter, artist, game designer and illustrator. Those who are curious about my activities can use http://ganeshagames.blogspot.com as a starting point,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ganesha Games, Vulpinoid, asdfff, Andy Kitkowski, joepub, Narmical, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, vikingmage.

7/29/2007 Dicef: New idea for a D6 based system, simple & universal. How can i procede?
Hello, My name is Fabio... I played every kind of rpg and now i m elaborating my game system. It is a system based on D6 rolling and nothing more…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dicef, Chris_Chinn.

7/29/2007 Chris_Chinn: [The Emperor's Heart] Seeking Playtesters
The Emperor's Heart is a story game of high drama and space wuxia action.  The Seven Immortal Eunuchs have taken control of the dynasty, and now vie amongst themselves for…
In Connections
Participants: Chris_Chinn, c, jporrett.

7/29/2007 asdfff: [just curious] How does one get a publisher forum here?
Just purely out of curiosity. How does one get a publisher forum here? (In the "Independent Game Forums" sub-group.) For instance, there are definitely more mid-to-high-profile authors writing small for-sale…
In Site Discussion
Participants: asdfff, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2007 Durandir: Greetings... and some question regarding my rpg project.
  Since this is my first post here, let me start by sending a warm greeting to everyone in The Forge.   For some time, seems like ages to me,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Durandir, Chris_Chinn, Eliarhiman6.

7/29/2007 Matt Snyder: The Score, new Chimera Creative podcast
I've started a new podcast dedicated to indie RPGs called the Score. Visit the blog page to get the mp3 files. Here is the RSS feed for the podcast itself:…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder.

7/29/2007 greyorm: [Pegasus] Old System Up for Perusal
Back in the late/mid-90's (~'96-'97), I created a system I meant to be used as a generic platform for any genre of gaming. Wait, don't run away just yet! I…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

7/29/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Validate Preparation?
Hi everyone, I'm not really experienced with the sorcerer system and so I'd like to get feedback on my preparation for the second session of sorcerer. An actual play report…
In Adept Press
Participants: 5niper9, James_Nostack.

7/29/2007 ja-prozac: [sic]The Ultimate Elvis Challenge! - final opinions
Special thread for feedback for finished game as stated in the rules. Post here if you want to share your thoughts about my game.
In Endeavor
Participants: ja-prozac, Filip Luszczyk.

7/29/2007 anders_larsen: [sic] Submission - Cyberbarians
Here are my post-contest feedback tread The link to my game is here: http://anders.blimmer.dk/sic/cyberbarians.pdf. Well, it's there, but I do not think it is playable. I did not had time…
In Endeavor
Participants: anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac.

7/30/2007 Vulpinoid: [sic] Shattered Souls - Final Version(s)
Hi Everyone, As requested, the final submission feedback thread. Name: Michael Wenman Title of Game: Shattered Souls Chosen Set: Set D - Setting: sword-and-sorcery/cyberpunk. Theme: religious conversion/flight-of-fancy story. PDF Link:…
In Endeavor
Participants: Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen.

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