Previous Topics 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 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 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.
7/27/2007 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.
7/27/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 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.
7/30/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] Runic Realms - final opinions thread
This is my post-challenge feedback thread for Runic Realms (a.k.a. Sesame Sigils, heh).
Name: Filip Luszczyk
Title: Runic Realms
Set: A
Abstract:
Primordial gods, once banished from Midgard, return to…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen, ja-prozac.
7/30/2007 playgame: a top quality powerlevel website
Introduce a top quality powerlevel website to you ，and present the gold .
www.game-powers.com
In First Thoughts
Participants: playgame, Justin Nichol - BFG, Ron Edwards.
7/30/2007 Matt Snyder: [44] Cover sneak peek on the lastest Chimera Creative game!
I'm nearly finished with my new game, 44. It'll be for sale at the Ashcan Front.
Here's the cover:
http://www.chimera.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/44front-cover.jpg
Here's the back:
http://www.chimera.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/44back-cover.jpg
I've already had some good feedback…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley.
7/30/2007 Hans: [WGP...] Supervillian teams, plus a question
Hi all:
I guess I'm the new buyer, so I will be the one asking questions. :)
* Supervillain teams: I can see different ways to work this. 1) Each…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Hans, WildElf, Michael S. Miller.
7/31/2007 rycanada: Rules light magic that doesn't get wacky?
I've had a hard time with really rules-light magic. My instincts say "say yes" but then things get out of hand quite quickly; the players veer away from the style…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, Chris_Chinn, Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Age of Fable, Valamir, vikingmage, Christoffer Lernö.
7/31/2007 dikaiosunh: [Sorcerer] Potpourri of Mechanical Questions (Injury, waiting, shapeshift)
I have three (hopefully) boring and unrelated mechanics questions, but they're bugging me and a search of the forum didn't turn up answers (apologies if I missed them). One came…
In Adept Press
Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, greyorm.
7/31/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: What TSoY really needs is a list of Zu syllables
Frankly. I know, the point is “make up your own”, but whenever I’m supposed to make up my own, I’m stuck for at least ten minutes. I toss it out…
In CRN Games
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.
7/31/2007 zoom: Xp, Reawards and skill points
Hello
I posted on here several weeks ago about a new diceless game I am designing....It was all going very well when I suddenly hit a bit of a snag.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zoom, forlorn, anders_larsen, Primordia, Filip Luszczyk, vikingmage, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.
7/31/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [TSoY] An evil blade and emergent Simulationism
Some time ago, I posted about a TSoY game I had started, and about how Creative Agenda was not yet emerging, how the players were still toying around with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.
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