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8/6/2007 darnest: [RolePlayersINK] GenCone Events and Demos
Hello, I just wanted to make everyone aware of our events we are relasing 3 exciting new games and we want you to be part of our release. We have…
In Conventions
Participants: darnest, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2007 Graham Walmsley: [Lacuna] Decoy Team
We played Lacuna yesterday, in the garden, in the blazing sunshine. What a superb little game. Five players, plus myself. In advance, I'd prepared this Static sheet. Note the theme:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Yokiboy, TomTancredi, The Dragon Master.

8/6/2007 Grinning Moon: The Seven Days of Annihilation - An Apocalypse-Centric RPG
This concept's been bouncing around my head for a while now, and a few ideas are just snagging here and there that I think just need to be aired out…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Grinning Moon, contracycle, TomTancredi, hix.

8/6/2007 Yokiboy: Dust Devils Revenged - Initial Impression
The original Dust Devils was one of the first indie games I purchased, but at the time I still didn't grok story gaming. Coming back to Dust Devils Revenged after…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Yokiboy, Matt Snyder.

8/6/2007 Paul Tucker: [WFRP] Terrible 1st session of Enemy Within, advice sought.
Firstly some background for the game. The game was played using Fantasy Grounds, an online tabletop program, and using Ventrilo for voice-over-internet, so that other than not seeing the other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Tucker, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, contracycle, JC, Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, Valamir, Adam Dray.

8/5/2007 BeZurKur: [& Sword] Help On The Setting
I am planning a Sorcerer and Sword game.  This is the first time I’ll be running (or even playing) Sorcerer.  I get the impression that certain elements and directions need…
In Adept Press
Participants: BeZurKur, Ron Edwards.

8/5/2007 JC: [DITV] Question about follow-up conflicts
hi folks :) had a most excellent time yesterday playing DITV over IRC! but here's my question: I've played about half a dozen DITV sessions so far (both player and…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

8/5/2007 5niper9: [MLwM/DitV] Getting away from Pawn Stance
This will be a combined Actual Play report, because we had problems with both of these systems when we started playing them. Lets start with My Life with Master.…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9, Artanis, ironick, Gaerik.

8/4/2007 Kobayashi: [47] Ronin rpg in the spirit of Zatoichi/Sanjuro/Sword of doom
Hi to all, I've posted here some time ago and got invaluable feedback. So here I come again... This time it's a game inspired by the 47 Ronins : Player…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kobayashi, Chris_Chinn, VoidDragon.

8/4/2007 Ghola: Plots within plots
Hi folks, After taking a break from roleplaying and getting my hands dirty with some gold old-fashioned win/lose fun, I became rather inspired to write an rpg. I suppose the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ghola, Adam Dray, Starblade, Noon.

8/4/2007 RipSteakface: [Article 8]
- too broad - do I need the arcane/alien in there or would it be better to cut that out and work on the historical/present day - system/mechanic - influences:
In First Thoughts
Participants: RipSteakface, ODDin, Vulpinoid, Trevis Martin.

8/4/2007 Narf the Mouse: Where, exactly, am I going with this?
Which is a question that I should be asking myself. And I am. The entire purpose of the game (I was going to shorten it to 'Tales', but somebody seems…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narf the Mouse, Chris_Chinn, Primordia, Vulpinoid, cognis.

8/3/2007 epweissengruber: Capes in Toronto -- Underground Comix instead of "Greater Evil"
IndieRPG Toronto was all fired up to do the "Greater Evil" scenario.  But the facilitator couldn't make it and we were down to two players.  This is what we came…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/3/2007 thegreatigster: Newbie to RPG Design, Looking for some advice regarding a system
Hello Forge, my Name is Nicholas Graziade and I'm working on an RPG system I call the 3/10s system (because in the dice pools used - d10s- only 30% of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: thegreatigster, Chris_Chinn, VoidDragon.

8/3/2007 Trevis Martin: For Gencon People - Elevator Pitches
I ran across an article on elevator pitches that I thought might be helpful for some of you folks doing the GenCon thing. http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/08/how-to-craft-killer-elevator-pitch-that.html - Trevis
In Publishing
Participants: Trevis Martin.

8/3/2007 David Artman: Ice Game Design Competition for Summer 2007 has begun!
Hi, all; Just trying to make sure I ping as many channels as possible (yep, spamming a bit, but it's cool, hearty, nutritious spam!). Though I know The Forge is…
In Endeavor
Participants: David Artman.

8/3/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: So, Mud Planet 2 Sorcerer?
I wrote this contribution to the Ronnies, Mud Planet. In his feedback thread, Ron suggested that the game would work well as a Sorcerer mini-supplement. Meanwhile I've had the chance…
In Endeavor
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2007 jasonm: [Gen Con 2007] Demo Planning
Hey, can we talk about our Forge booth demos?  Can we lay down the law regarding length and format?  How about pinning down the particulars of a pre-show demo session?…
In Conventions
Participants: jasonm, iago, Kevin Allen Jr, GreatWolf, btrc, GregStolze, Gregor Hutton, TomTancredi, Tim C Koppang, Robotech_Master, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2007 Charlie Gilb: From DnD to Sorcerer
Hey everyone, I just started GMing a DnD game with 2 players I've been with for about 10 years, and a third friend of mine whom I met through another…
In Adept Press
Participants: Charlie Gilb, Frank Tarcikowski, dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2007 Vulpinoid: Tales [Power 19]
Hi Everyone, I now realize that a game simply stuck on a page without any real comment on it isn’t very appealing as a topic for discussion. Since reading through…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, anders_larsen.

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8/6/2007 Narmical: Naratavist Version of D&D
The other day a new idea struck my mind. Here is what happened. 1) I found out that a D&D 4th ed was announced/in the works 2) I was listening…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narmical, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2007 Narmical: Naratavist Game Compatable with D&D settings
So i posted my idea just before and i dont think i got my point across. (previous post quoted below) I had an idea. Write a game from a naratavist…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narmical, Grinning Moon, Justin Nichol - BFG, Vulpinoid, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, baron samedi, Millsy, Alan.

8/7/2007 hix: [The Lucky Joneses] A playtest draft, at last!
To celebrate my birthday, I'm posting the beta playtest draft of The Lucky Joneses, my long-in-development game about an everyday family in a sit-com universe. My aims for this game…
In Connections
Participants: hix.

8/7/2007 nikola: Shock: 1.1 PDF for 1.0 early adopters
Folks, if you bought Shock: 1.0 before I started pre-orders for 1.1, you're entitled to a PDF of 1.1. Email me at joshua at glyphpress.com, let me know if you…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, Eero Tuovinen.

8/8/2007 Denise: [ENnies] Dream Date Auction with Fred Hicks up!
Hi all, As part of the fundraising efforts for the ENnies, every year I auction off a seat (or seats) at the tables of nominated publishers.  It's a chance for…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, iago.

8/8/2007 Halzebier: [D&D] Antagonizing tactics to avoid
Hi there! I'm preparing to take over DM duties in our D&D group. We're playing the Age of Worms modules and the PCs are currently 11th level. The campaign has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, Gaerik, Rustin, Noon, Primordia, wreckage, FredGarber.

8/8/2007 ODDin: [Ur] Some actual stuff
About a year ago I posted about an RPG I was working on, which revolved around a sophisticated tree of abilities and skills. I can't say that I was extremely…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ODDin.

8/8/2007 Henge Keeper: Just A Few General Questions
I have been tossing around the idea of creating my own table top role playing system for a little while now, and I have decided that there were some questions…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Henge Keeper, ODDin, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Justin Nichol - BFG, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards, Simons, cognis.

8/8/2007 Henge Keeper: Play Tester
I am currently a student at the Savannah College of Art, and Design. My roommate and I run table top games throughout the year, and whant ted let people know…
In Connections
Participants: Henge Keeper.

8/9/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Shock: 1.1] - First game
Okay, I am gonna do this in chunks, because I don't have time to type it all out in one go. I managed to get some people, namely Juli, Karin,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, tylure.

8/9/2007 GreatWolf: Being interviewed for The Score
I was interviewed by Matt Snyder for his podcast "The Score".  The first part of that interview is available here.  He's breaking it up into a few segments so that…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/9/2007 Justin Nichol - BFG: I want some opinions on initiative
I know plain old initiative isn't exactly a super exciting topic on the cutting edge, but I wanted some of your opinions on the way I'm thinking of doing initiative…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, VoidDragon, ODDin, Vulpinoid.

8/9/2007 Andy Kitkowski: [GenCon 2007] Ashcan Front: Who's giving the discounts?
Quick question, I was wondering who at the Ashcan Front was giving discounts/refunds on final products and the like? IIRC, Kevin Allen Jr's project is going to have a price…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Kevin Allen Jr, RyanMacklin, Matt Snyder.

8/9/2007 alejandro: Introducing unWritten
Hi everybody, I'm designing a game. I guess everyone here is. Anyway, I haven't been on this forum much, and honestly, I'm not the forum type. Following along here will…
In First Thoughts
Participants: alejandro, Primordia, Age of Fable.

8/9/2007 alejandro: unWritten [Power 19]
This is the power 19, a set of 19 questions designed to help one develop and understand what they are trying to create... 1) What is your game about? <ol>…
In First Thoughts
Participants: alejandro.

8/9/2007 redben: Playtesters wanted for superhero rpg
At the moment I'm just looking for people to register an interest rather than to start playtesting. I'm specifically looking for people who are fans of the superhero genre and…
In Connections
Participants: redben, Ben Lehman.

8/10/2007 Veritas Games: PDF Discount for Preview Edition Buyers
Is there some discount on the full PDF for those of us who purchased the preview/interim edition? Or do we pay full price for the upgrade? I couldn't find this…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Veritas Games.

8/10/2007 wild_card2007: Log scales and resolution mechanics
Hello The Forge, I'm working on my Fantasy Heartbreaker (is that TM Ron? ;) and while I'm happy plugging away on all the color and fluff and such on my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: wild_card2007, VoidDragon.

8/10/2007 jasonm: BPG at Gen Con
Hey friends, The entire Bully Pulpit Games crew will be at Gen Con again this year, so please stop by the Forge booth and say hello if you are attending!…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Hans.

8/10/2007 Darcy Burgess: [the Infected] Zombies of the Carribean
[b]Social Set-Up[/b] For my second game of [u]the Infected[/u], I was back with my regular gaming group.  In fact, this game marked my return to "regularly scheduled gaming" from a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Technocrat13, TomTancredi.

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