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8/11/2007 JC: [Contenders] First game
hi :) first game of Contenders tonight, and we had a blast, even if we didn't make it to the end-game the three of us played through Skype, using real…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk.

8/11/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Roach-ish] Pseudopod's _The Disciple_
Roach enthusiasts might enjoy this episode of horror webcast Pseudopod: http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/27/68/
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, jasonm.

8/11/2007 cognis: Making sure things stay twisted....?
Hi there! I've been away from roleplaying for a while, but just got back (enthusiastic friends willing to force-feed you sugar beverages and strap you to a pen and character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: cognis, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, hix.

8/11/2007 Primordia: Challenge players to making their own challenge?
Hey everybody. spurred on by a previous topic on tactics to avoid, ive come to think of this. a way for player or character to create their own challenges. understood…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Primordia, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.

8/11/2007 Grail-Shadowblade: [Alcon - UK] Roleplayer's corner
Alcon is a new convention starting up in the UK, in a place called Leicester. They have a roleplayer's corner and I'm pretty sure people can set up tables in…
In Conventions
Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, Gregor Hutton.

8/11/2007 paulie: a game about small group dynamics
HI all , I am Paul Wilson  a long time lurker finally dipping my toe into  game design, So I have an idea for a game that I want to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: paulie, hix, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan.

8/11/2007 Eldrad: A new way of Publishing and Distribution Ideas
These are a few ideas although flawed may be a new way to get your game out there. I have thoght of these in the past and what better place…
In Publishing
Participants: Eldrad, Capulet, guildofblades, Vulpinoid, phatonin, cognis, MatrixGamer, GMSkarka, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2007 cognis: Disappeared messages?
Hi, I've been away from roleplaying, and thus my indieRPGs account, for about a year. I just logged in for the first time since then. My little summary in the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: cognis, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2007 Capulet: Shipping Prices
Hello all. First time poster, here. I'm at the point of final product - game book is done, got my printing quotes, etc. I've been advised to use UPS Ground…
In Publishing
Participants: Capulet, Paul Czege, segedy, Jake Richmond, rafael.

8/10/2007 Antimuppet: Covert Generation - Looking for Help
Hey Folks. I'm looking for some help on how to promote Covert Generation. Those of you who have played it, can you let me know your thoughts? I'm not making…
In Publishing
Participants: Antimuppet, rafael, c, Matt-M-McElroy, Sivá.

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.

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 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 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.

8/9/2007 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.

8/9/2007 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 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 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 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 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.

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8/12/2007 epweissengruber: CAPES Toronto: Superdungeon Adventures
I remember reading a post where a D&D fan proposed treating high-powered characters as veritable superheroes. So I went with that and proposed a Superdungeon Avengers session for our next…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: epweissengruber, Gaerik.

8/12/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Going for the green belt
Hi all, we finished our second session playing sorcerer. All of us got more insight to the system and as always with further knowledge there are more questions: I…
In Adept Press
Participants: 5niper9, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

8/12/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Posts eating monster sighted?
So, this was posted by ODDin in another thread: Hmm, that's weird, I could swear I posted in this thread, yet I see no post, nor did I get any…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

8/13/2007 preludetotheend: D100 (if you can't please every one let them please themselves)
So the other day my girl friend was complaining that games have to many rules that don't get used by the group, nearly a quarter sometimes. I took this into…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, ODDin, Noon.

8/13/2007 Eliarhiman6: Sorcerers of Prax (Not really. Completely different)
Hi! My long-delayed game of Sorcerer / Dictionary of Mu, the one for which I asked help in this old thread, will be delayed again. My "experimental" group, the one…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

8/13/2007 signoftheserpent: Shadowmen system ideas
(This has been posted, somewhat, elsewhere as well). Shadowmen http://tomorrowcity.blogspot.com/ is a pulp setting (think Nevermen, Matrix, The Shadow, wierd pulpnoirness) to which I am trying to marry a cool…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, Ron Edwards.

8/13/2007 simon_hibbs: Spacefall (a gamist HeroQuest?)
I've been working on a new game system for a while now, and just recently decided to write it up. I've created a Wiki with the skeleton of a character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: simon_hibbs, Vulpinoid, contracycle.

8/13/2007 Primordia: Magazines? No not p0rn, but the RPG kind dealing with rpg theory
Hey everybody. Im just angling here, does anyone know of a magazine for the Game developer? a magazine which invests in the development of RPG games? Secondly, does a magazine…
In Publishing
Participants: Primordia, Jake Richmond.

8/13/2007 adamhunterpeck: Fantasy & Sci-fi Illustrator - Adam Hunter Peck
Greetings, RPG community of awesomeness! I'm Adam Hunter Peck, a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and long-time lover of all things fantasy. I'm available for work,…
In Connections
Participants: adamhunterpeck, Paul Czege.

8/13/2007 Aman the Rejected: [Tear Themselves Apart] Missions Gone Horribly Awry
Here's an idea I've been mulling around in my head. Some organization (a Company in the Shadowrun universe, the Government in Dark*Matter or Delta Green, the King(dom) in D&D) gathers…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aman the Rejected, jasonm.

8/13/2007 ODDin: [Ur] Thoughts on Initiative
Ok, as my last post was pretty much ignored, I'll narrow it down to just one issue. I've been working on my combat system, mainly on the subject of Initiative,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ODDin, VoidDragon, David C, Capulet.

8/13/2007 DannyM: Hello, New to this forum. Question about game play statistics
Hello There,     I stumbled across your site recently and had a few questions about RPG gaming mechanics. I used to play D&D years ago and recently I started…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DannyM, VoidDragon, Justin Nichol - BFG, Capulet, Nev the Deranged, Simon C.

8/14/2007 Lucca: Introducing a New D20 System - Iapetus
Hi all, I have been a avid paper rpg player for nearly 18 years. I would like to introduce a new D20 system titled Iapetus Fantasy RPG to everyone. It…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lucca, Justin Nichol - BFG, David C.

8/14/2007 btrc: GenCon 2007 travel
I'll be starting my travels today, staging up to a minion's abode for the actual trip on Wednesday. If you're on the list of people who have my cell phone…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc.

8/14/2007 Blessdevil: [TSoY] "painfull" question
I’m mastering a TSoY campaing and I’ve a strange problem. One of the player is an extremely noble and rich Ammenite, very skilled in poison making. He owns and rules…
In CRN Games
Participants: Blessdevil, thark, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt, shadowpriest.

8/15/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto Takes on FanPro Expo (Toronto)
Who: IndieRPG Toronto will be there represented by Erik Weissengruber, Dave Lucas, and Mark Muller The Where and When: When: Friday, August 24, 2007, 4:00 PM 20070824T200000Z Where: Metro Toronto…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/15/2007 Nybbles: Comments for My New Game System
Hello fellow Forgeries. I have been snooping around on this forum for a while now, but this will officially be my very first post on these boards. So anyway, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nybbles, xenopulse, wild_card2007, Capulet.

8/16/2007 anders_larsen: [Cyberbarians] Story Pacing
In the resent "system in a can" contest, I made this game Cyberbarians, which I ended up being rather satisfied with. I had hoped that I would be able to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk.

8/16/2007 qhudspeth: [Stories from the Shelter] Seeking Feedback, Reviews, and Playtesting
The time has come, the Walrus said... To introduce to you the game I've been working on for some time now. Stories from the Shelter is a space opera RPG…
In Connections
Participants: qhudspeth.

8/16/2007 VoidDragon: [ERA d6] Mutaiji - Dark Neolithic Demon Hunting (Long Post)
Okay, I've truncated the name of my system, which I've been calling AVERA, to just "ERA d6."  I say d6 because I've been working on other mechanics, and a second…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VoidDragon, Justin Nichol - BFG, Vulpinoid, Abkajud, Ron Edwards.

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