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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 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 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 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 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.

8/12/2007 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.

8/12/2007 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 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 MrNarrator: I think this will work
I started out wanting to make an universal system until I realized that there was no such thing. All systems imply something about the setting and games that they govern.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MrNarrator, Ron Edwards, Justin Nichol - BFG, simon_hibbs, ODDin, anders_larsen, Grinning Moon, Noon.

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.

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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.

8/16/2007 Sovem: Damage: Nobilis + numbers = what?
I've been thinking about damage systems a lot lately, and how to do them differently than the standard HP model. I like damage to still be damage; that is, if…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sovem, Vulpinoid.

8/16/2007 rycanada: Something I always wanted to do but couldn't find the system for
I always wanted to run a campaign - not just a one-shot - where the players and I could take the roles of deity-like beings and build a campaign world. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, Vulpinoid, Justin Nichol - BFG, Eliarhiman6, Primordia, David Artman.

8/17/2007 The Dragon Master: [MURPG] Marvel Mysteries - Session 2
The first post for this "campaign" is located here. This is being run in a very episodic manner (which is to say that each adventure begins when they are presented…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Dragon Master, FredGarber.

8/17/2007 SpinachBaron: Romance, love, friendship - emotional stuff
This would be my first post on Forge then, which is why I am still a bit unsure about whether this is the right place to post this. Anyway, my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SpinachBaron, anders_larsen, KeithBVaughn, VoidDragon, Eliarhiman6, preludetotheend, Capulet, Noon, Justin Nichol - BFG, Meguey, TonyLB.

8/17/2007 phatonin: Please allow me to introduce myself...
I've skimmed through The Forge and couldn't find a thread for my-name-is-my-feats-are... Polite people introduce themselves and feel awkward at posting for the first time in a forum without doing…
In Site Discussion
Participants: phatonin, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2007 comicalman: Playtesters needed for Detective/Superhero PC RPG
I am looking to recruit a few good playtesters.  As I am new to the forums, I suppose I am past some of the early design questions. However, I am…
In Connections
Participants: comicalman.

8/17/2007 gmscotch: Mutants and Masterminds 52 Pick-up
    Greetings....       So I am brand new here (don't beat me up too much) and I am brand new to GM'ing a Mutants and Masterminds group.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: gmscotch, phatonin, Noon.

8/18/2007 Simons: Party creation that favors specialization
Dear Forgers, I’ve been working on my game (previously called Game X, now I’m thinking Escape From Illeria, what do you think?).  I am probably almost to the point of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, VoidDragon, Age of Fable, John Kirk, Vulpinoid.

8/18/2007 The Groog: NPC Support Characters
Not having actually run a game yet, I could be wrong here but... Aside from making up NPC's on the fly, to deal with an unprepared situaton, I get the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: The Groog, inthisstyle.

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