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8/20/2007 SaintandSinner: Help
I just bought LoA from the Forge Booth at GenCon.  You had just left though and no one there could run a demo.  Having gone through the book twice I'm…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: SaintandSinner, GreatWolf, Marhault.

8/20/2007 Eliarhiman6: The misleading First Thoughts...
Hi! I am posting this to suggest changing the name of the "first thoughts" sub-forum. Why? Because most of the web forums have a "welcome, present yourself" area for new…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Eliarhiman6, David Artman, Limejello, lumpley, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, David C.

8/20/2007 Limejello: Hi...please don't kill me
Hi I've fallen in love with this site so before I post I just want to say hi is Bobby, I'm from NY I'm 25 years old and I want…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Limejello, SpinachBaron, Noon, Vulpinoid, tj333, Justin Nichol - BFG, David C, Ron Edwards, jasonm.

8/20/2007 Nev the Deranged: Bliss Stage Fantasy?
So, Bliss Stage was the first game I demoed at GenCon, and also my first purchase of the con. As a result, I was thinking about it whenever I wasn't…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Skywalker, Ben Lehman.

8/20/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Memeplexes & Mindfucking
I've ran another playtest of Illumination yesterday, with Kamil as the player. The session wasn't long, but it gave us quite a blast fun-wise. The game had exactly the right…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

8/20/2007 TomTancredi: PhilCon and a General "Thank you for the great experience at GenCon!"
Hi folks, Just wanted to say thanks to all the Game Designers, Publishers, GMs and Artists for the tremendous experience at the Forge Booth at GenCon. I tried to play…
In Conventions
Participants: TomTancredi, inthisstyle, Omnius, Mel_White.

8/20/2007 hix: Where can I find Bliss Stage character sheets?
Hi Ben, I'm reading Ignition Stage right now. Very exciting. I'm gunna pitch my group a game of it tomorrow night. I just checked the tao games site, and couldn't…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: hix, pfischer, Ben Lehman.

8/20/2007 Eliarhiman6: Sorcerer & Sword character sheets
Hi!! Does anybody have a printable character sheet specific to "Sorcerer & Sword"? (with "Past" instead of "Cover" for example)
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, angelfromanotherpin, Thermight.

8/20/2007 Caesar_X: [The Naked City] Prototype using index cards for scene generation
I returned from my honeymoon eager to get moving with The Naked City: a Game of Film Noir.  I've been working on this game off and on for almost a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Caesar_X, SpinachBaron, GreatWolf.

8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First person narration
hi :) just played The Roach, and it was the first time for all of us so I'm curious: how much first-person narration do you usually get with this game?…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: JC, jasonm.

8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First game!
Tried the Roach today with two friends. I was the only who’d read the game before playing, and also the only one who’d had any experience with GM-less RPGs. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Graham Walmsley, jasonm.

8/19/2007 Blackguard25: Intro
Greetings I'm Barry Kester I'm new to this site I was wondering how I can show my work to other people. I call my system the Hero Muncher System.  I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Blackguard25, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, brainwipe.

8/18/2007 DannyM: Collaboration?
Hey Guys,   I just wanted to put this out there. I am an Illustrator who is developing his own game at the moment. But in the meantime I wouldnt…
In Connections
Participants: DannyM.

8/18/2007 DannyM: Collaboration?
Hey Guys,   I just wanted to put this out there. I am an Illustrator who is developing his own game at the moment. But in the meantime I wouldnt…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DannyM, VoidDragon, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2007 KeithBVaughn: Now What??? Questions for PDF Publishers
I've finally finished writing my game: "Planets of Peril." Now I want to get it into shape to sell as a pdf and I find myself with more questions than…
In Publishing
Participants: KeithBVaughn, Jake Richmond, xenopulse, GMSkarka, Ron Edwards, Clay.

8/18/2007 pfischer: [Polaris] Deaths in the Senate
And so it was that I finally got around to try playing Polaris, more or less by coincidence. I bought the game a while ago, but along with a bunch…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, Paul T, Ben Lehman.

8/18/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] In Utero - GO!
We played "In Utero". We, in this context, refers to our "Indie game group" (look for other actual play texts by "5niper9" for more infos) plus another player who had…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2007 JoystickJunkies: Starblazer Adventures cover and sales sheet posted!
We've just posted the book cover for Starblazer Adventures RPG at http://www.starblazeradventures.com along with the sell sheet that's being handed out at Gen Con at the moment (in case…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JoystickJunkies, Lord_Steelhand.

8/18/2007 JoystickJunkies: Starblazer Adventures Cover & Info
We've just posted the book cover for Starblazer Adventures RPG at http://www.starblazeradventures.com along with the sell sheet that's being handed out at Gen Con at the moment (in case you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JoystickJunkies.

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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8/21/2007 Eldrad: NOVEL RPG: The Olde Realm
Well my setting the Olde Realm (See past post but ignore all rule sections)  was the setting for the first playtest of the NOVEL RPG (See first thoughts)system. I will…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad.

8/21/2007 Joe: The Game Development Kit (a game design tool) (split)
Hi YeGoblinQueenne, I have stumbled upon your GDK and was struck by it because I have also considered making kind of a Framework for RPGs. Nice work indeed! I thought…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Joe, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2007 MatrixGamer: Gen Con - How did it go for everyone?
Time to share your experiences and thoughts. I'm putting this in the publishing section because this would be for people who were there selling. First off I want to say…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, jasonm, JustinB.

8/21/2007 JC: Indie summer!
Here’s some stuff I learned this summer. Part of my reason for posting is that it makes me write these things down, which in turn helps me understand them better.…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2007 baron samedi: [New 'Noir' Game] Wondering about a core conflict-resolution system
Hi everybody, I'm in the creative process of trying to develop a one-shot RPG/campaign (somewhat like The Mountain Witch or Puppetland) in a  "Noir/Police Investigation" genre with a theme about…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Capulet, Mike Sugarbaker, anders_larsen, Justin Nichol - BFG.

8/21/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Capes] Who owns what, and why keep characters?
I'm trying to get my head around Capes and how all the resources flow around.  My understanding is that Debt is owned by the character, while Story Tokens and Inspirations…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, oreso, Hans, TonyLB.

8/21/2007 TwoCrows: Exhibitor Questions
Hey Forgites, Can anyone let some light under my rock concerning a few details surrounding the role of Exhibitor at gaming cons? 1) Booth Help – What sorts of compensation…
In Conventions
Participants: TwoCrows, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2007 Joe: Generic Framework of an RPG Game
Hi fellow RPGists, I am thinking about creating a Framework to contain the basic parts of a Roleplaying Game (tabletop for my part, for I am not willing to design…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, Paul T.

8/21/2007 Meguey: [Poison'd] Not quite outrunning the King's ships
Vincent, Emily and I sat down to play Vincent's new game, <a href="http://goplaynow.org/?p=14">Poison'd</a>. This was awhile back, so I can't give you the exact names and sins of my pirate,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Meguey, Piers Brown.

8/21/2007 wunderllama: [Poison'd] Question about ship combat escalation
I had some questions after the demo of Poison’d that I played at GenCon about the ship-to-ship combat. When we played the demo and started out at pursuit, we seemed…
In lumpley games
Participants: wunderllama, lumpley, rafial.

8/21/2007 Denise: Let's hear it for the Summer Revolution!
Way to rock the vote, Fred.  Congratuations on your well-deserved win!  Considering that you were going up against publishers who had probably ten times more of a market share than…
In Conventions
Participants: Denise, iago, jasonm.

8/21/2007 GreatWolf: [Breaking the Ice] Post GenCon indie love
[b][i]Indie[/i] love[/b] For my birthday, I was given a lot of money to take to GenCon to spend on games.  This made me very happy and allowed me to purchase…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2007 BTRC_Minion: [Poison'd] Book of first-hand account of a pirate's activities.
I mentioned this book at GenCon, but I couldn't properly remember the title, nor properly pronounce the (probably Dutch) author's name.  For those interested, it's "THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA" by…
In lumpley games
Participants: BTRC_Minion.

8/21/2007 MartiniPhilosopher: A J-Horror inspired game
Greetings All! I am attempting to create a one-page based game after getting inspired by some Japanese horror movies. So far I have the following: The players are the spirits…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MartiniPhilosopher, Simons, SpinachBaron.

8/21/2007 c: [Gen Con][Steal Away Jordan]Clyde, Racism, and the threat of sex. (adult)
After lugging my damn equipment all over the convention all Gen Con, I was finally done with interviews on Sunday and stopped by the Forge booth. I asked about Steal…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, JC, Parthenia.

8/21/2007 KingOfFarPoint: [DitV] Rationing screen time. Handling unexpected changes in cast.
After a long period struggling to find players who will try an indie game I now have players for a DitV series. But there are a couple of problems 1)…
In lumpley games
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk, JC.

8/21/2007 KingOfFarPoint: Invoking others traits?
During character creation I was trying to explain how traits might get invoked in play and in passing said something along the lines of "of course, if you take a…
In lumpley games
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, 5niper9, Ice Cream Emperor, Filip Luszczyk.

8/21/2007 Andy Kitkowski: The GenCon Ashcan collective was a success, in my book
...because whether I participate in "booth" or not, I've determined to Be Like Paul: Come up with the game, make it as solid and tight as I can through playtests...…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, iain.

8/21/2007 Skywalker: Reciprocal nature of relationships
This may seem like a dumb question but due to the reciprocal nature of pilot to pilot relationships, I assume any changes to Intimacy, Trust and Stress made by the…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Skywalker, Ben Lehman.

8/22/2007 hix: Co-ordinating editing suggestions for Bliss Stage
Hi Ben, We played Bliss Stage for about an hour last night - got through a mission, a resolution action and an interlude action. Much fun was had, and many…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: hix, Ben Lehman, Neil the Wimp, cdr.

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