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8/26/2007 Arvidos: Definition of Indie RPGs
I suppose this should have been in the RPG theory forum, but my question concerns the name and description of this site, after all, so here goes: After some confusion…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Arvidos, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk, TwoCrows.

8/26/2007 btrc: Graphic artist recommendation
A graphic artist acquaintance of mine could use some work. Alvin Helms is good, has done game work for a number of companies, and a sample of something he's currently…
In Connections
Participants: btrc, iago.

8/26/2007 Sovem: Thinking about a Health mechanic (and an introduction to my system)
So, I've been really stuck on making a damage/health system for my game, but in order to get any advice I should probably share my mechanic with you, first. This…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sovem, VoidDragon, Meguey, xenopulse.

8/26/2007 Rob Alexander: Dice Question
I'm running TSOY at a con soon, and there's a couple of things I've been confused about for a while that I want to get nailed down for that: 1)…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Twobirds.

8/26/2007 Bill_White: [Nittany Game Invasion] What Would It Take to Get You Here?
So last night my friends Mendel, Shreyas, Gary, and I decided to put together a mini-con of sorts, a conlet if you will: a day-long event on Saturday, Nov. 10,…
In Conventions
Participants: Bill_White, Michael S. Miller, iago, RobNJ.

8/25/2007 rycanada: Rules Gimmicks for a scribe?
My wife, who loves to host and listen in on games but hates playing them (strange and wonderful at the same time) is very interested in scribing for a game…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Mike Holmes.

8/25/2007 ja-prozac: [Dirty secrets]Unprintable pdf?
Hi. I have a problem with Dirty Secrets. I like me the game so it's not about rules. I bought the pdf version which is not only ink heavy but…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: ja-prozac, GreatWolf.

8/25/2007 Eero Tuovinen: [Zombies at the Door!] Publishing a boardgame
OK, now that I have a spare moment, here's the story of how I published my indie roleplaying boardgame last month. I'll also discuss the difficulties of repeating the process…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, hix, Emily Care, MatrixGamer, Veritas Games.

8/25/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Bliss Stage] - "Real World" question
I read through Ignition Stage, and it looks like it'll take some actually trying it to get a more comprehensive handle on how things work beyond the stuff covered by…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Eero Tuovinen, Skywalker, Mark Woodhouse, Ben Lehman.

8/25/2007 Mandrake: [DitV] - Town help wanted (Jamie, spoilers herein)
Ok, so I'm working on my next town. This one started with the question - What would the Dogs do if the sorcerer was 12? I then added to this…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mandrake, JC.

8/25/2007 wunderllama: [GenCon] Mortal Coil at Games on Demand
At GenCon, I was fortunate enough to get in on a game of Mortal Coil run by Brennan Taylor. I had heard vague things about it previously, but didn’t even…
In Actual Play
Participants: wunderllama, travisfarber, inthisstyle.

8/25/2007 Mandrake: Evolution of a Dog.
We've been playing Dogs for a while now. It started as a one off, but as a group we've hugely enjoyed it and have played several towns, with three narrators…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mandrake, Web_Weaver.

8/24/2007 hix: [Mechaton] Have you seen this asoblock stuff?
I just saw this article about this building block set that's purpose designed for mechs. A quick google didn't reveal any mention of it in relation to Mechaton. Now I…
In lumpley games
Participants: hix, Eero Tuovinen, Nev the Deranged, Uriel, brew55.

8/24/2007 Squish: Artist / Illistrator for hire
Hello. You can see my work at http://squish-art.com. I work in various mediums, from ink, acrylic to digital. I've worked on a few RPG books, and am versatile. The images…
In Connections
Participants: Squish.

8/24/2007 Parthenia: Actual Play Reports
This is actually a demo report, but thank you Clyde for posting it. Bittersweet. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24603.0
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: Parthenia, hansel.

8/24/2007 Marhault: Lighting a Black Fire
Ron, I’m putting together a game of Black Fire, ‘cause it looks awesome.  Most of the questions I had after reading the text were asked and answered in prior threads. …
In Adept Press
Participants: Marhault, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2007 Paul Czege: how to buy the Acts of Evil ashcan
I have some left and just put up a page where you can order one if you'd like: http://www.halfmeme.com/buyevil.html Thanks, Paul
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

8/24/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Ninja Princess Usagi-chan Go! Gambate, bunny ninja princesses!
Wednesday, we created the characters and played out initiations for my anthropomorphic ninja magical girls DitV mod, Ninja Princess Usagi-chan. The players were Kamil “What part of bunnyninjaprincess you don't…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Meguey, Noon, Redone.

8/24/2007 lumpley: Poison'd errata and Q&A
I've just posted a cruel fortune change and some GM techniques on my blog, here, check it out. I welcome questions either here in the lumpley games forum or there…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, rafial, markus_cz, Temple, Willow, coffeestain, Ignotus, phargle.

8/24/2007 preludetotheend: Throw Down!
So I was watching the food channel throw down show on a whim and thought how cool would that be with games. I think it would be real cool to…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Filip Luszczyk, Sinistraphobia.

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8/26/2007 Limejello: funny or racist?
hi I'm writing a sci fi rpg called operator which you may have read about above and I made a joke at one point and it occurs to me that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Limejello, migo, ODDin, Chris_Chinn, Parthenia, Noon, Justin Nichol - BFG, contracycle, wreckage, phatonin, Ron Edwards, Meguey, Age of Fable.

8/26/2007 Brannos: Hello all, I am new to the Site
Hello Forge, these are My game basics I just want to share my thoughts by saying that I find this forum to be a very enlightening experience and an enjoyable…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brannos, VoidDragon, Noon.

8/26/2007 ODDin: Looking for a good non-gamist Sci-Fi RPG
Well, as the title says, I'm looking for an RPG system for a Sci-Fi setting (by Sci-Fi I mean spaceships, distant planets, aliens, things like that) that's not really gamist,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ODDin, Eliarhiman6, Sydsquicious, David C, jeffmoore, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Mechaton] - First Sortie Questions
So, I tricked my friend Karin into playing Mechaton with me, by just dumping a bucket of Legos out in front of her and not telling her it was going…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, lumpley, Uriel, Mantisking.

8/27/2007 Otto Richter: PIRATES!!! (actually, a question or two regarding how I should proceed!)
Hello forge, this is my first post. Currently, I'm working on a game set in a fictional tropical world known as the Sea of Mists, that creates a world of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Otto Richter, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Justin Nichol - BFG.

8/27/2007 coffeestain: [Poison'd] Various Things
So, Saturday, there were two groups playing Poison'd.  The group that was not mine posed some concerns.  I'm pasting my responses here to see if they make sense to you,…
In lumpley games
Participants: coffeestain, lumpley, John Harper.

8/27/2007 Temple: [Dogs in the Vineyard] First session; pleased, yet wondering.
I played my very first real session of Dogs in the Vineyard last night, and thought Id offer some Actual Play to help me deconstruct the game in my mind…
In Actual Play
Participants: Temple, JC, Web_Weaver, Trevis Martin, Noclue.

8/27/2007 kallisti_dk: What's the latest news on Afraid
I recently started thinking about Afraid again and became all giddy with anticipation. Ís there a tentative release date? Is playtesting coming along nicely? Anything new to add?
In lumpley games
Participants: kallisti_dk, lumpley.

8/27/2007 seawolf69: MACE 2007: Official GM call
Hello all. I am officially making the GM call for MACE 2007 MACE 2007 November 16-18, 2007 Radisson Hotel High Point, NC http://www.justusproductions.com/ We have a lot planned already but…
In Conventions
Participants: seawolf69.

8/27/2007 Abkajud: Trial by combat/The Honor system
So I've been tooling around with the idea that medieval European courts had the power to make two people fight to prove which one was in the right, and claimed…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, Noon, MartiniPhilosopher, Vulpinoid.

8/27/2007 MartiniPhilosopher: [A Haunted Night] The Abandoned School
Greetings All! Last night was the first playtest of A Haunted Night, a one page Japanese Horror inspired game. I had a total of seven people participate in the playtest,…
In Playtesting
Participants: MartiniPhilosopher, Elizabeth P..

8/27/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [The Emperor's Heart] Uh... who needs names anyway?
We playtested Chris Chinn's The Emperor's Heart yesterday, having some spare time late evening and seeing that it should work for a two player pick up game. We played for…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Chris_Chinn, ja-prozac.

8/27/2007 Meguey: What the YLQs are up to
I had a really great clarifying conversation about YLQ last week. It's not just a fluffy game, it's got some meat at the depths. Now I have to pretty much…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey.

8/27/2007 Hackfleischkannibale: Hi, I'm new
Hello everyone, I'm Arne from Germany, and I have no clue what else about myself I should post. Maybe a current game idea of mine: The players play humans occupied…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hackfleischkannibale, Thisdude, Noon.

8/27/2007 David Artman: [Ebb & Flow] Resource-Driven, High Verisimilitude Combat System
As I am at risk of thread-jacking, I have split this topic from its origin thread: Hit Location Matrix If you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David Artman, xenopulse, MartiniPhilosopher, Noon, davidberg.

8/27/2007 Troels: [TSoY] Species metamorphoses
Hi there I bought TSoY last week, and it looks really great. I'm tinkering with a campaign idea for when my Mortal Coil campaign ends, and I want to build…
In CRN Games
Participants: Troels, oliof, shadowcourt.

8/27/2007 Elliott: [Magical Psychopomp Lotus Guardians] A Shoujo Manga game. Situation.
Hey all.  I used to post here as Elliott Belser, then as ElliottBelser MkII.  Now I'm just Elliott. I've come up with my first game of real worth, and I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elliott, Noon.

8/27/2007 Thisdude: Game Ideas
Hi my name is Shaun, I am a 24 year old writer. I went to school to learn how to program video games but didn't work out to well when…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thisdude, Noon, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2007 Thisdude: Wrestling...
I was just wondering if anyone here is into or has ever been into wrestling or wrestling games? The reason I ask is because I have an idea for a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thisdude, Ron Edwards, Justin Nichol - BFG.

8/27/2007 Elliott: [Magical Psychopomp Lotus Guardians] Power 19
Just as long as I posted the sitch, I may as well post the Power 19. If anything looks like it doesn't do what I think it does, let me…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elliott, Filip Luszczyk, Elizabeth P..

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