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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 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 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 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 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.

8/26/2007 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.

8/26/2007 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 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 rafael: [Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium] Fight Fire With Firepower
[b]FIGHT FIRE WITH FIREPOWER[/b] On August 23rd, I ran a game of [url=http://www.dread-rpg.com]Dread: The First Book Of Pandemonium[/url] with a bunch of total strangers. Well, except for one guy, this…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafael, Ron Edwards.

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.

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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..

8/28/2007 Neil the Wimp: When are conflicts resolved?
...or rather, why aren't all conflicts resolved at the end of each page? Taking the example on pp. 46-7 of the Capes book.  Player order is C A B.  C…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Gaerik, TonyLB.

8/28/2007 Elliott: Writing for people who have never heard of are-pee-gees
I'm writing a Shoujo Manga Storytelling Game.  It features Guan Yin as a dim-sum delivery girl from Anywhere, Japan, training those who are detached enough to see Hungry Ghosts -…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elliott, MartiniPhilosopher, xenopulse, Elizabeth P., David Artman.

8/28/2007 Chuckles0707: From the rpgsite
Would it be ok to continue our conversation, or Q&A here?
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Chuckles0707, TonyLB.

8/28/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Sharing missions?
Does it make any sense to anyone to compile a list of "off-the-shelf" missions somewhere?  It seems to me that this might be a helpful tool for Bliss Stage GMs.
In These Are Our Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/28/2007 Hoodoo: Hello All
Hi everyone, my name's Matt, I discovered this site about a day ago and thought it looked interesting, especially considering I like making new content for the RPG sessions I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hoodoo, SpinachBaron, Nev the Deranged, Vulpinoid, Noon.

8/28/2007 GreatWolf: Downloadable character sheets?
I'm beginning to gather resources for my group to play Steal Away Jordan.  Something that I would find helpful is a PDF of the character sheet, so I can print…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Parthenia, Eliarhiman6.

8/28/2007 jeffmoore: The Game that I want to play ...
There is something that I want. Something that I believe the RPG gaming world does not provide for me. (After reading my criteria below explaining what it is that I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jeffmoore, Andre Evans, tex, Eliarhiman6, migo, Noon, Ken.

8/28/2007 Alex Abate: Researching and Inventing in RPGs.
Hello people! My name is Alex, a new user here and I am soon going to start a simple rpg campaign with my friends using the rules found in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alex Abate, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2007 MicahWedemeyer: Actual Play by blog vs by forum (plus keeping characters system-neutral)
I recently started Obsidian Portal (OP), a website for hosting RPG campaigns.  It's not a "virtual tabletop" or anything like that.  It's more like a hybrid blog/wiki/cms specifically for RPGs,…
In Actual Play
Participants: MicahWedemeyer, Elizabeth P., Ron Edwards.

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