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9/4/2007 JasonWalters: Can Anyone Wholeheartedly Recommend A POD Printer For me?
I would like to be put in contact with a decent POD printer… if there is such a thing! I've got a pretty good idea of who NOT to use……
In Publishing
Participants: JasonWalters, Eero Tuovinen, iago, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Valamir, Capulet, nikola.

9/4/2007 Eric Harris: General Introduction
Hello all, My name is Eric Harris and I'm currently working on a crime-themed RPG entitled Grift. First off, 'grift' is an old slang term referring to money earned dishonestly…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eric Harris, Noon.

9/4/2007 TwoCrows: Poison Pages
Forgites, Concerning Traditional vs. Indie Publishing Models, and/or ethics, and in reference to this thread: For the sake of enlightenment, and posterity, I’d be interested to read people’s latest takes…
In Publishing
Participants: TwoCrows, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Jonathan Walton, Pelgrane, David Artman, iago, xenopulse, Vulpinoid, MatrixGamer, ryand.

9/4/2007 Matt Snyder: [44] Ashcan print edition now available for sale online
The ashcan edition of 44: A Game of Automatic fear is now available for purchase via PayPal for $14 + $4.95 S/H for all orders. Visit the 44 page to…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Darcy Burgess, Dustin of the Dead, tonyd.

9/4/2007 lumpley: GenCon Poison'd, but you don't get the whole story
Me, Rich, Julia, John, Matt. Some other people watching for some of it, Julie, Ben, Ram. I was the GM. If you weren't at the table with us, then some…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, John Harper, contracycle, Ron Edwards, drnuncheon, wreckage, Parthenia, Matt Wilson, Temple.

9/3/2007 5niper9: Use of familiar techniques?
Hi there, I know that Capes is different that most other role playing games. We learned this not only in theory (by reading the book) but also by practice. The…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: 5niper9, Gaerik, oreso.

9/3/2007 Hans: Galactic Ashcan: corrections? questions? you be the judge
Hi: As requested, I am providing feedback on the Ashcan Front copy of Galactic I purchased at GenCon.  We'll be playing starting Sept 11, but here are some initial things…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Hans, Matt Wilson, Michael McAleese, Dave Versace, Valamir.

9/3/2007 Ninetongues: Arch Inverted wants You!
Hello everybody. It's time for Arch Inverted to start its final design run. If You are skilled gamemaker with love for really big and free ideas - I could use…
In Connections
Participants: Ninetongues.

9/3/2007 scottdunphy: PTA Convention Games
I was introduced to "Primetime Adventures" at Compleat Games in Colorado Springs. They host an Indie RPG Night on the first Sunday of every month. I'd heard of the game…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: scottdunphy, hix, LeSingeSavant.

9/3/2007 Ishmayl: Legal Advice on Creating Particular Web Site
Hey guys, I hope this is the proper forum for this; someone from my website recommended I ask this question over here.  I don't know if you can help me…
In Publishing
Participants: Ishmayl, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2007 greenknight: [Moebius Adventures] Seeking playtesters for Core Rules book
Hi all... I'm looking for some playtesters for the Core Rules book for the Moebius Adventures Roleplaying System, which is a generic system with cross-genre settings, similar to GURPS in…
In Connections
Participants: greenknight, Vulpinoid.

9/3/2007 rycanada: Shut up and Tenet
I finally (finally finally finally) got a physical copy of Universalis (so I don't have to go off of my recollections of others games and a few handouts anymore).  I…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Valvorik.

9/3/2007 amnesiack: [Bliss Stage] Seattle Central Cell
Most of the players for our regular Wednesday game didn’t show up this week, so Jesse, David, and I started up an impromptu game of Bliss Stage. David opted to…
In Actual Play
Participants: amnesiack, Ben Lehman.

9/2/2007 merb101: Interview with Nathan P
Wanted to let everyone know, my Origins '07 interview with Nathan has been released as episode 3 of my Review for Initiative podcast. The download site is http://merb101.libsyn.com. Stop on…
In ndp design
Participants: merb101, Nathan P..

9/2/2007 KeithBVaughn: Graphics??? Another Question for PDF Publishers
Hello again all, I'm scanning some of my artwork for "Planets of Peril" and finding the final files large to say the least. I normally scan 300 dpi tiffs so…
In Publishing
Participants: KeithBVaughn, greyorm, Paul Czege.

9/2/2007 Levi Kornelsen: Poison'd: Why, now?
So, Vincent, as I understand it, you've built a game in which players are rewarded for doing horrible things, or having horrible things done to them. That is to say,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, lumpley, coffeestain, Valamir, Jye Nicolson, Emily Care, Temple.

9/2/2007 Black Armos: [Nine Worlds] Can I still get...
the Player's Kit?  Is this the name of the free players help guide?  Anyway. Just got a few games from Indie Press Revolution and out of all of them, I…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Black Armos, Matt Snyder.

9/2/2007 StrongBadMun: Playtesters for Ember
I haven't posted here in a long time ever since I first posted my ideas for my RPG Ember, now I'm back and ready to take one more very important…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, baragh, Noon.

9/2/2007 bookchic: Need an Editor?
Hi, All! My husband plays or has played just about every make and model of RPG out there, and one thing we both agree on is that high-level editing is…
In Connections
Participants: bookchic.

9/2/2007 Ninetongues: Arch Inverted publishing questions
[b][url=http://images26.fotosik.pl/31/ac9c421268071a4a.gif]Cover image[/url][/b] Allright. I took my time with AI, and thought some things over. Now I'm sure about that: I will make AI [b]free [/b]for everyone wanting to play. For…
In Publishing
Participants: Ninetongues, Ron Edwards.

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9/4/2007 migo: Game Mechanic Idea
Here's a mechanic system I've been thinking of. It's already gone through a significant revision based on discussion on RPG.net, but I haven't had much new discussion since. I'm intending…
In First Thoughts
Participants: migo, contracycle, dindenver, phatonin, Valamir.

9/4/2007 migo: System on a Character Sheet
Inspired from one of the posts in the Game Jam thread, and along a similar line to the System in a Can challenge. Make a character sheet for a new…
In Endeavor
Participants: migo, Filip Luszczyk, Vulpinoid, Ninetongues, Malthusian, Ron Edwards, preludetotheend, John Kirk, Coyote247, Perpetualskeptic, KeithBVaughn, apeiron.

9/4/2007 Ron Edwards: It is indeed September 4th
Happy birthday, Clinton!! Best, Ron
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Gaerik, Noon, Parthenia.

9/4/2007 jim pinto: Coil: Playtest
Hi, By the end of the week, I will have a working model for a playtest of Coil, my multi-character, macro-style, chapter-drive, urban, social, fantasy (how many more descriptors can…
In Connections
Participants: jim pinto.

9/4/2007 lumpley: Tomato Judgment in the Garden Kingdom
(This is my last GenCon play writeup for the year. The others are non-nostalgic D&D, Ganakagok AP, and GenCon Poison'd, but you don't get the whole story.) Not…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, Meguey, ironick, GB Steve, wunderllama, RobNJ, Elliott.

9/4/2007 iain: [Mob Justice] What I learnt (long)
Well the final version of Mob Justice hit the shelves at Gencon this year and I thought it might be interesting to look back on the process that got me…
In Publishing
Participants: iain.

9/5/2007 RedPissLegion: [Agon] Runing demos
Howdy, I’m currently running a series of monthly demos in my home town of Lisbon, Portugal with a friend of mine. We’ve been balancing things and showing a lot of…
In one.seven design
Participants: RedPissLegion, Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

9/5/2007 JustinB: ISBN Acquisition
Does anyone know how to go about getting an ISBN? I remember seeing something about this a while back, but I'm having trouble finding it...
In Publishing
Participants: JustinB, Eero Tuovinen, xenopulse, Pelgrane, TwoCrows, lighthouse.

9/5/2007 Temple: [Poison'd] X marks the spot.
I bought the Poison'd ashcan because I instantly fell in love with the little blurbs Id read across the web. Pirates? Sin, violence and moral issues? Fierce competition? That sounds…
In Actual Play
Participants: Temple.

9/5/2007 GamerChick: Forge Midwest 2008?
I realize it's way early, since this has taken place in April in the past... but hey, I wanted to get discussion started.  I had an amazing, fantastical, terrific time…
In Conventions
Participants: GamerChick, Ron Edwards, GregStolze, Thor Olavsrud, Pauls Girl, Willow, jasonm, Matt Snyder, Darcy Burgess, Miskatonic, c, Troy_Costisick, Capulet, Nev the Deranged, Valamir, bkcurley.

9/5/2007 GreatWolf: [Land of 1000 Kings] My children visit the Land of 1000 Kings
As my children grow older, I have been trying to think of ways to integrate them into my gaming hobby.  I don’t want to have games be a thing that…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman.

9/5/2007 jim pinto: George's Children
Players: Aaron, James, Joel, Jim, jim, and Richard I ran a 6-player session of GC last night for players who are usually enjoying D&D Iron Heroes or Mutants and Masterminds.…
In Actual Play
Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards.

9/5/2007 logan9a: Offering playtesting and ideas for modules/adventures
I am running a fairly large group using the system Heroic Cthulhu (modified Cthulhu where characters actually survive long enough to make a long running campaign instead of just dying…
In Connections
Participants: logan9a.

9/6/2007 logan9a: Heroic Cthulhu rules
I'd like people's opinions on these rules.  If you've played standard Call of Cthulhu they will make more sense to you.  It is not intended to be a full set…
In First Thoughts
Participants: logan9a.

9/6/2007 gebryan: The Cashington Roach --- A New Setting
From my blog, The Thing Of The Day:     In June, I contacted Bully Pulpit Games about posting an audio recording of the rules to The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach.…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: gebryan, jasonm, JC.

9/6/2007 tex: Event-based timing (as opposed to turn-based timing)
For my own roleplaying system (Orp, http://zuggers.org/orp.pdf, CC licensed, see the pdf for details), I was hemming and hawing about how to write the turn mechanics.  I wanted to capture…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tex, VoidDragon, Vulpinoid, Darcy Burgess, John Kirk, phatonin.

9/6/2007 gds: Critique my system - effort pools
Hi All, I thought I’d float this mechanic past you. I was trying to think of something that modelled that allowed unskilled people a chance of success in a task,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: gds, Falc, Ken, davidberg, Vulpinoid, dindenver, tex.

9/6/2007 Troels: Wicked Pirates
Hello there Poison'd sounds interesting, and reminds me of an interesting pirate experience I had some years ago, so I thought I'd share. In the pre-Forge days of yore, when…
In lumpley games
Participants: Troels, lumpley.

9/6/2007 Coyote247: The Other, an under the hood look at my approach to storytelling games
The Other A Storytelling Game of Alienation Skeptical Characters begin with 6 Lucidity Points. Haunted Characters begin with 3 Lucidity Poinst and 3 Other Points. Insane Characters begin with 6…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Coyote247, davidberg, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, monstah.

9/6/2007 Pelgrane: [Trail of Cthulhu] Playtesters wanted
This is a call for round one of playtesting for Trail of Cthulhu. The current playtest document is about 25% of the final MS, the core rules, character creation and…
In Connections
Participants: Pelgrane.

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