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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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/5/2007 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.

9/5/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/4/2007 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.

9/4/2007 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 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 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 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 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 Brendan Day: [Agon] defensive dice for minions who gang up
I played the game a few months ago and loved it.  I'll be running an island at some point in the future, and I'm not sure how many defensive dice…
In one.seven design
Participants: Brendan Day, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

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9/6/2007 jasonm: Grey Ranks at Gateway
There's a nice thread about the Grey Ranks games at Strategicon in LA recently here.
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

9/6/2007 JustinB: The Great Fae Noir Meetup
Howdy, This topic thread is for meeting up with other Fae Noir players in your area and to generally help facilitate the set-up of play sessions and play groups.
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: JustinB.

9/6/2007 JustinB: Fae Noir FAQs
Got a question about Fae Noir? This is where the Fae Noir FAQ will go once there are questions which are frequently asked. Ask away, and you too can be…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: JustinB, Spikey, Immunis.

9/6/2007 SaintandSinner: Ex-Wizard shows some love to indie games.
Ryan Dancy is talking up non-traditional formats for gaming.  Specifically gives props to Ron etal at this board.  Kinda interesting...maybe we will take over the (gaming) world, even if…
In Site Discussion
Participants: SaintandSinner, Noon, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2007 Eliarhiman6: [WGP] [non-rpg] Spider-Man and other Marvel Comics as a Story
Hi! I am taking advantage of a seldom-used rule that allow the posting of non-rpg related super-hero discussions in this forum: Unlike elsewhere on…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2007 Eric J. Boyd: Welcome!
Welcome to my sub-forum here on the Forge. It's great to be here and I look forward to a lot of productive discussion. Please abide by the usual Forge rules…
In Eric J. Boyd Designs
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, Yokiboy, Eliarhiman6, jasonm.

9/6/2007 Ben Lehman: PDF Compression?
I'm trying to produce a PDF of a rather long document, and I can't get inDesign to spit out a file under 7 MB. That seems unnecessarily large to me.…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, Kevin Allen Jr, Adam, btrc.

9/6/2007 Valvorik: Complication question
Sorry if this was answered (went back 6 pages and couldn't find something). Once a complication is declared, it is the case that you can "buy dice" narrating and get…
In Universalis
Participants: Valvorik, Valamir, rycanada, epweissengruber, Robotech_Master.

9/6/2007 TomTitTot: [Bliss Stage] Stress and Relationship Responses
Hey everyone, We just played through the Final Act scenario, and let me tell you, it was a blast. However, we have one question that has niggled since I read…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: TomTitTot, Ben Lehman, Temple, Eero Tuovinen, Nev the Deranged, Neil the Wimp.

9/6/2007 Mandrake: [DitV]The sins of the children...
Firstly, some brief info on the town: Brother Newton, the schoolmaster, is proud of his acomplishments as a teacher. Brother Hiram, the father of one of Newton's students, told his…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mandrake, Temple, Web_Weaver.

9/7/2007 migo: Is there a good system for presenting first thoughts?
I'm reading through a lot of the first thoughts people are posting here and I'm having much the same "whahuh?" reaction that I'm pretty sure my mechanic produced. Is there…
In Site Discussion
Participants: migo, Ron Edwards, Noon.

9/7/2007 Eldrad: NOVEL RPG System playtest
After doing a playtest letting another GM use the system it worked very well. The players were quite inexperienced to very experienced. All flowed with the concept though apprehensive at…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, RobNJ, apeiron, rasterix.

9/7/2007 Ben Lehman: Thousand Kings Rules Changes
I have changed the rules of the game. If you have the O.II.O version, change it accordingly. This changes three things: Memories, the post-session adjustments and spirits. Memories: You may…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Dryraisin.

9/7/2007 Willow: [Poison'd] A Boring Thread About Theory
Ok Vincent, let's go.  Bring it on.
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, JC, Temple, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Andrew Barton, Eliarhiman6, Christopher Kubasik, Parthenia.

9/7/2007 TomTitTot: [Bliss Stage] Final Act - Actual Play impressions
Last evening my friends and I played in a game of Bliss Stage, using the default Final Act scenario included with the ignition Stage book. We were very lucky to…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: TomTitTot, Ben Lehman, pfischer.

9/7/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Love and violence in Peoria
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  previous transmission located in database Gabrielle commented that she felt sorry for me.  I’m…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Gabrielle.

9/7/2007 rycanada: Two questions
Does there exist a master flowchart for the game?  I'm working on one to get my head around the flow, it's going to be quite large (but helpful for my…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, hix, Trevis Martin, Valamir.

9/8/2007 Clay: TSoY Resource for Weapons & Armor
I've got a game coming up on Sunday, and I realized as I was going over my prep that I don't really have a uniform way to deal with weapons…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clay, Eero Tuovinen.

9/8/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: Systemic Value of Steal Away Jordan
Hey there, Julia. This is my follow-up thread to the one I started on Story Games. I'm curious about the systemic, mechanical, procedural structure of Steal Away Jordan, how it…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Parthenia.

9/8/2007 migo: My (Rough) System Idea
So, I've gotten a bit further than the base mechanics, I'm not sure how to bring everything together yet but this is what I have in mind. It's a toolkit…
In First Thoughts
Participants: migo, simon_hibbs, dindenver.

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