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9/16/2007 rafael: Fantasy Ballbreaker
Okay, I started working on my new game, which I've decided to call Fantasy Ballbreaker (FB). At least, for now. I'm hoping to get some criticism and feedback on this…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rafael, Chris_Chinn, Eero Tuovinen.

9/16/2007 rycanada: Card-based
I did the search and read the old thread on this, but I have a different idea for making Coins and Dice into cards. Here's the deal:  Facedown cards are…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, twilight, Valvorik, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2007 TomTitTot: Early game idea, but: Avoiding Derivation?
I've been feeling somewhat inspired to finally try designing an RPG I've had kicking around in my head for a few months. Right now it's extremely sketchy but here's what…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TomTitTot, Ken, Chris_Chinn, David C, RobNJ.

9/16/2007 Eric J. Boyd: [The Committee] An Optional Rule for Using Desires
During development of The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries I tinkered with an optional rule for using character desires that didn't find its way into the final text. That…
In Eric J. Boyd Designs
Participants: Eric J. Boyd.

9/15/2007 Sane: [Contest] Reinvention 2007 RPG Design Competition Underway!
After much deliberation and cogitation, I have finally decided to organise a new RPG writing challenge. Think you've got what it takes to revitalise a boring concept that's been done…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sane, Vulpinoid, Peter Nordstrand.

9/15/2007 contracycle: SW D6 Dogfights: Chase-Catch-Kill
SW D6 Dogfights: Chase-Catch-Kill This is a system designed to resolve small group dogfights in the original D6 version of the Star Wars RPG.  I have never liked the existing…
In Actual Play
Participants: contracycle, Valamir.

9/15/2007 rycanada: Producerless games?
Has anyone (besides Ronaldo at the Story Games forum) has played PTA without a producer?
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: rycanada, lighthouse, scottdunphy, twilight, Pyromancer, Eero Tuovinen, Yokiboy, Filip Luszczyk.

9/15/2007 rafael: [Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium] New edition, lessons learned
The first edition of Dread (Pandemonium) was published in 2002. The printer that I used charged me $1300 to print 100 copies, which I sold through my web site (mostly…
In Publishing
Participants: rafael.

9/15/2007 preludetotheend: Struggling for a balance
As I am pushing onward with my game I have the concept and such all completely sketched out I am just very stuck on of the more key things…resolution. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Ken, VoidDragon, Chris_Chinn, Valamir, Creatures of Destiny.

9/15/2007 Graham Walmsley: I'd like a photo of a burning d20
It's to use as a book cover, so it'd need to look good. Preferably against a black background. An actual photo would be great. If not, a Photoshop thing might…
In Connections
Participants: Graham Walmsley.

9/15/2007 David C: Heavy Damage in Steampunk
In my game it is important to differentiate between regular damage, a sword hitting a steel tank, and "heavy damage," an explosive or enchanted sword hitting a steel tank. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, stevebarkeruk, Ken, lighthouse, Noon, dindenver, Chris_Chinn, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend.

9/15/2007 johnnyr: [Candlelight Inn] Playtesters wanted for PbP Storytelling game
Hello! I've fleshed out a storytelling system that i've been working on for a few months, and would love some feedback. Please le me know if you are interested. To…
In Connections
Participants: johnnyr.

9/15/2007 rycanada: Cutting to the villains?
In PTA, how do you do a scene where you cut to the villain, he describes a maniacal plot to his crony, and then you cut back?
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: rycanada, jburneko, scottdunphy, Alan, oliof.

9/14/2007 Willow: [Ditv] Town- Zion's Stump
This wasn't written up using the normal town creation rules, but rather a method discussed under my Ethically Neutral Town Creation thread- http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24827.0 If you're in one of my Madison…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, Trevis Martin, lumpley.

9/14/2007 rycanada: Universalis Flow Charts
Well, here they are.  This is as far as I'm going to take the concept until I have an actual play session coming up. I hereby pass yon torch to…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Mike Holmes.

9/14/2007 Ed the Hammer: Cinematic FATE
Hello everyone, i'm new around here. I don't really have much experience with Indie games; i've been gaming since I was eleven (now 24), and it's always been more traditional…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ed the Hammer, iago, oliof.

9/14/2007 drnuncheon: Shock 1.1 changes (and reasoning)
I was explaining Shock to a gaming buddy several states away (it's simplicity seems to be very suited for online games) when I went to look up the rules for…
In glyphpress
Participants: drnuncheon, nikola.

9/14/2007 matthijs: RPGnet review is up!
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13279.phtml
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: matthijs.

9/13/2007 lighthouse: OK, I payed for PTA using paypal... now what? :)
Did I miss something?
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: lighthouse, Alan.

9/13/2007 Willow: Ethically Neutral Town Creation?
So, Dogs has it as a given that the players are the arbiter of morality right?  Yet in town creation, the GM passes judgement on a whole bunch of NPCs-…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, Danny_K, JC, Valamir, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

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9/16/2007 Shane Boone: iChat Universalis
I recently started playing Universalis with my wife and son and I love the game.  I am thinking of playing using iChat on a Mac, but have a couple of…
In Universalis
Participants: Shane Boone, demiurgeastaroth, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2007 John Kirk: [soacs] Skimpy RPG
In this thread, migo issued a challenge: Make a character sheet for a new system, that anyone familiar with RPG conventions could pick it up, write…
In Endeavor
Participants: John Kirk, Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk.

9/17/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Firefly: After Miranda
After being VERY disappointed with the RPG for "Serenity," my rpg group wants me to run a Firefly game using PTA. I own the game, but have not run it…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Eliarhiman6, Alan, Matt Wilson, Valamir.

9/17/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is back in stock
For those of you waiting with bated breath, Dirty Secrets is now back in stock at Indie Press Revolution.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis.

9/17/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Raspberry Heaven] All About Friendsheep
I playtested, or maybe rather crashtested, Ewen Cluney's Raspberry Heaven with Jacek and Kamil yesterday. The game is pretty interesting and we've been curious how it works. I believe it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac.

9/17/2007 UNATCO: A Pre-Game Questionnaire
Hello guys and gals, I've lurked here for a few months and registered a few days ago. I've decided to design a system more or less from scratch, borrowing a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: UNATCO, Noon, Vulpinoid, davidberg, dindenver.

9/17/2007 jporrett: [The Emperor's Heart] Questions and Comments
Hey Chris, I plan on doing some more play-testing, probably next week, and I had a few questions and comments on the <a href="http://bankuei.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/the-emperors-heart-rules-update/">rule changes</a>. 1) Goals/Stakes: I guess I'm…
In Playtesting
Participants: jporrett, Chris_Chinn.

9/17/2007 preludetotheend: Petals in the Wind (split from Struggling for a balance)
Ok first off this thread started here http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=ugn9il9amtf8ma66ggcmdhkbo2lfb268&topic=24840.0 however due to the fact that I very, very poorly organized the previous thread it seemed to be causing more confusion to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Vulpinoid, lighthouse.

9/18/2007 Solamasa: [Grey Ranks] Feh! You mean nothing to me!
I’ve been delinquent in typing up my Grey Ranks summaries for my group (q.v. Playtest over Skype).  This is not really due to procrastination (although I’m certainly a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Solamasa, segedy, jasonm, ironick, FruitSmack!, Bret Gillan, wunderllama, FredGarber, travisfarber.

9/18/2007 Zebigone: [InSpectres] Through the keyhole...
So, a month ago, we had first session of InSpectres with my gaming group. We usually play boardgames, but I wanted to try some indy rpgs with them (I might…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zebigone, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/18/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] We wrap Bliss Stage
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  Saved through childbearing Love and violence in Peoria Jude gets better, plus alien tentacles!…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Gabrielle.

9/18/2007 GreatWolf: Voices from the Days of Slavery
So, I'm doing my research for Steal Away Jordan, specifically looking for MP3s of spirituals, and I came across this: Voices from the Days of Slavery I thought that this…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Parthenia.

9/18/2007 Coyote247: [soacs] Stress Profile
Upon seeing the System On A Character Sheet challenge, I'v divorced the system of The Other from it's main document (which is only a few pages as is) and came…
In Endeavor
Participants: Coyote247.

9/19/2007 Vulpinoid: [soacs] After the Fall
Hi All, I'll post this is a new thread. http://www.angelfire.com/psy/vulpinoid/Split.pdf I think that when I uploaded this version of the file there were a couple of anomalies (such as two…
In Endeavor
Participants: Vulpinoid, John Kirk.

9/19/2007 sirogit: Psychic Residue redux, with more backyard meth labs.
I'm setting up another Sorcerer game, largely based on my previous one-sheet but polished abit and set in a very poor, angry little town. Desperation, Bikers n' meth labs mixed…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, 5niper9, GreatWolf.

9/19/2007 Robotech_Master: Wholescale RPG conversions: who pays?
Say that I wanted to do a Robotech roleplaying game. And that I wrote up the master-class templates for all the various mecha. Who pays for all these things? And…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/19/2007 Spooky Fanboy: On the Ashcan Front...
On this thread, I loaded a mash of suggestions and questions I had regarding the Acts of Evil ashcan. I really had two suggestions: one to more quickly protagonize a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Spooky Fanboy.

9/19/2007 Troels: Converting campaign to TSoY
Hi there I was planning a TSoY campaign set in Near, but then something happened. My group got so fed up with the lack of dice in our Mortal Coil…
In CRN Games
Participants: Troels, Eero Tuovinen, Greis.

9/19/2007 Bret Gillan: [Lacuna] I Learn About GMing
I ran Lacuna for my friends in the city the other night, and it was really interesting. One thing it did with it's minimal but awesome system was show me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Yokiboy, Graham Walmsley, Jasper Flick, Noon, Danny_K, The Dragon Master, Paka, Noclue, lumpley, Valamir, henshaw, FredGarber, Mike Holmes.

9/19/2007 thunderriftv: (Don't Rest Your Head) Indie Game Newbs in La
Don’t Rest Your Head Session breakdown We are a little gaming group in Lousisana just learning about Indie games through the podosphere. We wanted to try some these new games…
In Actual Play
Participants: thunderriftv, GreatWolf, JC, Danny_K, Noclue, Uruush.

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