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9/20/2007 Coyote247: Sneak Attack - an idea for a game about terrorism
I was fooling around with some ideas the other day, and got the idea to see if I could make a collaborative mini-game about terrorism, or more specifically being a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Coyote247, Vulpinoid.

9/20/2007 lighthouse: Is it a good idea to buy the lulu distribution packages?
I hope the subject lines says it all :)
In Publishing
Participants: lighthouse, iago.

9/20/2007 AnakinOU: [DitV] Noob question...gaming the system?
I'm completely new to the whole "storytelling/indie/Forge" RPG scene, so please forgive me if I'm a bit off base.  Having never even SEEN DitV in play...I'm a little concerned about…
In lumpley games
Participants: AnakinOU, lumpley, Joe Dizzy.

9/20/2007 Yokiboy: How to Present Rules in a More Intuitive Manner
Hello, In the The Collections Agent, the President of Earth and the Revolutionary Judd makes a comment about how he learns to play new roleplaying games. quote author=Paka link=topic=24820.msg240787#msg240787…
In Publishing
Participants: Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, lighthouse, chris_moore, baragh, Paka, killacozzy, Vulpinoid.

9/19/2007 The Groog: Actions v non characters
What does a character roll against to (for example) climb a wall, pick a lock, sneak passed a guard?
In Galileo Games
Participants: The Groog, inthisstyle.

9/19/2007 JC: [Polaris] Soundtrack
how about a thread of recommended background music for Polaris? let me start with Black One, by Sunn O))) who's next?
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, Ben Lehman, Raquel, Mark Woodhouse, Artanis, Nev the Deranged, cydmab, shadowpriest, AXUM.

9/19/2007 Coyote247: Looking For PDF conversion of my 5 page freeware game
I'v designed The Other, a free 5 page horror game, which I have zipped in it's text only form. I'v got a volunteer working on pdf's of the character sheets…
In Connections
Participants: Coyote247, Clay, Eero Tuovinen.

9/19/2007 rafael: Ad swap for 'dark' games
Got a game in the works? Interested in trading ads? It doesn't have to be a horror game (though that helps). It can be dark fantasy, suspense, or anything that…
In Connections
Participants: rafael.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

9/18/2007 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.

9/18/2007 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 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 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 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.

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9/20/2007 coffeestain: [Grey Ranks] Slight confusion regarding modifying dice
Hey.  So, it seems pretty clear that when you invoke, threaten, or destroy the Thing Held Most Dear that you can replace an already allocated die or even re-roll it…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: coffeestain, segedy, jasonm.

9/20/2007 Elliott: Requesting a Girls' Manga style cartoonist for a cover picture
I would like a cover illustration for my game, Reaper Beauties, a Story Game in a Girls' Manga Style.  It practically screams for a cover image also in a Girls'…
In Connections
Participants: Elliott.

9/20/2007 SpinachBaron: Price to Pay - a collaborative storytelling game
I have set behind in priority my other game projects, for now, and I am going to focus on this http://baronthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/price-to-pay-basis-of-my-new-game.html project, until it is well-defined enough to be called…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SpinachBaron, Rafu, Noon, BigElvis.

9/20/2007 maskedwriter: Newbie with ideas!
I've been toying with the idea of making a RPG for some time now. I fell deeper into the idea when I visited a RPG forum and loved the setup.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: maskedwriter, Vulpinoid.

9/21/2007 Elliott: The First Reaper Beauties Playtest Report. Now in English.
As requested on Story-Games on the following thread: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4302&page=1#Item_0, an actual play thread for Reaper Beauties.  I posted a rather incoherent one before... Could a mod please delete my old…
In Playtesting
Participants: Elliott, Mark Woodhouse.

9/21/2007 Noclue: [Mechaton] Help get me playing Right.
So, I bought mechaton. I'm mostly an RPGer but I have these LEGO Mindstorm sets that are sitting around collecting dust. So I thought Mechaton might be fun. Anyway, I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Noclue, David Artman, lumpley.

9/21/2007 zornwil: Action-Adventure Dogs - Playtesting, Info, Play Experiences...
Well, just lost the post I was starting to write... Anyway, this is a follow-up to something that's been mentioned in this forum before, using Dogs in the Vineyard's core…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, Filip Luszczyk, Valamir.

9/21/2007 Ben Lehman: Revenge of the Ninja
So, on Wednesday, I said to Alexis "huh, I've got a really good idea for a mechanic for a ninja game." I wrote it down. Then, on Thursday, I fleshed…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ben Lehman, Emily Care, Eero Tuovinen, contracycle, Dev, Simon C, Noon, Valamir.

9/22/2007 Philippe Tromeur: Le regne de Mu / Reign of Mu (a new project)
I've finally opend a blog about my latest project : the development of a Churchwardian Fantasy RPG. No aliens, no magic, no gods, but kewl psionic powerz, wooly rhinos and…
In Endeavor
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

9/22/2007 fanflicks: [ Idea ] RPG dealing with Addiction
Hello. I've been exploring an idea regarding a game where the players deal with addiction. The game would focus on the players overcoming their addictions which could take the form…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fanflicks, baragh, Noon, stevebarkeruk, Vulpinoid, dindenver, davidberg, Danny_K.

9/22/2007 baragh: Minimalist Game Mechanics
Hey everyone, I'd be surprised if this hasn't been discussed in some form before, but I haven't seen a whole lot regarding simpler game mechanics. That probably makes sense since…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baragh, Noon, SpinachBaron, Vulpinoid, ChrisLane.

9/22/2007 StrongBadMun: Testing the water for Shaman.
Shaman is my idea for a modern fantasy RPG.  Each character is a...brace yourselves...Shaman.  The basic premise is that the spirits are re-emerging into the world and there are those…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Vulpinoid, ChrisLane, lighthouse, Spooky Fanboy, phatonin.

9/22/2007 ChrisLane: First game with first serious design attempt
First post - apoligies if I hit the wrong forum, this could fit first thoughts or playtesting I have a game 'in the works' which is trying to be Narrativist…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ChrisLane, StrongBadMun, Noon, Wormwood.

9/22/2007 Rob Alexander: Alternatives to BDTP, and some key trouble
I'm going to be running TSOY at a convention here in the UK (Furnace 2007, Sheffield, 20-21 October - link is here: http://www.rpgfurnace.com/) and I'm looking for advice on a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen.

9/22/2007 Rob Alexander: two new keys - doubts
I've got a couple of idea for keys, one for the game I'm talking about here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24910.0 and one for another I'm planning. This is for a spoilt-rich princess and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Eero Tuovinen.

9/22/2007 Rustin: [DitV] Dog's Authority
I’ve been asked to run a Dog’s game in the near future. With so many different gaming systems in my head (I’ve been reading and playing lots of new games…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rustin, Noclue, Web_Weaver, Artanis, lumpley.

9/23/2007 Dom: Running at Furnace this October
If all goes well I am planning to run Conspiracy of Shadows at Furnace in October this year. It'll be the Blood Opera scenario, pimped as follows: A Doom Comes…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Dom.

9/23/2007 Dom: Films to steal from
I watched 'Curse of the Golden Flower' on DVD yesterday, and although it was set in China a thousand years ago it was begging to be made into a Blood…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Dom.

9/23/2007 Elliott: Not an RPG, but Project: Shaper, a make your own cards and duel with 'em game
I'm not sure if Indie Rpgs is the right place, as this is not an RPG that has popped into my head. Rather, it is an idea for a dueling…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elliott, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend, AdAstraGames, Paul Czege, Satanman.

9/23/2007 KickAssClown: Confused about where to contribute reference resources.
I often enough find interesting books and other resources regarding game development and design. I would like to post them for people to look at and consider; especially, since a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: KickAssClown, Ron Edwards.

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