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9/25/2007 theboeh: Scene Economies
I just wrote an essay on my blog talking about my thoughts on scene economies. I compare my experiences with classical roleplaying games to recent experiences with a more story…
In Actual Play
Participants: theboeh, ChrisLane, Ron Edwards, abzu, Noon.

9/25/2007 thomas mill8: An Idea
I am currently working on a post apocalyptic RPG. I'll just outline the main points. Stats are determined by rolling 3d8. The stats are Strength, Intelligence, Agility, and Accuracy. Each…
In First Thoughts
Participants: thomas mill8, Ken, Noon, Conteur.

9/24/2007 Justin D. Jacobson: [Bullseye] Pimp My Outline!
[center][img]http://www.bluedevilgames.com/images/bullseye_100.gif[/img][/center] It's going on about two years in development, and I'm finally ready to release the outline for the book for public dissection.[sup]1[/sup] Please, please, please take a look and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson.

9/24/2007 JC: [Polaris] First game!
hey :) I'm playing Polaris this weekend, and I'm excited! all of us are new to the game, so we have a few hesitations here are my first questions: when…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, Ben Lehman, Garvey.

9/24/2007 Mithras: Location-Based Game, Mixing RL with Fantasy Setting
Hi. I do some rping with my two sons, usually homebrew fantasy or basic D&D. I live in Yorkshire England, and I'm very into history. My boys go to lots…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Mithras, lighthouse, Caesar_X, contracycle, Vulpinoid, ChrisLane.

9/24/2007 Eric J. Boyd: [The Committee] PDF Now Available!
For those who have been waiting on the PDF version of The Committee, it is now for sale at Lulu and will soon be available on IPR as well.
In Eric J. Boyd Designs
Participants: Eric J. Boyd.

9/24/2007 Yokiboy: [TSoY] Lambert's Quest for Redemption
Hello, I am posting an actual play report from our 1-on-1 game called Lambert's Quest for Redemption. The game is played with me as the Story Guide, and one of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

9/24/2007 John Harper: Shield Ability: What it's good for
You can use the Shield ability to defend other people. The book doesn't explain this, which is totally my fault. Every ability in Agon has its own "special thing" right?…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, Marhault, Mel_White, NathanFrund, Troll66, Aaron, Ben Robbins, skyla, Particle_Man.

9/24/2007 SpinachBaron: Hear me out: I have this idea...
Okay, I realize that my last post concerning a game I have under development, codenamed Price to pay, was posted way too early and didn't serve any purpose other than…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SpinachBaron, davidberg, dindenver, Noon, Everspinner.

9/24/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: German Publishing Revolution
Hi, There is a pretty cool thing happening in Germany at the moment. I guess I’m just pointing it out to say, “look what can be done in RPG publishing”.…
In Publishing
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, matthijs, oliof, jasonm, xenopulse, Grumpy.

9/24/2007 Dialect Army: Roguelike dungeon crawl?
The idea of creating and DMing a NetHack-style dungeon spelunk in tabletop format suddenly struck me last night as I was playing Rogue. I've been dreaming about it since. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dialect Army, Willow, lighthouse, Noon.

9/24/2007 Wormwood: [Homeworld Project] Lost Treasure of Chaladni
I just ran the first session of the next round of <a href="http://wyrmwood.srgames.org/playtest/HomeworldProj.pdf">Homeworld Project</a> playtesting. Due to scheduling, only one of the players was able to make the game, more…
In Playtesting
Participants: Wormwood, Simon C.

9/24/2007 grodog: market research poll for old Different Worlds magazine?
Which forum on the site would be the most-appropriate place to poll to determine if there's any interest in a CD archive of the old indie rpg magazine, Different Worlds? …
In Publishing
Participants: grodog, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, rycanada, KeithBVaughn.

9/24/2007 epweissengruber: Toronto Sorcerer Demo from Indie RPG Toronto
Sorcerer Demo Date: Thursday September 27, 2007 Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Author: epweissengruber Location: Ryerson Cafeteria (a.k.a. The Pod) I need to work out my understanding the system…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

9/23/2007 ideawizard: help with design
I've got most of my beginning content ready for a game I was thinking about but I was wondering if someone a bit more experienced might want to be the…
In Connections
Participants: ideawizard, StrongBadMun.

9/23/2007 Spooky Fanboy: [Acts of Evil] Hexes and blessings
For those good, old-fashioned curses that last unto the seventh generation, which Aspect would they use? I can see arguments for Voice, but I think Memory, with it's attachment to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege.

9/23/2007 Luther: RPGs for Modern, Simulationist (?), "Realistic" Adventures
Hi folks, I want to try something different from GURPS, CORPS and EABA. I've a lot of ideas about how my ideal game should play, but I think it would…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Luther, dindenver, David Artman, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Japo, rekyl, johntfrazer.

9/23/2007 Corvus69: [TSoY] parallel action priority, task difficulty and other confusing things
hello this is my first post here. I actually registered just to ask these questions. I study TSoY and I really like it. But there are things that really confuse…
In CRN Games
Participants: Corvus69, oliof, Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen.

9/23/2007 SpinachBaron: [Zombies! At the door!] Most fun I've had in a while
Last night I played Zombies! At the door! (which is an unofficial translation of the game's name), from Eero Tuovinen (who I believe is also out here somewhere), and enjoyed…
In Actual Play
Participants: SpinachBaron, Eero Tuovinen, Devin P. Owens.

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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9/25/2007 alejandro: [unWritten] UCI RPG club playtest
Today I went to the UCI RPG club and ran my game for three people that have never been exposed to a story game, and in one case, never exposed…
In Playtesting
Participants: alejandro.

9/25/2007 alejandro: [unWritten] UCI RPG club playtest part 2
In my last post http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24943.0I mentioned that I was struggling with instructing people how to create and push conflicts. Either I'm explaining it poorly, or I don’t have a grasp…
In Playtesting
Participants: alejandro, Artanis.

9/25/2007 rycanada: Free but not worthless
My last two projects (E6 and Raising the Stakes) have received a lot of attention, at least for free .pdfs (perhaps two dozen groups either running E6 games now or…
In Publishing
Participants: rycanada, jasonm, Justin D. Jacobson, David Artman, Ron Edwards, iago, xenopulse, rekyl, Grumpy, Thunder_God.

9/25/2007 Yokiboy: [Roach] Reviewed on the On Board Games Podcast
Hello, Scott reviews the Roach on episode 11 of On Board Games. It gets a Green Light by the way. TTFN, Yoki
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Yokiboy, jasonm.

9/25/2007 TonyLB: Playing Card Puzzles
Okay, I'm looking to make a puzzle that is played out with playing cards, during the course of a game.  So this is not a directly competitive "You both play…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TonyLB, dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Noon.

9/26/2007 ChrisLane: "Gateway" game
I've been thinking about RPGs and the desire to be entertaining vs. the desire to be entertained.  For clarity, I do recognize that one can entertain onesself by entertaining others. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: ChrisLane, Vulpinoid, Noon.

9/26/2007 greyorm: [WHS] On Hiatus
Wild Hunt Studios will be going on hiatus for the three months, starting October 1st. I will not be reading or posting to the forums during this time, but if…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

9/26/2007 ChrisLane: Cheap freelance web stuff
I am a general purpose computer nerd.  I'd like to do some freelance bid work as a part time supplemental job, but I need a portfolio of work to point…
In Connections
Participants: ChrisLane, StrongBadMun.

9/26/2007 Willow: Oshcon Games on Demand: The Septathalon
(Crossposted over on www.grumblingdwarf.com) So, I've just got back from OshCon, up in Oshkosh Wisconsin, where Tim and I ran Games on Demand, where we lay out a whole bunch…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, Mike Holmes, John Harper, coffeestain.

9/27/2007 StrongBadMun: Looking for Artists and writers for Gods Gone Wild?
Ok I know asking for free art or writing is like asking Palestine and Israel to share a smoothie but hear me out.  Gods Gone Wild is the free RPG…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

9/27/2007 David C: Magical Mastery in Steampunk
Just to lay the groundwork, my game is set in a steampunk world. However, steam technology is mostly limited to "the cities" whereas "the towns" and elsewhere it is a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, StrongBadMun, Vulpinoid, Ken, Lobo, Certified, RobNJ, dindenver, Devin P. Owens, contracycle.

9/27/2007 Archer5280: [DitV] Holy Moley, what an awesome game!
OK, so I know I'm not the first person to say something like this, but I have just finished up my first couple of conflicts in the first DitV game…
In lumpley games
Participants: Archer5280, lumpley, The Bane.

9/27/2007 RobNJ: [PTA] Rule drifts, also strategies (some for cons)
So I've run a whole lot of Primetime Adventures at cons, and it is probably the single indie game I've played or run the most. Over the course of all…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: RobNJ.

9/27/2007 Aman the Rejected: [Dungeon Squad! + Coin Op] Playtesters Wanted!
Hello, everyone! I have written a game inspired by the arcade game Shadow Over Mystara. It is a fun system that uses Jason Morningstar's Dungeon Squad! as a basis and…
In Connections
Participants: Aman the Rejected, Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk.

9/27/2007 AnakinOU: [DitV] Relationships as fallout?
If I'm not mistaken, you can take relationships (at d4) as minor fallout from conflicts.  Most other fallout seems to be negative...taking injuries, lowering stats, etc.  How is getting additional…
In lumpley games
Participants: AnakinOU, Web_Weaver, lumpley, ffilz.

9/27/2007 GreatWolf: [Sons of Liberty Versus mode] Paine vs. Washington!
Okay.  So I have just a couple of minutes to scrawl this down.  But if I don't do it now, I'll forget and never do it. I taught Versus mode…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf.

9/28/2007 Lexonus: [TSOY] healing question
So I am going through the rules in anticipation of introducing a few friends to the game and I am puzzled by the healing rules.  The rules say: Healing works…
In CRN Games
Participants: Lexonus, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.

9/28/2007 The Groog: Mythic
Anyone thought of using 'Mythic GM Emulator' with Mortal Coil? Here it is:  http://www.mythic.wordpr.com/page9/page9.html
In Galileo Games
Participants: The Groog, nyhotep.

9/28/2007 Troels: Where's IaWA?
Hello I've played the mag. version of IaWA quite a bit, and enjoyed it hugely. It was actually the very first Indie game that I played -funny thing it hasn't…
In lumpley games
Participants: Troels, lumpley.

9/28/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Major changes... again
I've run another playtest of Illumination a while back, to crash-test the changes I introduced after the previous game. Prep and scene structure seem to work better now, but unfortunately,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Spooky Fanboy.

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