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10/14/2007 BigElvis: RM for GM-Less: Game of dominoes snaking through areas of narration.
I have an idea for a resolution mechanic to support a game about machismo: Playing dominoes (I realise there are different rules for playing dominoes, i hope that if you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BigElvis, Artanis, Vulpinoid, Simon C, Noon, Everspinner, Falc.

10/14/2007 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Contest] Make Game$ Fast
Hello, dear Friend! bored tonight? At last you will never worry about your size any more. We have a new product that will make all your ga^mes dreams come true.…
In Endeavor
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), lumpley, mwhite, Ron Edwards.

10/14/2007 Catalyst N: Alternate Health System for d20 Martial Arts
Hey all, this is my first post. Short Intro of Me: Hey, my name's Nathan, since people seem to like being on a first name basis here. I've been playing…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Catalyst N, Noon, BigElvis, Simon C, David C, Falc, dikaiosunh, jag, Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Jillianaire, Castlin, Edgar.

10/14/2007 jburneko: [Dirty Secrets] Gym Teacher Goes To Jail, Assualts Prominent Doctor
We just finished playing Dirty Secrets.  Like, 30 minutes ago.  It took a bit, but in the end I loved it.  I was playing Josh Bishop-Roby and my wife Meghann. …
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Joshua BishopRoby, GreatWolf.

10/13/2007 warden: Universal Game Engine. Wardenwerx
Hey i am sick of over priced books and constant expansions. And... 4th ed. has made me finally follow thru with an idea i have had for years. Build my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: warden, BigElvis, dindenver.

10/13/2007 pfischer: Dirty Secrets with only two players?
Has anybody tried this? Is it possible? I couldn't find a minimum number of players in the book, apart from that you need one player as the Investigator and one…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: pfischer, GreatWolf.

10/13/2007 Willow: It Was a Mutual Decision- Some Questions
I just got to try out IWaMD last night.  Good times were had, but there was some confusion about the rules and some awkwardness. 1)  How do those check mark…
In Adept Press
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2007 GregStolze: Squinting Amateur Illustrator Seeks Models
This thread on my web site... http://forgreatjustice.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=582 ...pretty much describes it.  I'm looking for interesting looking, vain or just lacksadaisical people to pose for art in the REIGN wiki and…
In Connections
Participants: GregStolze.

10/13/2007 Satanman: What Effect Does Tone Have on Play?
The writing style apparent in games that I read has always had some effect on my attitude toward games, but in many cases in an uncomfortable or ineffective way, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Satanman, David C, Vulpinoid, Ken, Valamir, davidberg.

10/13/2007 xjermx: [Shadowrun of Yesterday] Cyberzombies (long)
I recently ran a game of Shadowrun of Yesterday, a melding of the coolness of Shadowrun and the awesome of Shadow of Yesterday. In short, it went really, really well. …
In Actual Play
Participants: xjermx, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper.

10/12/2007 okiran: L.A. area minicon?
Any Los Angeles area people interested in having a minicon during the latter part of November?  I've started a discussion about it over at <a href="http://nerdsocal.com/?q=node/525">NerdSoCal.com</a> if you are.  James
In Conventions
Participants: okiran.

10/12/2007 Matthew Glover: Bad Blood - A Capes Shadowrun Scenario
I decided to go ahead and post my most recent draft of the Capes Shadowrun scenario I've been working on because it doesn't look like I'm going to have a…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover.

10/12/2007 GreatWolf: [Sons of Liberty playtest] A Pyrrhic victory
Having made some comments over here and then listening to Joshua’s comments on the Master Plan podcast, I figured that I needed to sit down and write up a full…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Joshua BishopRoby, Heraldic Game Design, Valamir, DainXB, Gabrielle.

10/12/2007 RobNJ: Use of the Myers-Briggs trademark
Hey folks, From what I can tell by reading http://www.mbtitoday.org/FEB2004TMGuidelines.pdf it looks like if I use Myers-Briggs in my game design, I may do so as long as I use…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Vulpinoid, c, MatrixGamer.

10/11/2007 WyldKarde: New Generic Roleplaying System
Hey Forge, I am in need of some help in designing a generic roleplaying system.  SInce I've never done this before, I might be a little off on what I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WyldKarde, Adam Dray, Vulpinoid, David Artman, error808, dindenver, lighthouse.

10/11/2007 yellowparis: [IaWA] Injury and Exhaustion
Something I don't get: Why does dice damage, when received, only damage 'endure duress' or 'exert yourself'?  Seems odd ... like, if I've just been shamed before the community, my…
In lumpley games
Participants: yellowparis, Valvorik, lumpley.

10/11/2007 segedy: [The Infected] Ice Station Charon
This was a playtest of The Infected with three players that ran for about 2.5 hours. The players were experienced with narrative-style games, and play regularly together.  This session was…
In Playtesting
Participants: segedy, Isbo, Darcy Burgess, Technocrat13.

10/11/2007 segedy: [The Infected] The Flood
I've been promising Eric that I'd write up this playtest report for The Infected for some time now.  This playtest was run a few months ago and was based on…
In Playtesting
Participants: segedy, Technocrat13.

10/11/2007 SaintandSinner: OmegaCon Birmingham March 14th-16th, 2008
I'm planning on running several games at a local convention Omegacon, March 14th-16th, 2008, Birmingham, Alabama.  I'm comfortable/interested in running SOTC, DRYH, ZoZ, Mortal Coil, Amber Diceless (hope for a…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

10/11/2007 Jake Richmond: GameStorm: Indie Hurricane march 2008, Portland!
Hi. I’m really pleased to be able to announce GameStorm: Indie Hurricane! Come hang with us in Portland, OR (Vancouver, WA actually, but it’s only a few minutes away from…
In Conventions
Participants: Jake Richmond.

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10/15/2007 Robotech_Master: Counter suggestion: party money
My brother first suggested this to me, and I tried it out today and found it works pretty well. A local party supply store has a pack of 144 shiny…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, David Artman.

10/15/2007 Robotech_Master: "Orion needs to be rescued"—1 coin or 2?
Elsewhere, the tenet "Orion needs to be rescued" has been proposed as a good seed tenet, a starter to get people thinking about what the game will be about. But…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Valamir.

10/15/2007 ChrisLane: Print and PDF?
I've been looking at ordering a few titles, and I really like the print and PDF package deals.  Any chance of seeing such a package for PTA at some point?
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: ChrisLane, Matt Wilson, MrSkygack.

10/15/2007 MikeSands: [The Infected] Anger Management
Just ran a playtest of The Infected. It was doubly a playtest, as it was a test run for a Halloween mini-con I'm going to be hosting a game at…
In Playtesting
Participants: MikeSands, segedy, Technocrat13.

10/15/2007 Graham Walmsley: Pictures in Publishing
I've recently made a game with custom dice. I'd like to post, in Publishing, about how I made them, where I got the various components and so on: one of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards.

10/15/2007 Troels: [In a Wicked Age] Of Ice, Slime and Unnatural Love
I just ran a session of IaWA at Viking-con, a danish gaming convention. And it was cool and weird and funny. First, thanks to Vincent Baker for letting me have…
In Playtesting
Participants: Troels, lumpley, Artanis, John Harper, Valvorik, Anders.

10/15/2007 David Artman: Alternate Ideas for Coins
A recent thread has me wondering (ALERT! POLL THREAD!).... Coins are fairly common and are easy to acquire and cost relatively little (as low as 1¢ per coin--or even lower,…
In Universalis
Participants: David Artman, rycanada, Valvorik, Robotech_Master.

10/15/2007 Artanis: [Zombeja! Ovella!] No brain, no pain!
Hi reader, I had the pleasure of playing Eero Tuovinen's new game Zombeja! Ovella! at a local con this Saturday. My five co-players were all relatively young boys whom I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Eero Tuovinen.

10/16/2007 MrSkygack: Random Pitch Generator
OK, this is totally a silly toy, but it can be a neat idea spark. I made a little page to generate random cliche pitches. http://www.barnaclepress.com/pta.php Just keep hitting "refresh"…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: MrSkygack, Matt Wilson, Chris Goodwin.

10/16/2007 lighthouse: Where may I find help to go on?
Somehow against my own expectations it seems that my Newsies rpg is going forward, now reaching 12,000 words of rules and source material...
In First Thoughts
Participants: lighthouse, Ken, Vulpinoid, Catalyst N.

10/16/2007 Castlin: A gimmick without a game
For narrative games where players have token pools they spend to get some control: Use paperclips as tokens. To spend one, literally bend it into a hook, and figuratively use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Castlin, Ken, Filip Luszczyk, rekyl.

10/16/2007 jasonm: [Viking Con] A Day in the Life
On Friday night at Viking Con, me, Brian, Olle, and Luisa played Mikkel Baekgaard’s scenario A Day in the Life, run by Mikkel.  Thanks to my lack of Danish, we…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, pfischer, FredGarber, fjj, Jonas Karlsson, Sanne Harder Flamant.

10/16/2007 Gaerik: [BWr] Mostly Homogametic Rrole-playng
I played Burning Wheel Revised this weekend and the result was a mixed bag.  That's not a bad thing or a good thing really.  It's just a thing.  My wife…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Noclue, Vulpinoid, GreatWolf, rekyl.

10/16/2007 Teataine: Need some feedback on a dice resolution idea
Hello everyone, first time poster. Here's my "problem" - I've been toying with various systems recently, partialy for the fun of it, partialy with the intention of gradualy making my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Teataine, Paul Czege, Conteur, xenopulse, phatonin, Ken, masqueradeball.

10/16/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Ninja Princess Usagi-chan Episode 2: Nani? Tears, Blood and Fur...
We finished the second town of our Ninja Princess Usagi-chan game. It was split into three separate sessions and completing it took us well over ten hours of play in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, JackTheOwner, FredGarber, Redone.

10/17/2007 jburneko: Dirty Secrets in a Con Setting
Okay, so I play on running Dirty Secrets at a con here in February but I'm uncertain what to do.  The book says a Short Story should take 2 to…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf.

10/17/2007 buggy: You are Your own GM
Hi there, My name is Mike Young and I design LARPs and LARP systems.  I am currently working on a new full weekend LARP which uses a system I am…
In First Thoughts
Participants: buggy, Vulpinoid, Noon.

10/17/2007 Rodolfo: Ten Thousand Worlds 1.01
This seemed to be the section for making this sort of post: If anyone is interested, Ten Thousand Worlds is ready to be seen. Enjoy. http://www.tenthousandworlds.org/_common/img/rss.gif http://www.tenthousandworlds.org
In Connections
Participants: Rodolfo, Vulpinoid.

10/17/2007 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Don't touch my baby
Hi, This Saturday at the local con I played a new favourite of mine: Dirty Secrets! Only two players signed up, my friends Zarina and Cyril. I had played Polaris…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf, jburneko.

10/18/2007 cdr: [Bliss Stage] Edible Adults?
So the adults that fall into Bliss don't need food or water, but can you eat them?  At least before the remote drones carry them all away to be neatly…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: cdr, Ben Lehman.

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