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11/23/2007 StrongBadMun: Need female partner for RPG project.
Ember is nearing completion and the first supplement is mostly complete as well so I've had time to think of new ideas and I suddenly find myself obsessed with one…
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Participants: StrongBadMun.

11/4/2007 StrongBadMun: Shaman and the use of spirit favors
I'm working out ideas for how to adapt my system to my game Shaman, and I'm trying to figure out how I want the spirit's abilities to work.  I don't…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Filip Luszczyk, monstah, David Artman.

9/29/2007 StrongBadMun: Skill List
Currently my skill list is; brawl, dodge, melee, ranged, thrown, shield, martial arts, athletics, deception, charm, leadership, perform, alertness, Arcane (Magic Type ex. Elemental this is the skill used to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Vulpinoid, Ken, thomas mill8, phatonin, LordKiwi.

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.

9/25/2007 StrongBadMun: Ember First Draft!
Ok so my playtester hunt in the connections forum has not gotten much, only one response so far.  I am now posting the Ember premise to first thoughts to see…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Ken, dindenver, wild_card2007.

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.

9/2/2007 StrongBadMun: Playtesters for Ember
I haven't posted here in a long time ever since I first posted my ideas for my RPG Ember, now I'm back and ready to take one more very important…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, baragh, Noon.

6/11/2006 StrongBadMun: You need a writer?
If you need a writer then I'm your man cause I could use the work.  I've been writing privately on several incomplete or scrapped projects along the years and I've…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

12/2/2005 StrongBadMun: Designer looking for work
I'm an independent designer/writer looking for work, just like the topic says.  I've done lots of work on my own projects (which aren't anything but documents on my hard drive…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2005 StrongBadMun: Ember [game concept]
Ok I'm in the earliest stages of work with this game which is the latest incarnation of a game I've been working on for the better part of two years. …
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, Troy_Costisick, Rorimack, Graham Walmsley, greyorm.

8/2/2005 StrongBadMun: Something fun
I'd like to get together with one or more other people and just toss together a fun little RPG just for the practice and opportunity to meet other designers.  Probably…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Adam Dray, Andrew Morris.

4/20/2005 StrongBadMun: curious about protection
I know that the best way to protect the stuff I come up with is to copyright it. Duh. My question though is what other ways can I protect myself,…
In Publishing
Participants: StrongBadMun, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, jrs, jdagna.

11/17/2004 StrongBadMun: Designer looking for Freelance experience.
I've been designing games for several years now on my own, small ones that only me and my friends have ever goofed around with. Right now I'd like to get…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

7/12/2004 StrongBadMun: [Miasma] Introducing the setting
At the moment I have Veiled Exile in playtest so I've shifted focus for the moment to the game I was working on from the beginning. I'm going to describe…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, Jasper, Sydney Freedberg, Lathan, Juicetyger.

6/28/2004 StrongBadMun: quick and easy trademark question
If I use my last name for my company like "Smith Roofing" although in this case it'd be "Smith Game Studio" People's names can't be Trademarked right? So I don't…
In Publishing
Participants: StrongBadMun, Ravien, Mark Johnson, jdagna, Space Cowboy.

6/24/2004 StrongBadMun: Head Trip Games [Formerly Epoch Games] System (Long)
This system has taken me quite a while to work on, mostly because I'd find something that just didn't work and changing it meant changing the whole system. I remember…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Alf_the_Often_Incorrect.

6/24/2004 StrongBadMun: how do I find out if a company name is original
Epoch Games is already used by a company according to Lycos, and the domain name is already taken according to register.com. I've checked Lycos and Register.com and in both cases…
In Publishing
Participants: StrongBadMun, MarktheAnimator, jdagna, Matt, Bob Goat, GregS, xiombarg, Lxndr, Erick Wujcik.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: Opinions on Game Name please
It has come to my attention that the name Schism is being used already so I'm working on a new name. The game is a near future setting where the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, Mark Johnson, Andrew Morris, ethan_greer, contracycle, Tobias, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, MarktheAnimator.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: [Schism] Introducing Epoch Games
I just joined about 10 minutes ago but I just have to spread the word as soon as I can. I've been working on my own RPG system for about…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, WyldKarde, Ron Edwards.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: [Schism] Connections of all kinds needed
That's right, brand new to The Forge with an Indie game. At the moment the project involves me and....me, so I'm looking for artists, writers, and anything else I can…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Andy Kitkowski, Jürgen Mayer.

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11/28/2007 StrongBadMun: Standard Publishing Font
Ok so this may be totally the wrong place for the question but I was just curious what the "standard" or at least most common font and font size are…
In Publishing
Participants: StrongBadMun, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid, Wolfen, MatrixGamer, Matt Snyder, Clay, KeithBVaughn, rafael, casquilho, masqueradeball.

11/29/2007 StrongBadMun: Ember and Magic or "AUGH IT BURNS!!!"
Ok so in my game Ember the laws of magic are stripped away, making it difficult to predict and even more difficult to control.  I don't want the "mages" to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Simon C, Simons, Noon, crackrat, OnnoTasler, Capulet, chronoplasm.

12/20/2007 StrongBadMun: Help with a Website
Ok I'm getting to the point where I'd like to get a nice website up to help me publicize my Ember project as I trudge toward publishing it.  I won't…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Eero Tuovinen, Clay.

1/15/2008 StrongBadMun: [Ember] Character Creation and System
Ok so I'm finishing up the first draft of Ember and I think I've gotten things where I mainly want them, I'm just struggling over how I want character creation…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Capulet, dindenver.

2/1/2008 StrongBadMun: Health and dying in Ember
In Ember's combat system I've made it so attacks hit a random hit location unless the attacker makes a "called shot" to a specific location. Currently suffering damage works like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, VoidDragon.

2/5/2008 StrongBadMun: Developers and Testers in Central New York
Hey everybody, My name is John and I live in New York, Norwich New York to be specific.  I'm looking for local developers and testers who would be interested in…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

2/27/2008 StrongBadMun: Seeking readers for Ember first draft
I am looking for people who are willing to read the first draft of Ember which will be finished in the next day or so.  There will of course be…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, joepub.

6/21/2008 StrongBadMun: When Darkness Falls, players don't roll?
So I'm working on my Horror RPG When Darkness Falls, heavily influenced by ghost hunters, hauntings, and games like Clive Barker's Jericho. My main idea for creating tension is that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, Will, Ron Edwards, FLEB.

6/23/2008 StrongBadMun: Orlando Area Playtesters or just gamers
So I finally moved someplace where there are people and I'm curious to know if there's any forgers in Orlando/Kissimmee area.  I'm finally, well almost, done with my rough draft…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

6/27/2008 StrongBadMun: I'll show you mine if you show me yours! Game that is...
So here's what I'm looking for, I want other game designers who are at a similar point in their game creation process to contact me.  We send each other a…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Ron Edwards, First Oni, Marshall Burns, Bomb Cat.

7/2/2008 StrongBadMun: What should I do next?
Ok so Ember's going to reading and playtesting and while it may come back to me in need of a massive overhaul I'm pretty confident that what I've put together…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, chronoplasm, Will, whiteknife, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2008 StrongBadMun: Gods Gone Wild! Power 19
So here's what I've decided for my next game.  Gods Gone Wild! has been the playtesting medium for Ember's system while the RPG itself was still being crafted, and everyone…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun.

1/26/2009 StrongBadMun: [The New World] Diceless
So I'm publishing an rpg via blog just for the fun of it on my www.headtripgames.com site.  The idea is what if these fantasy races discovered a new continent like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: StrongBadMun, whiteknife, Ken.

2/18/2009 StrongBadMun: Indie Games for my Store
Hey folks, I know some of you probably know me from my postings about Ember and if you don't then you'll know me soon from all my upcoming projects but…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, iago, SaintandSinner, Eliarhiman6.

6/3/2009 StrongBadMun: Ember playtest on OpenRPG
Hey folks, looking for people to playtest my Ember RPG, we're gonna be using OpenRPG to play the sessions.  If you're interested please email me at headtripgames@hotmail.com, thanks.
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

3/18/2010 StrongBadMun: [Ember] need Alpha Readers and Concept artists
For those of you who might not remember or never read my old posts about Ember, it's a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting where the gods are dead and much of the…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

4/28/2010 StrongBadMun: Freelance Writer for hire
Hello fellow forgers.  I've been writing and designing indie-rpgs of my own for years and I did a bit of work for Pax Draconis, though sadly the supplement was cancelled. …
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

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