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12/3/2007 zornwil: Update on Action-Adventure Dogs - Introducing Weaknesses, other tweaks
This is basically an update following http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24903.0 The updated rules document is at http://www.realschluss.org/action_dogs/Dogs-provisional-action-rules.doc The document was updated to have Story Arc as the default but still discusses how to…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, lumpley.

12/3/2007 rafael: Graphic designer needed
Hello! I need an artist who can deliver some graphic designs for me. Specifically, I need book cover text. I have four books. I will soon have cover art for…
In Connections
Participants: rafael, cns1138, iago, jessejesse.

12/2/2007 earwig: Starting on a Wiki?
Hey all.  I'm putting together my first RPG, and I wanted to design the whole thing as a Wiki first.  The pages would be locked at first, until I hash…
In First Thoughts
Participants: earwig, Capulet, Meadslosh, David Artman, dindenver, davidberg, northerain.

12/2/2007 Meadslosh: "Knowledges" as primary statistics?
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my first post on the Forge. I'm glad to be here. I have been ruminating upon the desire to write an RPG for quite some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Meadslosh, WyldKarde, Hans.

12/2/2007 Eliarhiman6: Random Elfs Creation
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25298.msg244149#msg244149]Here[/url] Ron said: [quote]Hey! Anyone! Invent a cool randomized Elfs character creation system, and I'll give you a prize (uncool entries will not get a prize).[/quote] A prize? Well, let's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

12/2/2007 patrick80: Question for the experts
From what I've read here, no one is comfortable calling themselves an expert, but you all have much more experience than I do, so you are experts to me. I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: patrick80, Eero Tuovinen, preludetotheend, xenopulse, iago.

12/1/2007 Troll66: Hubris has me stumped
hello how do you use hubris - i confess it has me a little stumped as to how what and why it can be used? The main 'problem' i have…
In one.seven design
Participants: Troll66, rafial, John Harper.

12/1/2007 Marshall Burns: scattershot pitches
Ok, I've been trying to hold back from doing this all day, but I think I might explode if I don't. The following are abstracts of game concepts that I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, earwig, StrongBadMun, Ken, Castlin.

12/1/2007 Narf the Mouse: One of my projects has born fruit - Realms
One of the ways I refine my RPGs is to write character sheets. So, one day, I had this idea hanging around my head - So I started writing a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Narf the Mouse, Raymond Caleatry, anders_larsen.

11/30/2007 Troll66: Some Agon questions
hello I have a couple of Agom questions and would appreciate any help...ere goes: 1) p 44 if heroes want to set starting conditions for a battle - what conditions…
In one.seven design
Participants: Troll66, Mel_White, John Harper, Noclue.

11/30/2007 Marshall Burns: i have to gush for a minute.
Sorry, but I just have to gush for a moment. This site makes me giddy.  I am so glad that I found it.  I have been reading posts since I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2007 masqueradeball: Random Character Creation
I've heard a lot against random character creation on the Forge and from other sources and I was wondering just how far these feelings ran. To be honest, I love…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, contracycle, Capulet, FredGarber, Frank Tarcikowski.

11/30/2007 Marshall Burns: baby pictures -- summary of early RPG experiences, & one real game example
In this thread I briefly described my history of roleplaying -- namely that, lacking access to RPGs, my friends and I simply made up our own.  Larry Lade asked that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marshall Burns, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, wreckage.

11/30/2007 Elizabeth: [It's Complicated] Relationship-map Twister
So I've been writing/re-writing/tweaking this game for a couple weeks; it's called "It's Complicated." (Those rules aren't precisely current; I'll be updating them this weekend.) JasonP, Scurve, stryck, and Adrienne…
In Playtesting
Participants: Elizabeth, Ron Edwards, David Artman.

11/30/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Teaching a co-narrative game to traditional players
I know that Dust Devils and Nine worlds is not the only co-narrative games on this forum, but after reading Nine Worlds, I really want to play that game. I…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Hans, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt Snyder.

11/30/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Return to Oran
What follows is a back translation of my current vision of Oran, inspired by Clinton and Eero elsewhere on this forum. Onno Tasler helped a lot with making this Oran,…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

11/30/2007 Marshall Burns: American Wizards, detailed character, loose resolution
I'm currently working on a game called American Wizards and would like to get thoughts on certain aspects of its design.  BUT I want to presage this with a touch…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, Troy_Costisick, Miskatonic, c.

11/30/2007 JohnUghrin: I got to (finally) play Capes!
Well, last Saturday, I had a houseguest-gamer who usually isn't around, and half of my regular group didn't show. (Holiday weekend here in the States.) It was universally loved. I…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: JohnUghrin, TheCzech, Tony Irwin.

11/30/2007 Capulet: Lesson Learned: Know your base mechanic's desired result.
Hello all. I wanted to share some of the “fun” I had in refining my basic mechanics for my game system. Or maybe refining is too gentle a word –…
In Playtesting
Participants: Capulet, Wolfen.

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.

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12/3/2007 hix: Soth - The first playtest
On Saturday, we playtested Soth - a game where you play insane cultists in a small town, trying to summon your God and avoid discovery by investigators (it's the flip…
In Playtesting
Participants: hix, Simon C, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick.

12/3/2007 Ignus: A question regarding Shields + Divine Weapons
Hi there. Just started a campaign of Agon with my gaming group and we're loving it so far. Refreashing, I think, was their comment. Anyhoo, I think we've got the…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ignus, Mel_White.

12/3/2007 MTLloyd: A couple of questions on my first thoughts...
Okay, so the idea wandered into my head unbidden and now refuses to go away, so I figure I may as well roll with it. First of all, some questions:…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MTLloyd, Ron Edwards, J Tolson.

12/4/2007 Aaron: Advantages and other things
We had our first game of Agon on the weekend and it was pretty successful.  There were a few things that I wasn't sure about though. I had a group…
In one.seven design
Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

12/4/2007 Dredj: A site hard SF afficianados might like.
This may be the best hard SF site on the web. http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html
In glyphpress
Participants: Dredj, epweissengruber, nikola, David Artman.

12/4/2007 Eero Tuovinen: [Dead of Night] Hair
[i]A week and a half ago I was in Oulu as part of a cross-cultural gaming convention thing set up by the local talent round there. A thing about Oulu…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Artanis, andrew_kenrick, Sam!.

12/4/2007 shays: Basic Mechanic building from the ground up
I've been bouncing from idea to idea trying to nail down a mechanic that will work well for a super-heroic RPGs.  My challenge is to...Well develope a scale for challenges. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: shays, Ken, Capulet, Noon, Darcy Burgess, hermes, jag.

12/4/2007 JC: [DITV] Special edition cover?
hi :) a friend\'s birthday is coming up, and I\'d like to get him one of those special edition DITV books, with a different cover can anyone tell me if…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, lumpley, David Artman.

12/4/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Astronomical Playing Cards
Hey look, playing cards for Nine Worlds: http://www.thoughthammer.com/astronomical-playing-cards-p-4678.html
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Matt Snyder.

12/4/2007 Greis: [TSOY] Passion Dice and A Gift from the Future
Hi One of the neat things about TSoY er The Gift of Dice, however I can't help experimenting a bit with this resource. Recently Troels and I have begun playing…
In CRN Games
Participants: Greis, Eero Tuovinen, Troels.

12/4/2007 SilasMalkav: Reputation instead of Experience
I'm working on a fantasy city based rpg featuring several competing factions. While developing the game, I came up with the idea of having players gain reputation instead of experience…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SilasMalkav, xenopulse, Xerxes, David Artman, dindenver, Capulet, Devin P. Owens.

12/4/2007 SaintandSinner: Design Goals For Alternative Take on Amber RPG
I'm looking to rift off of the basic ADRPG which I've had years and years of fun playing and running. Althought the game is good there are times when it…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SaintandSinner.

12/4/2007 opsneakie: [Afraid] Party is split up, not understanding the game, frustration galore.
Ok, so I've been running Afraid for a few weeks now, and the problems I thought would work themselves out in a few sessions aren't working themselves out. The party…
In Playtesting
Participants: opsneakie, sirogit, Artanis, Ron Edwards, lumpley, David Artman, Filip Luszczyk, Piers Brown, Capulet, Noon, Ben Lehman, Jonathan Walton, devonapple.

12/4/2007 imaginarypeople: artist available
i'm an artist that is looking for an opportunity to get my work published http://www.flickr.com/photos/imaginarypeople/ some of my art is at the link above please contact me at imaginarypeople123@yahoo.com if…
In Connections
Participants: imaginarypeople, Ben Lehman.

12/5/2007 Aaron: [Agon] Our first go
Finally got the guys together on the weekend to try out Agon.  Was really looking forward to this one and it didnt disappoint. We have three heroes, Man killer Artimisia…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aaron, Mel_White, John Harper.

12/5/2007 Dustin of the Dead: [PTA]
I was having a very similar situation as Ignotus, but decided to start a new thread because I do not want to take away from his questions (which were really…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Alan, Chris Goodwin, schlafmanko.

12/5/2007 TheLHF: [Dust Devils] Firefly setting?
I just got my hands on Dust Devils (thanks to Games of Berkeley) and it's great. I'm itching to run it. I have a vague memory of a down loadable…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: TheLHF, Matt Snyder, DainXB.

12/5/2007 opsneakie: [Name in Progress] Power 19!
1.) What is your game about? This game is a fantasy adventure game, set in a world hanging the the balance of opposing forces: Fire and Water, Earth and Air,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: opsneakie, Troy_Costisick.

12/5/2007 bookworm_85: Roleplaying research survey
Hello.  Myself and a group of friends are working on writing a roleplaying game system.  As part of this, we've decided to conduct some research to see what roleplayers are…
In Connections
Participants: bookworm_85, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, matthijs, David Artman, M. J. Young.

12/5/2007 northerain: Planet Terror
So I watched Planet Terror a few weeks ago and bought the dvd today(Birthday present to myself). I then decide to make an rpg based not on the movie, but…
In First Thoughts
Participants: northerain, earwig.

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