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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 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 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 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 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.

12/4/2007 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.

12/4/2007 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

12/3/2007 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.

12/3/2007 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 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 Hans: Among the Ruins: a post-apocalyptic Dust Devils hack idea
Not happy with the name, but here it is...post-apocalyptic Dust Devils that I am prepping for a 2-4 session run.  It is very sketchy at the moment; I would love…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans.

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12/5/2007 wburdick: Universalis + PDQ + FATE
We've combined all three in our current campaign and it's working out swell!  I posted about it on the FATE group, but here are some more details.  As GMs (there…
In Universalis
Participants: wburdick, Valamir, David Artman.

12/5/2007 GreatWolf: New Dirty Secrets supplement!
(Heh.  I had fun with that title.) No, I haven't published anything new, but now that I've drawn you in with false advertising, I do have a helpful hint for…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Yokiboy.

12/6/2007 Dev: [Mechaton] Compliments and rules questions
We played the short version of the game and had a great time of it! The first team to rush the satellite actually managed to hang on to it, but…
In lumpley games
Participants: Dev, lumpley, JCunkle.

12/6/2007 Aaron: Minions ganging up
I had a listen to the voice recording of play in the 'links to actual play" thread and really enjoyed hearing those guys playing.  It was especially interesting and entertaining…
In one.seven design
Participants: Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/6/2007 jessejesse: Illustrator for hire... New piece uploaded.
I am an artist and designer looking for freelance work. Let me know. As well, Here is a link to a recently completed piece, in addition to my website... thanks!…
In Connections
Participants: jessejesse, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.

12/7/2007 TheHappyAnarchist: Going to run a playtest of Afraid
Probably right around after the new year. Should be 2-4 players.  1 new to roleplaying, 2-3 seasoned vets.  The seasoned vets have experience with White Wolf's stuff, primarily Exalted but…
In lumpley games
Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

12/7/2007 Alan: [PTA] Deep in your character
Over in http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25329.0 I said Caveat: PTA will never give the deep-character-concentration that some players prefer. Alan, I disagree entirely.  In a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Alan, Paka, Matt Wilson, schlafmanko.

12/7/2007 masqueradeball: CONTENDER
I want to make a game based on all the movies out there that turn boxing into a metaphor... Rocky, Cinderella Man, Raging Bull, etc... I'm not very interested in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, joepub.

12/7/2007 Age of Fable: [Dungeon Squad] Wikipedia article
I've written a Wikipedia article on Dungeon Squad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Squad
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Age of Fable, jasonm.

12/7/2007 Glendower: [DITV] My new group has questions
Hello there everyone. So I've been running Dogs in the Vineyard with a new group, and after a rocky start our second town really hit the groove. Colin, the player…
In lumpley games
Participants: Glendower, Noclue, zornwil, lumpley, David Artman.

12/8/2007 Mel_White: [WGP] Nittany Game Invasion
One of the games we played at the Nittany Game Invasion was With Great Power.  The American showed up as a player character as the 'Fighting Governor' trying to keep…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Mel_White.

12/8/2007 animagnum: Cover/map artist available
I can create covers or maps for RPG books.  My cover designs are similar to the look of the D&D 3/3.5 manuals in case that is a style you might…
In Connections
Participants: animagnum.

12/8/2007 WyldKarde: Step-Die Mechanics
Hey Forge, Working on a generic RPG system and I've quickly learned that my ambition is asking a lot of me.  To quickly recap from an old post, my previous…
In First Thoughts
Participants: WyldKarde, JCunkle, Darcy Burgess, Capulet, J Tolson, Xerxes.

12/9/2007 Meguey: 1001 Nights in Italian!
So I've been approached about having 1001 Nights translated into Italian, by the same folks who worked with Ben on Polaris. I'm still waiting for a final contract to look…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey, GB Steve.

12/9/2007 Meguey: Hacks and LARPS!
Matt Webber is writing a 1001 Nights LARP, and Elizabeth Shoemaker has written a hack of it called <i>The Midnight Club</i>  "about a group of teenagers dying of terminal diseases…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Meguey, fernando.

12/9/2007 earwig: Couple of questions on a rules-lite system
Hi all! Quick question that I hope isn't too broad.  I am working on my first rpg, and I am developing the system.  What I'm looking for is a very…
In First Thoughts
Participants: earwig, opsneakie, Narf the Mouse.

12/9/2007 jasonm: [Business Solutions] "Delbert LeMond, you're fired"
So I playtested Business Solutions today.  The game has been developing in fits and starts for a while now, but it's picking up speed.  I wanted to run through the…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant.

12/9/2007 kouato_terra: Task resoulution idea
Hey everyone,  It has been quite some time since I last posted here at the forge, but I have been lurking around for a while now and I have to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kouato_terra.

12/9/2007 Eliarhiman6: [sorcerer] ignite Sorcerer: problems at start-up
Hello! My first game of Sorcerer has reached the end of the first "chapter", with a sort of temporary resolution, and this is a good time to think about what…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Tor Erickson, James_Nostack.

12/9/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] slayer hero vs minions
First off we've played three quests of Agon and we love's it. Really nice job of balancing all the mechanics. Question: How does the damage bonus for Monster-Slayer/Beast-Slayer/Man-Slayer work versus…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ben Robbins, Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

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