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12/20/2007 KeithBVaughn: A Web Site--What's Needed?
To the Group, Once again asking for help & insight from some of the more experienced members here. As Planets of Peril gets ready for release, I know a website…
In Publishing
Participants: KeithBVaughn, David Artman, WRYoung, Clay, Nathan.

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.

12/20/2007 Paka: B to the W to the G to the N to the S
For whatever reason, I'm thinking about incoherence after an IM chat with Paul: Play which includes incompatible combinations of Creative Agendas among participants. Incoherent play is considered to contribute to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Paul T.

12/20/2007 preludetotheend: Gears and Cogs (GaC)
  So I am working on a jury rigged version of the splendid Alternity meshed with the wonder that was Old World of Darkness (back when it was not crap).…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, matthijs.

12/19/2007 Doplegager: [Psi-Run] Bodhisattvas of Mars
After far too long of waiting, my group had a chance to playtest Psi Run.  There are a number of Ashcan Front games I've been wanting to give a try,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Doplegager, Miskatonic, chris_moore.

12/18/2007 LeSingeSavant: [My Life With Master] Master Popescu's Medicine
So we just wrapped up a 4-session game of My Life With Master. The Master was Herr Doktor Popescu, a Moreau-like ex-doctor who used the village below his ornate mountainside…
In Actual Play
Participants: LeSingeSavant, jasonm, ODDin.

12/18/2007 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Knights of the Broken Sceptre
Thought you might all enjoy a recap of a campaign I'm running using my Tensided system. OpenRPG Chat Log for Session 1. Played October 28, 2007. You'll have to scroll…
In Actual Play
Participants: arthurtuxedo, Ron Edwards, Noon, sirelfinjedi.

12/18/2007 davidberg: need to reduce handling time of my combat system
Too many calculations, die rolls, and chart-lookups!  Help! Desired Inputs: Player's preference of where to move to (if applicable) + character's ability to maneuver as dictated by surroundings. Player's preference…
In Playtesting
Participants: davidberg, Narf the Mouse, Noon, jag, J Tolson, dindenver, contracycle, Paul T, Marshall Burns.

12/18/2007 Murrquan: Indie RPG publishing full-time?
I was reading some posts about sales numbers in this thread. And while they seem pretty small in terms of sales numbers per year, they sound like the kind of…
In Publishing
Participants: Murrquan, guildofblades, iago, Ron Edwards.

12/17/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets and racism
For those who are interested, there is a discussion about Dirty Secrets and racism going on over here.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

12/17/2007 SethCarmikle: Passages: a new "Christian" RPG
Alright guys. My parents are the types that don't like table-top rpgs becouse of all the "satanic" influences in them, so i've come up with a solution. I am working…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SethCarmikle, Meguey, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk, Vanoj, Noon, earwig, preludetotheend, StrongBadMun, matthijs, Creatures of Destiny, sirelfinjedi, dindenver, Ken.

12/17/2007 Eero Tuovinen: Mainstream friendly, small games for compilated publication
If you were publishing a mainstream book for bookstores about roleplaying, with the intent to inspire further exploration of the subject, would you have some particular games that you'd like…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, Noclue, Blankshield, matthijs, Ron Edwards.

12/16/2007 akfu: [TSoY] Out of stock?
So after much lurking I finally decided to pick up a print copy of TSoY from Indie Press Revolution and to my horror they're out of stock!  Any idea when…
In CRN Games
Participants: akfu, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, iago, sabbatregent.

12/16/2007 Mar_cus: Fear in Nicotine Girls
I'm translating Nicotine Girls to polish (with permission from Paul) and I have some problems with understanding Fear... Does Fear have anything to do in roll for Dreams? Or in…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Mar_cus, Filip Luszczyk.

12/15/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Mechaton rules questions
Hello, I purchased this game for my little brother-in-law (13) who happens to be the proud owner of the biggest collection of Lego collection I have ever seen. I have…
In lumpley games
Participants: Dustin of the Dead, cdr, lumpley, Mantisking, David Artman.

12/15/2007 Nev the Deranged: [the pickup game] - descriptor tables
I recently posted over in AP about "the pickup game", http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25253.0, and I am doing further thinking about it. So, I have been fiddling around with a chart to facilitate…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

12/15/2007 Friar Zero: Zombie Apocalypse Ruleset
Hello everybody!  I'm new here and I have been working on a set of custom mechanics for a Zombie Apocalypse setting.  I was hoping that I could get some feedback…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Friar Zero, northerain, Peter Nordstrand, blodwin.

12/14/2007 John Harper: Rules Refresher
I've noticed a few irregularities in rules applications in AP reports and recordings, so I thought I would collect a few notes here as a refresher. I realize that Agon…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth.

12/14/2007 Marshall Burns: [Witch Trails] poker conflict resolution
First, I have to admit that I got this idea from Dogs in the Vineyard.  Once I had the idea, I started building a game around it, and that game…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, preludetotheend, jag, Guy Srinivasan.

12/14/2007 ODDin: Translating MLwM to Hebrew
Hi, I wanted to translate MLwM to Hebrew, to introduce this great game it to the Israeli community. I'm not yet sure whether publishers here will want to actually print…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: ODDin, Eero Tuovinen.

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12/20/2007 Vanoj: [DitV] A matter of timing
This issue came up in the session of Dogs that I ran (for the first time) last night with a group of my friends. I'll give an example to illustrate…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vanoj, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Noclue.

12/20/2007 Marshall Burns: Super Action Now! (and the Way of the Disco Samurai)
So I was thinking about a comment Sam "wreckage" made about an old, old game I had designed in this thread.  He said:  Dwogres? Robots? Flesh eating owls? Grotesque character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, Noon.

12/21/2007 Elizabeth: Audeamus: a cinematic, non-fantasy romp in ancient Rome
So my friend Charlotte and I are designing a game about ancient Rome, entitled Audeamus. It's going to be more cinematic than slavishly historically accurate-- think Ben Hur and Gladiator.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elizabeth, Paul T, Phil, Stryck, Narf the Mouse.

12/21/2007 darthfodder: Game about going from a mortal to a God
Okay so my idea is a game about going from a mortal to a god and once godhood is achieved, keeping a faith and influencing the world in the way…
In First Thoughts
Participants: darthfodder, jag, preludetotheend, Spooky Fanboy, Xerxes, Ron Edwards.

12/21/2007 Miskatonic: Show some spine!
Indie publishers, There is something I noticed on my last visit to my FLGS. This store is reasonably good at ordering indie stuff from IPR and even grabs a bunch…
In Publishing
Participants: Miskatonic, iago, jasonm, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Scro, David Artman.

12/22/2007 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting]A Board Roleplaying Game
Is While We Were Fighting (see here and here) a boardgame or a roleplaying game? Apparently this is something that makes a lot of people nervous. As if there was…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.

12/22/2007 masqueradeball: Beating a Dead Horse?
Okay, so all in all I'm still new to this GNS thing... though I've been reading as much as I can and trying to understand the language, but I want…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, Noon, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski.

12/22/2007 IoValde: Vagrant Stories
[center][size=20pt]VAGRANT STORIES[/size] [size=15pt]The Pie in the Gutter And other Amazing Tales[/size][/center] This is a game about bums. Not your run-of-the-mill, hard-up, dime-a-dozen schmucks, but the senile sods who’ve lived on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: IoValde, masqueradeball.

12/22/2007 Vanoj: [DitV] Spring River: Secret rolls for gamey bliss?
I ran Dogs for the first time last night. I've been obsessed with the game for a while but hadn't gotten the chance to actually play a town. I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Vanoj, David Artman, Noon, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

12/22/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Online NPC generator doesn't work?
So, I've just started a session and, as usually, I wanted to generate Proto-NPCs using the online generator. However, this is what I see instead of a shiny new six-pack:…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Vanoj, Yokiboy, lumpley, Dev, Wolfen.

12/23/2007 arthurtuxedo: Can talking people's heads off be as fun as slicing them off?
On a brief and semi-recent MUDding kick, I tried out the new Iron Forge MUD, Lusternia. It's pretty similar to their previous games, but one addition struck me. There was…
In First Thoughts
Participants: arthurtuxedo, masqueradeball, Noclue, Noon, dindenver, GregStolze, jag, contracycle.

12/23/2007 sirelfinjedi: Super-Fantasy Power System - d20 play-testers wanted.
I've been working on a d20 supplement for superheroes. I'm calling it the Super-Fantasy Powers System. While I've used and enjoyed both Mutants & Masterminds and Blood & Vigilance, I…
In Connections
Participants: sirelfinjedi.

12/23/2007 sirelfinjedi: Newby Needs Help
Hey, I'm new to the Forge and I feel a little lost. I've recently (over the past 6 months) gotten very excited about game design. I've been fired up by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sirelfinjedi, Ron Edwards, brainwipe, FLEB.

12/23/2007 sirogit: [It's Complicated] What I didn't mention was that I poisoned everyone
Ran a game of Its Complicated, with just me and my brother Chris. By the author's suggestion, we both ran two characters. The setup: D&D Dungeon Crawl Situation: We're in…
In Playtesting
Participants: sirogit, Elizabeth, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Artanis, David Artman, Madheretic.

12/24/2007 sirelfinjedi: Good Game Gone Long
So, I've been running a super-hero game for about a year and a half. It started as a filler game when a player was absent and became the favorite campaign…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirelfinjedi, Matt Snyder.

12/24/2007 Artanis: Killing Characters
In my last session we narrate a last scene that goes roughly like this. All characters are Characters. Julien (Authority framing the scene): The Investigator arrives at her apartment, the…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

12/24/2007 Knoble: Few quick ?s
Hi Guys, I just got the book and stayed up waaay too late last night reading the first 5 chapters. I'm very excited about this game, and look forward to…
In Universalis
Participants: Knoble, Valamir.

12/24/2007 Xenoheart: A game based on... ASTROLOGY?
Well, hi there, Forge community. Meet Leo: Israely, fourteen, RPG(And generally a)geek, and without any conception of proper english spelling/grammer. Seem's you have just met me. Well, for a big…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xenoheart, dindenver, LandonSuffered.

12/25/2007 guildofblades: Guild of Blades, 2007 Year in Review
Guild of Blades 2007 Year in Review Hi Everyone, As had been a tradition for me for the last 6 years or so, near the end of the year I…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades.

12/25/2007 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Hospitals are dangerous
So this is a humorous observation on my three times playing the game. Each time, I play, there is a Violence scene in a hospital. Always because the investigator had…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

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