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1/21/2008 btrc: File size, compression and quality?
I'm working on an interactive character sheet for a project, and the sheet itself is going to be a full-page jpeg background image in a pdf. The image is color,…
In Publishing
Participants: btrc, jerry, Paul Czege, David Artman.

1/21/2008 kallisti_dk: IAWA shocks!
I was trying sell IAWA to a group of friends I have played D&D with for many years, doing my very best to convey the things i find awesome about…
In lumpley games
Participants: kallisti_dk, Artanis, Valvorik, Rustin, Troels, Nathaniel, John Harper, Danny_K.

1/21/2008 rekyl: Wordsmiths Magicsystem
Ok, maybe this idea is already thought up but in my defence I don't know if it is... :) Ok the thought I had was that I wanted a system…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rekyl, aya_aschmahr, Hereward The Wake, danielsan, Marshall Burns, Jack Aidley, Vulpinoid, apeiron, Capulet, David Artman.

1/21/2008 Badassbill: 2D/Pixel Artist with Industry experience
Hi. I'm Shane Gill and I'm looking for paid freelance work. I have a range of skills within art and can adapt myself to, and create many styles. My portfolio…
In Connections
Participants: Badassbill.

1/21/2008 danielsan: trump, a spy game-- power 19
hi there. another newbie to the forum here. I had started to make a spy game similar to wushu for my friends to play, after having some success with Once…
In First Thoughts
Participants: danielsan, Troy_Costisick, FrankBrunner.

1/21/2008 TomTitTot: [Nerdinburgh '08] Shock: Frozen
[b]Shock: [i]Frozen[/i][/b] (The name that seemed to fit. Better ideas are welcome.) Nerdinburgh ’08 was great fun, held at the home of and organized by our gracious host Per Fischer.…
In Actual Play
Participants: TomTitTot.

1/20/2008 Bret Gillan: [Gods] Here, have the PDF
Hey guys. I've been working on a Gods hack/supplement for a long time, and I've pretty much lost interest in publishing it, so I thought I would throw it up…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, oreso, Garth.

1/20/2008 Nathan P.: Some 2007 Numbers
Heya So I did my final bookkeeping this morning, and figured that it may be informative to post some numbers. I consider myself to be pretty low-to-mid tier in terms…
In Publishing
Participants: Nathan P., iago, Pelgrane.

1/20/2008 JC: [MLWM] One session?
hey :) Polaris is designed to be played over multiple sessions, but fun can still be had with it in a single session, by upping the amount of experience the…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: JC, Peter Nordstrand.

1/20/2008 Noon: [D&D 3.5] "I don't play for endings" (way too long)
So, there's Daniel, Chris and Bourke. Chris and Daniel are old friends, Bourke is from Chris's work. Chris is GM. Were all around age thirty mark. Characters are level 3…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards, Melinglor, sirelfinjedi, Vulpinoid, Jasper Flick, Grinning Moon, masqueradeball, Calithena, Balesir.

1/19/2008 Parthenia: Steal Away Jordan, revised edition available
I’ll be taking preorders for the spiffy revised edition of Steal Away Jordan starting Wednesday, January 16 in the evening until the following Wednesday, January 23rd. I will have some…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: Parthenia, JC.

1/19/2008 sirogit: [TMW] Castlevania Hack: The Punisher as a Fish and River kill Dracula
So I put finally together a MW game based on Castlevania, like I said I would since I playtested the game. The transistion effort was pretty minimal, with eastern fantasy …
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, Eero Tuovinen.

1/19/2008 Scro: Cost vs. Revenue
I guess as a full time business dude, and a part time game designer, I might have something to say on the subject. First of all, the $8 revenue you…
In Publishing
Participants: Scro, guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Bjorn, lumpley, David Artman.

1/19/2008 Willow: Awesome Adventures- Cover Art HELP!
Here's my cover art as it stands currently:  http://www.willowpalecek.com/images/cover3.JPG (It looks better in an image program, without the white background of the cover on the white background of the browser.)…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, Selene Tan, Ken, MKAdams, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/18/2008 Troy_Costisick: [Social Contract] How I killed My Partner
Heya, I don't post here in this forum much, but in preparing to run a very gamist campaign for one my newer designs, I began to reflect on what happened…
In Actual Play
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Artanis, Caldis, Noon.

1/18/2008 oliof: Non re-entrance of BDTP and the Quickening of in-Game effects
Eero made the following remark on the Vulfen Species design thread: On the other hand, what if the wizard's goal was to get past this other character, and he…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, sabbatregent, Troels, Eero Tuovinen, apoptosis.

1/18/2008 amnesiack: [In A Wicked Age] Multiple Advantage Dice?
Hey Vincent, I know that an Advantage Die from the We Owe list stack with an Advantage Die from conflict.  However, can you get multiple versions of either one of…
In lumpley games
Participants: amnesiack, kallisti_dk, Thomas Lawrence, lumpley.

1/18/2008 Matt Snyder: [Forge Midwest 2008] Offical Organization Thread
Thanks to Willow, we are off to the races for Forge Midwest, 2008. She did all the legwork for reservation. I'm just the yes man. Please thank her when you…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Snyder, Willow, Blankshield, Capulet, Matt-M-McElroy, TJ, jswatson, Sir John, nitramwi, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, c, buzz, Nev the Deranged, jrs, reaction, Iskander, Jason L Blair, williamhessian, woodelf, jenskot, Malky, GamerChick, Emily Care, Darcy Burgess, Miskatonic, JADettman, jerry, GreatWolf, Tobias Wrigstad, Motorskills, Antimuppet, caityrosey.

1/18/2008 GreatWolf: [A Flower for Mara] Playing with the n00bs…and loving it!
I have this theory that people are naturally creative, that those who aren’t “creative” are actually afraid of looking dumb and therefore edit themselves.  This isn’t an original theory, of…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, hix, Artanis, Emily Care, Bret Gillan.

1/18/2008 Wrageowrapper: Trade and Bartering in the Pacific
Hello forge members, In between working on my main RPG I have been fiddling about with a new game set in pre-colonial Eastern Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand and the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Wrageowrapper, jag, Eero Tuovinen, sirelfinjedi, contracycle, Alfryd.

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1/21/2008 jjspackle: [Galactic] Western Washington playtest, some difficulty
Hello, Matt.  We finally got to our first play session of Galactic after a bit of break following the prep session.  We're using the November update with the GM quest…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: jjspackle, Matt Wilson.

1/21/2008 MKAdams: [Wonderland Project] Heroic Types
This is the first third of the character creation section for the game I'm working on, tentatively titled "Wonderland."  Characters are created by combing a Type with a Style.  The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MKAdams, dindenver, VoidDragon.

1/21/2008 Reithan: Framing & Bangs
Ok, I'm trying to better understand the full concept of Framing and Bangs, past just the glossary definitions, into how, when why and for what they can be used. To…
In Actual Play
Participants: Reithan, Ron Edwards, Greymorn, oliof, WildElf, Melinglor.

1/21/2008 GreatWolf: [Grey Ranks] Life in the ruins
We finished up Grey Ranks on Friday.  We started off the night tired and dragged out.  Nevertheless, we managed to wrap up an incredible game with an incredibly powerful session. …
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, jasonm, Valamir.

1/22/2008 Ron Edwards: Game content and Forge policy
I've decided to address some points made in another thread, Satanic Panic! (Power 19 answered). It's better handled here because it touches on my policies and I think will gum…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

1/22/2008 clockworkjoe: I'm stuck before I can begin
I have an idea for a modern horror rpg. The setting, characters and so forth are easy for me to write. I even have ideas on the rules. However, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: clockworkjoe, chronoplasm, TonyLB, Selene Tan, Ken, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/22/2008 TomTitTot: [Shock] Escalation and Link-risking
I posted these in the "Antagonist Story Goals" thread, but thing they won't be seen and besides, the other players in our game were wondering about these rules as well...…
In glyphpress
Participants: TomTitTot, nikola, TempvsMortis, Mel_White.

1/22/2008 ETP: Damage system with gritty Realism
Hello, long time lurker, first time poster here, Im working on a game system in which i want to move away from Hit Points.  The game deals with characters who…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ETP, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, contracycle, dindenver, Latigo, daeruin, masqueradeball.

1/22/2008 daftnewt: [dogs] The nature of Traits? (n00b GM flounders a bit)
This is horribly n00bish. I apologise if this sort of thing has already been done to death long ago :) I'm running two games using Dogs, both set in the…
In lumpley games
Participants: daftnewt, lumpley, zornwil, Noclue, David Artman, Peturabo, phargle, dindenver.

1/23/2008 Vulpinoid: Rules as a Three Way Struggle
Here's the background... My group of friends have failed miserably at a GM-less game environment on many occasions over the past 15 years. They can't handle the concept of everyone…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, chronoplasm, danielsan, Mike Sugarbaker, apeiron, walruz.

1/23/2008 sirogit: Making mind tricks interesting.
In the game I'm planning on running soon, an important aspect will be mind manipulation super-powers. There's a strong divide between what I think of when I think of such…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, Vulpinoid, Bret Gillan.

1/23/2008 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Nerdinburgh '08] Spione
Spione Last Saturday evening, five of the Nerdinburgh attendees played Spione. Gregor ran the game, and the players were Jenny, Joe Prince, Gordon and me. JoeP and I picked out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), GreatWolf, Valamir, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Noon, Reithan, JC, mindwanders, Gregor Hutton.

1/23/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Dwarven species design
So, I'm at it again. Loving, as I do, all things Near, I wanted to take a crack at the dwarves and Goren setting which are talked about in the…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon, Troels, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Adrian F., Rich F.

1/23/2008 phargle: [DiTV] Returning to the game, questions on escalation and scene framing.
Hello, I am starting up a Dogs game after not running it seriously for a year or so.  After reading through the rules to remind myself of how things work,…
In lumpley games
Participants: phargle, zornwil, kallisti_dk, Eliarhiman6.

1/24/2008 Bret Gillan: [Burning Empires] Grinding Gears on Beliefs
So we did world burning for Burning Empires. We can up with a cool world where civilization grew out of a crashed spaceship fleet. This is a strict society, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Chris_Chinn, pfischer, Noon, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, schlafmanko.

1/24/2008 HDTVDinner: Thinking out loud. Input appreciated.
Okay, so I was getting all jazzed up after ordering Piledrivers and Powerbombs, and started thinking about how I would handle a wrestling match in my own way. This led…
In First Thoughts
Participants: HDTVDinner, GregStolze, chronoplasm, apeiron, opsneakie, Bastoche, Necromagvs.

1/24/2008 phargle: [DiTV ] All the Dogs do is talk!
We started a new Dogs game last night, and it went well.  The guy who had played before loved getting back into his old character, and the two new folks…
In lumpley games
Participants: phargle, David Artman, dindenver, Peturabo, Ben Lehman, JC, Eliarhiman6, John Harper, Wolfen, Noclue, lumpley, oliof.

1/24/2008 Temple: [Poison'd] Sup?
Hey Vincent, are you planning on doing anything more with Poison'd, or is it pretty much as finished as its going to get from your POV?
In lumpley games
Participants: Temple, JC, lumpley.

1/25/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Dark Ages Vampire] Assessing Creative Agenda
Over in this thread, I talked about the relationship of Exploration, Techniques and Ephemera on the one hand and Creative Agenda on the other. Especially, how the former are not…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Reithan, Caldis, contracycle.

1/25/2008 GreatWolf: [Nine Worlds] How Shall We Then Prep?
So, tonight, my group ventures into the Nine Worlds.  My current plan is to prep similarly to how I prep for Legends of Alyria, to wit: 1)  Do fly-over of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: GreatWolf, Matt Snyder.

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