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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.

1/24/2008 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.

1/24/2008 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 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 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.

1/23/2008 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.

1/23/2008 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 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 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 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.

1/22/2008 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.

1/22/2008 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 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 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 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.

1/21/2008 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.

1/21/2008 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 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 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 Neil the Wimp: [Shock 1.1] Antag failures; antag credits
A couple of questions about Shock 1.1. On p. 37, "Fallout for Failure".  The section starts: "When you lose a Conflict, you gain something in return. "If your Protagonist is…
In glyphpress
Participants: Neil the Wimp, TomTitTot, nikola, TempvsMortis.

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1/25/2008 ODDin: [Demon Desire] Here It Is, Play It, Thanks
Well, so I've finally managed to make a game from start to finish, but I still need playtesters for it to be worth anything. So, here it is, my game.…
In Connections
Participants: ODDin, rafael, Ron Edwards.

1/26/2008 Beatnik gamer: A BTRC forum?
Could we please have a BTRC forum so that fhans of EABA, CORPS, etc, can have a place to meet and talk? I've talked with Greg Porter re one and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Beatnik gamer, Ron Edwards, btrc.

1/26/2008 fnord3125: [Mortal Coil] First Session Questions
So, as with every roleplaying game I've ever played, I discovered that with Mortal Coil, what sounded simple and made sense as I was reading the book by myself suddenly…
In Galileo Games
Participants: fnord3125, inthisstyle.

1/26/2008 Mr. DNA: Cthulhu Now!
I've recently been tinkering around with an idea for a game of investigative cosmic horror, in which the characteristics of the creature are created during (and through) the investigation process. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Mr. DNA, chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, Noon, apeiron, NN, Nathaniel, Alfryd, Nev the Deranged.

1/26/2008 jlhburnett: [PTA] Our first PTA game -- Chimera Fusion
My group got together Wednesday night to play our first session of Prime Time Adventures.  We're mostly traditional gamers of the D&D, World of Darkness, (and of course QAGS) variety. …
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: jlhburnett, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Matt Wilson, Willem.

1/27/2008 Landon Darkwood: [IAWA] Some minor questions...
So the one game of IAWA I played was an absolute hit. Probably my favorite night of gaming in at least a year or more. But I have some procedural…
In lumpley games
Participants: Landon Darkwood, demiurgeastaroth, Darcy Burgess, kallisti_dk, Valvorik, lumpley, John Harper, RyanMacklin, DainXB.

1/27/2008 MKAdams: Foil Covers Help?
I'm looking at publishing an RPG.  I want a 5.5 x 8.5 book, black, with silver foil printing on the cover, with a textured paper. Essentially, I want something that…
In Publishing
Participants: MKAdams, Eero Tuovinen.

1/27/2008 Finarvyn: Sorcerer in e-format?
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but I was wondering if there were any plans to release Sorcerer as a PDF or other electronic version? I ask this because often…
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2008 Nathan P.: [Gen Con 2008] Booth Price Hikes?
Hrm. On the Gen Con website, there are no live links for info for getting a booth in 2008. However, on the forums, there's a thread about the apparently crazy…
In Conventions
Participants: Nathan P., Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Justin D. Jacobson, Blankshield, JustinB.

1/28/2008 masqueradeball: Wraith: The Oblivion?
So, I have been a lot time White Wolf player, I started, I think, the same year Vampire 2e came out, but it might have been later. At one time…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, FredGarber, Noon, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2008 davidberg: [Werewolf] Constructive denial
So, in this thread, Ron and I discussed certain aspects of Simulationism relative to my own experiences with the CA.  Unfortunately, there's a key facet of Sim that I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2008 Salvius: [DREAMATION 2008] A Special Thank You!
Folks, I just wanted to be the first one to thank all of YOU for helping to make DREAMATION 2008 an overwhelming success. We had over 800 people at the…
In Conventions
Participants: Salvius, nikola, RobNJ, Emily Care.

1/28/2008 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Finally!
I finally got the chance to run a game of Mechaton a few weeks ago at a recent Pandemonium Game Day. I was a bit rusty and stumbled through the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mantisking, lumpley, Yokiboy, Dev.

1/28/2008 malladin_ben: a first post - a new (?) style of statistic
Hi folks. I've been a lurker here off and on over the years, but have grown more interested recently and have finally decided to post an idea for feedback. Anyway,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: malladin_ben, VoidDragon, Marshall Burns, Raymond Caleatry, Precious Villain, masqueradeball, danielsan, Ken.

1/28/2008 lachek: Name the phenomenon: Inter-player SIS incohesion
I've encountered an odd problem in some games I've played in recently that keeps taking on a very specific shape in my head. My issue is that this shape is…
In Actual Play
Participants: lachek, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, masqueradeball, dindenver, Hans, Danny_K, contracycle, Balesir.

1/28/2008 Paka: [Dreamation 2008] Shock: Overflow - The Clone Civil Wars
Joshua got a bunch of overflow for his Saturday night Shock: game and rather than turn people away he set up three other fellas to set up games.  We grabbed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Mel_White, JoeStanton, nikola, Dave Cleaver, lumpley.

1/28/2008 RobNJ: Freeware/open source thing like InDesign?
I've recently decided I want to do Misspent Youth as an ashcan for Gen Con, and further that I want to try to do the layout on the ashcan (though…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, GreatWolf, KeithBVaughn.

1/28/2008 davidberg: [Primetime Adventures] unexpected upsides of new play style
Let me begin this by saying that I've never played Narrativist before.  I'm assuming that the instance of play I'm about to describe was Nar, but I could be completely…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, nikola, RobNJ, LeSingeSavant, Queen_of_Kryos, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2008 David C: Balance... balance - more semantics and more magic...
I was working on fleshing out my game some more. It's been fun watching it "evolve."  Anyways, I came across a big issue today. My magic system is split into…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, MKAdams.

1/29/2008 sabbatregent: [TSOY] Large scale BtDP (aka Bring Down the Birthright)
In another thread Eero said: (On the other hand, I'm waiting expectantly for somebody to take Birthright's premise and run a Solar System game focused…
In CRN Games
Participants: sabbatregent, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Gaerik.

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