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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.

1/28/2008 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.

1/28/2008 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

1/27/2008 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.

1/27/2008 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 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.

1/26/2008 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.

1/26/2008 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 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 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.

1/25/2008 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.

1/25/2008 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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1/29/2008 MKAdams: [a murder of crows] Power 19
So for the last month or so I was working on a project tentatively titled "Wonderland," but the more research I did the more I realized that I wasn't going…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MKAdams, Troy_Costisick, VoidDragon, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/29/2008 aya_aschmahr: [Universalis] A first session
Yeah, yeah. I know Universalis is "old" - I mean... 2002.... on the net that's like....ages ago? But nevertheless I wanted to try it, because I have never done anything…
In Actual Play
Participants: aya_aschmahr, Valamir, David Artman.

1/29/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] new Maldorite Cultural crunch
As promised in another thread, here's a bevy of Maldor Cultural stuff. We use Cultural Abilities in a slightly different manner than either 1st edition or 2nd edition TSOY does.…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt.

1/29/2008 Mel_White: [Dreamation 2008] Agon
I ran Agon at Dreamation and had a blast.  The six players were superb, balancing cooperation and competition throughout the adventure.  I want to highlight just a few ‘convention’ conventions…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/29/2008 dindenver: Clarifications
Hi!   I am getting ready to start a pretty serious SoY (Revised) campaign soon and I want to get it right the first time if possible (before now I…
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Frank Tarcikowski, shadowcourt, apoptosis.

1/29/2008 Noon: [Self forfilling truth] Establishment of that which is meant to be
I'm thinking of making a small roleplay game, more like playing a fable than some sort of campaign thing. Anyway, basically it's about a small village in some medieval age,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon.

1/30/2008 Marshall Burns: [Roguelike] Alone against Infinite Peril
Here’s the basic idea:  an RPG derived from Roguelike games.  I don’t expect everyone here to be familiar with Roguelikes, so I’ll explain them a bit. Rogue was a computer…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, Adrian F., David Artman, Clinton R. Nixon, Noon, davidberg, Ron Edwards.

1/30/2008 btrc: [EABA] WarpWorld playtesting note
Not so much an opportunity, but a report on the campaign structure. The WarpWorld post-ruin fantasy background has a lot of potential, but the problem was that the most interesting…
In Playtesting
Participants: btrc, Valamir.

1/30/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Settign question
Hi!   Sometimes I miss settings details, so I just want to double check (and I know you said do what you want with the setting, but I like to…
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.

1/30/2008 Minx: Demo-friendly Indie games
(Wow, first post on the Forge in a long time.  Actually kinda nervous...) Over at Story-Games, I talked a bit about my plan to visit the upcoming local convention here…
In Conventions
Participants: Minx, Valamir, abzu, oliof.

1/30/2008 Marshall Burns: [SAN!] elusive CA; plus, deep sea fishin'
So, I had a chat with David Berg regarding our discussion in the Bubba Bad thread, and it turns out I had totally missed his point.  And his point, it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, davidberg.

1/31/2008 Creatures of Destiny: Creatures of Destiny Power 19
1)What is your game about? It's about living exciting stories with dramatic characters. 2) What do characters do? Characters fulfil their destinies – whatever they might be. 3) What do…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Creatures of Destiny, MKAdams, opsneakie, wild_card2007, Grinning Moon, danielsan.

1/31/2008 Beatnik gamer: Would you like a BTRC forum? Ask for it here!
Ok, if I can find a handful of people who want a BTRC games forum here, one will get created. So, like whatshisname and his lamp looking for an honest…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Beatnik gamer, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.

1/31/2008 Mendolin: [Agon] Conversion to Shadowrun Setting
Hey.... I'm new to the forum and just bought a copy of agon! I wonder though what happened to the shadowrun conversion of the agon rules? Jan
In one.seven design
Participants: Mendolin, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, claes, Aaron.

1/31/2008 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2008] WGP... The Monster Squad
The scenario was called "The Monster Squad" and centered on a group of highly-inhuman-looking superheroes. The opening bang for the group was that the group's UN sanction had been revoked…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paka, LeSingeSavant, ptevis, Ron Edwards.

1/31/2008 Rustin: [IaWA] Future Consequences
I had an idea about negotiating future consequence and enforcing future consequences. Lets say, during negotiation I agree to have my character do something in the future instead of taking…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rustin, lumpley.

1/31/2008 Rich F: Soul Mate
I've been playing around with a TSOY variation, and came up with this Species Secret for Humans. I'd be interested in peoples ideas on it as while I like the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rich F, shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen.

2/1/2008 Demiurge: Muse - A New Storytelling Game
Hi, After a lot of writing and playtesting, Paul Tarussov and I have finished writing a new storytelling game called Muse. It's a game designed for people with busy schedules.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Demiurge, Vulpinoid, Greymorn, Paul T, danielsan.

2/1/2008 Jake Richmond: [Friendless] Does this make sense?
Hi. I've been trying to come up with a simple GMless game system. Something I could use for "plug-in-the-setting" one off games. Something that would allow a group to choose…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jake Richmond, danielsan, pells, Filip Luszczyk.

2/1/2008 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2008] Troublesome Munchausen
On Friday night at Dreamation, I facilitated a game of The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Let me build upon what I wrote in my LiveJournal: Friday midnight was The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Queen_of_Kryos, Harlequin, Ignotus, Iskander, Claudia Cangini, Noon, Kat Miller, Valamir, Ron Edwards, endymion.

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