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2/6/2008 Jake Richmond: GameStorm 2008 Portland OR Free Booth Space
Hi. GameStorm is coming up soon, and as part of my plans for the show I'll be setting up an Indie Games booth with Travis Brown, Christian Griffen and a…
In Conventions
Participants: Jake Richmond.

2/6/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Das Schwarze Auge] Making the best of a pointless character death
This was originally posted over at the knife fight in a thread about character death, but I think it might be worth its own Forge thread, so here goes. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, LandonSuffered, Marshall Burns.

2/6/2008 Ben Lehman: [The Drifter's Escape] Two dead cops and a pregnant girl
So my brother wrote a bunch of stories, and I wrote a game inspired by them. The game is called "The Drifter's Escape." Since I'm home for a bit, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, jacoblehman, Eero Tuovinen, Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn.

2/6/2008 davidberg: player-directed exploration of GM-created world
I like to play ignorant characters.  I like to discover a cool imagnary place that I have no actual knowledge of. But I don't like "following" a GM's "plot".  I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: davidberg, contracycle, danielsan, brainwipe, Latigo, Greymorn, Alfryd, dindenver, Marshall Burns, anders_larsen, masqueradeball, Raymond Caleatry, pells, MKAdams, Paul T, Will OConnor, opsneakie.

2/6/2008 demicanadian: Kudos
Greetings! Yes, I'm a Forge frosh. I'm really genuinely surprised at never having heard of this site before a week ago. I know, talk about rolling a critical failure! …
In Site Discussion
Participants: demicanadian, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2008 Noon: Lot of timing out at the forge?
For awhile I atleast seem to be getting alot of page timeouts. The page just wont come up for a few minutes, then for a few more minutes it'll work…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2008 HDTVDinner: [IaWA] Firefly/Serenity Oracle
[URL=http://"http://www.box.net/shared/5mpo0py0c0"]In a Wiked Verse...[/URL] First attempt at Creating an oracle, creating a pdf, and having it hosted, so if you have a better way let me know! Thanks!
In lumpley games
Participants: HDTVDinner, demiurgeastaroth, DainXB.

2/5/2008 Ahrimanius: (SotC) Deceit Stunt Question
hy just started GMing SotC and I have a Conman  character concept. While not just being able to Deceive People very well he is also skilled in the art of…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ahrimanius, iago.

2/5/2008 StrongBadMun: Developers and Testers in Central New York
Hey everybody, My name is John and I live in New York, Norwich New York to be specific.  I'm looking for local developers and testers who would be interested in…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

2/5/2008 Bastoche: [Vices and virtues] Seeking options on my game system
Hi, I've pondered a lot on the game before seeking opinions. I've been sporadicly working on that project for many months. I'll try to keep it as consise as possible.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bastoche, danielsan, HDTVDinner, Alfryd.

2/5/2008 c: [Forge Midwest 2008] FMW08 Mentoring Project
Hey folks,  So at Dreamation, Gen Con, Origins, and other venues we have game design seminars where we get folks to feed themselves to the wolves. One person gets the…
In Conventions
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Matt Snyder, Blankshield, abzu, GamerChick.

2/5/2008 brainwipe: How best to display equipment and stuff?
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, it seems to fit best here... Most Sci Fi games have a lot of stuff. Cars, bikes, guns, spaceships, more guns, armour…
In First Thoughts
Participants: brainwipe, casquilho, Wolfen.

2/5/2008 masqueradeball: Rogue Bounty
I recently put the beta for a game I'm working on called Rogue Bounty up as a free download on Lulu.com. I was hoping people might check it out and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball.

2/5/2008 sirogit: [Mortal Coil]Newbie Questions
Hi! I'm starting a game of Mortal Coil this week, and I had a few questions. 1. When someone proposes a fact like "Vampires Exist", what is the price? Is…
In Galileo Games
Participants: sirogit, inthisstyle.

2/5/2008 Yokiboy: [carry] Rules Summary
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has put together a carry cheat sheet or rules reference? If so I'd love to see it. If not, then I'm forced to make…
In ndp design
Participants: Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

2/5/2008 jburneko: Spione Dry Run For OrcCon
Hello, Allow me a moment of angst.  Sometimes I feel like I have no "right" to run Spione which I know is absurd.  I bought the book.  I'm free to…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, WillH, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Eliarhiman6.

2/4/2008 angelfromanotherpin: It's a hard job
There's a particular sort of story I'd like to RPG.  It shows up in Warhammer fiction, in the Myth and X-com computer games, in WWII movies, on Legend of the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Everspinner, contracycle, VoidDragon, Istvan, Creatures of Destiny, jamsthehobbit.

2/4/2008 Marshall Burns: [Sorcerer] GM stumbling blocks
Ron, I bought a copy of Sorcerer about a month ago, because I like magic-with-consequences in fiction & games, and also because I'm interested in trying out and analyzing games…
In Adept Press
Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Finarvyn, Yokiboy.

2/4/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Near's Frozen South 2: Goren (and its new magical system)
Hey, everyone, Wanted to pick people's brains and solicit comments about a nation and magic system I'm tinkering with. This is all part of my greater project to develop the…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, apoptosis, oliof, Troels, Adrian F..

2/4/2008 Adrian F.: [TSoY] Some Zu Secrets
I added some Zu Secrets to the wiki,dealing with a ZU user who owns the Zu word for himself http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_Zuname http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_Uzname http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_the_Stolen_Name%28specific_Name%29
In CRN Games
Participants: Adrian F., oliof.

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2/6/2008 Necromagvs: [SGS ] A Role playing game turn into a Card Game
As part of the extended rules on my new game system there is a plan to create a Card game that can be played by using the characters from your…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromagvs.

2/6/2008 lumpley: Persuasion rules
Here's an old friend of mine. He's speaking of In a Wicked Age but it's a great general topic across my games: So there's no mechanic…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Troels, PorterO, Valvorik, Aman the Rejected, David Artman.

2/6/2008 David Artman: RFP: "Roguelike Digsiversalis Hack"
Hi, folks; cranking on my first "Story Game" concept (I think--it's pretty gamist, actually). <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgf9k524_1f4cgr3x9">Roguelike Dogsiversalis Hack</a> (working, tongue-in-cheek title) My requests: 1) PLEASE playtest; full name (or handle),…
In Playtesting
Participants: David Artman.

2/6/2008 Eero Tuovinen: Near-Definite Setting Compendium
I was skiing yesterday, and a publishing project came to me. For those who don't know, I'm much more accomplished as an indie publisher than as an indie game designer;…
In CRN Games
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt, Troels, sabbatregent, Frank Tarcikowski, oliof.

2/6/2008 JC: [DRYH] Seeking advice for short game
hey :) I'm GMing a short game of DRYH this Saturday for two friends, and I'm looking for advice I'm thinking: - use higher Pain ratings - after the intro…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JC, iago.

2/7/2008 Darcy Burgess: [CanGames 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario] IGE needs GMs!
The thread title more or less says it all. CanGames, Ottawa's annual gaming con is going to have an Indie Games Explosion this year. I'm not 100% sure what form…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

2/7/2008 greyorm: New Publishing Frontiers
We all know the market for intellectual property is changing on a fundamental level thanks to the internet and the ease of copying and distribution of data -- cheap, free,…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, David Artman, guildofblades, pells.

2/7/2008 Arkhaden: Semantics versus legal issues
Hi everyone!  My ranks in english literacy are  very  low    so  I  hope you understand what I’m trying to say.  I’m writing an RPG with dice an skills etc.…
In Publishing
Participants: Arkhaden, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/7/2008 rycanada: What do I do with these parameters?
I'm trying to make a game that is fun for people who are stuck at work with nothing to do. The game has to have a few parameters: 1)  Asynchronous…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rycanada, Bastoche, HDTVDinner, Guy Srinivasan, Mike Sugarbaker.

2/8/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [LoA] Various rules questions
After our last Sunday's session, I have a number of questions: 1). How does an exchange resolve when both sides succeed and their temporary Attributes are equal? 2). Is it…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

2/8/2008 MikeSands: [Monster of the week] Brainstorming help request
So, I have the basic shape of a game sorted out, which is inspired by the TV show Supernatural and Hellboy and other stuff in that vein. The basic system…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MikeSands, Adrian F., hix, David Artman, StrongBadMun, Rich F.

2/8/2008 program: New RPG idea.
Hello, I have a idea for a new RPG experiment and new RPG game, to this end, I have a blog over at http://rpgdemocracy.blogspot.com If you would like to know…
In First Thoughts
Participants: program, mwhite, Peter Nordstrand, greyorm.

2/8/2008 Galadrin: [16 Bit] Fundamental Questions
Hi all, this is my first post here but I've been watching these forums on and off for a while.  I have, in my opinion, a great set of rules…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Galadrin, rycanada, Noon, VoidDragon, OnnoTasler, chronoplasm, Jillianaire, Paul T, Catalyst N, oriondarkwood, rvmiole.

2/8/2008 dindenver: [SoY] More noobie questions
Hi!   OK, here they come, please be gentle: 1) Where does bonus dice fall in IIEE? My guess is in the second "I" 2) I have a misunderstanding, when…
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, shadowcourt, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/8/2008 Marshall Burns: [Fantastical Adventure] The Purple Pearl of Pinoche!
We a played a bit of one of my new games, Fantastical Adventure, last night.  It's, um, well, I still haven't figured out how to explain it properly.  The setting…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, jag.

2/8/2008 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2008] First thread! The basics
Hi everyone, Here's the GenCon stuff for this year. A lot is staying the same, and a couple of things are changing. First, for people who don't know, this is…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, iago, SirValence.

2/9/2008 Hituro: [Solipsist] Superman and John Constantine get on a plane...
(crossposted from Gregor Hutton's post on collective endeavour, I hope that is okay for the rules of this site) Anyway, tonight I was over at John Wilson's and we had…
In Playtesting
Participants: Hituro.

2/9/2008 was_fired: Getting a Game Ready for Release
I've been working on TOCC for about two years now and I'm getting ready to try to market it and have it branch out beyond just my small group of…
In Publishing
Participants: was_fired, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, davidberg, JustinB, abzu.

2/9/2008 rgrassi: A Unified Model for Role-Playing
I release this "Exposure Draft for Comments". It's the first part of a unified model for role-playing. Your comments/critique/hints and any other feedback is deeply appreciated. http://nuke.robertograssi.net/RPG/Articoli/tabid/63/Default.aspx http://nuke.robertograssi.net/Portals/0/RpgFiles/AUnifiedModelForRoleplaying-PartI-20080208.pdf Thanks in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rgrassi, Alfryd, casquilho, dindenver, brainwipe.

2/9/2008 JC: [UTB] Can the toys lose?
hey :) in Under the Bed, can the toys lose? meaning: when a toy has 4 Favoritism Tokens, and is chosen for a final conflict, and loses, do the toys…
In glyphpress
Participants: JC, nikola.

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