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2/13/2008 masqueradeball: the marriage of Improvisation and SIM
Howdy folks. I've been thinking about the topic of improvisation versus pre-planning in running and participating in role-playing because of a rather truncated attempt to bring up the subject in…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, anders_larsen, Marshall Burns.

2/12/2008 theMonk: Imperium Chronicles
I haven’t posted here before so here it goes . . . For the last year I’ve been working on a PnP role playing game called the Imperium Chronicles.  It’s…
In First Thoughts
Participants: theMonk, masqueradeball.

2/12/2008 casquilho: [Orccon 2008] in Los Angeles
Other then jburneko doing a game of Spione, is there anyone else going to be at the convention in Los Angeles this weekend? I just started to learn about these…
In Conventions
Participants: casquilho, WillH.

2/12/2008 Troy_Costisick: [Sorcerer] Kind of a Weird, maybe Sad Story
Heya, I went to my FLGS (named Something 2 Do) a couple weeks ago for the Morningtide set release tournament for Magic: The Gathering.  It's on the second floor of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Troy_Costisick, jburneko, rafial, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn.

2/12/2008 Emily Care: RPG.Net Review of Shooting the Moon
Jee Hyung Lee just gave Shooting the Moon a thorough and very favorable review at RPG.Net: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13614.phtml I'm very happy that Jee enjoyed the game! Using the Beast Hunter setting…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care.

2/12/2008 Gaerik: I finally figured out what I wanted...
I've been a part of The Forge for around 4 years now and during that time I've had the itch to design a game.  That shouldn't surprise anyone here.  Lot's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gaerik, chronoplasm, opsneakie, masqueradeball, jag, Valamir, OnnoTasler, fig, contracycle.

2/12/2008 Troy_Costisick: [Low Power Fantasy] Playtest 3, Session 1
Heya, I held the first session of the third playtest for a new game and system engine last Saturday.  Before I start describing the session, I’ll link the power 19…
In Playtesting
Participants: Troy_Costisick.

2/12/2008 Hituro: [Solipsist] Mermaid Towers
In contrast to the last game of Solipsist I ran I've been trying out the game as a one on one over e-mail, and it seems to be working well.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Hituro.

2/12/2008 Gabrielle: [Land of a Thousand Kings] Of Castles, Pyramids and Fisherman Kings
Last Friday I play Land of a Thousand Kings with two friends of mine and one of my friend's ten-year-old sister. The ten-year-old, Julia, had been up too late several…
In Playtesting
Participants: Gabrielle, Ben Lehman.

2/12/2008 5niper9: [Dogs in the Vineyard] I broke the rules ... twice
Hi, last saturday we played Dogs in the Vineyard and it finally gave me what I expected from play. "We" that is Anna, Edwin, Carina, Felix and me. Carina and…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9, oliof, David Artman, lumpley.

2/12/2008 program: To story, or not to story.
Well I have been writing story after story for my RPG rule book, but none of them have gone down well, so before I take any action I would just…
In Endeavor
Participants: program, casquilho, Peter Nordstrand, Kevin Smit.

2/11/2008 lumpley: [GenCon Indy 08] kicked out of the Forge Booth nest?
Don't panic. You can still be in a booth in the exhibitors' hall at GenCon if you want to. You have a couple of choices. Choice 1: make your own…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, iago, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/11/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Minor Foes -- finding the combat sweet spot
I think Agon needs a middle range of adversaries, something between minions and full NPCs. Minions can go down very quickly (as they should) but with six wound boxes a…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, Mel_White, Sonja.

2/11/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] Life Path System, whadya think?
Hi!   http://tsoy.crngames.com/Dave%27s_Life_Path_System   What do you guys think?   Some of the verbage is still sloppy, but the keys, secrets and abilities are near final...
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, oliof, Rich F.

2/11/2008 chronoplasm: Wave Inspired System
OK, so in most systems, character stats will usually grow with time right? They don't really get weaker with time unless they are negatively affected by some kind of enemy.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, VoidDragon, masqueradeball.

2/11/2008 Necromagvs: [SGS] looking for artists, writters, banner exchange..
Hello everyone, We are releasing a new update on our new game system. Our efforts are now on creating some graphics and some background stories for the settings. We have…
In Connections
Participants: Necromagvs, Jonley17.

2/11/2008 Yokiboy: Trollbabe on Lulu?
Hello Ron, I would love a book of Trollbabe. Unfortunately, living in Sweden, it's not as simple as taking my PDF down to the local Kinkos and having it printed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

2/11/2008 Vulpinoid: [8th Sea] Character Generation and a Preliminary Playtest
[size=24pt][color=blue]The Eighth Sea: Preliminary Playtest[/color][/size] Those who have been watching other parts of the forum may be aware that I've been working on a game called the Eighth Sea, a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vulpinoid.

2/11/2008 David Coulter: Playing with kids?
So our nine-year-old has decided she'd like to try playing an RPG, and I immediately thought of PTA, as it's nice and rules-light. Has anyone out there tried playing it…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: David Coulter, Danny_K, Matt Wilson.

2/10/2008 Matt: [Covenant] Warpcon : Sons of Joshua
Warpcon is a reasonably sized convention in Cork, Ireland, which I attended in January. I ran Covenant just after lunch on the Saturday. I ended up with three players. All…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt, Ron Edwards.

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2/13/2008 masqueradeball: Gods and Such
A while back David Berg posted a thread about generating challenges for an RPG that were organic and not based on the player whim. I think the goal of that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Rich F, theMonk, Velcanthus, Grinning Moon.

2/13/2008 Greymorn: [DitV] Dogs and (false?) doctrine
Played my first game of Dogs in the Vineyard last night. We had less than 2 hours to play, nevertheless we created 4 interesting Dogs and ran through 4 pretty…
In Actual Play
Participants: Greymorn, WillH, oliof, Ron Edwards, David Artman, Marshall Burns, FredGarber, lumpley.

2/13/2008 Galadrin: Mass Battle System
Hey all, this is totally unrelated to my previous post (about 16 Bit).  I am running a Hackmaster game and was looking for a good mass battle system.  I found…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Galadrin, komradebob.

2/13/2008 fig: adding breadth to rules-lite
I’ve always been a fan of Fate (I’ve been posting on their boards, too), and I’ve always wanted to make it a bit “crunchier”. I'm designing this for play with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig.

2/13/2008 fig: A game that optimizes for...?
What are the rewards in gaming, specifically provided by the game itself? The reason why I decided to design a new setting/system is because my group (we’ve been playing for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig, casquilho, theMonk, masqueradeball, Creatures of Destiny, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, Grinning Moon, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, lachek.

2/13/2008 Grinning Moon: Less = More?
Question: If you pick-up a roleplaying game with a lot of backstory (and it's own world), presenting a few different sapient species, do you generally expect to have rules for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Grinning Moon, casquilho, Paul Czege, theMonk, dindenver, Bastoche, Eero Tuovinen, Marshall Burns, Vulpinoid, contracycle.

2/14/2008 Mason: Players Against Player Authorship
I recently wrapped up a short-term D&D 3.5/Arcana Evolved campaign that I ran every other weekend for four or five of my long-time players.  ("Long time" meaning the new guy…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mason, Lord_Steelhand, Paul Czege, Valvorik, Vulpinoid, greyorm, Greis, Wolfen, Paul T.

2/14/2008 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Update
Hey, if you are following Business Solutions at all, it's almost done.  It's out for an additional round of playtesting now.  If you aren't following Business Solutions, it's a game…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

2/14/2008 Gaerik: [GenCon Indy 08] Games on Demand
[quote]Choice 3: you don't HAVE to be in the exhibitors' hall. I expect that Games on Demand is going to be a thing again this year. I don't know who…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, JustinB, Andy Kitkowski.

2/14/2008 Keiko: Capes: I need help
First, I'd like to say that I am really fascinated by the concept of this game. But for some reason I am having the darndest time wrapping my head around…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Keiko, TonyLB, hix, JohnUghrin.

2/14/2008 davidberg: [Swashbuckler] Big Model describes boardgame?
I played the Swashbuckler boardgame with my dad a lot when I was maybe 10-13 years old.  It's a game where you have a board filled with objects, and you…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, SirValence.

2/15/2008 Thor: [Loqui] the system-y stuff
At the end of last year, I promised my gaming group that we would only play one setting this year. We had played a different Game/Setting/Character every session and they…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thor.

2/15/2008 mooeythecow: Steam: A game of beautiful logic.
I'm new here but heres an idea I'm working on My original post at RPG.net I've always been a logical ordered person, and I know that doesn't help for making…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mooeythecow, Velcanthus.

2/15/2008 sirogit: [Mortal Coil]Black Pegacorn
INSTIGATION Near the end of my previous roleplaying game, I asked my girlfriend what sort of game would be good. She said "Changeling sounds really neat!". I talked to her…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, Lord_Steelhand, Madheretic.

2/15/2008 Dunefan: Soundtrack
Any recommendations for a soundtrack/background music to a Fae Noir game?
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: Dunefan.

2/15/2008 Keiko: Story Tokens
Do players have any Story Tokens when a game first begins? (the first session of a new game).
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Keiko, 1of3, JohnUghrin, TheCzech, Gaerik, TonyLB.

2/16/2008 Corsair1564: GameStorm 2008 release 02/02/08
The Northwest’s Premiere Social and Strategic Games Convention March 28-30, 2008 Red Lion on the Quay, Vancouver WA Game Storm Gathering Strength in the Northwest Portland metro area bracing for…
In Conventions
Participants: Corsair1564, Ron Edwards.

2/16/2008 Trevis Martin: Yet another IAWA Question and Love Fest
Well not a fest exactly, but it sounded more dramatic that way. Vincent, thanks for this game.  My two friends and I had a great time playing tonight and it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Trevis Martin, lumpley, Valvorik.

2/16/2008 rycanada: [Wicked] PStr question
I kind of get the difference but have had a hard time explaining it to players. What is the difference between what you should write in the Description of a…
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, lumpley.

2/16/2008 fig: perception
To me, perception-based skills always walked the line between being mentally and physically based. On one hand, being blind or deaf is a physical condition. On the other, a dim-witted…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig, chronoplasm, OnnoTasler, Axe4Eye, VoidDragon, Alfryd, Peter Nordstrand.

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