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3/12/2008 Nero: Musician looking for work
Hi! I'm a musician looking for work on games, visual novels, or anything else you want me to make music for. I can create music for any setting you can…
In Connections
Participants: Nero.

3/12/2008 Editions Icare: Editions Icare : French translating and resealing of Indies games
Hi everybody, I am the creator of a French publishing company of rpg: Editions Icare We have just published our first game: PRAETORIA PRIMA (www.praetoria-prima.com) an English version of which…
In Publishing
Participants: Editions Icare, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Lucca, greyorm.

3/11/2008 nowicki1283: A request for opinions and critiques of a new system
      In the near future I shall be running a LARP at a local convention. The event is four hours long, It shall be set in modern times…
In First Thoughts
Participants: nowicki1283.

3/11/2008 IgorKieryluk: Artist available for cover and interior color art
[url=http://igorkieryluk.blogspot.com/]http://igorkieryluk.blogspot.com/[/url] Available for cover and interior work in color. All genres, competitive rates. Contact me under igor.kieryluk@gmail.com
In Connections
Participants: IgorKieryluk.

3/11/2008 baron samedi: (Q) Thread about competitive auctions for "generating" setting elements?
[color=indigo]Greetings, Is there a thread on the Forge regarding games that discusses the use of [b]competitive resource auctions [/b] for "generating" setting elements in tabletop RPGs, such as can be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, Eero Tuovinen.

3/11/2008 Alfryd: Earthsea rpg
This is a project that I and some folks over at the GiantITP boards have been working on for a while now, but while mechanical feedback is both sought after…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Alfryd, JustinB, davidberg, Hituro, matthijs.

3/11/2008 lachek: [DitV] GM determined Sin
<background> In Indy Pete's posts here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25901.0 and here: http://www.ukroleplayers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3343 he uses an example of a town preacher declaring the Apocalypse is coming and the sign will be the arrival…
In lumpley games
Participants: lachek, lumpley, oliof, Greymorn, Slow Dog, Eliarhiman6, Alan.

3/11/2008 JC: [DRYH] Delta Green (long)
hey there :) I'm thinking of using DRYH to run Delta Green I've come up with some ideas, and I'd like some feedback here's what I got: My name is...…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JC, iago.

3/11/2008 red_herring: Heroic Flaws?
Anyone considered Heroic Flaws for their game? I've always been a big fan of less than favorable character traits in Champions, GURPS, Savage Worlds, and other systems. You could use…
In one.seven design
Participants: red_herring, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Ben Robbins.

3/10/2008 Gaerik: [IGE] GenCon first deadline approaching...
This announcement is for everyone who is planning on running something under the Indie Games Explosion banner at GenCon this year.  The first deadline rather snuck up on me.  The…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, iago, segedy, Ron Edwards, SaintandSinner, Jared A. Sorensen, Parthenia.

3/10/2008 Simon C: [Compass Gods] New territory
So I recently playtested this really tentative game idea I had called "Compass Gods" (for now at least).  There's a thread about it at the Free RPG Bakery, but I'll…
In Playtesting
Participants: Simon C, Filip Luszczyk, MikeF.

3/10/2008 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Knights of the Broken Sceptre (split)
Apologies for the prolonged absence. Real life has an annoying tendency to intrude. OpenRPG Chat Log for Session 14. Played January 27, 2008. OpenRPG Chat Log for Session 15. Played…
In Actual Play
Participants: arthurtuxedo, Ron Edwards.

3/10/2008 red_herring: Agon Game Board
I put together an Agon board a few weeks ago and thought I'd share the results. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8915612027281287567&pr=goog-sl http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3768145384562658332&pr=goog-sl Overall, it was pretty easy. I just used an 11"x14" black foam…
In one.seven design
Participants: red_herring, Mel_White, John Harper.

3/9/2008 oliof: [TSOY] Goblin Species Redux
Since all these threads about species in the south kept popping up, I wanted to turn my eye towards the one species I felt a bit disregarded by most people:…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, shadowcourt, Rich F, Eero Tuovinen.

3/9/2008 GeeX Underground: Freeware PDF
Currently I am using PDF995 in order to create my PDF documents and it works wonderfully... if you don't mind visiting a sponsor's website every time you make a PDF.…
In Publishing
Participants: GeeX Underground, oliof.

3/9/2008 Klaus Graziade: Need Core Mechanic Help!
Hello Forge, I'm new to posting here (used to view the posts ages ago, took a break when college got intense, and returned after graduation).  Anyway, I need some help…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Klaus Graziade, GeeX Underground, dindenver, Galadrin, madunkieg.

3/9/2008 leonidas300: Indiecon 08 - 7th-9th November - UK
Dear members and guests, Indiecon has now been announced and its website is up and running: www.indiecon.net When? 7th-9th November Where? Naish Holiday Park, Dorset, UK Why? Play tomorrow's games…
In Conventions
Participants: leonidas300, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley, mick red, Gregor Hutton.

3/9/2008 Willem: [IAWA] "Don't Get All Buddhist On Me" - Drinking the Wine and Making Story Now!
I've posted a couple times about my history, but since it probably got lost in the glorious shuffle that we call the Forge, here we go again: I haven't played…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willem, DainXB, lumpley, timeless.

3/9/2008 sirogit: RPG database
Hello, For a school project, I'm building an RPG database utility for cataloging RPGs according to 30 or so criteria. When finished, it should be fairly simple for users to…
In Connections
Participants: sirogit, Willow.

3/9/2008 DrNostromo: To Be King - Fantasy Strategy Board Game Needs Artists
I've been developing an online fantasy strategy role-playing board game called "To Be King" since last July using the Vassal Engine as a base. The operational part of the game…
In Connections
Participants: DrNostromo.

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3/12/2008 Braija: (almost) non-random system
Hello everyone. I'm new here so I think I'll open up strong and give you my system. I call i ADF. The philosophy behind ADF is to create a gaming…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Braija, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.

3/13/2008 rycanada: [IAWA] Setting up fortifications
Say that 2 of the players are soldiers who have sworn to hold a particular pass; each one has an advantage of 'My men are at my side' reflecting the…
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, lumpley, Valvorik, DainXB.

3/13/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Cards of Fate
Hi, Something that's crept into my mind during my last batch of Black Caddies playtests is a disatisfaction with the way a certain segment of the mechanics requires a small…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Ned.

3/13/2008 rycanada: [IAWA] Maximum Prep?
"Let's say" "for the sake of argument" I'm "hypothetically" "thinking about" planning to run a really long IAWA game.  I'm deadset on making my own oracle for the whole thing,…
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, Ben Lehman, Alan, Troels.

3/13/2008 hix: [Legends of Alyria] How does Virtue determine the cost of Traits?
I finally played Alyria a couple of nights ago (I've been wanting to since 2002!), and now I have rules questions. On page 109 it says, "Virtue ... determines the…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: hix, GreatWolf.

3/13/2008 lordsippa: Greece, Gods, and so forth
Hey all, been lurking for a couple of days and figured I should join in the debates. However, first I would like to share a rough idea for a game…
In First Thoughts
Participants: lordsippa, Eero Tuovinen.

3/13/2008 hix: [Legends of Alyria] How do you determine 'initiative' when activating Traits?
What happens in a conflict when the two opponents both want to activate the same Trait?  Does the owner of the Trait get first option?  Is it the person with…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: hix, GreatWolf, Filip Luszczyk.

3/13/2008 lumpley: Yikes! Zombies!
We played Eero's zombie game, whose official English title I can't remember. I'm going to call it Yikes! Zombies! even though I'm absolutely certain that's incorrect. Emily led us in…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, Parthenia, Emily Care, newsalor.

3/13/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [IAWA] Particular Strengths questions
After playing a few games with different groups, I have some questions about the way Particular Strengths work. It's the one thing that people seemed to be doing differently. Note…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, rycanada, Artanis, DainXB, Valvorik, Brand_Robins.

3/14/2008 Garth: [IAWA} Character Recurrence
I just picked up the game, and WOW!  I very much want to try it, though the usual issues of time and group scheduling may prevent it for who knows…
In lumpley games
Participants: Garth, lumpley, Brand_Robins, WildElf.

3/14/2008 greyorm: [eXpendable] Skills and Equipment...finally!
So, I've been semi-steadily thinking my way through the tied skill-and-equipment module for my sci-fi game, eXpendable (a Ronnies entry from 2005, for the curious), and now I am at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, dredd_funk, Vulpinoid, dindenver.

3/14/2008 Paul Czege: 72 Hours of Boinging
On Tuesday, Patrick Dugan posted a review of My Life with Master to Greg Costikyan's Play This Thing blog. The review was picked up by Cory Doctorow's Boing Boing blog…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, iago, Roger.

3/14/2008 Garth: Capes character creation as a play-aid to *other* games
So, I have Capes.  I want to play Capes.  I can't find anyone to play Capes.  This frustrates me. So for the heck of it, and to get a feel…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Garth, Melinglor.

3/15/2008 Elizabeth: [Mist-Robed Gate] The best playtest I've ever experienced
So at last weekend's JiffyCon Boston, we had the first playtest of Shreyas Sampat's incredible wuxia game entitled The Mist-Robed Gate. It was supposed to be an intense, quiet, introspective…
In Playtesting
Participants: Elizabeth, Shreyas Sampat.

3/15/2008 Edward Kann: Rocketship Empires: Q&A
Hi Guys, I've lurked in The Forge for a while.  Going back to when I started to work on a few free PDF supplements for my fantasy setting. I am…
In Publishing
Participants: Edward Kann.

3/15/2008 Roger: [SotC / Sorcerer] A funny thing happened on the way to pulp...
So here's the situation:  I'm sitting around waiting for 4e to drop like an atom-bomb, and I think, hey, I should run a game for my friends instead of neurotically…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roger, jburneko, Christopher Kubasik.

3/15/2008 anders_larsen: [Distant Horizons] A new try
This is a game I have worked on for a long time, but I have lately had a lot of trouble getting the mechanics defined. I am still very excited…
In First Thoughts
Participants: anders_larsen, VoidDragon, Adrian F..

3/16/2008 JC: [MLWM] My life with the Tour de France
OK, I’m tired, so this is going to be a short one. I GMed a one-shot of MLWM for three other players this afternoon, before going on to play DRYH…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Paul Czege, Filip Luszczyk.

3/16/2008 The Dragon Master: [Shadowrun] Adding bangs to save a failing campaign...
The last few sessions (comprising all of the sessions so far in this campaign) have been falling flat. I decided to add some bangs to the next session or two,…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards, Melinglor, greyorm.

3/17/2008 Nathan Herrold: (IaWA) - Oracle Schmoracle
Vincent, What do you think about Oracles written in the 1st and 2nd person? I'm trying to write up an Oracle for Camp Nerdly using lyrics from Bob Dylan songs.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nathan Herrold, lumpley, lachek.

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