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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.

3/13/2008 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.

3/13/2008 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 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 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 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 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 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] 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.

3/12/2008 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.

3/12/2008 JustinB: Fulfillment Houses
Has anyone else whose regular fulfillment house sells to Alliance Distributors gotten an e-mail from Alliance offering to act as a fulfillment house for you? Is Alliance trying to break…
In Publishing
Participants: JustinB, iago, Ron Edwards, Wingnut, guildofblades, Danny O, Eero Tuovinen.

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.

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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.

3/17/2008 Darcy Burgess: [GenCon 2008] - The Helping Hand of G.o.D
Hi, The ugly truth is that I was cleverly tricked into doing this.  The beautiful truth is that I'm really glad that I was tricked into it -- this should…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Mike Holmes, Double King.

3/17/2008 WildElf: [Endgame] In A Wicked Age in 2 Chapters - Soul Binding; Ghoulish Assassinations
(This is sorta cross posted from Story-Games, but I've actually rewritten this which I may put into my S-G post) Endgame, in Oakland, just had their latest Minicon. I ran…
In Actual Play
Participants: WildElf, lumpley.

3/17/2008 Marshall Burns: [The Rustbelt] Cruel cargo; also, more GM clumsiness
So, we playtested The Rustbelt again, and, also again, I hadn't prepared at all.  You'd think last time would learn me, wouldn'tcha?  Nope.  But, still, things came out pretty well…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Knarfy, Wolfen, jag.

3/17/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] adventures coming
I just announced this over at the Lame Mage blog but I wanted to give the Agon crew here a heads-up. I'm working a series of Agon adventures that I'll…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, red_herring.

3/18/2008 Filip Luszczyk: Fluffy Bunny
First, does this game have any actual implied rules, or is it more of a template for the player(s) to work things out? It's just, pages 5 & 8 are…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman, Emily Care, goodwill221, latestnws22.

3/18/2008 belthaner: The Era Of The Powers
hello I am a young Spanish writer that does little has begun to write in English. From Spain is very difficult to contact with people of English language, above all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: belthaner.

3/18/2008 Gaerik: [IGE & GoD] What I've got and this is your last chance.
Okay, event submission for GenCon is over very soon.  Here's what I have for Indie Games Explosion thus far. Black Cadillacs - Friday and Saturday from 2pm - 6pm Dirty…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, Darcy Burgess.

3/18/2008 gorckat: [DitV] Archons in Elysium
An idea I've been rolling around in my head for awhile, since I know my wife isn't keen on Old Western type game, is a Dogs game set in old…
In lumpley games
Participants: gorckat, David Artman.

3/19/2008 Melinglor: Epic Fighty Robots game in the embryonic stage
Hi! I've had an idea buzzing about my brain for some time now, but unable to see how to proceed with it. I couldn't get my head above the fiddly…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, dindenver, opsneakie, Mike Sugarbaker, Ben Lehman, Creatures of Destiny, wyrdlyng.

2/22/2008 Dunefan: Fu Manchu
JustinB, I'm thinking of basing my campaign on the Fu Manchu movies that came out in the 60s, with Christopher Lee (who is GREAT) as Fu Manchu.  Fu's created a…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: Dunefan, JustinB.

3/19/2008 poireau: okay let's post my game's P19
it's a game I'm trying to shape for almost a year now but because of my lack of time and constancy, it never went far. 1.) What is your game…
In First Thoughts
Participants: poireau, Willow, joepub.

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