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4/8/2008 iago: Other Places to Find Evil Hat Discussions
There are several Yahoo Groups: SOTC and Fate: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FateRPG (a very active community, several years old and going strong) DRYH: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dryh (young, but populated by strong fans) Other places include:…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago.

4/8/2008 BladeLakem: Tempting Fate?
Hey there, I've been thinking about putting together an RPG for a setting that I have worked out and ran across Fate. I think it'll fit my setting really well,…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: BladeLakem, iago.

4/7/2008 quixoteles: Actual Play Vonnegut's Crapshoot with resource pools
Premise I get together some player to pace out some of the newer character creation rule for vonnegut's crapshoot and it sister ideas buckley's rainbow, and the Locke-Spinoza horoscopy to…
In Playtesting
Participants: quixoteles.

4/7/2008 quixoteles: Buckley's Rainbow
First off, If you didn't know Kurt Vonnegut is dead, he fell on his head and died from the injuries in later complications. This is important to me, because understanding…
In First Thoughts
Participants: quixoteles, davidberg, JoyWriter.

4/7/2008 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Quickie Rules Question
This is something that I've been meaning to ask about and keep forgetting. Let's say Alice and Bob are fighting each other. Alice goes first and Bob doesn't abort and…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, pfischer, Ron Edwards, Paul T, Peter Nordstrand.

4/7/2008 dindenver: [CRN] Ack! What?
Clinton, Anyone?   Why is this in Inactive Forums?
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, Troels.

4/7/2008 Paul Czege: The Ashcan Front at Gen Con 2008
Hey all, Matt Snyder and I are organizing an Ashcan Front booth for Gen Con again this year. The main changes are: Gen Con raised its booth prices by quite…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege, iago, alejandro, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Matt-M-McElroy, Justin D. Jacobson, Darcy Burgess, c.

4/7/2008 J. Tuomas Harviainen: Solmukohta 2008 book & Forge connections.
Hello, friends & colleagues. Just wanted to mention that this year's book from Solmukohta, the inter-Nordic larp event, contains a few articles that may be of direct interest to Forge…
In Conventions
Participants: J. Tuomas Harviainen, Montola.

4/7/2008 FrankBrunner: [Power 19] Spellbound Kingdoms and introduction
Hi everyone! I'm working on a new game and thought I'd post a Power 19 here and see what everyone thinks. I'll put the specific points that I want feedback…
In First Thoughts
Participants: FrankBrunner, Troy_Costisick, Creatures of Destiny.

4/6/2008 tarafore: PC Advancement Struggles
I've been working on an advancement system for my Tarafore System http://www.rpg.net/columns/list-column.phtml?colname=talesfromtherockethouse (I should probably put an SRD document on the web instead of directing people to the RPGnet column…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tarafore, Troy_Costisick, FrankBrunner.

4/6/2008 oriondarkwood: List of games I am working on
Couldn't find any real place to say hello, so hello.. Been playing and DMing RPG's for over 20 years, been working on designing RPG games for almost 15 years.. So…
In First Thoughts
Participants: oriondarkwood.

4/6/2008 Lucca: Iapetus Fantasy
Hi guys again, Some months back, i published the game details on the Iapetus Fantasy here. I finally finished it and upload to Lulu.com. As Lulu is pretty expensive to…
In Publishing
Participants: Lucca, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Jake Richmond.

4/6/2008 Melinglor: [TSoY] I fought "The Party" and "The Party" won
I ran a Shadow of Yesterday one-shot for Portland/Vancouver's Gamestorm con this weekend last. It was my second time running the game. In some ways it went better than the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Christopher Kubasik, Willem, elegua, dindenver, Marshall Burns.

4/5/2008 Valvorik: [IAWA] Talky But Fun Session
[i]Alia and the Lord of the Leprechauns[/i] I ran a tutorial/game of IAWA for two friends when our regular D&D night was cancelled because critical mass of players couldn’t make…
In lumpley games
Participants: Valvorik.

4/5/2008 droog: [TPK] Black Island
Hello! This is my first attempt at an island of the Kingdom, and I'd like to submit it for comments. It is for a game with my wife and daughter.…
In CRN Games
Participants: droog.

4/5/2008 Shadow17: [Sorcerer] Making Your Own Demon Abilities
Hello Forge, In the Sorcerer manual there are a vast amount of abilities to add to your demon. However, being the guy who loves to add his own flair to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Shadow17, Plotin, pfischer, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2008 Willem: [Polaris] Thou Art But A Warrior, Indie Hurricane!
A week has passed since my AMAZING game of "Thou Art But A Warrior..." at the Portland, OR Indie Hurricane Event, set in Anna Kreider's setting hack for Polaris. As…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Willem, Ogremarco, wunderllama.

4/4/2008 jburneko: SIS Control Take 3, EUREKA!
I just totally had an epiphany!  Conflict declaration in Capes is backwards from almost all other RPGs. In most games a player declares an action and then either someone steps…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jburneko, TonyLB.

4/4/2008 Shadow17: [Dictionary of Mu & Sorcerer] How to prep a game with only 2 players
Hello Forge, I have a background with D&D being my first RPG I've played, but really my RPG'ing and GM'ing background lies in indie rpgs. I'd like to thank Mr.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Shadow17, Paka, Eliarhiman6, James_Nostack.

4/4/2008 apeiron: NoVA GameSmiths, 1.3, 26 Apr 08
The third monthly meeting of game developers in the NoVA area.  My sig should have a link to the Google Group.  If it doesn't i'll add it.
In Connections
Participants: apeiron.

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4/9/2008 Illetizgerg: First Thoughts (oh, the irony) On A Setting & System
After lurking for a little while here and reading over some Indie RPGs I am really interested in designing my own system and corresponding setting and using that to start…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Illetizgerg, FrankBrunner, Everspinner, greyorm.

4/9/2008 rgrassi: Character swapping and (in general) ownership of the PC
One of the things I do while playing is to 'swap' characters between players or changing the 1:1 relationship between the player and the PC, so that one player must…
In First Thoughts
Participants: rgrassi, madunkieg, Galadrin, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, Illetizgerg.

4/9/2008 tarafore: Power 19 for Empire Sword
Information about the Tarafore System can be found at http://www.rpg.net/columns/talesfromtherockethouse/talesfromtherockethouse1.phtml and http://www.tarafore.net The "Shounen Sword" sub-system can be found here: http://www.rpg.net/columns/talesfromtherockethouse/talesfromtherockethouse6.phtml 1.) What is your game about? Tournement Anime/Wuxia-style action-hero…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tarafore.

4/9/2008 droog: [TPK] Black Island
Hello! This is my first attempt at an island of the Kingdom, and I'd like to submit it for comments. It is for a game with my wife and daughter.…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog.

4/9/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] On seppuku and saving throws vs. area effects
There's a kind of Raise we had a couple of times in our recent games and don't really know how to handle. The problem arises when a Raise targets multiple…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, Ward, demiurgeastaroth, jburneko, zornwil.

4/9/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] are Advantages too cheap?
I think buying Advantages with strife might be too cheap. 1 strife to get an additional d8 in a simple contest is a lot more bang-per-buck than just increasing a…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

4/9/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Dust Devils (Revenged)] - Chips Question
Hi Matt, We just kicked off a DD game last week, and two of the guys are used to the first edition of the rules.  I don't know if their…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Hans, Matt Snyder.

4/10/2008 darquehope: Awarding Fan Mail between episodes
Hey all!  I'm about to run my first PTA session, (I'm excited and nervous) but I've come up with an idea that I'd like to run by everyone.  Now keep…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: darquehope, schlafmanko.

4/10/2008 castus nigh: looking for a publisher
To Those at The Forge The very reason I found my way onto 'The Forge' is to find a gaming company or RPG publisher to publish my system.  Medieval, The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: castus nigh, Artanis.

4/10/2008 FrankBrunner: [Spellbound Kingdoms] A lock of hair and a stuck pig
Well as everyone knows, playtesting is everything. So even though SK is a long ways from completion, I'm testing as I go. Here's a report! ... For this pre-alpha playtest,…
In Playtesting
Participants: FrankBrunner, Krippler, Creatures of Destiny.

4/10/2008 oriondarkwood: [Power 19] - Kaneon
1.) What is your game about? Kaneon is a steampunkish (Spelljaming vessels, firearms, jelly showers) world, where for thousands of years was a magicalogical (failed magic experiments) dumping ground for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: oriondarkwood, davidberg, Troy_Costisick, Greg 1.

4/11/2008 Christopher Kubasik: Nan and Lore
Okay.  I have a question about NaN... I just had our character creation session for my new game will start playing next weekend, and I'm excited as all hell.  But…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, jburneko.

4/11/2008 castus nigh: Medieval - The Experts Roleplaying System
For all those who have never experienced true role-playing, at its very best, I have detailed a little snipit of one of my recent games.  We use a system called…
In Playtesting
Participants: castus nigh, Ron Edwards, Calithena, lumpley, Adam Dray, greyorm.

4/11/2008 castus nigh: Medieval- The Experts Roleplaying System
My gaming system, is as named above, has been termed the evolution of D&D by those who have been playtesting this new gaming system.  Medieval has many unique advantages over…
In Playtesting
Participants: castus nigh, Adam Dray.

4/11/2008 Landon Winkler: [Conflict] First Thoughts
Hello Forge! I've been wrestling with an idea for a while, but I've finally got a skeleton that I can almost explain and I was curious about what other designers…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Landon Winkler, FrankBrunner.

4/11/2008 tonyd: [Go Play NW] May 31-June 1 2008, registration open
Go Play NW is a gamer's and designer's convention held yearly in Seattle, WA. Last year was our first year. We had 60 people playing all weekend, and we had…
In Conventions
Participants: tonyd.

4/11/2008 lachek: [Sorcerer] An observation
This is a personal observation, echoed here with the intent of helping Sorcerer noobs like myself - or more accurately, helping experienced Sorcerer players like you help noobs like myself.…
In Adept Press
Participants: lachek, angelfromanotherpin, wreckage, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

4/11/2008 Melinglor: [Bliss Stage] First Impressions from the Last Sale of Gamestorm
So I've bought and read Bliss Stage, after playing a fifteen minute demo with Ben at Gamestorm. I've been ruminating, and I just wanna say this game us fucking fantastic.…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman.

4/12/2008 dyreno: [DiTV ] All the Dogs do is murder!
All the Dogs do when we play is murder folks! The way the players see it, talking is something the Devil loves to do, and they don't want nothing to…
In lumpley games
Participants: dyreno, lumpley, JC, Ward, Eero Tuovinen, Peturabo, Eliarhiman6, wreckage, Blankshield, cdr, David Artman, dindenver, chuckles73.

4/12/2008 dyreno: what happens when you run out of dice
quick question. What do you do if you've run out of dice completely. Had a PC shooting down at a gunman and him firing back. The gunman rolled great while…
In lumpley games
Participants: dyreno, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6, dindenver, lumpley.

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