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4/14/2008 Willow: [Forge Midwest] Trollbabe- Player Choices, and a Question for Ron
At Forge Midwest, I finally got to play Trollbabe, which was ran by Ron himself.  Yay! For plot, Frunhilde, badass Trollbabe Axe-Warrior, found herself at Everyone's Inn, a haven for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, rafial, Arturo G., Alan, FredGarber.

4/14/2008 WildElf: [WGP] An error in judgement with conflict set up.
So, I ran my first session of WGP and it sort of flopped.  At least, the conflicts did. I had the villains pick a fight with the two PCs, and…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: WildElf, Michael S. Miller.

4/14/2008 Mike Holmes: [IAWA] Failing to Resolve
So we were playing IAWA at ForgeCon this weekend (missed you, Vincent!), and the rule that I can paraphrase as "Exhaust, Injure, or Negotiate" came up as potentially problematic. There…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mike Holmes, lumpley, jburneko, Eliarhiman6, jenskot, Valvorik.

4/14/2008 Andy Kitkowski: For "Sale" : The 24 Hour RPG Contest
I announced this over at my LJ. I simply don't have the time to keep this on my radar anymore, and this is the best way to save it from…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, segedy, Rusty, jasonm, Graham Walmsley, Vulpinoid, David Artman.

4/14/2008 Ron Edwards: [Forge Midwest 2008] All things afterwards
Let's follow up! I enjoyed myself greatly and invite all comments about the event. Let's put actual play talk into the appropriate forums (Actual Play, Playtesting), but the event itself…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, buzz, Matt-M-McElroy, Blankshield, Malky, Willow, williamhessian, Nev the Deranged, Miskatonic, TJ, GreatWolf, Peter Nordstrand, Zach, SabreCat, Tim C Koppang, coffeestain, jerry, tylure, GamerChick.

4/14/2008 Landon Winkler: [Conflict] First Playtest
Ran my first playtest session of Conflict last night, which was pretty interesting, so I figured I’d share my experiences. Hope someone finds something here interesting. For my summary of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Landon Winkler.

4/14/2008 jrs: [Forge Midwest 2008] Seeking designer
Saturday afternoon at Forge Midwest, I stopped briefly at a table where a CCG was being played with these really cool hand-drawn cards. I did not stay long, but I…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt-M-McElroy, williamhessian.

4/14/2008 rycanada: Poison'd more fun than IAWA?
Background: I happened upon an interview for Page XX with Luke and Vincent.  Vincent sounded really tired.  But at one point he said that poison'd was more fun but IAWA…
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, lumpley, Graham Walmsley, Peter Nordstrand.

4/14/2008 Hituro: [Solipsist] Mermaid Towers (part 2)
I was going to post this on the end of the existing thread on Mermaid Towers, but I don't seem to be able to find it, it's possible I never…
In Actual Play
Participants: Hituro.

4/14/2008 Meguey: Mist-robed Gate, on Mars!
Last night I got to play the most fun game of the year, thus far. Shreyas ran his game in development Mist-Robed Gate for 10(!) of us Western Massive/Story Games…
In Playtesting
Participants: Meguey, Elizabeth, FrankBrunner, Shreyas Sampat.

4/14/2008 castus nigh: Massive Battle and falling outcomes
Background Alregar- Priest of Kieranna Khan- Human Slayer- Mortal Enemy - Trolls Sienna- Human Thief - wielder of a 'bloodsighted' blade (magical item) Town of Manacle Seaport of 4000 peoples, …
In Playtesting
Participants: castus nigh.

4/13/2008 Galadrin: [16-bit] Playtest Report
Hey everyone, I had a great playtest of 16-bit last night.  Present was myself (as GM), my brother (Adrian) and my girlfriend (Gloria). At first, we decided to play-out the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Galadrin, Marshall Burns, Landon Winkler, jag, Catalyst N.

4/13/2008 Simons: Hidden Mechanisms
Hey everyone, In most of the RPGs I’ve come across (albeit, this is somewhat limited), at least those which rely heavily on mechanics (D&D especially), the players have almost perfect…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, contracycle, Vulpinoid, davidberg, Creatures of Destiny, Paul T.

4/13/2008 Illetizgerg: Stupid Dice: An Epidemic
I am unsure of where to put this, however it has spawned from my own personal considerings and initial thoughts regarding a system, and thus I think it is most…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Illetizgerg, Vulpinoid, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2008 castus nigh: looking for leeches with talent
I am looking for talented people willing to work on an epic gaming system.  Unfortunately,  I cannot offer money to start, but can offer a share in all future profits…
In Connections
Participants: castus nigh.

4/13/2008 sirogit: Seperate "Seasons"
So my plans for my Mortal Coil are: Run the game into a "Season finale" (Current situation is resolved, new situation develops) and present the choice to the group to…
In Galileo Games
Participants: sirogit, inthisstyle.

4/13/2008 dyreno: [DitV] Alternate setting: Dogs of the Military. A Full Metal Alchemist setting
When i started to think of story ideas for DitV i kept coming back to the thought of Full Metal Alchemist. And after reading through the Alternate setting thread i…
In lumpley games
Participants: dyreno, David Artman, dindenver, Andrew Barton, KuroFluff, Danny_K, Marshall Burns, Shenron.

4/12/2008 weem: [The Last Lands] - Looking for some feedback
I've been doing work on my new setting/system over the last few weeks - I'm calling it The Last Lands. I have recently posted a quick run-through of the character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: weem, Everspinner, FrankBrunner, Zachary_Wolf, Landon Winkler.

4/12/2008 castus nigh: Publishing an RPG
This is the second attempt to post, sorry if the first shows up, internet connection problems! I am in the final stages of play-testing/adjusting my RPG, Medieval, The Experts Roleplaying…
In Publishing
Participants: castus nigh, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, guildofblades, rafael, abzu, Jake Richmond.

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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4/15/2008 Rusty: [Space Rat] Game frozen by the Bride of the Ice (cream)
After a few months of "real life" I finally managed to get the guys together for another playtest of Space Rat: the Jack Cosmos Adventure Game!  I had made a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Rusty, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2008 Ron Edwards: [Spione] Follow-up and musing about the Forge Midwest game
Hello, I will come clean: this is an unabashed promotion thread. We played a game of Spione (pronounced "shpee-oh-neh," or "-nuh"; the last syllable isn't "ee" or "ay") during Forge…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, c, TJ, Malky.

4/15/2008 Landon Winkler: [Conflict] Playtest Rules
Hello, I've posted a copy of the playtest rules I'm using for my new game here: www.geocities.com/landonwinkler/Conflict_Playtest.pdf What I'm trying to do, overall, is create a system to match…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Landon Winkler, Illetizgerg.

4/15/2008 Linnaeus: [Dirty Secrets] Investigator Involvement
A few weeks ago, Seth and I were chatting over Google Talk, and discussion inevitably turned to Dirty Secrets. Just as inevitably, I started pontificating on the genre of detective…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Linnaeus, M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

4/15/2008 lachek: Responsibility for your demon
Quoting again: Another important aspect is moral accountability. Demons, even when acting supposedly on their own, are an extension of the Sorcerer. A Sorcerer can not escape…
In Adept Press
Participants: lachek, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Hans, James_Nostack, Piers Brown.

4/15/2008 GreatWolf: Jesse tells you to Be Judgemental
Jesse Burneko has posted a great thread on playing Dirty Secrets. Go check it out. It's really good.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

4/16/2008 Plognark: Wargames?
Just curious if it's cool to discuss something more like a wargame, along the lines of the old battletech stuff or maybe warhammer. I've got a beta written, but I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Plognark, Galadrin, Eero Tuovinen.

4/16/2008 Evlyn: Nicotine girls play by blog!
Maybe this could be fun to play: Each player make a nicotine girl and a blog for her. - You post blog entry instead of playing scenes. - You use…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Evlyn, Eero Tuovinen.

4/16/2008 Morrius: Layout and other publishing details
I've finally managed to hammer together a manuscript that I am pleased with.  I've got about 21k words typed, which comes to 60 pages of a 6" by 9" book. …
In Publishing
Participants: Morrius, Eero Tuovinen, rafael.

4/16/2008 Raquel: (Sorcerer) Cybernetic Hackers with a First-Time GM
I'm a bit late getting this play report up anyway, so I didn't try to fill in too many details, but here's the overview and a couple of thoughts. Last…
In Actual Play
Participants: Raquel, GreatWolf, Gabrielle, Ron Edwards, Arturo G..

4/16/2008 jburneko: [Dirty Secrets] Simple Rules Question
Hello, Simple rules question.  Do you still set goals in Violence scenes?  The rules say Violence scenes work like Investigation scenes "except" and "don't set goals" isn't listed among those…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf, Linnaeus, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2008 jessejesse: Professional Illustrator looking for work (sample pic attached)
I'm a professional freelance illustrator and graphic designer, also a long time gamer. I am looking to break into the tabletop gaming industry. Let me know if you like my…
In Connections
Participants: jessejesse, segedy, williamhessian, Eero Tuovinen.

4/17/2008 Nev the Deranged: [The Mountain Witch] - Forge Midwest '08 - More Cross Dressing
The TMW game on Sunday was out of control. We had eye-gouging (I don't feel a TMW game is complete without eye-gouging, since the game where Alexander lost his), and,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, coffeestain, Willow, Tim C Koppang.

4/17/2008 zmobie: The Focus System
I've noticed a lot of proposed diceless systems lately, so stop me if this is horrendously similar to another one. My system is, for lack of a better title, is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zmobie.

4/17/2008 nurgledeathmonkey: Freelance artist
Looking to get a start in the business, will work cheap. You can see some of my doodles and such @ myspace.com/chim_chim67 . Comments and criticism welcome.
In Connections
Participants: nurgledeathmonkey.

4/17/2008 tchernopuss: Correctors needed for an HeroQuest setting
Hi everyone, We're a bunch of persons from the ForgeSonges association and we're working on one of the official settings for the oncoming new version of the HeroQuest system. The…
In Connections
Participants: tchernopuss, Artanis.

4/16/2008 tonyd: [GenCon 2008] Second thread, random details and questions
Woo hoo! I'm so glad you guys are doing this. Now for my dumb questions: First, I am a loser. I registered for Gen Con. But I want to be…
In Conventions
Participants: tonyd, Blankshield, Eero Tuovinen, Matt, segedy, JustinB, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2008 lumpley: [IaWA] Breaking Bad Habits
Bad for In a Wicked Age, that is. All of them are good habits for other games, variously. These are some rules restrictions I recommend if you're having trouble breaking…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Valvorik, jburneko, Troels, Mike Holmes, Alan, GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, Brand_Robins, oliof, Peter Nordstrand, David Artman, jenskot, Eliarhiman6, Jonathan Walton, Marshall Burns, Piers Brown, John Harper, Noclue, Valamir.

4/17/2008 Ron Edwards: [My Life With Master] Radium power
Hello, When I arrived at Forge Midwest, people were playing Handy ("the game that lets gamers touch each other" as I call it), and eventually it turned into a conversation…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, coffeestain, jerry, Frank Tarcikowski.

4/17/2008 alejandro: [unWritten] film and literature
I've been working on unWritten for some time now. I'm in the alpha/beta/whatever play test phase right now. So, I'm trying to do a few things here. I'm trying to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: alejandro, Artanis, oriondarkwood, davidberg.

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