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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 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.

4/16/2008 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 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.

4/17/2008 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 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 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 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.

4/16/2008 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.

4/16/2008 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 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 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 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.

4/15/2008 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.

4/15/2008 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 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 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 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 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.

4/14/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [Compass Gods] No Snappy Thread Title Today
I playtested Compass Gods with Jacek and Kamil. We've been playing via Skype, marking coins and stuff this way. The game lasted for over three hours, though rules discussions ate…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Simon C.

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4/17/2008 mratomek: [SF7] new combat, damage, wounds system
After a lot of thought, spit, and polish, I think I have finally tweaked the combat system to be fluid, easy to use, and  a lot of fun. The hits…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek.

4/17/2008 angelfromanotherpin: Ain't nothing but a family thing...
So, I was contemplating running an old-fashioned Amber Diceless RPG Throne War, and I wound up thinking about an extensive character generation discussion session prior to all the succession war,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Marshall Burns.

4/18/2008 Valamir: Universalis Sales Data
Having completed my inventory review for 1Q 2008 and compiled all of my sales data going back to the beginning I thought I’d offer the following data.  I have some…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Tony Irwin.

4/18/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] free adventure "Temple of Hera" released
<i>"Heroes, my anger is hot within me! Slay those who defile my shrine! Cleanse my temple! Let not one escape the wrath of Hera!"</i> Wanna play some Agon but don't…
In one.seven design
Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, advachiel, red_herring.

4/18/2008 Marshall Burns: [Witch Trails] Strange Fruit
[i]Witch Trails:  the Invisible History of the American West[/i] is a game about the Hex Rangers, a secret militia formed to drive out angry spirits and other supernatural threats from…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, jag.

4/19/2008 SabreCat: [Blazing Rose] Forge Midwest: Pacing and "Pieces"
This comes almost a full week after the play experience, thanks to a very busy work-week after the con, so many details have vanished from my memory.  But I wanted…
In Playtesting
Participants: SabreCat, Zach, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2008 rycanada: NPC Totem (Another play aid)
Hey guys, if you're interested I've got my Totemic NPC sheet done up as a basic PDF.  I found it handy at the last session: Totemic NPC Sheet
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, Valvorik.

4/19/2008 Rusty: [Gen Con Oz 2008] Suggestions for games
Hey, there is a small contingent of people going to the first Gen Con Oz to run something akin to Games on Demand.  We will be running games for an…
In Conventions
Participants: Rusty, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Smith.

4/20/2008 Tark: [WuShu Renegades] - A quick primer
Wu Shu Renegades is a game that I've been working on for little over a year now.  The following is a little primer I typed up to give to people…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tark, griggs, whiteknife.

4/20/2008 agony: POISON'd actual play?
I can't seem to find any actual play posts or playtesting posts with examples of play.  A search yields nothing.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
In lumpley games
Participants: agony, lumpley.

4/21/2008 spike: [Punch Drunk Crime Spree] Playtesters needed
Greetings all, I've been working on a rules-lite system, Punch Drunk Crime Spree, to run games in the style of Lupin the Third and Ocean's Eleven, but I'm having trouble…
In First Thoughts
Participants: spike.

4/21/2008 Bomb Cat: My Game Mechanics (quite long)
Hey, I'm new here so I guess I will introduce myself first. I'm Bomb Cat and I'm new to the Forge. I think this is a great forum and I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bomb Cat, Adam Dray, Illetizgerg, JoyWriter, dindenver.

4/21/2008 Hans: "Solid" things and Sorcerer, or, how is a fighter-jet-AI-spaceship a demon?
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=25808.msg248711#msg248711 date=1204226781] I think I can help with everything you wrote starting with "What about Lore" with a pretty basic idea: that Lore, in Sorcerer, is never…
In Adept Press
Participants: Hans, Ron Edwards, lachek, GreatWolf.

4/21/2008 Hans: The "circuit breaker" metaphor for abilities, a question
The rules say that if my character orders his demon to do something, and the demon doesn't want to do it, I can engage in a Will vs. Will contest…
In Adept Press
Participants: Hans, Ron Edwards.

4/21/2008 David Artman: NC Game Day?
Anyone going to NC Game Day at Talley Student Center, NCSU, Raleigh, NC on April 26th and 27th? I am hoping to put some faces to names and maybe get…
In Connections
Participants: David Artman, rafael.

4/22/2008 Bomb Cat: [Power 19] Phaethos RPG
Power 19 for Phaethos RPG (Phaethos is a tentative name, at least for the title.) 1.) What is your game about? The setting is a world similar to 19th century…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bomb Cat, Krippler, dindenver, Hermes3.

4/22/2008 Rusty: [Space Rat] Cruisin' Along
I ran another game of Space Rat at the end of last week, attempting to explore some of the things that didn’t get a great work-out in the last game,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Rusty.

4/22/2008 Krippler: [Rustbelt] A rabid elephant - on fire
Last weekend I GM'd some Rustbelt for a bunch of friends. It's a game under construction written by Marshall Burns (you can find the old document I used here). After…
In Playtesting
Participants: Krippler, Marshall Burns, Wolfen, jag.

4/22/2008 Sir Privy Toastrack: Opinions requested on Orcs & Ogres (AD&D 2.5...)
I'm one of about six people in the world who rather enjoyed AD&D 2e. Despite its many flaws, I far prefer it to the dross of 3e. I"ve started creating…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sir Privy Toastrack, Zachary_Wolf, Eero Tuovinen, NN, Creatures of Destiny.

4/22/2008 tymotzues: ASCENDANCY - FateStorm Evolutionary Roleplay looking for Gametest groups
Hi there I'm getting ready to do the final draft of my game that has been in BETA now for four years. As such I'd like to think it's fairly…
In Connections
Participants: tymotzues.

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