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4/25/2008 advachiel: [Agon] Impairment in simple contests with no Antagonist?
Hi, played Agon for the first time the other day and the main query we had was impairment for simple contests that are between the players only, i.e. the Antagonist…
In one.seven design
Participants: advachiel, John Harper.

4/25/2008 guildofblades: Anyone in Fort Lauderdale / Miami?
Hi All, I know this should possibly be in the "connections" forum area, but since I pretty much stick to conversing with folks here in the publishing forum, I figure…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades.

4/25/2008 mratomek: [SF7] The Mindwarp of Dr. Mindbender (notes from playtest)
[b]Mindwarp Madness[/b] Hercules' girlfriend, Penny, has been kidnapped by the villainous Dr. Mindbender. Mindbender is keeping her hidden until he has time to deliver her to the criminal Senate, in…
In Playtesting
Participants: mratomek.

4/24/2008 M. J. Young: Ubercon X, Edison NJ
I am at this moment expecting (98% certainty) to be at Ubercon X in Secaucus this weekend.  If anyone is going to be there, look me up--I'll be running Multiverser…
In Conventions
Participants: M. J. Young.

4/24/2008 jasonm: Seven Roach Questions
We got a bunch of really good questions today and thought I'd share them (and the answers) anonymously: 1)Joe plays "Plead" on NPC #1 and Jack plays "Boot-lick" - can…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Particle_Man.

4/24/2008 KickAssClown: [Conceptualization and Formalization] Game Design and Development College Course
I am working with my local college to develop a Game Design and Development course. I know this may seem like the wrong place to discuss it, but we are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: KickAssClown, JoyWriter, oriondarkwood, dindenver.

4/24/2008 chronoplasm: Two Evolution Themed Games- Power 19 and other ideas
At first I only wanted to make one game themed around evolution, but the more I thought about it the more I want to do two. I originally wanted to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm.

4/24/2008 Illetizgerg: Comical/Humorous RPGs done right.
Hey everybody. I was somewhat inspired by some of my friends' comments and I've starting thinking about creating a humorous 1960s B horror movie RPG, and I was wondering if…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Illetizgerg, chronoplasm, Ken, Marshall Burns, greyorm, jag, Krippler.

4/24/2008 opsneakie: Day & Night - some thoughts on an RPG
I've had some thoughts, so I thought I'd share them and see what you think. This is taking some of the ideas presented in games like Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime…
In First Thoughts
Participants: opsneakie, Ken, Vulpinoid.

4/23/2008 Manveru: Importing Aspects and Fate Points from FATE into Sorcerer?
Hi folks!  I know FATE/Sorcerer crossover discussions have come up before, but I'm specifically interested to hear any thoughts from more veteran Sorcerer players about importing FATE's Aspect/Fate Point concepts…
In Adept Press
Participants: Manveru, lachek, Paka, Alan, angelfromanotherpin, pfischer, Ron Edwards, wreckage.

4/23/2008 baron samedi: [New Robot-Technothriller RPG] UCHRONIA is now available
Silence Indigo's new technothriller role-playing game and sourcebook, UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™, is now available at www.silenceindigo.org UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™ is about the dramatic dilemmas faced by emancipated transforming robots ('mechas')…
In Publishing
Participants: baron samedi.

4/23/2008 GreatWolf: Help me name my next game
First, check out my award-winning RPG called Wuxia Melodrama. Yay me! Anyways, I'm in the process of developing this game a bit, and one of the changes I've made is…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis, Peter Nordstrand.

4/23/2008 Tark: [Power 19] - Wu Shu Renegades
I figured a Power 19 would be appropriate for this game I posted a quick primer earlier so I decided to go ahead and go through this. 1.) What is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tark, JoyWriter, Willow, FrankBrunner.

4/23/2008 Taavi: Grammar & Grimoire: An Aklo-based magic system for CoC & horror generally
Hi there, This is conceived as an add-on for Call of Cthulhu rather than a standalone. Hope it's alright to post it here? The idea is to base a magic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Taavi, Eero Tuovinen.

4/23/2008 agony: [Poison'd] average booty...?
Just finished reading Poison'd and I'm in utter agony; the game is absolutely stellar and I don't even know if I will get to play in the foreseeable future. Anyway,…
In lumpley games
Participants: agony, lumpley, GB Steve, Pelgrane, Graham Walmsley.

4/22/2008 griggs: FREAKS! My idea for an rpg.
Who here likes World of Darkness? I've never played one of their games, you see, but I have read the Promethean sourcebook, and it was interesting. Anyway, the thing I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: griggs, JoyWriter, chronoplasm, Ken.

4/22/2008 GreatWolf: [1001 Nights] A good ending to a good day
Sunday night was Crystal’s birthday party. Her actual birthday is April 14, but for any number of reasons, we couldn’t put together her party until then. It went really well,…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Meguey, Gabrielle.

4/22/2008 GreatWolf: Rules question!
Got a quick rules question. I'm reading over the rules, preparatory to actually finally running Steal Away Jordan, and I have a question. Do stored Lucky Dice have to be…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Parthenia.

4/22/2008 Ben Morgan: [Over the Edge] I'm back
My new group started a game of Over the Edge last Sunday. I was very nervous going into it, as I already had 6 strikes against me right out of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Melinglor.

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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4/25/2008 Parthenia: [...Fisherman's Wife] First playtest
So here's how this game works with 2 people. This is before I altered and de-clunked the mechanics. I just posted a later playtest with four people. Here you can…
In Playtesting
Participants: Parthenia.

4/25/2008 Particle_Man: "you have two messages"
Either I have two messages that I cannot access, or else the computer is lying to me and I actually have no messages.  Don't know which.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Particle_Man, Ron Edwards, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen.

4/25/2008 Finarvyn: "Apprentice Version" Sorcerer
Please don't scream at me for this, but in searching I didn't find much about the "Apprentice" version of Sorcerer. I have the main rulebook, all of the paper supplements,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

4/25/2008 redwing: Deisgn Patterns of a Successful RPG question
I've been thumbing through John Kirk's work, and I'm having a slight difficulty understanding the differences between Gifts, Skills, and Traits. I was wondering if anyone could explain the differences…
In First Thoughts
Participants: redwing, Selene Tan.

4/25/2008 rafael: Cover art, interior art needed
I'm working on a new game. It's got an eighties vibe to it. I'm talking about: Feathered, ultra-teased hair Side ponytails Off-shoulder shirts Thick belts, long t-shirts Denim jackets,…
In Connections
Participants: rafael, kparasol.

4/26/2008 TheThingInTheMirror: Unclaimed goals
Something here seems obvious to everyone but me... Ok, Say I declare a goal... "Rob the bank", or "Convince Lois I am not a world famous superhero." Other people could…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TheThingInTheMirror, Hans, Bret Gillan.

4/26/2008 travisjhall: [DitV] Three-Streams Valley
I'm running DitV for the first time, at last, tomorrow, and figured I'd post my town for a little advice before then. A few restrictions on this... For a variety…
In lumpley games
Participants: travisjhall, lumpley.

4/27/2008 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2008] Forge Booth: The rules and ways for this year - let's go!
Hello, Well, I ran a little bit behind schedule this year. Finally - here is the thread about signing up for the Forge booth this year. 1. The only eligible…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, iago, Eero Tuovinen, JustinB, wunderllama, rafael, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc.

4/27/2008 Uriel: [Mechaton] Scenarios
So I'm gonna run Mechaton at a Con soon, 36 hours in total, and I was thinking about running some scenarios with special objectives as well. I think I'll run…
In lumpley games
Participants: Uriel, dindenver, David Artman.

4/27/2008 btrc: Purgatory Bay - open for critique
I'm usually known for my crunchy, simulationist work, which makes me feel like the odd man out here at the Forge (even if I do try to create social settings…
In Playtesting
Participants: btrc, jag.

4/27/2008 Standback: [PTA] Stockholm - Actual Play
"Stockholm" is a PTA series I created for running at conventions and other one-timer sessions for players new to PTA. At "Bigor," Israel's major annual roleplaying convention, I decided to…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Standback, Peter Nordstrand, forlorn1, Dream.

4/27/2008 Eliarhiman6: [IAWA] Flee in the middle of the fight?
Hi! This happened in our IAWA game yesterday (a Con game, not with my usual group): I played a vengeful ghost. My murderer (another PC) paid a sorcerer (a NPC)…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Supplanter, Valvorik, lumpley.

4/28/2008 Krippler: [Rustbelt] A maiden in distress - on fire
Hello there! This is Wilmer writing about my second session with the game The Rustbelt written by Marshall Burns. Last time I had a fast but mediocre start learning and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Krippler, jag, Marshall Burns, Wolfen.

4/28/2008 D.Olshanski: Tell me about fonts
I am considering publishing my game via PDF. Nominal fee or perhaps free. I thought I had all of my T's dotted and I's crossed, but I've just seen some…
In Publishing
Participants: D.Olshanski, iago, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, greyorm, OnnoTasler.

4/28/2008 tarafore: Writing a Game that Teaches?
I'm not sure if this belongs here, but I think it's the closest fit, and I think the Forge is probably the richest environment to get ideas from. Ever since…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tarafore, Krippler, oriondarkwood, dindenver, Illetizgerg, chronoplasm, NN, Eliarhiman6, madunkieg, jasonm, FrankBrunner, davidberg, KickAssClown.

4/28/2008 angelfromanotherpin: [City of Brass] Through Drama and Despair
So, today a whole bunch of my friends got together for Greek Orthodox Easter, and I roped a bunch of them into playing City of Brass, the game of a…
In Actual Play
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Wound penalties questions
"The first three wound boxes have temporary penalties that apply only to your next roll" 1) Any roll at all?  Positioning, etc.? ******* "Temporary penalties stack up...Lasting Penaties don't stack…
In one.seven design
Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Range band question
Are the range bands finite and bounded or do they in theory go on forever?  That is, if I am 7 range bands away from a skeleton (putting us at…
In one.seven design
Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Web_Weaver: [DitV/Glorantha] Con game question
I am going to be running a DitV/Glorantha mash-up at Tentacles (German convention) and I am planning a quick but intense 2.5 - 3 hour game. I plan to use…
In lumpley games
Participants: Web_Weaver, travisjhall, newsalor, Eliarhiman6, Mike Holmes, chriscrouch.

4/28/2008 iago: Indie Games Passport 2008
Hey folks, I will likely not be doing the Indie Games Passport for 2008 -- with Brennan missing GenCon, the amount of additional work I'll be taking on as IPR…
In Conventions
Participants: iago, hix, Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Matt-M-McElroy, Justin D. Jacobson, Darcy Burgess, Andy Kitkowski, SaintandSinner, Gaerik.

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