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6/5/2008 chronoplasm: No Power 19 Yet... Some Ideas Though
So I want to make a "hack and slash" where, instead of playing as adventurers on dungeon crawls, players are townsfolk trying to defend and maintain their village. The setting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Illetizgerg, Roadkill.

6/5/2008 Nybbles: New Idea: Tarot Cards Instead of Dice
the setting i have in mind is a high fantasy RPG set in a world that borrows heavily from myth and fairy tales with celtic, norse and classical roots where…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nybbles, Will, Peter Nordstrand, charles ferguson, Durand Durand, madunkieg, GregStolze, Double King, chance.thirteen, migo, greyorm, Jack Phillips, Vulpinoid, Big J Money, rasterix.

6/5/2008 Gaerik: [GenCon] Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand volunteers
All but two of the IGE events have been approved and assigned space.  (Two of them were shot back to me because the name of the event can't match the…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, Blankshield.

6/5/2008 Illetizgerg: Thoughts on Delayed Success Vs. Failure
Now, personally, I can't stand it when I hear that little kids can't play dodge ball because, good golly miss molly, the idea of last man standing could do nothing…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Illetizgerg, Arturo G., Double King, TempvsMortis, chronoplasm, Will, madunkieg.

6/5/2008 Earl of Sherry: [Super Action Now!] DIY Porno Studio vs Morality Police + Couch on Couch love!
Playtest report: Super Action Now! Rev 2/18/08 http://www.angelfire.com/indie/btw/SUPER_ACTION_NOW_3.htm Buck, Clint, Stf - First Timers, all. Okay, Marshall.  So, I read SAN!, that night I printed it off and started convincing…
In Playtesting
Participants: Earl of Sherry, Marshall Burns.

6/5/2008 electricpaladin: New Idea: Gods and Demons, Priests and Paladins - Faith and its Consequences
Last time I came here, it was with a game that wasn't really very first thoughtsy. It was basically done, and it's still coming along nicely. But this one (I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: electricpaladin, Arturo G., flammifer, Michael Johnson, RadiantWind.

6/4/2008 Shane Boone: Producer wins narration?
If the Producer draws the highest card in a conflict, does he get narration rights?  There was some confusion in my group over the text which says "Narration authority goes…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Shane Boone, Matt Wilson, Peter Nordstrand.

6/4/2008 Arturo G.: [My Group of Role-Players] Power-19 of a GameChef entry
Hi everyone! This is the Power-19 for my GameChef entry of this year. Although I'm working in the draft, I would like to know if people find the idea funny…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Arturo G..

6/4/2008 Reido: [TSOY] Supportting or Supplemental Action Question / Issue
In my current game there have been some problems with supplemental or supporting actions in and out of bringing down the pain.  I have treid to search the rule book…
In Actual Play
Participants: Reido, oliof, Lord_Steelhand, zmook.

6/4/2008 Eliarhiman6: [Dust Devils] How many players?
Hi! I know some people who would like to try "Dust Devils". They told me so a few hours ago. I have the book and I wanted to play it…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

6/4/2008 Maggott: Maggott's Quest for Critiques, Part 1: The Overview
What follows is the initial part of the Overview section at the beginning of the book I'm writing.  By pagecount it's only one eighth of the total overview, but if…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Maggott, TempvsMortis, Vulpinoid.

6/3/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [Solar System] Communal Vignette Writing
There's a call for help buried several paragraphs down. If you've played The Shadow of Yesterday and don't mind helping me out a bit, then read on: what I'm doing…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

6/3/2008 northerain: [Dark Days]: The Characters
This is for my game ''Dark Days'' (ex-Van Dread) which is about occult investigation and horror. I won't get in on the details since I'm just putting this one idea…
In First Thoughts
Participants: northerain, ChadDubya, Will, anansi, xenopulse.

6/3/2008 wags076: New Game Idea: Fitness
Hi, New to these forums but thought this would be a great way to start gathering some feedback about an idea i've had sitting around for a while. I thought…
In First Thoughts
Participants: wags076, Vulpinoid, Will, TempvsMortis.

6/2/2008 Maggott: Request for Critiques
Introduction to me and my dark mission: I am Mark Argyle, supreme overlord of GhazPORK Industrial, an incredibly small and slightly deranged entertainment company (both of which are results of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Maggott, TempvsMortis.

6/2/2008 nevermore: Update on Afraid
Hey Vincent, I've been working my way through every post on here that deals remotely with Afraid and the last news I'd heard about its completion/ release was that it…
In lumpley games
Participants: nevermore, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, devonapple.

6/2/2008 poireau: My game Resolution system
Well i've pated here my game's Power 16, and I'm still thinking about it. I'm currently working on the seting more than the system. Nontheless, after reading a couple of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: poireau, Kynn.

6/2/2008 Vulpinoid: LARP Concept
I've got a group of friends who've been itching to get back into a live roleplaying game for a few years. Their reasons for wanting this are fairly simple. 1.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, David Artman, Capulet, KickAssClown.

6/1/2008 James_Nostack: [Sorc] How would you implement an Idea demon?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=26299.0]In this thread[/url] we mooted creating a "legend" demon - something manifesting as references, depressing morals, symbolic resonances, and so on.  I'm wondering how to pull this off in [i]Sorcerer[/i]:…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, JamesP, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2008 EricAlexander: New game idea: Sports franchise gaming?
I had a vague idea a few days ago that there should be an rpg where the pc's are players on a sports team, whether it be a real life…
In First Thoughts
Participants: EricAlexander, visioNationstudios, Arturo G., Will.

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6/5/2008 Maggott: Maggott's Quest for Critiques, part 2: The Klernbraggians
I am posting these race descriptions in order to get an idea of how readers percieve the race according to my description.  The races are unusual enough that there's potential…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Maggott, chronoplasm.

6/6/2008 wishbone: Nighttime Animals?
Hi, I'm a homeschooling mom who's a former rpg player and I'm looking to get my kids into rpgs now. I'd seen Nighttime Animals Save the World mentioned on a…
In lumpley games
Participants: wishbone, Eliarhiman6.

6/6/2008 Bolterboy: Company seeking Game Desinger
So you think you can determine the air speed velocity of an unladed swallow do you? Well if so then you might just be the person that we are looking…
In Connections
Participants: Bolterboy, Vulpinoid, btrc, Eero Tuovinen.

6/6/2008 NickL: Layout guru needed
Hey all! I'm looking to find someone who can do layout for a 6x9 perfect bound book, about 120 pages with art every 4 pages. We're looking for someone quick,…
In Connections
Participants: NickL, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid.

6/7/2008 Big J Money: Before I can begin
I have a specific question concerning goals during game design.  How have some (of you) game designers found that a concious effort to designing a system toward specific GNS goals/rewards…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Big J Money, Eero Tuovinen.

6/8/2008 Aysez: [Bliss Stage] Hardcopy?
Hey, I've been looking at getting Bliss Stage, but IPR only has it in PDF. Is there a hardcopy available currently or will there be one?
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Aysez, Ben Lehman, cdr.

6/8/2008 jessecoombs: IAWA Cop variant?
I thought I remembered reading some post or listening to some podcast where Vincent was talking about doing an official Police/LA Cop version of In a Wicked Age. I'm guessing…
In lumpley games
Participants: jessecoombs.

6/9/2008 droog: Trollbabe: a six-year old plays Story Now
Hi, all. I'd like to report on the game of Trollbabe I have recently been playing with my daughter, who I'll call Jemima (since that's her name). She is seven…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Arturo G..

6/9/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] Two actions at once
Rules question. How do you handle a character trying to do two things at once? Examples: 1) Our sorceress is wielding a demon sword and also has a ranged attack…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] Possessors out of Host
In yesterday’s Sorcerer game, we had a powerful possessor demon (Power 8) try to get to a new host. The demon’s telltale was crawling insects, so I pictured this as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2008 Michael S. Miller: IGE at DexCon 11
Hi, all. Time has all-but overtaken us this year. Kat and I would like to run an Indie Games Explosion at DexCon this year. The convention is in East Brunswick,…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

6/10/2008 paydirt: Interview with successful Patron-model publisher
I think you folks would be interested in Wolfgang Baur's endeavor with Open Design, which is essentially adventure design that is based on the patron model.  Patron's stake anywhere from…
In Publishing
Participants: paydirt.

6/10/2008 Ron Edwards: [Barbaren] My manly guy
Hello, This is essentially a question thread for Frank, but I also hope it turns into minor system showcase for the game as well, depending on the answers. Here is…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, ( o Y o ).

6/11/2008 Nathan P.: [carry] Errata
(x-posted with my blog and website) The second print run of carry. a game about war. is almost sold out! The third printing is currently heading out to fulfillment houses.…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Ron Edwards.

6/11/2008 First Oni: Playesters needed for Apocalypse Prevention Inc.
Third Eye Games (www.thirdeyegames.net) is looking for one or two groups to take the game and play a few sessions, using the ideas presented and checking for any glitches in…
In Connections
Participants: First Oni.

6/11/2008 dindenver: [DNAwesome] Simple Chargen
Hi!   I was trying to come up with a way to make a Supers game without the laundry list of powers. I think I have it, let me know…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, Arturo G., Filip Luszczyk.

6/12/2008 Capulet: Handling PC Death in Simulationist Combat
I'd like to talk about an event which occurred several months ago in a playtest game I ran. System: The basics The game is one I've independently published, called…
In Actual Play
Participants: Capulet, droog, Arturo G., dindenver, Ron Edwards, Roadkill, First Oni, Artanis, zmook, Frank Tarcikowski, NN, fjj, Web_Weaver, JoyWriter, Aaron Blain.

6/12/2008 ChrisMcDee: Playtesters Wanted for Inheritance - High-Powered Heroes of Classical Antiquity
Inheritance is a System and Setting that I've been collaboratively working on for some time now, but it's been sat on my back burner for some months. However, now that…
In Connections
Participants: ChrisMcDee.

6/12/2008 dindenver: [DNAwesome] Mechanics so far
Hi!   So, this is the starting framework for the mechanics so far: In order to resolve a conflict, we need to know 3 things: 1) What Traits your character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, ChadDubya, Will, Arturo G., Filip Luszczyk.

6/12/2008 Emily Care: [Shooting the Moon] Three Heroes of the Dragon Wars
Hello all, I played Shooting the Moon this weekend with Rachel, Heather and Saif in New York.  We chose a fantasy setting, modeling it on Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince or…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care.

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