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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 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.

6/10/2008 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 ).

6/10/2008 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.

6/9/2008 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.

6/9/2008 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 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 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..

6/8/2008 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.

6/8/2008 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.

6/7/2008 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.

6/6/2008 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.

6/6/2008 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 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.

6/5/2008 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.

6/5/2008 Andy Kitkowski: WANTED: Graphic Designers for an Asian Fantasy RPG Character Sheet (Contest)
Hi all, I was waffling on Endeavor or Connection, but this is more a graphic designer casting call than anything.  I'm holding a contest to see who can design the…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Illetizgerg.

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.

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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.

6/13/2008 Caesar_X: [IAWA] In a Noir Age
Tonight, Chris P., Robert and I sat down to playtest using IAWA with Film Noir content, since that is one of my big interests. Please note that this is not…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caesar_X.

6/13/2008 First Oni: Taboo to follow White Wolf?
Here's my question and i'd like the honest opinions of those also in game publishing: Is it taboo to do design, develop, and publish a game that is similar to…
In Publishing
Participants: First Oni, chronoplasm, Ron Edwards, Big J Money, Marshall Burns, northerain, Wolfen, TempvsMortis, Valamir.

6/13/2008 chronoplasm: Go Fish inspired resolution system
So I'm working on a game where players play as townsfolk in a world full of monsters. Players can play as miners, farmers, merchants, fishermen and many other roles and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Paul Czege, Will.

6/13/2008 Roadkill: Publicising, whats a good way to advertise/get known for Free RPGs?
I am currently developing a game called Warriors of Fantasy. It is a RPG/Wargame hybrid and could appeal to both types of players. My game is nearing completion and I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: Roadkill, Ron Edwards, First Oni.

6/14/2008 Grail-Shadowblade: Storm of Beginnings - Character Creation Queries and Thoughts
Bet you didn't expect to see me again folks! Anyway Raid Earth is taking a backburner for now while I focus on a dice based system that my recent D&D…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Grail-Shadowblade.

6/14/2008 Bullbar: A very, very narrow concept: The Bridge/The Drop
I'm not entirely sure if this is the right way to go about it, but I hope so. I've come up with a concept for a game set entirely between…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bullbar, Arturo G., Vulpinoid, Everspinner, madunkieg, Will, jag, RadiantWind.

6/14/2008 Roadkill: 7 phrases
Ok this is not designed to be a serious game or even a game at all, just a light hearted idea/piece of fun perhaps. It could be played within an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Roadkill, Vulpinoid, Willow, Will.

6/15/2008 taalyn: Suing WoTC?
Hey all, Ages since I've been here - life's been busy! But I need to get some feedback from you folks. I just discovered today that one of my fonts…
In Publishing
Participants: taalyn, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, iago, Veritas Games.

6/16/2008 hillgiant: Orxs future?
  Are there any plans to develop an Orx future game? After playing Dawn of War 1-4 and not ever getting tired of playing Orks I was wondering if a…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: hillgiant, greyorm.

6/16/2008 Jumanji83: [Universalis] The Kurdak
Hey all! I believe this is my first post on the Forge, and I,m going to start things up by just copy/pasting a previous post from Midnight's Lair. It's a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jumanji83, Valamir.

6/16/2008 Valamir: GenCon Forge Booth Chairs
Once again I will be bringing the sponsored metal folding chairs to GenCon.  I won't be at the Forge Booth this year, but the chairs will be there. Be advised…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, iago, jrs, Eero Tuovinen, segedy, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, jasonm, Tim C Koppang, Blankshield, SirValence.

6/16/2008 Jumanji83: Corporate sell-out
So I've been thinking, and there is a game I'd like to design (it would be my first if I ever get around to it). The players' characters are all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jumanji83, Will, Ron Edwards.

6/16/2008 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer] The Brotherhood
We had our fifth session of the Sorcerer game I'm running tonight.  The first sessions was character creation.  We've played four times. I've got bunches of comments about it, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, pfischer, Frank Tarcikowski.

6/16/2008 ChrisMcDee: Inheritance - High-Powered Heroes of Classical Antiquity
I can't help but feel Connections was the wrong place to put this, so for your general feedback consideration here is Inheritance! Inheritance is a System…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ChrisMcDee, preludetotheend.

6/17/2008 Paul Czege: who and what we're expecting at The Ashcan Front at Gen Con '08
Hey all, Here's who and what we're expecting at booth 2039: Ralph Mazza with Blood Red Sands Darcy Burgess with Black Cadillacs Justin Jacobson with Bullseye Grant Davis with Secrets…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege.

6/18/2008 ChrisMcDee: Teen-Islanders High School Politics and Coconut Radios
I was toying with the idea of creating a game that could be playable solo, taking inspiration from the randomly generated content of Roguelikes. I ended up with the idea…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ChrisMcDee, whiteknife.

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