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8/19/2008 jlhburnett: [Beowulf--ashcan] Advantage Dice and Multi-Character Conflicts
I picked up the Beowulf ashcan at Gencon, and I'm diggin' it.  I'd not had a chance to check out "In A Wicked Age..." yet, so this is my first…
In glyphpress
Participants: jlhburnett, nikola.

8/19/2008 mrduncanwright: Noir, Mist, and Horror (looking for artists)
These are the three elements of my home-written RPG. I'm looking for cover art (color) and interior art (black and white) with amazing style that captures at least 2 of…
In Connections
Participants: mrduncanwright, northerain.

8/19/2008 marsuniversity: What Should We Consider When Selecting a Company Name?
Hello everyone.  As a first-time poster, please forgive me if this topic has been posted too many times in the past (a quick search revealed only a few similar topics),…
In Publishing
Participants: marsuniversity, David Artman, guildofblades, Dan Maruschak, Ron Edwards, segedy.

8/18/2008 jasonm: [Medical Hospital] Indianapolis General
I had the good fortune to run two playtests of Medical Hospital at Gen Con with some great people.  Both were fun but highlighted a number of issues with the…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Graham Walmsley.

8/16/2008 Eldrad: One Roll type system
I used to have a game called punks and the system worked like this. You had seven attributes that you rolled 7d10. This total was the hit points. Average HP…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad, Vulpinoid.

8/16/2008 tomg: Wake Up or Die! - Do I even need a GM?
I'm working on my first design - Wake Up or Die! about comatose people trying to keep from being consumed by otherworldly creatures.  The game is found here:  http://tomgurg.googlepages.com/home. My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tomg, whiteknife, Vulpinoid, EdEdEd.

8/16/2008 Mark D. Eddy: [DitV] An old-book Traveller experience, almost
So, I've finally gotten a group together to play Dogs. Five Dogs, which is just slightly insane, and we're halfway through our first town. In the Accomplishments phase, one of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mark D. Eddy, oliof, Filip Luszczyk, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, David Artman, Ramidel.

8/16/2008 JackTheOwner: [Amina Prime] Some issue and bugs
Sorry for grammar and short description, but English is not my native language. We were playing using poker chips, with only two persons (Me as the GM and Filip as…
In Playtesting
Participants: JackTheOwner, xenopulse, Filip Luszczyk.

8/15/2008 burner2501: Step One
After listening to many podcasts and hearing about all these wonderful indie RPGs I checked a few of them out at Origins this year and took Burning Wheel (with Jihad…
In First Thoughts
Participants: burner2501, Selene Tan, greyorm, Catalyst N.

8/15/2008 septrax: Hi i tought this was
Hi there im new here and think this looks liek a very active forum :) Well the reason i foudn this forum is that my friend said that the forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: septrax, dindenver, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2008 Vulpinoid: Types of Scene
I've hit a wall. I'm toying with a new concept that involves a game centered around a focal character. For the purposes of this post, I'll call the character the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, chance.thirteen, Artanis, dindenver.

8/14/2008 AXUM: SOTC Fate & NPCs
Hello again! I was wondering if you have any suggestions on running the Antagonist's Fate points (how to use them, etc.): Do you suggest to play it fast & loose,…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: AXUM, Mel_White.

8/14/2008 AXUM: SOTC: PCs helping each other
What's the process if PCs want to accomplish something with cooperation (like lifting a heavy object, or building a sophisticated computer)?  I'm unable to find the official rules. Thanks AXum
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: AXUM, Mel_White.

8/14/2008 Jargon: Ways to sell more narrativist or indie-like games to traditional players?
I was just wondering if the great minds here at the Forge would have any tips for trying to sell narrativist and more indie-like rpgs to the traditional gaming public?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jargon, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, dindenver, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

8/14/2008 chronoplasm: [Townsfolk] Power 19 2.0
1.) What is your game about?** Imagine Harvest Moon if the crops you were trying to harvest were monsters that fight back. In Townsfolk, you play as a peasant in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Greg 1, dindenver, whiteknife.

8/14/2008 whiteknife: Forgotten: Why have a past?
I’ve been working on a game lately that I’ve come to call “Forgotten” (although I think that I might need a new name seeing how common the one I’ve picked…
In First Thoughts
Participants: whiteknife, imago, chance.thirteen.

8/14/2008 Chronologist: Destiny RPG
So this is my first time here at The Forge, so I'm unsure as to what's really going on. None the less, here's what I've come up with. It's not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Chronologist, whiteknife, imago, Vulpinoid, xenopulse.

8/13/2008 Vulpinoid: The Eighth Sea now available
To the Forgers, Just a note to say thank-you to those people around here who provided feedback and who helped me get this project together. Time to move on to…
In Publishing
Participants: Vulpinoid.

8/13/2008 chronoplasm: Which Would you Prefer?
1) This is a dark, gritty game where you are a simple peasant trying to fight off a horde of zombies that are attacking your town. You have no knights…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, chance.thirteen, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, dindenver.

8/13/2008 LordEntropy: Chase Scenes
This is a cross post of a thread over on RPG.NET but the OP and myself have not had any answers yet. The OP has written up a chase sequence…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: LordEntropy, iago, Mel_White.

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8/19/2008 rabindranath72: [Sorcerer] Hyborian Age as a S&S setting
Hi all, new to the boards, new to Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword, bought them two days ago, and I literally devoured them. Excellent material! I have been searching for…
In Adept Press
Participants: rabindranath72, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Finarvyn, Vortigern, Christopher Kubasik, The Dragon Master.

8/19/2008 TonyLB: Misery Bubblegum Playtesters Wanted
I'm going to be trying "Playtest by Chain-letter" to get some blind-playtest mojo going.  Basically, this isn't a game that I can (or would) distribute to you electronically:  I gotta…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Myrmidon.

8/19/2008 Raeth: [Options System] Intro / wounding system
[font=Trebuchet MS][size=15pt][b]Intro[/b][/size] Hello-hello. I'm Nick. I've been working on a system for several years now, mostly all on my own. My system, called the Options System for now, focuses on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Raeth, whiteknife, dindenver, chance.thirteen.

8/19/2008 Kalladeron: Dice Mechanic -Need a Help
Firstly, excuse me for possible English mistakes, I am Brazilian and as I believe that you know that English is far away from being our language mother.    It is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kalladeron, imago.

8/19/2008 lopes-gabriel: Music for Shock
[b]Music for Shock! Some stuff that I like to listen to while I´m  playing![/b] [b]Ghosts – Nine Inch Nails[/b] (wonderful for [b]lonely industrial landscapes[/b]) Free download at http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options [b]Mind is…
In glyphpress
Participants: lopes-gabriel, nikola.

8/20/2008 sirogit: [WGP] Jumper Hellboy and an Art teacher take on star girl and a yeti.
I'm 3 sessions into a WGP game. We choose a setting that's 'kind of like sunnydale', a suburban community that's serene conformist outside with corruption and evil powers and people…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit.

8/20/2008 LemmingLord: Capes at GenCon - D-Day Capes Style
The best two hours of the best four days of gaming was playing out an alternate D-Day.  Many thanks to Tony for showing me how the system works in practice. …
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LemmingLord, TonyLB.

8/20/2008 Paka: Dark Pages Imprint: Zeppelin City Set-up
A few friends of mine are moving back into town and I was excited to read that DarkPages prefers a GM and one or two players.  I have been enjoying…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy.

8/20/2008 Helix: [Poison'd] Character Sheet / Cheat Sheets?
Hi. I just demoed and bought this game at Gen Cont his year. It should be a blast to play with my group. I remember seeing a character type sheet....had…
In lumpley games
Participants: Helix, lumpley.

8/20/2008 Abkajud: [Dishonor!] "Canceling Out" Mechanic - I need your suggestions
Hello, all! My name is Zac, and I haven't posted about this particular game for a long time. It previously appeared under the heading of "Trial by Combat/The Honor system",…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, imago, Vulpinoid.

8/20/2008 Carabbit: Hey, new game and etiquette
Got a group and a game that's been in production for more than a year. We feel we've reached a 'beta' type point where we are looking for others outside…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Carabbit, Vulpinoid, Eero Tuovinen.

8/21/2008 charlesperez: Social Context: Rules for 4th Ed D&D Characters who belong
While reading 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, a set of rules in the form of a plug-in for D&D sort of clawed its way out of my brain. These rules…
In First Thoughts
Participants: charlesperez.

8/21/2008 Elizabeth: Photographer available for illustration work
Hi! I'm a freelance photographer by day, game designer by night. I've been doing a ton of photography as game illustrations lately, and I thought I should mention that I'm…
In Connections
Participants: Elizabeth, Vulpinoid.

8/21/2008 segedy: [Gen Con 2008] Post-Mortem
I've found these post-Gen Con discussions interesting and helpful in the past, so let's start a new one for Gen Con Indy 2008.  What worked in the booth (and in…
In Conventions
Participants: segedy, iago, Tim C Koppang, JustinB, jenskot, Ron Edwards, rafael, Nathan P., Andy Kitkowski, jasonm, Gregor Hutton, abzu, SirValence, wunderllama, Paul Czege, TonyLB, Darcy Burgess, buzz, inthisstyle, tonyd, Jonathan Walton, Paka, Adam Dray, Graham Walmsley, RobNJ.

8/21/2008 Dustin Bingham: [Fame] First thoughts
Hi there, After having my gaming pretty much transformed by these wonderful games (DitV, Sorcerer, MLWM, and Polaris, specifically), I've decided to take a crack developing a game myself.  I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dustin Bingham, whiteknife, imago, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2008 Ron Edwards: [Kagematsu] GenCon, Thursday night
Hello, We gathered at the Embassy Suites in the time-honored tradition to playtest the game, including Danielle Lewon (the designer), Anna Kreider, Darcy Burgess, and me. Curiously, a 50-50 male-female…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Darcy Burgess, wunderllama, Nev the Deranged, SNora.

8/21/2008 dindenver: [ditv[ Say yes or roll the dice question
Vincent,   Are there any tips, tricks or nuances to "Say yes or roll the dice"?   I am designing a game that is going to rely on it heavily…
In lumpley games
Participants: dindenver, lumpley, daniel_yokomizo, Roger.

8/21/2008 Emily Care: [Flowers for Mara] Family schisms at Gen Con
Hi there, At Gen Con, I got the chance to play Seth Ben Ezra's game A Flower for Mara.  This game is played in the form of an improv play…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, GreatWolf, segedy, Tobias Wrigstad, Blessdevil, Claudia Cangini.

8/21/2008 Andy Kitkowski: Ways to handle PDF downloads?
Hey all, I'm looking for a software kit for the web to do basically one thing (so I don't need a whole CRM/CMS or anything): I want something that can…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, greyorm.

8/21/2008 guildofblades: GOB Retail/Distribution Store Overview
Hi All, Eero requested that I expand upon some of the details about the Guild of Blades Retail Group's plans for its B&M stores, from what I had written on…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen.

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