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8/24/2008 jessecoombs: New version of Poison'd?
Alas, I was not able to make it to Gencon. After hearing about a new version of Poison'd, I got excited and bought the existing pdf. There was a note…
In lumpley games
Participants: jessecoombs, lumpley.

8/24/2008 BlissAuthority: [Each Star Could Be An Ally!] Seeking playtesters - running over chatroom
I have bashed out a play-testable version of Each Star Could Be An Ally, a hot-blooded Super Robot roleplaying game where you must save not only Earth, but forge alliances…
In Connections
Participants: BlissAuthority.

8/24/2008 Matterhorn: [The Story Tree] First Impression (V2!)
The Story Tree V0.003 This link should work. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgwmw5z8_0hbcntths Please test, critique, etc. I am am keen for any and all comment. Thanks Eero Tuovinen and Vulpinoid for the technical…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matterhorn, Vulpinoid.

8/24/2008 Kaynus: There has been talk of a space rpg. Time to get organized.
I just got done with my anti-depression therapy (a Rocky montage marathon plus some fast metal) so I'm fired up and ready to get my self committed to some sort…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kaynus.

8/24/2008 neko ewen: Slime Story: teenagers hunt cute monsters for spending money
This is an idea that's been brewing for a long time, and I think I'm finally starting to figure out how to put together a game about it. It takes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: neko ewen, BlissAuthority, whiteknife, Eero Tuovinen, Landon Winkler, Wirebrain.

8/23/2008 Abkajud: response to Dishonor! questions (Vulpinoid and Imago)
[i]Is the game focused on courtly intrigue? Is it based on defending the empire from hostile outside forces? Is it based on ferreting out heretics and dishonourable swine within the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud.

8/23/2008 Jack Phillips: [The Amnesia Detective] Power 19 answers. Suggestions/help?
I'm working out an idea for a game called The Amnesia Detective. Player/s were investigating something. They don't remember what. They don't remember who they are. Over the course of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jack Phillips, whiteknife, TonyLB, Willow, Big J Money.

8/23/2008 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] One Shot...
To start with, yes I ran a search for this, and I'm in the process of digesting the information I found. That being said... I joined the group I'll be…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2008 Greymorn: AMMF?
I have a feeling I may regret this in the morning, but this idea is stuck in my head so here it goes. Please reply with thoughts and especially AP…
In Actual Play
Participants: Greymorn, Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Entech, Web_Weaver, Big J Money, Marshall Burns.

8/23/2008 Matterhorn: [The Story Tree] First Thoughts.
Thankyou Dustin and Rob for your uploading advice. This is the first version of The Story Tree. http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgwmw5z8_0hbcntths&hl=en It is completely untested at this time so I am keen for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matterhorn, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid.

8/22/2008 Pilgrim: Errata? Hermes & Aphrodite
Matt, Question - p92 with Aphrodite duplicates the Power, Urges, Muses and Talisman for Hermes, even though the labels have been changed. Got a corrected version some where? Trey
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Pilgrim.

8/22/2008 SirValence: GenCon Forge Booth Chairs, part 2
I was reimbursed for all but $19 for the chairs, and I can cover that much. That's $1 for each StoryCards deck that sold. :)
In Conventions
Participants: SirValence, segedy, Valamir, iago.

8/22/2008 LordEntropy: [SOTC] Outnumbered
A number of the fists stunts talk about their use when being outnumbered. Now I know Mooks get a numerical advantage to attack a character but I cant see anywhere…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: LordEntropy, iago, oliof.

8/22/2008 imago: [Coraçao Selvagem] Mechanics
On Coraçao Selvagem characters have 5 Attributes, with 5 Abilities under each Attribute. Attributes have scores from 1 to 6, while Abilities have scores from 0 to 5. Drives and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: imago.

8/22/2008 Matterhorn: The Story Tree, some upload advice (please)
Hi -long time browser, first time poster. I have been working on a bronze age pirates meets Lost low fantasy campaign for a while now. Yesterday I was struck by…
In Publishing
Participants: Matterhorn, Dustin Bingham, Rob Donoghue.

8/22/2008 BlissAuthority: [Power 19] [Nameless Mecha Game] Help me with bolded questions?
1.) What is your game about? ::This Game:: is about hot-blooded humongous mecha badassery in the face of an eeevil foe, with the careful (or not) forging of alliances on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BlissAuthority, Abkajud, dindenver.

8/22/2008 EarthenForge: [Under My Skin]...got under my skin. Now, with pictures!
I am undertaking the rather daunting task of writing an AP for Emily Care Boss’s Under My Skin game, in the Jeepform tradition, as played at GenCon 2008. It was…
In Actual Play
Participants: EarthenForge, RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Niobe, Emily Care, Tobias Wrigstad, GreatWolf.

8/21/2008 AXUM: SOTC- Help & suggestions for a New Stunt
Hello! As a SOTC GM, I was tinkering with a new Stunt for a Master Criminal Villain I have (a Master Thief), oddly enough, called "Master Criminal". I was hoping…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: AXUM, iago.

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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8/25/2008 Necromagvs: Free Indie Game promotion: League of Extraordinary Games
Hello everyone, I´d been working lately in a pland to increase the web presence of our game system and I came up with a idea that may sound interesting for…
In Connections
Participants: Necromagvs.

8/25/2008 GreatWolf: [Go Play Peoria] Some brainstorming on selling stuffs at Go Play Peoria
Crystal and I were discussing Go Play Peoria, and she suggested the idea of allowing local designers to sell stuff at the minicons. I was mulling this over, when I…
In Conventions
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/26/2008 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Contacting/Summoning Object Demons
How does this play out? It's fairly easy to picture the other kinds of demons being contacted and summoned, but how does this play out with object demons? As an…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2008 hoefer: Sounding Board for Hardback/Softcover dilemma
Hi All, I've been "ghosting" this forum for about 3 years now and want to start with thanks for all the great wisdom you've all imparted. Now the dilemma. My…
In Publishing
Participants: hoefer, iago, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, MatrixGamer.

8/26/2008 Graham Walmsley: Poison'd: Some thoughts on violence
The new GM advice section has helped me a great deal. It's cleared up some problems I had in GMing Poison'd. Here are a couple of thoughts/questions. 1. If you…
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

8/26/2008 Marshall Burns: Welcome to Beyond the Wire Productions
Hi, welcome to the forum for Beyond the Wire Productions. BtW consists of me, and a few friends that I'm collaborating with on some new game ideas. I primarily set…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, jasonm, davidberg.

8/26/2008 Marshall Burns: RUSTBELT ERRATA
There's a few things that should have made it into the book that did not. And they are: PACKAGED EFFECTS So, a moment from actual play: Kitt, the shady doctor,…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns.

8/27/2008 Ron Edwards: NPCs in Rustbelt play
Hi Marshall, Jari Tuovinen and I are playing Rustbelt in a kind of quick-and-dirty way, beginning a scenario and skipping through to a later time. It's just me and him,…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

8/27/2008 malladin_ben: Can this work as a roleplaying game?
I am currently reading R Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before, when I was struck by a neat idea for a CCG system. Given the production impracticalities of small…
In First Thoughts
Participants: malladin_ben, Eero Tuovinen, Selene Tan, Vulpinoid.

8/27/2008 anonynos: [DITV] Negative traits and how to use them
So after looking at this game for awhile, I picked up a copy at this last Origins and last night got a couple of friends together and tried out char…
In lumpley games
Participants: anonynos, David Artman, dindenver, lumpley, LordAsteroth, Axhead, Paul T.

8/27/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Three Games at GenCon
Hi, Black Cadillacs saw play three times at GenCon. Two of the games were scheduled through the IGE (quick shout-out to Mike Holmes: thanks for making this happen!) Sandwiched between…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, jasonm.

8/27/2008 Susan Calvin: Cyberspace?
I've been working on a convention scenario (standard 4-5 hour time slot, 5 players) which will take place roughly 75% in cyberspace. The PC:s are five subsystems (infiltration, maintenance, counter-intrusion…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Susan Calvin, JoyWriter, walruz.

8/27/2008 Vulpinoid: What to do on a CAPITAL ship?
[quote author=Susan Calvin link=topic=26552.msg254308#msg254308 date=1219871707] First, which kind of ship is it? A huge capital ship with whole companies crammed inside, a small research vessel or the typical NPC small…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, Susan Calvin, chronoplasm, contracycle, David Artman, Landon Winkler, opsneakie, walruz, MoonHunter.

8/28/2008 ejh: GM Prep for a Game of Trollbabe
Somebody confirm that I understand this correctly: you as a GM do not prep for games of trollbabe, cause you don't even know where they're going to happen before they…
In Adept Press
Participants: ejh, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2008 Aise: [Black Cadillacs] - Blood and Mettle
Hey I was reading my copy of the Steel Toed Edition of Black Cadillacs and came across a little snag. Since I am starting a full campaign of Black Cadillacs,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Aise, Darcy Burgess.

8/28/2008 Matterhorn: [Story Tree: Lednik] First Thoughts.
Story Tree: Lednik is my first game using the Story Tree game system. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgwmw5z8_1cxbc7pdr It is fairly raw and is more like a design document at the moment. If you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matterhorn.

8/28/2008 Arturo G.: [PtA] How are the narrative authorities working in this scene?
Ron was commenting here: Re: Players wanting their PCs to fail? , that he offered some people to post a scene in Actual Play to talk about the different…
In Actual Play
Participants: Arturo G., Ron Edwards, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, Matt Wilson.

8/28/2008 signoftheserpent: Night's Dark Heroes
I am currently working on a pulp horror superhero rpg called Night's Dark Heroes (I preferred Midnight Men but it's being used by another comic). To that end http://nightsdarkheroes.blogspot.com/ is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, chance.thirteen, davidberg, Vulpinoid.

8/28/2008 Necromagvs: Suralyom Game Systems prereleases the Rulebook 1 version today
[b]Suralyom Game Systems[/b] prereleases the Rulebook 1 version today. SGS does not pretend to re-invent the RPGs or games in general, to the contrary we research for a whole year…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromagvs.