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10/23/2008 Rinello: [Agon] Multiple Question
Hi everyone! When I use javelins, can I make a double attack? I think that if I just use Javelin for the current exchange I can throw one with my…
In one.seven design
Participants: Rinello, Mel_White.

10/23/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Traits in While We Were Fighting
I've thought a bit about how traits are used in While We Were Fighting (here's the link, but don't tell anyone), especially after reading the thread called "Can someone explain…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Noon, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2008 Axe4Eye: Easy Random Life Experience
I love Cyberpunk's random lifepath.  I think that something like this would be just perfect for my game, but I need a little help.  It needs to be simple enough…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Axe4Eye, Vulpinoid.

10/22/2008 WildElf: Capes: Invasion from Earth Prime
A supplement?!  I was surprised to see this appear out of the blue on IPR.  It says that it's a demonstration of how to do storylines in Capes.  Does anyone…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: WildElf, TonyLB, DainXB.

10/22/2008 rycanada: [4e] Players Roll All the d20s
Last night I ran 4e for the first time.  The game went very, very well.  The only house rule in effect was Players Roll All the (20-sided) dice - which…
In Actual Play
Participants: rycanada, gsoylent, Noon, GregStolze, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, Big J Money, Finarvyn, greyorm, maldito.

10/22/2008 BlackSheep: [PTA Hack] Fanmail as Trust
This came up in a discussion on RPGnet about running a "One of us, one of them" Heroes game, and I thought I'd share. For those who don't watch the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: BlackSheep.

10/21/2008 jessejesse: Another illustration...
Check it out... Let me know what you think.... Mountain Cheers, Jesse edited by me to turn the image into a link - RE
In Connections
Participants: jessejesse, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2008 ijonchrist: High Noon Showdowns and Iaijutsu Duels
Hi guys, I've got a query regarding situations where one would draw and attack in a single motion, as per the situations in the topic title. I've got a Wild…
In Adept Press
Participants: ijonchrist, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2008 Pelgrane: Pelgrane Press Fulfillment and Distribution
All this talk of fulfillment solutions got me thinking about how ProFantasy and Pelgrane do fulfillment, and how we did it historically. Ancient History When we started ProFantasy, we produced…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane, lumpley.

10/21/2008 Cynthia Celeste Miller: POD and Pricing for Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2
Hi, guys. Long time, no see. :) I'm preparing to produce CAH:S2 as a full-color hardback book and I looked at the lulu pricing estimate for it and, while I…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Valamir, iago, guildofblades.

10/21/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] An assisting rule
Poison'd went well on Saturday night, and I have stories about that, but there was grumbling about the lack of an "assist" rule. If you're fighting the Captain, and I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

10/21/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] I don't use NPC Brinkmanship
The only thing NPC Brinkmanship does is decide whether the GM can escalate, right? The rules, as written, are: 1. Roll two dice. Take the higher for Brinkmanship. 2. If…
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, Arturo G., Eero Tuovinen, watergoesred.

10/21/2008 Vulpinoid: [Eighth Sea] Seven Sessions
While the Eighth Sea is available for sale (and has slowly started trickling sales in), it is and always will be in a state of constant revision as I learn…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vulpinoid.

10/20/2008 when1wasaboy: "We drink gin, we sing sin" Seeking Fae Noir player in San Jose, CA
Due to the wonders of school and trying to earn a respectable living, I've recently lost a couple players in my Fae Noir game, and I figured I'd come over…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: when1wasaboy.

10/20/2008 bvierthaler: Fallout consequences
I have a question to the short-term list. It says: Subtract 1 from one of your charcter´s Stats for your next conflict. What does that mean? Subtract on die? Or…
In lumpley games
Participants: bvierthaler, lumpley.

10/19/2008 LemmingLord: Halloween Game Success
I used Risus for the very first time to run a Halloween Horror game.  It seems that I and my players had a very good time so I wanted to…
In Actual Play
Participants: LemmingLord, Ron Edwards.

10/19/2008 Willow: First Thoughts: Dystopia, Personal Drama, and Die Pools- Setting and Rules Help
So, the idea for this setting came to me in a dream.  I rarely remember my dreams, so when I do, I know I've got something good. You've got an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, VoidDragon.

10/19/2008 decline: Weapon Damage Calculation Question
let me first just say hi, new to the board here and just discovered it a few days ago and have enjoyed reading through it. anyway, so a friend and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: decline, VoidDragon, dindenver, John Blaz, Vulpinoid, walruz.

10/19/2008 daftnewt: Finally started a Dogs game!
After having Dogs for about a year and fiddling with it on and off, I finally got a group together to play the game as written. And it turned out…
In lumpley games
Participants: daftnewt, lumpley, bvierthaler, Eliarhiman6.

10/18/2008 reaction: [Grindhouse Game Contest] Horror/Exploitation Games
[size=16pt]Grindhouse Game Contest[/size] Ok, I'm starting a new game design contest. Write a game based on a category of exploitation or grindhouse movies in (about) the next two weeks. Entries…
In Endeavor
Participants: reaction, Vulpinoid.

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10/23/2008 preludetotheend: Anyone ever purchased IP
I am currently in the process of negotiating the rights to some intellectual property and am curious if any one has any pointers. I know the basics of purchasing a…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen.

10/24/2008 DrQuencher: First time experience with the Roach
Hi all, I discovered the roach last week while slacking off at work. After printing out the Game Soup rules, reading some play experiences, and admiring the comic, I decided…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: DrQuencher, jasonm, jburneko.

10/25/2008 Snoof: Rules question: Divine Favor
I've recently acquired a copy of Agon, and I really enjoy the philosophy behind the game; it's inspired me to run it in a way not many games do (it…
In one.seven design
Participants: Snoof, Mel_White.

10/25/2008 blueflame: TSOY starting characters and advances
Please can someone do a breakdown for the starting TSOY characters Violet and Oliphant and how they spent their 5/25 advances? I'm pondering a new TSOY game and it's the…
In Actual Play
Participants: blueflame, oliof.

10/27/2008 Artanis: [Sorcerer] Getting involved in the Carnival Bizarre
Hello all At last we got around to meet and give a follow-up to the first session. First thing, we agreed with Thomas that Alice was just a woman that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards, kwelndar.

10/27/2008 Bullbar: My game about, for lack of a better term, Dirty Princesses
I've been developing a new game idea (and I'm the first to admit it's a somewhat limited concept but I'm happy with that). Vaguely, because I haven't worked out the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bullbar, Vulpinoid, dindenver, anders_larsen, Noon, Paul Czege, David C, Ron Edwards, JCunkle.

10/27/2008 Neal Durando: [Matrix Game] Mitrovica Matrix Exercise
In the context of one of my military English classes for my consultancy, www.defenselinguistics.org, I recently began conducting an Engle Matrix Game, using the situation in Mitrovica, 2000 as a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Neal Durando, MatrixGamer.

10/27/2008 hoefer: Adobe InDesign Swatch Question
Hey all, I'm using Adobe InDesign CS2 and would like to use "textures" when shading in some tables -that is, fill a row/column with gray hatchmarks or stripes, checkers -whatever. …
In Publishing
Participants: hoefer, iago.

10/27/2008 Caesar_X: [DitV] Questions from a first-time GM
I ran Dogs for the first time this weekend, and had a fun time. But ended up with some questions about confusing issues or where I thought I might have…
In lumpley games
Participants: Caesar_X, Noclue, Warren, lumpley.

10/28/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Alternative rules for NPCs questions
So, I knew the alternative NPC templates based on Afraid rules were supposed to be included in the hardcover edition, but it's only last week that I've learned they were…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

10/28/2008 John Blaz: Fear/ Sanity system for a Survival Horror game
I'm looking for a fear system to implement into my modern day survival horror system. The main premise involves creatures from other dimensions appearing in our world, and the players…
In First Thoughts
Participants: John Blaz, anders_larsen, Sentience.

10/28/2008 Paul T: Three-sided stakes are hurting my head ... [design help]
Hello, I'm posting here in hopes of receiving some help with a design problem I'm facing. I designed and wrote a game I feel quite happy with (although I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul T, anders_larsen, Eero Tuovinen, monkey, Vulpinoid, Tom Garnett, Guy Srinivasan, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

10/28/2008 Willow: Layout for Dummies?
If you've read Awesome Adventures, you may have noticed that it's not the most beautifully laid out book.  That's because I laid it out myself, using Open Office. So, I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, iago, lev_lafayette, jerry, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton.

10/28/2008 Ron Edwards: [L5R, The Pool, and others] A new look at Drift
Hello, I've chosen to begin a new thread using one of Markus' final posts in Can someone explain the true reason behind "traits" (PTA-style) to me? as the starting point.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Simon C, Noon, Tim C Koppang, jag, Artanis.

10/29/2008 davidberg: renaming The Rustbelt?
Most of my inspirations run along the lines of "setting's impact on the characters" and derive from the original title: Rusted Out Rusted Away The Rusted Rusted Lives Rusted Fates…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: davidberg, Marshall Burns, Everspinner, DWeird, Wolfen, agony, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Krippler, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

10/29/2008 gsoylent: [3:16] Way Too Easy Or Just Got the Rules Wrong?
Ran my first game of 3:16.  There were two players besides me, none of us had played this game before and only I had read the rules. My planet involved…
In Actual Play
Participants: gsoylent, pfischer, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Wolfen.

10/29/2008 Darcy Burgess: [My Life with Master] Beating the Love out of a Minion
So, we kicked off our new MLwM game on Monday night.  We've got a nifty Master.  He's an enormous lump of a man, with sausages for fingers and a penchant…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis.

10/29/2008 Tom Garnett: Story-structure led game idea (GNS wrangling)
Hello, I'm new here (although I've lurked on and off for ages). Brief bio: Long-time gamer, occasional GM, LARPer, and organiser thereof. Most of my play experience is non-WoD White…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tom Garnett, Eero Tuovinen.

10/29/2008 hoefer: PentaCon Fort Wayne, IN
Anyone going to PentaCon next weekend?  I'm running the Century's Edge demo I did for GenCon there, and wanted to know if anyone else would be there from this forum. …
In Conventions
Participants: hoefer.

10/29/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [Yuuyake Koyake] Railroady Participationism & Game Economy
I intended to write and post this AP earlier, but here goes: At the beginning of September we played a game of Yuuyake Koyake, using the early version of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Andy Kitkowski.

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