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11/6/2008 jmhpfan: Trouble I had running The Sword
I just want to preface this by saying that this is in no way a bad reflection on the Sword scenario things happened while we were playing that made things…
In Actual Play
Participants: jmhpfan, Ron Edwards, The Dragon Master, abzu.

11/6/2008 vgunn: Triumph System -- please give feedback
Okay, I think that I might have finally settled on a system that I would like to develop. I appreciate all of the feedback from previous threads I've posted.  My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: vgunn, jmhpfan, Redeemer, soundmasterj.

11/6/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Shooting UFOs and escalations
In our last game we had the following situation: The conflict was about the community's trust in the Sorcerer. We've already "opened" Just Talking and Physical arenas, it was still…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Warren, lumpley, David Artman, Paul T.

11/6/2008 guildofblades: Game Design & Publishing Workshop - Sun, Nov 23rd
The Guild of Blades Retail Group is hosting a FREE game design and independent publishing workshop on Sunday, November 23rd at our new Game Retail Store in Madison Heights (…
In Publishing
Participants: guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, preludetotheend.

11/6/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] My little corner of Near, what do you think?
All,   OK, so I am setting up some factions for a small corner of Near.   I created a little place called Sanctum. Its a new Marldor castle town…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

11/5/2008 chance.thirteen: evaluating relative values of abstracted goals
Such an endearing title, but I wanted to be specific. I enjoyed reading through Burning Empires, but the end of conflict left me feeling rudderless. There were to be concessions,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chance.thirteen, Eero Tuovinen.

11/5/2008 Vulpinoid: Using CDs as a playing surface.
I'm not really sure whether this belongs more as a "first thought", or as a publishing idea. Since it's still in the first stages of development, I've included it here.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, David C, Eero Tuovinen, StrongBadMun, David Artman.

11/5/2008 David C: "Destiny Mechanic" game meets story
This is actually a branch off of my other topic, "The power 19 cheat sheet." In my game, there is a gamist agenda, as well as some crunch. However, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Dementia Games, soundmasterj.

11/5/2008 Marshall Burns: [GRiM] Lemme borrow your ears for a bit
Ok, so, as you probably know, I put together a CD of original music to accompany the Rustbelt ashcan.  The idea was for the songs to serve the same purposes…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, davidberg.

11/5/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Near's Arid North, Part 1: Sohakaimet
So, as promised, here's some of the brainstorming I've been doing about what lies beyond the map we know for Near, up to the north. All of this is predicated…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: shadowcourt, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver.

11/5/2008 Redeemer: New game and first post: Redeemer a game about choices and survival.
This is a basic intro to Redeemer, a post apocalyptic game I'm working on and I think I'm at the point where I need more feedback. I'll try to break…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Redeemer, Darcy Burgess, Ryel_ril_Ers, greyorm, David C.

11/5/2008 Jon H: A new art service for publishers: illodeli.com
Hi All, Gosh I haven't posted hereabouts in a very long time(remember me from the Dust Devils cover, or Spione cover, or maybe even George's Children?).  Myself and my partners…
In Connections
Participants: Jon H, iago, Gregor Hutton, jag, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Darcy Burgess, Clay, David C, Sebastian.

11/5/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Shooting the Moon]: Character sheet downloads?
Are there any downloadable versions of the Shooting the Moon character sheets anywhere?  I couldn't find any on the Black & Green website, but that could be just me. Ta,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Emily Care.

11/4/2008 jburneko: Sorcerer: The Book That Rewrites Itself While You Sleep
So, up in Actual Play in a thread about texts Ron wrote this: "(I should make a parody Sorcerer text of what the game would be like based on accounts…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Peter Nordstrand.

11/4/2008 iago: THIS BOARD HAS BEEN RETIRED
Hi folks! While I hope to keep this forum board around as an archive, Evil Hat is going to be discontinuing the use of this board for active discussion of…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago.

11/4/2008 Aman the Rejected: [Grande Finale] Console style gaming, Problems with Conflict Resolution
So, I'm working on a game I've been calling Grande Finale. You can find the alpha doc <a href="http://adamantineangel.livejournal.com/">here</a> or <a href="http://markcausey.wordpress.com/">here</a>. So, I have two main mechanics in the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aman the Rejected, Noon, StrongBadMun, dindenver.

11/4/2008 David C: My play history: Discovering myself
I apologize in advance for how long this is. I also added "titles" to help break up my wall of text. Part 1 My play history starts, as they often…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, soundmasterj, Eero Tuovinen.

11/4/2008 Paul T: [Land of Nodd] Mermaid Sashimi (is antagonism a mirror to protagonism?)
Over the last few weeks, I've been playing a game of my own design, Land of Nodd, with three friends. It's been an interesting experience on many levels, and I'd…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, jenskot, Demiurge.

11/4/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Lovecraft, copyrights, trademarks, and other horrors
If I wanted to make a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, could I do that? Or are his stories still covered by copyrights? What about trademarks and such, such as…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Dementia Games, Graham Walmsley, Pelgrane.

11/4/2008 Dementia Games: Fear Mechanics
I'm working on a game I've already posted about here and ran into a problem before getting to playtest mode.  It uses accumulated stress (Mental Trauma) which is rolled against…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Dementia Games, Eero Tuovinen, David C.

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11/7/2008 Willow: Forge Midwest 2009
So, April 2009 is slowly approaching, and with that, Forge Midwest. Last year, it was held in Madison, and many agreed it was a good venue.  I'd like to put…
In Conventions
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, GreatWolf, c, Blankshield, buzz, GamerChick, Capulet, chris_moore, TJ, Peter Nordstrand, Miskatonic, Finarvyn, Clinton R. Nixon, Tim C Koppang, GamerChickJ, coffeestain, Malky, xaphalanx, RobNJ, greyorm, vv_gm, Matt Snyder.

11/7/2008 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Yummy rules questions for Seth and others
Hi! I just finished a 5-hour short story yesterday evening (we played in two evenings). We had quite a few Sex/Romance Revelations. At first, we declared the relationships as strictly…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

11/8/2008 Simon C: Realism is a Technique
"Realism" was kind of the Holy Grail of a lot of my early play.  The group I played with through most of high school were all friends of mine, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T, Brand_Robins, Ron Edwards.

11/8/2008 num3472: Wiki based rpg
[b]I want to make a dnd style game that is open for development by anyone. using a wiki as a base for development[/b] [hr] I've had the idea floating around…
In First Thoughts
Participants: num3472, Dementia Games, Vulpinoid, David C.

11/8/2008 soundmasterj: [knights] Help, tomorrow is the 2nd playtest and I just changed the core rules
Yesterday, after burrowing my head in my pillows, I had this nice idea, so I turned on the lights again and scribbeled something on a piece of paper. Today, I…
In Playtesting
Participants: soundmasterj, David C.

11/8/2008 dindenver: Pronunciation - Khale
All,   I got conflicting feedback.   A lot of people say it rhymes with "ale" and that makes sense.   But, in the book it seems to indicate khaleans…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, oliof, simonjberger.

11/8/2008 JB: I'm thinking of a number...
So I've been lurking here a while, but this is my first post. I'd like to share something I've observed in regards to procedures of play in traditional games (GM,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JB, Artanis, Filip Luszczyk, Noon, Simon C, The Dragon Master, Steenan, Ron Edwards, jag, dindenver.

11/8/2008 JB: Tweaking Gamist Texts to facilitate Narrativism
Some time ago Ron made this statement: "...ell-designed Gamist and well-designed Narrativist texts (or more accurately, texts that support those modes of play well) are often extremely compatible with minor…
In Actual Play
Participants: JB, Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

11/9/2008 relaxingnap: [PTA] Beginner needs help...
Hi everyone, I am returning to rpg's after being heavily into them as a teenager 25 years ago. I've been looking around alot and checking out different games, and am…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: relaxingnap, Matt Wilson, Theo, Eliarhiman6.

11/9/2008 agony: [Black Cadillacs] Konigsberg, swathed in Red
Unterfeldwebel Wilhelm, Grenadier Schnieder, and OberGrenadier Dreyman lead an honorable Volkssturm squad garrisoned in the fortress city of Konigsberg on the Fatherland's Eastern front. The Prussian town is key to…
In Playtesting
Participants: agony, Darcy Burgess.

11/10/2008 zipht: Play Aids, and some reflections on AP, improv
Hey Eric, great game, I demoed The Committee for the Northern Virgina Game Smith Group. We had a good time. The general consensuses was that we could have used print…
In Eric J. Boyd Designs
Participants: zipht, Eric J. Boyd, apeiron.

11/10/2008 jag: [Shab-al-Hiri] First time playing gives passable results
I played my first game of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach this weekend with some friends.  Despite it being somewhat fun, the game didn't reach its full potential, so I have some…
In Actual Play
Participants: jag, jasonm.

11/10/2008 fuxoft: "My Queen,the fire was set as per your orders" - Confused about Rulebook example
Hello there. I am fascinated by Universalis and I just tried our first game (after translating the main game terms into Czech for my fellow players). We made many mistakes…
In Universalis
Participants: fuxoft, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

11/10/2008 Susan Calvin: Strategic-scale 1910's war
A group of players in a LARP steampunk-fantasy campaign will have the opportunity to play military commanders, intelligence personell and high-ranking officials and politicians. I would like to try using…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Susan Calvin, rafial, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid, Nath.

11/10/2008 Jay Loomis: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] They come from the land of the ice and snow
This (undoubtedly very long) post is an account of my first two sessions of StWT. You can find the rules <a href="http://www.lumpley.com/storming">here</a>. I set up my group with a small…
In Playtesting
Participants: Jay Loomis, lumpley.

11/10/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] Words of Zu, how powerful are they?
All,   I am prepping for a campaign soon (maybe in about a month) and one thing I am not clear on is the relative power of a Zu (Or…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.

11/10/2008 davidberg: [Three Guys Walk Into a Movie...] first playtest
Last night was my first time playing my genre-warping movie proto-game.  Actually, I didn't play; I had plenty to occupy myself with, instructing my 3 friends how to play (there…
In Playtesting
Participants: davidberg, Simon C.

11/11/2008 masqueradeball: Probabilities Please
I'm working on a fantasy game to replace the often frustrating experience that is D&D (in any edition). My "core mechanic" functions like so: Characters roll 2d if untrained or …
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Eero Tuovinen, ShallowThoughts, NN, Rafu, Ben Lehman, chance.thirteen, Guy Srinivasan, big dummy, Rauðbjørn.

11/11/2008 lumpley: Announcing: the Indie Rpgs Un-store
Hi everybody. I'm launching a new service here under the banner of indie-rpgs.com. It's the indie rpgs un-store, and it lives at games.indie-rpgs.com. Go, check it out. Be sure to…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Eero Tuovinen, wunderllama, Artanis, Hituro, guildofblades.

11/11/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] More simple questions
1. What do I do when a player says: "I want to talk to the crew and incite a mutiny"? What he really wants is to be Captain without a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

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