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2/4/2009 Sergon: old west rpg./help wanted.
  I'm working on an old west rpg that mixes the old west with myths and legends of north and central america, as well as the myths and legends of…
In Connections
Participants: Sergon, lumpley, Marshall Burns, Clay.

2/3/2009 Bert: Diceless or Dicealicious?
Hi folks. I’m working on a fantasy RPG (Free Will) where the PCs are agents of supernatural entities called Aeons. The PCs have to steer the course of history by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bert, greyorm, Vulpinoid, David C, chronoplasm, CKNIGHT.

2/3/2009 oliof: [Solar System] Replacing Fudge Dice with 3d6
Eero mentioned in some other thread he is considering removing Fudge Dice. Here is one way by a friend of mine: – Double Ability scores. – Roll 3d6, using bonus…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: oliof, Corvus69, Eero Tuovinen.

1/17/2009 Willow: The Forge Booth 2009, part two
So, when is the deadline for making a decision about whether one wants to participate in the booth or not? Also, what is expected of someone who buys-in?  What responsibilities…
In Conventions
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, natman, btrc, Eero Tuovinen, Lance D. Allen, SirValence, SaintandSinner, RobNJ.

2/3/2009 Marshall Burns: [The Rustbelt] attributes for a setting mod: "Heatwave"
So, I'm working on this chapter for Rustbelt 1st ed. in which I explain how to modify the setting.  I do this partially because I know that people love tinkering…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, agony.

2/3/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Outcasts and Barbarians (longish)
We got about halfway through character creation tonight for the first-ever Mask of the Emperor game. In the next couple of days, I should have three PCs all set to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Abkajud, Artanis, Amadeo.

2/2/2009 Christopher Kubasik: GMing Sorcerer - Experiences
We had our fourth session of Traveller Setting / Sorcerer Game last night. The concoction has turned into a really bracing version of Battlestar Galactica.  Not in terms of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, droog, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin.

2/2/2009 ShallowThoughts: New stab at the old Abilities/Skills split - problems? holes? contradictions?
Hi folks, I first became aware of the huge debates surrounding this topic when I discovered this thread, and the huge number of other threads it points to. Back in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ShallowThoughts, dindenver, David C.

2/2/2009 Gurnard: [Aces] A resolution mechanic
I have an embryonic idea for a non-combat resolution mechanic, it's not particularly developed as yet (been spending most of my spare time on a combat mechanic (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=27476.0) I'm not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gurnard, Wordman, Vulpinoid, chance.thirteen, Warrior Monk.

2/2/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [Bliss Stage] Anchor's Safety
Interim Stage, p. 107: If the pilot has a broken relationship with his anchor (...) add a new category for dice in the climax: Anchor's Safety. What exactly constitutes "a…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

2/2/2009 tonyd: [StWT] Fairtytale mayhem and the mummy queen
I ran StWT for a pickup group last Friday. We themed it around centrally Germany with a fairy tale touch to it. Players are Ben R, and Ping. Some weird…
In Playtesting
Participants: tonyd, Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

2/1/2009 James_Nostack: [Steal Away Jordan] Slaves on Recess
January 31 was Recess, a mini-con for the Nerd NYC crowed.  Matt "Deliverator" W. was good enough to run Steal Away Jordan, which I'd been curious about for a long…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack.

2/1/2009 Nuthael: new swing on an old idea of mine
Hi. I'm technically new to these forums, a mate of mine threw me over here one day and i havent been back since. but now that im having some block,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nuthael, Gurnard.

2/1/2009 Christopher Kubasik: An Article About Print-on-Demand, Publishing, and the Future
Everyone's trying to guess how all this is going to shake out.  I think it says many of the things that have been argued here about RPG publishing.... and extends…
In Publishing
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, greyorm, guildofblades, MatrixGamer.

2/1/2009 5niper9: [Capes] Another group, another chance
Hi there, first let me say that I'm a big fan of the principle behind the capes mechanics: More spotlight time for people that are entertaining to the group. There…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9.

2/1/2009 Vulpinoid: Game Mechani(sm) of the Week
Inspired by Philippe Tromeur's work last year, I've decided to do something similar this year. I'm dedicating a single weekly entry my blog to a series that I'm calling the…
In Endeavor
Participants: Vulpinoid, mjbauer, Ron Edwards, Noon.

2/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: CanGames 2009 - Can we sell your games?
Hi, I'm coordinating an Indie Games Explosion at CanGames in Ottawa, Ontario.  The convention happens over the May long weekend (15-17). We've amassed a great slate of games, and I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

1/31/2009 preludetotheend: Preping files for making saddle stitched book
  Hello I am typing up a rough draft of an ash can that I plan to saddle stitch staple. I am trying to figure out how to actual lay…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, ccreitz, Blankshield.

1/30/2009 Bercilac: Arthurian GM-less RPG: Alpha Stages
Contents of this post: I.  General concept II.  Rough structure III.  Major unanswered questions IV.  Links to referenced games V.  For the future I.  General Concept For about two years…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bercilac, Finarvyn, greyorm, Abkajud.

1/30/2009 Paul Czege: [Thy Vernal Chieftains] frequently asked questions
One effect of personally emailing a pdf to purchasers is also personally receiving questions about it by email. So I thought I'd do some of the frequent ones as a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

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2/4/2009 Greymorn: How to dismantle an intangible demon
So I had a question and I found a satisfactory answer by searching the forums. I just mention that to let you all know that IT CAN HAPPEN. *wink* Q:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards.

2/4/2009 CKNIGHT: Has it been done?
Here is a brief storytelling mechanic I've been kicking around.     Attribute + Attribute + Competence + Focus + Tool The players roll dice to get success. Success are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CKNIGHT, Bert, chance.thirteen, Creatures of Destiny, ShallowThoughts, Lord Skeletor, Chronologist.

2/4/2009 David Artman: Trinoc*coN 10 - Raleigh, NC - July 3-5, 2009
Hi, folks; As some of you may already know from Story Games, I'm the Gaming Chair for Trinoc*coN, and I want to have a really strong Indie Gaming Track at…
In Conventions
Participants: David Artman, rafael.

2/5/2009 David C: Morphine: Easing the Pain of Playing D&D
One of the guys I game with wants to start a new campaign of D&D.  Partly this is at the group's behest, because, well let me explain how the game…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, Noon, Wordman, Abkajud, Rustin, Patrice, ShallowThoughts, Hasimir0.

2/5/2009 watergoesred: [Dirty Secrets] April Coroy in "Death by numbers"
Here's the actual play of our first time playing Dirty Secrets. There's five of us. This session took just over 2 hours. We hope to finish this novella game in…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: watergoesred, GreatWolf.

2/5/2009 knicknevin: [3:16] Virgins on a Wet Planet
After running all my games at Conception X, I was asked by some of my chalet mates to run a game of 3:16 for them, with the difference ebing that…
In Actual Play
Participants: knicknevin, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2009 chronoplasm: Character Knowledge in a minis game?
Okay, so one idea I'm pondering for a minis game is the idea of knowledge chips which can be placed on the bottoms of the figure's bases and switched around.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, preludetotheend, chance.thirteen.

2/5/2009 walruz: Building a REIGN-ish Company system on a linear scale
So, I just got REIGN by mail earlier today, and I'm totally in love. Beautiful game, beautiful book, etc, etc. I have only given in a quick read-through thus far,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: walruz, chance.thirteen, David C.

2/5/2009 Bert: Playtesting and Formal Evaluation
I’m not sure this is the right place for this. Its not about actual play, but it is about playtesting. I want to kick off a thread about the formal…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bert, ShallowThoughts.

2/6/2009 etheruk: [MESSENGERS] 1st Round of Playtesting
I finally got a chance to playtest my game Messengers (a draft copy is available at http://www.mediafire.com/?9mwqm4zjmlc). I was the GM and there were two players. It took about twenty…
In Playtesting
Participants: etheruk.

2/6/2009 Wordman: Decent disease mechanics?
Very few games have disease at their core, but many have tiny subsystems for dealing with disease in various ways. If a game has such mechanics, they tend to be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Wordman, Vulpinoid, chronoplasm, ShallowThoughts, CKNIGHT, walruz, GregStolze, Bert, chance.thirteen.

2/7/2009 Sergon: 1st draft
I have a first draft of an old west rpg that I would like to have discussed. Should I post a copy of the entire rules, or only post a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sergon, Vulpinoid.

2/7/2009 Graham Walmsley: Apocalypse World
We started Apocalypse World on Wednesday. From my point of view, it was successful, with the MC rules especially working well. Character creation went smoothly: everyone did it from their…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, Everspinner.

2/7/2009 Briggswriter: Ancient Secrets
How well do you think an Egyptian setting would go over for a game? I use a system with 2d6 + Skill vs. DN (difficulty number) and I need help…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Briggswriter, CKNIGHT, Bert, Ken.

2/8/2009 dindenver: [otherkind] Design questions
Vincent,   I just had a couple of questions about this design: 1) There are 5 rules about bonus dice, one about adding to the value of those dice and…
In lumpley games
Participants: dindenver, lumpley.

2/8/2009 victorio: Contact Paul by email ?
Hello, Yann Lefebvre and me have wrote an email to Paul (paul (aatt) halfmeme.com) but we have no reply for the moment. We hope our email is finish in is…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: victorio.

2/9/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] First playtest of the v0.5.2 rules
I ran a round of playtests on the previous iteration of the rules last November, which led to some rules changes which required work on an extensive catalog of spirits…
In Playtesting
Participants: jefgodesky, Spooky Fanboy.

2/9/2009 Eric J. Boyd: [House of Cards] Second Playtest Issues
So I ran a second playtest for my no-prep heist game last Thursday night using the most recent draft that is available here. You can read about the first playtest…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eric J. Boyd.

2/9/2009 Courage75: [Solar System] Penalty Dice Limit?
Hi there, I'm converting my Werewolf: the Forsaken game to Solar System and I am just ironing out some details. If anyone is interested, I can post what I have…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Courage75, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

2/9/2009 punkbohemian: a card game within an rpg?
So, I've been thinking about how to deal with a resolution for a gambling skill. What I thought would be interesting is if resolution could occur, rather than with a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: punkbohemian, David C, whiteknife, chronoplasm.

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