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2/22/2009 Bercilac: The Labyinth: A D&D Campaign Setting
Hello all, I've recently joined a nearby gaming group, played a good session, and I'm starting to work on a new campaign of my own.  Its setting, the Labyrinth, was…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bercilac, greyorm, Finarvyn.

2/21/2009 Christian: [Trollbabe] First play, two trollbabes at Otun's Belch
Hello, I GMed my first Trollbabe game the other day. To sum up the experience : it was great but left me wanting advice. Now the detailed version. Premiminary notes…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christian, Ron Edwards, chance.thirteen.

2/21/2009 Paraplegic Racehorse: Packaging and Presentation
I'm definitely fishing, here, so please chime in with your opinions. Lots of us, here, provide or have provided adventure modules for someone else's game (D20 glut?). Lots of us…
In Publishing
Participants: Paraplegic Racehorse, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend, pells, MatrixGamer.

2/21/2009 AXUM: ANNALISE & Character Death
Hi: I just played our first session of Annalise (we had some cool moments) & have some questions about it: 1.Can a Consequence be "your character dies?"  If this is…
In ndp design
Participants: AXUM, Nathan P..

2/21/2009 dopefingers: something i'm calling "matches"
Little note: I'm not real well read in games anymore, so this might have been done. If it has, let me know. I'm looking to write a game from the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dopefingers, Wordman, Abkajud, abzu.

2/21/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Spending honor makes you look dishonorable
First real playtest session last night; good times. I posted about it over in Playtesting, go figure :) One of the things that occurred to me was that Aloof and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud.

2/20/2009 dindenver: [TSOY] Sharing
Hi!   Running two games of TSOY at the same time is hard...   I made a couple of observations: 1) What is the deal with ties? I've only has…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

2/20/2009 The Mule: Multiple Characters Creating Conflicts
Hello, I've had Capes for a while and gotten the hang of the system, but recently I've been trying to write a web-page to facilitate internet play, and in trying…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: The Mule, Dominic Claveau, Garth.

2/20/2009 Certified: [Dragon*Con 2009] Independent RPG Forum
Hello, This year Dragon*Con is trying to do a kind of showcase for the independent game designers out there. This includes an opening panel to discus the games, play sessions…
In Conventions
Participants: Certified, Ben Lehman, SaintandSinner, DarkTreeStudios.

2/20/2009 Vulpinoid: Twin Games - A Part of the Experiment
A few threads and discussions here have led to some fragmented ideas. Some of those fragmented ideas have started to meld into the seed of an idea. That seed of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, whiteknife.

2/19/2009 apeiron: My Take on Matrixed Attributes
[url=http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhs623jg_55drjddjd8]This doc[/url] is an idea that came to me as i flipped through one of my many notebooks of game ideas. Gygax's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Journeys]Dangerous Journeys[/url] and WW's NWoD use matrixed attributes.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: apeiron, SoftNum, Vulpinoid, Abkajud, preludetotheend.

2/19/2009 one_monkey: Free Preview Events Nottingham, UK
Hi all, My colleagues and myself are indie RPG creators from Nottingham in the UK. We're launching our brand new RPG core book in June this year and in the…
In Connections
Participants: one_monkey, Gregor Hutton.

2/19/2009 Welkerfan: Players Having Trouble with How to Frame Scences/Use Rules
I started playing a game (as Producer) a few weeks ago.  This was my first attempt to run PTA, though I had listened to a lot of actual play.  We…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Welkerfan, Alan, Matt Wilson.

2/19/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] The text
In the other thread Joe Murphy wrote: I didn't think it was clear, no. Because the text is so genial and conversational, and refers to 'you' all the time. As…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, 5niper9, lumpley, Axhead.

2/19/2009 Graham Walmsley: [Apocalypse World] What's wrong with this and how might I fix it?
Second session, tonight, with changes in the group: Steve, the hardholder, and Wai Kien, the hocus, couldn't make it. Replacing them we got Adrian, a driver, and Sean, a savvyhead.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Dionysus, lumpley.

2/18/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World] First Session - Introducing Kartak and Rabbit
We played our first session Apocalypse World last night. Judd has backed out to pay attention to schoolwork and Chris couldn't make it because he had to take his girlfriend…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley.

2/18/2009 one_monkey: First Post Uncertainty
Hi, I wanted to invite anyone reading in the vicinity of Nottingham UK to participate in the test of a new RPG which is not just new in terms of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: one_monkey, Ron Edwards.

2/18/2009 Joe Murphy (Broin): [DitV] NPCs can escalate, right?
Following the thread on escalation in Poison'd, I wondered if NPCs can escalate at all in Dogs? I can't see this in the rulebook, and I wondered if the GM's…
In lumpley games
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), lumpley.

2/18/2009 krzyzewski99: Mythweaver 2nd Edition Play Results
[b][u]Mythweaver: The Splintered Realms Second Edition Game Report for 02-13-09[/u][/b] This narrative highlights several important gaming experiences had while playing the newest edition (2008) of Teddy Bear Press’ Mythweaver product. …
In Actual Play
Participants: krzyzewski99.

2/18/2009 eraofthefallen: New FRPG Codename Era of the Fallen Seeking Playtesters
A new FRPG called 'Codename: Era of the Fallen' is now seeking playtesters.  It emphasizes narrative storytelling, allowing for deeply immersive roleplaying, and encourages a different sort of play style…
In Connections
Participants: eraofthefallen.

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2/22/2009 thirdkingdom: Almost ready for playtesting
I'm newish to this board and just wanted to introduce the game I am currently working on. The Third Kingdom is an fantasy role-playing game that has been in the…
In Connections
Participants: thirdkingdom, SacredSmoke.

2/22/2009 Jayus: Game Idea: Adventurer Manager
I've been brainstorming a new kind of game recently, with help with friends and a person from my local gaming store, and I'd like some input from this community. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jayus, Vulpinoid, DWeird, abzu, monkey, Gurnard.

2/23/2009 Courage75: [Solar System] Team Extended Conflict
Hi All, I just want to make sure I understand the rules for Team Extended Conflict. As far as I can tell, this is the procedure: 1. Characters declare themselves…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Courage75, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Rafu.

2/23/2009 Vulpinoid: Matrixed Experience
I've recently posted about my take on matrixed attributes. While taking a walk today I considered an expansion on this concept, tying an experience system into the core matrix. A…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, apeiron, Abkajud, DWeird, scarik, JoyWriter.

2/23/2009 forlorn1: [PTA] the player versus player conundrum
I'm sure this has come up before, but a quick scan of the last few pages of topics in this forum don't show any recent threads so I'll ramble on...…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: forlorn1, Matt Wilson, jefgodesky.

2/24/2009 AXUM: About Annalise's Claim's options: a comment
Hi. When playing Annalise & going round the table for the "Claim's options part" of a Moment, I have noticed that the game tends to slow down... Maybe if some…
In ndp design
Participants: AXUM, Nathan P..

2/24/2009 Paka: Agon: The Kleos Cup, Dreamation '09
Ever since reading Agon I have thought it was tailor-made for convention tournaments, like competitive deals that you read about as jokes in Knights of the Dinner Table only in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, jefgodesky, Mel_White, John Harper, Valamir, Nathan P..

2/24/2009 nathan k: Concerning Weapons
Hi, I'm new here, but I've been reading for awhile. My friends and I kind of like that "other game," but we find it too limiting.  So we started making…
In First Thoughts
Participants: nathan k, Abkajud, chance.thirteen, scarik, Marshall Burns, Hereward The Wake, Noon, abzu, Everspinner, Gurnard, Luke.

2/24/2009 scarik: [Celestial Warriors] Evolution of a Kunf Fu Game.
I'm new around here, and fairly surprised I haven't stumbled on here sooner. Here's a link to my game, Celestial Warriors. When I first thought of the idea I came…
In First Thoughts
Participants: scarik, Vulpinoid, chance.thirteen.

2/25/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Is my game suffering from Story Later?
I'm worried a bit about my game design - as it stands right now, the whole concept of Audience, honor, and one's public reputation tie in together at the end…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, Paul Czege, Amadeo, Noon.

2/25/2009 Willow: [Storming...] My First Attempt at a Town
Here's my first shot at a town for Storming the Wizard's tower.  It's inspired by kung-fu stories.  Not starting over the top like I'm used to, but a down to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, lumpley.

2/25/2009 Gregor Hutton: [Conpulsion] Edinburgh 27-29 March
Hey All <a href="http://www.conpulsion.org">Conpulsion</a> in Edinburgh is only about a month away (Fri 27-Sun 29 March). There will be a lot of cool indie stuff going on at the con…
In Conventions
Participants: Gregor Hutton.

2/25/2009 Lrx959: Unnamed RPG
After playing a certain Table Top RPG for about 20 years, and buying new editions, and accentual relearning the game over and over again, my friends and I decided to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lrx959, Abkajud, abzu.

2/25/2009 SaintandSinner: (GenCon) Indie Games Explosion, Games on Demand, etc
Does anyone know what the overall group name is this year for submitting events at GenCon? I know we get more room/tables if more people are under a single banner...
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

2/25/2009 Nathan Herrold: Silent Story
So, I've been thinking about a communication game that you play without speaking or seeing a person's facial expression. At first I pictured it played by people wearing black see-thru…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nathan Herrold, Noon, Vulpinoid, abzu, Bert.

2/23/2009 Hituro: The Indie Rpgs Un-store sales results
So I was wondering, in an anecdotal fashion, after a few months of operation, how people were finding the Un-Store in practice? I have had a sale through the Un-Store…
In Publishing
Participants: Hituro, lumpley, Darcy Burgess, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Eric J. Boyd, Marshall Burns, Jake Richmond, rafael, Clay, iago.

2/26/2009 BrunoDeLaBomba: lost vikings rpg?
hey again. i was just thinking, are there any rps'g that realy focus on a group or team and how they (in lack of better words) complete each other. i…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BrunoDeLaBomba, Vulpinoid, Abkajud, abzu, David Artman, preludetotheend, Noon, Luke.

2/26/2009 FlintlockMan: Card game RPG (Not an RPG card game)
I'm (as my post count and join date would indicate) new to The Forge, though I've done a little looking over the archives and what not. I'm also had no…
In First Thoughts
Participants: FlintlockMan, whiteknife, Vulpinoid, Noon, otspiii, sam, JoyWriter.

2/26/2009 Hulder: Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Hello to everyone here on the Forge, I've been lurking for a while, but hopefully will be getting a bit more involved in the community as time goes on, and…
In Connections
Participants: Hulder.

2/26/2009 agony: [Dead of Night] Initiative Questions
I ran Dead of Night last night for my group and it turned out rather fun.  We had a nice setup in a Contemporary insane asylum where a patient was…
In Actual Play
Participants: agony, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

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