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3/2/2009 preludetotheend: EP (Empty Palm ~ No Pain No Gain)
So I got some great feedback on my table top game GaC which I have taken to my creative processing center to chop shop and further develop the “right direction”…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Luke, dindenver, Noon.

3/2/2009 Jeremy Keller: Contracts for editors?
Hi everyone.  I've lurked around here for quite some time, but this is my first time posting.  I've just finished writing a manuscript for a game system and I'm starting…
In Publishing
Participants: Jeremy Keller, Luke, Adam Dray.

3/2/2009 Wordman: Lessons from the iPhone community
While this forum is not about computer games, I'm wondering if anyone gained any inspiration for pen & paper RPGs from the recent explosion of iPhone games (and other apps).…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Wordman, Vulpinoid.

3/2/2009 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Arcon Playtesting
So I got to go to Arcon this weekend at my old Alma Mater, SUNY Oswego, and hook up with some old friends and the new crowd of kids that…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

3/2/2009 Lord Goon: Games about AI
So I've been reading a lot of stuff by Iain M. Banks, and it has me wondering whether anyone has ever made a serious attempt to design an RPG in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lord Goon, mjbauer, lessthanpleased, preludetotheend, Wordman, Bert, Noon, chance.thirteen, phatonin.

3/2/2009 mjbauer: Guns & Ammo
I'm looking for some examples of systems that do ammo without keeping track of each bullet and each shot. The game I'm working on is fairly gun-centric but I'm trying…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mjbauer, Luke, rafael, Ron Edwards, scarik, Noon, Gurnard, whiteknife, Wolfen, Capulet, Amadeo, phatonin, DanielM.

3/1/2009 Abkajud: Rules for damage and wounds - how do I avoid punishing my players?
So I've been playtesting my game, Mask of the Emperor, for three sessions now, and in our most recent session, one of the PCs suffered a wound. In game terms,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, Dr_Pete, Gurnard, Amadeo.

3/1/2009 jrnmariano: Big Brother Zombie!
Over at Ideonauta (http://ideonauta.blogspot.com), my partner-in-crime, Poacher, is writing a game of zombies in a reality show. I'm re-posting stuff here, because The Forge is the creative game designing think-thank…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jrnmariano, Vulpinoid, Noon, Luke, Rui!, chance.thirteen, otspiii.

2/28/2009 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Keep on Rockin' in the Troll World
Paul and Dave came over.  We ate some food, we drank some drinks, we talked about all'a you people on the Internet.  And then we broke out some old-fashioned Trollbabe…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Paul T, angelfromanotherpin, davidberg, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Alan.

2/28/2009 SaintandSinner: Games at Gencon Indy 09
I'll be running two events this year (plus whatever happens in Games on Demand).  Are you running anything? Date: Friday Aug 14, 2009 (I've requested a 10AM start and I'll…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

2/28/2009 Adarchi: Game System with Realistc NPCs
I'm trying to create a system that allows PC generation to be done the same way as NPC generation. The goal being that a baker or wood cutter somehow fit…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adarchi, Abkajud, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, scarik, Bert, Luke, DWeird, opsneakie, ShallowThoughts, otspiii.

2/28/2009 TomTitTot: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] The God In The Glacier AP + Audio
So, I don't know when Raf will get to posting the two following sessions, but I thought people here and maybe Vincent would be interested in this account of our…
In lumpley games
Participants: TomTitTot.

2/28/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Mayhem and torture in the dungeons! [a bit long]
I think I just had the best RPG session of my life. I was reading the infamous 2006 "brain damage" thread today, at least the first three pages, and I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Abkajud, Artanis.

2/27/2009 apeiron: The Prison Transport Scenario
This is what i have so far: - A futuristic, perhaps dystopian setting like Firefly (i was reading the RPG when this came to mind) - PCs are prisoners on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: apeiron.

2/27/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] -- Streamlining Data Management
Hi, Man, I wish that the thread title was a clever allusion to a cyberpunk-esque game of bringing down megacorps (watch this space!)  I'm actually here to continue a thought…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, JoyWriter, agony.

2/27/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Great Time To Be Playing?
I've only been into Mechaton for two years or so now, but it seems like now is a great time to be playing the game.  There are great new blogs…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mantisking, lumpley, Simon C, Zeek.

2/27/2009 First Oni: Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. March Demon Contest
[url=http://www.thirdeyegames.net]Third Eye Games[/url] is throwing our first writing contest for new and interesting races to add to the world of [b]Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.[/b] This contest comes on the heels of…
In Endeavor
Participants: First Oni, Ron Edwards.

2/26/2009 Marshall Burns: [Rustbelt] de-ashcanification stage one: I need your eyes
So, I've got a draft of a new Rustbelt text. I'm not happy with it yet, but I don't know what to do to fix it. Specifically, I'm not satisfied…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, JoyWriter, Nocker.

2/26/2009 Everspinner: [Apocalypse Finland] Body Glove
We playtested Apocalypse World, and it was fun, fun, fun! We will certainly get back to it as soon as our schedules allow. Fiction Characters were Jag, driver, male; Mercury,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Everspinner, Emily Care, agony, Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

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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3/2/2009 fnord3125: [Poison'd] Spending X's to kill & 2-die Prizes
Well having now read the entire text (with the exception of all the Cruel Fortune entries) I have one fairly big question: Exactly when can someone spend 3 X's to…
In lumpley games
Participants: fnord3125, lumpley.

3/3/2009 Sergon: Arcane Control
In my old west r.p.g. characters who use magic, must make an Arcane Control check. This is a percentile roll modified by the caster's intellect modifier. At present I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sergon, chance.thirteen, Vulpinoid.

3/3/2009 AXUM: BLISS-FULLY UNAWARE
HELLO! I was wondering how in heck do you keep awake for seven years? I saw a documentary once on a guy who could'nt sleep (had a sleep disorder -…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: AXUM, Eliarhiman6, Ben Lehman.

3/3/2009 Michael S. Miller: [GenCon 2009] GoD needs a hero!
Kat and I will be unable to attend GenCon again this year, and are looking for someone to head up the Indie Games Explosion / Games on Demand area. We…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

3/4/2009 Bert: Game for 30-something newbies
Hi all, I'm putting together a game for a bunch of 30-something newbies who have developed an interest in tabletop RPGs through playing CRPGs. They're all rather sheepish about it,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bert.

3/4/2009 Noon: A human feeling - small potato issues
This is more of a side thing I want to establish in game and it's basically a human feeling. Basically at the start and at certain fairly regular intervals (perhaps…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, Luke, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, Marshall Burns, Abkajud, Everspinner.

3/4/2009 alseeger: podcasting?
Hello everyone, I'm new around here, so please forgive me for sounding like the newbie I am. Anyways, I'm looking for ways to promote my indie press rpg and I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: alseeger.

3/4/2009 Paka: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
I am late to the party, having just finished it tonight but man-oh-man is it a Sorcerer setting. The Sorcerers and their demons are pretty clearly spelled out. The demons…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, M. J. Young, LandonSuffered.

3/4/2009 Caracol: Hello to everyone (and a question about how to save our gaming sessions)
Hello to everyone, I'm a new member and a amateur game creator. I heard of this community only recently, and my interest in gaming creation makes this place useful to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Caracol, Vulpinoid, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, chance.thirteen, Alan, Rafu.

3/4/2009 Xenoheart: Basic RPG
It has occured to me quite a few times that I was asked to guide a group of 9, maybe 10 year old kids as a Game Master in all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xenoheart, mjbauer, chance.thirteen, Joshua BishopRoby, BrunoDeLaBomba, Bert, Jason Kottler, alseeger, Egonblaidd, Noon, Eldrad.

3/4/2009 when1wasaboy: Paris Escapade?
I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of the Paris Escapade. Unfortunatly, the link to buy it off the site seems to be broken. Can anyone point me…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: when1wasaboy, fatblogger.

3/4/2009 chance.thirteen: Avoiding type of task primacy?
I am throwing together a RPG for my friends from standard parts. The problem i have is linked to my own thinking. I tend to divide action in an arena…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chance.thirteen, Luke, Noon, Creatures of Destiny, Bert.

3/5/2009 jessecoombs: Minor nitpick about character sheets for MLWM
I finally found the character sheet online for My Life With Master, but I was wondering... Is there a version of the sheet that has the changes from the newest…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: jessecoombs, Paul Czege.

3/5/2009 BrunoDeLaBomba: a new frankensteind-setting
first of all, this is not an entry about reanimated people, sown together from the parts of dussins of different men. it's about stealing a litle bit of this and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BrunoDeLaBomba.

3/5/2009 apeiron: CreateSpace.com - Have you used it?
Google gave me a link to CreateSpace.com.  They seem to be a PoD service connected to Amazon. Have you used them?  How was it?
In Publishing
Participants: apeiron, Graham Walmsley, Paraplegic Racehorse, visioNationstudios.

3/5/2009 Jason Kottler: The Name of the Game
Hello, Forgers! I'm thrilled to be able to report that I'm going to be taking my system to GenCon with the Forge booth this year (thanks, Ron!). However, I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jason Kottler, Abkajud, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Vulpinoid, whiteknife, Amadeo, Paul Czege.

3/5/2009 Darcy Burgess: Feature Request
Hi Vincent, Here's a feature I wish the Forge had. That "jump to" pulldown list that appears at the bottom of just about every page? I wish that it was…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

3/6/2009 JoyWriter: Stakes, how do you do set em?
I love the idea of setting stakes for dice rolls, so that a failure still means something happens. Instead of dramatic events getting vetoed by failed dice rolls, I'd love…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JoyWriter, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Noon, monkey.

3/6/2009 Xose Lucero: Groping for Coherence: Am I G or N or just plain wrong?
Long time reader, first time poster. Finding the Forge was an eye opener experience. After a long time grasping at the straws of comprehension I'm finally beginning to formulate intelligent…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xose Lucero, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.

3/6/2009 DWeird: Messages through the time stream
Hi! I've been working on a game concept of a sort for a very, very long while now, with nothing to show for it but a few hair-brained half-baked ideas.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DWeird, Vulpinoid, Abkajud.

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