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3/8/2009 Capulet: Seeking *Fiction* Reviews
So, I've finished up my novel and am putting it into print. Since it's set in the Factions role-playing game universe, I'm hoping to find game designer types who might…
In Connections
Participants: Capulet, Eero Tuovinen.

3/8/2009 Xose Lucero: Were We Playing Narrativist?
Hello, all. As I try to get a grip on RPG theory I've been replaying old game sessions in my mind to try to figure out what the heck was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Xose Lucero, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Abkajud.

3/8/2009 Bercilac: Melbourne 1890: An Educational Simulation
PARTS OF THIS POST A.  Overview of the project. B.  The Scenario A.  OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT The game you see before you is an outline of an educational simulation…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bercilac, Adarchi, Vulpinoid, Noon, Simons.

3/7/2009 zmobie: You can do it!
Alright. It's time to polish off that game you quit working on last (month / week / year). You've let it gather dust long enough. You know that your (mechanic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zmobie, whiteknife, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2009 Melinglor: [Dogs] Buildin' towns and settin' dials.
Hi! I played a game of Dogs for the first time in a while. It was my second time GMing, and my first time GMing through a whole Town. I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, Noclue, jburneko, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Graham Walmsley, Wolfen.

3/7/2009 Paka: The Slaughter at Corinthton, a Dogs in the Vineyard game
It was one of those Fridays where the regular game fell through but we knew it far enough ahead of time so that we could pick up the pieces and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, James_Nostack, Queen_of_Kryos, Noon, Eliarhiman6.

3/7/2009 gardenphilosoph: Sorcerer Play-by-Post
[url=http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106188]I thought the community might find this interesting.[/url] I'm a roleplayer whose never actually played a pen-and-paper RPG in person. I've GMed a couple dozen games online, starting out with…
In Adept Press
Participants: gardenphilosoph, sam, greyorm.

3/6/2009 Greymorn: Posessors and hosts taking damage
A posessor demon with hop takes it's host to the roof of a 10-story building and jumps off. Assuming the demon doesn't leave the host before he splats, what happens?…
In Adept Press
Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards.

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.

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 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.

3/5/2009 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.

3/5/2009 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 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 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 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.

3/4/2009 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.

3/4/2009 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 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 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.

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3/9/2009 Amadeo: (Biohazard Dawn) A trip to the Pharmacy
The following is based on a true story of gaming Biohazard Dawn: So, I had my very first playtest of my zombie apocalypse game Biohazard Dawn the other day, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Amadeo, Abkajud, mjbauer.

3/9/2009 mjbauer: Massive Internal Conflict
I'm an old-school, power gamer who has been out of it for quite a while and I re-entered gaming by joining a group that was playing a D&D 3.5 campaign.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mjbauer, Amadeo, JoyWriter, chance.thirteen, Noon, Abkajud, Echolocating, Luke, DanielM, Librabys, Wibbledtodeath.

3/10/2009 Simons: Need help fleshing out backstory... [Escape From Illeria]
Hey folks, Haven’t written here in a while (only just got back to the developed world).  I have this game that I’ve been working on on-and-off for the last couple…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Simons, Egonblaidd, Adarchi, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.

3/10/2009 HeirToPendragon: Trying for a Dr. Who // Time Cop setting
Hi everyone, I'm new to the site but figured this would be where I need to be to look for suggestions. My small sunday group occasionally plays Dogs in the…
In lumpley games
Participants: HeirToPendragon, lumpley.

3/10/2009 RuneBR: Our first story-game - 3:16 Actual Play
3:16 Actual Play We played our first session of 3:16 a while back, so I thought I'd try my hand at writing a actual play-report. English is not my first…
In Actual Play
Participants: RuneBR, agony, Wolfen, greyorm, charles ferguson, Gregor Hutton.

3/10/2009 jburneko: Total Defense: One More Time From The Top
So, I'm doing what is now basically man annual cover to cover read through of Sorcerer (one of the pages is loose, damn it).  And I'm STILL seeing stuff I've…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Greymorn, Alan, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

3/10/2009 MikeF: Pool-aris
Pool-aris. I often leave the Forge for a few weeks at a time, while I'm off thinking about games, come up with what I think is a good idea, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MikeF, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, Paul T.

3/11/2009 Falc: Effect of knowing the Town Creation rules for players
I haven't run DitV for a while but I got some inspiration again. I'm trying to put together a game with at least one person who hasn't played before and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Falc, oliof, Melinglor, lumpley.

3/11/2009 lachek: Independence
It seems obvious, so perhaps it's already been done, but: Stats Lore: Ability to empathize with older generations; also, knowledge of history, like world history or family history Humanity: Independence;…
In Adept Press
Participants: lachek.

3/11/2009 Nuthael: Not sure where to go from here
Hi. I'm new here, and honestly really new to designing rpgs. My friend and I have been working on this idea for years now, and its shown up a few…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nuthael, Vulpinoid, natfrobinson, Noon, Abkajud, Luke.

3/11/2009 Rui!: Big Brother Zombie needs playtesters!
Hello, all. I've just finished posting the last bit of my game, and I'd really love it if some of you guys could take some of your time to pour…
In Connections
Participants: Rui!, Vulpinoid.

3/11/2009 SaintandSinner: (GenCon Indy 2009) Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand
Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand will be at GenCon09 and we need your help. Anyone who is submitting events that would like to be in the 'indie games…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

3/11/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Acts of Evil] - Scene Framing Shennanigans
Over the February 20th weekend, six gamers from Ottawa, Detroit and Toronto converged on an unsuspecting suite hotel in Toronto to consume sushi and to playtest Paul Czege's Acts of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Valamir, DWeird, JoyWriter, C. Edwards, hix, Michael S. Miller, Piers Brown.

3/11/2009 Amadeo: Patronage and Publishing
I just took a look over at Monte Cook's new Dungeon-a-Day project and its got me thinking. What does everyone think of patronage for game designers? Wolfgang Baur did it…
In Publishing
Participants: Amadeo, iago, Vulpinoid, MatrixGamer.

3/12/2009 Caracol: Stats Sytem, need advices
I'm working on some ideas for a fantasy RPG. I came up with a particular idea about the stats and the abilities of the characters, based on the concept of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Caracol, Eero Tuovinen, chance.thirteen, dindenver, soundmasterj.

3/12/2009 Graham Walmsley: Publishers' Graphics: Apparently they're a file storage facility, now
A rather odd email from Publishers' Graphics. Dear Graham, March 9, 2009 We are updating our data-file storage system, and have added new procedures to our safeguards to insure that…
In Publishing
Participants: Graham Walmsley, guildofblades, Ron Edwards.

3/13/2009 charles ferguson: [D&D 1e] : The Nostalgia Of It All
Disclaimer: I don't really have a specific question or problem. Maybe one will emerge? Thing is I've been hanging out at the Forge for nearly 10 years and 99.9% of…
In Actual Play
Participants: charles ferguson, James_Nostack.

3/13/2009 Egonblaidd: Difficulty of darts/javelins compared to archery
Hi, I'm new to the site.  I only got into pen-and-paper RPGs a couple months ago, and now I'm designing my own.  I've already started rewriting my first draft of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Egonblaidd, Vulpinoid.

3/13/2009 Egonblaidd: Attribute/Skill system
Hi, I'm new to the community and to RPGs in general.  I feel like I'm introducing myself twice since I posted another thread, but I feel like that topic might…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Egonblaidd, chance.thirteen, ShallowThoughts, Luke, JoyWriter.

3/14/2009 Egonblaidd: Not enough "fantasy" in my fantasy world
I originally came here to ask a simple question, but the more I think about my RPG, the more I question it's foundation.  Maybe there's nothing wrong with it and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Egonblaidd, Noon, whiteknife, Simons, Abkajud, otspiii, Paul Czege, everloss, Adarchi, NN, DWeird, Vulpinoid, Jason Kottler, JoyWriter, Ayyavazi.

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