Previous Topics 4/6/2009 MJGraham: [Defiance] The Black Rat Cometh [b]Session One
The Revolutionary Cabal[/b]
Madam Shahlei (a.k.a. Lawrence) - the owner and a former employee at one of the city's less reputable brothels. Years of service and abuse from… In Playtesting Participants: MJGraham.
4/6/2009 Seamus: LULU.COM A few publishers have recommended Lulu.Com. Does anyone here have experience with lulu? In Publishing Participants: Seamus, rafael, iago, greyorm, Calithena, xenopulse, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, jerry, April L. Hamilton, redalastor, guildofblades.
4/5/2009 Tark: Paradox: Virtue, Vice, and why the world sucks While reading over some of my old articles on the column I write for RPGnet I started putting some of the ideas together I had cooked up for them and… In First Thoughts Participants: Tark, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend, chance.thirteen, otspiii, MacLeod.
4/5/2009 Dirk: Phaethos RPG Playtest I think I should have posted in here instead of in Play testing (after reading several posts there). Sorry about that. I'm new and ignorant to the ways of the… In Connections Participants: Dirk.
4/5/2009 preludetotheend: Free give away contests to get some visibility? I am currently playing around with www.twitter.com/BitsyBook creating one of those tweet books people have been buzzing about. As I am polishing up my little game chef entry (my first… In Publishing Participants: preludetotheend, iago.
4/5/2009 Ayyavazi: Ninja Burger and my first game in a while Hey everyone,
I played my first RPG in a little over two months, and it was fun, even if it wasn't spectacular. I gathered my fiancee, best friend and nhis… In Actual Play Participants: Ayyavazi, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.
4/5/2009 Ayyavazi: Morality and Power, how it shapes my system So far, I've been trying to make a fantasy RPG along standard lines. I've read some posts, had some similar design goals to Egon, and given some pretty good ideas… In First Thoughts Participants: Ayyavazi, Spooky Fanboy, Luke.
4/4/2009 Spooky Fanboy: [Fastlane] Another setting, this time with psychics Ever wanted to be a veteran from the psychic wars? Here's how to do it the Fastlane way! In Twisted Confessions Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Lxndr, Wolfen.
4/4/2009 Jasper Flick: Perverted Intentions, just traits and hubris [i]What if the next player decides your character's fate?[/i]
I woke up with that questions today, and this was my answer:
[b][i]Perverted Intentions[/i][/b]
[i]I did WHAT?
Well at least I… In First Thoughts Participants: Jasper Flick, whiteknife, phatonin.
4/3/2009 The Magus: Discussion of Social Contract theories at the Forge As a relative newbie to the Forge I am aware that the RPG Theory forum is now closed. I've read a number of articles on the GNS model and feel… In Site Discussion Participants: The Magus, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, Sindyr, lumpley, Ron Edwards.
4/3/2009 marco.costantini: [Agon] Non-Combat Battles Today a friend of mine suggests this question that neither him nor me was able to resolve.
I try to explain:
The Heroes have to repair a statue o Zeus.… In one.seven design Participants: marco.costantini, demiurgeastaroth.
4/3/2009 Jason Kottler: Another Peek Behind the Curtain At least one person here asked me about posting my rules summary for Ultrablamtacular!, and I said at the time that I wasn't going to do it.
Well, I've changed… In First Thoughts Participants: Jason Kottler, mjbauer.
4/2/2009 Seamus: NEW PUBLISHER BUSINESS PLAN I am creating a business plan for a small publishing business. We have one project in the works we want to focus on, and hope it will be successful enough… In Publishing Participants: Seamus, Eero Tuovinen, preludetotheend, Paul Czege, greyorm, guildofblades, xenopulse, Noclue.
4/2/2009 Wordmaker: [PTA] First post, some questions about an idea I have Hello to everyone. I haven't yet managed to get a game of PTA going, but I'm planning on it.
In fact, I'm thinking of proposing a big special event for… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: Wordmaker, Eero Tuovinen.
4/2/2009 SaintandSinner: (Atlanta, GA) New Campaign Starting Now We are starting a new Burning Wheel campaign this Saturday April 4th at 6pm. We are meeting at the Embassy Suites Perimeter Point, Sandy Springs. If interested let me know… In Connections Participants: SaintandSinner.
4/1/2009 lumpley: Vector movement in Mechaton For anybody who's not following my blog but interested: I've just posted my vector movement rules for Mechaton, here.
-Vincent In lumpley games Participants: lumpley, chance.thirteen, Eero Tuovinen.
4/1/2009 Ayyavazi: Dogs by the Numbers Hello,
I was wondering, how did you arrive at the die allocations for character creation in Dogs in the Vineyard? Was there a concern for "balance" in order to make… In lumpley games Participants: Ayyavazi, lumpley.
4/1/2009 Ayyavazi: Losing Heart on my Heartbreaker Hey everyone,
I'm having a problem. I want to build an RPG about morality and power. I suppose this mirrors Egon's RPG in certain ways, and I've been convincing myself,… In First Thoughts Participants: Ayyavazi, Luke, Egonblaidd, Darcy Burgess, soundmasterj, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.
4/1/2009 Seamus: New Publisher With Questions about GSL and OGL Just getting started in the publishing world, and trying to decide if I should go 4E or OGL. We will have an original system or two in our lineup as… In Publishing Participants: Seamus, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Luke.
4/1/2009 Seamus: How important is system to success? Hello All,
I am new here. Hopefully this is the correct place to post this. If not, I apologize.
I am starting my own game company later this year, and… In First Thoughts Participants: Seamus, whiteknife, David C, Egonblaidd, greyorm, Noon, Luke, Eero Tuovinen.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 4/6/2009 Sindyr: System questions: tie breaking, conflicts/scene, budget spending I am breaking out my current round of questions into two topics: system questions, and mod ideas. This one is some system questions I have:
1) If there are two… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: Sindyr, Matt Wilson, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Welkerfan, newsalor, BlackSheep.
4/6/2009 Sindyr: Mod ideas: Quality of Success/Failure, Fan Mail Trait Use, Fan Mail Awards Would these mods work, or cause problems?
Quality of Success: The more you beat the GM by, the more complete your success. Win by 0 cards (by having most hearts,… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: Sindyr, Matt Wilson, FredGarber, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Welkerfan, newsalor.
4/6/2009 Ayyavazi: Dice for Dogs Hey there,
Lets say I want to start a game of Dogs in the Vineyard. Lets also say I have to supply all of the dice for the game. How… In lumpley games Participants: Ayyavazi, David Artman, Falc, oliof, Jasper Flick, Filip Luszczyk, newsalor.
4/7/2009 Lxndr: [Fastlane]: Chip Strategies This has come up a number of times in a lot of threads (including the most recent one by Spooky Fanboy). So, to give people a break from thread-diving to… In Twisted Confessions Participants: Lxndr.
4/7/2009 Jasper Flick: Seeing when everything depends on the future We're having a little trouble with narrating a See ahead of rolling dice for traits and things. Here's an contrived example:
GM raises with the guy punching you in the… In lumpley games Participants: Jasper Flick, lumpley, jburneko, Filip Luszczyk, David Artman.
4/7/2009 Paul Czege: questions and comments on Spirited Hey Graham,
I really like your use of language in Spirited: "gentleman," "lady." And the vision you have for the social experience of play: players "who are very special to… In Playtesting Participants: Paul Czege, madunkieg, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley.
4/7/2009 jburneko: [Silent Sound] Problem with Flashbacks and Memories I'm don't know if this is the right forum for this. What I'm about to discuss came out of play testing experience but it concerns unplaytested components arising from a… In Playtesting Participants: jburneko, Artanis.
4/8/2009 Nev the Deranged: Escapist's Terra Libris Project Not sure if anyone's posted about this already, but The Escapist web magazine has put together a pretty cool project to try and get RPGs into America's libraries. I happen… In Endeavor Participants: Nev the Deranged, RabbitHoleGames.
4/8/2009 thadrine: Indie mechanics in "Traditional" games? This particular example was written for Mutants and Masterminds, but could be easy converted to any system, espceacially those with a some sort of meta currency (i.e. Bennies, Artha, Action… In First Thoughts Participants: thadrine, Luke, chance.thirteen.
4/8/2009 visioNationstudios: WotC Pulls PDFs Sorry if this has been brought up elsewhere on the Forge and I missed it. Just wondering two things:
1) Have any details come to light regarding the decision by… In Publishing Participants: visioNationstudios, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, Josh Gertz, preludetotheend, David C.
4/8/2009 fnord3125: [Poison'd] Steal ships and recommended player numbers Two questions about Poison'd!
1) Is it cool for the crew to decide to start using a ship they attack and capture instead of their original ship? This seems like… In lumpley games Participants: fnord3125, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.
4/8/2009 mratomek: Social Experiment With all the discourse and disruption caused by DnD 4e, I was thinking about a social experiment that would use input/supprt from the gaming community to create the core rules… In First Thoughts Participants: mratomek, sureideas, JoyWriter.
4/8/2009 Sonja: Recommend a good graphic designer? I'm looking for a good graphic designer to do layout for my book. The style I'm going for is very simple, clear, cute, clean, child-like and happy in a calm… In Connections Participants: Sonja, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.
4/8/2009 Sonja: Freeware/open source thing like InDesign? (split) http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24224.0 In Publishing Participants: Sonja, Ron Edwards.
4/9/2009 twztdwndpipe: Need a Program Alright,
I have been working on a card game. I'm at the point that I would like to begin small playtesting. The only problem is, I have no way of… In First Thoughts Participants: twztdwndpipe, Eero Tuovinen, Luke, Egonblaidd, sureideas, Josh Gertz.
4/9/2009 guildofblades: POD Board Games Ok, so this summer we want to get serious about cracking the next challenge in POD production. Board games.
Yes, I know, GOB Publishing has been doing it for years.… In Publishing Participants: guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, Paraplegic Racehorse, Wolfen, Josh Gertz, preludetotheend.
4/9/2009 nataix: Proteus open playest and system critiques Project Alpha is intended to allow virtually anyone to playtest Proteus Second Edition. Up to date information can be found at base113 Games.
As Proteus Second Edition is written, the… In First Thoughts Participants: nataix.
4/9/2009 AXUM: POLARIS: REFRESHING THEMES Hello!
I've searched thru the manual but can't find when Themes refresh. Is it at the end of a session; during experience, or somewhen else?
Thanks
Ax In These Are Our Games Participants: AXUM, Ben Lehman, Falc.
4/9/2009 AXUM: POLARIS translations in español Hello!
Here are some translations of Polaris stuff (mainly the phrases) as well as a rules compendium (mainly the conflict dice roll) in Spanish.
hope you Íberos enjoy!
Ax
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4/10/2009 jessecoombs: Will WGP work for GM + 1 Player? I'm on the fence about With Great Power. I love the genre for sure, but I'm looking for a game that I can play with just one friend who also… In Incarnadine Press Participants: jessecoombs, Dominic Claveau.
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