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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.

4/7/2009 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.

4/7/2009 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 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 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.

4/6/2009 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.

4/6/2009 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 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 GnomeWorks: Disabling Pawn Stance and Enforcing Character Beliefs on Action
Hi, new here; well, okay, I registered around a year ago and been lurking on and off, but this is my first post. Anyway, let's cut to the chase, ya?…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GnomeWorks, Ayyavazi, Luke, mjbauer, otspiii, greyorm, Noon, Sindyr, chance.thirteen, jburneko, contracycle, Jasper Flick, Egonblaidd, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, JoyWriter.

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.

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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 ------…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: AXUM.

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.

4/10/2009 Lxndr: Fastlane: Changes
So, with my illnesses and the like, I've been distracted when it comes to Fastlane 2nd edition and getting it to layout, then printed and out the door. However, a…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr.

4/10/2009 mratomek: Swak at a combat system
Nothing groundbreaking here. I wanted to keep it simple and fairly standard. However, there are a few twists. To attack, you add your combat skill + attribute bonus + other…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mratomek, mjbauer, chance.thirteen, MacLeod, JoyWriter.

4/10/2009 Anansi Games: Terror Thirteen Playtest
Hey Everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that Anansi Games has its first game available for playtesting on their website.  www.anansigames.com  You will need to register for…
In Connections
Participants: Anansi Games.

4/10/2009 twztdwndpipe: D&D Colosseum?
Okay. I know I've been here and asking 100 different questions about 100 different games. This is another one, but I hope this one can be helped better than the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: twztdwndpipe, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver.

4/10/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [TSoY 2nd] Myths of Near
Musing on my TSoY rewrite: While writing about the Skyfire I decided that I'm just going to lift Clinton's original legend of the Skyfire and put it in the book…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, oliof, dindenver.

4/10/2009 Ayyavazi: The beginnings of my System, help needed
Hello again all, Below is the starting work of my system. Its definitely not finished yet, but once I figure out the right dice pools for distribution, it will be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ayyavazi, Luke, JoyWriter.

4/10/2009 mratomek: Magic System Ideas -- looking for feedback
Once again, nothing groundbreaking with the basic mechanic. PCs have a skill that allows them to use magic: Wizardry (for casting arcane spells) Ritual (for casting divine spells) Rune (for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mratomek, JoyWriter, Vulpinoid.

4/10/2009 Everspinner: [Apocalypse World] Tent City
WARNING: This post is fiction only. I will continue with the playtest notes as soon as I get them typed up. Ok, after repeated reschedulings we got to play our…
In Playtesting
Participants: Everspinner, lumpley.

4/11/2009 Michael Desing: [Mythweaver 2E] Assault on Mount Brim
Note: I’ve been running a solo campaign for a single character for some time on the Mythweaver message board to try out new Mythweaver ideas and continue to test the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Michael Desing.

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