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4/16/2009 Graham Walmsley: [Apocalypse World] Apocalypse averted
We finished our four-session game of Apocalypse World last night. Our heroes flew to the headquarters of Panacea, one of the fronts. There were lots of zombies about. Panacea switched…
In Playtesting
Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, GB Steve.

4/16/2009 youngblood: Having trouble balancing between narrative combat and complex dice mechanics
Hey Forge, I just happened to stumble across this site and am very excited to see a living community dedicated to pen & paper rpgs. Kudos to everyone for keeping…
In First Thoughts
Participants: youngblood, chance.thirteen, Luke, whiteknife, Rafu, Wordman, Noclue.

4/16/2009 Willow: Escape From Tentacle City- Final Playtests
Hey everyone- If you've read any of the Escape from Tentacle City playtest threads (and there's on on the front page of the Playtesting forum right now), and you're interested…
In Connections
Participants: Willow.

4/14/2009 iago: Cross-referencing in InDesign (split)
Update: InDesign CS4 now supports cross-referencing natively, no extra plugins needed. I'm pretty happy with it.
In Publishing
Participants: iago, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Carnifex.

4/16/2009 Nuthael: The Gentleman's Game - A Political Steampunk Adventure
Hello. I am writing a steampunk adventure set on the remote island of Irol'isse. The game takes place amongst great political intrigue as the omnipotent king falls ill and the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nuthael, MacLeod, chance.thirteen, Luke, GozerTC.

4/16/2009 Vordark: Genesys RPG
Hello everyone! So I'm making the jump from lurking to posting.  Hopefully I don't hit my head on a rock. :) I've been working on an RPG for a while…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vordark, MacLeod, Luke, JoyWriter, Vulpinoid, Sindyr, Thunder_God.

4/16/2009 DaveyJJ: Can MC be "grokked" into a typical fantasy setting?
I've only been able to preview the intro MC PDF but it seems to this very old gamer* that the mechanics etc of MC could be easily grokked to use…
In Galileo Games
Participants: DaveyJJ, inthisstyle, Paka.

4/16/2009 oliof: [Solar System] Science Fiction?
I know from the Solar System vignettes that at least one Science Fiction campaign was run using Solar System. Did anybody else do it? Is there crunch available somewhere? My…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Spoo, Nick Pagnucco, simonjberger.

4/16/2009 Graham Walmsley: Apocalypse World last night
It was kind of like this. http://www.catchyourhare.com/images/cloud-to-dice.jpg G
In lumpley games
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Supplanter, Everspinner.

4/15/2009 The Magus: Why isn't the Forge promoting all these swell games?
I think this is a really interesting site but it is somewhat intimidating to the new user.  One of the things I'm not all that keen on is the lack…
In Site Discussion
Participants: The Magus, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Schiller, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Miskatonic.

4/15/2009 RobNJ: Forge Midest 09 report
Here's my little report, pasted from my LJ, about my experience at FMW this year. I was going to put it in the retrospective thread, but that felt more procedural/planning:…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ.

4/15/2009 chance.thirteen: is this the place to ask for input on social actions?
I am trying to brainstorm on what sort of social actions and capacities exist, and how they seem to be related in the real world, then use those notes to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chance.thirteen, whiteknife, JoyWriter.

4/15/2009 Wordmaker: [WGP] Question about story style
I may be getting some friends together to try out With Great Power... soon. My idea is to run something in the veign of Watchmen and Kingdom Come, with both…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Wordmaker, chance.thirteen.

4/15/2009 phatonin: Common dice pool
The bulk of the system I'm designing for a Space-Opera game is based on a dice-pool common to all PCs: 1) Resolution is classical: dX+skill > difficulty, nothing special here…
In First Thoughts
Participants: phatonin, Darcy Burgess, chance.thirteen, Vulpinoid, MacLeod, Egonblaidd, greyorm, Castlin.

4/15/2009 Adam Schiller: Armored Soldier Valkyrion: A Mech-Type of RPG
Greetings to all. After lurking around for a week or so, scoping-out the myriad of creations being said here, I finally summoned the gumption to talk about my own games.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Schiller, anders_larsen, whiteknife.

4/15/2009 Lance Bishop: Probability of Success and Advancement
Hello all, new guy here to ask a simple question. Before delving into the creation of a dice mechanic I would like to have a general idea of some specific…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lance Bishop, Luke, Adam Schiller, Noon, Egonblaidd, chance.thirteen.

4/15/2009 Willow: [Forge Midwest] Escape From Tentacle City
Let's get this ball rolling! Friday I got to 'run' this for Ron, Jae, Jerry, and Abram.  I really wanted Ron in this game since he was one of my…
In Playtesting
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Noon, jerry.

4/14/2009 Brimshack: Looking for 1 or 2 good Game-test Groups
I am looking for someone willing to Game-Test a High Fantasy Role-playing system with moderate to high crunch. The game uses 3d6 for all essential rolls. Attack and Defense are…
In Connections
Participants: Brimshack.

4/14/2009 Paul T: [Solar System Actual Play] Characters Grow by Trial and Error
We concluded a two-session game of Solar System on Sunday night, and I was surprised by a few things that took place. The game was definitely a success, I think,…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

4/14/2009 Carnifex: Cross-referencing in InDesign (split)
You can make cross-references in InDesign. Place your marker where you want the reference "target" (or mark the word). Open the Hyperlinks panel. Choose "new hyperlink destination" in the panel…
In Publishing
Participants: Carnifex, Ron Edwards, iago, Darcy Burgess.

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4/16/2009 Jeremy Keller: Confidence schemes and narrative control
So, I have an idea for a game that's about social manipulation.  Player characters are the perpetrators of complex confidence schemes.  They get what they want by working with their…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jeremy Keller, Noon, Welkerfan, Tintros.

4/17/2009 kschewe: [Wagon Tracks] Power 19
I am excited to be making my first post, and have been holding back until now because I know I would not have the time I would want to dedicate…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kschewe, JoyWriter, DanielM, phatonin.

4/17/2009 alseeger: playtesters wanted!
I am an independent game designer and I'm in the process of developing a systemless setting. If anyone would be interested in trying it out I'd appreciate it. I still…
In Connections
Participants: alseeger.

4/17/2009 Vordark: Looking for play-testing tips and strategies
I announced my project in First Thoughts with an eye toward cultivating that wonderful fruit, "general feedback".  I also had some questions concerning how to maximize the benefit of play-testing…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vordark, Wolfen, Michael Desing.

4/17/2009 Sindyr: two sessions in: how it's going for my group
OK, this will be a little stream of consciousness, but rather than compose a superbly written and time consuming essay, I wanted to give some quick followup on what's going…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, Welkerfan, Paka, newsalor, jburneko, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson.

4/17/2009 Vordark: Selecting Attributes For Your Game
Let's say we're talking about traditional RPGs where there's a GM that runs "the world" and a number of players, each of which has their own character.  Let's further say…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vordark, Vulpinoid, greyorm, MacLeod, Egonblaidd, mjbauer, Ayyavazi, chance.thirteen, Luke, kschewe, Gurnard, ShallowThoughts, brianbloodaxe, SteveMND, JoyWriter, Noon, Devenger.

4/18/2009 Seamus: RPG Style Guides
One problem I keep having as a writer for RPG products is figuring out when to speak in the 2nd person and 3rd and who to address. Sometimes it feels…
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, Willow, Luke, Ashirgo, ShallowThoughts.

4/19/2009 Trevis Martin: Simple Rules Clarification
Hi Seth, I came into possession through trade of "Dirty Secrets", from GenCon 2007, and we gave it a try yesterday.  We didn't get super far into the game, and…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Trevis Martin, GreatWolf.

4/19/2009 blackhatmatt: [With Great Power...] Better Living Through Chemistry
Just ran a one-shot of WGP yesterday. Well, anyway, it was meant as a one-shot, but we didn't finish, so we'll finish it next time. Two-shot, anyway. The write-up is…
In Actual Play
Participants: blackhatmatt, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2009 drkrash: Seeking Cover Art
I am presently writing a supplement for an indie horror-action role-playing game.  I am looking for a piece of art that I could license for a single use as the…
In Connections
Participants: drkrash, greyorm, Wolfen, rafael.

4/20/2009 jessecoombs: Question about Drowning & Falling
I couldn't figure this out from the text, so I'll just ask it here. When a character "explores" a room/location, he has to face a challenge depending on the direction…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jessecoombs, jasonm, Selene Tan.

4/20/2009 ShallowThoughts: Those imaginary "other kinds" of RPGers
Hello folks, I suppose this is more of an "Actual NOT Played" thread, because I discuss a kind of actual play I've NOT ever found myself in, and I'm curious…
In Actual Play
Participants: ShallowThoughts, Wolfen, greyorm, Greymorn, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Paka, Cranewings, Noclue, chance.thirteen, AzaLiN.

4/20/2009 Brimshack: Botched Attacks and Botched Dialogues
Okay, I am 2 years into designing this RPG. As part of Game Testing, we have been running a campaign, literally just a campaign that happens to use this system.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Brimshack, ShallowThoughts, chance.thirteen, FredGarber.

4/20/2009 Marshall Burns: Lunar Notes
Inspired by John Harper's GHOST/ECHO and Lady Blackbird, I made Lunar Notes: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/foolish_Paeter/lunarnotesp1thumb.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/foolish_Paeter/lunarnotesp2thumb.png Page One PDF Page Two PDF I'm not as hot as John Harper with the layout,…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards, Noclue, DWeird, JoyWriter.

4/21/2009 The Dragon Master: Sorcerer and Premise...
After stumbling through creating a setting for a quick one-shot for a new member of our group, and while trying to work out a general setting idea for a mini-campaign…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, rabindranath72, greyorm, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

4/21/2009 SaintandSinner: Indie games passport/map?
Will there be an 'Indie Map' or 'Indie Passport' this year?  I'm helping organize the Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand.  If there is such a thing we would…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, TJ.

4/21/2009 Brimshack: Critical Absences
More and more, I am thinking about what I DON'T want in the bag of tricks for my game. And by that I do not mean major points of style…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brimshack, Vordark, chance.thirteen, Luke, Noon, Egonblaidd, phatonin, chronoplasm, ShallowThoughts.

4/21/2009 agony: Alternative Poison'd Starting Situations
So I'm working on a Poison'd hack and I'm wondering if anyone has put any thought into alternative starting situations for Poison'd? The default situation is just so perfect I'm…
In lumpley games
Participants: agony, Eero Tuovinen, watergoesred, Graham Walmsley, Marshall Burns.

4/21/2009 Monk: Downward Granularity with dice pools
So the system that we're working on uses dice pools constructed by adding together various characteristics and skills that are being used. So far, everything works beautifully, but I'm working…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Monk, creatfire, Guy Srinivasan, chance.thirteen, Wordman.

4/22/2009 MacLeod: Naming Convention
I have a pretty simple question... I'm working on an easy-to-use yet tabletop tactically robust... and I was wondering if anyone has any idea of what I should name a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MacLeod, whiteknife, Wolfen, Luke, Paul Czege, JoyWriter, DanielM, chance.thirteen.

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