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5/10/2009 Eldrad: NOVEL RPG: Megalopolis Hero's Mag
Hero's Mag Using the freeform system as described in this earlier post. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24786.msg245893#msg245893 Two characters were Sapphire and Jade played by my two daughters. Sapphire is a mutant that can…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad, Noon.

5/9/2009 mjbauer: Design Theory Reading List
I'm wondering if there is some kind of unofficial (or, perhaps, official) canon of RPG Design Theory. Things that every RPG designer should read before trying to create a game.…
In Endeavor
Participants: mjbauer, Eero Tuovinen, Lance D. Allen, ShallowThoughts, JoyWriter, Graham Walmsley, Tomas HVM.

5/9/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [TSoY 2nd] Maps of Near
So, we're doing cartography, and I have difficulty finding all the variant maps that've been created for Near. Could anybody link me to any they know of? For example, I…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Yokiboy, oliof.

5/8/2009 Seamus: Draw Straight Line in INdesign
How do I make straight lines in INdesign. They always come out crooked.
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, jasonm, Matt Snyder, Carnifex.

5/8/2009 Vordark: [Genesys] My First Play-Test Report(tm)
For reference, the system is here:  http://www.chaosphere.com/genesys/ While I have run a number of sessions using the Genesys core rules, I haven't until this week had the opportunity to focus…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vordark, JoyWriter, chance.thirteen.

5/8/2009 k2lu: CCG - RPG hybrid system
Hello, all. First post, just getting some ideas down for consideration. I've been poking around with the idea of a CCG - RPG hybrid because, well, I like playing CCGs,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: k2lu, whiteknife, MacLeod, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, zmobie.

5/8/2009 northerain: [Dark Days] Character Descriptions Matter!
In Dark Days, characters are mortals that came back from the dead, infected with an entity called Darkness. This entity gives them creepy ass powers but it ultimately wants to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: northerain, Noon, C. Edwards, Selene Tan, Certified, Warrior Monk.

5/8/2009 brianbloodaxe: My take on card-based combat.
I've been lurking for a little while and seeing a few threads about card-based combat systems I thought I should put my ideas out there for your perusal. The concept…
In First Thoughts
Participants: brianbloodaxe, mjbauer, redalastor.

5/8/2009 Simon C: [Covenant] First Name Terms
(Crossposted and more information here:http://www.collective-endeavour.com/node/1602) Malcolm, Steve, Emma and I played a three-session game of Covenant. There were things I really liked and things I really didn't like about the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon C, Noon, ShallowThoughts, AJ_Flowers, Matt, JoyWriter.

5/7/2009 zmobie: Swordfighting system - Link
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=188 The link above is for a video-game sword fighting system, but I thought it would also be great for an rpg. What kinds of adaptations do you think you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: zmobie, JoyWriter, ShallowThoughts, MacLeod, Vulpinoid.

5/7/2009 Jason Kottler: A Learning Experience
I recently ran an indie game that provided me a lot of insight - in a bad way. For all the details, check out my post: http://blog.ultrablamtacular.com/2009/05/04/antipatterns/ In other news,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jason Kottler, JoyWriter, Pilsnerquest, Noon, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, Brimshack.

5/7/2009 The Dragon Master: Demons and NPCs in Combat...
I ran a one-shot to demonstrate Sorcerer a couple weeks ago. The game started with me trying to explain the bonus dice system, and Sorcery, and Oblique Conflict, and ended…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2009 Valamir: Blood Red Sands Beta V3.0 is now available.
A competitive, in your face, testosterone fueled role playing experience in a brutal, over the top, heavy metal world of savagery and dark sorcery. Download the playtest rules and play…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Troy_Costisick.

5/7/2009 ghashsnaga: Wanderer: A fantasy version of Traveller and 3 questions
There are several version of this kickin around on the internet. So I am creating my own version (Book 1 mostly done) under the OGL. One of the things I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ghashsnaga, Abkajud.

5/7/2009 Nev the Deranged: "Fuse dice", wacky DRYH inspired mechanic, free to good home
So I was thinking about the funky ways DRYH uses dice, and wondering if I could come up with something similar. I came up with something, how useful it might…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Wordman.

5/6/2009 jburneko: Question About Liches From Sorcerer & Sword
I was looking at the How To Become An Undead section of Sorcerer & Sword.  So the way I understand it is that you effectively become a demon.  But when…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, AXUM, greyorm.

5/6/2009 Wordmaker: [WGP] Tarnished
[i]Moving my thread on our new With Great Power... game here:[/i] [b]Background Pitch:[/b] Everything changed the day Superman died. Metropolis is gone. Nothing remains but a crater and the surrounding…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wordmaker, James_Nostack, Lance D. Allen.

5/6/2009 Wordmaker: Question about The Plan
When the GM decides on The Plan for the story, does he let the players know what it is and how it relates to their Strife Aspects?
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Wordmaker, Dominic Claveau.

5/6/2009 Vulpinoid: Quincunx: Power 19
The game is designed to be played on a few levels, so I'll answer these questions twice. The first response is a superficial look at the game. The second response…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.

5/6/2009 Certified: [Fractured Kingdom] Song of Silence
Currently the Fractured Kingdoms setting and design is still in development. However, I recently ran the first play test. I'll begin by posting the demo's set up and follow it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Certified.

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5/10/2009 David C: Sandbox Games, can it be applied to RPGs?
Sandbox games are very popular in the video game world.  You have Grand Theft Auto and The Sims selling more copies than anything else in the market.  I know when…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, Vulpinoid, northerain, MacLeod, Egonblaidd, whiteknife.

5/10/2009 AzaLiN: [D&D4e] Feeling defeated by the ruleset
I've been DMing a D&D 4e campaign for 2 or 3 months, playing twice weekly. It started off a little rough, but after I shrank the group size to 4…
In Actual Play
Participants: AzaLiN, Eero Tuovinen, C. Edwards, Noon, JoyWriter, Brimshack, AJ_Flowers, Wordman, whiteknife, LandonSuffered, Clay.

5/10/2009 Supplanter: [DITV] Simple Healing Conflict Question
Can Dogs team up in a healing conflict? Best, Jim
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, lumpley.

5/10/2009 Wordmaker: Flavour Scenes?
If a player or GM just wants to describe a brief scene for the sake of flavour, such as the GM throwing in a scene at the end of a…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Wordmaker, Dominic Claveau.

5/10/2009 zapps: Mortal Coil Revised
Hello. First post at these forums, though I have read them quite a lot. First I want to thank you Brennan for a great game! Then comes my question: Whats…
In Galileo Games
Participants: zapps, inthisstyle.

5/10/2009 ShallowThoughts: PDF Writer availability??
Hello folks, excuse me if this is in ignorant question. I hear about a lot of indie companies publishing via PDF. As far as I'm aware, that can only be…
In Publishing
Participants: ShallowThoughts, jerry, Pelgrane, visioNationstudios.

5/10/2009 SolitudeGames: Just an intro
Hi all just wanted to intro myself , not much to tell just another rpg fan who just started getting more into writing and design. I written off  and on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SolitudeGames.

5/11/2009 Graham Walmsley: Could someone help me out with PDF printing problems?
I'm having real problems printing a PDF through Lulu. I submit a PDF, they send me an anonymous error message. I submit a new PDF, they send me the same…
In Publishing
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Paul Czege, btrc, visioNationstudios, Carnifex, David Artman.

5/11/2009 Brimshack: Learning Curves and Tipping Points
Okay, I'm facing a dilemma. I have been developing this RPG (tentatively entitled, "Worlds of Hurt") for about 2 years now, not counting the year or so of working on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brimshack, JoyWriter, MacLeod, Luke.

5/11/2009 EllePepper: [mistic] tabletop rpg, gage question.
Hi, it's elle, back from the dead. My specific question is this... I am using a modified Double-gage system for most players.  A Humanity gage for those who are dual…
In First Thoughts
Participants: EllePepper, Vulpinoid, chronoplasm.

5/11/2009 EllePepper: Mystic: need character stat sheets...
I'm doing a table top rpg, and I find one thing missing from the stat sheets, I need a sheet with a human figure on them to mark changes, augments…
In Connections
Participants: EllePepper.

5/11/2009 jlarke: [DITV] Suggestions for one-shot play
I have plans to spend Memorial Day weekend with several friends, and one of them suggested it might be a good time for a one-shot adventure to introduce people to…
In lumpley games
Participants: jlarke, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

5/11/2009 jlarke: [Solar System] Oratory & telecommunications
Hello, Forge. I'm running a Battlestar Galactica campaign using the Solar System rules. My PCs are the officers of the Battlestar Actaeon and the civilian ships that gathered around it,…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: jlarke, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

5/11/2009 redalastor: Graphical ways to represent plot development?
I'm working on a LARP management software to make tracking all the huge pile of info that goes into a LARP bearable. It's going to track players, characters, xp, etc.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: redalastor, dauvis, pells.

5/12/2009 LandonSuffered: "Old School" Endgames, Grognardia
I’ve been waxing seriously nostalgic of late, not the least of which is due to recently discovering James Maliszewski’s wonderfully insightful blog, Grognardia: http://grognardia.blogspot.com/ I’ve been reading his essays the…
In Actual Play
Participants: LandonSuffered, Eero Tuovinen, Brimshack, Darcy Burgess, Noon.

5/12/2009 LandonSuffered: Challenge the Player, not the Stat Block (D&D)
Just one more AP post (hopefully with more AP), since I seem to have a great deal of trouble falling asleep tonight…. Again, regarding AD&D and the “old school” insights…
In Actual Play
Participants: LandonSuffered, Noon, Frank Tarcikowski, Caldis, contracycle, greyorm, JoyWriter, ShallowThoughts, AzaLiN, FredGarber, Vulpinoid, otspiii, Ron Edwards.

5/12/2009 Gregor Hutton: [Survey] The 2009 Collective Endeavour Survey
As part of the ongoing review of the services provided through The Collective Endeavour (http://www.collective-endeavour.com/), we would like to gather some information from the people who use our website and…
In Publishing
Participants: Gregor Hutton.

5/12/2009 chronoplasm: Interesting Quote
From ENWorld, in a discussion regarding the roles in 4E D&D: The fact is that in any point-based resolution system like D&D combat, there's only two things to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, whiteknife, Noon, Guy Srinivasan, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts.

5/13/2009 AJ_Flowers: A Half-Cooked Narrativist Giant Robo Battle Mechanic
So, though I haven't had one in ages, here is a crackpot design idea from me that may or may not go somewhere.  A lot of my peer group is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AJ_Flowers, whiteknife, Wordman, Axe4Eye.

5/13/2009 whiteknife: GM or no GM?
Having abandoned, rediscovered, tweaked, re-tweaked, and re-re-tweaked my game, I've come to an impasse. The game is Tamers, and after much thinking I've decided that it's theme is exploration. You…
In First Thoughts
Participants: whiteknife, chronoplasm, Jasper Flick.

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