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6/2/2009 Brimshack: A System of Magic
Okay, so let's look at a system for spell-casting in Worlds of Hurt. This is a high fantasy RPG, and I am just going to outline the magic system, partly…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brimshack, Lance D. Allen, Wordman, Guy Srinivasan, Ashirgo, trick, dindenver, MacLeod.

6/2/2009 reason: The Later Blue Tome of Amaxathroth the Cursed
Moving ahead with my Sorcerer mini-supplement, I've put up a preview PDF - linked from the pages below. It's amazing how much more you can get done per unit time…
In Adept Press
Participants: reason, Ron Edwards, greyorm, James_Nostack, Finarvyn.

6/1/2009 Clay: Indie games & the FLGS
Just wanted to drop a note in here to mention that Indie games are getting a lot of traction in the local game stores.  I went into two different stores…
In Publishing
Participants: Clay, Eero Tuovinen.

6/1/2009 noahtrammell: Considering a New Idea
  OK, well, I'm considering writing a short RPG in which dreams have begun to translate themselves into physical manifestations.  I'm thinking about using a PDQ-style system to allow players…
In First Thoughts
Participants: noahtrammell, Charlie Gilb, Warrior Monk, Abkajud, MacLeod, Noclue.

6/1/2009 reveal: [ENnies] The ENnies are coming! The ENnies are coming!
Hello! As you well know, GenCon is right around the corner! And, of course, GenCon is where the ceremony for the ENnie Awards, the annual fan-based celebration of excellence in…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal, iago.

6/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Mechaton] - Why yes, it *is* Lego. And no, I didn't have to paint them!
That was pretty much my elevator pitch about Mechaton at CanGames 2009.  I ran one game, and had a hell of a lot of walk-up traffic.  (Note to self and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley, David Artman, Mantisking.

6/1/2009 raidzuo: DIY small scale card game for less than 1 cent a card
50 blank cards for $1.75 for a deck of 50. http://www.eaieducation.com/530658.html 100 sheets of inkjet sticker paper for $19.00 http://www.ldproducts.com/Compatible,Photo-Paper,HYPSTICK100,Yellow,,1238,product.html If you print 9 cards; 3.5 X 2.5 on one…
In Publishing
Participants: raidzuo.

6/1/2009 Matt Snyder: Layout design contest for June 2009!
Announcing the 2009 layout design contest. Luke Crane, Keith Senkowski, and Matt Snyder challenge you to create an amazing book layout during the month of June, 2009. Each participant who…
In Endeavor
Participants: Matt Snyder, greyorm.

6/1/2009 jp_miller: [The Window] Remaking a golden oldie
The Window by Scott Lininger is getting a facelift: http://www.avatarart.com/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=40 This project is run by Avatarart and has the support of the author, Scott. Apparantly Scott is funding some of…
In Connections
Participants: jp_miller.

5/31/2009 Age of Fable: does Vincent Baker have a site for his artwork?
..and if so, what's the address?
In lumpley games
Participants: Age of Fable, lumpley, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Marshall Burns, Philotomy.

5/31/2009 Seamus: Photoshop: Do I really need it and why?
So I am getting ready to layout my first book in INdesign. Done several dry runs without art. Our illustrations and cover art will be ready soon. People tell me…
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, reason, Ben Lehman, Vordark, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, Double King, Carnifex, guildofblades, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [LoA] I/C ties
The original clarification comes from this thread. The situation: two player characters are in a conflict, both have no Inspiration and both have some Corruption. Both players want to…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

5/31/2009 GodVIAGRA: VIAGRA $1.15 per pill BUYING VIAGRA samples before BUY
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In Site Discussion
Participants: GodVIAGRA, Eldrad, lumpley.

5/30/2009 P1NBACK: [DitV] "Unopposed" Conflicts
What kind of dice pool do I use for Conflicts that have no one to struggle with the Dogs? For example, the Dog comes upon a wounded child about to…
In lumpley games
Participants: P1NBACK, Noclue, Filip Luszczyk.

5/30/2009 zediekiel: Too over the top?
Recently I had an idea for a final boss esc character who the PC's find out is pulling the strings behind all of the kickers.  Although it may be a…
In Adept Press
Participants: zediekiel, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.

5/30/2009 Noon: Inadvertant prima donna-ism?
I was thinking about another thread and how to say that it seemed like prima donna-ism. I can't remember how I made the leap, but I was thinking how the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, JoyWriter.

5/29/2009 P1NBACK: What do your Mountain People look like?
Haven't played yet, just kind of stumbled upon DitV, but I'm looking into getting as familiar with the setting and rules as I can until I can run a game…
In lumpley games
Participants: P1NBACK, Brand_Robins, Supplanter.

5/29/2009 Abkajud: A Dwarf Fortress tabletop RPG (long)
So, a couple of months ago I became obsessed with the Dwarf Fortress strategy/world-building game for a few weeks, and part of my obsession involved the very basics of an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, JoyWriter, Noon, AJ_Flowers, DWeird, lachek.

5/29/2009 Matt_Aufderheide: Freelance Illustrator
I'm an illustrator looking to provide quality fantasy and sci-fi artwork. My gallery can be seen here:http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/list.pl?gallery=14297
In Connections
Participants: Matt_Aufderheide, Luke.

5/29/2009 Francesco Berni: Accont security problem
Hello, i'm new on the forge and i am an information tecnology student. In my registration i have tipe for error one time the wrong nick and one time the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Francesco Berni.

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6/2/2009 one_monkey: Printing the No Dice RPG
Hi, Didn't really know where else to drop this but I figured it could be useful to people considering Lulu as a publish on demand service. We've just this week…
In Publishing
Participants: one_monkey, Ron Edwards.

6/2/2009 MatrixGamer: New business model - The Artist/Craftsman Game Business
I've been kicking around ideas on how to proceed with my game business. I want to make money and have tried out many product formats and have sold lots of…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, preludetotheend, slingshot.

6/2/2009 GameFind: RPG Game Find Site
I was told by the Admin Vincent to post in this forum, please feel free to move it if this is not the correct place. Also I know there may…
In Connections
Participants: GameFind.

6/2/2009 Warrior Monk: Another Magic System
Ok, this is meant to simulate an unstable magic power even for experienced characters. System uses 2d6 and adds a modifier which varies from 1-4 depending on the "soul" stat…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Warrior Monk, dindenver, Adam Dray.

6/2/2009 MikeF: Victoria detectives and dice bidding
I have in mind a 19th century consulting detective game – players stalk the mist-shrouded streets of London with naught but a violin and a sturdy friend (with an even…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MikeF, Adam Dray.

6/3/2009 David Artman: What Does "POD" and "Short Run" Mean in 2009?
In another thread:... POD board and box making at print runs starting at 100 units.I couldn't help but double-take. I have always used "POD" as "Print On…
In Publishing
Participants: David Artman, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, iago, MatrixGamer.

6/3/2009 Ron Edwards: [Thy Vernal Chieftains] Passion and politics
Hello, Tim Koppang and I decided to give Thy Vernal Chieftains a whirl last night. It turned out that, curiously, I did not possess some of the items required to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Paul Czege.

6/3/2009 StrongBadMun: Ember playtest on OpenRPG
Hey folks, looking for people to playtest my Ember RPG, we're gonna be using OpenRPG to play the sessions.  If you're interested please email me at headtripgames@hotmail.com, thanks.
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun.

6/3/2009 crasmer: combat=gamist <---> adventuring=narrative
Hey all! First of all: My experience in pen & paper role playing games is somewhat limited im afraid. I love them, but was sucked into the D&D vortex early…
In First Thoughts
Participants: crasmer, Abkajud, Noclue, Luke, davidberg, Guy Srinivasan.

6/3/2009 oliof: [Solar System] The first 3rd party setting for Solar System in german …
… before that is even released in print. The german rpg forum Taneorn ran a setting challenge in the month of may. One of the contestants decided to use the…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: oliof, Paul Czege, Courage75.

6/3/2009 Klaus_Welten: Some noob questions
Hi everyone. :-) I started to play Agon as the Antagonist and I really love it. I have some doubts about the rules: 1) When do you choose to use…
In one.seven design
Participants: Klaus_Welten, John Harper.

6/4/2009 Ron Edwards: [Dirty Secrets] A few days ago in Chicago ...
Hello, I'd given the book a good read yet again, this time with an eye toward what I wanted to tell people just prior to play. What I decided to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris W, jburneko, GreatWolf, Tim C Koppang.

6/4/2009 AJ_Flowers: Robot Clash Playtest
I decided to run a playtest of the combat system/proto game idea that I tossed on to First Thoughts about a month ago.  Willow: I know I owe you a…
In Playtesting
Participants: AJ_Flowers.

6/5/2009 red_herring: Agon at GenCon 09
Planning on another in-room session for my group, but was hoping to play in an Agon quest or two in the Games-On-Demand area. Anyone planning to run a game? I'm…
In one.seven design
Participants: red_herring.

6/5/2009 twztdwndpipe: Gun and Firearm mechanics
Anyone Know any usefull ones? Somebody come up with any good ones? Nice methods? I was curious also if anyone had Firearm mechanics that worked in reality. Like, if you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: twztdwndpipe, mjbauer, contracycle, Marshall Burns, chance.thirteen, Noon, trick, Creatures of Destiny.

6/5/2009 jasonm: The BPG Aeromachine Challenge
[b]ANNOUNCING THE BULLY PULPIT GAMES AEROMACHINE CHALLENGE[/b] Take a look at [url=http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/aeromachine/aeromachine.jpg]this illustration[/url] and then write a game about it. Your game must: [list] [li] Incorporate the content of the…
In Endeavor
Participants: jasonm.

6/5/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Important ENnies Dates
Hello once again from the ENnies! As you know, the window for submissions has closed. The judges now face the difficult task of picking which products out of the plethora…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

6/5/2009 jburneko: Sex & Sorcery At The Table
Hello, Sex and Sorcery is certainly the most unusual of the Sorcerer supplements.  In many ways its content is a big, "well DUH" but the way it's presented is certainly…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, AXUM, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Abkajud, Finarvyn.

6/6/2009 Tyler.Tinsley: I need help with a dice math problem
hi, I'm new here and also fairly new to developing RPGs, I hear good things about this community so I will try to contribute as much as I ask from…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tyler.Tinsley, chance.thirteen, Jasper Flick, Ron Edwards, wincz, Guy Srinivasan, evilphd7, Wordman, chaviro.

6/6/2009 Troll66: WARNING AGON website hacked!
Hi My comp was attacked when I went to the AGON website yesterday - curiuos to see anything new.. MY Norton blocked the hack. I think there is something very…
In one.seven design
Participants: Troll66, John Harper.

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