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7/23/2009 Patrice: [D&D]Balance killed my game
All my D&D games since the 3.5 came out were boring. So much for actual play. Just boring. Boring to the point my players and I have just quit playing…
In Actual Play
Participants: Patrice, Jasper Flick, Noon, Adam Dray, Ayyavazi, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Guy Srinivasan, Frank Tarcikowski, JoyWriter.

7/23/2009 TJ: Gen Con 2009 Games On Demand?
Does anyone know where the GoD room is going to be this year, and who is in charge?
In Conventions
Participants: TJ, Darcy Burgess, SaintandSinner.

7/22/2009 chronoplasm: Roll to Break the Rules
OK, so I've been working (off and on) on a game that is similar to D&D except that the Dungeon Master is an opponent that is encouraged for killing off…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Luke, Simon C, Noon, Patrice, markhaselb, M. Burrell, sockmonkey, mjbauer, JoyWriter.

7/22/2009 brianbloodaxe: [Oxygen] Non-physical conflicts
After a couple of test sessions of my SF game Oxygen (read all about it here:http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28244.0) and after reading a load of threads in here I have had a couple…
In First Thoughts
Participants: brianbloodaxe, chance.thirteen, Luke, Simon C, Gregor Hutton, HeTeleports, Lance D. Allen.

7/22/2009 sockmonkey: [Chronoplex] A Brief Overview
I meant to have this posted long before now, but real life keeps horning in. So before I lose my chance, here is a brief introduction to Chronoplex: ------------------------------ Chronoplex…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sockmonkey, chronoplasm, Simon C, VoidDragon, brianbloodaxe.

7/22/2009 Moltora: Help with combat system
I am designing a game and i would just like to ask you to look for any holes or arguments in my system... Here is the link, just click the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Moltora, Simon C, Luke.

7/22/2009 reveal: The ENnies are now on Twitter!
Do you have a Twitter account? Well so do the ENnies! Feel free to follow them to get all the latest ENnies updates. The results of the 2009 ceremony will…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

7/22/2009 Doplegager: (Path of Journeys) Sandbox and Litterbox
[b]A little Background[/b] I'm doing revisions of the Path of Journeys, one of the Ashcan Front games from 2007. The original impetus for the game was a combination of A)…
In Playtesting
Participants: Doplegager, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/22/2009 Ben Lehman: Thoughts on Sitch and Sorcerer
This is inspired by <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28341">More Evil Is More Morally Taxing?</a> but it's not about actual play, just shooting my mouth off. So anyway. The thread got me thinking about…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Lehman, jburneko.

7/22/2009 noahtrammell: Two-Player FATE
  With reading all the discussions on twosies lately, I think the idea for a two-player game kinda slipped into my subconscious.  While reading, I've noticed that most of these…
In First Thoughts
Participants: noahtrammell, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Patrice.

7/22/2009 Alokov: Game of Thrones RPG editions
Alright. First of all I really don't know if this fits in this forum but I have no idea where else to post it so forgive me if I screwed…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Alokov, chaviro, Luke, Adam Dray.

7/22/2009 jburneko: The Demonic Plague Scenario
So, as promised here is my Demonic Plague scenario that CK affectionately refers to my "demonic venereal disease story".  Enjoy! The Humanity definition for this scenario is: Love.  Love is…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paul T.

7/22/2009 Alex Abate: An educative rpg idea.
First, I would like to say I am sorry for not being a very consistent poster here. I would like to post around here a lot more than I do,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Alex Abate, Jonathan Walton, Thor Olavsrud.

7/22/2009 Seamus: Embedding Fonts and Images- INdesign
In INdesign, do how do I embed the fonts and images before making a PDF? Does INdesign do it automatically when it created the PDF file?
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, hoefer.

7/21/2009 Thunder_God: Jumping Text-Box.,
I don't know if it's just me, which it might, but the last couple of days whenever I post more text than the default comment-box has space, my "text-box" jumps,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Thunder_God, Marshall Burns, lumpley, Simon C, Noon.

7/21/2009 andomonir: Two-player RPGs
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this (first time poster), but I was wondering: Has anyone addressed the scenario of two player gaming? Would…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andomonir, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton.

7/21/2009 drkrash: Bad art vs. no art vs. inappropriate art
Art question here. I'm working on a manga-themed project right now (and I use the term very loosely here), which obviously has an extremely distinctive look to it. I also…
In Publishing
Participants: drkrash, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Jake Richmond.

7/21/2009 GregStolze: Ugh, deprotagonize me! Make me like it!
Somewhere (probably on the internet) I read someone complaining about "the dice telling me what to do."  So I started thinking.  Why's that a bad thing?  Constraint breeds creativity, after…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, Adam Dray, Marshall Burns, MacLeod, Noon, GreatWolf, sockmonkey, JoyWriter, TonyLB.

7/21/2009 JMendes: [Solar System] Rules question: spending advances
Ahey, :) As I said in the orher thread, we came across a couple of snags in our play of The West. On page 52, where you're talking about using…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: JMendes, Eero Tuovinen, Ralek.

7/21/2009 JMendes: [Solar System] Rules question: Pool refreshment
Ahey, :) Ok, so, we've had a couple of actual sessions of The West, already, beyond the setting creation and character creation, and we've already hit a couple of snags...…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: JMendes, Eero Tuovinen, Ralek.

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7/23/2009 drkrash: Uploading Material
Allow me to demonstrate my profound internet illiteracy (and perhaps my continued bafflement at deciding the right sub-forum to post in here). I'd like to upload some playtest materials to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: drkrash, Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2009 derthnada: [DitV] Pullouts mismatch
I'm getting to host my first DitV game tonight, so I went to print the pullouts for easy reference...only to discover that the page numbers don't match the copy of…
In lumpley games
Participants: derthnada, lumpley.

7/23/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] Code genius needed
Hi, Are you really smart with web stuff? Can you build me something that will: - let people post content (sort of like a 'blog or a wiki) - let…
In Connections
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lachek.

7/23/2009 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] I want to credit you
I'm writing up a thank yous and acknowledgments section in the final edition of Misspent Youth. If I played the game with you, or if you played without me and…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ.

7/24/2009 James_Nostack: Humanity in the Maltese Falcon?
I'm doing "Sorcerer exercise" with an eye toward later play.  I'm adapting Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon using the relationship-map method from The Sorcerer's Soul.  I'm having a little bit…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

7/24/2009 Rod Anderson: S/Lay with Old Gregg
So, for whatever reason my brain made a connection between all the Monsters, Lovers and Monster Lovers in those S/Lay with Me playtest threads and the "Legend of Old Gregg"…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rod Anderson.

7/24/2009 AgentJ34: Cover Artist and Layout Designer
Hello everyone, My name is Junior Mclean I'm new here, my sole purpose is to find the contacts interested in new talent or in need of a freelancer for future…
In Connections
Participants: AgentJ34.

7/24/2009 reveal: The ENnies Voting Booth Is Now Open!
The ENnies Voting Booth is now open! We have three exciting announcements! The voting booth is open! Voting for this years ENnie nominees can now commence. The booth will be…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

7/24/2009 Mordy: RPGing on the Fly
I'm a long-term lurker (a couple years), but this is my first post. First I want to thank everyone on the forums for turning me onto some remarkable games, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Mordy, Luke, brianbloodaxe, Simon C, Vulpinoid.

7/24/2009 Marshall Burns: [Hex Rangers] Strange Fruit revisited
[i]Hex Rangers[/i] is my design that was formerly titled [i]Witch Trails[/i]. It’s a game of investigating and exterminating the paranormal in the American frontier. A couple weeks ago, I ran…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, Patrice, Simon C, DWeird, Mike Sugarbaker, davidberg, Noon, JoyWriter, Emmadexter1970, contracycle, charles ferguson, northerain.

7/24/2009 ShallowThoughts: Distinguishing between good-good/bad-good, and simply boring actions
I realize the topic title is mystifying, so I'll explain. I'm working on a character growth/reward system (mentioned in a recent post Chits and the Void) where the PCs are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ShallowThoughts, Luke, Patrice, dindenver, Lance D. Allen, anders_larsen.

7/24/2009 Certified: [Fractured Kingdom] Starting a new Play By Post Demo
I've posted several threads regarding Fractured Kingdom. For those interested I'm starting a Demo at Hero Central. This will be my last play test before Dragon*Con. Song of Silence
In Connections
Participants: Certified.

7/25/2009 Lance D. Allen: [Mage Blade]: Spellcasting
It's laughable to call this a first thought. I've taken magic back to formula almost as many times as character generation. So we'll call this a Born-Again First Thought. As…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lance D. Allen, Simon C, brianbloodaxe, Bill_White, Johnstone.

7/25/2009 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer + Kids = "YAAAAY!"
I spent this past week in New Hampshire with my family.  Spotty Internet, no tv, a lovely lake, and lots of family gathered up in one house. My sister had…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn, Eszed.

7/26/2009 David C: Other RPG design forums?
I'm basically just trying to find out what other RPG design forums are out there.  The Forge has its own culture and its own group of regulars, but sometimes you're…
In Connections
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Patrice, ShallowThoughts, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, M. J. Young, greyorm.

7/26/2009 Nocker: Schism and left controlled dice
Hello, 1) When you Schism, you take dice you control (i.e. you have Debt under) and place it on a new Side. But what if there is dice you control…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Nocker, Dominic Claveau, TonyLB.

7/26/2009 Sebastian: First Questions - Should I self publish?
Hello, I'm new to this industry.  I don't plan to make it big, but I love designing games.  I think I've come up with something tasty and, like all the…
In Publishing
Participants: Sebastian, Lance D. Allen, preludetotheend, Ben Lehman, MatrixGamer, HeTeleports, greyorm, Selene Tan.

7/26/2009 Paul T: Trollbabe-ish setup lacking drama
About two months ago, I ran a one-session game using a simple homebrew ruleset based on Vincent Baker's Otherkind dice idea, designed specifically for three players. (Here's a link, if…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, Ron Edwards, Noclue, jburneko, Arturo G., Andrew Norris, Eszed, Noon.

7/26/2009 Neon White: [Sorcerer] Any groups/players in London?
Hi all, Are there any groups playing Sorcerer actively in London at the moment who could use another player?  Alternatively, are there any players about who would be interested in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neon White, Ron Edwards, pfischer, Salar, The Magus, Neil the Wimp, GB Steve.

7/26/2009 kirby1024: Prime-time Adventures Season as a Con Game?
So, I've been rereading through my PTA book after a year or so of doing not a lot with it, and I suddenly hit on a cute idea that I…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: kirby1024, oliof, Standback, chance.thirteen.

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