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7/31/2009 Aumpa: [D&D 4e] Using D&D for Introduction to Roleplaying?
Hello! I'm glad I found this site. After taking a 10 year break from roleplaying, I'm trying to get back into it again, and I want to be educated about…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aumpa, Noon, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Jasper Flick, Caldis, Patrice, lachek.

7/31/2009 RobNJ: Chaosium's Cthulhu license?
Hey folks, I've heard rumor that Chaosium claims to be able to license the word "Cthulhu" for use in role playing game publications. Is that true? Given that HPL's shit…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Adam Dray, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, chance.thirteen.

7/31/2009 DWeird: Napkins, crayons, utter annihilation
Hi! I'm taking a break from my other stuff that's slowly brewing (no! really! there's progress!), and decided to go for something silly and childish instead... You're a crew on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DWeird, Mike Sugarbaker, Geethree.

7/31/2009 Jedyte: How do you record?
Hi guys, Just played my first Universalis game. The thing my group had some difficulty with doing in a clear way, is keep the Record. How do you guys do…
In Universalis
Participants: Jedyte, EvilCat, Valamir.

7/31/2009 Adam Black: Affordable, Professional Illustration
Hi, all-- I had so much fun illustrating Ron's S/Lay W/Me, that I thought I'd jump in here and let everyone know I'd like to do more. I'm a professional…
In Connections
Participants: Adam Black, Adam Dray, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2009 red_herring: Agon Trophy for GenCon 09
GenCon is just two weeks away... check out this year's trophy for my group's Agon session http://picasaweb.google.com/mr.phillewis/Agon09?feat=email#... should also have some pictures of Agon Board 2.0 (almost finished)... -phil
In one.seven design
Participants: red_herring, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

7/30/2009 RadethDart: Fatal Destiny: Path of Choice [NEW RELEASE]
[i]Moderator note: all images have been removed from this post. Please do not include images in your Forge posts without permission from me - Ron Edwards[/i] [i]Moderator note 2: this…
In Connections
Participants: RadethDart.

7/30/2009 Adam Dray: Get the most out of posting your new game idea to First Thoughts
I have been a Forge member for a long time, with varying degrees of activity. I'm not the forum moderator (Ron Edwards is -- this post is advice, not rules).…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Dray, MacLeod, markhaselb, Lance D. Allen, Librabys, Simon C, Ben Lehman, 7VII7, Luke, greyorm, Vulpinoid, Paka, SeeThirty.

7/30/2009 Eero Tuovinen: Ha ha haa, I finished my TSoY book after all
I haven't worked this hard since 2005, but we did manage to put the book together complete and ready for print after all. I posted the cover and table of…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Patrice, Nick Pagnucco.

7/30/2009 Librabys: {AethEra}
Here I shall post all about what is going on in AethEra! You are invited to post any comment or questions as well First I will copy (and edit) a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Librabys, Adam Dray, Ben Lehman.

7/29/2009 Lance D. Allen: [Mage Blade]: Spell Building
Okay! Once I have managed to get past this, I will really have no excuse to not finish and begin playtesting the hell out of my game. The magic system…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Lance D. Allen, brianbloodaxe, David C, 7VII7, Simon C, Geethree, Guy Srinivasan, Johnstone.

7/29/2009 agony: Forced goals/conditions on players
  edit  whisperquote# 1 I'm working on a mechanic where damage received is translated to "Scars". Scars may only be healed by buying them off. Each Scar will have its…
In First Thoughts
Participants: agony, Simon C, Mike Sugarbaker, 7VII7, JoyWriter, Thor Olavsrud, Noon, Vladius.

7/29/2009 mjbauer: Make Something Playable ASAP (Open to All)
[b]THE INSPIRATION[/b] While browsing through the forums I came across this bit of advice: [quote author=Alex Abate Biral link=topic=28395.msg267038#msg267038 date=1248721592] I do have one piece of advice: prototype! Thinking about…
In Endeavor
Participants: mjbauer, Thor, Ctrlphreak, M. Burrell, Paul Czege, noahtrammell, Ayyavazi, Bret Gillan.

7/29/2009 Tyler.Tinsley: principled play Vs. lawful play and the "players contract"
I'm trying a little experiment with my latest project and it's helped me clear up some issues I have been having. On a lark I thought it would be a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tyler.Tinsley, HeTeleports, Luke, JoyWriter, Noon.

7/29/2009 reveal: [ENnies] A quick update from the ENnies
Just a quick update from the ENnies. As of right now, 6009 individual voters have made their voices heard. With five days left for voting, I think we can reach…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

7/29/2009 Salar: [DiTV] Jedi in the Vineyard
Hi all, Got together with 2 friends last night and ran a game of Jedi in the Vineyard. A jedi master and padawan caught up in the turmoil of the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Salar, Narmical, lumpley, watergoesred, mike_the_pirate, henebry, Gareth_Lazelle.

7/29/2009 Doplegager: (Path of Looting and Slaying) Elfs snuck into my fantasy parody...
In another playtesting thread, I've talked about about a poor playtest experience I had last week, with a focus on failure on the social level but touching on ways to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Doplegager, JoyWriter.

7/29/2009 cra2: Vice vs Virtue
Need help with this mechanic idea... I took an old TSR Boot Hill module and replaced the resolution system with something fast - a trimmed down version of the Fuzion…
In First Thoughts
Participants: cra2, Luke, Lance D. Allen, Mike Sugarbaker, Simon C.

7/28/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Solar System] What differs from TSoY?
I red the SS first, but then I red TSoY and loved every piece of crunch and most of the fluff. So, in what do the games differ? What rules…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, StefanS.

7/28/2009 jburneko: Basic Contain Mechanic Question
Hello, In the text it says that you can make a series of Lore vs. Stamina tests while constructing a Contain to generate bonus dice that will eventually add to…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

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8/1/2009 Nocker: GNS Podcast
I'm sorry if it's not the place to post this, I've carefully search a better one, but didn't find. I'm french, and the Forge forums look like a huge mastodon…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Nocker, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2009 Rafe: Bringing in the Coat and Guns
Hi, all, I've got two questions.  First, when can a Dog use his coat as a belonging to bring those dice into a conflict?  One of my players brainstormed using…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rafe, Lance D. Allen, Web_Weaver, Simon C.

8/1/2009 Mackie: Resources: Playing it out
Ok, Just  run my first game of Sorcerer as GM! Woohoo! I played with just one PC (Wanting to ease myself into GMing slowly). Prior to the  game, I had…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mackie.

8/1/2009 red_herring: Agon Board 2.0
This is the larger and slightly modified version of the board I made last year. http://picasaweb.google.com/mr.phillewis/AgonBoard20?authkey=Gv1sRgCMD3od6vjb3yJA# The changes: Used a larger board--18" long and 15" wide (the maximum width for…
In one.seven design
Participants: red_herring, John Harper, wildduck, Paka.

8/2/2009 7VII7: Suggestions needed.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but if anywhere it goes here so here goes. . . Including me I have 3 people (maybe) that…
In Actual Play
Participants: 7VII7, C. Edwards, Clay.

8/2/2009 Danny_K: Campaign Help Requested: the Dungeon War, and
Hi, Eero!  I've ordered the Solar System PDF and am looking forward to the World of Near book.  This has reignited my interest in TSOY, so I'm brainstorming a new…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Danny_K, oliof, Nick Pagnucco, Eero Tuovinen.

8/2/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Meet your 2010 ENnies judge nominees
The nominees for the 2010 ENnies judges are now online for you to look over! Please visit and study each nominee carefully as only five of them will judge next…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal, Skeld, Kinetic, megan, Johnny Scott, YourSwordisMine.

8/2/2009 SaintandSinner: Games on Demand at DragonCon
We will run a small Games on Demand at DragonCon on Friday and Saturday from 2:30 to 5pm.  I and the others working on this have conflicts earlier in the…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/2/2009 SaintandSinner: Indie Games at DragonCon
I will be running the following games at DragonCon in Atlanta, September 4th - 7th, 2009.  More information for all these games may be found at http://gaming.dragoncon.org/ Secrets of the…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/2/2009 Simon C: istockphoto and POD
I'm a little troubled by this line of text in istockphoto's license conditions: License restrictions Here is what you cannot do with either a Standard or Extended license: Prohibited…
In Publishing
Participants: Simon C, Nathan P., Lance D. Allen.

8/2/2009 Nick Pagnucco: wrestling/grapping secrets
I'm trying to think of some secrets for grappling / wrestling, but I'm drawing a blank.  This is the only thing I've come up with so far, and I'm not…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Eero Tuovinen.

8/3/2009 Simon C: [The Heartbreaker War] Its Glory is all Moonshine
Based on the proceedings of the last thread on this game, I substantially changed the rules of the game, with excellent effects.  Playtesting the game some more, it's reliably producing…
In Playtesting
Participants: Simon C, lumpley.

8/3/2009 Markku Tuovinen: [Solar System] Drive to Win - sample scenario for Solar System
Here's the deal: I happened to watch the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious a couple of weeks after my latest dose of Solar System with Eero and it clicked really…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Markku Tuovinen.

8/3/2009 cra2: Organizing Conflict
Hi, Am reading over the rules again trying to get comfortable before I run my first game. Could some of you experienced Dogs GMs chime in and sort out how…
In lumpley games
Participants: cra2, lumpley, Noclue, jburneko, Eliarhiman6, Web_Weaver.

8/3/2009 Marshall Burns: Coffee & Cigarettes Live Action Roleplay
COFFEE & CIGARETTES LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAY inspired by the film by Jim Jarmusch This game is for two players and a director. Each player chooses a famous person to portray.…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns.

8/3/2009 paddirn: Performance based skill gain?
I'm curious what sorts of things other people have come across when trying to make skill gain more "realistic". The mechanic I'm attempting to incorporate is having players only able…
In First Thoughts
Participants: paddirn, Luke, Simon C, chance.thirteen, 7VII7, Geethree, sockmonkey, Creatures of Destiny, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.

8/4/2009 Silicon God: FIRST POST! - Yet another Homebrew Mecha RPG, but this one's tactical for once
Hello, I've been posting on a number of tabletop/RPG sites a while, trying to get feedback on my creation. So, what's it? Its a tactical RPG. (while I know that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Silicon God, Noclue, contracycle, MacLeod, Ron Edwards, mjbauer, Simon C, Mike Sugarbaker.

8/4/2009 AzaLiN: [d&d4e] Puzzles in RPGs
Is anyone else here as big a fan of adventure games as I am? (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Scratches, Nostradamus...) I really like puzzles in games; maybe problem…
In Actual Play
Participants: AzaLiN, Ron Edwards, Simon C, otspiii, Noon, ShallowThoughts, cra2, Evlyn, chronoplasm, FredGarber, DWeird.

8/5/2009 Benajmin385: Planing an Wargame RPG kind of Game... Will this be allowed on the forge?
Hey my name is Benjamin aka Benjamin385. I have been trying to make an RPG-war game for quite an while now. I am asking if this will be allowed on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Benajmin385, Vulpinoid, Simon C, mjbauer, greyorm, David C.

8/5/2009 Galadrin: Tolkien-esque Storytelling RPG
After taking a BIG break from my hobbies (board games, pen & paper games, wargames etc), my interest in game design seeped back into my life rather naturally.  I was…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Galadrin, jerry, Noclue, chance.thirteen, anders_larsen, Luke, Guy Srinivasan, brianbloodaxe, noahtrammell, 7VII7, RobNJ, contracycle, Alokov.

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