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8/11/2009 David C: Playtesting forum and Actual Play forum
I know Ron spends a lot of time on this site, and I am eternally grateful. But since I've arrived, there are a couple things that have bothered me about…
In Site Discussion
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Adam Dray, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Selene Tan, Thunder_God, Patrice, DWeird, M. J. Young, jburneko, JoyWriter, Catelf.

8/11/2009 Melinglor: [Nicotine Girls] Daddies for Babies who aren't Baby Daddies
At Go Play NW I got a chance to play Nicotine Girls with Michael, Ogre and Johnstone. I'd been wanting to for ages, but shied away for fear of making…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, JoyWriter, Johnstone.

8/11/2009 7VII7: 11:11
Ok, I've already introduced 11:11 before but I've thought on it and felt like I should post this, The basic concept of the game is as follows: -Color: It depends…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 7VII7, Vladius.

8/11/2009 RARodger: Dogs in the TARDIS
Since my first reading of Dogs I’ve wanted to use it to run a Doctor Who game. But I haven’t been able to come up with a planet progression for…
In lumpley games
Participants: RARodger, lumpley.

8/10/2009 reverse_atomic_roger: Initiative - How simple/complex?
Hi all. I'm working on a simple system. Characters have stats, like strength and dexterity, and skills, like armed combat and computing. For task resolution the players rolls a number…
In First Thoughts
Participants: reverse_atomic_roger, Vladius, MacLeod, JoyWriter, Mike Sugarbaker, David C, tenebrax, Catelf.

8/10/2009 James_Nostack: [WGP] Marvel Fanfare
As discussed in this thread, I'm running a long-form With Great Power... game.  We had our first session of play this week, and had a blast, and I think I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Caldis.

8/9/2009 Vladius: Grapps
Hi, I'm new here. While I find the GNS system and the whole concept of "indie roleplaying" somewhat pretentious, I'm working on a fairly complex game and I don't want…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vladius, 7VII7, MacLeod.

8/9/2009 SaintandSinner: (Games on Demand) Help needed making Signs and Flyers
Does anyone have a design for a Games on Demand Sign or flyers? If not, would anyone be willing to put this together. Previous signs have not been found and…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/9/2009 SeeThirty: New RPG Project: Superhero RPG with a more "light feel.
I'm something of a "veteran" gamer and GM, and I am working on a project now that incorporates a "little rascals" style into a superhero RPG somewhat in the vein…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SeeThirty, Elizabeth, Lance D. Allen, Ken, dindenver, Michael S. Miller.

8/9/2009 David C: Getting players to define their characters... also, character death by suicide.
So I'm back to play testing my game and some of the new mechanics in it.  The current group of players are interested in developing a story and a character…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Noon, Simon C, Jasper Flick, Mike Sugarbaker, JoyWriter, Adam Dray, 7VII7, Sam Orton, Catelf.

8/8/2009 Elizabeth: How do I make relationships important in my Burn Notice-inspired spy game?
So I've been hard at work on a new game inspired by one of my favorite TV shows, Burn Notice. The premise of my game is that you're all a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Elizabeth, Alokov, Noclue, Noon, chance.thirteen, Luke, SeeThirty, jasonm, dindenver.

8/8/2009 Capulet: Forge Booth Gen Con Indy 2009: Product Giveaways
I plan on doing occasional book give-aways for the original core book Factions at War when I am at the booth this year. My goal is to leave all of…
In Conventions
Participants: Capulet.

8/8/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Solar System] How does the Secret of Equipment work?
So, in the PDF I read: The character possesses a rated piece of equipment, represented by a freely preserved Effect. (If the character creates the equipment himself, he has to…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Courage75, Eero Tuovinen.

8/8/2009 Librabys: {AethEra} : The System.
Hi to all the folks interested in the development of AethEra!   I don't think It is still worthwhile to read the playtest post on AethEra, Because The game changed…
In Playtesting
Participants: Librabys, Dan Maruschak, Noclue, Vladius, Simon C.

8/8/2009 jasonm: [Card Printing/Packaging] Hey Tony
Hey Tony! I want to pick your brain about Misery Bubblegum.  I understand you are producing this game as a single deck of cards with 1-2 pages of rules and…
In Publishing
Participants: jasonm, TonyLB, Tyler.Tinsley, guildofblades, Double King, matthijs, David Artman, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

8/8/2009 drkrash: For fans of Street Fighter, King of Fighters, etc. [playtesting]
If you are interested in playtesting the combat system of a new tabletop role-playing game that is meant to capture the feel of Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Guilty Gear,…
In Connections
Participants: drkrash, otspiii.

8/8/2009 Librabys: my game system feels reject
I just cannot figure where to put it! It is maybe a full page or a little more of text describing the basics of my system, to open a discussion…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Librabys, Ron Edwards, Noclue, Ben Lehman.

8/8/2009 RobNJ: [Gen Con] Designers: Do you want GOD to run your game?
[url=http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/]Scott Acker[/url], [url=http://tckroleplaying.com/Games.html]Tim Koppang[/url], and [url=http://playcollective.org/]The Play Collective[/url] are getting together to run [url=http://www.museoffire.com/Games/GoD/]Games on Demand[/url]* at [url=http://gencon.com/]Gen Con[/url] this year. We'd probably** love to run your game. If you…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ, Darcy Burgess, Ben Lehman, SaintandSinner, Gregor Hutton.

8/7/2009 lachek: Modifying Binding strength, revisited
Over here Ron is saying that Binding strength can improve in the demon's favour (i.e. either weaken towards 0 if the Sorcerer has the upper hand, or strengthen away from…
In Adept Press
Participants: lachek, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2009 gyulakov: Number of Players?
Hi everyone, I just got Dogs in the Vineyard and am eager to run a game or two. One question that I have, though, revolves around how many players the…
In lumpley games
Participants: gyulakov, cra2.

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8/11/2009 Emily Care: Sign in Stranger at GenCon
I'll have copies of Sign in Stranger: Making Contact at GenCon Indy this year.  Sign in Stranger is a science fiction game where you play humans starting a colony on…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care.

8/11/2009 Clay: Link Swap
I have a website, RPG-Campaign.com, for planning and running role playing games.  In particular it's a place to make your setting material available, schedule games, and keep track of your…
In Connections
Participants: Clay.

8/11/2009 Ayyavazi: GNS and Hierarchy
Hello all, I know Ron will probably want an actual play example and to have this thread moved, but since I am lacking an example (that I know of or…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ayyavazi, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray, Alan, Caldis, jburneko, Noon, Jasper Flick, anders_larsen, FredGarber, Marshall Burns, contracycle.

8/11/2009 Ayyavazi: Example Games to help me learn GNS
Hello all, I have been trying to understand GNS for some time now, and am looking to read games that support different agendas (whether explicitly, or simply by coincidence). So,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ayyavazi, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray, Vladius, Selene Tan, Ron Edwards, JosephKnight.

8/11/2009 drkrash: Looking for Layout Rates
I'm a good way through the process of putting the text of my next book together.  The first one I wrote was graciously (and excellently) laid out by someone else,…
In Connections
Participants: drkrash, Ron Edwards, Airafice.

8/11/2009 Adam Dray: The Forge, Quantified, sorta
Quantcast is a company that provides demographic data for websites. They can do it via a javascript tag the site owner embeds in the site (which The Forge has not…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Adam Dray, M. J. Young, chance.thirteen, Frank Tarcikowski.

8/11/2009 John_Elwood: maximum crunchy?
i know this is not the best place for a question like this but i figured it would have the best chance of getting a usable answer. i have no…
In First Thoughts
Participants: John_Elwood, Charlie Gilb, SeeThirty.

8/12/2009 Melinglor: Seeking playtesters for Spectre of the Beast!
I'm in great need of some solid outside playtest of my 2008 Game Chef entry, Spectre of the Beast. I've been having fun playing it with my own friends and…
In Connections
Participants: Melinglor.

8/12/2009 ShallowThoughts: Conundrum: dissimilar assets versus point-built characters
Admittedly, I haven't yet given this question one iota of thought towards an answer; however, that's to be expected, given that the question occurred to me two minutes ago, long…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ShallowThoughts, Mike Sugarbaker, chance.thirteen, Selene Tan, David C, HeTeleports, Vladius.

8/12/2009 Eliarhiman6: [Shooting the Moon] errata on page 23, pdf edition
Hi Emily! In the pdf edition of Shooting the Moon, at page 23, the text box "How many points toward a goal?" cover the end of the previous sentence ("on…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Emily Care.

8/12/2009 Salvius: Gearing Up For DREAMATION 2010
Hi Folks, I know it's kind early, but I'd like to get some discussion going regarding DREAMATION 2010. Based on February's online debates about what I did or didn't mean…
In Conventions
Participants: Salvius, TonyLB, jasonm, Michael S. Miller.

8/13/2009 Ayyavazi: Need help getting my game ready for playtesting (and a name)
Hello all, So, I am making a game about competing for the rights to collaboratively create stories. It should be able to handle just about any setting, mood, or plot…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ayyavazi, Mike Sugarbaker, Simon C, JoyWriter, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Noon, chance.thirteen.

8/14/2009 Simon C: [The Heartbreaker War] Character Death
The Heartbreaker War is my character creation/fantasy setting thing, where you play through a fictional war in a fantasy setting, to create characters with interesting relationships and compelling history.  You…
In Playtesting
Participants: Simon C, Lance D. Allen, Selene Tan.

8/14/2009 7VII7: [TAROT] attributes & such.
for my game Tarot I've planned the following seven attributes; Force: Sort of like strength in a traditional ttrpg system but also includes magical, social, and mental attacks Persuasion: Used…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 7VII7, Vulpinoid, Vladius.

8/15/2009 kris_h: Narrativist game - basic resolution ideas
Hi, My name is Chris. Im a long time lurker, but it’s my first post on the Forge. I’m not a native English speaker, so my language may not be…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kris_h, Simon C, Klaus Graziade.

8/15/2009 Kaj Sotala: Scene framing -focused game about global media attention
For a while now, I've been playing around the idea of a game where the act of scene framing was the main content. Since scene framing tells us the things…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kaj Sotala, Dan Maruschak, Mike Sugarbaker, Bill_White.

8/16/2009 Galadrin: [There and Back Again] Tolkien Style Roleplay (Take 2)
Ok, I've taken a lot of the easy-to-implement suggestions from the previous thread, cleaned up the game a lot and boiled it down to the essentials.  Where should I go…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Galadrin, Noon, Mike Sugarbaker, tombowings, dindenver, Teataine, Ken, jerry.

8/16/2009 MacLeod: [Fantasy Engine] Faith In Fantasy
This is a relatively simple question that can be presented with a fairly light amount of information... I need two more 'Styles' of Faith-based powers. As it stands I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MacLeod, Catelf, Charlie Gilb.

8/17/2009 joesweeney: Primetime at SydCon, Australia, Oct 2009
Hi Matt,  I am planning to run demo games of Primetime at Sydcon, one larger RPG cons in Australia.  (I fell in love with the Primetime at GenCon last year.) …
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: joesweeney, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2009 dmkdesigns: New RPG project: Of Legends and Legacies
Hi there! I've been working on an idea for a little while and wanted to discuss it with other game designers to see if I can get some feedback and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dmkdesigns, Mike Sugarbaker.

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