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8/25/2009 thadrine: My Game base mechanic idea?
Alright so it always helps me to understand a game by first looking at the character sheet, so here is what I have thus far. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7734a53848fb7b97391d7d881749d3a7e04e75f6e8ebb871 The concept is not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: thadrine, Adam Dray.

8/25/2009 Matt Snyder: 2009 Layout Contest winners announced
I'm happy to report finally that José Jiménez walks away the winner of the 2009 Layout Contest. Congrats José! Check out the winners' announcement for some samples of the participants…
In Endeavor
Participants: Matt Snyder.

8/25/2009 PulpCruciFiction: [Polaris] Finding a Copy
I'm desperately trying to get my hands on a copy of Polaris, but Indie Press Revolution is out of stock.  Any ideas on when they will receive more, or if…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: PulpCruciFiction, Ben Lehman.

8/24/2009 dmkdesigns: Narrative control with dice?
I'm curious to know what games out there have narrative control determined via dice? For example if you roll a d12 and 1-6 give control to the GM, 7-9 to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dmkdesigns, Vulpinoid, Noclue, maddman, Eliarhiman6, Charlie Gilb.

8/24/2009 The Magus: [Sorcerer] British Empire Steam Punk setting
I recently GMed a game of Sorcerer and had mixed feelings about the results although the more I think about it the more satisfied I feel. There were three characters…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Magus, Noclue, pfischer, Mackie, Ron Edwards, Neon White.

8/24/2009 MikeF: Survival, Glory, and Love
Not a game idea as such, more a framework for a game idea. * The game focuses around a quest of some sort. In my head this is for an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MikeF, dmkdesigns, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Kanosint, contracycle.

8/24/2009 Chaoszero: Opinions or Advice on Wiki for Campaign Setting?
This would be my very first post at the Forge, and I'm glad to have stumbled upon it. I love RPG design theory. I have been running a campaign setting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Chaoszero, 7VII7, Vulpinoid, greyorm, HeTeleports, pells.

8/24/2009 flossy: New Game [MeMe] - Basic idea
I have been considering a new role playing game called MeMe. The basic concept is that that there is a non-corporeal organisation that the players are part of. It is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: flossy, Paul Czege.

8/24/2009 Ron Edwards: Interview with me at Independent Insurgency
Rob Bohl had the cay-utest little recording gizmo at GenCon. The interview is at Talk to Me Now: Ron Edwards on Twosie Games. It was fun, even though it's clear…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/24/2009 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Salem Creek Cthulhu Horror PBEM
We are play testing the first draft of what I hope will be a future EMG board game/story game on the MatrixGame2 yahoogroup. We'd love to have some more players.…
In Playtesting
Participants: MatrixGamer.

8/24/2009 Ron Edwards: S/Lay w/Me notes and errata
Hi guys, Final layout didn't allow much time - or any, actually - so here's what crept into the first printing. I'll fix'em all for the next printing and going…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Lance D. Allen, noahtrammell, Ben Lehman.

8/24/2009 Johnstone: Adventure map made out of playing cards
Hullo. I have this idea for some sort of adventure map. You lay out playing cards on the table, face down. They can be arranged in any pattern, as long…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Johnstone, Ken, Bill_White, Ron Edwards, John Blaz, causticbuddhist.

8/24/2009 Eliarhiman6: [Shooting the Moon] first game and rules questions
Hi! Today me and two friends of mine played for the first time "Shooting the Moon" and we have some questions about the rules. Character creation went without problems: we…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Emily Care.

8/23/2009 The Magus: How to address the following play example
This obviously hasn't happened in any game I've played but it illustrates a problem I've had with these narrative style games and I wanted to hear the opinions of others. …
In Actual Play
Participants: The Magus, Noon, Irminsul, anders_larsen, Ron Edwards, Jumanji83, FredGarber.

8/23/2009 kris_h: [Destiny] Magic, rewards and resources
Hi, I’m starting to get more details in my design (which started in this topic: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28502.0), I’ve even got a name for my game. I think I’m getting closer to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kris_h.

8/23/2009 Ben Lehman: The Drifter's Escape: Bound Galleys
I'm not quite sure whether this should be here or in connections. Ron, your call. At long long last, the Drifter's Escape is ready to head to the printers. At…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, Alex Fradera, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.

8/22/2009 Eusebius: The Metagame Game
I have been come quite intrigued recently by ideas of game design and figuring out what kind of game works for a particular set of players.  (Maybe this is because…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Eusebius, Vulpinoid.

8/22/2009 pippo_jedi: Autorities in pta and producer
Hello everybody. I finally managed to try pta and i'm having some problems... I've tried a couple of times dogs, polaris and don't rest your head so i'm pratically a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: pippo_jedi, Eliarhiman6, Noclue, jburneko, Matt Wilson.

8/22/2009 hix: Boot Camp at GenCon
How did the boot camp go, Christopher? What did you learn?
In Adept Press
Participants: hix.

8/22/2009 Ayyavazi: [D&D 4e] God it feels good to DM again!
Hey all, Many of you have probably heard I don't have a group and haven't really played in a year or so (any game that is). Thankfully, that changed yesterday.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ayyavazi, Rustin.

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8/25/2009 Shenron: An Odd Character idea?
Hey, soon I will be playing in my very first Dogs game and I am really excited. After bouncing around like hundreds of character ideas in my head I have…
In lumpley games
Participants: Shenron, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Shenron: Poison'd Hype?
This game looked awesome, pirates are always fun to play but there is never enough RPG's for them. Anyway, I googled this game and I found a lot of harsh…
In lumpley games
Participants: Shenron, lumpley, agony, jefgodesky.

8/25/2009 dmkdesigns: Spreading the Legends: Of Legends and Legacies
So I was thinking that at the beginning of every game session, both as a means to recap on what happened last session, get people in the game mindset, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dmkdesigns, dindenver, JoyWriter, Sebastian.

8/25/2009 Klaus_Welten: [TSoY] Why 11 pool points?
I got The World of Near today. It shines so much I had to put on sunglasses to read it. ANYWAY, I noticed that, on p. 11, it's written that…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Adam Dray, Eero Tuovinen.

8/25/2009 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] "I did steal this vest, and people treat me like a dog" and initiation
Hi! For my next dogs campaign, one of the players came up with a "different" Dog concept that I like very much: she want to play a female thief/ former…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] How Often Do You Play?
As the title reads.  I know that I don't get to play as often as I'd like, in fact it might be just twice a year.  How about you?
In lumpley games
Participants: Mantisking, mike_the_pirate, Noclue, David Artman, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Lance D. Allen: Pre-planned Character Concepts
Vincent, Over here you said the following. The game doesn't treat strong pre-planned character concepts with much respect. Don't invest too heavily in it, you'll just be frustrated when the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Lance D. Allen.

8/25/2009 JoyWriter: "Protection" in rules structures
This is an offshoot of this thread. The specific thing I wanted to focus on was making useful (and productive) Callan's idea of protection: As a quick summary, up until…
In Actual Play
Participants: JoyWriter, Ron Edwards.

8/25/2009 Ron Edwards: [Rats in the Walls] Prep, questions, suggestions
Hiya, Some history: almost four years ago, Lance won a Low Ronny award for the first draft of this game. See Summary thread for more about the contests; see…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Lance D. Allen.

8/25/2009 Ninetongues: Infusion (aka Arch Inverted)
Hello there. Long time no see. Few of you could remember Arch Inverted, and a nice, colored teaser we prepared for the game, with original, and beautiful art inside. We…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ninetongues, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, Eero Tuovinen.

8/26/2009 Ayyavazi: Using D&D 4e as a GNS Litmus Test
Hello everyone, I've already posted the following play example in God it feels good to DM again. topic. I'm re-posting it here with the following in mind: 1.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ayyavazi, Jasper Flick, Dan Maruschak, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Silmenume.

8/26/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Gift economy using Debt
Hello! I've playtested a couple versions of this game, threw them out, redesigned them, playtested again, and threw them out a few times now. Most recently, Bill White pointed me…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, Simon C, jasonm, Bill_White, JoyWriter, Noon.

8/26/2009 Shenron: Where do I buy/find?
Alright after lurking around these forums for awhile and waiting to play Dogs in the Vineyard (When my GM gets around to it, ugh lazy bastard) I have come across…
In lumpley games
Participants: Shenron, lumpley.

8/26/2009 jefgodesky: GASPcon 10 - Trying to bring indie games to Pittsburgh, PA
<a href="http://gaspgamer.com/gasp_con/gaspcon.html">GASPcon 10</a> <a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do;jsessionid=FB99B7B17E7D0B0CA81FF23C989CF2F6?propertyCode=39028">Best Western Parkway Center Mall</a> 875 Greentree Rd Pittsburgh, PA Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15 This year, GASPcon's organizers have asked me to try…
In Conventions
Participants: jefgodesky.

8/26/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Introducing the official ENnies Blog!
We are proud to announce the ENnies now has an official blog. You can expect to see many articles here, including posts from the judges and staff members. You will…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

8/26/2009 spamtramp: Inspectres: First play
After confronting the players with the idea of Inspectres they decided it will not fly the way it is written. They decided some minor changes right away. I completely went…
In Actual Play
Participants: spamtramp, Lance D. Allen, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2009 Melinglor: Gut-Punching Fairy Tales
Hi! I've been tooling around with an idea for Jake's Awesome Fantasy Game Contest (that'd be Jake Richmond of Panty Explosion, Sea Dracula and Ocean fame). I doubt I'll complete…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman, Vladius, Skull.

8/27/2009 Vulpinoid: [Quincunx] Playtesting begins
Just thought I'd share with everyone the progress on my game Quincunx. Quincunx Playtest Rules Part 1 Looks pretty... the mechanisms work independently... ...and they've been tested pretty thoroughly... but…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, Spooky Fanboy.

8/27/2009 HeTeleports: [ Powers ] - First three solo playtests
Well, this will be my first major contribution to the Forge forums. Let me preface this entry to playtesting with a disclaimer: what will be discussed is more of a…
In Playtesting
Participants: HeTeleports, MacLeod.

8/27/2009 Jaakko Koivula: Suggestions and hints? Role-playing with adolescents in school
Greetings all. Im trying to decide on a good game to run for a class full of adolescents. Main points would be to introduce them to role-playing and try to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, The Magus, FredGarber, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Noclue, Dr_Pete.

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