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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 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 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.

8/26/2009 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.

8/26/2009 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 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 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: [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 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.

8/25/2009 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.

8/25/2009 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 causticbuddhist: [Monsters We Are] Collaberative Storytelling - Overview
[size=14pt][b]Monsters We Are[/b] [/size] I've been creative lately and this idea just wouldn't stop flowing tonight.  I've gotten enough together where i feel comfortable putting it here for some feedback…
In First Thoughts
Participants: causticbuddhist, jasonm, Michael S. Miller, mike_the_pirate, Ken, JoyWriter, Vladius.

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8/27/2009 ShadowDragonEntertainment: Help finding play testers?
Okay so i have been working and reworking my game for a while now with different playtest groups i finally realized that the groups that i was working with were…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ShadowDragonEntertainment, Ron Edwards, Lance D. Allen.

8/27/2009 RobNJ: Where to post this?
Mod-folks, Joshua A. C. Newman and I have a new project that's both a podcast and a developing game design. I think it's pretty new and interesting and I wanted…
In Site Discussion
Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

8/27/2009 LawfulNice: New RPG: Section 27 - First Draft
Hello everyone! First post here. I've been putting together a game and was suggested this site as a good place to get feedback on it. It's still a bit disorganized…
In First Thoughts
Participants: LawfulNice, Mike Sugarbaker.

8/27/2009 Ron Edwards: [Clover] Fairies are not easy to spot
Hello, A little while ago, Ben Lehman participated in an activity in which you were to handcraft something neat and send it to five friends. Ben aparently knows how to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Arturo G., tonyd, Elizabeth, Jake Richmond, Noon.

8/27/2009 Ron Edwards: [Spione] Pronounced "kah-guh-beh"
Hello, One evening at the Embassy Suites lobby, a couple of friends and I came to a table where a bunch of people were choosing from a pile o'games. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Simon_Pettersson, JoyWriter.

8/27/2009 Sebastian: Marketing & Podcasts
Hi guys, I'm writing a game.  I'm also building a website.  During the creation, design, scheduling and implementation of the RPG project, I thought it would be prudent to keep…
In Publishing
Participants: Sebastian, Ron Edwards, RobNJ, Nathan P..

8/27/2009 Sebastian: [Way of the Agent] Introduction to the first draft
[Way of the Agent] Introduction to the first draft [b]Way of the Agent [/b] Heroic vigilantes.  Explosive conspiracies.  Bad one liners. So, that’s the idea. I’m in the middle of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sebastian, HeTeleports, Ken, jasonm.

8/28/2009 Lexonus: Ability Dice level at character creation
I want to make sure I am reading the character creation text correctly.  The rules say that in each group of abilities you can raise a d6 to a D8…
In one.seven design
Participants: Lexonus, demiurgeastaroth, N.riweeni.

8/28/2009 Arturo G.: [Poison'd] Some fight questions and a remark about brinkmanship
Hi, I had a very fun starting session of Poison'd the other day. One player was not coming for our regular TSoY game, and I brought Poison'd with me. There…
In lumpley games
Participants: Arturo G..

8/28/2009 Ayyavazi: Blog, Forum, or Website?
Hey all. I need some help getting a design setup for my game systems. The way I envision things is having a blog detailing my latest innovations in game design…
In Connections
Participants: Ayyavazi, greyorm, Clay, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, Selene Tan, FireInLight, Liquidmind.

8/29/2009 7VII7: [TAROT] Fatigue
As I see it, normal hp won't work for my game but I do need something to measure the general levels of health for the characters, so instead of normal…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 7VII7, Vladius, Noon.

8/29/2009 Greensky: Limbo - more or less finished game, critique?
Hello, Myself and my brother wrote a game a while back but never really got around to doing anything with it.  It's a boffer weapon larp.  (anytime you see a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Greensky, Ron Edwards, Joe Endzel.

8/30/2009 Swamplor: Looking for a Crime RPG
I’m looking for a game. (Hi, my name’s Steve.  Been lurking here for years.  That’s largely beside the point right now.) I’ve been watching a lot of Burn Notice and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Swamplor, Jumanji83, Ron Edwards, spamtramp.

8/30/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] - Get those Vikings outta Egypt!
Glenn H, Glenn W, Jason, Steve and I just wrapped our Verradheim campaign of Storming the Wizard's Tower.  We ended up playing three adventures, and never made it to level…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

8/30/2009 Paul T: Dogs with Star Wars Sauce, Or: How Do You Make a Town into a City? Dogs & Genre
I ran a Star Wars-flavoured session of Dogs a few weeks ago, with great success. I didn't modify the rules in any way, except suggest that the accomplishment/initiation conflict deal…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, James_Nostack.

8/30/2009 drnuncheon: Stranger Things
So the last mention I saw of Stranger Things was almost three years ago. Should I keep hoping?
In one.seven design
Participants: drnuncheon, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Spooky Fanboy.

8/30/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Solar System] Let me see if I got equipment ratings right...
So, let's say I have Melee 2 and a sword with +1 for fighting men. I roll the dice to attack a fellow soldier, but I'm unlucky and get +,…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Eero Tuovinen, jb.teller4, oliof.

8/30/2009 drkrash: Looking for fighting game art for RPG
I am presently writing a tabletop role-playing game about the adventures and exploits of manga-style martial artist characters as found in fighting video games such as Street Fighter, The King…
In Connections
Participants: drkrash.

8/30/2009 Graham Walmsley: Ribbon Drive: Fuckknows, VA
We played Ribbon Drive in my garden yesterday. There were Steve, Paula and I, who were fairly experienced gamers, and Sebastian and Lucy, whom I think had played things like…
In Actual Play
Participants: Graham Walmsley, joepub, GB Steve, xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang.

8/31/2009 Sonja: New version of Dust Devils?
Where does one buy or obtain the new version of Dust Devils? Their website disappeared.
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Sonja, Eliarhiman6.

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