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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.

8/30/2009 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 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 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 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 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 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.

8/29/2009 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.

8/29/2009 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.

8/28/2009 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.

8/28/2009 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 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.

8/27/2009 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.

8/27/2009 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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8/31/2009 spamtramp: Unspeakable: First play
Our Inspectres kinghts were having a long vacation, one of them was on life support, so this week we had some unexpected turn of events, at least for me unexpected.…
In Actual Play
Participants: spamtramp.

8/31/2009 Ayyavazi: Bounce this dice mechanic off your heads
Hello all, As I am currently stalled out with my other game (waiting to find playtesters) I am working on a new game system with a fairly common design: I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ayyavazi.

8/31/2009 Catelf: Different Games, Same Characters (split)
I want to show another way: Even though i Always strive to play characters that is fictive versions of myself, i can easily adopt what may be needed, no matter…
In Actual Play
Participants: Catelf, Ron Edwards, Shea, Noon, Silmenume.

8/31/2009 enderbean: [DITV] Healing conflicts bogged down
At the end of my last session I went through all the questions in the section of the book on reflection fallout. When I asked the players where the action…
In lumpley games
Participants: enderbean, Noclue.

8/31/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Solar System] Some crunch questions
Made my first character, have some doubts about its crunch. ^_^ 1) I have a plate armor bought via the Secret of Equipment. How could ratings like "+1 to protect…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Eero Tuovinen, StefanS.

8/31/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Solar System] Secret of Sacrifie
A little thing I made inspired by the Sacrifice rule in Anima Prime Beta: Secret of Sacrifice The character can declare her own sacrifice at any point during an extended…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Eero Tuovinen, Courage75.

8/31/2009 noahtrammell: How to make my game look pretty
  I figured this would be the best place to ask this question, since the artists and layout designers hang out here.  Lately I've been working on a few small…
In Connections
Participants: noahtrammell, Eero Tuovinen, Patrice.

9/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - The final push
I had two fruitful playtests of Black Cadillacs at GenCon '09.  The first was an after-hours affair with Me, Julie, Matt, Ron and Tony.  The Troopers were Israeli Tankers invading…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, jrs, Capulet, agony.

9/1/2009 Kiram: Going Diceless...
First of all, this is my first post! Woo! Now that that is out of the way, I would like to pose a question: I've been cultivating an idea for…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kiram, Noon, jasonm, Skull, Ayyavazi.

9/1/2009 Morph: [Primetime Adventures] - Galaxy's Edge
I've always been interested in novel RPG mechanics, but never really got round to playing any. More recently (ever since the RPG Geek website started) my interest has piqued, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Morph.

9/1/2009 Narmical: [DitV] Part 2 of Interview with Vincent Baker about Dogs In The Vineyard
I have just released part 2 of the interview with Vincent Baker on Dogs in the Vineyard. We continue our discussion with him asking more questions. Thanks so much to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Narmical.

9/1/2009 Frank Tarcikowski: [BARBAREN!] Who was in the GenCon 2005 playtest?
Hi there, After five years, BARBAREN! is finally finished and will be released at Spiel Essen 2009 in October. I am filling out some blanks in the manuscript last minute.…
In Connections
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, jrs, Fuseboy.

9/1/2009 ejh: [S/Lay w/Me] actual play - Asad at the Monastery
Written up at Esoteric Murmurs -- http://esotericmurmurs.blogspot.com/2009/09/slay-wme-actual-play-asad-at-monastery.html copied here for your convenience. :) ====== OK, I wrote this up over several days, so it may not flow very well. So…
In Adept Press
Participants: ejh, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2009 Ben Lehman: Polaris: Star Light Star Bright edition
A new, electronic edition of Polaris is now for sale. It's called the Star Light Star Bright edition and it is not yet dissimilar from previous editions, except that it…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman.

9/2/2009 AXUM: A Dying Sorcerer - newbie confused
Hello! Not quite sure on the rules for dying in Sorcerer: 1.  What happens when a creature hits 0 Stamina? 2. Is the game set up to always recover even…
In Adept Press
Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

9/2/2009 Sebastian: Marketing -> Can you start too early?
Can you start to market your product too early? That's the question. If so, what are the consequences and how can you make sure you get the timing right?  What…
In Publishing
Participants: Sebastian, Dan Maruschak, preludetotheend, Nathan P., pells, Elizabeth, Luke, Seamus.

9/2/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Support the ENnies via eBay!
Over the next few months, we will be selling some quality RPG items in order to raise funds for next years 10th anniversary of the ENnie Awards. As each auction…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

9/2/2009 Marshall Burns: [MADCorp] damage rules must contribute to driving gameplay
Ok, I've finally put together a set of damage rules that I feel good about. I'd like to post them here for some vetting. First off, lemme present the basic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Marshall Burns, whiteknife, Noon, JoyWriter, MacLeod.

9/2/2009 BWA: [Storming] The Temple of Nine Bells
I've started a Storming the Wizard's Tower game, which I think is turning into a genuine campaign. We're two sessions in, and everyone really likes it. An AP of the…
In lumpley games
Participants: BWA, Paul T.

9/3/2009 Tyler.Tinsley: About
I don't like it It's a tool but a blunt one. It's dissecting a frog with a hammer. sure you make it past the skin but what's inside is rendered…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tyler.Tinsley, anders_larsen, Ron Edwards, ShallowThoughts.

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