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10/15/2009 Hasimir0: Solar Masquerade
Hi :) I'm a big fan of the original Vampire:The Masquerade setting and I wanted to play it with a system that actually worked ... so I'm trying to use…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Hasimir0, Eero Tuovinen.

10/15/2009 Dan Maruschak: [Final Hour of a Storied Age] Seeking Playtesters
I am looking for playtesters for my game, Final Hour of a Storied Age: A Roleplaying Game of Epic Fantasy. It is a GM-less no-prep game designed to create epic…
In Connections
Participants: Dan Maruschak.

10/15/2009 gandrews: Retail--A good thing?
While the general thoughts here seem to run to self-publishing, print on demand, and PDF solutions, I'd like to discuss the traditional retail possibilities for independent game designers for a…
In Publishing
Participants: gandrews, guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen.

10/15/2009 Seamus: NH Game Demo at the Game Castle
Bedrock Games will demo it's counter terrorism RPG, Terror Network, at the Game Castle in Londonderry NH. The event will be held 1-5 pm at the following address: The Game…
In Endeavor
Participants: Seamus.

10/15/2009 Tazio Bettin: [Steamdance] Playtest needed!
Hi everyone, I would like to ask to whomever might be interested to play a strongly gamist steampunk game to playtest my attempt at game designing. Steamdance is a game…
In Connections
Participants: Tazio Bettin.

10/15/2009 drkrash: Artist signatures
I have an artist who wants to have a small graphic as a signature, plus a printed signature, plus a website address all on her work.  She wants this for…
In Publishing
Participants: drkrash, GregStolze, Jasper Flick, Eero Tuovinen, Double King, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

10/14/2009 Warrior Monk: Help with a heartbreaker...
I need help to balance professions on a heartbreaker I've been messing with. It's roughly based on Anima Beyond Dreams, if anybody ever heard of it. It's an incredibly broken…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Warrior Monk, Mike Sugarbaker, otspiii, Catelf, JoyWriter, Maugh, Anekanta, charles ferguson.

10/14/2009 Maugh: Mayhem Gaming,
Mayhem I was recommended to visit this forum after discussing our RPG project with some friends at gen-con this year.  I've found some fascinating, but conflicting opinions on what makes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Maugh, Noon, Simon C, Tavin, Catelf, lumpley, JoyWriter.

10/14/2009 Seamus: Horror RPG
About to design a Horror RPG for our Network setting (there is a little on it at my website: Bedrockgames.net). All I know is I want to do modern horror…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Seamus, Anders Gabrielsson, Catelf, nikola.

10/14/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [Misery Bubblegum] Vassal Module?
So, my Misery Bubblegum has just arrived today and now I'm considering my options for online play. I recall reading something about MB Vassal module. Does it exist, or do…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

10/14/2009 Pyroaquatic: Battledice - a skeleton of actions and reactions.
Well, I do not know how many posts I have. I watch.... a ghostly observer if you will. Battle dice Battle Dice is an incredibly simple system. Watching it being…
In Playtesting
Participants: Pyroaquatic, Artanis, Vulpinoid, Noon.

10/14/2009 Catelf: Streed (R) Rpgs needs directions! (& co-developers?)
I said i would, once i knew where and how, and here it is. My main problem is, that i cannot seem to know in which direction(s) to take this…
In Playtesting
Participants: Catelf, dindenver, Maugh.

10/13/2009 Klaus_Welten: [IaWA] Making new Oracles: how?
I was going to write down a set of Oracles inspired by The Rose of Versailles, but I ask just to be sure: is there a criterium for writing down…
In lumpley games
Participants: Klaus_Welten, lumpley.

10/13/2009 squirken: Signature
[color=darkred]Has profile information been disabled?  I was trying to add my avatar, but the system wont let me.  I clicked Profile - and there isnt a link on the left…
In Site Discussion
Participants: squirken, lumpley, Catelf, cadman56, fatblogger.

10/13/2009 jasonm: MB: High Card Wins
Hi Tony, We've played three times, and in two of those sessions I have had the good fortune to draw the highest card in the game.  Once this was tapped,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: jasonm.

10/13/2009 7VII7: TAROT: Attributes take 2
Previously in Tarot: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28832.0 Ok, Attributes, like in most games they represent your basic abilities but in TAROT they're a bit more specific, I suppose, then in other games, first…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 7VII7, Anders Gabrielsson, Catelf.

10/13/2009 7VII7: TAROT: IT LIVEEEEES!!!!!
Yo, it's been awhile (over a month counts as awhile correct?) And now I'm back with a vengence! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Weeeeeeeeell, anyways the flashdrive with all my work on it went…
In First Thoughts
Participants: 7VII7, Catelf, Mr. Mister, chance.thirteen, Toneblind.

10/12/2009 Noon: A spin on the ransom model
The ransom model doesn't work in my mind, and yet games have been released on it regardless. I'm kind of thinking it's based on how well known the person releasing…
In Publishing
Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards, jerry, greyorm, GregStolze.

10/11/2009 Artanis: [Theory] Let's have a good look at Colour, again
Hello A fair warning: this thread is going to be heavy on the theory. A little bit of history I like putting up links and give a general context when…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Noon, Simon C, greyorm, Ben Lehman, JoyWriter, FredGarber, Silmenume, Caldis, chance.thirteen, kuzuk, Marshall Burns, Troy_Costisick, Ashlin_Evenstar, HeTeleports, Ron Edwards.

10/11/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] We Owe List Question
First chapter, I played Antonella, a blood-sorceress in her early 20s trying to save her brother from life as a temple prostitute, and got on the Owe List a few…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

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10/16/2009 Tazio Bettin: What should an rpg about cooking include in its crunch?
I've come with an idea of a game which focuses on the process of cooking. The CA I'm aiming at is GAM, that is, in a game about cooks who…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tazio Bettin, whiteknife, chronoplasm, Noon, otspiii, JoyWriter, Sebastian, Nathan P., Tyler.Tinsley, epweissengruber, HeTeleports, The Magus.

10/16/2009 Paul Czege: I'll be at U-Con in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, November 14th
I'll be at the University of Michigan's <a href="http://www.ucon-gaming.org/">U-Con</a> gaming convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, November 14th. The convention actually runs from Friday the 13th through Sunday the…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege.

10/16/2009 Anekanta: [Gangs of the Factory Zone]_Too much setting for a story game?
Hello.  This is my first post at the Forge, I hope one of many.  I'm hoping to get some feedback on a design I've been working on for far too…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Anekanta, Noon, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, Catelf, Warrior Monk, Paka.

10/17/2009 Klaus_Welten: [DiTV] Is there a reason...
... not to choose all Excellent and Big items? ... not to invoke Demons all the time to get all those free d10s?
In lumpley games
Participants: Klaus_Welten, 5niper9, Brand_Robins, jburneko, Noclue, lumpley, P1NBACK.

10/17/2009 RARodger: [DitV] Was this too gamey of me?
I finally started a Dogs campaign. We only have a few hours each week to play and are in between the second and third sessions of our first town. Two…
In lumpley games
Participants: RARodger, jburneko, greyorm, Noclue, lumpley.

10/17/2009 Klaus_Welten: [SS] So, how do you poison a guy?
Let's say you're an Amneni assassin who needs to kill someone with poison. How do you do it? I can see a conflict to sneak into the person's house or…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Eero Tuovinen.

10/18/2009 Shenron: Hey there Lumpley
I sent you an e-mail, just want to make sure you do not overlook it.
In lumpley games
Participants: Shenron.

10/19/2009 Simon C: [Dogs] Healing
This is a much more simple rules question than my previous threads. Sr. Abilene and Br. Caleb (Dogs) have chased down Br. Joshua (a sorcerer), and they've got into a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Simon C, lumpley.

10/19/2009 Seamus: Product Release, looking to advertise
Our first book is available to order online. It is a counter terrorism role playing game, and I am looking to get the word out without spending too much money.…
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus.

10/20/2009 microphil: The oddness of dices
Hello everyone! As I'm german, I'd like to forward my apologies for all mistakes I will commit. Sounds more like a alibi, doesn't it? Additionally this is somewhat long of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: microphil, HeTeleports, JoyWriter.

10/20/2009 P1NBACK: [Poison'd] Examples of Play?
Are there any I can read? I usually learn a game better by reading about examples of play. Perhaps a PbP version? Thanks in advance. Mike
In lumpley games
Participants: P1NBACK.

10/20/2009 Bill_White: Ubercon XII: Edison NJ, Nov. 6-8, 2009
The schedule for RPGs at Ubercon XII in Edison is up; the con runs the first weekend in November (the 6th to the 8th). There's an interesting mix of games…
In Conventions
Participants: Bill_White, M. J. Young.

10/20/2009 Maugh: Mayhem Gaming, needs read/review and playtesting.
I need playtesters.  We've got a fairly thoroughly developed game with a complete, playable and decenty designed betabook, as well as a website for playtesting forums etc.  The betabook and…
In Connections
Participants: Maugh.

10/21/2009 Klaus_Welten: [DiTV] Entering a conflict?
Suppose that two people are arguing (a verbal conflict) and a third one wants to settle them down. Or that two people are punching each other and a third person…
In lumpley games
Participants: Klaus_Welten, Peturabo.

10/21/2009 Kevin.Weiser: [IAWA] Actual Play on The Walking Eye
Hey everybody, Just dropping a line to let everybody know my podcast The Walking Eye has posted a full 4 sessions of In A Wicked Age... actual play. It, along…
In lumpley games
Participants: Kevin.Weiser.

10/22/2009 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] A bit of creative help? - PC Stats
Hi guys, I need your help with player stats. I’m writing a game for Nathan Paoletta’s Two Games One Name competition (http://rpgchallenge.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-assignments/) called Hell for Leather.  It’s heavily influenced by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sebastian, Noon.

10/22/2009 Noon: Looking at the idea called 'system' again
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28829.0]From the thread on colour[/url], which is a quote from Ron [quote]If I can see the bigger reward system, grasp the Currency, and get bug-eyed to transform the Color into…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, lumpley, FredGarber, JoyWriter, Ben Lehman, Caldis, contracycle, Marshall Burns, rgrassi, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2009 Vulpinoid: [QUINCUNX] Where I think I went wrong...
I know my biggest mistake when playtesting a game. I basically break the cardinal rule of playtesting. I typically don't play the rules exactly as they've been written. I toy…
In Playtesting
Participants: Vulpinoid, HeTeleports, Teataine, JoyWriter, Noon.

10/22/2009 aaronhemloch: [ripping Maps] Map your stories
Woah, this place is awesome! I love all the constructive feedback, reading through the posts. I hope you can help me too! So, I’m designing this game you see, it’s…
In First Thoughts
Participants: aaronhemloch.

10/23/2009 Aldoth: [Adventures in Secondland] Some tweaks and the start of the first draft
So it has been three years since i posted this game so I thought that I would repeat the pitch. This game is a cross between Neverending Story, Labyrinth and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aldoth, Vulpinoid, Maugh, Catelf.

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