Previous Topics 11/10/2009 folderol: Thanks and some questions :) First of all, a big thanks to Ralph & Mike for this fabulous game! Being an former D&D player (many many years ago), the freedom experienced while playing Universalis is… In Universalis Participants: folderol, EvilCat, JoyWriter, Valamir, David Artman.
11/10/2009 SonalikaVero: sonalika game spam In First Thoughts Participants: SonalikaVero.
11/10/2009 Anekanta: Getting into Story Now Dear Forge :)
I'm wondering: Can anyone recommend some good games to start trying out story now / narrativist play?
I've read many different systems, but my actual play experience… In Actual Play Participants: Anekanta, Jasper Flick, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, jefgodesky, noahtrammell, Paka, Rafu.
11/8/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Apologies for bringing up the Power 19 I apologise for breaking the forum rules -- I am as it were, late to the party, having only just followed the history of the Power 19 into the forum… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, greyorm.
11/8/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Comments on Frozen Dawn A thought aside: does anyone have any statistics on how experienced gamers usually are when they pick up a new product?
I have been reading the Frozen Dawn thread and… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Alokov.
11/8/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Power 19, not being a pest & how to interact on these forums Do people still go through the Power 19 on here? I've just answered the first 5 on my blog http://mythology-rpg.blogspot.com/. You don't have to read it, I'm just saying.
I… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Vulpinoid, Rikiji.
11/6/2009 Catelf: [Ferals] seeks Playtesters Hello.
Can you imagine a Compact "Fixform" (Not Freeform) Rpg, seemingly based on White Wolf's creations (World of Darkness, Aberrant, among many), but with notably simpler, but still complex enough… In Connections Participants: Catelf.
11/6/2009 Catelf: [Ferals] A full "Fixform" Streed Rpg Reader, just so you know:
At least the 4 or 5 first "Replies" to this Topic is different Rules sections of the Game, to make it far easier to understand,… In Playtesting Participants: Catelf, Vulpinoid, Rikiji, Simon C, dindenver.
11/6/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Mythology blog soft launch http://mythology-rpg.blogspot.com/
Hi all,
I have created a blog to help me design and built the Mythology roleplaying system. I'll be aiming to post somewhere between weekly and every 3 days.… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Catelf.
11/5/2009 Klaus_Welten: Some PTA questions Hi there! I'm going to start a season very soon and have some questions for you. ^_^
First of all: can two Protagonists share a Connection (say, they are both… In Dog Eared Designs Participants: Klaus_Welten, Welkerfan.
11/5/2009 jessecoombs: (IAWA) Different Versions? I just ordered and received a new copy of In a Wicked Age to replace the one I lost. I noticed that this one doesn't have some rules about ending… In lumpley games Participants: jessecoombs, Supplanter, lumpley.
11/5/2009 wolfgray: Wiki, Email, or Wave Game? Anyone doing a online universalis game in Wiki, Email, or google wave? In Universalis Participants: wolfgray, EvilCat, David Artman, exedore6, Robotech_Master.
11/5/2009 wolfgray: [WGP] WGP In Wiki, Email, or Wave? Anyone doing a online with great power game in Wiki, Email, or google wave? In Incarnadine Press Participants: wolfgray, Filip Luszczyk.
11/5/2009 Maugh: The 17 Trials of Queen Mab This is a one-session, stand-alone roleplaying game that was designed as a party game for this last halloween. It can handle a LOT of characters, (we ran 8 players, and… In First Thoughts Participants: Maugh, Catelf, Rikiji, tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Noon.
11/5/2009 Kevin.Weiser: [DitV] The Walking Eye first session thoughts and questions. We had first session of Dogs in the Vineyard last night for the podcast. It went pretty well, considering we unfortunately had a 3 week break (due to plague) between… In lumpley games Participants: Kevin.Weiser, lumpley.
11/5/2009 Rikiji: [Da Vinci] Mapless Combat System Hello,
I've started working on an ambitious game design project with the working title of Da Vinci. I have a resolution system that I'm reasonably happy with and the basics… In First Thoughts Participants: Rikiji, chance.thirteen, Troy_Costisick, chronoplasm.
11/5/2009 preludetotheend: The Power of Free So I have been doing some research for the Serial Design Challenge over in the Endeavor section and figured it was prevalent to the publishing section. A resource I found… In Publishing Participants: preludetotheend, Dan Maruschak, Noon, greyorm, pells.
11/4/2009 Kevin.Weiser: How many Traits/Belongings per See/Raise? Heyo,
Quick question: How many Traits or Belongings can a player bring in per See or Raise? Just one, or as many as they can narrate? It seems a little… In lumpley games Participants: Kevin.Weiser, lumpley.
11/3/2009 jburneko: [Thornes] Issues with Ego. Last night I play tested a game I wrote called Thornes. I describe Thornes as a swashbuckling film noir about sex and violence dressed up in lace and steel. Aesthetically… In Playtesting Participants: jburneko, Simon C, Marshall Burns, Noclue, JoyWriter.
11/3/2009 Mr. Mister: Under Some Weird Sun [CENTER]
The day the nations crumbled, from prion pandemic, from unrestrained deluge, from nuclear detonation and from social termination
Was the day the revenants clawed, bone-fingered, through the frozen earth… In First Thoughts Participants: Mr. Mister, Catelf, Toneblind.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 11/11/2009 Klaus_Welten: [MLWM] One-shot rules? Hi there! I'm going to GM a demo of MLWM and I've got a question: which values for Fear, Love and so on would be appropriate for a one-shot game?… In Half Meme Press Participants: Klaus_Welten, Artanis, Adam Dray.
11/12/2009 greyorm: [3:16] Killin' Bugs After a couple weeks of folks being sick, etc. we finally got together to give 3:16 a go. Flat out: it was a blast. I was, in fact, told we… In Actual Play Participants: greyorm, Jaakko Koivula, Marshall Burns, Gregor Hutton.
11/12/2009 il mietitore: [MLWM] Hammering Doubt Hi to everyone, i'm Alex "il mietitore" from Italy ("il mietitore" means "the reaper", in italian. Yeah, it's trash and silly, but I invented it when i was noob, and… In Half Meme Press Participants: il mietitore, Eliarhiman6, Noclue, Paul Czege.
11/13/2009 caul: [Dark Aegis] Basic Task Resolution [b][color=maroon]Basic Task Resolution[/color][/b]
The basic system is to roll a dice pool (usually made up of Attribute, Skill, and Modifier dice) against a Target Rank (or difficulty). Rather than add… In First Thoughts Participants: caul, Troy_Costisick, dindenver, Dan Maruschak.
11/14/2009 Philotomy: [The Pool] First Time -- Family Fairy Tale I ran my first session of The Pool, this evening. This was also my first session of any game with a large degree of player narrative control over the story… In Actual Play Participants: Philotomy, Finarvyn.
11/14/2009 Dionysus: 3+ characters in a conflict? Howdy y'all
Just had an awesome little pickup game. Been trying to play this forever but only now got some people wanting to play.
I'll give the run-down to explain.… In lumpley games Participants: Dionysus, Paul T, Paul Czege.
11/16/2009 Sam Anderson: [Blowback playtest] JiffyCon 11/14/09 [b]Play report by Sam and Kate[/b]
[b]Run by the game's author, Elizabeth Shoemaker[/b]
[b]Baseline:[/b]
We had great time, and we both would have wanted to continue the campaign if it… In Playtesting Participants: Sam Anderson, Elizabeth.
11/16/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] Another We Owe List Q I can hardly believe I'm asking this one, but the group expressed some interest in the official ruling on the following matter, and I am the designated person who posts… In lumpley games Participants: Supplanter, David Artman, lumpley, jessecoombs, Brand_Robins.
11/16/2009 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Tasteless violence needs proofing [Also posted on Praxis]
I've just finished the alpha release of Hell for Leather for Nathan Paoletta's Two Games One Name competition.
My playtest group have become contaminated by the… In Connections Participants: Sebastian.
11/16/2009 Charlatan: Species role playing game needs testers please... I have been role playing for about twelve years and have designed my own role playing game which is a mixture of dnd and vampire rules. It is simpler though… In Connections Participants: Charlatan.
11/16/2009 Charlatan: Need playtesters for species role playing game... I have been role playing for twelve years and have devised my own system and game. It is about clans of humans that have animal attributes and works on a… In Connections Participants: Charlatan, Vulpinoid, chance.thirteen.
11/16/2009 neko ewen: [Slime Story] Needs more encouragement for role-playing Slime Story is a game I've been working on for entirely too long. The short short tagline is "teenagers hunt cute monsters for spending money." It takes place in a… In Playtesting Participants: neko ewen, Catelf, Locke, David C.
11/16/2009 caul: Lord of the Rings Anyone do a Lord of the Rings conversion for Agon? In one.seven design Participants: caul.
11/17/2009 Le Joueur: GM has a 'character sheet' same as the players Well, back from the dead...again...I guess.
After many trips and travails, I think I've found the last chunk to put Scattershot into working order. And a flavor to start with… In First Thoughts Participants: Le Joueur, Rikiji, Catelf, JoyWriter.
11/17/2009 RARodger: [DitV] This is a fantastic game Sorry, not a whole lot of meat here, but I just had to share. I am having a blast with this game. We just finished our 6th setting and 2nd… In lumpley games Participants: RARodger, lumpley, Supplanter.
11/17/2009 Abkajud: [La Familia] A game of tyranny and family values (long-ish) Hey, everyone!
I've been tinkering with a game design whose mechanics centered around my adaptation of the Otherkind dice system. Play is focused on a) important members of powerful families/organizations… In Playtesting Participants: Abkajud.
11/18/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Mathematics of Combat Hi all,
I'm trying to understand the mathematics of combat to a greater extent. So far, I've taken into consideration:
-- Recalculate damage as the percentage of the opponents… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, dindenver.
11/18/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Mythology: Answering the Power 19, 6-10 From http://mythology-rpg.blogspot.com/
6.) What types of behaviors/styles of play does your game reward (and punish if necessary)?
Mythology does not seek to dictate how people should play the game. I… In First Thoughts Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com.
11/18/2009 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Grendel, Alaska At Indiecon at the weekend I ran my first game of Dead of Night II, as I'm affectionately calling the second edition of my horror game. I watched the Host… In Actual Play Participants: andrew_kenrick.
11/18/2009 shaninator: High-Low D6 System. Been done before? Hey guys. I've searched the forums, so I apologize if this has been another topic. I have simple question...is there a published system that uses pools of dice (d6) to… In First Thoughts Participants: shaninator, tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, lumpley, Rikiji, Vulpinoid, Quizoid.
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