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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 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 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 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.

11/14/2009 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.

11/14/2009 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.

11/13/2009 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.

11/12/2009 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.

11/12/2009 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.

11/11/2009 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.

11/11/2009 Nathan P.: Veterans Day Promo = 15% of sales for NVVAM
The Info: In recognition of Veterans day, a percentage of all sales made from 11/11/09 to the end of the weekend (11/15/09) will be donated to the National Vietnam Veterans…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

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
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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.

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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.

11/19/2009 HeTeleports: Recapping years' worth of growth
I had written a long and eloquent plea to the previous Forge generation of posters, asking for a kind of recap. I decided the long thing was unnecessary. Recently, I've…
In Site Discussion
Participants: HeTeleports, chance.thirteen, Nathan P., Mulrah.

11/19/2009 YEAH: occult horror game one shot?
i had this idea for a game. i think it would work best as a one shot or just a few games. the idea is that  horror movie about an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: YEAH, Rikiji, Catelf, uchimatamaster.

11/19/2009 shaninator: Scoring and Stacking - D6 Core Mechanic
Hey guys. I've been pondering over an original, yet simple mechanic for a classless fantasy system. And, I wanna see you guys' take on it, and be honest. It started…
In First Thoughts
Participants: shaninator, chance.thirteen, CKNIGHT.

11/19/2009 MJGraham: (A Seed of an Idea) An Inter-generational Saga.
I'm writing another game in my spare time. It doesn't have a title yet. I'm using Ancestral Saga as a place holder until the right title comes along. The basic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, chance.thirteen, Catelf, DWeird, Warrior Monk, davidberg, contracycle.

11/20/2009 vellu82: [Solar System] Star Wars - KOTOR: Suggestions for Crunch Landscape
Hi to everyone. I'd like to take the d20 Star Wars Saga in Solar System. Any suggestions for the crunch landscape? Thanks.
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: vellu82, Eero Tuovinen, simonjberger.

11/20/2009 Marshall Burns: [3:16] These players are crazy
I played 3:16 last weekend on a camping trip. The players were: > my cousin James, with whom I’ve roleplayed often, and with whom I’ve played 3:16 once before. >…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marshall Burns, Noon, JoyWriter, Jaakko Koivula, Gregor Hutton, Jasper Flick, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

11/21/2009 Bushido6studios: [Realm of Legend] Artists needed
I am in need of good and reliable artists to throw together some artwork. I have 3 different ways to offer this. 1. I have a google Docs Page, where…
In Connections
Participants: Bushido6studios.

11/21/2009 juliusz: [Apocalypse World] Morgan Enterprise
1. PLAY We played about one and half week ago. It was our first Apocalypse World session, but all players are familiar with some Forge/story/indie-stuff (including DitV, Burning Empires, IaWA,…
In Playtesting
Participants: juliusz, DWeird, Everspinner, lumpley.

11/21/2009 Everspinner: [Apocalypse World] Keg of powder
Here's a session I did not have high hopes for. Two months since we last played and feeling very rusty, not to mention very tired due to work and family…
In Playtesting
Participants: Everspinner, lumpley.

11/21/2009 Anders Gabrielsson: [Storylines] First World Creation Playtest
I apologize in advance if this is a bit disjointed. I need to get to bed soon but I want to post this while I still have everything reasonably fresh…
In Playtesting
Participants: Anders Gabrielsson, JoyWriter.

11/22/2009 Ben Lehman: The Drifter's Escape for sale
After four years in development, the Drifter's Escape is available for purchase. I'm really happy with the book. It's sharp looking,  and has both excellent stories and a good game.…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman.

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