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12/3/2009 Noon: Leveraging social sites like stumbleupon/reddit?
Related to http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28830.0 , but moving away from the word 'ransom' even more so. Taking the idea of adsense for some return and leveraging it with stumbleupon, reddit and similar,…
In Publishing
Participants: Noon, guildofblades.

12/3/2009 aaron illustration: Working Concept artist looking to expand client base
Hello, My name is Aaron Anderson I am a video game artist looking to do some freelancing on the side for the RPG industry. You can view my portfolio at…
In Connections
Participants: aaron illustration.

12/3/2009 Seamus: web site hits
So we have a website and some product out. On a good day we get about 17-20 unique hits (usually when I make an announcment on a forum or run…
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, Luke, Eero Tuovinen, Sebastian, Szandor.

12/3/2009 henebry: [Apocalypse World] Garyin
Just finished our first session, set in the wasted remains of Gary Indiana. The old industrial center now lies some twenty miles of cracked mudflats south of the lakeshore. First…
In Playtesting
Participants: henebry, lumpley, DWeird.

12/2/2009 SeeThirty: (Adult Content) Name and mechanics for RPG 'sexual' martial art?
I'm toying around with an adult-oriented rules modification for a game system, and the idea of a sexually-based martial art came to mind. I'm trying to figure out some ideas,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SeeThirty, whiteknife, chance.thirteen, Paul Czege, Catelf.

12/2/2009 tleeuwenburg@gmail.com: Mythology: Combat rounds mechanic
I have an idea for my combat system. I posted it over at rpg.net and it seemed to stand up to early comments, so I thought I'd also post here…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Catelf, dindenver, davidberg, Anekanta, contracycle.

12/1/2009 Deathtone: My game idea [Village]
This game is a mix of a hard core RTS (real time strategy) and the realistic features of a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game).  The idea of the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Deathtone, Catelf.

11/30/2009 Paul Czege: be at STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo, in Austin, TX, March 6th, 2010
This past March <a href="http://www.halfmeme.com/">Half Meme Press</a> and <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/creamaliengames/">Cream Alien Games</a> did a table together at <a href="http://www.staple-austin.org/">STAPLE!</a> The Independent Media Expo, in Austin, Texas. And we had so…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege.

11/30/2009 fatblogger: PTA Play Examples?
Hi, I'm looking for some play examples for Prime Time Adventures, can anyone provide me with some pointers?  Examples of what I'm looking for: podcast-type recording of play session forum/wiki…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: fatblogger, Welkerfan, Matt Wilson, SurplusGamer.

11/30/2009 Ravien: [The Shadow Conclave] (tactical RPG): Can avoidance of combat be FUN?
Hey all! I haven't posted here in many years (back when you helped me design Scarlet Wake, which was a tremendous learning experience for me), thanks to dramatic career changes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ravien, Rikiji, JoyWriter, Seamus.

11/29/2009 noahtrammell: The Mountain Witch is now free!
  Hey, while looking around online for reviews of The Mountain Witch, I stumbled across a pdf of the game on mediafire.  I'm assuming that the game is not supposed…
In Connections
Participants: noahtrammell, Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk.

11/29/2009 RARodger: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Suggestions for Cult Members
I?m working on my third town for Dogs in the Vineyard?Prairie Hallow, and could use some ideas. Pride: Goody Lutz, a midwife, is proud of her skill at healing. She…
In lumpley games
Participants: RARodger.

11/29/2009 Darcy Burgess: Buying Trollbabe: original PDF owners
Hi Ron, A question just occurred to me; are you offering any sort of upgrade or rebate offer for folks who've purchased the old Trollbabe pdf? Thanks, Darcy edited to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards.

11/29/2009 DrLoBoMan: [DitV] Round Bend Branch
This would be my first time building a Branch, and I went a little nuts and had a lot of fun with it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I have…
In lumpley games
Participants: DrLoBoMan, lumpley.

11/28/2009 pells: [Avalanche] - Playtesting with BW for the first time
[b]The context[/b] I've not been playing for a while (more than a year) and I had an opportunity to "start up" a new group. But the circumstances are very specific.…
In Playtesting
Participants: pells, Ron Edwards, Luke, JoyWriter, Fulai, Eero Tuovinen.

11/28/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] How Old-School Is It?
[quote]"No one rolls any dice." - In a Wicked Age[/quote] I had a funny thought this week sparked by the final session of our current campaign and something I read…
In lumpley games
Participants: Supplanter, lumpley.

11/26/2009 AzgrymnThePale: Pray for Dawn module (Chaos 6010 A.D.) RPG Competition
[img]http://chaos6010.com/images/PrayForDawnAd.gif[/img] Join and play the Pray for Dawn module on a VTT (virtual tabletop) game. Write in your available playing times to me and I will put you in a…
In Playtesting
Participants: AzgrymnThePale.

11/25/2009 Warrior Monk: Things about the system that annoy GM's
I've been reading some old posts about game balance and searching the forum for something I readed some time ago, but I couldn't find it. Now I'm not so sure…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Warrior Monk, Rikiji, greyorm, Mike Sugarbaker, Noon, davidberg, SeeThirty, Tormir, Seamus, chronoplasm, Jeff B.

11/25/2009 Paolo D.: [DitV, hack] Suggestions from the author
Hi to everybody, I like very much this game and these days, after playing (and making) some cities, I'm working on an DitV hack based on Battlestar Galactica. When I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paolo D., lumpley, Falc, Teataine.

11/25/2009 Trollkin: Looking for some feed back on world and system
I've been writing my own game for a while now, but besides some friends, and a little test played with my weekly DnD group I've keep this pretty under wraps.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Trollkin, Mike Sugarbaker, dindenver.

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12/4/2009 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Terrorise Kuala Lumpur? - ADULTS ONLY
[b][u]ADULTS ONLY[/u][/b] Two weeks ago we managed to play a complete session of Hell for Leather, with all the rules intact, so I thought I?d post about it here. There…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.

12/4/2009 jasin: [IaWA] Zartan's Pride
Story In a wicked age, a young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, climbs a desert cliff. The stones crumble; the cliff shakes. His god Burnaburiash, vengeful and jealous, is…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasin, rycanada.

12/4/2009 DeckardPL: [FreeMarket] Questions
Hello! I want to ask about a few things that aren't clear after the first FreeMarket session I played with my team. We had some problems in self-targeted challenges, because…
In Playtesting
Participants: DeckardPL, Filip Luszczyk, Jared A. Sorensen, Luke.

12/5/2009 Artanis: [Sorcerer] Curtain on the carnival bizarre
Hello Last saturday we played the last session of the Carnival Bizarre. It was the second instalment after this report. Story In two sessions, the player characters essentially got together,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards, Noclue.

12/5/2009 Trevis Martin: Help with Sorcerer Descriptors for my one sheet.
My history with Sorcerer is a little spotty.  I dig the game, it compels me personally, but customizing it to a personal vision has been a little difficult.  Watching and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/6/2009 kaevad: Would anyone mind giving feeback on my rpg website
Hi all, its been a few months since i last made a post here, i've been stuck with work, uni and more important vecoming more focused on good game design.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: kaevad, chance.thirteen, Seamus, Eero Tuovinen.

12/7/2009 uchimatamaster: "realistic" HTH/Melee Combat system
Hey guys, I just found this forum and am wicked excited about it.  So on to the questions/comments... I have a combat system that I created based on percentiles from…
In First Thoughts
Participants: uchimatamaster, greyorm, chance.thirteen, Seamus, uchiaway.

12/7/2009 John Blaz: help with an Armor/ Damage system
Hey all, I've recently started going over what I began months ago for a Post-apocalypse RPG system. The setting is ideally somewhere between Fallout and Mad Max. Anyway, my armor/…
In First Thoughts
Participants: John Blaz, tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Ken, Catelf, Quizoid.

12/7/2009 John Stephens: [Trollbabe] Dungeonbabe & Dragons (Actual Play)
My wife and daughter bought me a D&D 4th Edition "starter kit" for my birthday, and we had more fun playing the intro adventure with its pre-fabricated characters than I…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, stingray20166, jburneko.

12/7/2009 Robotech_Master: Wishing for Universalis E-book
I would really like to have an e-book version of Universalis. And by e-book, I don't mean PDF (although a PDF would be better than nothing). Since there aren't a…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master.

12/7/2009 Seamus: Reviews
Any advice on seeking reviewers. I want to get more reviews of our game, but am concerned about sending it to people who may not be objective.
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper Flick, Luke.

12/8/2009 Nathan P.: Happy Epimas!
Epimas, as you well know, is the traditional day of game giving. Every year, on December 24th, friends and family gather round and exchange games, which they then play well…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

12/8/2009 eraofthefallen: Fantasy RPG seeking playtesters
A new FRPG called 'Codename: Era of the Fallen' is now seeking playtesters.  It emphasizes narrative storytelling, allowing for deeply immersive roleplaying, and encourages a different sort of play style…
In Connections
Participants: eraofthefallen.

12/8/2009 eraofthefallen: Advice on getting results from playtesters?
I've released my new gaming system "Era of the Fallen" in beta mode since the beginning of the year.  I've posted announcements here, at rpg.net, and pen and paper games. …
In Playtesting
Participants: eraofthefallen, dindenver, lumpley, pells, Finarvyn, Noon.

12/8/2009 chronoplasm: Suggestions for "Mental Grid"
OK, so I'm designing a 'monster of the week' game where the players are tasked with hunting down a single monster and stopping it before it kills again. The default…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, chance.thirteen, Catelf.

12/9/2009 Anekanta: Suggestions for a central mechanic? [Lords of Sky] (new game)
Hey again everybody!  I had an idea for the core mechanic of a secondary game design that I'm working on, and I thought I'd post it here and see if…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Anekanta, Jasper Flick.

12/10/2009 Paul Czege: [Spectre of the Beast] rules questions
Hey Joel, Alrighty, we're scheduled to playtest this weekend. Mostly I think I'm clear on the game from the text of the ashcan, but I have a just few questions:…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul Czege, Melinglor, Darcy Burgess.

12/10/2009 Emily Care: Romance for the Holidays
[url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/bti.html]Breaking the Ice[/url], [url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/stm.html]Shooting the Moon[/url] and [url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/ums.html]Under my Skin[/url], are available in PDF until [url=http://epimas.wordpress.com/]Epimas[/url], buy-one-get-one-free.  Buy one as a gift for a friend, and get one for yourself…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care, latestnws22.

12/10/2009 shadowcourt: looking for good collaborative map/world-build rules
This is sort of a newb question, but it's an area I've barely delved into in recent years, so I'm starting from scratch without too much guidance. So, caveats aside...…
In Actual Play
Participants: shadowcourt, chronoplasm, Jaakko Koivula, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2009 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] First blind playtest using students
This evening I facilitated my first blind playtest. Well, it was more near-sighted than blind, as there wasn't time for anyone to read the text. Instead, I turned up and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian, northerain, Quizoid.

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