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1/11/2010 Imizaru: Sasuke/Ninja Warrior simulation - a design attempt
I live in Japan and happened to catch this show last Fall, and again on New Year's day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IW0rb3cl18 I was fascinated and I wanted to try to make a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Imizaru, Noon, Kanosint.

1/11/2010 Solarsaurus: The House of a Thousand Faces (An RPG loosely based on "House of Leaves"...)
I mentioned in my other thread I was working on another role-playing game. Well, here it is. It's not done yet, but I've ironed out a lot of the mechanics…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Solarsaurus, davidberg, hix, Warrior Monk.

1/10/2010 trick: Combat molasses
I've been reading an earlier thread titled Warhammer; Chaos! Order! Molasses!. It's about the dullness of just going from place to place and trivial conflicts. In the games I've been…
In Actual Play
Participants: trick, contracycle, Noon, JoyWriter, Hereward The Wake, Meramec, Locke, Jeff B, ShallowThoughts, FetusCommander.

1/10/2010 AzaLiN: Abstract Social Combat RPG
I imagine 3-4 PCs in a village beset by a goblin army 2 months away with no help from the king; and the PCs aren't heroes, they're just above average.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AzaLiN, Noon, Solarsaurus, Quizoid.

1/10/2010 David C: "Roleplaying" skill vs Character Skill
This isn't really about my game, but it happened during a playtest, so the rules of the forum regulate that it must go here. One of my players made a…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, Eliarhiman6, Noclue, NN, JoyWriter, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Garbados.

1/10/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Hyperviolent Gaming! Now in Beta (Come and get your hands dir
Hell for Leather + Art + New Rules = BETA! Hell for Leather Murder equals extra dice Hell for Leather - the GM-less roleplaying game of pay-per-view bloodshed - is…
In Connections
Participants: Sebastian, hix, Solarsaurus.

1/9/2010 Quizoid: Which's Easier?
I'm in a situation where I can approach the same thing in two different ways.  Mechanically and statistically, these two approaches have the same result, however, they are presented in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Quizoid, Kanosint, Vulpinoid, EdEdEd.

1/9/2010 drkrash: Embedding of Fonts in PDF
I've tried to find an answer by searching the forum, but I didn't quite find it. I have a font that I want to use for headings in my PDF. …
In Publishing
Participants: drkrash, trick, David Artman.

1/9/2010 Daz Florp Lebam: my funky dice pool system needs your attention, please
Well hello, all! This is my first post, after hearing a lot about this site and these forums over the years, and a wee bit of lurking. I have a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Daz Florp Lebam, Simon C.

1/9/2010 LandonSuffered: ISBN Price Question
Why do ISBNs have different prices depending on where you buy them? Lulu (YourISBN)  $99.98 myidentifiers.com $125 CreateSpace $0?? Is there some sort of different quality of ISBN you're getting…
In Publishing
Participants: LandonSuffered, guildofblades.

1/9/2010 Solarsaurus: [DitV] Simplifying the system
Vincent, you had me at "kill puppies for satan", but I fell in love when I finally bought Dogs in the Vineyard. The setting, the gameplay, the ideas and themes…
In lumpley games
Participants: Solarsaurus, Falc, Teataine, lumpley, ffilz, Eliarhiman6, David Artman.

1/9/2010 Solarsaurus: Online play
I was just wondering how many of you folks here ever did pen-and-paper role-playing online, whether it be on a forum, through an instant messenger, or otherwise! Using the internet…
In Actual Play
Participants: Solarsaurus, Noon, greyorm, Dan Maruschak, Filip Luszczyk, chronoplasm, Adam Dray.

1/8/2010 jb.teller4: [Solar System] Handling bargains and prices for a Summoning system
I was thinking about using summoning of demons heavily in an upcoming campaign and I want it to be based on making bargains with the demon in return for its…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: jb.teller4, Courage75, Eero Tuovinen.

1/6/2010 MJGraham: Help needed with terminology.
I'm working on a game about nomadic bands of hunter/gatherers that practice animism and ancestor worship. I've decided that I want characters to have proficiencies (i.e. skills). The list of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, Anekanta, J Tolson.

1/6/2010 Darcy Burgess: Subtitle in header
Hi Vincent, Didn't there used to be a subtitle under the "the Forge" graphic?  Something like "the internet home of independent RPGs"?  Could we restore/add it? I just linked in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

1/6/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: Humanity and Society
Check me on this. I have this understanding of Humanity as something that, within the setting, is generally thought of as something good/right. So when someone does things that warrant…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, James_Nostack, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paka.

1/6/2010 canormorum: Elsewhere - A newly created table-top RPG setting and system.
Just looking for a little feedback and critique.  Been lurking the forums awhile now.  Let me know what you think.  I'm still working out some details and filling out the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: canormorum, Vulpinoid, hix, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/5/2010 Warrior Monk: ANIMA d6
Hi everybody! A couple of years ago I found a spanish heartbreaker called Anima. The setting and the character customizing options were really cool, but the system was way too…
In Playtesting
Participants: Warrior Monk.

1/5/2010 lumpley: The articles and reviews are back
So that's good. -Vincent
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Jasper Flick, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Artanis, M. J. Young.

1/5/2010 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] Structure of Play
Hi!   I am posting the initial outline of my Structure of Play section. What I would like to do is ask two questions concerning it: 1) Does it make…
In Playtesting
Participants: dindenver, Locke, David C.

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1/11/2010 jasonm: Fiasco is now Available
Hey friends, Fiasco is now available - the PDF or PDF/print pre-order. The books are at the printer and they look great. I am really excited to finally share this…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

1/11/2010 Marshall Burns: [Rustbelt self-parody] The Cookie Crumbles: a tale of pain
Fans of the Rustbelt might get a kick out of this cartoon I drew starring Matchley "Match" Daws, one of the guys on the cover of the ashcan. The cartoon…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2010 karl fungus: [Unearth]: scribery
Hello again. In my Unearth setting, there are human mages called scribes. They're called such because they etch patterns onto a sort of crystal called crysophene, which they then use…
In First Thoughts
Participants: karl fungus, Warrior Monk, chronoplasm, Paul Czege.

1/12/2010 danakir: [Bliss Stage] Humanizing Actions?
I can't for the life of me see the point of them, how can a relationship between non-pilots have any mechanical effect at all? I'm sure that it's fairly self-evident…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: danakir, 5niper9, Ben Lehman.

1/12/2010 henebry: [DITV] Rolling in more than one Trait on a See or Raise
The game rules for Dogs in the Vineyard describe conflicts in terms of rolling in one Trait or Belonging on a given See or Raise. They don't explicitly allow or…
In lumpley games
Participants: henebry, lumpley.

1/12/2010 chronoplasm: Ars Goetia?
Does anybody know of any games that feature the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia? I just think those guys are all cool as hell, and I am strongly considering…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Eero Tuovinen, Rafu.

1/12/2010 Marshall Burns: [The Rustbelt] trepidations about illustrations
I want the 1st edition of Rustbelt to have illustrations. I don't have the money to pay an artist -- I mean, AT ALL. My budget for this project is…
In Publishing
Participants: Marshall Burns, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, JoyWriter, Jasper Flick, Charlie Gilb, Paul Czege, Tim C Koppang, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Luke, davidberg.

1/12/2010 danakir: [Bliss Stage] Actual Play
I understand that this might not be the appropriate for this, if that is so then please let me know, I'll do my best to make up for it. Now…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: danakir, Ben Lehman, Filip Luszczyk.

1/13/2010 Preceding Easy: [SSS] Starting point
I've gotten an idea bouncing around in my head for a while now, about a system based upon three stats - namely, Strength, Style, and Skill.  That might sound generic,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Preceding Easy, Ron Edwards, davidberg.

1/13/2010 pathstrider: [AGON] Space Adventure
Has anyone tried to use Agon to do Space Adventure Dogfights, as in on of the suggested examples in the back of the book? Going to give it a go…
In one.seven design
Participants: pathstrider, demiurgeastaroth.

1/13/2010 Falc: [DitV] The start of conflict
This is sort of a follow-up post to the issue I raised HERE about the start of a conflict. Concretely, I've been playing Dogs instead of running it and we…
In lumpley games
Participants: Falc, lumpley.

1/13/2010 Batarang: [DitV] Possessed NPCs and Sorcerers Question
I've been looking through the rules back and forth and been trying to find an answer on here but am unable to. So, sorry for making an unneccessary topic if…
In lumpley games
Participants: Batarang, Eliarhiman6.

1/13/2010 adjectivemarcus: [DitV] Does this town sound too complicated?
Hi, first post! I recently put in an order for the book, and have been avidly reading the pdf. This is my first attempt at a town - I don't…
In lumpley games
Participants: adjectivemarcus, Falc, David Artman.

1/13/2010 SaintandSinner: Gencon 2010
What's everyone's plans? Event registration is supposed to open today so I'm thinking about games to run and play. Also, for those interested in the whole Indie Games Explosion and…
In Conventions
Participants: SaintandSinner, Tim C Koppang, SirValence, Locke.

1/13/2010 Eero Tuovinen: A quick question about the Indie RPG Bookshelf
I'm finally laying out my World of Near in pdf form, and at this point it seems that the pdf file will be somewhat too large for distribution as a…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6, Ben Lehman.

1/14/2010 Paiku: [Sorcerer] New player, bootstrapping
Hello all, this is about the hundredth post that I've STARTED to write on the Adept Press forum, but the first that I'll actually finish and post.  I've started so…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paiku, Paka, Ron Edwards, rycanada.

1/17/2010 Mellyjean: Nervous about first game
Hi all! I'm very excited to get my first game of AGON going.  It's going to be a four hour session where my group will basically be learning about creating…
In one.seven design
Participants: Mellyjean.

1/17/2010 Keiko: Back for More
A couple of years ago I stumbled across Capes and it captured my interest despite being an all together different game from any I had ever played before. I had…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Keiko, Noon, 5niper9, Filip Luszczyk.

1/18/2010 Ben Lehman: Game Design Contest
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- MLK I'm holding a game design contest. The contest…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ben Lehman, noahtrammell, Simon C.

1/18/2010 Simon C: [On Mighty Thews] Stats vs. Attributes
I'm nearly done revising my game On Mighty Thews for release as a for-pay product.  I started the project thinking "Oh, it's already mostly done.  I've just got to tweak…
In Playtesting
Participants: Simon C, hix, David C, contracycle, JoyWriter, Jasper Flick, Excalibur, yellowparis.

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