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3/10/2010 Emily Care: Hardcover recommendations
I'm looking for information on sources of hardcover printing for a game book, other than Lulu. Have you used a different printer? What was the quality like? Cost? Customer service?…
In Publishing
Participants: Emily Care, Simon C, Gregor Hutton, Malcolm.

3/10/2010 greyorm: Dysfunction at the Magic Tourney [D&D 3.5]
Weirdly, this is going to tie into at least two other current threads happening right now... For our last session we took a break from 3:16 to play in our…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Noon, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Aelwyn.

3/10/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Convention Workshops: Definitions
So I mentioned a while back that I plan to be running a Sorcerer Workshop at Phoenix Comicon in a couple months. I've since been reading the book (yet again),…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

3/9/2010 RandomCitizenx: Two possible randomization mechanics
I have been kicking around a few different game design ideas and have finally come upon a conflict resolution system I like. I am now faced with the problem of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RandomCitizenx, Ar Kayon, FetusCommander, Vulpinoid, Excalibur, Jeff B, Noon, Brendan Day, Silverwave, Necromantis.

3/9/2010 Jeff B: (D&D2e) Bringing in the new guy
Below is an account of a game I played in and my observations about bringing new characters into an existing roleplaying campaign, a maneuver which fails more often than it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jeff B, Ron Edwards, Noon, James_Nostack, Aelwyn.

3/9/2010 Supplanter: [Polaris] Moon Ownership Question
I'd like to clarify my understanding, please, of the scope of the Mistaken-player's authority over Moon characters. The following grows out of a session four of us participated in last…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Supplanter, Ben Lehman.

3/8/2010 Roger: [Sorcerer] My Struggles with Need
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=29343.0]John's recent AP post about his Casablanca game[/url] reminded me of my long uphill battle with trying to figure out what Demonic Need was getting at, and I thought I'd…
In Adept Press
Participants: Roger, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin.

3/8/2010 Sebastian: [Contest] Write 7 lines in 10 days
I'm looking for help, so I'm holding a contest. This has been posted over on Story Games too. I'm looking for sample scenarios (called Frames—read this?) for game called Hell…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sebastian, Ar Kayon, Excalibur, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, davidberg, Luminous.

3/8/2010 Soyokaze: Mutually Exclusive Character Traits (A,B, or neither)
Recently, I have been considering character creation and the way in which it relates to the natural description of individuals. I've become curious about mutually exclusive traits, as opposed to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Soyokaze, Jeff B, Eliarhiman6, Ar Kayon, jasonm, Thomas Da, PeterBB.

3/8/2010 stevend: Symbolic 3D Medieval RPG: Need Artists
Symbolic is a 3d medieval RPG under development by symbolic studios. The game is in first person perspective, and will include many quests and puzzles for the player to play…
In Connections
Participants: stevend.

3/8/2010 FetusCommander: [melkrin] Playing with primordial clay
Hi there.  I’ve been lurking around these forums for a long time, and wound up making only one post, partly because until today I didn’t have anything really concise to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: FetusCommander, Mike Sugarbaker, Ar Kayon.

3/7/2010 davout1805: Worldbuilding: Looking for samples
Hello, I'd like to use Universalis to create my campaign setting. I'm looking for any demos, samples, game logs, etc of game sessions of Universalis used for setting creation. Does…
In Universalis
Participants: davout1805, Valamir.

3/7/2010 James_Nostack: In-Fiction Sexual Exploitation: blarrrrgh
I guess this is a solicitation for similar AP; there's some analysis questions at the bottom.  But mostly I feel like venting a little. The other day I played Champions,…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, CedricP, Noclue, Noon, Jeff B, FetusCommander, Lance D. Allen, JoyWriter, greyorm, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Paka, mark2v, Ar Kayon, Miskatonic, ShallowThoughts, davidberg.

3/7/2010 Sapiento: Freelance cartographer available for commissions
Hi! My name is Robert Altbauer and I'm specialized in making maps. Many of my clients are RPG players, but I also made maps for novels, personal purposes and websites.…
In Connections
Participants: Sapiento.

3/7/2010 Excalibur: [TCoT] First Playtest
TCoT: The Chronicles of Taluria is a high fantasy/steampunk RPG I've been developing since WotC held their setting contest that gave birth to Eberron. I asked about card-based and dice-based…
In Playtesting
Participants: Excalibur, davidberg.

3/7/2010 ThoughtBubble: Trying to figure out the anatomy of challenges I like
This is all inspired by the "Challenge the player" thread from last year. I've fallen into a pretty heavy "planned to showcase ability x" rut in my dungeon/encounter design. So…
In Actual Play
Participants: ThoughtBubble, Jeff B, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Excalibur, JoyWriter, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2010 Eliarhiman6: Le Mille e una Notte (1001 Nights in Italian)
Today the first pictures of the printer's proofs for "Le mille e una notte", the Italian edition of 1001 Nights, were posted online. You can see them here The book's…
In Night Sky Games
Participants: Eliarhiman6.

3/6/2010 reveal: [ENnies] On accepting PDF versions of printed products
In the past few weeks, we've received questions regarding submitting PDF versions of documents that are also available in either hardcover/softcover format or print-on-demand (POD). In that regard, I thought…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

3/6/2010 Paka: The Looking Glass, the Cyclone, the Wardrobe and the Second Star to the Right
What happens to those kids who have been to otherworlds when they grow up? One sorcerous theory: http://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/the-looking-glass-the-cyclone-the-wardrobe-and-the-second-star-to-the-right/
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ben Lehman, greyorm, The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

3/5/2010 Citadel: Need Help Catagorizing My Game!
I have a game I've created and I'm having a hard time putting it into a catagory. I'm a little sheepish about this because I don't come from an RPG…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Citadel, Excalibur, David Artman, Noon, Mike Sugarbaker.

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3/10/2010 Silver_Dragoon: New indie RPG company
I am very pleased to announce that Spellbook Games is now open for business, ready to supply a variety of interesting and useful aids for the classic games-master, and memorable…
In Publishing
Participants: Silver_Dragoon, preludetotheend.

3/10/2010 withers: Wealth system in a Fantasy RPG
Apologies in advance if my terminology is off, I break a rule, or I am repeating well covered subjects. I am new to this board and rpg creation in general.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: withers, Excalibur, dindenver, Noon, Locke.

3/11/2010 RandomCitizenx: 21 and Down (initial ramblings)
Here is a bunch of the notes copy and pasted over from the google wave I am using to work on the game. I apologize for the lack of organization,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: RandomCitizenx, Noon.

3/12/2010 Vulpinoid: [Cyberpunk Stereotypes] Cultures and Trades
I've got a project in the works where players take on the role of a secretive manipulator in a cyberpunk setting. These secretive manipulators don't go out into the world…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, Anekanta, Brendan Day.

3/12/2010 btrc: GenCon 2010 housing
I'm just starting this up as a place to post or exchange info on sharing or finding room space for GenCon 2010. I'm still working on my own arrangements...
In Conventions
Participants: btrc, Locke.

3/12/2010 Paka: Down with Paka
Could my name be changed from Paka to Judd without too much trouble?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paka, lumpley.

3/13/2010 Nebul: Gladius Roleplaying Game
Here, I'll give the description of the game that I posted on Facebook a little while ago... "The Gladius pen & paper role-playing game is designed to be simple, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Nebul, Noon.

3/14/2010 Necromantis: Starting Designs for a Fantasy (aD&D-like) RPG - stuck already
Hello. I am new to the forum. I am a member of a few forums though I read them more than I post myself. I found this wonderful sight tonight…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromantis, Ar Kayon, Excalibur, Noon, stefoid, Locke, Falc, Aelwyn, greyorm, Brian Leybourne, Luminous.

3/14/2010 MJGraham: [Untitled Game] Opinions wanted on sortition system.
I'm working on a game set in modern day Western Africa. I've decided to post here to get a little feedback on the system I want to use for resolving…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MJGraham, Noon, Excalibur, Ar Kayon, greyorm, Vulpinoid, Locke.

3/15/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Asian printers and who knows anything about them
I have some vague memory of one or two people around here having tried out Chinese printers for their rpg products. I have a non-rpg hardcover book in the pipeline,…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, hix, Gregor Hutton.

3/16/2010 weaselheart: Sorcerer and Sword ... Conan?
Sorry if I'm being dense, but I've read Sorcerer and Sword a couple of times now and can't seem to get past one simple point, perhaps best exemplified by Conan.…
In Adept Press
Participants: weaselheart, jburneko, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, Lance D. Allen, greyorm, Noclue, hix, rabindranath72.

3/16/2010 Malcolm: Conpulsion, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 26-28
For those of you in the UK, I thought I'd give a quick rundown of some stuff that's on offer at Conpulsion in a couple of weeks. The con takes…
In Conventions
Participants: Malcolm.

3/16/2010 Nick Pagnucco: TSOY PbP over on RPG.net
I've put up an interest thread for a TSOY Play-by-Post game over at RPG.net: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=504421 Here's the OP: I'm starting this thread to gauge interest in a TSOY game…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Eero Tuovinen.

3/16/2010 VAgentZero: OneShot RPG
Hey, all.  First post and all that blather. Vincent Baker, in a few of his recent posts on his blog, discussed the notion of currency in character sheets.  Included in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VAgentZero.

3/16/2010 CedricP: [Solar System] Cyberware on a primitive world.
Hello. We are starting a Solar System campaign about a prison ship who crash on a savage primitive world. (Pitch Black meet Lost) Our setting is a little bit inspired…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: CedricP, d.anderson, Eero Tuovinen.

3/17/2010 Anekanta: [Lords of Sky] Skill systems_can simple be realistic?
Hello again.  I've been working on a stubborn project (introduced here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=29095.0 ), and I'm having trouble with the skill / ability system. The goal for the game is a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Anekanta, Excalibur, Locke, contracycle, stefoid, Falc.

3/17/2010 Locke: Non-Standard Card based Bidding Mechanic
I've always wanted to do a bidding system for an RPG, but couldn't figure one out.  I've had this idea that could work. 1. every player gets (lets say) 6…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Locke, Excalibur.

3/17/2010 Necromantis: Useful Custom Made Dice.
I don't know if this is the best place for this post but I am sure someone will let me know if it is not and I'll move it. But…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromantis, Locke, Excalibur, Paul Czege, Latigo, T. Ettinger.

3/17/2010 preludetotheend: Would you rather go to one big con or a bunch of little con's?
So pretty much just like the subject says; would you prefer to have a booth at one big gaming convention or go to say 4-5 smaller ones. I am thinking…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Malcolm, David Artman, jasonm.

3/17/2010 Locke: My definition of Min/ Maxing. Thoughts?
The way I see Min-Maxing is: "That it allows a player to go beyond the game designer's intention when building a character that has (by nature) as an unintended result…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Locke, stefoid, Excalibur, Necromantis, Noon, Ron Edwards, Mobius, Finarvyn, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen.

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