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5/12/2010 mogunus: Collectively Owned Game Store Seeks Indie RPG's of Note
Hello! I volunteer at my local collectively-owned, volunteer run game store (no, really, here's our website: http://www.worldsapartgames.com/) and I'm trying to put together a section of print copies of some…
In Publishing
Participants: mogunus, lumpley, Paul Czege, Noclue, SaintandSinner, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

5/12/2010 Lxndr: On Fastlane
I'd appreciate anyone interested in the future of Fastlane to read this post on livejournal, ideally, and answer over there. http://lxndr.livejournal.com/138084.html Thank you!
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr.

5/11/2010 Malcolm: [Shipwreck] The Wreck of HMS Aurora
Last night saw the second playtest session of Shipwreck. The first playtest session is discussed here. You can download the version of the mechanics that we were using here. As…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm.

5/10/2010 Miskatonic: Frazetta
[url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-fantasy-illustrator-dies-at-82/?src=mv]Frank Frazetta[/url] passed away this afternoon.
In Adept Press
Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Hastings, Melinglor.

5/10/2010 steffen: [IAWA] Difficulties with the rules
Hello! Yesterday, we played some IAWA and while the session was quite fast-paced and interesting, we had a few difficulties with the rules. So here they are: 1. How do…
In lumpley games
Participants: steffen, RedPissLegion, Noclue, yellowparis.

5/10/2010 Egonblaidd: Attributes for a scalable/telescopic system
A while back some of you may remember me posting about the concept of a scalable or telescopic system, that is, one which can easily be made simpler or more…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Egonblaidd, Locke.

5/9/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Lenin & Socrates, Chrono Vigilantes
The Saturday before last, I got a chance to play Hannibal of Carthage, the mighty chrono-vigilante, on a quest to negate tomorrow's dark dystopia. There were elephants, and everything. Awesome…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.

5/8/2010 greyorm: [ORX] Interesting Question About Session & Campaign Length
A couple weeks ago, one of the kind folks who bought ORX wrote to me and asked a very observant question about the rules. Basically: when does a session end?…
In Wild Hunt Studios
Participants: greyorm.

5/8/2010 Baenlynn: Thoughts on a combat system:
For my RPG I'm trying to generally, compress the mathematics as much as possible to enable more RP, but still maintain a certain level of depth to whatever mechanics the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Baenlynn, jprussell, PeterBB, Locke.

5/8/2010 Ayyavazi: Looking for DitV play aids
Hello all, I'm about to start a DitV game, stock setting, and I was wondering about a couple of play aids I had downloaded that I can't find anymore. They…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ayyavazi, Noclue, watergoesred.

5/7/2010 samhain666: MINIATURE painting service
Hi there guys.... i also paint minis for a living. image image image image image lmk if theres something youd like me to paint for you, NOTE : I also…
In Connections
Participants: samhain666.

5/7/2010 ringo: Agon Boxed Set
Hello All, I've just discovered Agon (after showing Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts to my 4 year old daughter revived my interest in Greek myth). I'm…
In one.seven design
Participants: ringo, Sonja.

5/7/2010 jprussell: [The Book of Threes] Welsh/Old English Inspired RPG of Loyalty, Wealth, and Glor
Howdy,   I've started a new thread now that my game has a proper working title, but prior discussion can be found at Celto Germania - Mythic Bronze Age Roleplaying,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jprussell, SageThe13th.

5/7/2010 hansel: [S/lay W/me] When "You" and "I" no longer switch.
Hey Ron, S/lay W/me arrived in the mail today, and I promptly read through it, then hopped around on the net reading AP and stuff here at the Forge. There's…
In Adept Press
Participants: hansel, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2010 Talanic: World of Rathillien Tabletop - Introduction
Greetings.  This is my first post to the Forge - in fact, I only found out about this community today, but would have shown up a long while ago if…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Talanic, SageThe13th, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, jprussell.

5/6/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Spiel Essen 2010 Forge booth
OK, once more with feeling! History Ever since 2005 or so we've been speculating about a Forge booth at Spiel Essen, the largest tabletop gaming convention in the world. The…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton, Frank Tarcikowski, Teppich, Markku Tuovinen, destruktivekritik, Matt, PiHalbe.

5/6/2010 SageThe13th: Starting at the end. Some hiccups with a new stat system.
I'll been working on a new method(new to me at least) for stating out characters.  The basic idea is that rather than going through a couple layers of characteristics, such…
In First Thoughts
Participants: SageThe13th, jprussell, Locke.

5/5/2010 Paul T: [DitV + Afraid] Healing: rules differences
Just a quick question: Healing, fallout, and how they're different in Dogs and Afraid. When the healer Takes the Blow: * In Afraid, in a healing conflict, the person being…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, Noclue.

5/5/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Important Dates Announced!
GenCon is getting closer and closer, folks, and so is the ENnie Awards Ceremony! The most important upcoming date, though, is May 8, 2010. This is the very last day…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

5/5/2010 RedPissLegion: [3:16] First time play and questions for long play
Hey there, I played 3:16 for the first time this past Sunday, to fill in for our regular D&D 4ed game. First time GMing with first time players (with this…
In Actual Play
Participants: RedPissLegion, greyorm, Gregor Hutton, Aaron Baker.

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5/12/2010 wickerman: Wrote an RPG game book... now what?
I kept tinkering with RPG ideas from time to time, and my wife encouraged me to get it down in a Word file, and from there I just kept writing,…
In Publishing
Participants: wickerman, Noclue, Simon C, Eero Tuovinen.

5/13/2010 wickerman: I wrote an RPG, what next?
Oops, I put this in Publishing, but I think perhaps it would be better here. I'll move it here and then go take it out of Publishing. I kept tinkering…
In Connections
Participants: wickerman, Paka.

5/13/2010 Maestro: DitV Conflict Tips?
Hey all. I mentioned in another thread, I am a huge fan of this game and the system. However, and I'm sure this has been written about before, does anyone…
In lumpley games
Participants: Maestro, Noclue, RedPissLegion, Paul T.

5/14/2010 Sebastian: [HfL] A cereberal game of Polish betrayal in WWII
Three players, three hours, one survivor. Poland in WWII. A story of betrayal and murder under the canopy of early war. In this report I'll write a quasi-transcript about building…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.

5/14/2010 horomancer: Low power d20 system thoughts
Working on a low power, low fantasy campaign and a system to match it. Using a mishmash of various x20 system rules to achieve the right feel and decided to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: horomancer, Locke, Noon, Khimus, Necromantis, charles ferguson.

5/14/2010 Pelgrane: Supplying PDFs to Retailers
Inspired by Fred Hicks, I've established a program which allows retailers to give PDFs to their customers, both of existing products and at the pre-order stage. Technically, it's very easy…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane, Ron Edwards, jasonm, Jason Pitre.

5/14/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Hyperviolent Gaming! FREE STUFF!
Hell for Leather is basically finished. It's stacking dice + messy gore + stoopid fun. Here's a video. And another. For the next few weeks I'm giving it out for…
In Connections
Participants: Sebastian.

5/14/2010 Eero Tuovinen: I need a German translation of my game for Spiel Essen
Related to my Spiel project, Jari reminded me that we should get the rules of Zombie Cinema translated into German. Most rpg fans at the Spiel will probably have workable…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Teppich, Artanis, xenopulse.

5/14/2010 smegroll: A game idea I've had for a while and an introduction!
Hey everybody, I'm new to the forum obviously and I wanted to get some input on designing a game around an idea I've had for months now. It's pretty clear…
In First Thoughts
Participants: smegroll, Locke, Paul Czege, jprussell, Noon, Necromantis.

5/15/2010 yellowparis: [IaWA] NPCs After Chapter 2
So tiny a question that I'm almost embarrassed to make a whole thread for it, but: The text says that from chapter 3 on, new characters can start with a…
In lumpley games
Participants: yellowparis, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2010 marknau: [New Hope] External Playtesting Needed!
New Hope, a game of Empire and Rebellion. A self-contained one-shot, 13-pages long. I'd like a group of 4-6 to play it from the text, without any influence from me.…
In Connections
Participants: marknau.

5/16/2010 warhammergrimace: Irregular Magazine is looking for contributors
[b]What Is Irregular Magazine[/b] Irregular Magazine has been designed to provide hobbyists with articles and tutorials on miniature painting, RPG and wargames. All content is community generated, including the art-work,…
In Connections
Participants: warhammergrimace.

5/16/2010 Meme: [S/Lay w/Me] Goal: Kill the Monster
Hi Ron! I'm Meme, and we met at INC'10 one week ago, and, of course, it was a pleasure. I recently tried your beautiful game and i have a question…
In Adept Press
Participants: Meme, Ron Edwards, greyorm, JTColeman.

5/17/2010 hallsofvallhalla: Looking for a ruleset
Gonna make this short... I build Web browser RPGs and MMOs. Mostly 2d text style. I try to keep them as RPG as possible. I have a new game design…
In Connections
Participants: hallsofvallhalla, Tomas, urbandruid, greyorm.

5/18/2010 Meme: [S/Lay w/Me] Settings!!!
Hi! I'm Meme, and i Played like 15 Adventures with this game, in 5 days! :O Each Adventure was in a different Location, and so i tried all of them.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Meme, Ron Edwards, Artanis, Mauro, hansel, Aetius.

5/18/2010 Meme: [S/Lay w/Me] Female?
Hi guys. I have a question. How about Female Heroes, Male Lovers, Omosexual desires? I ask this cause in the book, all types of character are male, and then I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Meme, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

5/19/2010 Simon C: A thing I noticed (with a diagram)
I've been playing Bliss Stage recently, with a couple of inexperienced players. The game has been really successful, and they've fit in well, but early on one of them expressed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon C, Frank Tarcikowski, Artanis, Dan Maruschak, Aaron Baker, greyorm.

5/19/2010 PeterAdkison: [DitV] Reconciling False Doctrine to No Moral Judgment
Call me late to the party but I’m finally playing Dogs in the Vineyard.  I’ve been wanting to play for years but I have a lot of trouble running a…
In lumpley games
Participants: PeterAdkison, Eero Tuovinen, Noclue, lumpley.

5/20/2010 Ar Kayon: Adding wargame mechanics to my fantasy system
Considering the nature of play in my developing dark fantasy system, I was thinking of designing a large scale combat architecture.  However, I've never designed wargame mechanics before and I'm…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ar Kayon, jprussell, horomancer, Vulpinoid, contracycle.

5/20/2010 Dionysus: [Apocalypse World] New players...
Howdy all. I wasn't 100% sure where to put this. Is this playtesting or actual play? In here is probably the best for the moment - if it should be…
In lumpley games
Participants: Dionysus.

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