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7/1/2010 Bill: Do these eight base stats look good to you?
Hello! I am working on a pen and paper rpg, and I wanted to get opinions of the eight base stats. The goal here is to have eight stats that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bill, Necromantis, Noon, Aaron Baker, ravingmalcontent, Ar Kayon, davidvs, Paladin.

7/1/2010 KevinH: Emotional responses in RPGs
Hello all, in this thread Horror in Sorcerer: Does it happen, is it different?, I raised the question, "Do any rulesets reliably elicit emotional responses, of any form, from the…
In Actual Play
Participants: KevinH, Artanis, Aaron Baker, Noon, Jaakko Koivula, davidvs, intorporeal, Anders Gabrielsson, masqueradeball.

7/1/2010 epweissengruber: Sorcerer and Steam
I am setting up the basics for a Sorcerer session at an upcoming convention.  It will be a 2-parter: Part 1 will be the set-up of a 1 sheet and…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2010 ravingmalcontent: Looking for 4 to 6 play testers
I am looking for testers/players for a Table-Top Role Playing Game (RPG) in the Seattle and "greater east side" area of Western Washington State. It is a game system which…
In Connections
Participants: ravingmalcontent.

6/30/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Adept Press forum
[i]originally posted August 27, 2004; slightly corrected and updated[/i] Hello, and welcome to the Adept Press forum! Rules - all the basic Forge rules in the Site Discussion sticky apply…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/30/2010 ronfig: web hosting and site building advice
Goal: 1)  to move over a wordpress blog to a newly owned domain name         2)  to be able to upload downloadable pdfs from this blog  …
In Connections
Participants: ronfig, Tomas, M. J. Young.

6/30/2010 lumpley: The Archives
The archives include every Forge post from minute 1 through the crash of May 30, 2010. They're at indie-rpgs.com/archive/. This, the live forum, begins with the first post of Jan…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Miskatonic.

6/30/2010 Paolo D.: [SS/TWoN] Questions: success in conflict, npc and characters, keys, death
Ok, again a couple of questions after some play: (P.S. : well... More than a couple :-) ) 1) SUCCESS IN CONFLICT In a simple conflict (or in Opposed action…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paolo D., Eero Tuovinen.

6/30/2010 Filip Luszczyk: Advancement mechanics
I'm interested in advancement mechanics that meet the following criteria: * Self-balancing. System automatically compensates mechanical difficulty with adequate mechanical rewards. * No empty tests. Every instance of resolution should…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Aaron Baker, horomancer, contracycle, opsneakie, davidvs, dugfromthearth.

6/29/2010 Aaron Baker: Generic Level-Based system, first thoughts?
Concept: As the title says, level based system, intended to be generic.  Takes a lot of the "bones," from the various DnD varieties, but with a "KISS," approach based on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aaron Baker, horomancer, Noon, contracycle, Trevis Martin, davidvs.

6/29/2010 vellu82: [Solar System] Aggravated Harm and Pool
In tWoN the aggravated Harm isn't associated to any Pool. It don't shake down at the end of the Extended Conflict, but if I heal it by an appropriate Ability…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: vellu82, Eero Tuovinen.

6/29/2010 Kordeth: [DitV] A funny thing happened on the way to Anders' Crossing.... (AKA a town)
Last night I sat down to work up a second town for my Dogs in the Vineyard game (we'll be kicking it off Wednesday night with Tower Creek out of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Kordeth, lumpley, Binny-UK, rntz.

6/29/2010 punkbohemian: writer's block: naming a race
I'm having trouble naming a race for my game. Basically, they are mineral in nature (predominantly silicate, elemental metals, etc.). The core of their being is this crystalline material which…
In First Thoughts
Participants: punkbohemian, Necromantis, Marshall Burns, Ghilemear.

6/29/2010 Necromantis: Layout for my character sheet. see any flaws?
Hey guys, Just trying to get some feedback on the character sheet that I designed for my upcoming RPG Though I admit I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromantis, horomancer, davidvs, thadrine, Tom.

6/29/2010 Jason_King: Playtesting Vandeala
Been working on Vandeala for 12 years. Finally becoming serious about making this game public. I am still in the playtesting phase as the rules has been recently changed. I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Jason_King, Artanis.

6/29/2010 Rodrigo: Fiasco at Origins
Got a chance to play Fiasco at Origins, and was very pleased.  Can't wait to share it with my friends. 
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Rodrigo, jasonm.

6/28/2010 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Final Edition Info & Updates
The Final Edition of Annalise is on the horizon. Barring catastrophe, it will be available in print at Gen Con Indy, and in PDF shortly before that. Annalise is a…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

6/28/2010 Aaron Baker: My play style
Per: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=29929.0 I am starting a new thread to discuss my play style and experiences.  I think I should start a new thread, because this thread will be about my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aaron Baker, Miskatonic, contracycle, Noon, dugfromthearth.

6/27/2010 Aaron Baker: Am I in the right place?
OK, I think I am following the rules... I read in the "First Thoughts" area that before I post my idea for a game there that I should post here…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aaron Baker, Miskatonic, Trevis Martin, davidvs, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2010 Roswenthe: [CON] The Convention RPG
Hello all, I am in the late-draft/playtesting stage of a roleplaying game that turns fandom conventions into games.  You earn fan rating for doing convention activities, and there are various…
In Playtesting
Participants: Roswenthe.

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7/1/2010 ravingmalcontent: Air Battles
So I have been working on this system that is fairly simple and I got most of everything hashed out.  It is a steam punk themed table top game which…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ravingmalcontent, preludetotheend.

7/2/2010 Noclue: [DitV] Second Town - Little Cainan
Just finished our second town. It went well, although I was tired during the first half of the session and the game drifted for a bit. I had trouble getting…
In lumpley games
Participants: Noclue.

7/2/2010 Tomas: Having a Forum for My Independant Game on this Site
I see that this website has a section of forums dedicated to independant games. I've written a game which is 3-4 weeks away from being written up onto a website;…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Tomas, Ron Edwards, davidvs, M. J. Young, greyorm.

7/2/2010 Jarkov: My Life with Master in German
I was wondering if there had ever been any idea of translating My Life with Master into German. If there hasn't, it would be interesting to see if there was…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Jarkov, Paul Czege.

7/3/2010 Noclue: unread posts dissappearing
Either I'm imagining things or, since the Change, some Unread posts since last visit are dropping off the list when I navigate away even if I haven't read them. They…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Noclue.

7/3/2010 Trevis Martin: Color first - A cool sorcerer game challenge.
This is for links only, don't post any actual images to the thread please (per forum rules).   Find an image on the internet that makes you think "Cool Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Trevis Martin, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, angelfromanotherpin, zediekiel, Gregor Hutton, Eliarhiman6, Noon, Marshall Burns.

7/3/2010 Ron Edwards: [Venus 2141] The future has goo all over it
Venus 2141 was published last year and was represented by its co-author and artist, Nathan Leeson, at the Forge Booth. I've been trying to get around to playing it ever…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Claudia Cangini, Eliarhiman6, Rafu.

7/3/2010 Big J Money: [7th Sea] Problem Solving versus(?) other Roleplaying things
The main theme of this thread is player (not character) problem solving at the table in relation to other common elements of role-playing. Even better would be: and what games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Big J Money, Noon, Mike Sugarbaker, dugfromthearth, Paul Czege.

7/3/2010 Aetius: [Best Friends] A doubt about pushing
Hi to everyone! We're playing right now with Best Friend and we encountered a little problem with the conflicts. Is this the right section? Anyway... When a character is in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Aetius, Ron Edwards, vellu82, Gregor Hutton.

7/4/2010 jdfristrom: [Faery's Tale+Universalis] Playing with 5 year olds and GM burnout
My daughter has been gaming with me even before she turned 4 - Warhammer Quest (hey, it's easy, you move up to 4 spaces and attack), a little collaborative storytelling,…
In Actual Play
Participants: jdfristrom, davidvs.

7/4/2010 flossy: Group Play
I have an idea for how both character creation and play could work. Rather than each player create an individual character, collectively the players create a group. The magnitude of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: flossy, ravingmalcontent, dugfromthearth.

7/4/2010 davidvs: ballpark illustration costs
Good morning, How much do beginning illustrators typically charge per hour or picture? I will soon be helping a friend's family in financial distress by commissioning the eldest child to…
In Connections
Participants: davidvs, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P., greyorm, chronoplasm, Longtooth.

7/4/2010 KevinH: [PTA] MCU: Gotham
Hello all, I got permission to post this from the producer, so I thought I'd like to share our experiences of PTA. As you'll see, the premise of the show…
In Actual Play
Participants: KevinH, stingray20166, Artanis, Noon, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2010 Tomas: Maleficarum rpg looking for playtesters.
I've written my own rpg and am in the final stages of compiling the rules ready for extensive playtesting. I have two sites dedicated to my game: one is the…
In Connections
Participants: Tomas, hix.

7/5/2010 Gryffudd: Storage
Hi. Sorry for not posting much after my first few posts, but I decided to do more game research before going on with the game design. Then things got busy...…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gryffudd, Necromantis, Paul Czege, Trevis Martin, preludetotheend.

7/5/2010 Necromantis: A group playing a single character. Has it been done?
When I was reading over Flossy's "Group Play" thread an Idea formed in my mind. I am too busy with my design to worry…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromantis, Eliarhiman6, stefoid, Marshall Burns, westcpw.

7/5/2010 Malcolm: [Okhrana] The Situation and Character Creation Process
After taking on board the excellent feedback in this thread, and from some offline discussions, Okhrana is slowly assuming a more coherent shape. For those not familiar with the evolution…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Malcolm.

7/5/2010 JackTheOwner: [SS/WoN] No Bow?
I asked Eero about lack of aim skill (or similar) in general ability list or any basic five culture list. And this is his anwser: Let's see... I remember thinking…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: JackTheOwner.

7/5/2010 Ghilemear: Seeking help with GMless games
Namely, I cannot fathom how that would work outside a board game.  Can someone help me out here?  Where could I find some good examples of GMless mechanics?  Thanks in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ghilemear, Eliarhiman6, Trevis Martin, Noon, Necromantis, Paul Czege.

7/6/2010 oculusverit: Split the party.
Hello everyone, I have to admit I have read a lot of different posts and been familiar with Ron's theories for quite some time, but I have never posted to…
In Actual Play
Participants: oculusverit, jdfristrom, Eliarhiman6, Aetius, Marshall Burns, Jarrodimus, Seamus, dugfromthearth, InkMeister.

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