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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.

7/5/2010 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 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 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 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 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.

7/4/2010 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.

7/4/2010 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 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 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.

7/3/2010 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.

7/3/2010 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 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 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 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.

7/2/2010 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.

7/2/2010 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 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.

7/1/2010 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.

7/1/2010 Khimus: My play stile
Ok, following Ron´s advice on "Welcome to the First Thoughts Forum", I decided to create a thread about my experiencies and style in rpging. First of all, I got introduced…
In Actual Play
Participants: Khimus, dugfromthearth, Caldis, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.

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7/6/2010 Masden: [Industrial Age Fantasy] 7 Years development: My experience of playtesting
Hello all, I am a solo writer about to release a game called Industrial Age Fantasy. I just have to wait for my ISBN number registration to go through and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Masden, Artanis, johnthedm7000.

7/6/2010 TonyLB: [DexCon] Who's going?
I ask with the virtuous purpose of figuring out who I'll be seeing in a few days, and with the wicked ulterior motive of seeking someone who can rent me…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB.

7/7/2010 horomancer: Musings on Metaskills
I've been putting some thought into how to make a list of skills as small as possible and still be some semblance of accurate. I'm lazy, and don't like book…
In First Thoughts
Participants: horomancer, Ar Kayon, dindenver, Noon, preludetotheend, dugfromthearth, stefoid, Garbados.

7/9/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the 2010 ENnie Award Nominees
After going through hundreds of entries, the judges have narrowed the field and selected the nominees for each of the 20 categories. On behalf of the judges and the Board…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

7/9/2010 juliusz: Acts of Evil and Ashcan Front forum
Hello everyone, Do you know what's going on with Ashcan Front forum (and "Acts of Evil" subforum there)? Any chances for it to return online in foreseeable future?
In Half Meme Press
Participants: juliusz, Paul Czege.

7/9/2010 Tomas: rpg supplement writers wanted.
First off, let me say that this is a big idea. some of you that read this post may well think i'm trying to run before i can walk and…
In Connections
Participants: Tomas, Airafice, Certified, Stregheria Games.

7/9/2010 Binny-UK: [Apocalypse World] Text Error
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but reading through my pre-print PDF of Apocalypse World I have found an error. Page: 15 Section: Harm And…
In lumpley games
Participants: Binny-UK, lumpley, Artanis.

7/11/2010 Dan Maruschak: [Final Hour of a Storied Age] Seeking Skype Playtesters
I'm looking for alpha playtesters to play my game Final Hour of a Storied Age with me over Skype. Here's the pitch: The end of an age draws nigh, an…
In Connections
Participants: Dan Maruschak.

7/11/2010 oculusverit: Layout Designer for Hire (actually for free!)
Hey everyone, I'm a layout designer with magazine and newsletter experience, as well as newspaper editing experience. I can provide samples of my previous work for any interested in someone…
In Connections
Participants: oculusverit, Locke.

7/12/2010 Jaakko Koivula: [Norwegian Style] Role-playing epiphany: Characters rule!
I might've realized something about my views on role-playing, bear with me. We played a bunch of norwegian games at the after-parties of Finnish convention TraCon. Matthijs Holter held two…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jaakko Koivula, greyorm, Noon, contracycle, Eliarhiman6, Tomas HVM.

7/12/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the 2010 ENnie Award VIP Cocktail Reception
This year the Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards are pleased to celebrate their 10th ceremony, and would like to invite you to participate in a VIP cocktail reception…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal.

7/12/2010 Tomas: stay as an individual or get published?
i've written my own rpg, like many other people have here but i've managed to attain a little bit of success with it. a major rpg shop in london has…
In Connections
Participants: Tomas, Eero Tuovinen.

7/11/2010 Tomas: Copyright resources (split)
i'm about to release my own game in a few weeks time and what someone from a business registering company told me was that if you don't register yourself as…
In Publishing
Participants: Tomas, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P..

7/13/2010 mythra: Storyteller Esq System Idea
Having played a lot of new White Wolf stuff, my group and I hit a little wall. Namely, that we need so many d10 to play almost any more than…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mythra, preludetotheend, K.Hoffren, horomancer, Noon, dugfromthearth.

7/13/2010 HesJohnDeck: 20th Century Underground Railroad d20 Rules First Post
I have an idea about an alternate/speculative history RPG set in a world where the South won the U.S. Civil War and slavery was never abolished. The PCs adventures would…
In First Thoughts
Participants: HesJohnDeck, dugfromthearth, Noon, stefoid, wild_card2007, Vulpinoid.

7/13/2010 Tomas: Business Plan Help.
a kind forum member has taken the time to offer me advice and suggested i start a thread here for my business plan. i'll summarise it here and any help…
In Publishing
Participants: Tomas, preludetotheend, Noon, Eero Tuovinen.

7/13/2010 Marshall Burns: Musical magic
(I didn't post this in First Thoughts because there's not actually anything I need help with. It's just some musing and design-process-think. But we can still talk about it if…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Marshall Burns.

7/14/2010 Vulpinoid: [Come One Come All] - A new free game
For those who might be looking for something a bit different in the role-playing experiences. For those who might like the idea of simply telling stories rather than rolling dice…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid.

7/14/2010 Magnus Pym: Any cartographer out there?
Hi there, I am currently starting to develop my own PnP Roleplaying Game along with a, I believe, innovative Campaign Setting and I was wondering if anyone out there would…
In Connections
Participants: Magnus Pym, Tomas, David Artman.

7/14/2010 ChristianAndersson: Music for RPG game offered
Hi there, Game Developers! My name is Christian Andersson and I write music for Video Games and Indie Games using some of the most powerful tools on the market. I…
In Connections
Participants: ChristianAndersson, Tomas.

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