Previous Topics 8/15/2010 RLittles: Freelance Writer Looking For Work I'm looking for freelance writing assignments from companies or individuals. I'm willing to learn new rule systems as specified by the contracting party to write mechanics, fiction, and settings. My… In Connections Participants: RLittles.
8/14/2010 masqueradeball: Descriptive Text for Character Sheet The game I'm designing uses 10 characteristics to define characters, all of which could be seen as moral virtues. They're rated from 1 to 6, 1 being the worst and… In First Thoughts Participants: masqueradeball, Moganhio, Necromantis, slashandz.
8/14/2010 masqueradeball: Formalize Conflict Initiation I need help coming up with a way in which conflicts (when the rules are used) formally begin and end. I'm just generally unhappy with leaving it purely up to… In First Thoughts Participants: masqueradeball, dugfromthearth, Vulpinoid.
8/13/2010 Paco Garcia: New Online Magazine to promote gaming Hello Everyone,
Have started a few days ago a new online magazine with the aim of promoting Board Games, RPGs, Wargames and, when I manage to find writers!, CCGs too.… In Connections Participants: Paco Garcia.
8/13/2010 lachek: HammerCon - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - November 6th 2010 We’re super-excited to announce <a href="http://www.hammercon.ca">HammerCon II</a>, Southern Ontario’s largest game convention by gamers for gamers, on November 6, 2010 at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=150%20King%20St%2E%20East%2C%20Hamilton%2C%20ON%20L8N%201B2&ie=UTF8&z=16">Plaza Hamilton</a>. HammerCon is an all-day convention… In Conventions Participants: lachek, epweissengruber.
8/13/2010 pfischer: [S/Lay w/Me] The priestesses of the Igai death cult. Yesterday Peter and decided to play S/Lay, more or less based on reading Elizabeth’s post on Story Games about her Gencon play with Ron. We’ve both had the book since… In Actual Play Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, greyorm.
8/13/2010 Paiku: [Sorcerer] Modern Necromancy (Ron's game) Hi Ron,
the links to the handouts and R-map and such are busted in your threads My current Sorcerer game - modern necromancy and The necromancy game continued. I'd very… In Adept Press Participants: Paiku, Ron Edwards, greyorm.
8/13/2010 Sebastian: [HfL] Heir to the Spy Throne "What about family of royal spies?" That was the question that got me buzzing at the tabletop.
I wanted to put this up a few weeks ago, to be all… In Actual Play Participants: Sebastian.
8/13/2010 Luke Martinez: Collaborative Design - Group and Bangs Hello, my name is Luke and I am working on a role-playing game. While I am still pulling it all together, I had a question about the experiences others have… In First Thoughts Participants: Luke Martinez, Artanis, dugfromthearth, Vulpinoid, Moganhio, masqueradeball.
8/12/2010 masqueradeball: You don't have too I'm working on a game design I hope to play test this Sunday that incorporates an idea I've wanted to try for a long time. In this approach there are… In First Thoughts Participants: masqueradeball, Anders Gabrielsson, Gryffudd, Paul Czege.
8/12/2010 modernmyths: Fiasco at GenCon Hi, all-
Just wondering how other Fiasco games went at the show. Steve was cool enough to loan me a bonus kit so I was able to facilitate two games… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: modernmyths, segedy.
8/11/2010 wburdick: Story framework in a collaborative rpg I've been posting on story games and praxis about this game I'm working on and I thought I'd post on the forge too. Hopefully I won't get cognitive overload :). … In Playtesting Participants: wburdick.
8/11/2010 Aio: Theory Gamesmiths,
I come to the forge because I hear you are the best there is. Judging from what i have read on other forum topics I believe I have heard… In Connections Participants: Aio, Locke, Ar Kayon, mreuther, Ron Edwards.
8/11/2010 Stregheria Games: Answers and Information For Those That Have Been Asking About My Game. Sregoneria is a game that's been created to fulfill two criteria: one is to be the game that i would most like to play and two, to hopefully provide me… In Publishing Participants: Stregheria Games, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton.
8/11/2010 masqueradeball: Forces of Good: Hey! That's cheating! Forces of Good is a superhero RPG in which characters are measured by 20 Forces that cover very broad aspects that are common to comic book superheroes (some example Forces… In Playtesting Participants: masqueradeball, Garbados, Gryffudd, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.
8/10/2010 Shoo: Mechanic questions Recently I had a chance to play DitV as a player (I also GMed once before, so this is my second time).
The game was good, but there were a… In lumpley games Participants: Shoo, Motipha, Binny-UK.
8/10/2010 frictorious: [Sorcerer] Rules Question: Boost I have a question about the side effect of Boost, and had no luck finding the answer elsewhere. Per the text (p 52), "receiving two Boosts of any kind in… In Adept Press Participants: frictorious, Ron Edwards.
8/10/2010 Necromantis: My rule book layout. an interesting new concept...maybe originally I posted this in the publishing Forum -- but I think that may have been the wrong place.
I figured that I would try it here. Seeing that it… In First Thoughts Participants: Necromantis, masqueradeball.
8/10/2010 Necromantis: monsters and NPCs - a grand GM tool idea... maybe Of late I feel like Indiana Jones in raiders of the lost arc all should know this reference .. if not.. get to it man!!
by this I mean that… In First Thoughts Participants: Necromantis, masqueradeball, Garbados.
8/10/2010 Ron Edwards: [In a Wicked Age ...] Out-of-sequence episode play Hello,
I've posted a previous thread about our ongoing game in Particular strengths accumulating through the stories. In this one, I'm staying consistent with the… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, Valamir.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 8/15/2010 epweissengruber: [Freemarket] X-Altar and the Arts of Memory and of Promotion On Thursday the 12 I and 3 friends started up a short run of Freemarket. I am scheduled to run it at an upcoming convention and wanted to get familiar… In Actual Play Participants: epweissengruber, Paul T, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, lachek.
8/16/2010 slashandz: Does the Forge allow cRPGs? Hello everyone, I'm a novice RPG designer. And I just stumbled on and joined this impressive website.
I don't have a consistent group to play table top RPGs with in… In Site Discussion Participants: slashandz, Vulpinoid, Rafu, Alfryd, VAgentZero, Noon, a flight of stairs, M. J. Young.
8/16/2010 slashandz: New to the Forge ~ My thoughts on RPGs [i]"I strongly recommend that you begin posting in the Actual Play forum, rather than here. When you talk about what published games you've played, and how it went for you,… In Actual Play Participants: slashandz, VAgentZero, Ron Edwards, InkMeister, Adam Dray.
8/16/2010 masqueradeball: My current endeavors and stumbling towards effective play tests Okay, introductions: This is the first play test of a game that in retrospect might not have been ready for it. I would call what we did more of a… In Playtesting Participants: masqueradeball.
8/16/2010 Necromantis: Cost for a inDesign/Quarkexpress layout. Hey guys. I want to start this off by saying that I started this project (my Fantasy RPG) to have something that I enjoyed playing with my group)
It has… In Publishing Participants: Necromantis, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.
8/16/2010 ChristianAndersson: Offered: Game Music, Buy 1 Track - Get 1 Free Track! Hi there, Game Developers!
During a limited 2 week campaign 16 Aug to 31 Aug, you may:
*** Buy 1 Track - Get 1 for Free! ***
Read more about… In Connections Participants: ChristianAndersson.
8/16/2010 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer I like music, and I like creative mutualism, and I like the whole independent DIY thing. So ... for the sake of indulging and combining all three, and based on… In Adept Press Participants: Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Marshall Burns.
8/16/2010 Matthew V: [Rogue] Looking for Playtesters + Games to Playtest Hello -
I'm looking to both find playtesters for a game I'm working on, and find games that need playtesters.
First, I need playtesters for "Rogue", a game I posted… In Connections Participants: Matthew V, Locke, greyorm, Maugh.
8/16/2010 Amar Woods: Show me the money!!! Please... Hey hope all you guys out there are enjoying life, I know I am. I've been working on 2 paper and pencil rpgs for a while now and it is… In Publishing Participants: Amar Woods, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn.
8/16/2010 Nathan P.: [Gen Con 2010] Design Matters Postmortem & Numbers In our on-going mission for transparency and hoping to stimulate new and exciting ideas, here's some data about how our booth did at this years Gen Con.
This is the… In Conventions Participants: Nathan P., lumpley.
8/17/2010 Eliarhiman6: Link in the Archive, to the Archive, don't work There is a problem in the Forge Archive when there is a link to another thread in the Archive.
For example, this post there is a link to another previous… In Site Discussion Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.
8/17/2010 Jason Pitre: Use of canon characters within games I am quite uncertain which forum is ideal for this topic, but publishing seems to be close enough.
My game is built on the principle of adaptability, enough that a… In Publishing Participants: Jason Pitre, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.
8/17/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Fantasy Trip: Wizard] One little booklet = 100,000 words In late 1978, I bought a little item at the hobby store next to the gas station a short and dangerous bike ride away from my house. I think I… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Alfryd, Motipha, Miskatonic, stingray20166.
8/17/2010 Ron Edwards: TFT: Wizard and Sorcerer origins This thread has a sister topic in the Actual Play forum: One little pamphlet = 100,000 words.
If we were to look only at fictional content… In Adept Press Participants: Ron Edwards, Finarvyn.
8/17/2010 intorporeal: [Lacuna] Questions about pacing Greetings, The Forge.
My name is Brad, I'm new, and I've been gaming for as long as I can remember, starting with video games, moving into WH40k, and then into… In Actual Play Participants: intorporeal, Artanis, Ron Edwards.
8/17/2010 Alfryd: GNS, AI, and psychology.
Well, as far as I can tell, this seems to be the best place for this topic, but to be honest the subject's only tenuously related to specific RPG experiences… In Actual Play Participants: Alfryd, Aaron Blain, Motipha, Ron Edwards, Caldis.
8/17/2010 intorporeal: [Exalted] Spectating replacing interaction? [i]I will preface this by saying that I have only played in 3 Exalted games (all 2e), 2 by the same ST, and none lasted very long.[/i]
Exalted is a… In Actual Play Participants: intorporeal, masqueradeball, oculusverit, greyorm, Ron Edwards.
8/17/2010 intorporeal: [InSpectres] DM-less roleplaying The first time my friends and I played InSpectres (about 8 years ago), we played as described in the book, with 3 players and 1 GM. After a hilarious and… In Actual Play Participants: intorporeal, Artanis, Ron Edwards.
8/17/2010 VAgentZero: Granularity in Ad-Hoc Bonuses: Why +2 is better than +1 I posted some months ago in First Thoughts about a lightweight system I was building, called OneShot. I received no replies, likely because I presented the system as a great… In Playtesting Participants: VAgentZero, masqueradeball, Simon C, epweissengruber.
8/18/2010 Ron Edwards: As yet unnamed Shadow of Yesterday hack I found myself musing again over fantasy games and fantasy settings. I wanted to make one, for no particular reason except for fun, and it struck me that the weird,… In Playtesting Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Paolo D., Simon C, contracycle, Chris_Chinn.
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