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8/22/2010 johnthedm7000: Discussion of Point Buy Char Gen Philosophies
I wanted to jump-start a discussion of various point-buy character generation methods and get some feedback from the community as to which ones are most useful for fulfilling different design…
In First Thoughts
Participants: johnthedm7000, dugfromthearth, masqueradeball, dindenver, Rafu, Maugh.

8/22/2010 LandonSuffered: Thank You to Everyone
My reading and posting of the Forge forums have been light the last 18 months or so as I've been working on my own blogging and publishing endeavors, mainly dealing…
In Publishing
Participants: LandonSuffered, Jason Pitre, Gryffudd, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

8/21/2010 InkMeister: A Year of Crappy Roleplaying
Hello Forge, this is my first post here.  I've been a lurker for about a year, and have been fascinated with the ideas and theories and experiences discussed here.  My…
In Actual Play
Participants: InkMeister, Mike Sugarbaker, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, dugfromthearth, Caldis, aleric, Chris_Chinn, Noon, Anders Gabrielsson.

8/21/2010 oswald: [Fiat Money] Reflections towards a new contemporary fantastic game
Ok first of all i would like to say I havent been using forums for many years, and i am quite new to this particular one : Ill try my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: oswald, masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, Moganhio, johnthedm7000, Vulpinoid, stefoid, Spooky Fanboy, John Stephens, thezenbear.

8/21/2010 Nathan P.: New Blog
For a couple of years I had a blog where I talked about game stuff. It was part of the "Forge Diaspora", and it was cool while it lasted. It's…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P..

8/21/2010 Sonja: is IndiePressRevolution website down?
I wanted to buy some ebooks, but the website seems to have been down yesterday and today.
In Publishing
Participants: Sonja, Jason Pitre, epweissengruber.

8/21/2010 Sapiento: New Website
I've created a new website for my cartography work: www.fantasy-map.net It is still not completely finished, but all necessary information can be found, including references and critiques. My deviantArt gallery…
In Connections
Participants: Sapiento.

8/21/2010 masqueradeball: Indie Indie RPG
I want to make a one shot RPG/Party Game cross about Indy kids getting drunk at a party and getting into lots of drama (as in the bad stuff that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, dugfromthearth, sojikai, JasonSWalters.

8/20/2010 UnseenSniper: Hello my fellow gamers.
  I am a struggling website developer who is in the process of creating a brand new RPG. I am usually not a beggar, or anything of that sort. In…
In Actual Play
Participants: UnseenSniper, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2010 Motipha: [Dust Devils] Fun with emergent stories
So here's a thing I tried to do during our current Dust Devils game.  I'm kind of fascinated with the way that emergent story elements can come together in an…
In Actual Play
Participants: Motipha, Artanis, Ron Edwards, toddjank.

8/19/2010 Sebastian: [Way of the Agent] Help with tragedies
So, your character has been fucked by The Man. Maybe that's the mafia, maybe that's the government, maybe that's the hive-minded slaver aliens. "What did they take from you?" That's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sebastian, slingshot, Noon, chronoplasm, Ar Kayon.

8/18/2010 slashandz: What's the point of all these stats?
Something that bothers me about RPGs today is the increasing number of stats. Strength, Dexterity, Luck, Will, Charisma, Wisdom, Intelligence, Speech, Sneak, Initiative, Constitution... the list goes on. Why are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: slashandz, MacLeod, Trevis Martin, greyorm, Ar Kayon, TheRoleplayer, VAgentZero, Marshall Burns, Moganhio, Locke, dindenver, dugfromthearth.

8/18/2010 johnthedm7000: The world creation minigame for Shapers
So I wanted to put out my rough draft for the world-creation mini game that will begin any Skein (I figure that because fate and destiny are so important to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: johnthedm7000, Matthew V.

8/18/2010 frapast1981: Reduced enjoinment playing RPG
Hi to all my name is Rocco and I'm an Italian player, from Bologna. I'm writing here because recently (in the last year and half) my enjoinment playing RPG reduced…
In Actual Play
Participants: frapast1981, Alfryd, Rafu, Artanis, Stregheria Games, InkMeister, Ron Edwards, Ar Kayon, oculusverit.

8/18/2010 il mietitore: [Dirty Secrets] Some question
(i'm from italy so sorry if you find some grammatical-rubbish around the post) Heya, man ;) Yesterday we played Dirty Secrets here in Italy. It was for all of us…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: il mietitore, GreatWolf.

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.

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.

8/17/2010 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 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 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.

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8/23/2010 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria RPG Forum
I've just finished organising the Stregoneria RPG forum and it is now open to join. It is not an open forum but one dedicated to my own role-playing game only.…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games.

8/23/2010 Ben Morgan: Character Sheets
My character sheets page has returned. I've been working on updating a lot of them, so now they're mostly in full color, and quite a few of them are form-fillable.…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Morgan, greyorm.

8/24/2010 BullyBoy: The Program (a Matrix-like RPG)
I need a little help...  Where to next?  What areas should I be thinking about in order to develop this into a sound RPG that covers all things that a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BullyBoy, a flight of stairs.

8/24/2010 jasprelao: First Impression - Eternal Grace
[b][url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rUu3Rkhcslg/S-oOA4lhHtI/AAAAAAAAAFs/7J-rSp0RIwA/S600/header-small.png]Banner[/url][/b] Greetings, friends... This is my first RMXP project that I develop with my friends. I want to make it original, from the visual art, music and of course the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jasprelao.

8/24/2010 vasten: Free Fanatasy / Alien Script
I just finished a long term project. I have taken chinese pen strokes and integrated them with the roman alphabet based on a binary representation system to produce a new…
In First Thoughts
Participants: vasten, Vulpinoid, Paul Czege, Ar Kayon.

8/24/2010 Moganhio: A question about generic systems and copyright
I'm devoloping a new generic/universal system (more universal than generic, indeed). And as usually in universal systems, you need a setting too! I was thinking of providing a setting as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Moganhio, Vulpinoid, Jason Pitre, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray.

8/24/2010 Jason Pitre: Difficult Powers to handle mechanically?
So, I am in the process of building the portion of my game system that deals with "Powers", including pretty much all things blatantly violating the laws of reality.  Magic,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jason Pitre, Moganhio, chronoplasm.

8/25/2010 slingshot: The Young Adult Literature Role-playing game (begging for a better name)
Hi, I am in the final steps of designing and releasing my first rpg Newsies & Bootblacks (http://minimrpg.com). The game is set in New Paris, a fictional American Eastern Coast…
In First Thoughts
Participants: slingshot, dugfromthearth.

8/25/2010 jburneko: [Apocalypse World] Specialized Language
Over on twitter I made a comment about Apocalypse World and Vincent asked me to "say more."  I figured here is a good place.  First, understand that I have not…
In lumpley games
Participants: jburneko, lumpley, Paka, Chris_Chinn.

8/25/2010 dwashba: A single player rpg
        I am working on a single player rpg. I dont know if it will work but I am willing to try. It could be played with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dwashba, slingshot, Noon, greyorm, Paiku, dugfromthearth, Adam Dray, Anders Gabrielsson.

8/26/2010 InkMeister: Roll-Playing Versus Roleplaying
I was playing Runequest with my group.  We, the PC's, are guarding a caravan.  The caravan gets attacked by a vampire cult.  After we defend the caravan, the caravan leader…
In Actual Play
Participants: InkMeister, masqueradeball, Moganhio, Adam Dray, Rafu, Caldis, Ron Edwards, Noon, VAgentZero, oculusverit, Frank Tarcikowski, contracycle, John Stephens.

8/26/2010 luigi.delta: NPCs and Producer
I am an absolute beginner at Primetiem Adventures. I bought it two days ago. I have a question regardding NPC actions. Do they have their own cards/edges/connections (with budget added…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: luigi.delta, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2010 Paul Czege: broadcasting, listening, channels, clouds, dice, arrows, and moves
Vincent, if you were to explain Moves to video game guy Randy Smith, knowing his concerns from this article, how would you explain them? Paul
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul Czege, Marshall Burns, stingray20166.

8/26/2010 Benajmin385: When Making a RPG what should i cover first?
I am looking at making a Class based RPG System. But i do not know where to start... - The Core Dice Mechanics - The Classes themselves - The Setting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Benajmin385, Chris_Chinn, dwashba, Maugh, Ar Kayon, Necromantis, Noon, Vulpinoid, Adam Dray, dugfromthearth.

8/27/2010 preludetotheend: Free Advertising
Hey folks I just wanted to make it known here that I am testing out some Project Wonderful ads on the official m20 kobold enterprise forum and wanted to let…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Noon.

8/28/2010 chronoplasm: Dwarves
As I was doodling in my sketchbook last night, I had an idea for a game about fantasy dwarves. You have four ability scores: Beard, Stomach, Muscle, and Brain. Beard…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, dugfromthearth, greyorm, masqueradeball, Skofflox, hansel, Anders Gabrielsson, flossy, TehCodr, juminosy.

8/28/2010 Eliarhiman6: Ron Edwards Vs Tobias Wrigstad at InterNosCon 2010!
Hi! I already posted these links in other forums, but I waited before posting them at the Forge because I didn't know where to post them, in what sub-forum. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Rafu, Ron Edwards, Noon, ShallowThoughts, greyorm.

8/28/2010 BullyBoy: [Delta] Rules to modify the mood/theme of other games
[size=20pt][u][b]Delta[/b][/u][/size] I am not sure whether this is a unique premise for a RPG or not.  Actually, I am hoping it isn’t unique, so that I can save myself some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BullyBoy.

8/28/2010 Paolo D.: [SS / TWoN] Refreshment and direct antagonism
In this other thread we was talking about refreshment. Eero, defining a refresh, said: Clear signs of the refreshing nature of a scene are if it's an empty beat…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paolo D., Eero Tuovinen.

8/28/2010 masqueradeball: Pandering for Feedback
This is an alpha draft of a game I'm designing called Shadows (I know that the name is likely already taken, but it works for now, at least). I think…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball.

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