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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 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 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 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.

8/27/2010 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.

8/26/2010 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.

8/26/2010 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 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 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.

8/25/2010 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.

8/25/2010 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 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.

8/24/2010 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.

8/24/2010 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 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 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 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.

8/23/2010 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.

8/23/2010 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.

8/22/2010 Stregheria Games: Freelancers Wanted.
I'm looking for people that might be interested in possibly writing for my game. It is being released at the end of September and I have a couple of other…
In Connections
Participants: Stregheria Games, masqueradeball, Ron Edwards.

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8/29/2010 Game Engineers: Looking for an animator (m/f) for Flash based "board games"
We are a multinational team specialized in designing board game - online game crossovers. Current projects include Proxy Wars http://www.proxy-wars.com or Zombie Masters http://www.zombiemasters.info for example. We are looking for…
In Connections
Participants: Game Engineers, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2010 hostilespace: Hostile Space - A game of sci-fi horror
Hostile Space will be a game of science fiction horror emulating everything from Aliens, to Predator to Pitch Black. Set in the future humanity has reached the stars but has…
In First Thoughts
Participants: hostilespace, dwashba, masqueradeball, Noon, RuneBR, John Stephens, greyorm, Vulpinoid, stefoid, Bloomfield.

8/29/2010 Stregheria Games: Reviews.
My rpg is about to go into print in a few weeks time and I'm a bit confused about the reviewing process. A game without some sort of internet awareness…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games, masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Nathan P., Chris_Chinn.

8/30/2010 Finarvyn: The First Ever campaign setting
The threads on the history of Sorcerer got me thinking. Gary Gygax had Greyhawk. Dave Arneson had Blackmoor. James Ward had the Starship Warden. Throughout gaming history, the "first ever"…
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Paiku, Calithena, Marshall Burns.

8/30/2010 masqueradeball: How many Attribute Types?
So, for my game, Shadows, which is a fantasy game that draws its inspiration from, among other things Ninja Scroll, Star Wars, Willow, Watership Down, His Dark Materials, Aesop's Fables,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Adam Dray, Locke, Finarvyn.

8/30/2010 Moganhio: Tasks, conflicts and plot
I was in a debate in RPG.net and it came to types of games and mechanics. I think the subject is interesting and I'm bringing it here. My point is:…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Moganhio, Ar Kayon, masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Rui!.

8/30/2010 Stregheria Games: FREE Copies of the Stregoneria RPG PDF up for Grabs!
As a promotional offer to coincide with the release of my Stregoneria RPG, I'm giving away 3 copies of the rulebook .pdf absolutely free.. All you have to do is…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games.

8/30/2010 Jonathan Walton: Game Chef 2010: Sept 11th-19th
Mark your calendars! 10th anniversary this year. What will that mean?  A return to the classic format? Most definitely.  A great theme and ingredients? You bet.  Unexpected twists? Always. Reviews…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Vulpinoid.

8/31/2010 Eliarhiman6: Murk, or beating down confusion
Hi! I am compiling a little "reading guide" on the concept of "Murk" for a Italian forum, prompted by Ron's recent postings and by the absence of that word from…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6.

8/31/2010 Finarvyn: Supplement "Wish List"
The thread that had the link to t-shirts and coasters and stuff got me thinking, mostly because of the mention of the "Sorcerer and Space" product that never was. I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Finarvyn, The Dragon Master, jburneko, Frank Tarcikowski, Paiku, Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, wholeridge.

8/31/2010 masqueradeball: Eucatastrophe
"But the 'consolation' of fairy-tales has another aspect than the imaginative satisfaction of ancient desires. Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, Anders Gabrielsson.

8/31/2010 Tayr_an-Naar: Getting all the players involved, not just in one aspect
I was discussing matters with my partner in crime for game design a week or so ago when I arrived at something of a revelation.  We're currently adapting a sci-fi…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tayr_an-Naar, masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, greyorm.

8/31/2010 Jacob26: Affordable Logo Design Company
You want a Professional Logo Design done, but not ready to spend hundreds of dollars from our limited budget. We at logo design gear understand your problem, so we came…
In Connections
Participants: Jacob26, Jason Pitre.

8/31/2010 JesseQ: Risk, caution, and tenacity
(I was going to call this a Wushu hack, but it's more like a bludgeoning) I've been watching I Spy recently (http://www.hulu.com/i-spy), and it occured to me that what makes…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JesseQ.

8/31/2010 Certified: Dragon*Con 2010 Indie Panels
This year at Dragon*Con they will be hosting 2 panels on Indie RPGs.
In Conventions
Participants: Certified, David Artman, SaintandSinner, ristarr.

8/31/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] Initial Thoughts
I’m a student interested in making a small indie tabletop game. After much poking and prodding by my mentor I’m posting the initial idea for my game Chrysalis. The player…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AdriannaDD, Necromantis, Adam Dray.

8/31/2010 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Best Sets for Parts
I've been looking at the new line of Lego games and they have a lot of cool parts and interesting colors that might be good for parts sets for Mechaton.
In lumpley games
Participants: Mantisking, lumpley, David Artman.

8/31/2010 Gregor Hutton: [Annalise] Pompeii and the Cult of Blood
Last Monday Joe Prince, Russ Williams and I played a one-off session of Annalise. We decided to go with a Guided Play and we'd picked the Pompeii one that comes…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Adam Dray, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, ekb.

8/31/2010 VAgentZero: [AW] SMG text ambiguity
It's probably too late to fix now, but I'll ask the question anyway.  In the character playbooks, the SMG is listed as 2-harm close area loud.  In the crap chapter,…
In lumpley games
Participants: VAgentZero, lumpley.

8/31/2010 Graham Walmsley: I choose you, Sorcerer
On the way to GenCon, I talked to some guy called Vincent about Sorcerer. He suggested that Sorcerer often gets seen as an excessively serious game: a gut-wrenching emotional fest,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, jburneko, lumpley, The Dragon Master.

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