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9/3/2010 The Magus: [London, UK] Anyone interested in an regular Indie RPG meet?
Hello I'm thinking of setting up a regular meet for Story Games/Indie RPGs/Small Press Games in London. It would be based in a function room in a City or West…
In Conventions
Participants: The Magus.

9/3/2010 Bifford: [Exalted] A Destiny Calls (Retrospect)
Greetings All. I ran a 2nd Edition Exalted game at Seaxe And Sorcery starting in September 2009 and ending in December 2009. It was my first ever GM experience and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bifford.

9/3/2010 Gunnox: Do you think I can use this mechanic legal?
Hi i'm new here to the forge and are currently working on my tabletop RPG called DrakeStrike which can be found on drakestrike.webs.com. Anyway do you think I can use…
In Publishing
Participants: Gunnox, VAgentZero, Chris_Chinn.

9/3/2010 RedPissLegion: Independent Online publishing setup
Hi everyone, I play RPGs for years now (gezz, almost ten) but only recently did I decide to dwelve into the world of game design. Has a result I have…
In Publishing
Participants: RedPissLegion, Chris_Chinn, Clay, PiousFraud.

9/3/2010 Anekanta: [Lords of Sky] help with descriptive resolution system
Hey all, I've got another question pertaining to my fantasy game, this time to do with resolution systems.  I'm hitting a major stumbling block, and I'm hoping to get some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Anekanta, Adam Dray, Finarvyn, Noon, masqueradeball.

9/3/2010 Sonja: Agon miniatures?
Are there any miniature series, either 3D plastic pieces, or PDF cardboard printouts, that are well-suited to the setting?
In one.seven design
Participants: Sonja, epweissengruber, two_fishes, Robert Curry, Noclue.

9/3/2010 Sonja: Agon pronunciation guide
Agon: ˈægɒn Aphrodite: ˌæfrəˈdaɪti arete: ˈærəteɪ chitonː ˈkaɪtən Dionysus: ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsəs greaves: griːvz Hephaestus: həˈfaɪstəs Hera: ˈhɛrə, ˈhiːrə himationː hɪˈmætiən melee: ˈmeɪleɪ In case you're not familiar with IPA, you can…
In one.seven design
Participants: Sonja.

9/2/2010 Jay Loomis: Anyone going to be at PAX?
The thought came to me later than ideally that there might be some indie-gaming goodness to be found at PAX this weekend. I know it's not primarily about RPGs, but…
In Conventions
Participants: Jay Loomis, SaintandSinner.

9/1/2010 ekb: [Annalise] Fudging Annalise
[i]aka an Exercise in just plain Wrong[/i] When I first read through Achievements and Consequences, my first thought was of the positive/negative scales that are used in Fudge (partially because…
In ndp design
Participants: ekb.

9/1/2010 Stregheria Games: You Asked for it and now You've Got it! ;)
Some people have suggested I post in the actual play section here to talk about my game but I've taken the idea a stage further. I decided to try and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Stregheria Games, Eero Tuovinen, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2010 Stregheria Games: To Charge or Not to Charge?
I read somewhere (might have even been on this forum) that some writers give the .pdfs of their games away for free with a view to making money if people…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Chris_Chinn, greyorm.

9/1/2010 Paka: The Courtney Crumrin RPG of my dreams.
Looking back on these two threads: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things  I choose you, Sorcerer And I don't see a mini-supplement but see an RPG that is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2010 Lo.Ste.Pelle: Secret of the Bullet Dance [SS/2022]
Hi people! Me again... eheheh... sorry, but i want to share all new stuffs, and learn more in the process... Look, i have just created this secret for my Character…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Lo.Ste.Pelle, Eero Tuovinen.

9/1/2010 Coplantor: [Eclectic Project] A multi genre game idea
Trying to make everybody happy around the gaming table I once thought of a joke campaign for a d20 game with all the pretty things my players wanted. What was…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Coplantor, chronoplasm, Skofflox, satellite12, a flight of stairs, Locke.

9/1/2010 Lo.Ste.Pelle: Objects in our CYBERPUNK ambientation...
Hello again people! (in my last topic i've forget to sorry for my elementar english)... We are playin' a CYBERPUNK ambientation of mine creation, named 2022... We were stucked with…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Lo.Ste.Pelle, Paolo D., P.Jeffries, Eero Tuovinen.

9/1/2010 Lo.Ste.Pelle: SOLAR SYSTEM IN PORTUGUESE!
Hello there! My name's Stefano Pelletti, and is a pleasure write on this marvellous RPG forum! Despite Italian, i'm living in Brazil since 2002, and i have to say that…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Lo.Ste.Pelle, Paolo D., Eero Tuovinen, jrnmariano.

9/1/2010 Daemonworks: When playtesting, please ask your players to break your game.
In other words, ask them to abuse the game mechanics in the worst ways they can come up with. It's usually annoying to play a game and discover that one…
In Playtesting
Participants: Daemonworks, Jason Pitre, David Artman, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, Anders Gabrielsson.

9/1/2010 Xeadin: [New] Magi Chronicles RPG
"If your looking for a bit of Role- Playing action, then this is the place for you! Experience the power of Role- playing like you've never witnessed before. All- new…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xeadin, greyorm.

9/1/2010 Matthew V: [Rogue] A Game Session Observed & Organizing Playtests
I had the pleasure to sit (mostly) quietly in the corner for a playtest of my game, Rogue, the other day while two gamers ran through The Initiation. This was…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matthew V.

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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9/3/2010 Gunnox: My mechanics for DrakeStrike, what do you think?
Hi I work on my FREE tabletop fantasy RPG called DrakeStrike which is set in the world of Farverden where there are 7 continents (Drakmar - Land of Dragons ,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gunnox, Noon, Ar Kayon, Vulpinoid, Anders Gabrielsson, masqueradeball, TehCodr.

9/3/2010 Galwinganoon: Map of Near for a campaign
I'm getting ready to run my first TSoY campaign next week and decided to make a map in preparation for that.  I'm sharing it here in the event that anyone…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Galwinganoon, Eero Tuovinen.

9/4/2010 resistor: [Northwest Passage] Very first thoughts
So, I've been having a brain-storm of a a concept for a game, but I don't feel like I have enough background to actually implement.  I'm particularly looking for pointers…
In First Thoughts
Participants: resistor, masqueradeball, Skofflox, Noon, Ar Kayon.

9/4/2010 masqueradeball: Cute Design challenge from Story Games
I'm probably a) taking this too seriously and b) running out of time, but I would really like this game to work. I had a cat die recently and this…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball.

9/5/2010 ravingmalcontent: [Tales of Hepian] Names for Machines
I am making a Steam Punk Themed table top RPG and I have been having one heck of a time trying to come up with better names for machines.  Especially…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ravingmalcontent, Ar Kayon, Noon.

9/5/2010 a flight of stairs: Untitled, awesome spy RPG
I was watching SALT, and at the scene where Angelina Joylene (or however you spell it) created a crude rocket launcher out of a desk leg and owned whatever generic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: a flight of stairs, Noon, chronoplasm, Magnus Pym.

9/5/2010 Justice Platt: Drifter's Escape purchasing problem
I ordered a copy of this game back in May, and have received neither the book nor any acknowledgement of my order or explanation of difficulties.  E-mails to taogames@gmail.com and…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Justice Platt, remi.

9/5/2010 John Stephens: [Sorcerer] Training run: London, June 1966
After my wife's brother saw us playing Tunnels & Trolls with my daughter and nephew, he started frequently expressing interest in joining the game. He's been playing Dragon Age on…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, The Dragon Master, jburneko, Paiku, Noclue, Karl.

9/5/2010 masqueradeball: My first go as a player in 4e
Actual Play Report: D&D 4e Latecomer Last night I joined in a 4e group that had been going on for some 5 to 7 sessions before I joined. The premise…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, Noon, Adam Dray, Frank Tarcikowski, Roger, VAgentZero.

9/5/2010 Noon: Biasing the moment; also mechanical spines (rather than organic ones)
I started up a play by post recently and near the start, an NPC character approaches a gap in a wall where a monster was. Da da da, it pops…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, oculusverit, masqueradeball, Anders Gabrielsson, wild_card2007, Roger, contracycle.

9/6/2010 dindenver: [MLwM] Question
So,   I played this for the first time today.   Is it normal to roll d6 for Love, Fear, Self-Loathing and Weeriness?   And, if so, is it normal…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: dindenver, Artanis, Adam Dray.

9/6/2010 DDurand: My new combat system : Need advices
Hi, Sorry for my bad english I changed home recently, more or less of life, and with all the things a start, i started to rewrite my old homebrew game.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DDurand, contracycle.

9/6/2010 TehCodr: Help with Game Idea: The Tale Of The Tears
I'm not sure if this should go here, but it's info on a game I'm creating. I'll move this post if it should be somewhere else. Please offer suggestions, I'd…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TehCodr.

9/6/2010 Shimera9: Mezzo Game System - Playtester's Wanted
Mezzo is a rpg I've been working on.  The game can perhaps best be summed up by a few key features: Emergent Characters: Character details and traits are defined…
In Game Development
Participants: Shimera9, Lance D. Allen, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2010 Eric Schwenke: Educating your group on CA to prevent premature hair-loss
Hello, I've been an on-again off-again lurker for about a decade now.  A few years ago I made a post or two in "First-Thoughts" about my quarter-baked ideas for a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric Schwenke, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Clay, Baron, davidberg, Ar Kayon.

9/7/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Pool] Ghosts & guns & bodies
Hi everyone, I'm working on a big essay about The Pool, a short game published on-line by James V. West in 2001. He had an active forum here at the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis, Frank Tarcikowski, Roger, Motipha, Noon, greyorm.

9/7/2010 a flight of stairs: Artist Plz
As you may have guessed from the subject line, I need an artist, preferably one with interests inside and outside of RPGs, although I understand that the former is this…
In Connections
Participants: a flight of stairs.

9/7/2010 psychomatic: Hitchhikers Guide Universe
Yo im new. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is my favorite science fiction series in the world. Its my favorite series in general in the world. Iv'e read every douglas…
In First Thoughts
Participants: psychomatic, Vulpinoid, Ar Kayon, DDurand.

9/7/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing a new series of interviews
Greetings from the ENnies! This is a quick announcement to let you know about the new weekly series on the site. I have been interviewing past nominees and winners of…
In Conventions
Participants: reveal, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Lukuls the Savage and troubles
So I played S/lay w/Me with Carly over the weekend. She's not particularly new to roleplaying since she's in my Apocalypse World game that's been going on for a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

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