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10/29/2010 lopes-gabriel: [S/Lay w/Me] AP - O herdeiro e a prometida para o rei dos vermes [Portuguese]
This is an AP of S/Lay w/ Me in Portuguese and small review of the game http://www.paragons.com.br/slaywme-heroimonstroamante/ I would like to have time to translate it. Sorry :)
In Adept Press
Participants: lopes-gabriel, Ron Edwards.

10/29/2010 M. J. Young: Ubercon XIII
I'm planning to be there next weekend, if all goes well.  I don't know if anyone else here will be, but I'm usually pretty prominent.  I don't yet have my…
In Conventions
Participants: M. J. Young.

10/29/2010 Superior POD: Superior Print On Demand
While we have been around for a while, I just discovered this forum. I thought I would introduce our services if anyone is in need of a Print On Demand…
In Connections
Participants: Superior POD.

10/29/2010 Ron Edwards: [FreeMarket] Trouble with something
Uh-oh. This is one of those times I have to come clean about why a game didn't go so well. Or in this case, why I'm not entirely sure what…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, epweissengruber, davidberg, jenskot, meganjank, Courage75, Vox, Luke.

10/29/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Exchange / Justifiers] Great the second time around too
At the Dice Dojo, I GM'd two sessions of the same combination I described in The right game with the right setting, of the Justifiers setting…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, SamuelRiv, Motipha, Vox.

10/28/2010 JMendes: [AW] How to shoot people in the face, or elsewhere
Hey, :) Quick question: how does one resolve the simple act of a PC shooting an NPC in the face when we don't really want anything from them? Three choices…
In lumpley games
Participants: JMendes, Adam Dray, lumpley.

10/28/2010 epweissengruber: [In this Sign, Conquer] Toronto Area Gamers Playtest
The setting: 2nd floor of a restaurant with 5 sets of RPG ers getting down.  D&D, WoD High Fantasy, Deliria, .44, and ItSic. I am not presenting the game to…
In Game Development
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Wounds and Fatigue System
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread Note: This the Wounds and Fatigue System and Attack and Check Mechanic Threads are closesly linked http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30614.0 Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 As part of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, mreuther, Necromantis, dataweaver, Ar Kayon.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Tests and Attack Rolls
Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 In the Legacy of Heroes role-playing game, all checks (combat or out of combat) are done by making a d100 test. Most checks are made…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, Ar Kayon, mreuther, Paka.

10/28/2010 Necromantis: [A Time of Steel & Staves] Critical strikes/fails issues
So first I suppose I should start out by outlining my system's conflict resolution mechanics. Everything (or as near to it as I can) that a character decides or attempts…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromantis, Bloomfield, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Introduction/Class and Class Point Mechanic
This is my introductory post on my Legacy of Heroes role-playing game. Legacy of Heroes is a fantasy setting about exploration, warfare, political intrigue, the corruption of absolute power, fierce…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, mreuther.

10/28/2010 Noon: Musing on true solo games and writers block
I was on another forum, actually in terms of browser game design, and I decided to write a post that pitched a sort of situation and I asked what people…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Noon, mreuther, FetusCommander, masqueradeball.

10/28/2010 Chimaera: Advice for Self-Publishing
Hi,   I've developed an RPG with two others, and we are trying to figure out how to proceed with publishing.  I currently have my own publishing company which I…
In Publishing
Participants: Chimaera, Jason Pitre.

10/28/2010 sinrabies: first ever game created, feedback appreciated.
im a newcomer to both this website, tabletop game design, as well as tabletop gaming in general. first of all, i have never played an official game, only ever homebrew…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sinrabies, mreuther, Noon.

10/28/2010 Bloomfield: Mechanic for creating connections between characters, and secrets
Hi all, I'd appreciate some feedback on this idea I'd like to use for a homebrew cyberpunkish SF game. The style of the game will be open-ended with stuff happening…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bloomfield, mreuther, chronoplasm.

10/26/2010 The Dragon Master: [Tempe, AZ] Indie Explosion looking for gamers...
Thought I'd drop a line here. We've started a new gaming group that meets every Monday at 7pm at Pop Culture Paradise in Tempe, AZ to play Indie games. So…
In Conventions
Participants: The Dragon Master.

10/26/2010 Gregor Hutton: [Mars Colony]`
Last night was Glasgow Indie Gamers night, where 18 people met up for a night of Indie Games. It's the last Monday of the month in the Drum & Monkey…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, epweissengruber, Tim C Koppang.

10/26/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Spiel Essen 2010 report and afterthoughts
As discussed in the earlier thread, we did set up a Forge booth for Spiel Essen this year; I just returned from Germany yesterday and am still waiting for our…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, mreuther, Frank Tarcikowski, Artanis, PiHalbe.

10/26/2010 Lorthyne: Help With Hero's Banner
Hello all! I'm new to The Forge, although I've been playing and loving RPG's and indie RPGs for several years now. I've recently acquired a copy of Tim Kopang's excellent…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lorthyne, Chris_Chinn, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Tzuriel27.

10/25/2010 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria RPG Release Date Monday 15th November.
The pdf of the Stregoneria fantasy rpg is being released on Monday 15th November. The rule book will be published shortly afterwards once customers are happy with the electronic product.…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games, mreuther, Ron Edwards.

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10/29/2010 TrollSlayer: IRC Chat?
I heard that there was an IRC chat on the Forge... is this true? How do I find it? Thanks, TS
In Site Discussion
Participants: TrollSlayer, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards.

10/29/2010 TrollSlayer: GMing?
I've lately been GMing some RPGs. Though I do quite a bit of forethought and I come up with some nifty plot lines, I never seem to be able to…
In Actual Play
Participants: TrollSlayer, Chris_Chinn, mreuther, Noon, Ron Edwards, Ar Kayon, Daemonworks, ampetry17, Noclue, Courage75.

10/29/2010 TrollSlayer: A Bizarre Shadow game.
I recently played a half-hour Shadow game with one of my friends. Since we were only two players playing the game I was both GM and player. The game was…
In Actual Play
Participants: TrollSlayer, Ron Edwards.

10/30/2010 Roan: My Game (Obis)
I have been creating the idea of a RPG for almost 10 years now and recently (within the last year) begun my 7th version of it. The former versions were…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Roan, Noon, Chris_Chinn.

10/30/2010 mreuther: [Untitled Paranormal Romance] Playtest I
So, as mentioned elsewhere, I worked up a system to test with my group (part of anyway) this weekend. Just got back in from what proved to be an edifying…
In Game Development
Participants: mreuther, Michiel Rutte, Troy_Costisick.

10/31/2010 dataweaver: Power and Finesse
I'm experimenting with a game mechanic that's built around the idea that the core attributes come in Power/Finesse pairs, where the Power stat determines how much you can do while…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dataweaver, Necromantis.

11/1/2010 Michael S. Miller: Out, out brief candle
All good things must come to an end. Over the next few weeks, Incarnadine Press will be shutting down operations. My life has changed considerably in the last six months,…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, James_Nostack, jonmcnally.

11/1/2010 megas: WargameProject
Hi everybody, Me and my friend are developing a Turn Based Strategy game, which visually resembles Warlords III, but is much more complex in it's nature. There is a short…
In Connections
Participants: megas.

11/1/2010 Ron Edwards: The Winter of the Forge looms near
Hi everybody, I aim to move the Forge into its winter stage by the end of the year. For those of you who don't know this, I announced quite a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, joepub, Frank Tarcikowski, matthijs, VAgentZero, Teataine, Eliarhiman6, Rafu, Chris_Chinn, Artanis, Troy_Costisick, lumpley, Jono, mreuther, Tomas HVM, Ar Kayon, nikola, baxil, Emily Care, Paiku, M. J. Young, Alfryd, Noon, contracycle.

11/1/2010 Dan Maruschak: [DITV] We keep stumbling when it comes to the supernatural stuff
I am GMing a DITV game over skype with two players. After an initially rocky start (the first town I created ended up being pretty lame), I think we've got…
In lumpley games
Participants: Dan Maruschak, lumpley, Noclue, JMendes, mreuther.

11/1/2010 dindenver: [WoN] Inselbeg/Melnibone
All,   My Inselberg campaign is back on!   I will have players in a week or two, so I need to prep up!   I am going to go…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

11/2/2010 Vulpinoid: [FUBAR/WALKABOUT] An optional rule to reflect attitude/alignment
I've just written, and rewritten, this optional game rule a half dozen times. I've gotten to that point where I know what the words are meant to convey, but I've…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, Noon, mreuther, stefoid.

11/2/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [nWoD] Post-Apocalyptic Participationism in Salt Lake City
I wanted to talk a little about this session which was a major inspiration for me to start designing my new RPG. It was last year on another one of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

11/2/2010 Bloomfield: GNS - works as description, but I don't buy the prescription
First, I really don't know what I am talking about or what I think I'm doing walking into a roleplaying theory discussion. (I won't be hurt if you stop reading…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bloomfield, Caldis, Eliarhiman6, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, jburneko, Abkajud, Noon.

11/2/2010 Eliarhiman6: The forge will close down (info & background)
Following the announcement of the starting of the winter phase in the the thread The Winter of the Forge looms near, for the people baffled about the concept, I am…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

11/2/2010 Rustin: I crit his guts out
Proposal: Creative Agenda doesn’t run through. It rides on top. “Supported techniques” carry the Creative Agenda. You get supported techniques when a reactive player enthusiastically judges the technique of another…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rustin, Noon, Abkajud.

11/3/2010 higgins: Fan Mail question
Hi all! A player can: a) spend Fan Mail to get additional cards (p. 32) b) spend Fan Mail to use a Trait when the free uses are up (p.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: higgins, Welkerfan, Eero Tuovinen.

11/4/2010 Tazio Bettin: BEYOND THE MIRROR Searching for playtesters!!
Hello everyone. I am currently developing a game, and I am in need of playtesters. The game is called Beyond the Mirror, and is inspired by Philip K.Dick's novel Do…
In Connections
Participants: Tazio Bettin.

11/4/2010 Hour11: At the intersection of P&P RPG and mini Wargaming.
  So me and a couple of guys (Calling ourselves Hour11 Games) have been working on a game for a little over a year and I was wondering what people's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Hour11, Noon, Vulpinoid.

11/4/2010 Superior POD: Superior POD adds Support Forum
We have just added our own support forum at Superior POD You will find it on the website or here is a direct link: http://superiorpod.proboards.com We hope you will find…
In Connections
Participants: Superior POD.

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