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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 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.

11/3/2010 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.

11/2/2010 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.

11/2/2010 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 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 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 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.

11/1/2010 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.

11/1/2010 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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

10/30/2010 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.

10/29/2010 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.

10/29/2010 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: 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 Ron Edwards: [Bliss Stage] Kids having kids
The latest Dice Dojo game will probably go into further sessions as well, as we made a very solid start. Playing are me, Sam, Shweta (her first-ever RPG session!), Jake,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, pkalata, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Chris_Chinn, SamuelRiv.

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11/5/2010 Musashi74: Playtesters Wanted - Death Frenzy: Chambara RPG
I've been working on a card-based RPG for some time tentatively called 'Death Frenzy' (this is a working title that will likely change). Death Frenzy is based on Japanese period…
In Connections
Participants: Musashi74, Ron Edwards.

11/6/2010 Danny2050: Self Publish with Fraxion Payments
Hi folks. I've been roleplaying since shortly after the first D&D brown box was published. I have played a number of indie games and I am a big fan of…
In Publishing
Participants: Danny2050, mreuther, preludetotheend.

11/6/2010 Noon: Extreme Vengeance - Skyclad
I did actually play extreme vengence years back, not too long after getting it. Actually, I'll stick in the caveat I do these days on 'I played X' : I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon.

11/6/2010 Eric_from_LA: Wanted: Playtesters for SuperHero game.
Hello Everyone I am currently in beta-plus testing of a superhero role rlaying game and am in need of some more playtesters. If this interest you please drop me a…
In Connections
Participants: Eric_from_LA, Tazio Bettin.

11/7/2010 Nigel: Capes still available for download?
Hey, I was wondering if Capes was still available for download orders. I am a bit hesitant to order through the website without confirmation as there is no email address…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Nigel, Nocker.

11/7/2010 sproket: Goldchest
Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for a while - I decided to be brave enough to post now. :) I've been working for about a year on a new…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sproket, Ron Edwards.

11/7/2010 CardinalXimenes: Wanted: Playtesters for Stars Without Number, sci-fi sandbox game
Hello, all. I'm looking for playtester feedback on Stars Without Number, a retroclone-inspired sci-fi game that I built to experiment with some ideas about how to mechanically support a sandbox-style…
In Connections
Participants: CardinalXimenes.

11/8/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Corruption
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread 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 Wounds and Hit Point Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30615.0 I have the basics on the corruption mechanic for my roleplaying game.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leovaunt, Ar Kayon, davidberg.

11/8/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Spell Casting Systems
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread 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 Wounds and Hit Point Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30615.0 Corruption System Note: This has some relation to this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30657.0 Keshan…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Leovaunt, Ar Kayon.

11/8/2010 Artanis: [BtI] Rules clarification
Hello Emily I've played Breaking the Ice two and two thirds times, and have played the first date of a new story with my girlfriend (with whom I've already played…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Artanis, Emily Care.

11/9/2010 Sapiento: Frog God Games seaches reviewers.
Frog God Games http://www.talesofthefroggod.com/index.php is searching for reviewers for their recent products (pdf), mostly Pathfinder. If you are interested please send an email to Bill Webb: bill at talesofthefroggod dot…
In Connections
Participants: Sapiento.

11/10/2010 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe barrage of questions: help!
Hi! The Italian edition of Trollbabe was published ten days ago, translated by me, and now people are asking all kind of questions in our forum about the rules. Some…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

11/10/2010 Superior POD: Blank Chipboard Game Counters now available at Superior POD
Blank Chipboard Game Counters now available at Superior POD Call them counters, call them chits....  whatever you call them we now manufacture them and offer them for sale. This first…
In Connections
Participants: Superior POD.

11/10/2010 Bloomfield: [Mars Colony] The corporations will be our doom
I had a chance to play Mars Colony tonight. I took pretty careful notes, and here is a report of how it went, followed by some thoughts about the game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bloomfield, iluxan, Tim C Koppang.

11/10/2010 bryantpauljohnson: Freelance Illustrator for Hire
I'm a freelance illustrator and cartoonist always looking for something interesting on the horizon. I've illustrated a couple of games (Bone Wars: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology and Reiner Knizia's…
In Connections
Participants: bryantpauljohnson, aaron illustration.

11/10/2010 epweissengruber: Wanted: Play-by-post Playtesters for "In this Sign, Conquer"
I am hoping to get 8 persons to help me work out the conflict and scene mechanics for ItSiC. The central visual display for the conflict and various modes for…
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/10/2010 Abkajud: Ancient Rome, Lead Poisoning, and Violence
[x-posted at story-games.com] I got sucked back into Adult Swim's delightful game Viva Caligula, and an idea struck me. - Your character is a resident of ancient Rome. You're either…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Abkajud, Vulpinoid, Magnus Pym, Airafice.

11/11/2010 iluxan: Need advice - How to get non-gamers into a story game?
[Cross-Post from story-games - http://story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=13332&page=1 ] [I hope that's not a faux-pas.  I just really want to run a game this Saturday, so I'd like to get as much advice…
In Actual Play
Participants: iluxan, Eliarhiman6, Chris_Chinn, David Artman, Noon, Clay, Cliff H, Ron Edwards.

11/12/2010 TrollSlayer: Large-scale battles?
Hello, I've been designing a comedy/satire RPG based on the characters being "cannon-fodder". The general feel of the game is meant to be of insignificance: think of one of the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: TrollSlayer, Ar Kayon, flossy, Noon, mreuther, contracycle, NN.

11/12/2010 Kadski: (D20) Shadow Walkers
Shadow Walkers The once great Land of Helvakia is overrun with the black plague, a disease that wracks the mind and soul with visions from the outer planes, a world…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kadski, Chris_Chinn, Noon.

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