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2/10/2011 happysmellyfish: [Gems] Slapstick Heist
Okay, I've got a terrible habit of clashing with The Ronnies, but you can download Gems at... http://www.mediafire.com/?b23i33au266k66u I was thinking tonight about why Secret Hearts hit a design wall.…
In Game Development
Participants: happysmellyfish.

2/9/2011 Grimcleaver: Upcoming Playtest Looking for Product in Development
(Hey sorry if this is in the wrong place, I just figured it would get the eyeballs of the folks I need.) Grimcleaver here. We've got a group of three…
In Game Development
Participants: Grimcleaver, Ron Edwards, Parylus, davidberg, Ghostlight Games.

2/9/2011 Gregor Hutton: [Realization Dawning] Questions and Missing Pieces, oh and the Mood Meter
So, I was over seeing Joe Prince on Monday night and after we played some Dragon vs The Gun (another Ronnies entry from 2005) we talked a little about Realization…
In Game Development
Participants: Gregor Hutton, davidberg, Ron Edwards.

2/9/2011 Parylus: [APEX] Free Universal System Feedback
Hey Forge! I'd like to get some feedback on my new system called the Adaptable Play Engine v10, or APEX for short. It's a free, simple set of universal mechanics…
In Game Development
Participants: Parylus, SteveCooper, Chris_Chinn, Ghostlight Games, Dr. Velocity.

2/9/2011 Troy_Costisick: The Standard Rants
Heya, There was a tradition in the RPG Theory forum for members to vent their thoughts on game design and game play in what was known as a "Standard Rant."…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Eliarhiman6, Neil the Wimp.

2/9/2011 stefoid: [ingenero] creative tension
Hi, I got sidetracked going from wushu -> traits in general -> creative tension at this link  http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=390 Still havent resolved my initial problem but thats by the by. Creative…
In Game Development
Participants: stefoid, chronoplasm, czipeter, Mike Sugarbaker, Graham Walmsley, contracycle, simon_hibbs.

2/8/2011 Demiurges: [Innommable] how to make theme exploration prevalent ?
Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself, my name is Frédéric, I work on a few french independent games influenced by your incredible creations and theories. I participate at the forum…
In Game Development
Participants: Demiurges, Noon, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

2/7/2011 davidberg: [The Eye in the Pyramid] how to document ad-lib without stalling play?
[url=http://www.shrikedesign.com/games/The_Eye_in_the_Pyramid_v4.pdf]The Eye in the Pyramid - latest rules text PDF[/url] And, if anyone's curious, here's the [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31091.0]first playtest report[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30958]Ronnies feedback thread[/url], and the [url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-eye-in-the-pyramid]original rules text[/url]. The first playtest…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, happysmellyfish, baxil.

2/6/2011 Jason Pitre: Setting your own Stakes
I have been pondering a new design which would be focused on supporting adventurer-scientists, from victorian naturalists to pulp archaeologists, modern tenure track scientists or post-apocalyptic holders of knowledge.  In…
In Game Development
Participants: Jason Pitre, walruz, Vanoj, Eliarhiman6, dindenver.

2/6/2011 chronoplasm: [AD&D] Second Time DM'ing
As the great blizzard trapped myself and three of my friends in my apartment, I decided to help pass the time by running a game of first edition AD&D. James…
In Actual Play
Participants: chronoplasm.

2/6/2011 Natespank: [gamist RPGs] Player Driven Games and
Hey guys, Some of my favorite computer games are , , , , , , Left 4…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, Bret Gillan, Cliff H, Ghostlight Games, stefoid, Caldis, Dantai, Noon, contracycle.

2/6/2011 Natespank: [D&D 4e] Attrition in RPGs
In D&D 4e you can fight a room full of bears, get mauled, narrowly survive, nap for 6 hours, stretch, and climb out of bed good as new. To me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, Noon, Nathan P..

2/6/2011 Natespank: [D&D 4e] Character Death and TPKs
Hey guys! I suspect that PC deaths in many RPGs sometimes hurts the game. In many cases it strongly rewards me to play the same character from the campaign's start…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, Noon, chronoplasm, Ron Edwards, RichD, Ghostlight Games, Chris_Chinn, spindoc.

2/6/2011 Natespank: Why do you like to design and run games?
I'm thinking about games with a game master/designer who runs the game for the "players." What do you guys get out of game mastering? What do you like about it?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games.

2/6/2011 Vanoj: [Old School Hack] Rules-driven Character Investment in B3
We played our first game of Old School Hack tonight. I'm a mid-twenties GM who started out on D&D3.5 and moved from there to indie stuff (e.g., Dogs in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Vanoj, Noon, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, James_Nostack, timmy2383.

2/6/2011 Natespank: account management questions
I was unsure where to post this. Is there an section of this site where I can adjust user settings? What I have in mind is a signature, a box…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Natespank, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2011 GarretTeldt: [d20 Modern] Adding mechanics
I've been reflecting over my (admittedly short) time playing d20 Modern and Mutants and Masterminds and decided some of the mechanics required serious overhaul to reflect the more realistic, fast-paced…
In Game Development
Participants: GarretTeldt, Noon, SteveCooper, Ghostlight Games.

2/4/2011 BunniRabbi: Wargame Testers
(I'm hoping this is in the right section, because the better place for it seems to be under "Connections", but there isn't an apparent way to post there.) I'm looking…
In Publishing
Participants: BunniRabbi, Ron Edwards.

2/4/2011 happysmellyfish: [Secret Hearts] Looking for feedback and play-testers
Hiya Forge! After a whole bunch of grunt work, version 0.3 of Secret Hearts can be downloaded at http://www.mediafire.com/?a60zrghkexk3n4m. This is a huge step up from the other versions, largely…
In Game Development
Participants: happysmellyfish.

2/3/2011 Ron Edwards: [RONNIES 2011] February round begins
Submission period: either one week from today at the time of this posting, or 24 hours from when I announce the ninth submission here. 1. Pick two (and only two)…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gryffudd, Vulpinoid, stefoid.

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2/10/2011 Ron Edwards: [They Became Flesh] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/they-became-flesh]They Became Flesh[/url][/b] by Elizabeth Sampat is a Runner-Up, and as is so often the case with that designation, exceeds one or more of the actual Ronnies winners (in all…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Elizabeth, jburneko, whduryea.

2/10/2011 stefoid: Angels in February games
I didnt get the Angels thing at all -- just didnt occur to me, I looked at wings and thought "wtf?  Obviously every 2nd entry is going to be about…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: stefoid, baxil, Nathan P., Kensan_Oni, AyeGill, Ron Edwards, Willow, Elizabeth, whduryea, Ghostlight Games, Gryffudd, Ben Lehman.

2/11/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-secret-lives-of-serial-killers]The Secret Lives of Serial Killers[/url][/b] by Willow Palecek wins a Ronny. My notes actually put it this way: "All right, you win the Ronny, you depraved [expletive]." And they…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, stefoid, Willow, Ghostlight Games, whduryea, Noon, baxil, davidberg, Ian Charvill, Paolo D., Nathan P., Elizabeth, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6, Kensan_Oni, Thunder_God, tzirtzi.

2/11/2011 Gregor Hutton: [Mars Colony] On the Edge of Success
Hey, everybody. As my original thread has now tumbled down page 2 of AP I thought I'd start a new one and link to the old one. So, Mars…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Tim C Koppang.

2/12/2011 Ron Edwards: [Wings of Blood] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/wings-of-blood]Wings of Blood[/url][/b] by Paolo Davolio ... Holy cow, googly eyed spike-backed freaky reptile dudes, all drawn by Ralph Bakshi's herpetological evil twin! For example ... [i]I was born on…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paolo D., stefoid.

2/10/2011 davidberg: More reflections on round two (split)
I'm really curious to see what folks did with Whisper.  I couldn't get away from it as "information asymmetry as a core dynamic of play".  It took me forever to…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: davidberg, whduryea, Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Ghostlight Games, Elizabeth.

2/13/2011 Ron Edwards: [Deathbird Black] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/deathbird-black]Deathbird Black[/url][/b] by Baxil is priceless! Ever since reading [b][url=http://indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=12933.0][Middle Earth - home brew] 1st day in July 4 week of play[/url][/b], I've wanted to see a frenzied and fun…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, whduryea, davidberg, Nathan P., Elizabeth, baxil.

2/13/2011 baxil: [Deathbird Black] The story behind the game
So Deathbird Black won a Ronnie, and the discussion thread barely has time to hit the forum before there's six replies.  Eek. Before I start responding there to any of…
In Actual Play
Participants: baxil.

2/13/2011 Alfryd: Dragon Age RPG: musings on a once-off.
This session was actually preparation for a con demo that the GM hoped to run at WarpCon (read all about it,) but I don't want to give real names here,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alfryd, Noon, Ghostlight Games, Eero Tuovinen.

2/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [Moral Dawn] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/moral-dawn]Moral Dawn[/url][/b] by Eigil Rischel presents the flip side of They Became Flesh, both in concept (humans who are maybe angels) and in personal crisis (there is no climactic end-state).…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, AyeGill.

2/14/2011 vellu82: [Solar System] Extended Conflict with teams
Hi Eero. I've just few questions about the teams in extended conflict: how does it work? Only a team member can make Harm check, while the others make parallel or…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: vellu82, Eero Tuovinen, Galwinganoon.

2/14/2011 Cliff H: [Keen Edge of History] Second Playtest
A last minute cancellation in our regular game opened up the possibility to give this game a second whirl. This time, things didn't hold up nearly as well, though I'm…
In Game Development
Participants: Cliff H, contracycle, happysmellyfish, Altaem, Bret Gillan.

2/14/2011 Ron Edwards: curses
Apparently I made some kind of error with my flash drive, and the files I worked on so hard over the weekend are not available on it. More Ronnies threads…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/14/2011 Grimcleaver: [D&D] Editions, Metacosmology and Setting
I've been playing D&D over various editions pretty much since red box (though those were childhood memories, really). My fullest intereaction with the game has been since the black 2nd…
In Actual Play
Participants: Grimcleaver, Natespank, Ron Edwards, davidberg, epweissengruber, Caldis, contracycle, masqueradeball.

2/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [Cold Soldier] "... every scheme of his heart's devising ..."
Hello, Peter and I played Cold Soldier at the Dice Dojo! For those of you following the Dice Dojo game threads, you might recall that I've written about the strong…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards, pkalata, Bret Gillan, Tim C Koppang.

2/14/2011 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Guilty Moneybags play session on The Gutter Skypes
The Gutter Skypes did a game of Guilty Moneybags - one of my murder mystery binder folio games from last Gen Con. I'm listening to it now and it sounds…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

2/14/2011 Prunella Frump: Need New Web Site Feedback
I have recently launched a new web site for Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century. I am looking for some feedback on the new site. Send anything you have to me:…
In Publishing
Participants: Prunella Frump, Ghostlight Games, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, davidberg.

2/15/2011 stefoid: Uncle Louis update (split)
Am updating Uncle Louis -- sent new version to the site.
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: stefoid, baxil.

2/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Haunted] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/haunted]Haunted[/url][/b] by Jesse Burneko is one of those newspaper on the nose Runners-Up for me, in that I was writing things on my copy like "good!" "strong!" and so on,…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko.

2/13/2011 Ghostlight Games: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Playtest
I "played" this recently with my regular gaming group. I was ostensibly an audience member but I kind of wound up as a co-facilitator at the end. (For the final…
In Game Development
Participants: Ghostlight Games, Willow, mccleverly, johnthedm7000, Ron Edwards, Noon, jburneko, stefoid, tzirtzi.

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