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3/23/2011 Ron Edwards: [Anathema] Blood on our hands
Hello, So I finally got to play it! Phil, Crystal, Sam, and James joined me at the Dice Dojo to check it out. I oversaw character creation very precisely by…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards, Janussary, pkalata, Ghostlight Games, davidberg.

3/22/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe vs Trollbabe
A question that did come up in the Italian forum: Two Trollbabes are fighting against each other. The situation is the one addressed in page 83 (page 132 of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/22/2011 Melinglor: Poison'd: cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?
So, I GMed my first (one-shot) game of Poison'd a couple of weeks ago. I'm planning on running a con game this week, so I thought I'd take a look…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, hix, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

3/22/2011 Natespank: [D&D/Rifts Style Games] DM burnout- what's a DM get out of it?
Recently I've been reading "Reality is Broken" and it's pointed out a few things that interest me. The author defines a game as something with 4 characteristics: 1- A goal…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, stefoid, Noon, Chris_Chinn, Caldis, contracycle, Roger.

3/21/2011 simon_hibbs: Evil Influences on player characters
So I'm working on a diceless Lord of the Rings game and have completed one playtest run. I've also used the same system for a non-LoTR one-off game. It uses…
In Game Development
Participants: simon_hibbs, stefoid, contracycle, dindenver, Gwynplaine.

3/21/2011 MichMash: On hooks, sinks and postmodern storytelling
Hi all, I'm a GM/DM who recently turned to GURPS... In our playgroup we used to play D&D 3.0 and later 3.5, we tried 4th edition - didn't liked it,…
In Actual Play
Participants: MichMash, Chris_Chinn.

3/21/2011 SAW: [DitV] A Mod: Tension in place of Demonic Influence
So, I've been making way my through some RPG books lately, including Wolsung and Mouse Guard, and as I've been doing that, I couldn't help but have a couple of…
In lumpley games
Participants: SAW.

3/20/2011 thadrine: [ONLINE] Indie Games, bi-weekly, EST on Sat/Sun
die Games on Demand, Bi-Weekly ONLINE game PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS EVENT!!!!!!! {sethblevins through gmail} This is something that I do on occasion for special…
In Actual Play
Participants: thadrine, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2011 jenn: Anyone playing Sorcerer online?
Are there any online Sorcerer games I could look at or join?  PBEM, forum, or even a MUSH/MUD based on Sorcerer would be interesting.  Thanks!   - Jenn
In Adept Press
Participants: jenn, Trevis Martin.

3/19/2011 Chris Chambers: Quick question
I was looking at incorporating a previously published system as my system mechanic,however I cannot find who owns the property now or how to contact them.  The system in question…
In Publishing
Participants: Chris Chambers, KeithBVaughn.

3/19/2011 Narmical: [AW] The Rules for GMing are Magic
I just started GMing Apocalypse Word. I was GMing as part of my preparing for interviewing Vincent Baker about the game. Because of this reason, i followed the rules of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Narmical, Eliarhiman6, Chris_Chinn, stefoid.

3/19/2011 Unforgivingmuse: Tefr -Prelude
I started a thread about narrative gameplay in the actual play section. Here I'd like to get some feedback on the Tefr system I've been using to do that. The…
In Game Development
Participants: Unforgivingmuse, johnthedm7000.

3/17/2011 davidberg: [Memory Quest] grand theft masterpiece; first contact
Two nights ago, I got to try Memory Quest for the first time.  It was definitely a unique social experience.  I've never had a roleplaying session like it. It worked…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, baxil.

3/17/2011 davide.losito: [Knights of Twilight] revisioned
[url=http://www.webinprogress.it/transfer/KnightsTwlg.pdf]Alpha version 0.2[/url] For those who never read this game rules, this is a game about fencing. It explores the actions of Knights, corrupted by some dark power that helps…
In Game Development
Participants: davide.losito, Rafu, voidgere, Ron Edwards, Paolo D..

3/17/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions V: conflicts and authority
Other questions! (I used two thread to be able to use a more descriptive thread subject) 1) Often, it' not simple to judge the right Action Type.  Sometimes there is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions IV: places, scenes and turns
New questions! Places: 1) What IS the map of Trollabe? It's the map of the entire world? So the entire world is made "of fjords, mists, twisted trees, and frozen…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2011 Jonathan Walton: Fantastic New Printing Option: Scoutbooks.com
So I've been watching the awesome folks at <a href="http://www.pinballpublishing.com/">Pinball Publishing</a> for a long time.  They're an eco-friendly print shop based in Portland and do really amazing work with 100%…
In Publishing
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Jason Pitre, Airafice, Vulpinoid, CSBone.

3/16/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions III: backstory and content authority
Hi Ron! I am still mulling over the last reply in the "Barrage II" thread, but meanwhile, let's attack the backlog of question that surfaced in play... In this thread,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2011 thousandlegs: Wanting to buy Universalis; waiting list?
I first wrote down "buy Universalis" several years ago, and then life intervened. Now a friend and I really both want to buy the book, but it's out of stock…
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Participants: thousandlegs, juliusz, Eero Tuovinen, jjafuller.

3/16/2011 F33: How do you Die?
Currently, I am working on a game that uses a system of d6 dice for attacks and skill checks. If your level in Strength is 2, you roll 2d6 for…
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Participants: F33, SteveCooper, Ron Edwards, davide.losito, Enker.

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3/24/2011 Mauro: [Trollbabe] Fighting without hurting?
This is a doubt coming from Gente che Gioca, where Moreno said that "it's not mandatory, in a Fight, hurting or killing someone"; this somewhat startled me, because I remembered…
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Participants: Mauro, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2011 Alfryd: Finding El-Dorado in the Zombie Apocalypse
This is gonna take a little while for me to go over, so bear with me. A couple a' months back now, me and a few semi-regular players were playing…
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Participants: Alfryd, Roger, contracycle, Frank Tarcikowski, stefoid, Caldis.

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Greetings! My name is Jason Caminsky and I am currently designing a fantasy RPG known as New Fire. It's an adventure game set in a fictional world based on the…
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Participants: New Fire, Chris_Chinn.

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3/26/2011 chronoplasm: Question Regarding a Rule
[quote= "Ron Edwards"] Some available document is absolutely required, preferably through a link. If I don't see that, then your thread gets bumped to the Inactive File, do not pass…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Ron Edwards.

3/27/2011 Chris_Chinn: [Mouse Guard] Sadie's Bridge
We just finished our second session of Mouse Guard, which has been a ton of fun.  We initially planned on doing a one-shot, but we're going to extend for a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris_Chinn, Narmical, James_Nostack.

3/27/2011 KeithBVaughn: Creating a Website???
To the Group, I'm asking for a few resources and some of your hard earned experience. I'm getting ready to release a game and want to set up some form…
In Publishing
Participants: KeithBVaughn, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid.

3/27/2011 stefoid: [ingenero] invoking mechanics that dont change the fictional situation
My game uses 'plays' in conflict situations, which is: to do something, the player must describe the characters intended actions as "what, how and why".  i.e.  "Jack is going to…
In Game Development
Participants: stefoid, davidberg, happysmellyfish, Paul Czege.

3/8/2011 Enker: Re: I don't know where to start...
I personally like some flavour text before entering the main book. Perhaps a single page story or moment within the head of a character in the games world setting that…
In Publishing
Participants: Enker, Airafice, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2011 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Miyazaki + Wuxia + Westmark = Druids! (one-sheet help)
Though I haven't played Sorcerer in four years, it remains one of my favorite game, and periodically I get the urge to run it again.  Now's such a time, and…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

3/29/2011 Narmical: [DitV / AW] Looking at your NPCs though cross hairs
I just started running a game of Dogs in the Vineyard last night and I wanted to share some play experience and some insights I had thats colored by my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Narmical, Web_Weaver.

3/30/2011 theweirdn8: 2D Game Marketing Survey, Results will be released soon!
I had no idea where to put this, I was expecting a general discussions for Game Design and Distribution Board, but the Independent Publishing seems best. I'm conducting a survey…
In Publishing
Participants: theweirdn8, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2011 Davik of Kent: Fantasy Map Collection
I am publishing my Fantasy Map Collection on CD and also making it available for download via my website. The actual CD is listed in my eBay store here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fantasy-Maps-and-Tiles-CD-D-D-RPG-Pathfinder-/360355100424?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e6d67708.…
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Participants: Davik of Kent, Ghostlight Games.

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