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4/3/2011 abjourne: The Framing of Story
I've been developing/playing a rpg for years now. I've been "GMing" most of that time, recently One of the players has taken over that responsibility. Mechanically / Stylishly he's fine…
In Game Development
Participants: abjourne, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2011 Danny2050: Fraxion Payments II (split)
Hi Folks, things have been proceeding a pace at Fraxion Payments. We have recently released the ability to assign royalty slices to others for articles on your web sites. The…
In Publishing
Participants: Danny2050, Ron Edwards.

4/1/2011 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies 2011] April round begins
Wheeee! I must be cuckoo starting this on a Friday, with practically no internet access until Monday. But so long as you all know that, that's OK by me. Well,…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Willow, Ben Lehman, Ghostlight Games, valiance, misterecho, charlesperez, jackson_tegu, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, jburneko, Doug Law, Thunder_God, baxil, whduryea.

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.…
In Publishing
Participants: Davik of Kent, Ghostlight Games.

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.

3/29/2011 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.

3/28/2011 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.

3/8/2011 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.

3/27/2011 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.

3/27/2011 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 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.

3/26/2011 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…
In Site Discussion
Participants: chronoplasm, Ron Edwards.

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4/4/2011 abjourne: A Noobs Impression
I've recently played a few games of Dogs (as a player) & found the concept & setting to be fascinating but, I noticed that the systems decidedly vague trait mechanics…
In lumpley games
Participants: abjourne, Eero Tuovinen, baxil, Chris_Chinn, Adam Dray.

4/5/2011 abjourne: Combat Resources [R2L]
Combat Resources While developing a fantasy rpg I devised a damage resource model I’d like some feedback on. The game uses a point mechanic to perform actions.…
In Game Development
Participants: abjourne, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, Gwynplaine.

4/5/2011 Paolo D.: [TWoN] About Pere-di-fey
Hi guys, these days I'm playing as SG in a small TWoN campaign, settled in the sea between Ammeni and Pere-di-fey. We are REALLY enjoing this "culture intersection" and the…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paolo D., Eero Tuovinen, Heikki Hallamaa.

4/5/2011 killxo: Project Exodium
http://projectexodium.wordpress.com/ i began work on Exodium in mid February of 2011. it started off as just an idea for an mmo, i was simply coming up with concepts and ideas.…
In Game Development
Participants: killxo, Ron Edwards, Noon, Daniel36.

4/6/2011 otto: Register at the Archive is disabled
Hi all, I have been trying to register at the Archives for a while in order to be able to search for threads. But, "Sorry, registration is currently disabled." Is…
In Site Discussion
Participants: otto, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, lumpley.

4/8/2011 Irminsul: Expectations, Authority, and SIS Clash
So we are playing Apocalypse World and it is great fun… now. We’ve played 3 sessions, I think? And I’m starting to think I may take my RP games too…
In Actual Play
Participants: Irminsul, stefoid, hix, savagehominid, epweissengruber.

4/9/2011 pjtanton: Developing a Game Setting
I've been developing a setting and system for some time and would like to get feedback from those interested in doing so. The link I've provided is to my recent…
In Game Development
Participants: pjtanton, Chris_Chinn, contracycle.

4/9/2011 baxil: April round: Themes
Still haven't seen much talk about the new round of games, so here's a conversation starter. February's entrants really were remarkable in their ... not similarity, exactly, but in the…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: baxil, Thunder_God, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, stefoid, contracycle, davidberg.

4/9/2011 B4GD: The Great Social Shakedown
I've been reading Heroic Worlds  from Lawrence Schick for some projects unrelated to playing games. Insomuch that i've spent a large portion of my life devoted to studying society in…
In Actual Play
Participants: B4GD, 5niper9, Noon, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards.

4/9/2011 Gwynplaine: A game of monsters?
I am in the process of developing a game and thought that it would be nice to get some feedback from other people who are interested in similar. The links…
In Game Development
Participants: Gwynplaine, baxil.

4/9/2011 MiniTurtle: Group Gathering
Hello, I am starting an online game development group. I am searching for member's. We are going to create an multiplayer space ship game for group practice. Can not give…
In Game Development
Participants: MiniTurtle, Ron Edwards.

4/11/2011 MacLeod: Dice and Rolling Them: Simple Questions
I'm just trying to get a basic mechanic implemented in this design so I can go ahead with all the fun ideas I have floating around my mind. The following…
In Game Development
Participants: MacLeod, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn.

4/11/2011 Ron Edwards: Ronnies 2011, Round three results
It's true: there's a certain similarity across this round of entries. Last time there was a weird compatibility across a variety of different games; here, it's almost as if everyone…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Tokala, Ben Lehman, Ross Cowman, Andreas Eriksson, Elizabeth, jackson_tegu, baxil.

4/11/2011 Bez Bezson: No abstract discussion?
Hi, I've been reading through some of the posts, and I've been slightly confused as to a couple of things. From what I can tell, if it's about a specific…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bez Bezson, Ron Edwards.

4/11/2011 Galwinganoon: Our Travels in Near
I like to read about other peoples' play experiences in TSoY, so in the spirit of fairness, I'm posting ours... Anyway, I recenlty finished running my first TSoY campaign.  It…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Galwinganoon, Eero Tuovinen.

4/11/2011 Ross Cowman: Queens of Time and Space
It was nice to come back to my design after the 24 design-a-thon and look at it with fresh eyes. Here is the pdf. http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/queens-of-time-and-space In particular Ron had a…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ross Cowman, Ben Lehman, baxil, Mike Sugarbaker, Rafu, Roger, Ron Edwards.

4/11/2011 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer & Sword] Prep Time!
Doing Sorcerer again; hopefully it'll last more than a few sessions this time!  We had the first pre-play session last night, and I think it went very well, but I…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Roger.

4/12/2011 Dan Maruschak: [Brick & Mortar: Last of the Independents]
[url=http://www.danmaruschak.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Brick-and-Mortar-rev001.pdf]Brick & Mortar: Last of the Independents[/url] I haven't had great luck getting inspired by these “groups of words” design contests, especially in terms of coming up with games of…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Dan Maruschak, baxil, Ron Edwards, stefoid, happysmellyfish.

4/12/2011 CSBone: [Nanolite6] From Ronnie to reality… in 5 years… or so…
This weekend I got a table at UBCon 22: Eternal Struggle 2011 and sold 40 (HOLY SHIT!!?!?!?!) copies of my game engine Nonolite6. With the 10 copies I comp-ed to…
In Publishing
Participants: CSBone, JackTheOwner, Gregor Hutton, Ghostlight Games.

4/12/2011 Josef Wilhelm: [DitV] Play-by-Post
I recently picked up DitV, and ran a couple of RL sessions, which were fantastic. Now I'm planning to attempt to run one over on http://www.myth-weavers.com/forumhome.php, and was wondering if…
In lumpley games
Participants: Josef Wilhelm, Eliarhiman6.

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