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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 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.

4/11/2011 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.

4/11/2011 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 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 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 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 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.

4/9/2011 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.

4/9/2011 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 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 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 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.

4/8/2011 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.

4/6/2011 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.

4/5/2011 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.

4/5/2011 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 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.

4/4/2011 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.

4/1/2011 stefoid: No investigations? II (split)
Im dredging this up again, because Im about to GM a game that will have some mystery in it, which I guess all games do to a certain extent, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: stefoid, Ron Edwards, Alfryd, NN, contracycle, Gwynplaine, simon_hibbs, Gryffudd, Warrior Monk, Noon.

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4/13/2011 hix: [The Strongest Link] Some initial thoughts
Out of this month's Ronnies entries, I was most interested to read The Strongest Link, a game about group decision-making. This is a topic I'd like to write design a…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, PaulVogt.

4/13/2011 buffaloraven: Announcing Fall of Granada by Dionysius Games
Hey folks, first foray into non-Game Chef posting! Fall of Granada, my submission for Game Chef 2010, has been vastly improved and is at the printers as we speak!  I…
In Publishing
Participants: buffaloraven, Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

4/13/2011 Ben Lehman: [Camwhores] Analysis
So I have a non-neutral perspective with regard to Camwhores, first because Elizabeth is my friend and showed me the game as it was in progress, but also because it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ben Lehman, Elizabeth, Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games.

4/13/2011 Rafu: Ron on the "GM"?
I remember reading some classic thread where Ron broke the traditional "GM" role apart into constituent functions/roles. Unfortunately, it appears I didn't bookmark it, and I can't remember the thread…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Rafu, hix, Eliarhiman6.

4/13/2011 DarkHawkPro: Mythos Saga A TRPG
Hey folks.  Alright, i'm new to "The Forge" but my current group of helpers have become greatly unavailable to help with with development.  So i'm turning to the online community. …
In Game Development
Participants: DarkHawkPro, F33, Thriff, Ckelm, Noon.

4/14/2011 CSBone: [Nanolite6] Space Rangers sometimes fail but the game didn't
I want to show how the game plays by writing up the best demo session from UBCon22. This was a bit unusual because the person I was demoing for wanted…
In Actual Play
Participants: CSBone, Ghostlight Games.

4/14/2011 Edge0618: Changing the perspective of game and character creation.
I have been a gamer on and off for 26 years and with  all games rpgs. The character creation comes first. As I became a more mature gamer meta gaming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Edge0618, DarkHawkPro, davide.losito, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin, epweissengruber, D.R. Clifford, jsmorrison55.

4/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Shackled Self] Ronnies feedback
I placed Raffaele Manzo's The Shackled Self into my "ferment" category, meaning that I think its system does not live up to the potential of the content. And here by…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Rafu, baxil.

4/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [Homage to Ninshubar] Ronnies feedback
Ben Lehman's Homage to Ninshubar wins a Ronny! The terms are right there on target, and it's instructive to consider the listed references. I think as it currently stands it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

4/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Beholden] Ronnies feedback
Baxil's Beholden is a Runner-Up this round. For the record, an adaptation of someone else's game is a viable design approach; some of the best games out there started life…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, baxil, Ben Lehman.

4/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Her Son] Ronnies feedback
I would love to see Jackson Tegu's Her Son as its own custom card game of some kind, given some design refinement, probably next to a similarly-packaged final version of…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Tales of Lust] Ronnies feedback
Andreas Eriksson's Tales of Lust wins a Ronny! As with Homage to Ninshubar, the game is in such a playtestable state that I have only a few comments at this…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Andreas Eriksson.

4/18/2011 Vanoj: [Poison'd] Hugely successful first session
I was a bit anxious about running Poison'd. I'd read a lot of threads in which seasoned indie folks expressed befuddlement. But, from reading those, I figured that there was…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vanoj, lumpley.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [Queen of Thorns] Ronnies feedback
Eric Boyd's Queen of Thorns is probably the best entry for me to explain what I mean by a design that needs some fermentation. Both the Ronnies terms and the…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eric J. Boyd, Tim C Koppang.

4/18/2011 szp: Psychological randomness
When I was stuck in Korea last summer, I had come up with an idea for a game about dreams and psychological healing that I finally got around to committing…
In Game Development
Participants: szp, DarkHawkPro, baxil, K.Hoffren, Tokala.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [You Are My Destiny] Ronnies feedback
Guy Shalev's You Are My Destiny is a Runner-Up, and a very near one. I ultimately found myself confused by too many procedural details, unable to imagine presenting it to…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Jason Petrasko.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [In Exile] Ronnies feedback
Jacob Bouvier's In Exile, Queens of Time and Space, and Queen of Thorns make an interesting trilogy: respectively, restoring a deposed queen who is still very much the leader, serving…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tokala.

4/19/2011 Galwinganoon: TSoY PBP?
So, I've tried to play D&D on a forum before and it went reasonably well...  Until we got into combat.  A single combat encounter (even an unimportant encounter) took about…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Galwinganoon, Eero Tuovinen.

4/19/2011 Ron Edwards: [Within My Clutches] Ronnies feedback
I placed David Berg's Within My Clutches as a Runner-Up. My take on the terms is that lust and chains are near-synonyms, making the game about one thing rather than…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, davidberg.

4/24/2011 two_fishes: Dogs in the Vineyard Modern Cop Drama
It occurred to me that DitV would be a great vehicle for a Detective Drama RPG, like The Wire, Lethal Weapon, or maybe even the Dirty Harry movies. Two players…
In lumpley games
Participants: two_fishes, Josef Wilhelm.

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