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5/30/2011 Kanosint: Mini-games within an existing system: Is it doable?
Greetings, kind comrades Today I would wish to consider a rare mechanic. Certainly, I never saw it before. Still, I think it could be interesting. As you might have guessed…
In Game Development
Participants: Kanosint, Matthew V, Catelf, Warrior Monk, JSDiamond, Anders Gabrielsson.

5/29/2011 carshow2: DitV - Rules Clarification - "De-escalate"
Question both for the esteemed designer and those who've done this in the past: Is it possible to start a conflict at physical (or fightin' or gunfightin') and then to…
In lumpley games
Participants: carshow2, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6.

5/29/2011 Matthew V: [Beloved] In a dream ... II (split)
I'm quite happily married and have no qualms about this game. As others have mentioned, it seems riskily shallow or even rediculous on the surface, but when I poked a…
In Game Development
Participants: Matthew V, Noon, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

5/27/2011 New Fire: Narrative Mechanic Ideas
Greetings, all. I am currently designing a fantasy RPG set in a fictional world based on Aztec, Maya, and other Mesoamerican mythologies (here is a link to the game website:…
In Game Development
Participants: New Fire, stefoid, Warrior Monk, Abkajud.

5/26/2011 Aetius: [Trollbabe] "Aestethic" Magic
Hi to all. Recently, on GenteCheGioca, we are discussing about magic and its uses in Trollbabe, and I've decidede to come to the origin, to clarify some of my doubts…
In Adept Press
Participants: Aetius, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

5/26/2011 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Trauma and celebration
[b]Trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse of children.[/b] In the thread Poison'd: [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31331.0]cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?[/url], Ron addressed my struggles with hitting [url=http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=32]I Will Not Abandon You[/url]…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.

5/25/2011 Clout: [Clout] Prototype rules
Hi guys. I've read these forums for a while and just registered to post a link to my blog, where the pdf of my prototype ruleset is hosted.  It's just…
In Game Development
Participants: Clout, Noon.

5/24/2011 Ron Edwards: Ethical moderation issue
So, the question is whether I'm going to request the Forge community not to link to Torrent or other similar sites/services. I'm not laying judgment down on any current threads.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, lumpley, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic, Paolo D., contracycle, Ben Lehman, Matthew V, Rafu, Eliarhiman6, M. J. Young, epweissengruber.

5/24/2011 Catelf: [Streed Rpg] Idea confusion.
I am troubled. I have so many ideas, and i essentially wants to possibly turn all of them into Rpg's. I have tried to summarize my preferred genres(i got some…
In Game Development
Participants: Catelf, DarkHawkPro, Warrior Monk.

5/24/2011 Altaem: [FitV] First impressions using the Dogs in the Vineyard System
I'm GMing a session of FitV (Dogs in the Vineyard, Firefly Verse) and things aren't going that great.  My story is hanging together quite well, but the DotV engine is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Altaem, Noclue, Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards, Dan Maruschak, Noon, Abkajud, mark2v.

5/24/2011 The Traveller: Codex Imaginata
Hello, I'm setting up a new RPG, Codex Imaginata, free to play for all, and I hope I'm in the right forum. This will be a generic system with several…
In Game Development
Participants: The Traveller, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, Malckuss.

5/24/2011 joewolz: 2 GMs, 1 Mic
Howdy, I'm one of the hosts of 2 Gms, 1 Mic, a new podcast about GMing.  One of the segments we have is "Favorite game of the week" and this…
In lumpley games
Participants: joewolz, lumpley.

5/23/2011 Noon: [D&D4E] Some WOTC encounters
For awhile now I've been playing at one of those D&D game nights WOTC kind of organises and provides the adventure material for at various game stores. I have to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon, Vulpinoid, Jeff B, Anders Gabrielsson, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Balesir, happysmellyfish, mark2v.

5/22/2011 daranp: Awakened Earth
Now that I've finally published ParaSpace, I am in the process of getting all the material together with a view to publishing Awakened Earth. Awakened Earth is set in a…
In Game Development
Participants: daranp.

5/22/2011 stefoid: [INGENERO] second draft available. How does it grab you?
I think Ive got some stuff going on with this game. http://ingenero.wordpress.com/ Heres the spiel. I would love to get some feedback on this from other designers and Ron particularly,…
In Game Development
Participants: stefoid.

5/22/2011 wholeridge: Virtual Experience
With regard to the discussion of John Kim's "Story and Narrative Paradigms in Role-Playing Games"      http://www.indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=8546.0 I wrote: Kim's description of the "Virtual Experience" player fits me very…
In Actual Play
Participants: wholeridge, Jeff B, lumpley, Caldis.

5/21/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria RPG Released May 30th 2011.
A while back Ron said i could announce the arrival of my game here. I realise that this is not a site purely for advertising one's product, so anyone that…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games, Mike Sugarbaker.

5/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [Winter phase] Publisher forums drawdown
Hi, Back when Vincent and I scaled down the forums for the Winter phase, my idea was to take down all the publisher forums with the exception of his and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

5/18/2011 Seamus: Ink Density Problem for Lightning Source
Hello, I have a problem with one of our covers which will be printed using lightning source. They changed their total ink coverage (also heard this called ink density) to…
In Publishing
Participants: Seamus, Vulpinoid, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen.

5/18/2011 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] Escalating in dice but not in the fiction
I was reading this recent thread:  questions on Raises and Sees, and that made me think again about the "seeing a specific arena means escalating to it" rule (it's…
In lumpley games
Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Noclue, Artanis.

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5/30/2011 stefoid: No investigations? III (split)
I ran a 'mystery game' last night where the PCs were MI6 operatives sent to Rome to find out what some known SS operatives from the occult arm of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: stefoid, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards, D.R. Clifford, Noclue.

5/31/2011 lumpley: Winterizing: Forum Closed
If you have questions or comments about my games, please bring them to my new forum, barf forth apocalyptica. Thanks! I'll see you there. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

6/1/2011 jburneko: [The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor] Automated Relationship Drama
At Gamex 2011 I ran a game of The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor (which itself is a version of Monsters & Other Childish Things). What I want to know…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, stefoid, Vulpinoid, Noclue.

6/3/2011 carshow2: (DitV) Bitterwater
Well, I've never posted an AP anywhere before, but my loosely organized group(s) are trying to get more awesome in our games. I play in a couple groups and there's…
In Actual Play
Participants: carshow2, Web_Weaver, luminos, Noon, Artanis.

6/4/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria is Go!
Beta release version 1.0 is available for purchase and download from the Stregoneria website:- www.stregoneriarpg.com Please note the following points before considering purchasing:- 1) The website does not allow for…
In Publishing
Participants: Stregheria Games.

6/5/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: [Dresden Files] It‘s not Zilch play, but what is it?
I played Dresden Files on a convention the other day. It was my first real FATE game. I did like it quite well, temporary aspects were nice and consequences are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, stefoid, Noclue, Noon, epweissengruber, Abkajud, Warrior Monk, Roger, wholeridge, Paolo D., Dan Maruschak, sirogit, ShallowThoughts, Anders Gabrielsson, pawsplay.

6/5/2011 Icel: Playtesting "Legend"
Hello, I've been working on a small scale combat resolution system for the past couple of years, and it was available for the public for more then a year now.…
In Game Development
Participants: Icel.

6/6/2011 SamSlayde: Looking for feedback towards a game in an early state
Hello everyone, I'm just looking for some feedback on a little RPG I put together over the weekend. It's called the Less-Dice system, and the rules as of right now…
In Game Development
Participants: SamSlayde, Noon, D.R. Clifford.

6/6/2011 voidgere: Ars Arcanum
I have been an observer of this site for some time now.  Only recently have I had enough material, I feel, to post here and get some reviews.  I have…
In Game Development
Participants: voidgere, John Michael Crovis.

6/6/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria Beta Version 1.01 Now Free!
Yep, that's right folks. This game needs to be tested by a decent amount of players before it's printed in dead-tree format, so as of now, the pdf is absolutely…
In Game Development
Participants: Stregheria Games, John Michael Crovis.

6/7/2011 ODDin: [Project Dreamland] Looking for playtesters
Project Dreamland is a role-playing game I've been working on with a good friend of mine for about two years now, and now we're looking for playtesters. What Is Project…
In Publishing
Participants: ODDin.

6/8/2011 davidberg: [Within My Clutches] golf club domination, mansion bison, death & taxes
This is a report on the first playtest of Within My Clutches, which I created for the April 2011 Ronnies (thread here). Here's the current draft of the rules. For…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, Hailen.

6/8/2011 Ron Edwards: Upcoming: a few weeks in Sweden
Hi everyone, Again, I'm planning for a big trip to Sweden with my family, this time from about June 22 through July 12. For those of you who don't know,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, John Stephens.

6/8/2011 Ron Edwards: Three games about religion
Last fall, I conformed to a common stereotype about men in their mid-40s and apparently became obsessed with matters of religion. Its roots lie in my work on Shahida but…
In Game Development
Participants: Ron Edwards, Abkajud, Lavinia, epweissengruber, davidberg, Noon, JSDiamond, Anders Gabrielsson, Marshall Burns, contracycle, hansel, MatrixGamer, ejh, ADGBoss, graypawn, Alfryd, sirogit, clukemula, LandonSuffered.

6/8/2011 Paul Czege: anxieties about death at the core of Ophite
Ron, Now seeing the text of Ophite again I remember what I wanted to say about it. As a former, more anxious than inspired Catholic who's now an atheist of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2011 Jbmannon: Boarsdraft Playtest Available
Boarsdraft is a game where you play teen witches and wizards trying to make friends, learn spells and pass classes while evil tries to destroy your school, friends, and life. …
In Publishing
Participants: Jbmannon, Hailen, Ron Edwards.

6/11/2011 hardcoremoose: [WFRP 3E] Under The Chaos Moon
Hey all! I've been vacillating on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3E for a while. Despite being a fan of the setting and color elements (especially the first edition roleplay stuff), and…
In Actual Play
Participants: hardcoremoose, contracycle, Noon.

6/14/2011 sackodragons: Untitled
Hey everyone, Have been playing since 94' and this I have to admit is my first forum post on any rpg site! Kicked grade school's ass, destroyed college and now…
In Publishing
Participants: sackodragons, hix, Ron Edwards, ODDin.

6/16/2011 Eternally Lost Zeppo: [Primetime Adventures] 'Series Reboot'?
Hi, I'm Rob, technically new to the forums even though I think I've had an account here for a while. I've got a question about an idea I'm working on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eternally Lost Zeppo, Chris_Chinn.

6/16/2011 BubbaBrown: System Reference Examination
I have condensed a system reference document of my game system:  It's been trimmed to the very basics and essentials. It is a system intended to be modular and malleable,…
In Game Development
Participants: BubbaBrown, John Michael Crovis.

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