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2/19/2012 CipherJonathan: The Matrix Unplugged [Text-Based MMO]
Hi all! I've been working on a Matrix-themed, browser/text-based MMORPG using PHP/MySQL for a few months now, and I recently released a public alpha demo. It currently has a small…
In Game Development
Participants: CipherJonathan.

2/14/2012 Ben Lehman: [ANIMAL CRIME] Shipping out boxed sets + webcomic
Hi folks! I just released a new game, ANIMAL CRIME, which I'm doing a lot of new publishing things with, from its origin on Kickstarter to producing a boxed set…
In Publishing
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, reaction, hansel.

2/14/2012 Blackrat: Story Now in a one-on-one setup
This is more of a request for actual play experiences than a report of them; I hope that fits within the spirit of the guidelines. Due to the busy schedules…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blackrat, Eliarhiman6, Abkajud, Mel_White.

2/13/2012 Hasimir0: Right name for the Right way
I need a bit of help in defining 3 terms for my game (Tactical Ops) Think of them as attributes you roll if you make your PC behave in a…
In Game Development
Participants: Hasimir0, Sp4m, Marshall Burns, Noon, way, jalinde, Sintua, thedroid, dindenver, storyteller, JoyWriter.

2/12/2012 Zjou: [DitV] this town.../back to GM'ing
Cheers from Italy everyone, first post for me after years of reading... :) Also first role-playing-game (of Dogs) in a long long time, coming up next week... Bit of introduction:…
In lumpley games
Participants: Zjou.

2/11/2012 dugfromthearth: simple (that's what they all say) social encounter system for an RPG
I am working on my rpg. I have a combat system that I will post later - it is a very stripped down version of 4e that lets you build…
In Game Development
Participants: dugfromthearth, davidberg, stefoid.

2/11/2012 Sp4m: [Evil High] Public Release. Ready for Peer Review.
Hello Forum! I am pleased to announce that my game "Evil High" has been released to my website, www.goodideagames.com. Players are would-be Super Villains, in a special high school for…
In Game Development
Participants: Sp4m, stefoid.

2/11/2012 Thomas Lawrence: Gossip Girl: The Unauthorised RPG
Call it GG-RPG. Here's the text thus far as a Google Doc. If you've never seen the show or read the books, Gossip Girl is a teen drama on the…
In Game Development
Participants: Thomas Lawrence, vithofnir, JoyWriter.

2/10/2012 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Alpha rules updated to v0.200
I've updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.200. The major changes are: • Switched page format to US Letter (reluctantly) • Removed the damage section from monsters…
In Game Development
Participants: Justin Halliday.

2/8/2012 Hasimir0: Tactical Ops RPG
Hi :-) I'm developing a game called Tactical Ops RPG. The game is complete and playable, but I still consider it in the Alpha stage of playtesting. The game will…
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Participants: Hasimir0, stefoid.

2/8/2012 infected: Opinions requested on indie RPG/skirmish
Hey guys (and gals) I’m new here and found the forum/site because I was looking though Google for advice with testing/publishing my own RPG/skirmish game. I have had a read…
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Participants: infected, dugfromthearth, Sp4m, DWeird, bosky.

2/5/2012 JMendes: [Solar System] Agora - A home-brew Space Opera setting
Hey, fellas, :) (Cross-posted from Story Games.) It's been a long (looooong) time since I've posted here, and even when I was active, I was never all that well-known, but…
In Publishing
Participants: JMendes.

2/4/2012 Some Gamer666: Game Close to Completion: Sales and distribution question.
Don't now what area to post in.  Don't know if there is even a "place" within this forum to post.  My game is still in development (I Guess), but it…
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Participants: Some Gamer666, Thriff, stefoid, davidberg, Eero Tuovinen.

1/22/2012 Vile: account management questions II
I notice the 'Modify Profile' box only has an 'Account Related Settings' link. I'd like to change my signature, but that doesn't seem to be an option. Is this because…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Vile.

2/2/2012 Certified: Beyond Drive Thru
So, it's been a while since I posted but I'm finally gearing up for the launch of Fractured Kingdom (http://www.fk.housedok.com/) and 'm wondering what the pros and cons of going…
In Publishing
Participants: Certified, Eero Tuovinen.

2/2/2012 Eero Tuovinen: [Mars Colony] The Man Out of Time
Maracon is a great gaming convention for me, being as how it's small enough to ensure that I don't work all through it. This time around it was small enough,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Tim C Koppang.

2/1/2012 Justin Halliday: RPG Monster Art Kickstarter drive
Just a quick heads-up to all you guys out there who are working on your own fantasy role-playing systems. There's a kickstarter funding drive up right now to create a…
In Publishing
Participants: Justin Halliday.

1/31/2012 jalinde: LARP Ruleset Development - Quickdraw
I'm working on a LARP ruleset that simpifies rules interactions within the game format. As such, I'm drawing from a FATE-esque narrative thing which I am calling 'Threads'  which make…
In Game Development
Participants: jalinde, Thriff.

1/31/2012 masqueradeball: The One Ring, Last Night
So, tonight I played The One Ring for the first time. Just thought I'd record a few responses: * Character creation is fast and gives you a lot of canned…
In Actual Play
Participants: masqueradeball, Mel_White.

1/31/2012 Velexia: Project Vex - RPG System - Combat Rules
[b][u]Project Vex[/u][/b] is a working title for a role playing game system I have been developing since 2005.  It has undergone many changes since its inception, and has seen not…
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Participants: Velexia, Thriff.

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2/23/2012 OptimGameStudio: Our new game: Tavern Of Heroes
Hey, we're a small indie team working on our first game called "Tavern Of Heroes". http://optim-gamestudio.posterous.com/ Here's some sneak peek of what you'll find on our blog: http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-06/mzteBpjsHtbBHwIIsvyDyvrdIqoawtItgsdwwzawBjkqvJEapcmbItsunDmt/Frostfire.png http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-06/EesCaHnxgFByABxnwJilarresawBivfAtjgGesuwjifwFzgFjjsobBCfxfJe/Bandit.png http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-03/lmdGACalAhmywtaFntuDFioCGfGgkepGbqtgecqGApyCmbgIiJraGlgyaCFf/standright_01.png…
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Participants: OptimGameStudio.

2/23/2012 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Solo adventure available for playtesting and feedback
The alpha version of the first solo adventure for Heroes Against Darkness, The Sundered Tower, is now up on the rules and downloads page of the website. The solo adventure…
In Game Development
Participants: Justin Halliday.

2/23/2012 Nocker: [DitV] Conflict questions and Dogs one-shots
First, some questions on Conflicts. 1) Do you express the stakes as binary questions, or just as a concept that is at stake ? More "Do you save Sister Patience…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nocker, Eliarhiman6.

2/24/2012 Escova12: Lovecraft in the Mausoleum (DitV Mod)
Hi all,     Here is a little modified version of Dogs in the Vineyard I designed for a Lovecraftian/Eldritch/Dark supernatural campaign. Hope you guys like it! Comments welcome! PS:…
In Game Development
Participants: Escova12.

2/24/2012 thedroid: New dice mechanic?
I know there are games that use a "blackjack" dice method where you try to roll between two numbers, but are there any that use multiple rolls in this fashion:…
In Game Development
Participants: thedroid, Certified, Escova12, storyteller, Christoph, Silverwave, Ron Edwards.

2/25/2012 Otsego: OGL?
Hello there, I'm just a guy looking to develop a P&P RPG, and right now I'm curious about the Open Gaming Licence that WOTC has. I've read the thing, and…
In Publishing
Participants: Otsego, Justin Halliday, dindenver, robobot, BunniRabbi, jerry.

2/25/2012 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria Final Release Version 2.0 Available for Free Download.
Hello fellow forge members, Stregoneria final release version 2.0 is available for free download from: www.stregoneriarpg.com. It has been streamlined and reformatted. As always, feel free to ask questions about…
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Participants: Stregheria Games.

2/28/2012 Motipha: [IAWA] Mid-dice negotiation and shifting loyalties
Cross-posted from Barf Forth Apocalyptica: http://apocalypse-world.com/forums/index.php?topic=2359.0 Ok, so this is a complicated situation.  We have three PC's: Tabni-Ishtar, Goddess of Fertility and the Harvest.  She wants to get rid of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Motipha, lumpley.

2/29/2012 New Fire: Need crowd funding advice and examples to follow
Hello, everyone! My name is Jason and I am an indie game developer working on a game called New Fire. It's a fantasy RPG set in a world inspired by…
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Participants: New Fire, Mike Sugarbaker.

2/29/2012 Escova12: [Ditv] Lovecraft in the Mausoleum
Hi all,     Here is a little modified version of Dogs in the Vineyard I designed for a Lovecraftian/Eldritch/Dark supernatural campaign. Hope you guys like it! Comments welcome! PS:…
In lumpley games
Participants: Escova12.

2/29/2012 Escova12: Getting a Job at a RPG Company (Looking for recommendations)
Hi all,   I am an avid, long time gamer. For a while now, I have been realizing that I would like to make rpg creation, promotion, and such an…
In Publishing
Participants: Escova12, hansel, Eero Tuovinen, Pelgrane, Finarvyn, Elizabeth, Ghostlight Games.

2/29/2012 Hasimir0: [Tactical Ops] enforcing the Setting
In Tactical Ops the world around the PCs is pretty much 100% produced by all the Players at the table. I'm working on a way to allow for a "Canon…
In Game Development
Participants: Hasimir0, Sp4m, storyteller, dindenver, David Artman, tymotzues.

3/1/2012 Sp4m: Analog Game Development News? Is there any?
This isn't exactly "game development" related, but this is the best place I could think of to ask. I'm looking for news sites or blogs that talk about developments in…
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Participants: Sp4m, Ron Edwards.

3/2/2012 amazingrobots: [The Boy and The Girl] Die sizes could be an issue.
So, I've got a game here. It's an Apocalypse World hack for just two players. It's an adventure game about children on the run, in a quest that's beyond them.…
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Participants: amazingrobots, stefoid, Sp4m, Anders Gabrielsson, storyteller.

3/4/2012 Snake_Eyes: Looking for collaborators for a (Hybrid) Tabletop and Miniatures FRPG.
I am looking for help and feedback on a game I am in the process of making, it is a work in progress. MARS is a Miniature Action Role-play System,…
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Participants: Snake_Eyes, Sp4m.

3/5/2012 Certified: Concept Little Green %@$^@%^$
A fan of bad 80's movies today I had an idea for a beer and pretzels game. The concept is simple your character is an average person in an average…
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Participants: Certified, Hasimir0.

3/5/2012 TheDarkness73: [Nobilis] Starting a new game, looking for people
Okay, so I want to start a game of nobilis. I don't have too much experience, but I have a lot of the book memorized. I also have skype if…
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Participants: TheDarkness73, hansel.

3/6/2012 penumbra: Need proofreaders for a gothic role playing game (already released in spanish)
Hi, My name is Javier CUesta, I recently completed and released the spanish version of a new gothic role playing game called "Penumbra: the gothis post-apocalyptic role playing game" (But…
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Participants: penumbra.

3/9/2012 smccd: Clasic console development dev kits, samples (Nintendo, Sega, Atari, etc.)
Hello, Over the past year, I have been gathering dev kits for classic consoles from around the net, fixing them up to get them in a working state, and then…
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Participants: smccd.

3/11/2012 JSchwag: Oracle Online
I've been developing a game in C# on and off for about a month now. I thought i'd upload a screenshot to see if there's any interest here. Screenshots: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/screenieb.jpg/…
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Participants: JSchwag, hansel.

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