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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…
In Game Development
Participants: smccd.

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…
In Game Development
Participants: penumbra.

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…
In Actual Play
Participants: TheDarkness73, hansel.

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…
In Game Development
Participants: Certified, Hasimir0.

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,…
In Game Development
Participants: Snake_Eyes, Sp4m.

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.…
In Game Development
Participants: amazingrobots, stefoid, Sp4m, Anders Gabrielsson, storyteller.

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…
In Game Development
Participants: Sp4m, Ron Edwards.

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.

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 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 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…
In Publishing
Participants: New Fire, Mike Sugarbaker.

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.

2/25/2012 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…
In Game Development
Participants: Stregheria Games.

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.

2/24/2012 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.

2/24/2012 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.

2/23/2012 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.

2/23/2012 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 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…
In Game Development
Participants: OptimGameStudio.

2/20/2012 wicked.fable: [God-king] Playtest Release
[center][url=http://bit.ly/wEUt6t][img]http://spiffup.org/godking/cover.png[/img][/url] [url=http://bit.ly/wEUt6t]God-king[/url][/center] Hey Forgers, I have put up a playtest release of my game, God-king. It is a game that is focused on collaborative storytelling and, as such, offers mechanics…
In Game Development
Participants: wicked.fable, stefoid, storyteller, My Precious.

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3/12/2012 Eliarhiman6: Distribution, the three-tier system, sales, and poison pages
A friend of mine asked me about some links about the problems and failures of the "traditional" distribution system.  Instead of sending the by email I thought that it would…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6.

3/13/2012 Motipha: [Apocalypse World] The Leviathan
So I'm on a podcast where three of the four hosts all game with each other on as part of our normal gaming group.  We recently finished an 8 session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Motipha.

3/14/2012 storyteller: Silicon Children
so I am working on a new game. I have been a gamer for almost 30 years, I have written a dozen or so unpublished games over the years. I…
In Game Development
Participants: storyteller.

3/15/2012 Sp4m: Computer Driven Social Games. Are there any?
Does anyone know if this frontier has been hit yet? Can you give me some examples? I'm not talking about computerized board games. Here’s my thoughts… Computer games are fantastic…
In Game Development
Participants: Sp4m.

3/16/2012 tymotzues: Can I get a topic started for a published game?
Hi guys so my game is now published and I'd like to get a topic started under the published section so that I could try to get feedback on problems…
In Site Discussion
Participants: tymotzues, hix, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2012 ckucsera: Re: Buying my games
What is the turnaround time for orders of Sorcerer+? Placed an order on Feb 27th. I did receive an email from Paypal that the payment was received, but I haven't…
In Adept Press
Participants: ckucsera, greyorm, Ron Edwards, David Artman, chrishen.

3/16/2012 kensanata: One Page Dungeon Contest 2012
[b][url=http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/DungeonMaps/One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_2012]One Page Dungeon Contest 2012[/url][/b]! [b]Dates[/b]: Submission [b]deadline is April 30[/b], 0:00 GMT (Monday evening). If you live West of Greenwich, you will have to send in your submission a…
In Publishing
Participants: kensanata.

3/16/2012 mael.rimbault: "The Right to Dream", game preparation, reward system, and my experience
Hello all, First, I need to warn you : I am French, so while I will do my best with my poor English to be clear, I may fail. If…
In Actual Play
Participants: mael.rimbault, Eliarhiman6, davidberg, Marshall Burns.

3/19/2012 arscott: Announcing PolyPrize -- an independent game design competition
Hi everyone.  I thought you'd like to know about the game design competition our convention is holding this year. The rules are below, and I'd be happy to answer any…
In Publishing
Participants: arscott.

3/19/2012 tymotzues: Crossing the Bridge without feeding the Trolls
So Ron finally found my post a home (thanks Ron) and I've got a lot to get off my chest, but some quick background first. Over 30 years ago I…
In Publishing
Participants: tymotzues, Ron Edwards, davidberg, guildofblades.

3/19/2012 My Precious: What is the biggest hole that needs to be filled in the RPG industry?
Hi all. Longtime lurker, first post. I hope this is the appropriate forum for this topic. What, in your opinion, is the biggest hole in the RPG market? When I…
In Publishing
Participants: My Precious, Ron Edwards, Pelgrane, davidberg, tymotzues, jerry, dindenver.

3/20/2012 Ron Edwards: The Winter Phase and the end of the Forge forums
Ye Olde Winter is drawing to a close ... let's see, if I remember correctly, the original Hephaestus' Forge went live in the fall of 1999, and the forums of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Ghostlight Games, David Artman.

3/20/2012 Bret Gillan: [Lamentations of the Flame Princess] Dungeon Crawl Tension
I have never gotten to play classic dungeon crawls! I grew up in a household where D&D was forbidden, so I learned about roleplaying through other games like Marvel Superheroes,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Noon.

3/20/2012 Christoph: Free Spacer Excerpt 1 - Chargen Chapter
So I've been working on an Indie Sci-fi RPG for... way too long... now. I have a beta excerpt from the book it is only the 30 page Commissioning (Chargen)…
In Game Development
Participants: Christoph, My Precious, storyteller.

3/21/2012 storyteller: equating adjectives to numbers
so I see the occasional chart that describes what numbers mean and I have briefly seen while browsing the racks a system based on words, but I wanted to explore…
In Game Development
Participants: storyteller.

3/21/2012 Emily Care: State of the indie publisher
Hey there, Thinking about work that's to be done before the end of the Forge forums, I'd like to hear about the state of independent publishing and publishers as it…
In Publishing
Participants: Emily Care, tymotzues, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Bret Gillan, RobNJ, soviet, Marshall Burns, guildofblades, Graham Walmsley, Andy Kitkowski, Elizabeth, Tim C Koppang, Frank Tarcikowski, Matt.

3/23/2012 opsneakie: (High Fantasy) First Thoughts for a new system
Okay, I'll try to keep myself organized, but this is my first post to the Forge in some time (last time I was posting in First Thoughts, which looks like…
In Game Development
Participants: opsneakie, Ron Edwards, Alfryd, ShallowThoughts.

3/23/2012 davidberg: idea for a new Endeavor
Hi Ron & Vincent, Two months probably isn't enough time, but what the heck, I'd like to give it a shot. I think it'd be fun to do a group…
In Site Discussion
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, mael.rimbault, Dan Maruschak.

3/23/2012 tymotzues: Satisfying the curious
Hello folks So I've recently published my first game Ascendancy - Rogue Marshal It's doing ok so far, enough sales and interest to keep me happy, however, there are those…
In Actual Play
Participants: tymotzues, Eero Tuovinen, Chris_Chinn, davidberg.

3/23/2012 tymotzues: Satisfying the curious - examples of play
EXAMPLE PASSIVE ACTIVITY Rithanas is searching a library for a reference that he needs in order to continue his investigation into the Torgen’mae ‘WhiteBlood’. This reference is obscure and the…
In Actual Play
Participants: tymotzues, davidberg, epweissengruber.

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