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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.

3/19/2012 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.

3/19/2012 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 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.

3/16/2012 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.

3/16/2012 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.

3/7/2012 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 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.

3/15/2012 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.

3/14/2012 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.

3/13/2012 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.

3/12/2012 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.

3/11/2012 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/…
In Game Development
Participants: JSchwag, hansel.

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.

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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.

3/23/2012 gtroc: Criterion City: First Go Round
Hi Every one. I have just started working on the mechanics for a new game and I would like to here what you thnk. its a bit vague as of…
In Game Development
Participants: gtroc.

3/28/2012 lumpley: Mobile Frame Zero forum
Hello! Schoon has launched a forum for Mobile Frame Zero (née Mechaton): The Mobile Frame Hangar. Bring your MFØ talk and I'll see you there. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, David Artman.

3/29/2012 Ranxerox: [DitV] What else have you got?
After hearing DitV mentioned in a favorable way several times a Dundracon, I decided to pick up a copy.  So I take a copy home and am reading it and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ranxerox, opsneakie, Gordon C. Landis.

3/30/2012 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Huge revision, updated to v0.244!
I've updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.244. This is a huge revision of the rules, and incorporates many of the significant changes I've been discussing on…
In Game Development
Participants: Justin Halliday.

3/31/2012 gtroc: Criterion City V001
I have finished the first draft of Criterion City. I feel my writing is not as strong as it could be. Also I have only play tested a couple of…
In Game Development
Participants: gtroc, Sp4m.

4/2/2012 davidberg: [Pitfighter] SBP: reward system options
Hello, I've been recounting some key features of the d20-based homebrew Pitfighter game I ran in college here in Actual Play, to serve as a springboard for discussing ways in…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, mael.rimbault, JoyWriter, Anders Gabrielsson.

4/2/2012 Razarion: Real time Browser strategy game in development
We are developping browser based real time strategy game. http://www.razarion.com Please give us some feedback How well does it work in your browser What do you think about the…
In Game Development
Participants: Razarion, Sp4m.

4/2/2012 MatrixGamer: HG Well Floor Games like game - Once upon a time in Bosnia...
ONCER UPON A TIME IN BOSNIA I ran this game at the Seven Years War Association Convention in South Bend Indiana on March 31st 2012. The SYWA con is the…
In Actual Play
Participants: MatrixGamer.

4/2/2012 Jonathan Walton: Welcome to Game Chef 2012
Hey Folks, We're super psyched to bring you Game Chef one final time on the Forge. Our team this year, aside from me, includes Mike "Original Master Chef" Holmes and…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, MrLax, Sp4m, UserClone, devlin1, Gandalf Jones, jackvice, Gryffudd, Mike Holmes, jakevettori, gtroc, davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, mrteapot, Thomas Lawrence, Stan, PeterBB, Troy_Costisick.

4/4/2012 b.greco: Heroes of Abstrata
After three years of self development on this homebrew system I've been working on for years, I realized I'd like to make it into something more legit. However, I've hit…
In Game Development
Participants: b.greco, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2012 Jonathan Walton: Tap-in Thread
So back in the day we always had a "tap-in" thread for Game Chef, where prospective chefs declared their intention to participate.  Let's see how many folks are game this…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Nathan P., AsthmaticHamster, Sp4m, David Artman, gtroc, dindenver, Rishi, Gandalf Jones, Gryffudd, CajunNate, devlin1, davidberg, jackvice, MrLax, anders_larsen, baxil, Fractal Advocate, dkadera, ThoughtCheck, Aniventerie, tor, PeterBB, whiteknife, ekb, UserClone, mrteapot, cjbowser, The Engnine, branches, Thomas Lawrence, JeffR, princess_r, mael.rimbault, desiderata, BlazmoIntoWowee, Lavinia, Jason Pitre, Mike Holmes, OrionCanning, Michael S. Miller, Bryant, Stan, jackson_tegu, Jason Petrasko, WPTunes, C. Edwards, Charles Boucher, Tokala, osaka, jjspackle, quad, anansi, Troy_Costisick, Dev, raga, GreatWolf, Snake_Eyes, jscag, Melinglor, dmkdesigns, JTColeman, Teataine, captain.boozer, Mathalus, whduryea.

4/4/2012 Jonathan Walton: Alumni Reports
Our fifth alumni report was posted this morning and we have at last 5 more in various stages of being ready for release. Personally, I think it's been fun to…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Rishi, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., jackvice.

4/5/2012 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Beta Rules Released...
I promised that Beta was right around the corner, and here it is.  I've updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness rules to Beta (v0.255): http://heroesagainstdarkness.blogspot.com.au/p/game-rules-download.html Those who've been checking out…
In Game Development
Participants: Justin Halliday.

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