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4/30/2012 Willow: Kind of Meta: Forge Midwest Blog
Hey all, I've launched a blog for Forge Midwest.  One of my motivations in doing this is to collect Actual Play reports from different groups who were at Forge Midwest,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow.

4/30/2012 jackvice: [Burning Opera] An emotional RPG set in a burning theater in Venice
Hello there folks! This year I'm really proud to say I could take part for the first time to Game Chef. After days of work and peer reviewing, Walton posted…
In Game Development
Participants: jackvice.

4/29/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Liminal] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Liminal by Robert Bruce but I wanted to post one anyway. Liminal has some really interesting ideas in it. I really like the idea…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak, Robert Bruce.

4/28/2012 stefoid: [Ingenero] The problem with big fights...
A recent playtest with Ingenero resulted in an opening battle between Nazis and MI6 agents in the Pariasian catacombs, mostly over trying to rescue a human sacrifice. Anyway, the battle…
In Game Development
Participants: stefoid, walruz.

4/28/2012 Dan Maruschak: [The Coyote Lode] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review The Coyote Lode by Troy M. Costisick but I wanted to post one anyway. This is a very complete and playable game. It obviously…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Young Turks at the Cafe] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Young Turks at the Cafe by Zachary Donovan but I wanted to post one anyway. This is an interesting premise for a game, since…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak, AsthmaticHamster.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Coyotes in Dark Alleyways] An unofficial review
[url=http://semielgames.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/coyotes-in-dark-alleyways.pdf]Coyotes in Dark Alleyways[/url] by Peter Borah (PeterBB) wasn't one of my assigned reviews, but I wanted to post a review of it anyway. Metaphorical coyotes have featured very prominently…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak, PeterBB.

4/26/2012 jburneko: Full defense debate (split)
A Note For Erik: What I'm about to say will likely muddy the waters a bit.  Feel free to ignore everything in this post for purposes of "how it works".…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, greyorm, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2012 czipeter: [My Life With Master] Not so clear for us
Hi there, We finally tried this very much praised game. I held pretty high standards for it. Then during both reading and playing some pretty fundamental problems arose. (The same…
In Actual Play
Participants: czipeter, Eliarhiman6.

4/26/2012 kksimons: RPGs designed for language learning
Hi there, So I've had the idea to do this for awhile but I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to do it for awhile. I've just…
In Game Development
Participants: kksimons, Ron Edwards, Joseph, JasonT.

4/24/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] Factions and trying to avoid Deadlands Emulation
Heya, For reference, here is the PDF Document for Game Chef. Here are the First Thread on Race and the Second Thread on Monsters for Coyote Lode. Today, I'm going…
In Game Development
Participants: Troy_Costisick, dindenver.

4/24/2012 epweissengruber: Back to Basics: Relationship of Commitment to Initial Intent and Defections
I had a good run of Sorcerer games.  But I still do not have the relationship of the mechanics down; this, despite Christopher Kubasic's notes on playing Sorcerer. Bear with…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2012 Kludgel: Writing a paper on authorship in tabletop RPGs played online
Hi, all, here's the deal: I've been playing D&D 3.5 with my brother (the DM) and a few others this semester, primarily via Google Hangouts, facebook messages, and Skype. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kludgel, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2012 davidberg: [Dead of Night] initiative -- player, not character?
Finally got to play this game!  Very neat indeed. I just want to describe one thing that went screwy: James GMing for me, Mark and Rohit.  My character was alone…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, JamesDJIII.

4/24/2012 Eliarhiman6: The Big "Stakes" Controversy
It's a FAQ, or at least it should be. Because I can't count the times I did read some actual play reports about games with explicit stake-setting before the conflicts...…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2012 Ghostwheel: What's a Good Gamist Game?
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but had a question for the people who frequent this board... I'm a first-time poster, so please be gentle :-) I've been…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ghostwheel, faux, David Artman, Ron Edwards, Noon, Eliarhiman6, Willow, Anders Gabrielsson, Marshall Burns, Miihkali, The_Mormegil.

4/23/2012 Gwynplaine: Modern Fantasy-Supernaturals Game
I’ve, vaguely, finished a game system & setting (created originally for the group I play with) and was curious as to other people’s feedback/ ideas so as to get some…
In Game Development
Participants: Gwynplaine, JoyWriter.

4/23/2012 whduryea: Mom's Basement: Game Chef Episode
Just wanted to let everyone know that Rudy (FetusCommander), Alex Swingle and I recorded a Game Chef themed podcast. Our Ronnie Awards Top 5s episodes went over pretty well, so…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: whduryea.

4/22/2012 Weber: Looking for "Star Wars: A New Hope as an example of 'non-control' gamemastering"
... or at least for the topic that the link with that name used to point to. There is a (nominal) link in the Scattershot archives under the topic "The…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Weber, Eliarhiman6.

4/21/2012 gtroc: Criterion City V002: A few CHanges
I have made a few changes to Criterion City and I would like feedback(also, an idea for a better name, I just don't think Criterion City really works). Criterion City…
In Game Development
Participants: gtroc.

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5/2/2012 Warpunk Studio: Machine: Overdrive
I have a new cyber/biopunk game out you can check out for free: http://blackdragontwo.webs.com/rulesformo.htm There is a mail order verssion advanced version too. (Hey, I guys gotta make a buck…
In Game Development
Participants: Warpunk Studio.

5/3/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Whispers in the Dark] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Whispers in the Dark by Jacob Possin, but he asked for additional feedback so I decided to post some. Whispers in the Dark starts…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak, gtroc.

5/3/2012 MLT: Lost Redemption – Free sci-fi horror download
Some weeks ago we released the 22 page short story Lost Redemption as a free pdf download. The story takes place in the Cold & Dark universe, an upcoming science…
In Game Development
Participants: MLT.

5/3/2012 Calithena: Public Domain/Free for Commercial Use Initials?
I am wondering if any of you know of or can link me to any. Thanks for any help you can provide. "Initials" in the sense I mean are the…
In Publishing
Participants: Calithena, David Artman, Eero Tuovinen, kensanata.

5/3/2012 Willow: Decoupling "Story Now" from "Narrativism," and rethinking Creative Agendas.
Recently I've been pondering the difficulty of explaining what “Narrativism” is.  Ron calls it the “least and most problematic of the creative agendas,” personally I don't see where the “least”…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, stefoid, Gordon C. Landis, Noon, Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, Marshall Burns, davidberg.

5/3/2012 hix: [Left Coast] I need to clarify 'how to GM' in Money scenes
Left Coast is my game about science fiction authors in early 1970s California. What I’m trying to do is write a set of rules that encourage exploration of the setting…
In Game Development
Participants: hix, JoyWriter.

5/4/2012 BunniRabbi: New Project
I'm rolling around an idea for something that centers around a clash between old and new, with a social justice theme.  Essentially, the setting is something like you 'standard' Tolkien-esque…
In Game Development
Participants: BunniRabbi, JoyWriter, stefoid.

5/5/2012 walruz: What happened to "First thoughts"?
Ok, I know what happened to the First Thoughts sub-forum, so I guess what I'm really asking is: Why is it archived instead of open? Since you need "something concrete"…
In Site Discussion
Participants: walruz, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6.

5/7/2012 Eliarhiman6: A few threads about... PRIMETIME ADVENTURES
Hello! One of my long-standing projects was to write a series of posts with a "best threads compilation" for a indie rpg.  None of these compilation is at this time…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Miskatonic.

5/7/2012 Porterhaus: [Apocalypse World] It brought out the best in all of us.
I have been jonesing to play Apocalypse World for over a year, and yesterday I finally played it.  It was incredible.  The game and its systems truly brought out the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Porterhaus, lumpley.

5/8/2012 Eliarhiman6: A few threads about... IT WAS A MUTUAL DECISION
Hello! One of my long-standing projects was to write a series of posts with a "best threads compilation" for a indie rpg.  None of these compilation is at this time…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2012 Gordon C. Landis: Early D&D play and "problematic procedures"
So there's an actual play post I want to get up before Winter ends (which will be in summer, I guess), but I need to work up to it.  This…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Noon, Abkajud, The_Barwickian.

5/8/2012 Ron Edwards: Finishing up
Hi, We're in the final weeks! The closure is still on schedule for June 1. I was thinking of opening a "Bye!" forum, sort of like the old Birthdays forums,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Troy_Costisick, davidberg, Artanis, Emily Care, Frank Tarcikowski, Anders Gabrielsson, Paka, Paul Czege, greyorm, Miskatonic, charlesperez, Eliarhiman6, JoyWriter, Thomas Lawrence, David Artman, Rich Forest, mael.rimbault, John Mc, Ben Lehman, VAgentZero, Andy Kitkowski, Call Me Curly, Clinton R. Nixon, Neil the Wimp, Gordon C. Landis, Alex Fradera, Matt, Christopher Weeks, Mytholder, hix.

5/10/2012 kragar00: Recent Purchase?
I purchased Sorcerer and Sex & Sorcery from the unstore back in March. I received my receipts from PayPal, but haven't heard anything since. I've sent a few emails to…
In Adept Press
Participants: kragar00, Ron Edwards, bobertelsen, legopaidi.

5/11/2012 wizopizo: apocolyptica help!
Apocolyptica is a game started 4 years ago in high school with the purpose of making the old fashioned rpgs come back to us, since the new ones are not…
In Game Development
Participants: wizopizo, bosky, Joseph, BubbaBrown.

5/12/2012 Lex Mandrake: The Adventure Time Factor
Hey everyone, I'm new around here but from what I've read so far this looks like a great community. I'm working on a casual RPG inspired by (but not directly…
In Game Development
Participants: Lex Mandrake, Joseph, JasonT, pixel punk.

5/15/2012 thousandheads: Baby's first Sorcerer campaign + tequila
Hi all, Longtime lurker, recent joiner. I finally have the right players to put together a Sorcery game and I want to make sure I've prepped right. I've been reading…
In Adept Press
Participants: thousandheads, Roger, Ron Edwards.

5/16/2012 JosephKnight: Re: The Forge is literally the most pretentious place ever
Except for the example, which made little sense to me in regard to the reality that this metaphor is representing, I enjoyed the refreshing cynicism in this post. People keep…
In Site Discussion
Participants: JosephKnight, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2012 daranp: Artists and Illustrators
After trying Elfwood, deviantart and other such sites, I ended up purchasing stock photography for use in the ParaSpace Core Rules. Scenes from the Mall (my first supplement) is now…
In Publishing
Participants: daranp, pixel punk.

5/17/2012 Joseph: [Untitled RPG] An RPG Based on Simplicity and Complexity, with Wiggle Room
I'm a video gamer, but I love tabletop games. I play them whenever I can. I've just started working on an RPG with what I think is a pretty innovative…
In Game Development
Participants: Joseph, bosky.

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