Okay, at least one person liked the idea I had, so I'm rolling with it. Click here and look for my post for what I'm talking about, but in short: I think it would be a cool idea for designers with a pool of players to "trade" games. That is, I run Ralph's game and Ralph runs mine, and we post comments on Actual Play here.

In the interests of getting this started, I propose using this thread for this purpose. Post a game you want to see someone else playtest, in return for playtesting theirs. No forcing: both sides have to agree before anything happens, tho I'm sure no one's going to argue if you run their game and comment with no quid quo pro.

Anyway, I'll start out. I'm particularly interested in someone running Rise Again -- it doesn't have to be with the odd background, any situation where characters have to make moral choices during a war would do. To a lesser extent, I'd like to see someone run Faster, Better, Cheaper...

I'm willing to try pitch nearly anything to my group in return. You can poke around this forum to see what I've sprung on them before. Tonight I'm running Elfs...

Okay, so I think this is kind of a cool idea.

And I have a whole bunch of games I'd love to get people to play.

However...

I am already committed to running and/or playing Dav's Violence Future sometime in the near future. Dav, I have no idea when that will be, as I'm knee-deep in WFD right now, and then Wuthering Heights is up, and after that there's still two other people in our group who have the option of running stuff, but it's still at the forefront of my mind.

And I consider it a fair swap, since Dav once played Human Wreckage and provided me with some nice feedback.

- Scott

I'm committed to playing Rafael's Dread, and he's agreed to run my Paladin - I'll make sure and post my findings.

The last two points bring up something that I might not have made clear: I won't be upset if no one wants to swap with me. I know I have strange tastes, even comparted to the average Forgeite. So if someone wants to put their game up for swap, they shouldn't feel obligated to swap with me. ;-)

Well, I better put up.

OK, Kirt, I'll trade you a playtest of F,B,C for a playtest of Universalis if you're up for it (sorry, can't play Rise Again; too Yankee).

Anyone else wanna swap?

Mike

Mike, sure, I'm up for that. Could you point me to a link for Universalis?

And I assume you're kidding about Rise Again being too Yankee. ;-)

xiombarg wrote: Mike, sure, I'm up for that. Could you point me to a link for Universalis?

And I assume you're kidding about Rise Again being too Yankee. ;-)

Mike Holmes wrote:
Universalis isn't publicly available, I'll send you a copy. PM me with an address to send it to. Truth be told, it might be little late in the process for a playtest, as Ralph is writing up final revisions, possibly as I type this. But in the spirit of cooperation...

Mike Holmes wrote: Anyone want to try Synthesis (renamed from Self System)? I'd trade a playtest of that, too.

And I'm too Yankee, not Rise Again. Sheesh, I was a member of the Iron Brigade (well, it's modern namesake, anyhow) for fifteen years. :-)

xiombarg wrote: Well, I don't want to be greedy, but if you add those examples I requested (so I can actually grok the system fully -- perhaps you already have added 'em, I haven't checked), I'd be willing trade running Synthesis for someone trying out Rise Again.

Now, I happen to think a North-oriented game with an Iron Brigade feel would be fine, but I also would be satisfied with using the system for some other war, like 'Nam.

Again, no pressure tho. I need to bullyrag my local group into allowing me to try it out on them again.

er..uh..well I don't have any games that I have written, but I have a group who is ready and willing to play just about anything.

Am I allowed to join in the fun?

melodie

rabidchyld wrote: er..uh..well I don't have any games that I have written, but I have a group who is ready and willing to play just about anything.

Am I allowed to join in the fun?

rabidchyld wrote: Am I allowed to join in the fun?

Melodie,

...I have a group who is ready and willing to play just about anything.

Am I allowed to join in the fun?

Truly? Anything? You have a fantastic opportunity to prove that by playing Nicotine Girls, the game that some have said might never be played by anyone.

I'm in the process of redesigning the mechanics, to fix the problem that rolling more dice doesn't increase chance of success. The new mechanics no longer use FUDGE dice. If you're interested, let me know and I'll send you the revisions.

Paul

This is the wierdest thread I've ever seen. You guys have started up a meta-meta-game where everyone plays game designers, where the games themselves are the currency and the actual play of them are the mechanics.

<shakes head>

Now I've got to hurry up and create a character (i.e., become a game designer by completeing a game) so I can join in!

Paganini wrote: This is the wierdest thread I've ever seen. You guys have started up a meta-meta-game where everyone plays game designers, where the games themselves are the currency and the actual play of them are the mechanics.

<shakes head>

Now I've got to hurry up and create a character (i.e., become a game designer by completeing a game) so I can join in!

Paganini wrote: This is the wierdest thread I've ever seen. You guys have started up a meta-meta-game where everyone plays game designers, where the games themselves are the currency and the actual play of them are the mechanics.

Reaching back into my early days at the Forge, I find this.

Prescient, I'm prescient, I tell you :-)

Gordon

Thanks you guys. I told my group about this thread and they all said:

Oohhhhh...we're playtesters!

So I told them we'd play one new game per week. With all of our schedules I figure that's all we can do while giving the games the justice they deserve.

I'm going to start with Chthonian Redux, because Zak has been speaking to me, then I'll just go down the list.

This is going to be fun.

melodie