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October 27, 2009

Bear replied to Vulcan Stev's discussion 'Welcome!'

Greetings all. I stumbled upon this site when I was looking for a new PbP site to call home. Looks great so far. I've always wanted to be involvedat the kickoff of a new, quality play by post site. My experience includes about 4 years of PbP as a pl…

July 20, 2009

Bear is now a member of The Magical Gnome - A PbP Forum

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July 20, 2009

Joshua Macy updated their profile

July 9, 2009

Joshua Macy replied to diode_dirigible's discussion 'Systems and rulesets'

Familiar/comfortable: OD&D and retro-clones, FUDGE, Risus, Savage Worlds Avoid Like the Plague: D&D 3+, GURPS, Dogs in the Vineyard, World of Darkness Willing to try: Encounter Critical, PDQ, Spirit of the Century

July 9, 2009

Julie updated their profile

June 24, 2009

Julie replied to diode_dirigible's discussion 'Systems and rulesets'

My new favorite is Mouse Guard. I love the scripted combat. My husband and I recently tried a variation of it called Realm Guard which was excellent. I'm also a fan of the various iterations of the One Roll Engine (with Godlike being my favorite ou…

June 24, 2009

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Looking for Drivers - A Car Wars type game using RISUS 18 Replies

The setting Uni, Iowa ca. 2059 Vulcan Transport has to get a load of... well... that's classified. You are driving one of Vulcan Transport's Big Rigs and the Escorts from Uni to the Quad and it need…

Tagged: RISUS, Wars, Car

Started by Vulcan Stev in Game Announcments. Last reply by logan burrows Nov. 23, 2009.

Welcome! 8 Replies

Welcome to the Magical Gnome, a place for you to play in a PbP game. Start your own PbP game. Or you can observe while others play. You do not need to be an admin to run a game. This is just the hos…

Started by Vulcan Stev in Admin News. Last reply by Mark Johnston Oct. 28, 2009.

Systems and rulesets 9 Replies

I thought this might be a good topic to get the ball rolling: What rpg systems are you familiar/comfortable with and what ones do you avoid like the plague? Just to get an idea of who would play what…

Started by diode_dirigible in General Discussion. Last reply by Joshua Macy Jul. 9, 2009.

Welcome to the Dollhouse 2 Replies

I would like to run a PBP playtest of my "What You Don't Know" system, based off of the TV show "Dollhouse" from Joss Whedon. In it, you take on the role of one of the Dolls who are imprinted with va…

Tagged: dollhouse, playtest, wydk

Started by Aaron Broder in Game Announcments. Last reply by Vulcan Stev May. 14, 2009.

Announcing Your Game 2 Replies

The Discussion Title should included the system your using In this space give a brief overview of the setting, how many players, time limits for character generation and start date. Also give the n…

Started by Vulcan Stev in Game Announcments. Last reply by Vulcan Stev May. 14, 2009.

Open Topic Board

This is where you can talk about anything else with the membership. Please keep it SFW as some might be accessing the forum during break or we might have underage users surfing through (or actually p…

Started by Vulcan Stev in General Discussion Apr. 24, 2009.