why are you online?

Actually, yes, I do. I don't really fit into the "boardgame" category, as I lean more toward dice game and role-playing games, but I see some interesting threads and ideas now and then; if I see something more in my element, I'll post but generally I try to keep out of everyone's way. =)

You really should! I agree with what you're saying though. This website is creative information heaven. I don't post much here while I'm focused on a current project, but love to login and just be a sponge...

We'd like to know what you're working on. You never know - you might strike a creative spark in someone else.

Welcome Pman!

Well I guess I'm like Nazhuret most of the time. I like to log on, check things, post one or two things then sit at the desk watching late night movies, jotting things down in my notebook, and generally spacing out for hours on end.

At the moment I'm just trying to soak up some creativity, since I'm stuck in the middle of moving and I can't get to my gaming/designing materials.

I'm just beggining to design games again. I used to create games when I was 15 or so, and now (35) I started again. I'm working on a tennis game right now, but there are so many things I haven't defined yet that it's hard to post anithing concrete about it.

Anyway, I was looking for sites about game design and found this forum, to which I subscribed immediatly. It has great reading material that really helps as food for the game designer's mind. :-)

I work at home as a graphic/web designer, have ADSL, and BGDF is set as my homepage, so from the moment I turn on my computer I'm usually logged on. Every now and then I check for new messages, and I try to follow alost every thread.

As a begginner, I rearely have something to add, but a lot to learn, su I lurk most the time.

I love this forum... It has all the good stuff and none of the worthless trolls!

I have been posting over at www.indie-rpgs.com but every time i try and get some conversation started someone will say, in so many words, that they are sick of new people asking questions blah blah blah.... a lot of them have NO tolerance for someone who is new to the game development scene.

this board fosters newcomers, and helps out with every question no matter how elementary.

I know i lurk these boards quite a lot, but when i have ideas for posts i dont post them either.

I'll reconsider next time i think of something

Talking about our thoughts help everyone get input, other points of view, which might help people see a solutions or a problems that they may never have noticed without others talking about it with them on the forum.

I'll expand on Zzzzz's thoughts one more step ... making yourself write down your thoughts/ideas into a form that someone else can read and make sense of will help you in turning a jelly-like idea into something more tangible and workable. Usually (for me anyway) that first written example of an idea turns out to be not as great as it seemed when it was just floating around in the brain ... however, once it's down in a physical form, it can be sculpted and grown and shaped into something better.

-Bryk