RPG Theory

Costikyan on Games

Started by Ben Lehman

Pages1 2

Replies: 20
Views: 8,845

November 27, 2004, 01:50:58 PM
by Caldis

Idea: Highly Detailed Social "Combat"

Started by Robin Hood

Replies: 2
Views: 2,604

November 26, 2004, 02:30:45 PM
by Ron Edwards

Fictional Actual Play

Started by Tav_Behemoth

Pages1 2

Replies: 19
Views: 14,318

November 26, 2004, 09:52:47 AM
by Rob Carriere

Mood Music... Yea, Or nay?

Started by Sabney

Replies: 14
Views: 6,872

November 24, 2004, 09:08:04 PM
by SlurpeeMoney

[Exalted] Strange powers

Started by Shooshpanchick

Replies: 4
Views: 3,106

November 22, 2004, 04:33:54 PM
by neelk

Rules Diagrams

Started by Shreyas Sampat

Replies: 6
Views: 4,136

November 22, 2004, 03:23:00 PM
by Shreyas Sampat

Ben's Non-Standard Rant: Rules Length is not Rules Focus

Started by Ben Lehman

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 32
Views: 13,107

November 22, 2004, 03:06:23 PM
by Mike Holmes

"reality and firearms" links

Started by Latigo

Replies: 10
Views: 6,725

November 22, 2004, 02:32:50 PM
by Mike Holmes

Why Choice Sucks: the Beauty of Random Generation

Started by greyorm

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 68
Views: 26,280

November 22, 2004, 01:34:49 PM
by Ron Edwards

Resolution Systems, Dice etc.

Started by Stormborn

Replies: 3
Views: 2,748

November 22, 2004, 01:13:19 AM
by John Kim

Role Playing Flair in Board Games

Started by Valamir

Replies: 10
Views: 5,424

November 21, 2004, 05:58:48 AM
by Callan S.

Writing/Designing Gamebooks

Started by Space Cowboy

Replies: 5
Views: 3,391

November 21, 2004, 05:29:36 AM
by Kesher

Scenario Design Advice. Please Critique!

Started by jdagna

Replies: 12
Views: 4,517

November 21, 2004, 02:03:53 AM
by Tomas HVM

How To Balance A Game...

Started by MisterPoppet

Pages1 2

Replies: 23
Views: 7,949

November 19, 2004, 04:39:40 PM
by MisterPoppet

Antagonistic GM

Started by Jason E Leigh

Pages1 2

Replies: 17
Views: 6,525

November 19, 2004, 01:58:38 PM
by Ben O'Neal

The state of play, or refute-o-matic

Started by GB Steve

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 31
Views: 13,865

November 18, 2004, 09:20:23 AM
by GB Steve

Setting Up the Social Contract [split from GM is God]

Started by Scripty

Replies: 10
Views: 5,720

November 17, 2004, 10:44:16 AM
by contracycle

Task resolution/Conflict resolution

Started by Grover

Replies: 6
Views: 4,483

November 16, 2004, 08:19:25 PM
by John Kim

combat without the crunch

Started by madelf

Pages1 2

Replies: 20
Views: 7,640

November 15, 2004, 11:21:41 PM
by madelf

Solo Game. My Life As A Legionary.

Started by Mithras

Replies: 5
Views: 3,627

November 14, 2004, 01:32:09 AM
by Callan S.

GM is god?

Started by Darksmith

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 86
Views: 32,514

November 13, 2004, 11:12:15 PM
by jdrakeh

Rootin' fer the Underdog

Started by SlurpeeMoney

Pages1 2

Replies: 21
Views: 7,816

November 12, 2004, 12:09:42 PM
by James Holloway

NxN PC Relation Chart

Started by John Kim

Replies: 5
Views: 4,064

November 11, 2004, 04:32:39 PM
by contracycle

Do PCs ever talk to eachother?

Started by Eric J.

Pages1 2

Replies: 26
Views: 8,821

November 10, 2004, 07:53:46 PM
by John Kim

Alternate Reality Gaming

Started by Gamskee

Replies: 1
Views: 2,507

November 09, 2004, 09:01:01 PM
by M. J. Young

Fast but realistic firearms RPG-system?

Started by jone

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 30
Views: 14,949

November 09, 2004, 02:20:06 PM
by smokewolf

OTW: Definitions

Started by greyorm

Pages1 2

Replies: 23
Views: 11,146

November 08, 2004, 06:08:33 AM
by John Kim

What can rules actually contribute?

Started by Callan S.

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 78
Views: 42,853

November 07, 2004, 11:33:41 PM
by Callan S.

Game Design methodology

Started by Dauntless

Replies: 11
Views: 9,612

November 06, 2004, 05:12:44 AM
by zephyr_cirrus

Participationist Play One Shot

Started by komradebob

Replies: 0
Views: 2,437

November 06, 2004, 02:57:44 AM
by komradebob

Would this idea work? Has anyone tried it?

Started by Sir Privy Toastrack

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 41
Views: 16,482

November 05, 2004, 08:23:40 PM
by Sir Privy Toastrack

Towards a More Flexible Sword of Damocles

Started by Shreyas Sampat

Replies: 6
Views: 7,020

November 04, 2004, 02:32:15 PM
by Sydney Freedberg

Social Contract and upset players (Split)

Started by TonyLB

Replies: 1
Views: 2,635

November 03, 2004, 06:03:25 AM
by Tomas HVM

Functional Roles and Narr

Started by TonyLB

Replies: 10
Views: 6,453

November 02, 2004, 03:41:45 PM
by Scripty

Red-Box D&D Example of Play

Started by JamesDJIII

Replies: 13
Views: 8,904

November 01, 2004, 03:46:54 AM
by Eric J.