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5/27/2004 WRPIgeek: The Undying Lands
So I have this game I'm designing.... Scratch that, back up. I have this project I've been working on called Minigame Magazine. The idea is basically to give one short…
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Participants: WRPIgeek, Garbanzo, frictorious, Shreyas Sampat, talysman.

5/26/2004 Zak Arntson: [Chthonian] It's back (thanks to the IGC)
Okay, I'm looking at Terra Australis, and it weirdly adds the features I was missing (but wanted, in some form) from Chthonian: Evidence and Resources. During the Chthonian playtests, the…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, John Harper.

5/25/2004 Chaopsychotic: Ok I got my game design figured out
Hello everyone. I had posted a while back with not much done and said I was gonna go free flow. And had gotten some good advice to set my ideas…
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Participants: Chaopsychotic, WyldKarde.

5/24/2004 Albert the Absentminded: All about the Ordeals? Seeking advise on game design.
Hi. I'm Albert, and while I've lurked here occasionally, this is my first post. I've been mulling over ideas for a game system I want to put together, and I…
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Participants: Albert the Absentminded, Jasper.

5/24/2004 Dumirik: FACES: roleplaying within the subconcious
Recently, I watched a production of Bombshells (a dramatic monologue where a woman, I can't remember her name, plays out the inside lives of various women at extreme emotional states)…
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Participants: Dumirik, ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton.

5/23/2004 hanschristianandersen: [Musketeers!] Towards a third draft
In last week's episode, Tony asked a very relevant question: In other words are they duelling the Cardinals men because that's what musketeers do? Or are they duelling…
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Participants: hanschristianandersen, Zebigone.

5/23/2004 Crackerjacker: Swiff (Or: CJ's attempt at a non-freeform)
The idea is that characters are made up of three traits: Style Violence and Intelligence these are prioritized as primary (5 dots), secondary (3 dots) and tertiary (1 dot). resolutions…
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Participants: Crackerjacker, Jasper, Doctor Xero.

5/22/2004 timfire: [Mountain Witch] New Revision Out!
[url=http://www.geocities.com/timfire2/MountainWitch.html] I've finally posted my revision of 'The Mountain Witch."[/url] I intend to submit this revision for the IGC publication, so I would greatly appreciate y'all mentioning any last minute…
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Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2004 Dumirik: NightWorld
Ok, I think I might have a bit of a bad reputation due to numerous bad links and inexperience in forums. I have been working on my rpg NightWorld for…
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Participants: Dumirik, Mike Holmes, DEDEN, Bunsen, Andrew Martin.

5/20/2004 Astrivian: Right on Palaskar
[quote]I then assigned a race to each of these viewpoints. [/quote] This was my approach as well: try to take worldviews and symbolic rituals and insert them systemically into the…
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Participants: Astrivian, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2004 WyldKarde: The Miscreant Engine
I'm comitting what may be considered blasphemy. I've knocked out a few fun little pen-and-paper RPG's but after I left the service, my gaming group got dispersed but good. My…
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Participants: WyldKarde, Noon, contracycle, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, kenjib, daMoose_Neo, Ravien, Christopher Weeks, Alf_the_Often_Incorrect, Dumirik, Tobias, Chris Lekas, shoka, Palaskar, MrSandman666.

5/19/2004 redivider: Tyrants 2: New Edition
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.

5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 3: the Palace Gates
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.

5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 1: Crimes against Humanity
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.

5/18/2004 redivider: [Nine Games about Tyrants]: design notes & game summarie
[b]Nine Games About Tyrants[/b] [b]Design Notes:[/b]  I'm writing a game about tyrants. I wanted to explore the psychology and pathology of despots, the corruption inherent in absolute power, and…
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Participants: redivider, hanschristianandersen, ethan_greer, Sydney Freedberg, JamesSterrett, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

5/18/2004 King Rat: Cychosys, a new RPG system
The Cychosys Roleplay System has recently been published online. It offers a point-based, multi-genre, universal system available in freely-available PDF files. Notes for campaign settings used in playtesting are also…
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Participants: King Rat, The Chsoen One, John Harper, ethan_greer, Noon, Andrew Norris, Garbanzo, Valamir.

5/18/2004 xiombarg: [Unsung] Retirement System (and more)
Well, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, the game is technically playable: Introduction (mainly aimed at new roleplayers)…
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Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

5/18/2004 Andrew Morris: Speed vs. Realism ... revisited
Okay, a while back, I posted a thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10474&highlight=) asking for opinions on the idea of single-roll combats. There were may great comments and discussions on this (most notably, that…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Andrew Norris, Ravien, frictorious, Garbanzo, Noon, lumpley.

5/18/2004 Dauntless: Martial Arts setting without technique based martial arts
I'm trying to create a system which enhances a more realistically based martial arts setting. One of my design goals is to get across more the philosophy and mental aspects…
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Participants: Dauntless, frictorious, Bankuei, Garbanzo, dragongrace, Andrew Norris, Cemendur, WyldKarde.

5/17/2004 bergh: Stats how many and which?
Hi Guys im making a new system for my future Warhammer 40.000 RPG campaign, and i really want characters with lots of stats, i hate that in some games some…
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Participants: bergh, Olibarro, Andrew Martin, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Andrew Morris, Dauntless, Alex Johnson, Henri, Ron Edwards.

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5/27/2004 FruitSmack!: Potential mechanic for paranoia in a conspiracy game
Howdy! :D Currently, I'm in the process of writing up a game that explores conspiracies, cover-ups and all that fun stuff called Operation: Majestic. I am mainly doing this because…
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Participants: FruitSmack!, frictorious.

5/28/2004 bergh: Ranged combat: Range / TN problems
Hi Im Developing my GENERIC rpg (no name so far). My system is going to have a Target Number you need to reach to succeed, and i need to set…
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Participants: bergh, Andrew Martin, Ravien, Jack Aidley, Overdrive, Mike Holmes.

5/28/2004 Jasper: Absque Roma IIc: Romanitas and some other matters
Hi, Having taken about a month long hiatus from ABSQUE ROMA to get some perspective on it, I've come back to make some changes to the design. I'm going to…
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Participants: Jasper, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tobias.

5/28/2004 Dauntless: Engineering Manual - Ballistics
My game system is split into two parts, a Core system which all genres, settings and premises must have, and a Plug-in system which provides mechanics, attributes, the chargen process…
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Participants: Dauntless.

5/29/2004 Jason Petrasko: [The Pool of Fire] I'm Stuck...
Ok, so I have set making my variant of the pool. Most of my games features some kind of dramatic devices, and this will be no exception. My title for…
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Participants: Jason Petrasko.

5/29/2004 Dauntless: Determining Damage- Realism
Okay, maybe my other post on Engineering was a bit too deep. So here's one of my questions without so much of the background. How can I figure out how…
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Participants: Dauntless, Andrew Martin, Ravien, bcook1971, btrc, simon_hibbs, Noon, Mulciber, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, psychophipps, contracycle, MarktheAnimator.

5/29/2004 pilot602: Big 'ole robots - simple gameplay system
I've been browsing through the forums for a few days now and I'm glad I ran across the site as I've been working on my own little RPG for a…
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Participants: pilot602.

5/30/2004 WyldKarde: Outatowners
While the project closest to my heart is my MMORPG Engine, I still find time to work on my intimate little pen-and-paper RPG’s. I started writing them in the army,…
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Participants: WyldKarde, Simon W, ethan_greer, Crackerjacker.

5/31/2004 timfire: [Mountain Witch] What should Influencing be based on?
For those of you unfamiliar with "The Mountain Witch," my game uses a "Trust" mechanic involves spending points for one of three purposes: 1) aiding another character's rolls 2) Narrating…
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Participants: timfire, ethan_greer, redivider.

6/1/2004 xiombarg: Unsung Done (kinda -- revised, certainly)
Well, as y'all know, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, I've done everything I can before layout and…
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Participants: xiombarg, Sydney Freedberg, Garbanzo.

6/2/2004 Ryan Wynne: Comedy Game Part 2
Ok, so I took some time to consider everyone's input from the last thread (no input was ignored) and I have decided that while the mechanics should be lite (I…
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Participants: Ryan Wynne.

6/2/2004 gameskald: Story Telling mechanic concept
Just a concept I recently had for a Freeform style Storytelling type game. What I have so far could really be used in any genre... I wanted to get some…
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Participants: gameskald, ethan_greer.

6/3/2004 oversoul01: [Dice Chucker] First Offical Playtest
I am not sure I should post this here but anyway... I am running my first offical playtest of Dice Chucker this Friday, and I will have a full report…
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Participants: oversoul01, ethan_greer, DevolutionaryCyberSpud, Dev.

6/4/2004 DevolutionaryCyberSpud: Solving the Inherent Problems of the d20 System
My indy RPG (CARPS at http://w00tism27.tripod.com/carps ) is a minimalist RPG which is designed to one-up the d20 system (which by the way I despise). I will cover one by…
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Participants: DevolutionaryCyberSpud, hanschristianandersen, Andrew Morris, M. J. Young, Jeph, Valamir, Andrew Norris, TerroX.

6/4/2004 jdrakeh: The Return of Formless
Yes, I know, it's like a bad night of 50s science fiction films gone even more horribly awry. Still, if you're feeling brave, I'd appreciate it if you'd at least…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Supplanter.

6/5/2004 Dauntless: Shooting Accuracy
What elements should I factor in to determine the odds of hitting someone in ranged combat? Before I get too far, I want my game to model two elements, the…
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Participants: Dauntless, Shreyas Sampat, komradebob, Bob McNamee, AdAstraGames, Zoetrope10.

6/5/2004 Thor: Life Path Gambling, or fortune in front
I have been looking for a dice wagering system to allow the players to bet generation points to get bigger returns for their character. As example, you could go into…
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Participants: Thor, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks.

6/5/2004 Dauntless: Walking the line between historical and fantasy
One of my settings covers what I call a pseudo-historical pas asian world. Originally I had intended it to be a alternate history setting detailing most of asia including the…
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Participants: Dauntless, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Michael S. Miller, Tobias.

6/6/2004 MajorKiz: Nuclear Beasts: game balance question
Can't remember if I've posted here before, but even if I have, it's been so long since I read this forum that I might as well be a newbie. Anyway,…
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Participants: MajorKiz, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Morgan.

6/7/2004 Tomas HVM: Dwarven comedy
I'm no expert on comedy. Still; it interest me, and I would very much like to investigate it further, as a designer. One of the reasons is my project "Dvellen".…
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Participants: Tomas HVM, Ravien.

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