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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.

6/5/2004 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.

6/5/2004 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: 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.

6/4/2004 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.

6/4/2004 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.

6/3/2004 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.

6/2/2004 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.

6/2/2004 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.

6/1/2004 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.

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.

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.

5/29/2004 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.

5/29/2004 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 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.

5/28/2004 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.

5/28/2004 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 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.

5/27/2004 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.

5/27/2004 Christopher Weeks: [IGC] Fixing Ice
Hi all, I wrote my first game in response to the Iron Game Chef - Fantasy. In the Reviews and Results thread, Holmessama performed wonderful surgery on how the game…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, dalek_of_god.

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6/7/2004 Matt Wilson: PTA: revised budget and fan mail
Here's a fix to the current troubles I've had with awarding fan mail and maintaining a dice ecosystem. My primary concern is reward and dice systems that promote the right…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

6/8/2004 Alf_the_Often_Incorrect: Massive- rules patch for handling huge battles (CARPS).
For those of you who do not know my RPG (that would be most of you) this post will be rather uninformative; therefore, I suggest visting my site: http://w00tism27.tripod.com/carps Anyway,…
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Participants: Alf_the_Often_Incorrect.

6/8/2004 pilot602: [Big Ole Robots] Robot design rules, sheet
If anyone has a moment and would like to work through designing their own robot (which could be used in the game I'm currently working on) grab a copy of…
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Participants: pilot602, Sydney Freedberg, greedo1379, Mike Holmes, Valamir, nikola, Ravien.

6/8/2004 pilot602: [Big Ole Robots] Quickset rules
If you took a look at my MAIS design sheets you may also be interested in looking at the current ruleset in which you get to use those MAIS. Well…
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Participants: pilot602, Mike Holmes.

6/10/2004 nicklalone: So I was sitting around
So I was sitting around playing final Fantasy 11 (summer off of school's pastime 2004 entertainment) and I was messaged by an old Internet RPG person by the name of…
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Participants: nicklalone, xiombarg.

6/10/2004 Tobias: Your Gods are Dead: Introduction
Hello All, A quick introduction first: Tobias op den Brouw, 28, from Deventer, the Netherlands, co-owner of a consultancy, engineer, single, interests include reading, ninjutsu, climbing, motorcycling, cooking, etc. And,…
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Participants: Tobias, xiombarg, Ben Lehman.

6/10/2004 Dregg: [Chapter 13 Press] Spookybeans! The Gothic Comic RPG
I'm posting the rules for this free RPG i'm working on to get some feed back. It's going to be a simple 10 page RPG based on the comics by…
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Participants: Dregg, ethan_greer, Juicetyger, sirogit.

6/11/2004 Tobias: Your Gods are Dead: Your Character
As introduced here, I present chapter three of my design effort. Comments greatly appreciated. The text is a bit more rushed than last time, since I'm more interested in getting…
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Participants: Tobias.

6/11/2004 Ben Lehman: Polaris: Player Roles
So my rpg, Polaris is about to go into playtesting and needs a little help. One of the big "things" about Polaris is that it doesn't have a normal…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Tobias, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

6/11/2004 Chris Lekas: Torm - Hit Location Problems
First off - Hi all, I just found this Forum and it looks great. I intend on posting an overview of my system, but at the moment I am stuggling…
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Participants: Chris Lekas, Andrew Martin, MarktheAnimator, Wilper, Tobias.

6/12/2004 Ravien: Scarlet Wake
For those of you who have seen the Kill Bill Inspired Mechanics thread over in RPG Theory, this will be a significant revision and addition to what was presented there.…
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Participants: Ravien, Ben Lehman, Simon W, Sledgeman, Trevis Martin, Sydney Freedberg, Tobias.

6/12/2004 Zathreyel: (The Operation) humanity-type rules
heya guys, okay, i've been working on this game for a group of friends, a LeCarre or "Bourne" style espionage game, high action thriller type stuff. It's meant to be…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Ben Lehman, ethan_greer, buddha, Sydney Freedberg, Chris Lekas, Tobias.

6/12/2004 MarktheAnimator: Professions vs Skills
Hello, I'm developing my Science Fiction RPG, "The Solar Imperium" and I'm having trouble with professions and skills.... In my fantasy RPG, "Fantasy Imperium" I created a list of professions…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Mark Johnson, Eero Tuovinen, Slortar, Chris Lekas, TonyLB, Tobias, 16CBH, TooManyGoddamnOrcs.

6/13/2004 Sledgeman: [The Business] A Rough Mechanic (long)
This is the first time I've ever posted anything I've actually created, so bear with me. =-) Right now, I'm working on designing a game about professional criminals in the…
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Participants: Sledgeman, LordSmerf, MarktheAnimator, Garbanzo, Tobias.

6/14/2004 sergeant_x: Yet Another Firefly (inspired) RPG?
Hi everyone. I've lurked here for a year or so. I'm an older gamer and haven't been heavily involved in the hobby for many years. My first experiences in gaming…
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Participants: sergeant_x, greedo1379, Nicolas Crost, Matt Wilson, Henri, Thor.

6/14/2004 Tobias: Your Gods are Dead: Playtest version
Ladies and Gentlemen, I've completed chapter 4 of 'Your Gods Are Dead' (YGAD). With the completion of this chapter I feel there's enough of a skeleton for me to start…
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Participants: Tobias, Nicolas Crost, Gary Kennedy, Jasper, MarktheAnimator.

6/14/2004 pilot602: [Seven Systems Legacy] - new version of "big ole robots
Ok here's the quick run down on the "new" spin on the big-robot game I'm working on (see the threads). There's still a lot of the old…
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Participants: pilot602, Sydney Freedberg, greedo1379, dalek_of_god.

6/15/2004 Asrogoth: [God Lore] Cleaning Up and Shaking Out
Okay, I promised I'd post something by tonight, so here you go. This is the section I left out of the contest material by accident regarding the Gods and their…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Mike Holmes.

6/15/2004 sirogit: Highschool Automatons.
I just came up with this today so it's kind've sketchy. It's more or less a weird, arty one-shot game that I thought would have a neat aesthetic. It's one…
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Participants: sirogit, Doctor Xero, Jasper, Tobias, sergeant_x.

6/15/2004 Green: kathanaksaya: back to the drawing board
After playtesting Kathanaksaya with a real group of varied ages and experiences, I've decided that it was a success, albeit with one problem: how do I make sure that a…
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Participants: Green.

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