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1/12/2002 Daredevil: Aeon Flux?
Heya, I'm a big fan of the Aeon Flux television series, authored by Peter Chung, and have recently thought about making some mechanics for game based on it. I'm wondering…
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Participants: Daredevil, Joe Murphy (Broin), J B Bell, Le Joueur, FruitSmack!, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

1/11/2002 Epoch: Dwayne's Voices
Hi, everyone. I'm sick with a cold, and generally unable to focus on anything, so I just figured that I'd sit down and try to write something off-the-wall. Dwayne's Voices…
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Participants: Epoch, Le Joueur, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

1/10/2002 hardcoremoose: Man's Worst Friend
Hey guys, It's been a while since I posted anything of my own to this site, but since I'm trying to catch Josh Neff in posts, I figured I'd better…
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Participants: hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, James V. West.

1/9/2002 Zak Arntson: www.harlekin-maus.com
Okay, the only way I can justify posting basically an ad ... is that I'm taking down my old site and putting it up (with some revamping) at www.harlekin-maus.com…
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Participants: Zak Arntson.

1/9/2002 James V. West: Alrighty then, let's smurf!
I don't know why I did it, but here it is: www.geocities.com/randomordercreations/smurf.html May Peyo forgive me.
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Participants: James V. West, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Uncle Dark, joe_llama, Laurel, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Zak Arntson, Matt Snyder, Mithras.

1/8/2002 joe_llama: Triad - Just another RPG...
Hi again, I know I haven't even passed 10 posts in this forum, so this next message is kind of a bold move on my side. I just finished reading…
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Participants: joe_llama, Paganini, Laurel, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Logan, Garbanzo, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paul Czege.

1/8/2002 Epoch: Goblin's Liberation Front
Okay, time to get some work done on this thing. Bringing you all up to date: An as-yet untitled game, set "someplace else," an arcadian locale with no humans and…
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Participants: Epoch.

1/7/2002 Jason L Blair: If I'm crazy, how come I can do _this_?
I N S T I T U T I O N E I G H T Y E I G H T http://www.key20.com/institution88 As always, a work in progress. I88…
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Thededine, Matt, Mike Holmes, Laurel, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/7/2002 James V. West: HOF: an idea for a game (long)
This is an idea I’m working on (and I apologize for the length and the typos in advance): Hof- a game of swords, devils, and family. In a nutshell: Players…
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Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Zak Arntson, Paganini, joe_llama, Skippy, Garbanzo.

1/7/2002 Paganini: [Cornerstone] Death
I've run into a bit of a problem with my cornerstone mechanics. My current rule is as follows: "A character is out when he runs out of positive descriptors. Out…
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Participants: Paganini, Gordon C. Landis, Laurel, efindel.

1/5/2002 greyorm: The Road to Narrativism...
I've lately grown disenchanted with my 3E game. Some thought on the issue leaves me with the impression this dissatisfaction arises from not knowing what the players want and thus…
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Participants: greyorm, James V. West, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paul Czege, lumpley.

1/5/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: SOAP again
Hi people, Mike Holmes was the onlyone to react to my previous attempt at getting input from you guys, so I'm going to be an asshole and post again. :)…
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Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Ian Freeman.

1/5/2002 Spawn: Actually finishing your RPG
After the game design thread I started (that was VERY helpful thanks guys! :) ) Ive been working on my stuff, the only problem is, that now I have 6…
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Participants: Spawn, Jack Spencer Jr, Zak Arntson, Logan, Ben Morgan, unheilig, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, Mithras.

1/4/2002 Zak Arntson: One-Shot Gaming
I've been thinking about the way our (about to be rekindled) group plays games, and the intent is to play a single indie game for a weekend or two. Thing…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, unodiablo, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Julian Kelsey, Garbanzo, hardcoremoose, James V. West.

1/4/2002 Ian Freeman: Burning Legends: of Blood, Romance and the Will of a People
Before I start I just want to thank everyone who gave me comments in the other short little post. I have incorporated pretty much all the recommendations and I think…
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Participants: Ian Freeman, Mike Holmes.

1/4/2002 Paganini: [Cornerstone] Outline
Today I made a list of all the things I have rules for and made an outline. Here's what I came up with: Definition of Descriptors (GM: Using Descriptors for…
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Participants: Paganini.

1/4/2002 Paganini: Eh?
How does one delete a message (such as this one, which is now in the process of being heavily edited :wink: that has been, for example, posted multiple times? font…
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Participants: Paganini.

1/2/2002 Ian Freeman: High Fantasy System
Hey everybody, long time no see. I've just slammed out a rather interesting little high fantasy system that is designed specifically to feel like high fantasy. The whole system is…
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Participants: Ian Freeman, Skippy, Garbanzo, Thededine.

1/1/2002 James V. West: The Iron Devils Quandary
I’m writing a game based on the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre of fantasy. Its called Iron Devils and its primarily based on the style and atmosphere of stories written by…
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Participants: James V. West, Uncle Dark, hardcoremoose, Paganini, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Matt Snyder, Laurel, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/1/2002 Paganini: RPG Layout
For Cindi, a bit, but also I want to present an idea I had for the layout for Cornerstone. :smile: Cindi, and anyone who's interested, I have an RPG Layout…
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Participants: Paganini, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Laurel, Matt Snyder, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Bailey.

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1/12/2002 Paganini: Accuracy vs. Precision
Fang, and everyone, I thought maybe I was unclear in my last post, so I wanted to clarify. Here's what I meant to say: Detail in a system does not…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Logan, hardcoremoose, efindel, Marco, Mike Holmes.

1/14/2002 hyphz: A really silly idea. Could it work?
A very ridiculous idea which came to me as a result of a) being a fan of anime gaming and b) having an unexpected surprise exposure to episodes of Digi…
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Participants: hyphz, Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, Matt, James V. West.

1/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Scattershot and naming games
Fang! Why is your game called Scattershot, anyway? - J, who always thinks of to-the-death, Rollerball-esque hockey when he hears that name...
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Mithras, Jack Spencer Jr.

1/15/2002 James V. West: How much Premise does it take?
How much Premise do you need to create an egaging rpg? This is me asking because I’ve suddenly become very aware of Premise or lack of it in my ideas.…
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Participants: James V. West, Zak Arntson, hardcoremoose, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Paul Czege, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Marco.

1/15/2002 Paganini: Sharing Power
Since I don't know how to split threads (being much more skilled at splitting hairs!) here at the forge, I'm just posting the reply from the Triad thread in…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Laurel, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Logan.

1/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Danger Patrol
http://www.dangerpatrol.com/dangerpatrol/files/dp_player_brief_150.pdf The website (http://www.dangerpatrol.com) looks cool. Sparse right now, but nice art-deco design. Character creation looks interesting (the pick two words part) and I like the Danger Meter. That chart…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin).

1/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Page Layout
Okay, Adobe Acrobat is mine. But what program (if any) should I get for layout? I'm thinking of just doing it in HTML first ('cause I know it and I…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Logan, Adam, Chris Passeno, mahoux, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Marco, Gordon C. Landis, Tim Gray, efindel.

1/16/2002 Zak Arntson: Harlekin-Maus monthly: Cubes
Roleplaying at the office. Cubes Game design notes: This game came in a flash. I was really sick of work, so I wrote a quickie on Cubes (you can…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, contracycle.

1/16/2002 jburneko: Healing System Needed
Hello All, So, I've finally gotten around to working on my game Isolation, again. The previous thread on this project can be found here. Briefly, the game is designed to…
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Participants: jburneko, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Zak Arntson, Bill_White, Garbanzo, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paganini, Skippy.

1/17/2002 sdemory: Take a swing, please
Hey there, all, I've been pounding on this horse for well nigh two months now, and I think it's dead. I'm not sure, though... If any of you would be…
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Participants: sdemory, Mike Holmes, Laurel, gizem, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Tim Denee.

1/17/2002 Matt Gwinn: I'd look at Chicks in The Shower!!
Over the years Moose and I have had numerous conversations about what the world would really be like if people had super powers. One of our conclusions was that the…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Paganini, Skippy, Mike Holmes, Laurel, efindel, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

1/18/2002 Laurel: Devils Cay Skill System
http://www.geocities.com/devilscay/System1.html is what I've been working on and would love feedback. I'll beg and bake cookies for good feedback. There's a couple of caveats. I'm making this game under highly…
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Participants: Laurel, Gordon C. Landis.

1/18/2002 Matt Snyder: I'm a plagiarizing bastard
Ok, I'm asking for it ... I've been working on creating a full-fledged book based on the BRP system. So, to do that, I have literally rewritten, in my own…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Cynthia Celeste Miller, John Wick.

1/18/2002 Paganini: Game Balance
Game balance, as a meta-game concept, is important, IMO. If one player is somehow more valuable, important, or effective than other players, then the gaming experience will be less enjoyable…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Laurel, Skippy, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Le Joueur, Logan, Epoch, joshua neff.

1/20/2002 James V. West: Imp
I’ve loved the work of Vaughn Bode for a long time, as well as Simon Bisley, the Pinis, Bill Willingham, and a slew of others. Years ago I saw an…
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Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.

1/20/2002 Paul Czege: bring out the imp
Hey, On the "Imp" thread, James wrote: If I shy away from doing games similar to his, then I’ll never do games again. I didn't want to derail…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Logan, Joe Murphy (Broin), James V. West, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson.

1/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Character Creation placement
Just a revelation I had while driving home from Maine today. Much of the discussion about placement in RPGs seems to revolve around the whole "setting, then rules" or "rules,…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Logan, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Adam, Jason L Blair, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, RobMuadib, Epoch, JSDiamond, Mario.

1/21/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: The How-to of RPG How-to-ity
In another thread, Ron posed an interesting question: Now we have the interesting question, how well does a given how-to manual actually work? There are plenty of them, and I…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Le Joueur, contracycle, efindel, Tim Gray.

1/22/2002 joshua neff: we got ourselves somethin' of a celebrity here!
Invisible City Productions mentioned our own Zak Arnston in their weblog: http://www.invisible-city.com/weblog/2002_01_01_ibs_archive.htm#8755415 Congrats, Zak!
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Participants: joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Zak Arntson.

1/23/2002 amiel: Narrativist Wargaming
None of you probably know who I am (can you say long time lurker, I knew you could). I have this idea and I wanted a bit of feedback to…
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Participants: amiel, Zak Arntson, hardcoremoose, Skippy, Bankuei, sdemory, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Laurel, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Mithras.

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