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7/13/2004 Tobias: How to have 'Merits' and 'Flaws' without being stale?
Ok, So we all know about Merit/Flaw systems. And we've seen tons of them. Some that are so generic, boring, and overlong that we fall asleep - some with real…
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Participants: Tobias, Victor Gijsbers, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, failrate, madelf, Emily Care, Vaxalon, Jasper.

7/13/2004 kevin_presley: Game Mechanics are being posted
We have uploaded some items of our game system. We will upload more and more as time progresses. Please continue checking back up with our site and look at the…
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Participants: kevin_presley, Bankuei.

7/12/2004 kevin_presley: New medieval roleplaying game to hit market and need opinion
RGS is looking for a few good eyes!!!! REALISTIC GAME SYSTEMS is looking for anyone and everyone to review some game information at our site. We are about to public…
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Participants: kevin_presley, b_bankhead, Bankuei, greyorm, GregS, Kesher, Valamir, James_King, greedo1379, Zoetrope10, Jasper, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, sirogit, Dev, LordSmerf, Deadboy, Eamon.

7/12/2004 StrongBadMun: [Miasma] Introducing the setting
At the moment I have Veiled Exile in playtest so I've shifted focus for the moment to the game I was working on from the beginning. I'm going to describe…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Jasper, Sydney Freedberg, Lathan, Juicetyger.

7/12/2004 Calrin_Alshaw: The Labyrinth: System Criticism <LONG>
Ok, I'm completely new to these forums, I was pointed in this direction after I had a game-idea floating in my head, but D&D just seemed too rules-heavy to support…
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Participants: Calrin_Alshaw, Victor Gijsbers, Tobias, Mike Holmes, Wilper.

7/11/2004 Victor Gijsbers: [Shades] A prelimiary discussion
Wondering about the extent to which character creation could be changed from a pre-game to an in-game activity, if you'll forgive me the terminology, I developed the outline of a…
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Participants: Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes, Tobias.

7/11/2004 Itse: Character creation while playing
I have an idea for a con game, which I would like (hope, wish...) to refine into something I can GM at Ropecon (23.-25. 7. in Espoo, Finland). The idea…
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Participants: Itse, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Victor Gijsbers, TonyLB, timfire, greyorm.

7/11/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Balancing Powers, Attitudes and Tropes
I've put a second draft of Capes online. It's a superhero game with the premise "Power is fun, but do you deserve it?" It runs on a system of dice…
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Participants: TonyLB, ErrathofKosh, Tobias, Sydney Freedberg.

7/10/2004 nidpants: [Exp. combat system] Bushido: Fast and flexible sword duels
[b]Bushido: Way of the Warrior[/b] (very working title, one is a literal translation of the other) Alright, i've been indulging in two activities recently, dangerous when mixed: creative thinking and…
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Participants: nidpants, GregS, Lathan, Sledgeman, Mike Holmes.

7/9/2004 jdrakeh: Formless-related Announcement (IMPORTANT)
I just wanted to clarify that, despite the misleading remark on the Fantasy Makers Industries front page (which was made without my permission or knowledge), I am self-publishing Formless. Not…
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Participants: jdrakeh.

7/9/2004 clehrich: [Shadows in the Fog / Age of Paranoia]
Hi again. Some of you may remember some previous threads about Shadows in the Fog, a while back: The first thread The next try Then Jere decided to port the…
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Participants: clehrich, bluegargantua, Jere, jeffwik.

7/8/2004 Zakharov: Percentile Based System Help\Question
Hey all. Long time reader, first time poster. I've been working on a little, 'relatively' easy rpg system to play around the house as an introduction to the big boys.…
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Participants: Zakharov, Jack Aidley, MarktheAnimator, TonyLB, Zoetrope10, Bob Bell, GregS, M. J. Young, Alex Johnson.

7/7/2004 GregS: [Valherjar] Balancing Target Numbers
Hi all, I'm new to the list (despite a few ghost-like posts) so a hello is in order first. My name is Greg Spyridis and I am with Game Monkey…
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Participants: GregS, ErrathofKosh, Thor, Sydney Freedberg, ethan_greer, btrc, Dev, Andrew Morris, Bob Bell.

7/7/2004 sergeant_x: [Storyline] Yet another Firefly inspired RPG
This is a continuation of some work I've been doing on a Firefly inspired game focusing on character development. My initial plan was outlined here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11576 I'm keeping an updated…
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Participants: sergeant_x, jdrakeh, ErrathofKosh, Sydney Freedberg, Doyce, Juicetyger.

7/7/2004 Bob Bell: RoCKit: a role-playing construction kit in search of comment
Hello. I recently started work on a project to resurrect some very old rpg ideas of mine from the early 1980's and was interested in some feedback. I am new…
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Participants: Bob Bell, ErrathofKosh, greedo1379.

7/7/2004 Palaskar: Quick Question
Ok, so I'm down to the culture development phase of my setting "The Fifth Hour." What are the key areas that should be detailed for each culture? So far I…
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Participants: Palaskar, Jack Aidley, ErrathofKosh.

7/7/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Superhero Punishment mechanic
I have pushed myself to get something resembling a cogent first draft of Capes up on the web. I am looking forward to another round of playtesting fairly soon. Before…
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Participants: TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, ErrathofKosh, btrc, inky.

7/6/2004 LoreTG: [Lore: Uprising] - looking for an opinion system concepts
Hello all, The purpose of this post/thread is to attempt to get a general opinion of our upcoming release, Lore: Uprising. This in itself becomes quite a challenge due to…
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Participants: LoreTG, Andrew Morris, Andrew Martin, MarktheAnimator, btrc, Sydney Freedberg.

7/6/2004 Deadboy: (Anarchist's Activity Book) chaos in game design
Hi, relatively new to the forge... I posted once a few months ago asking for advice on getting people interested in my past RPG projects, such as Revelation. I've also…
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Participants: Deadboy, Dev, Doctor Xero, Elkin.

7/6/2004 Asrogoth: [God Lore]More Actions...
Well, I've been working pretty hard and have not had much time to spend on God Lore, but I've slowly but surely been adding more stuff to accomplish my goal…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Mike Holmes.

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7/14/2004 rgrassi: [Levity]: New free system, need a review for translation
Hi all. I'm Roberto from Italy. I've just published an italian PDF version of my free rpg system specifically built for kids, new to Gdr and Gdr casual players. http://www.robertograssi.net/meyroan/rpg/levity.zip…
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Participants: rgrassi, Kesher.

7/15/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] The Problem of Evil
For those who are interested, I've put up an Example of Play for Capes. Capes is a superhero game with the Premise "Power is Fun, but do you deserve it"?…
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Participants: TonyLB, StrongBadMun, inky, Sydney Freedberg, John Harper, Shreyas Sampat, Tobias, Stephen, dalek_of_god, LordSmerf, Jinx, Bob McNamee, Marhault.

7/15/2004 Jediblack: [Aeternum] Core System
Hi all, here is few ideas from my new experiment: In Aeternum all is under the govern of three Eterni: Morte (death), Pensiero (thought) and Destino (destiny). Morte is the…
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Participants: Jediblack, TonyLB, Victor Gijsbers.

7/15/2004 Jay: Feedback on conceptual framework <sorry if long>
Hello, before I begin, let me just say that this is my first post, I have been a lurker for a while, and while I am reasonably sure this is…
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Participants: Jay, Shreyas Sampat, Bob Bell.

7/16/2004 Simon W: Dreamscape 24 hour RPG
I wrote this up the other day, working on the basis that I wasn't going to have a free weekend over the next three weeks. I had to do it…
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Participants: Simon W, Jediblack, Andy Kitkowski, slackerman.

7/17/2004 LordSmerf: [Caper] A Game in Search of a Premise
So i started this project intending to enter it as a 24 Hour RPG. Basically i'm trying to capture the feel of Caper fiction. Examples include: The Italian Job, Ocean's…
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Participants: LordSmerf, MikeSands, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Blankshield, Stephen, Ron Edwards, Jere, Juicetyger, Thor, SteveCooper, Frank T.

7/18/2004 Jediblack: KaffeInsomnia 24 Hour RPG
Hi all, I've just finished my 24 hours rpg... but there's a problem it's in italian and I don't think I'll be able to translate it before the 24th hour.…
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Participants: Jediblack, Simon W, Sydney Freedberg, philreed, Andy Kitkowski.

7/19/2004 Lathan: Blood Royal 24-hour RPG
It's 5:30 AM, and I've just finished this game. I'm a few hours under the 24, but it's finished (and so am I, almost... very tired...). Blood Royal is a…
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Participants: Lathan, Loki, Jediblack, Paul Czege, ErrathofKosh, Andy Kitkowski.

7/19/2004 giovannipezz: [Tarots RPG] just another game that uses tarot cards...
Hello! Here I present my little creature: Tarots is an Universal Role Playing System based on Divination of Tarots and inspired by Everway, Chimeres, Castle Falkenstein and GURPS. http://giovannipezz.angelcities.com/tarots/ some…
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Participants: giovannipezz, LordSmerf, MarcoBrucale.

7/19/2004 kevin_presley: New Updates to the REALMS OF ADVENTURING site
Hello all! The forge has given me some wonderful(if not sometimes sturn) advice about the role playing genre. I would love to continue getting this advice, as this is one…
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Participants: kevin_presley, LordSmerf, Valamir, Chris Goodwin, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, John Harper, Akamaru, theltemes, dewey.

7/19/2004 SrGrvsaLot: 24-Hour RPG: The Last Days of Atlantis
Well, I finished the game, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I think it wound up being closer to a "campaign sourcebook" than an actual game, though.…
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Participants: SrGrvsaLot, greedo1379, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Martin.

7/20/2004 Nathan: Barbarians Versus - Feedback Welcome
Greets all, My next rpg to be released in PDF is Barbarians Versus, a fun lil' game about barbarians fighting alien reptilian evil from outer space. In essence though, it…
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Participants: Nathan, SrGrvsaLot, Frank T, Mike Holmes.

7/20/2004 Gidd: Exile - Flash RPG
Hi Guys, Launching my new online flash rpg game - Exile - in a little under 2 weeks time. The game is top-down dungeon based, and revolves around characters gaining…
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Participants: Gidd, sirogit, bigsimon.

7/21/2004 Dumirik: FACES: Subconcious Role Playing 24 hours RPG?
Hello. You may remember a while back that I brought up the idea of a game in which you play as aspects of a person's subconcious, with the GM interpreting…
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Participants: Dumirik, Lathan.

7/21/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Blocking Action and Monologues
I'm writing up a superhero game called Capes. Its premise is "Power is fun, but do you deserve it?" Two issues were highlighted by last nights playtest. First issue: It…
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Participants: TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, LordSmerf, inky, John Harper.

7/21/2004 Crackerjacker: My 24 Hour RPG
Just wanted to say that I'm starting my 24 hour rpg now (7:13 Eastern US)
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Participants: Crackerjacker.

7/22/2004 S-Max: Help with Modern-Spy-Supers game
Hi, folks It's my starting post and, not intending to be repetitive, I'd like to have some ideas from the veterans here for a game I'm trying to design. This…
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Participants: S-Max, Zathreyel, TonyLB.

7/22/2004 Simon W: have-a-go heroes
[b]The 24 hour role-playing game of Marvel City's not so super superheroes.[/b] You may spot the resemblence to a certain 'Mystery Men' movie, but that is pure intention. Anyhow, I…
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Participants: Simon W, TonyLB.

7/23/2004 Vaxalon: The Skein - my venture into Indie Game Design begins
Okay, so now I've been inspired, and I'm writing my own game. The Skein is starting to shape up nicely, but I'm coming across a minor stylistic dilemma, and I'm…
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Participants: Vaxalon, SrGrvsaLot, Jack Aidley, Valamir.

7/23/2004 Joshua Tompkins: [The Cauldron] Writing Down the Rules
[i]Hmm, not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I can't seem to find any better forums here at the Forge.[/i] This is my first post…
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Participants: Joshua Tompkins, ethan_greer, ErrathofKosh, GregS.

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