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2/24/2005 Tymen: As Above, So Below: A Game of Angels (Warning: Very Long)
Hey, I'm new here. Tymen is me. I've been working on this game for a few months now. I think I'm finally getting somewhere. As Above, So Below “Bless the…
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Participants: Tymen, Valamir, Uccisore.

2/24/2005 TracerFox: [SP: Freelancers] Designing Dice Mechanics
I was wrestling with this rather late last night, and have come to the conclusion that I am not enough of a dice math guru to answer this on my…
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Participants: TracerFox, Tobias, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, groundhog, Wolfen, eef, xenopulse, giblfiz.

2/24/2005 xenopulse: [Power/Evil] Strategy-Gamist No-GM RPG
Alright. So I've finally sat down and written up my Power/Evil rules. What is P/E? It's a pure Gamist game. It's all about the challenge. It has no GM. It…
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Participants: xenopulse, Jack Aidley, contracycle, komradebob, GaryTP.

2/23/2005 coxcomb: [Musha Shugyo] Honor mechanics
(For a high-level overview of Musha Shugyo, see this thread.) An integral part of Musha Shugyo is the notion that characters can lose their honor. The struggle of the ronin…
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Participants: coxcomb, daMoose_Neo, JMendes, Stickman, Ron Edwards, timfire, Dauntless.

2/23/2005 coxcomb: [Musha Shugyo] Quick Overview
This is a brief overview post intended to give context to future posts about my game, Musha Shugyo. There is no specific question associated with this post, but feel free…
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Participants: coxcomb.

2/23/2005 DulothS: Combat system, d20/%, decent?
An old game design used for games previous; anime-style, DBZish combat. Essentially, each unit has a single primary stat; 'Power'. Combat goes in order of either surprise, or highest power…
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Participants: DulothS, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2005 Frank T: BARBAREN!--The ultimate Macho RPG (very, very long)
Hi, so I am really posting my game at The Forge. It took quite some effort to create an English write-up of my concept. I've tried to be brief, hoping…
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Participants: Frank T, xenopulse, Sydney Freedberg, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Sean, jrs, Valamir, Nicolas Crost, Spooky Fanboy.

2/21/2005 FzGhouL: Accuracy Mechanic
So, 95% the way done with battle mechanics, I decided by system for accuracy needs a tweak. Here goes: You roll a d20, 2/20 chance to miss, 4/20 to hit…
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Participants: FzGhouL.

2/21/2005 FzGhouL: Programmed or Face to Face?
Alright, so I'm working on an RPG that will most likely be the RPG I spend the rest of my life working on, Speed and Spirit. One of the key…
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Participants: FzGhouL, Selene Tan.

2/21/2005 Dumirik: The Cardboard People
Hey everybody. Been a while since I started my own thread, but now I've got my web site up and running I'll get right to work: The topic at hand…
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Participants: Dumirik, John Kirk, groundhog.

2/21/2005 Uccisore: [Martial-Arts Horror RPG] Detailed Wound Suggestions.
For my RPG, I'm going to have various kinds of injuries written up with color text and game mechanics, that the GM can pick and choose from as appropriate. I'm…
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Participants: Uccisore, Brendan, Walt Freitag, Jules Morley.

2/21/2005 hix: Astral: Rules, and ‘Challenge’ Question
[b]Astral[/b]. It’s a game about out of body experiences. This post describes the stripped down rules. My big question has been “When do you roll the dice?” At the moment,…
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Participants: hix, TonyLB, MikeSands.

2/20/2005 signoftheserpent: setting ideas?
Can these be discussed here (sans systems) or is this primarily a mechanics forum?
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Participants: signoftheserpent, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2005 Uccisore: [Martial Arts-Horror Game] At long last, the Damage System
This is just the damage system, and enough of the skills system to justify it. Actual combat task resolution is not included here, but I could include it if someone…
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Participants: Uccisore.

2/19/2005 JmeC: Deception a rough draft
hi this is my first post ive created a game called deception that you play in the time of the renaisence there are four stats that you split youre 35…
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Participants: JmeC, TonyLB.

2/19/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Final Twilight] Another attempt to bridge the gulf...
- Final Twilight TCG Rules -Divergence Customization Rules Okay, I'm back at it with Twilight and trying to do something with CCGs and RPGs, gotta love it! After abandoning an…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, KeithBVaughn.

2/19/2005 TracerFox: Discovering Design Goals (Long)
Okay folks. I was on IRC last night, and someone over on the Indie RPG channel pointed me to a post over on the forge: http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=1896 Basicly the post suggests…
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Participants: TracerFox, LordSmerf, xenopulse, TonyLB, Harlequin, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2005 zobmie: system idea - got feedback?
I want to trim the fat, so to speak, from a fantasy rpg type system... without making it rules - lite I want it to be rules - fun so…
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Participants: zobmie, TonyLB, Doug Ruff, Andrew Morris, pyro_alexander.

2/18/2005 Uccisore: [Martial-Arts Horror Game] A Change of Heart about Magic
I just had either an extreme good, or extremely bad idea. It feels very good to me right now, but I'm under the influence of Saw, House of 1000 Corpses,…
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Participants: Uccisore, xenopulse, Ron Edwards, FzGhouL, daMoose_Neo, Brendan.

2/18/2005 Sydney Freedberg: [GroupDesign: Schrodinger's War] Michael's History Idea
Michael Brazier came up with an interesting take on linking Passions with the mechanics of changing history, based on the central insight that Passions aren't just a description of a…
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Participants: Sydney Freedberg, Tobias.

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2/25/2005 DeviantBoi: [Free-Form Combat System] Please Comment
Greetings all! Here's something that I've been trying to work out for the longest time. Hopefully writing it down (instead of having it just in my head) and sharing it…
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Participants: DeviantBoi, Uccisore, zobmie.

2/26/2005 Tymen: [As Above, So Below] Thematic Questions
As Above, So Below “Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word.” Psalm 103:20 You are God’s…
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Participants: Tymen, NN, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, lumpley, darrick.

2/28/2005 AChicony: Humerous Games
Hello, I’m in the concept stage of game design, my first game design, I’m a virgin, and reading the forums here concluded that this is the right place to start.…
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Participants: AChicony, Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen, daMoose_Neo, komradebob, Ben Morgan, ironick, Doctor Xero, GaryTP, greedo1379.

2/28/2005 Kit: [Option] A Magic System
Some of you may recall me wittering about my homebrew system called Option a while ago. Anyway, I've finally started work on it again and it's gradually emerging from its…
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Participants: Kit, xenopulse.

3/2/2005 dadahero: Ergo Arcadiam - Postmodern Faerie Tales (longish)
So, with much prodding from a friend and avid reader, I have hauled myself over here in hopes of getting some feedback on this game I dreamed up years ago,…
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Participants: dadahero, Nathan P..

3/2/2005 Paul Czege: Empire of Satanis
Hey Darrick, I think definitely you've been successful at evoking Lovecraft and Ligotti with your setting. The Vahs-vra are fantastic. The Akturian Heads. The Vihm. The Aquatic Glyphs of the…
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Participants: Paul Czege, darrick, Thor, hardcoremoose, daMoose_Neo.

3/5/2005 taalyn: [Crux] It's Undead! Now, weapons?
hey all, Some of you may remember Crux, my color-mechanicked game from a year or so ago. Well, it's not dead, and is looking to rouse itself from the coma.…
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Participants: taalyn, Jasper, Spooky Fanboy.

3/5/2005 Domhnall: Preference concerning imbedded worlds in RPG
Hi again. Do you believe RPers generally prefer worlds as part of a RPG, or that the system is the relevant center of attention the majority of the time? Of…
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Participants: Domhnall, Garbanzo, Selene Tan, Jasper, zobmie.

3/10/2005 SeanStone: Good and Evil in the Modern World
Hello Everyone, I am new to the Forge Site, well as a poster anyways, and I have run into a break wall for a small game that I am trying…
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Participants: SeanStone, Garbanzo, gorckat, Doctor Xero, Simon Kamber, NN, chadu.

3/10/2005 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] 3 Problems...1 Solution
[b]A Lesson in Humility [/b] This is an exciting time for R&R development. Some pretty key system obstacles have been overcome and while there is a lot of work left…
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Participants: Valamir, gorckat, bcook1971, Noon, Harlequin, Mike Holmes.

3/11/2005 chosen: The Chosen- ultra rules lite, super action, warping reality
GAME- The Chosen Concept The general concept of this game is that reality is controlled by two aspects, Order and Chaos. An eternal struggle to maintain Order exists and the…
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Participants: chosen, Vesirius, Paul Czege, Spooky Fanboy.

3/11/2005 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] First playtest results and The Woman revisited
Hi, this thread is about my game BARBAREN!. You can find a long breakdown of the concept in This post. Now, the first three sessions of playtest went pretty well.…
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Participants: Frank T, contracycle.

3/11/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Imp Game] Playtest results and near final draft
Rules: Mischief & Mayhem Just had a rawkin playtest session (here), I mean we're talkin twenty minutes of non-stop laughter, which is what this game is all about! The nice…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Valamir.

3/11/2005 ExternalStudiosLLC: [Dreamscape] Dissect this game
So I came up with this game system one day in the shower. I became fond of it, and called it Dreamscape. Before I knew what was happening, some people…
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Participants: ExternalStudiosLLC, xenopulse, zobmie, Simon Kamber, Sydney Freedberg.

3/13/2005 Melciber: [Visions of Gaslight] Fictional Materials
So I've stoped work on my table-top project(unsure if I ever mentioned it on these forums, I'm not exactly a regular) due to some writers block and began work on…
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Participants: Melciber, Zubon-do, Jeff Powers, darrick.

3/13/2005 signoftheserpent: SF Space Monopoly
I want to create a SF setting where - like Dune - there is a monopoly on space travel. I want this concept because it opens a lot of interesting…
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Matt Wilson, Ben Lehman, Simon Kamber, Sydney Freedberg, Kedamono, Gaerik, gorckat, daMoose_Neo, Harlequin, Jeff Powers, TonyLB, Michael Brazier.

3/14/2005 klapton: [Spearhead] Choosing tactics in combat
I'm designing an rpg around the idea of choosing tactics in combat, with the temporary name of Spearhead (until I find a better name). I would like to know your…
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Participants: klapton, FzGhouL, LordSmerf, Valamir, contracycle, Hereward The Wake, Simon Kamber.

3/14/2005 Kielan: Simulations in simulationist games
Hello Forge, This is my first post here, so apologies if I get your terminology wrong, or if someone has posted something like this in the past and you’ve all…
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Participants: Kielan, Mike Holmes.

3/15/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Task/Conflict Hybrid and Rewards
So here's my take on how to hybridize Task and Conflict Resolution, for one specific game, for one specific genre: You have Conflicts out on the table (presumably on 3x5…
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Participants: TonyLB, Doug Ruff.

3/16/2005 Zahtevnik: Make Us Cry
That's really the gist of it. We've been pounding on two RPGs for a couple years and finally have the demos for them up on our website. If anyone had…
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Participants: Zahtevnik, TonyLB, contracycle, greyorm, ZeOtter, tadk.

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