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3/16/2005 ChrisJaxn: [whispers] question about settings
Hi. I'm new here, but I've been lurking for a little while, and finally have a question of my own to ask. The game I'm working on, Whispers (working title),…
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Participants: ChrisJaxn, Jasper, Ron Edwards.

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.

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.

3/14/2005 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.

3/14/2005 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.

3/13/2005 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.

3/13/2005 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.

3/11/2005 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.

3/11/2005 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 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 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.

3/10/2005 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.

3/10/2005 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.

3/5/2005 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.

3/5/2005 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.

3/2/2005 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.

3/2/2005 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..

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.

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.

2/26/2005 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.

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3/16/2005 Mernya: [Please delete this
Please delete this. I posted a design idea and then re-read a Sticky to see that it wasnt appropriate/complete enough to justify a discussion.
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Participants: Mernya.

3/16/2005 Bailywolf: [FADE v0.1] First Playest Doc available very soon
My working Doc for FADE (as detailed in the thread linked below) will be more or less complete in the next day or so. I’m giving it a final read…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Doug Ruff, gorckat.

3/17/2005 Wolfen: Reforging the Mage Blade: Resolution and Combat Mechanics
More rules for the system-monkeys to take a look at.. Basically what I have here is the basic resolution mechanics, and the specific mechanics for Physical Conflict (ie, combat). While…
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Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

3/18/2005 AussieJackal: Best Free Online Text Based RPG Game
ABOUT URBAN! Urban is based on the streets of the cities that we live in today. This world is filled with Gangstas who see killing as a sport. They cannot…
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Participants: AussieJackal, Ron Edwards.

3/18/2005 neko ewen: [Tokyo Heroes] Dice mechanic for Sentai
I've started in on a new project I've been thinking about for a few months now, an RPG called Tokyo Heroes about sentai (the genre that Power Rangers is an…
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Participants: neko ewen.

3/19/2005 Shiruba: I so much need help here :P
Hello there guys! My name is Shiruba, and this is my first post! in over 10 years of rpg, is the first time that i gathered courage to talk with…
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Participants: Shiruba, Shreyas Sampat, Sean, daMoose_Neo, Jasper, LordSmerf, Dev, contracycle.

3/19/2005 Garbanzo: Players ALWAYS given narration
Ok, last millenium no matter what happened, the GM did the talking: Player: "Uh, I got a 7!" GM: "Krom's mighty blade arcs through the air, splitting Lucky Pierre's shield…
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Participants: Garbanzo, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, hix, Nathan P., GB Steve, Bailywolf, Shreyas Sampat, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] Playtesting Narrative Support Structures
Not sure if this should go here or in actual play. I've been working on design of this game for a while now and do plan to release it into…
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Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2005 Marco: Generic Engine for Any Reality [GEAR]
A beta-version of GEAR is up on the site here: http://jagsgame.dyndns.org/jags/content/GEAR/GEAR.pdf I would like: 1. Feedback on clarity--is this comprehensible? 2. Feedback on some of the key ideas for scenario…
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Participants: Marco, AZKaban, xenopulse, John Burdick.

3/21/2005 Domhnall: Math (and Death of a System)?
My system requires doing basic math in combat (just + & -), which really means that a basic calculator is needed in play. Does this (on its own) doom my…
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Participants: Domhnall, Jack Aidley, Stickman, Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen, GB Steve, Kielan, groundhog, Bailywolf, zephyr_cirrus, FLEB, Bardsandsages, John Wick, MatrixGamer.

3/22/2005 Dregg: I Tire of Advantages and Disadvantages
Ok, I have decided to continue work on my Tools of Magick RPG. The concept is simple... The characters are normals who one day have thier true names called by…
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Participants: Dregg, Tobias, Doehring, Shreyas Sampat, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, eruditus, Jinx.

3/22/2005 Shiruba: [Tutorial RPG SYSTEM] -> Wacky Idea
No one never thought of gathering all the thinkin heads of the forum to build a tutorial RPG system? some cheap material with lots of links and references? and people…
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Participants: Shiruba, klapton.

3/23/2005 Uccisore: [Martial-Arts Horror Game] Task Resolution & Combat
Well, here it is: the backbone of the system. This is a long post. A lot of this was written for my eyes only, so if some bits of it…
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Participants: Uccisore.

3/24/2005 The_Confessor: [Oath Sworn: An RPG of Mythic Super-Heroes] Early Ideas
So, recently I got body-checked by an idea that came to me as I meandered through my own brain. Let me give you an idea of how it went... I'm…
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Participants: The_Confessor, chosen, ironick, Valamir, dysjunct, groundhog.

3/24/2005 taalyn: [Crux] conflict system - need some help, please
hey all, I've been working diligently on Crux, and have finalized (well, nearly so) the conflict system. It's based on extended combat in HeroQuest (thanks Mike!), with a couple of…
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Participants: taalyn.

3/24/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Crypto-romance Character Development
Dulcimer Hall characters are super-spies of some stripe. So as I look at character development (i.e. how the character evolves over time as a result of their choices, successes and…
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Participants: TonyLB, Troy_Costisick, Bill_White, Doug Ruff, Garbanzo, Shreyas Sampat.

3/25/2005 Trevis Martin: [Revisionist History] New draft needs critical eyes.
Hi folks. Its me again. I've revised my game Revisionist History and I'd like some feedback on it. Its a game written for online play like Neel Krishnaswami's Lexicon. It…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Tobias.

3/27/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Another shot at Resolution
Okay, first go read the Hybrid Resolution document to see where I'm starting from. Now go read Crypto-romance Character Development to see what I want to achieve with…
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Participants: TonyLB, MikeSands, Doug Ruff.

3/28/2005 Andrew Morris: [Shadows & Light] Question on handling time
I am designing a LARP system, along with a friend. We have been working on this for a while now, and even though our setting and color are pretty well…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, ironick, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

3/29/2005 heironymous: [Seven Leagues (a fantasy RPG of Faerie)] Please comment
I have posted a working draft of my RPG, Seven Leagues, here: http://www.malcontentgames.com/7leagues.pdf Please feel free to download the file (1.7 MB, 20 pages, includes most of the first third…
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Participants: heironymous, Jasper, kenjib, Selene Tan, ironick, Ron Edwards, Bill Masek, Bob the Fighter, James Holloway, berginyon.

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