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9/12/2005 Jamfke: [Take1] New Idea?
Okay, this is my first post here at the forge.  I've lurked for some time now, and I have been working on my own game for years.  Well, I've had…
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Participants: Jamfke, Shreyas Sampat, Rob Carriere, Gordon C. Landis, knicknevin, Ron Edwards, Certified.

9/11/2005 Graham Walmsley: [Crazed and Feral] Reward system
I'm currently designing a werewolf-themed LARP to run at a convention (probably in November). The setting is a country pub, and the game will start on a sedate note, with…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Dumirik, Andrew Morris, WhiteRat, c, knicknevin, KingOfFarPoint.

9/11/2005 knicknevin: [The Phenomenals] Getting a Hook
Hi, I've been kicking around a game concept for awhile, its pretty standard gamist with narrativist elements, most closely comparable to Inspectres I would say... anyway, the subject matter relates…
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Participants: knicknevin, Technocrat13, TonyLB, c, Kynn.

9/11/2005 c: [Outside] Need help with Conflict Resolution.
Hello Everyone, So I'm designing a game I'm calling Outside. I've got a good portion of the game done, but am stuck on conflict resolution. Lets take care of the…
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Participants: c, knicknevin, Technocrat13, Matt Wilson, Halzebier, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Simon W.

9/11/2005 Smithy: [The Big House] Characters & Basic Mechanics
I am developing a game to play prison dramas--everything from "day in the life" games focused on just getting by to games focused on planning and executing an escape. My…
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Participants: Smithy, Blankshield, lumpley, Troy_Costisick.

9/10/2005 Eric Bennett: [Hearth] Opening remarks
Hello there, y'all. I've been lurking on this forum for a fair bit, having followed a link from (I think) 24 hour RPGs. I've had the idea for this game…
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Participants: Eric Bennett, Jasper, Graham Walmsley.

9/8/2005 James_Nostack: Indie Supplement Design (?)
For the past three years I had been running an IRC campaign based on TSR's Alternity game.  Now that the game has finished gloriously--thanks in part due to Forge peeps--I'd…
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Participants: James_Nostack, MikeSands, Gamskee, Rob Carriere, Troy_Costisick.

9/6/2005 OddballE: Another update to GUILDS
Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I have been doing alot of thinking.  This is what my camp has come up with: Guild XP:  1 point for…
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Participants: OddballE, Adam Dray.

9/6/2005 The_Confessor: Atomic Storm (A Pulp Role-Playing Game in the Apocalyptic Past): Broad Mechanics
Greetings, A little more than two years ago, I designed a game called S3: Seafaring, Swashbuckling, & Style. Looking back on it, I see the game as a great one-shot…
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Participants: The_Confessor, Rothe, Joshua BishopRoby, Steve Mitchell, Technocrat13, Smithy.

9/4/2005 Gamskee: [Wish Boom] First Draft Ideas
I wanted make a game about transformation and change, where the characters and their environment are in flux and they have to deal with the consequences of their new lives,…
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Participants: Gamskee, Adam Dray, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Graham Walmsley.

9/4/2005 David Bapst: [Pulse] Gamist Initiative System
Hey all, This is part of CRPG-inspired Gamist RPG I developed last spring, and then set aside for six months while I collected my thoughts. I've come back to it…
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Participants: David Bapst, Noon, knicknevin, Graham Walmsley, Darcy Burgess, nsruf, Hans, John Harper.

9/2/2005 Negilent: Carbon Soul - System adressing premise
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16613.0]In this thread[/url] I began by posting my work-in-progress. I am basing my game on this premise: [b]Violence destroys the Self[/b]. Based on the feedback I realised for my premise…
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Participants: Negilent, Adam Dray, Wolfen, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, DamienNeil.

8/31/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Revisions, Questions, Kušu Barultag
Hi everybody, I want to continue the discussion of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach that began here in Actual Play.  I'm in the process of revising this game, and my most current…
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Participants: jasonm, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, jrs, Graham Walmsley, Technocrat13, IMAGinES.

8/31/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Grundo Storybook] Forge Mutt, Mainstream Aspirations - Feedback please?
A great big hearty thanks to the folks at GenCon this year, I owe a lot of people credit for the following! As some may know, I'm bartering with the…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, mangaocid.

8/31/2005 nikola: [Shock]
I'm working on a science fiction RPG called Shock, about the collision of social issues with new technologies. The system has a few features, and a few, oh, let's say,…
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Participants: nikola, M Jason Parent, Allan, iain, Graham Walmsley.

8/30/2005 b_bankhead: Does a Lovecraft game need combat rules?
As some of you know I am working on a Lovecraftian game called Eldritch Tales, and I have become bogged down on an area with regard what is really signifigant…
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Participants: b_bankhead, GB Steve, ffilz, MikeSands, nsruf, iain, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm, Balbinus, Vibilo, tj333, anonymouse.

8/30/2005 inoir: [Deoraíocht/Parepidemos]
Deoraíocht/Parepidemos This is the core mechanic for my newest game.  My goal is to have this game ready to be sold online as a pdf in 6 to 9 months,…
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Participants: inoir, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg.

8/30/2005 Negilent: Envoy – premise development and mechanics to support it
[b]Envoy – Sci-Fi cyberpunk[/b] I guess it comes to everyone who spends an unhealthy amount of time here at the forge. Sooner or later one wants to design a game.…
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Participants: Negilent, Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray, iain, John Harper, M Jason Parent, btrc.

8/29/2005 M Jason Parent: [Junk Dreams] an overview of a Burroughs-esque drug-induced RPG
After the brain-scrambling joy of GenCon (and the 16 hour drive each way to and from) and then another 20 hours on the road to and from my sister-in-law's place,…
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Participants: M Jason Parent, Allan, PrzeSzkoda, Dumirik, Kesher, Warren, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/29/2005 Graham Walmsley: The Creatives: First draft (was GroupThink)
I've spent a happy weekend writing and I have a first draft of The Creatives (as it's now called). As you might remember, this is an attempt at a simple…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm.

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9/12/2005 knicknevin: [The Memory Cheats] Has this been done?
Another game that was on the backburner crystallized over the weekend... ironically, given the game's concept, I couldn't remember all of the original idea I had for it so I…
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Participants: knicknevin, Troy_Costisick, Mister Six, Artanis, nikola, Adam Dray, Sydney Freedberg, JakeVanDam.

9/13/2005 Vibilo: [Innkeep]On the right track?
This being my first real post on here forgive me if im missing some info in my post... I am currently working on a game that I am calling Innkeep…
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Participants: Vibilo, Jack Aidley, Stickman, Graham Walmsley, Jonas Karlsson, nsruf.

9/13/2005 nsruf: [Live by the Sword] A first draft...
Time for me to stop lurking and ask for opinions and advice on the RPG that so desperately wants me to design it right now;) The game is called 'Live…
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Participants: nsruf, LordSmerf.

9/13/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] New Draft
This is I think pretty close to the final draft of Ganakagok.  In this game, you're a man living in a dark and icy world--imagine quasi-Inuit hunters on a gigantic…
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Participants: Bill_White, jasonm, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, 1of3, nikola, Mike Holmes.

9/13/2005 timfire: [In a Land Called] Now with Flow Chart!
Hi y'all, A couple days ago, I was sitting really bored in the middle of my computer Assembly language class, when I was reminded of Gareth (contracycle) saying how he…
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Participants: timfire, David Bapst, Eric Bennett, Yeleth, MisterPoppet.

9/14/2005 Frank T: [Under Pressure] Exploring Extreme Situations
I really should be working on BARBAREN!. Really should. But that’s just when I get the best ideas about new projects. Here’s one game I’d really like to write. The…
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Participants: Frank T, nsruf, Simon W, Graham Walmsley.

9/14/2005 Andrew Morris: [Shadows & Light] Tear this system apart (especially Adam Cierling)
[u]Overview[/u] My friend Nick and I are plugging away on our game [i]Shadows & Light[/i] (actually, that working title is changing, but I'll stick with it in this discussion for…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, greyorm, Graham Walmsley, WhiteRat.

9/15/2005 Dumirik: [The Inquisition] Poking playtesters with soft pillows.
Ok, the Monty Python quotes are probably getting a bit much, so this will be the last time I use them. The other thing is that the game name is…
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Participants: Dumirik, knicknevin, Bandari.

9/15/2005 Da_Killah: Magic Mechanics
I was wondering if maybe this had already been done.  I was thinking about having magic drain health and completely forego an extra stat for casting.  ie. I cast and…
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Participants: Da_Killah, Arturo G., JakeVanDam, Troy_Costisick, nikola, Noon, smokewolf.

9/16/2005 Technocrat13: [Villains of Safinubi] Grabby situations on the quick.
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15502.0]FH8[/url] has emerged from it's chrysalis and is a heartbreaker no more.  You can find a link for the newest incarnation down there in my signature.  I'm pretty happy with…
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Participants: Technocrat13, jasonm, majcher.

9/16/2005 Justin Marx: [7W] Dice mechanics, need sound math advice
Hi there, I am having some problems with figuring out the probability curves when trying to work this dice mechanic for my game Seven Worlds. This is the basic dice…
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Participants: Justin Marx, Artanis, nsruf, Rob Carriere, Kynn, Joshua BishopRoby.

9/17/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] PC Death
My recent playtest exposed the rules about PC death as problematic and I want to fix them, or get rid of them.  The good:  It is deliciously appropriate in theme…
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Participants: jasonm, Artanis, Graham Walmsley, Dumirik, Jeph, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards.

9/19/2005 mutex: The Dungeon of 1000 Blank White Cards
So, to kind of spur myself out of some writer's block, I put together this quick hack as a kind of tribute to an old board game version of D&D…
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Participants: mutex, Adam Dray, daMoose_Neo.

9/19/2005 dyjoots: [Scourge] A first, rough draft (long post)
I've been really inspired recently, and I've gotten a really rough draft of a game down.  I plan on developing this and probably publishing in one form or another within…
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Participants: dyjoots, Troy_Costisick, Spooky Fanboy.

9/19/2005 natman: ammature first draft Deadworld--sorry for the screw up
  Okay, I was very nicely informed that I posted this in the wrong area.  So I'll try this again.  I just finnished a first draft of a survival- horror…
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Participants: natman, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg, jerry.

9/19/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: [FLFS] Reward System at last!
Thank you, Ben, for something you said two years ago.  I think I've got a reward system for Full Light, Full Steam. Context: Full Light, Full Steam is a game…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, LordSmerf, xenopulse, mutex, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper, Sydney Freedberg, spaceanddeath, Thor, jasonm.

9/20/2005 JSDiamond: "All's quiet" playable draft
I loved the Thief pc games by looking glass and I've never agreed with how thieving is presented in tabletop RPGs --relying on a player's ability to continue to role-play…
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Participants: JSDiamond, mutex, Noon, Ron Edwards.

9/20/2005 Bandari: [Saint Sever] heroic-tragic conflict resolution
Hello all, I posted here a while ago regarding an iron age game I am starting up in a month or so. The question then was regarding the mechanics, and…
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Participants: Bandari, Spooky Fanboy, Justin Marx, Graham Walmsley, Arturo G., RedWick, Rusty, Ice Cream Emperor.

9/20/2005 OddballE: My game called GUILDS
Here is an overview of my game called GUILDS.  You are a member of a guild in the great human city of Council Bluffs 1 year after a revolution gone…
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Participants: OddballE, Adam Dray, Joshua BishopRoby, unheilig studios, Graham Walmsley.

9/21/2005 Vaettyr: [Crime] Rough draft needs input
Been working on designing games for a while, but I’ve finally got one I’m kind of groovin’ on. Before my questions though, here’s a quick rundown of the system. As…
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Participants: Vaettyr, Adam Dray.

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