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9/24/2005 Peter Nordstrand: [Guilt and Frustration]
Welcome to the first thread about Guilt and Frustration. This first post will be a general introduction to the game. Following posts will include specific questions. You can download the…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Jasper, tygertyger.

9/22/2005 chris_moore: [Into the Pit]: situation toolbox
Into the Pit is a game where players create characters that are forced into group gladiatorial-type combat.  There are only two ways to escape from The Pit: to win or…
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Participants: chris_moore, jasonm, Adam Dray.

9/21/2005 gains: [Contract Work] Making a game of killing for money.
I've been kicking around a cyber-noir game for years, but never made any real headway. I've decided that the cyber parts are what're getting away from me, so I stripped…
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Participants: gains, knicknevin, Graham Walmsley, MikeSands, Vaxalon.

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.

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.

9/20/2005 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 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.

9/19/2005 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.

9/19/2005 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 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 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.

9/17/2005 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.

9/16/2005 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.

9/16/2005 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.

9/15/2005 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.

9/15/2005 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.

9/14/2005 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.

9/14/2005 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.

9/13/2005 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.

9/13/2005 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.

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9/24/2005 pasoliati: [Coat of Arms] first draft
COAT OF ARMS by Aaron Brown (with ideas stolen from Adam Cerling’s “Ends and Means” and ideas and text stolen from Mark Whithers’s “Anti-Pool Variation”) The Setting and Situation There…
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Participants: pasoliati, MikeSands, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB, Tobaselly.

9/25/2005 Tobaselly: [Fractured Destinies]
Hi everyone, I figured I would introduce myself adn the game I'm working on before I start posting alot on the boards. My name is Kevin Kime and my game…
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Participants: Tobaselly, knicknevin, Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray.

9/25/2005 BlU_sKrEEm: 24-Hour Games (split)
    Howdy My name is Caleb Jensen, and I just submitted my first game. It's called Spazz When I started I wanted to make a system where people ate…
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Participants: BlU_sKrEEm, Ron Edwards, Kynn.

9/26/2005 Ben Lehman: [Want] Tuning Hatred
This is a thread regarding <i>Want</i>, my entry to Ron's contest.  Perhaps not surprisingly, I don't agree with him that the game is half-baked in terms of overall story structure,…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

9/26/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Opinion and Truth
I sum up my concern in the Hogwarts 90210 Actual Play thread.  Super-executive summary:  It's more fun for someone to have an opinion ("Sydney's a double agent") than for them…
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Participants: TonyLB, LordSmerf, Doug Ruff, 1of3, Sydney Freedberg, Graham Walmsley, Shawn De Arment, Joshua BishopRoby.

9/27/2005 Savveh: How can i make RPGs?
I saw some programs and stuff but whats the best program to download or if i dont even have to id love that.
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Participants: Savveh, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

9/27/2005 Smithy: [The Big House] Exapnded Mechanics & The Lockdown
Thanks again to everyone who commented on my last thread.  I have posted the current draft of The Big House here--although not all filled in yet, I think there's almost…
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Participants: Smithy.

9/27/2005 epweissengruber: Equat1on -- any buzz?
While at Phantasm, I came across the game Equat1on. It is a sci-fi game that claims to support both tabletop and LARP play.  I saw it playtested and it resolved…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Justin D. Jacobson.

9/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ratpack] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Finally! The first round of the Ronnies had to end during the most frantic two weeks of my year so far. I have tons of notes on every game,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob Goat, tygertyger, Gregor Hutton, Miskatonic.

9/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Want] Ronnies feedback
Hello, I'm writing up the games more or less in order of submission, but it might strike me to do otherwise along the way. For instance, sooner or later I…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

9/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Guilt & Frustration[/url][/b] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Considering that Peter Nordstrand has already started a good thread about Guilt and Frustration in , I figured I'd support that practice and write its feedback up…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

9/28/2005 Tobaselly: [Fate Walkers] New Game Concept. Please abuse. :)
I was thinking of a basic narrative competative game that i'm calling Fate Walkers right now. There is no storyteller/GM person in the game and the game mechanics are half…
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Participants: Tobaselly, Halzebier, Mike Holmes, Arturo G., Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick.

9/28/2005 Jediblack: Eloquence Fantasy Roleplaying Game
Hi folks, I wrote this little (one page) rpg. It's a parody, nothing more than a joke, but I think it's amusing. I tried to insert "table mechanics"…
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Participants: Jediblack, Mike Holmes.

9/29/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet... second draft pdf
Here is the second draft with the suggestions by Ron and Callan.  I've yet to work out the modifier value tweaks. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/alls_quiet2.pdf  
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Participants: JSDiamond, Selene Tan.

9/29/2005 Ron Edwards: [Rats in the Walls] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Time for some feedback for a winner! As games rolled in, Rats in the Walls was the first entry to make me sit up and say "Wins," without any…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Sydney Freedberg.

9/29/2005 Kynn: [WMHS] Mind Over Alma Mater
To get myself back in the mindset of writing for Wandering Monsters High School, I spent a couple hours tonight writing up a quick six-page PDF file that adds psionics…
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Participants: Kynn.

9/30/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] What Truths matter?
I've been trying to codify the thoughts discussed in Opinion and Truth.  The problem I'm hitting is that "Truth" is such a wide category that it's almost impossible to get…
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Participants: TonyLB, 1of3, Joshua BishopRoby.

9/30/2005 Kynn: [Wandering Monsters High School] Three Answers, and Request for Advice
WMHS is my 24-hour RPG I did earlier this year.  I got some great feedback on it, including an "A" from the fellow who reviews the 24-hour games.  But I'm…
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Participants: Kynn, Justin Marx, jasonm, c.

9/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Cutthroat] Ronnies feedback
As I read through Cutthroat and kept taking notes, I kept saying to myself, "Another problem here, another here, oh look, another here," and assuming the game was going into…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Gregor Hutton, lumpley, tygertyger.

9/30/2005 sacrosanct: [S.A.V.A.G.E.] Attribute/Skill redesign
Hello, It's been a very long time since I posted on the FORGE, so please bear with me.  Some of you may be aware one of my games I've had…
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Participants: sacrosanct, Adam Dray, Tobaselly, Selene Tan, nsruf, Brian Newman.

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