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10/8/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet...
Using everyone's posts as a goldmine of tweaks and new ideas, here is version 4.  This is the most complete edit thus far with darn near everything in it except…
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Participants: JSDiamond, Ron Edwards.

10/8/2005 MacGuges: [Finale Fusion] online epic fantasy
In this thread I'd like to discuss ideas for an online software-driven roleplaying system.  I acknowledge that The Forge & GNS have been intended for tabletop systems, but the discussion…
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Participants: MacGuges, mutex, Noon, matthijs, Hans.

10/7/2005 Ron Edwards: [Regis Furor] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Jacob X's Regis Furor almost got disqualified. For one thing, both "rat" and "hate" are quite weak, little more than labels for game mechanics like "powers." There's room for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

10/7/2005 Ron Edwards: [Fink] Ronnies feedback
Hello, J. Tuomas Harviainen's Fink is a strong partner for Secrets in Suburbia, and as I mention in that thread, I had to read the two games side by side,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen.

10/7/2005 Ron Edwards: [The World Class Rats Handbook] Ronnies feedback
THE WORLD CLASS RATS HANDBOOK, ERIC BAHR Hello, Eric Bahr's The World Class Rats Handbook is very, very ambitious - perhaps too big a chunk to start with. One of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eric J..

10/7/2005 Ron Edwards: [My Girlfriend is a Slut] Ronnies feedback
Hello, At first, I was delighted to think that Frank Tarcikowski's My Girlfriend's a Slut / My Boyfriend's a Dick had paralleled my long-standing desire to see two different rules-sets…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank T.

10/7/2005 Ron Edwards: [Vendetta] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Drew Hart-Shea's Vendetta has one strike against it that Drew doesn't know about - I think John Campbell's "Hero" ideas are at best childish, and at worst abysmally stupid.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, rrr, Hans.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [She's ...] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Nathan Paoletta's She's ... is the most complex and specifically structured entry. My big issue collectively for many of the entries, including Black Widows, I Think My Girlfriend Hates…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Suburban Crucible] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Thomas E.Robertson's The Suburban Crucible wins a Ronny, and it's the only game to do so that treats women protagonists as human beings, without satire (good, just different) or…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, tygertyger.

10/6/2005 Bret Gillan: [Gods] First thread - basic concepts
Using the guidelines posted in "What's the best way to present a mechanic for discussion?", I'm trying to nail down a game concept I've had for about a decade or…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Jasper, Arturo G., Hans, resistor, Joshua BishopRoby.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [Secrets in Suburbia] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Warren Merrifield's Secrets in Surburbia makes such a strong pair with Fink, that I had to read the games side by side in order not to get mixed up…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Warren.

10/6/2005 Ron Edwards: [King Rat] Ronnies feedback
Hello, King Rat has a tremendously strong starting point, and I think it's one of the few primarily resource-driven, primarily narration-resolved entries that could really shine. My first recommendation is…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, PrzeSzkoda, Malcolm.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Black Widows] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Clinton Nixon's Black Widows is a lot like Best Friends, in that it starts with a burst of inspiration, then sputters, and stops. It has great basics: the Bond…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam Dray, Gregor Hutton.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [January's Frost] Ronnies feedback
Jason Petrasko's January's Frost ranks among the best entries regarding treating sexual-partners women as human beings and protagonists, along with Darling Grove and The Suburban Crucible. Ha! Thought I was…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, tygertyger, Jason Petrasko, Graham Walmsley.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [SleepOver] Ronnies feedback
Brandon Parigo's SleepOver makes a nice partner with Best Friends, so I'm posting their results as twin threads. Here are the comments that apply to both. These games feature great…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, inoir.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Gregor Hutton's Best Friends makes a nice partner with SleepOver, so I'm posting their results as twin threads. Here are the comments that apply to both. These games…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, tygertyger, Malcolm.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Alien Angels] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Why look, more objectified female bimboids ... I think it's another Ronnies winner!! Michael Walton's Alien Angels is your basic sexy alien RPG, but with actual sex! Funny how…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, tygertyger, Frank T, IMAGinES.

10/5/2005 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Adventure Formula?
So I’m continuing the rough clearance, before going down to the details of revising BARBAREN!. Let me explain first what I want, and then what I got. I like the…
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Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [Me & the Rat] Ronnies feedback
ME & THE RAT, JASPER MCCHESNEY Jasper McChesney's Me & the Rat makes a nice trilogy with Munch-Mausen Tales and The Rat-God's Girlfriend. It'd be a neat thing if all…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jasper, Dumirik, Dantai.

10/5/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Rat-God's Girlfriend] Ronnies feedback
THE RAT-GOD'S GIRLFRIEND, KIRK MITCHELL Kirk Mitchell's The Rat-God's Girlfriend makes a nice trilogy with Munch-Mausen Tales and Me & the Rat . It'd be a neat thing if all…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Joshua BishopRoby, tygertyger, Dumirik.

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10/10/2005 Clint: [Escape from Hell!] Explaining Design
Hi all, This is my first post. I read the various posting stickies, and I hope my post follows the proper procedure. If not, I certainly apologize. "Escape from Hell!"…
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Participants: Clint, Frank T, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, knicknevin, Graham Walmsley.

10/10/2005 knicknevin: [Prototype] Encouraging Variety
I'm working on a turn based RPG at the moment where the players narrate everything and the GMs job is to secretly track the progress of their competitors; essentially there…
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Participants: knicknevin, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, Clint, matthijs.

10/11/2005 Ben Lehman: [The Drifter's Escape] What's Missing?
http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Drifters_Escape.php This thread will not make any sense unless you have read the game in question, which can be downloaded at the URL above.  It was written for the Ronnies…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Graham Walmsley, talysman, TonyPace, Tim Alexander, Joshua BishopRoby, Selene Tan, Sydney Freedberg.

10/11/2005 jphannil: [Axes] First draft
Hello all Forgers ! I've been toying with game designs for ages, and some of you may remember my most worked project, chaos & order (http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~jphannil/chaos_order.pdf). I've played mostly traditional…
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Participants: jphannil, Bill Masek.

10/11/2005 OddballE: Play testers for GUILDS
I have made some adjustments to my game and now am in some need of play testers.  I am looking for 4 to 6 groups to play test the game. …
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Participants: OddballE.

10/11/2005 talysman: [Last Breath] What's Missing
taking a cue from Ben, I figured I'd start a thread about my own October Ronnies entry, Last Breath. you can find it here. naturally, there's a lot of play…
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Participants: talysman, TonyPace, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, hix.

10/12/2005 Jasper Polane: [Cosmic Combat] Starting development
So this is the first development thread of my 24 hour game Cosmic Combat: http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Cosmic_Combat.php We're going to play-test tomorrow night, and the main purpose of this tread is to…
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Participants: Jasper Polane, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards.

10/12/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Control of NPCs
Hey Roach Slaves, I've been mulling over changing the rule on control of NPCs and I'd value your input.  My principal concern is the occasional awkwardness when a player frames…
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Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, urbanpagan, Technocrat13, Jonathan Hastings.

10/12/2005 jasonm: [Xochitlcozamalotl] Connecting bidding to narration
So about my Ronnies entry, Xochitlcozamalotl ... I knew when I submitted it that it was missing some important stuff.  As it sits it is primarily a bidding contest with…
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Participants: jasonm, Graham Walmsley, TonyPace, Sydney Freedberg, SPDuke, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2005 Nev the Deranged: Need some advice on terminology
Okay, recently I've been working on an arena combat system for a MMORPC that I am sometimes on. I've run a few previous versions of the system there, this particular…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, WhiteRat, SPDuke, Dev, ironick, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

10/13/2005 SPDuke: [Smiling Friendship Alpha Squad] New Game overview and a ?
Hi, folks!  Longtime lurker, here, finally ready to lay it on the line.  The following is a brief description of a game I've been working on a lot lately.  This…
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Participants: SPDuke, mutex, jasonm, Bill Masek.

10/13/2005 JSDiamond: "All's quiet..." draft 5
Slowly but surely... getting it all worked out.  This time taking a cue from the earliest posts about environment modifier values.  Got them dialed in good --hopefully you will think…
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Participants: JSDiamond, JasonPalenske, Noon, mutex.

10/14/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet... preliminary GM's draft
Here's a rough and incomplete draft of the GM's info. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/alls_GMs.pdf
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Participants: JSDiamond, SPDuke, mutex.

10/14/2005 J. Tuomas Harviainen: [Dirty Fucking Freaks] feedback
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=17096.msg182247#msg182247 date=1129127012] 5. Finally - anyone who's not involved in the contest - I formally request that you nominate yourself as an informal judge. Pick a game…
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Participants: J. Tuomas Harviainen, Graham Walmsley.

10/14/2005 Certified: [6th World] Short Stories
What follows are six short stories along with the introduction to the setting of 6th World. I am hoping for in feedback is what you as readers with no other…
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Participants: Certified, Troy_Costisick.

10/14/2005 Matt Snyder: [Red Rain] Oct. Ronnies Boxing RPG
Get in the ring, folks. I wrote a 24-hour game for the Oct. Ronnies called Red Rain. It's a boxing game, and I'm really proud of this sucker. Of course,…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Smithy, Dantai.

10/14/2005 JasonPalenske: Frontier: No Way as Way
First off I really want to apologize if it seemed Frontier slipped off the face of the Earth without intent to publish. Unfortunately as it can happen with all people…
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Participants: JasonPalenske, Joshua BishopRoby, gsoylent.

10/14/2005 Wormwood: Retooling the Bug ["Firefly d20"]
About a year ago I was asked to write a d20-based game for playing in the universe of the Firefly TV series. Since d20 was part of my design constraints…
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Participants: Wormwood, SPDuke.

10/14/2005 Bob Goat: [Untitled RPG] Non-standard Scene Framing
I've been thinking long and hard about this statement Ron made here: I'm assuming standard scene-conflict presentation and basic play, but that does seem boring. It does seem boring and…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Gregor Hutton.

10/14/2005 JasonPalenske: Frontier: No Limitation as Limitation
In regards to settings your only limitation is what you impose upon yourself. I say this because I have purposefully left the Frontier settings wide open. By wide open I…
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Participants: JasonPalenske, mutex, Shreyas Sampat.

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