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12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Apocalypse Girl] Ronnies feedback
No one can be more surprised than me that apocalypse girl by Sydney Freedberg gets a Low Ronny. I'll be all up-front: I fucking hate the premise. I used to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Ramidel, Kintara, Unco Lober.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Defenders of the Union] Ronnies feedback
Hello, I am such a sucker for KGB stuff in role-playing games. Defenders of the Union by Malcolm Craig socks right into the Bake It, Betty category, and I really…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Rob MacDougall.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [Stand Off!] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Stand_Off.php]Stand Off![/url][/b] by Troy Costisick gets rated in the "Great non-RPG" category. Feedback time! But first, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the supreme Ronnies champion of 2005, Troy Costisick.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyPace, Troy_Costisick.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Long Patrol] Ronnies feedback
Hello, The Long Patrol by Kingston Cassidy rated a Runner-Up. Here's my feedback. 1. Despite the excellent image on the cover, "mud" as a term isn't central enough. Either bring…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, KingstonC, Darcy Burgess.

12/30/2005 klsmith: A Hero's Doom in RPGs
First, a short background on myself.  I have always been interested in designing games and have toyed around with the process for several years.  I worked for year and a…
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Participants: klsmith, Iskander, demiurgeastaroth, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, jasonm, Troy_Costisick.

12/30/2005 Ron Edwards: [On the Ecology of the Mud Dragon] Ronnies feedback
Hello, With a certain reluctance, I assigned On the Ecology of the Mud Dragon by Ben Lehman to the Bake It, Betty category. Check out out On the Ecology of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

12/30/2005 Matt: [Covenant]Theme and Mood and being specific
[url=http://www.realms.org.uk/covenant/]Covenant (link)[/url] was one of my "hey what a cool idea" games. Neat ideas left to stagnate. A few months ago I went back to it and realised it was…
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Participants: Matt.

12/30/2005 Darcy Burgess: [Domus] Post-playtest development
Domus saw its first playtest last night, and I'm glad to say that it was a lot of fun (that's a fact for me, and a pretty solid conjecture for…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, dindenver, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, talysman.

12/29/2005 ZeOtter: My Idea for a Pool based RPG
I posted this on my Live Journal at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/zeotter/ The idea just hit me while I was reading the Martial section in the Burning Wheel RPG book (and because of…
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Participants: ZeOtter, dindenver.

12/29/2005 komradebob: [minis] Hungry, Hungry Dragon!
[i]This is a plaintext version of a minis game I was working on a while back as a convention one-shot. I recently took another look at this and spiffed it…
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Participants: komradebob, Zach, Starblade, MatrixGamer.

12/29/2005 pells: A plea for content
This thread is related to my own project, Avalanche, but, I think, goes way beyond that. It comes from my own reflexion about gaming, especially RPG. I hope it fits…
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Participants: pells, dindenver, Noon, John Bromberger, daMoose_Neo, Frank T, Justin Marx, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, sayter.

12/29/2005 Starblade: Gaterunners: Stuff about the plot.
I had another forum over in case people want to discuss more than this forum will allow. It's over at http://p097.ezboard.com/bparadragoncoveentertainment if you want to see it. Basically, it's the…
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Participants: Starblade.

12/29/2005 Starblade: My new game.
I was planning on making a game called Gaterunners. I have some of the game mechanics and some of the game settings. The interesting thing about this game will be…
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Participants: Starblade, joepub, Justin Marx, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, dindenver, Blankshield, TonyPace, oneofthesedays.

12/28/2005 mutex: Paper Teetotums (split)
Okay, here's a quick example I was able to make by tracing the "droidel" found at http://www.starwars.com/kids/activity/crafts/f20051216/index.html. I'll try to whip up some practical examples and different side numbers later.…
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Participants: mutex, joepub, Ron Edwards.

12/27/2005 Ethesis: re: Structured Game Design (Warning: Long Post) « 1 2 »
It probably wouldn't hurt to lock that post, putting a sticky on it and no lock kind of draws attention to it by people new to the boards and tempts…
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Participants: Ethesis.

12/27/2005 Andrew Morris: [The Great Art] Self-regulating Social Status Mechanics
For The Great Art, a good deal of the focus is on social and political conflicts. Currently, I didn't have anything written in about status or respect as a resource,…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, WhiteRat, dindenver, Graham Walmsley, TonyLB, Ramidel, Joshua BishopRoby.

12/26/2005 joepub: Using card-based mechanics
Hey guys. I've been thinking a lot lately about how cards (whether CCG or non-collectible) can be most effectively integrated into roleplaying games. I want to know whether you guys…
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Participants: joepub, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Graham Walmsley, Sydney Freedberg, Dantai.

12/25/2005 WhiteRat: [Ends And Means] Setting the Stakes
All the Stakes threads in Actual Play (but most notably "A Skill to Cultivate: Setting Stakes") prompted me to completely rewrite the "Setting the Stakes" section in my upcoming LARP…
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Participants: WhiteRat, Graham Walmsley, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby.

12/25/2005 Zach: [The Legend of Saucy Jack] Exploring pirate legends, drawing treasure maps.
Hello. I’ve been lurking on-and-off for a few months now, and finally decided to register and contribute to the forum. My name’s Zach, and I’m looking to get some ideas…
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Participants: Zach, joepub, MikeSands, Levi Kornelsen, Shreyas Sampat, dindenver, Myrmidon.

12/22/2005 joepub: [Down Spiral] Is a GM necessary?
So, I'm currently working on a game called Down Spiral. For those of you who haven't read the thread on Down Spiral, a quick backgrounder: Down Spiral is a game…
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Participants: joepub, TonyLB, Noon, Danny_K.

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12/30/2005 gabrielg7: Brawler Chapter One - action adventure game
Hello everyone! This is my latest game project.. any comments are welcome download: http://dl.winsite.com/bin/downl?23500000036659 for more about Brawler go to: http://cloudslikecastels.6x.to/
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Participants: gabrielg7.

12/31/2005 nilsderondeau: PBP/PBeM Mechanics Threads
I'm reviewing discussions about mechanics designed to support PBP/PBeM play. In the interest of facilitating the searches of others with the same desire I have found the following: Ed Designs…
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Participants: nilsderondeau, TonyLB.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Here Be Dragons!] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Here_be_Dragons.php]Here Be Dragons![/url][/b] by Iain McAllister hits very high in the rankings of the Great Non-RPG category. I think it makes a nice partner to [b][url=http://www.anvilwerks.com/?City-of-Brass]City of Brass[/url][/b], and should…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, iain.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [White Dragon] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/White_Dragon.php]White Dragon[/url][/b] by Alexander Newman gets a Low Ronny! I think it's notable for its excellent use of the terms, as well as the general humorous take that manages to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Iskander.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Saint's Golem & the Devil's Dragon] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Golem_vs_Dragon.php]The Saint's Golem and the Devil's Dragon[/url][/b] by Tobias op den Brouw goes squarely into the Great Non-RPG category. See also the [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17627.0][The Saint's Golem vs. the Devil's Dragon] Comments…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Tobias.

12/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Dirty Virgins] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Dirty_Virgins.php]Dirty Virgins[/url][/b] by Steve Hickey is a stupendous Game Notion which lit up the eyes among my group members at first mention. We weren't alone; see also [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17737.0][Dirty Virgins] Starting…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, hix, Sydney Freedberg.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [October's Shadows] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Octobers_Shadows.php]October's Shadows[/url][/b] by Tony Pace nets itself a Low Ronny! Yay for Soviet games. This one is another 2nd Directorate Game, again focusing on ideology and directly changing one another's…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, TonyPace.

1/1/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Dragon vs. the Gun] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Dragon_vs_the_Gun.php]The Dragon vs. the Gun[/url][/b] by Joe J. Prince got itself a Runner-Up. For those who haven't followed the august participation of Mr. Prince in the Ronnies, well, do yourself…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Dantai.

1/2/2006 Aldoth: My Game: Adventures in the second land
I am currently working on a game that is influenced by Alice in wonderland, Mirrormask, Labyrinth, Wizard of Oz, I am at the design stage and am working on the…
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Participants: Aldoth, matthijs, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, dindenver, TonyPace, Darcy Burgess, Sydney Freedberg, Mr. Sluagh, Graham Walmsley, Warren.

1/2/2006 MusedFable: Mythasy: A game for bittererest roleplayers
This is a continuation of http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18060.0. To sum up the thread:  I said "I've played a hole crap load of rpgs over the last 9 years and I don't think…
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Participants: MusedFable, sayter, Adam Dray.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Other] Pre-playtest questions
Tim Kleinert and I sat down over coffee to check out the playtest version of The Other, by Jeff Diamond. For those of you who don't know, Jeff is a…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Serpentine Thunder] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Serpentine_Thunder.php]Serpentine Thunder[/url][/b] by John Laviolette is the starting draft for a Great Non-RPG. I see it as a boxed set of specialty cards, like the game Titan from Avalon Hill,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, talysman, Sydney Freedberg.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Stalin's Story] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Stalins_Story.php]Stalin's Story[/url][/b] by Sydney Gijsberg seems to me a thought-provoking Game Notion. I have never enjoyed a "compete to entertain me" game design, nor been convinced that it's a viable…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Troy_Costisick, Rob MacDougall.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Holodomor] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Holodomor.php]Holodomor[/url][/b] by Sambucus (Zsámboki János) wins a Low Ronny, partly because it has the biggest 'nads ever in role-playing game design. Check out [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17636.0][Holodomor] Not just another Ronnies thread[/url][/b] for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Sambucus.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Firestarter] Ronnies feedback
All welcome Firestarter which represents Christopher Peterson's first participation in the Ronnies. As it stands, it's a Game Notion - the set of notes that precedes a start-to-finish sketchy summary…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, cpeterso, Victor Gijsbers, Noon, talysman.

1/2/2006 sayter: [Realm] Character "Classes"
Well, I am now at the point where the setting is devised enough that I can start conceptualizing the "classes" of characters in the game. Now, as those keeping up…
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Participants: sayter, Bill Masek, dindenver, tygertyger.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Krasnoarmeets] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Kpachoapmee.php]Krasnoarmeets[/url][/b] by James Holloway wins a Low Ronny! Check out some earlier discussion in [b][url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17629.0][Kpachoapmee/Krasnoarmeets] Enemy at the Ronnies Gates[/url][/b]. At last, the Stalingrad RPG I was hoping for -…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, James Holloway, komradebob, Sydney Freedberg, Doug Ruff.

1/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [Soviet Politics] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Soviet_Politics.php]Soviet Politics[/url][/b] by Remko van der Pluijm goes into the Great Non-RPG category. It reminds me of [b][url=http://www.gregstolze.com/downloads.html]Executive Decision[/url][/b]. I'm also beginning to see the possibility of a special rack…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, Remko.

1/3/2006 joepub: [Apocalypse Scissorhands] My 24 hour RPG
Hey - I finished writing a 24-hour RPG a little while ago, and it was just posted up today. I had decided to do something akin to Game Chef or…
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Participants: joepub, dindenver, Zach.

1/3/2006 Vibilo: [Innkeep] Character Troubles
A few months ago I put up my first draft of Innkeep along with some questions I had about the game. Since I don't dedicate much time a week on…
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Participants: Vibilo.

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