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10/26/2002 TracerFox: Alien Adoption and Joint Development
Hey all! It's me again, and you thought you were rid of me? MWAAHAHA! Oh, sorry, got a little out of hand there. Anyways, my topic today is joint-author and…
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Participants: TracerFox.

10/25/2002 Jonathan Walton: Quixote & Coyote: Passing the Torch
I'm starting this thread to discuss how one of my current projects, codenamed Quixote & Coyote (until I come up with something better) could work using the system Willows…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, M. Eisengrim, Shreyas Sampat, talysman, Torrent.

10/25/2002 szilard: FaeEarths (working title): draft die mechanics thoughts
Hey all. Here are some basic draft mechanics for the (rather Narrativist) game that I mentioned in this thread. Right now, I am using the working title FaeEarths, which…
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Participants: szilard, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Marco, Peregrine, thoth.

10/24/2002 SarimRune: Cinematic Role-playing (Larp)
I need a little help here. I've created a LARP/table top game which I'm rather proud of. However there remained one major obstacle which I would like to conquer first.…
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Participants: SarimRune, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Andrew Martin, Valamir.

10/24/2002 Matt Snyder: New Game: Nine Worlds ... initial comments
Ok, Forge fellows, it's about time I shared some info about what I'm working on, as I've hinted here and there already. This is going to be a lot like…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Jonathan Walton, Shreyas Sampat, Demonspahn.

10/24/2002 Andrew Martin: Shadow + Token
Shadow + Token *************** This is an attempt to combine Zac's Shadow with my Token system, with the aim of producing a GM-less game system that combines the best of…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton.

10/24/2002 ethan_greer: Pollies Online At Last
Hello all, I have published the latest version of Pollies on my website. http://www.simplephrase.com/pollies/ I included a Fudge-esque license thingy for the benefit of Gwen and any others who may…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg descriptor formalism
I'm thinking of a scheme for Ygg descriptors here. First off Powers, skills, spells all have a corresponding level of Otherworldiness. For illustrative purposes, let's use descriptions of the levels…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Peregrine, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes, szilard, Bankuei.

10/23/2002 Gwen: Abyssmal Earth System Mechanics
My roleplaying game of Heaven, Earth and Hell (which I am tentativly naming Abyssmal Earth) seems to be nearing completion in its basic state, but I still need a system.…
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Participants: Gwen, Andrew Martin, ethan_greer, kevin671, Marco.

10/23/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Marionettes: A Game about Puppetry
So, I've been thinking a lot about puppets lately. Puppets are beautiful things. It got me thinking - how could I make a game about puppetry? Now, it's obvious to…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer: Thoughts on Mechanics
I thought I'd separate this from the original thread, which seems to be diverging onto discussions of setting and colour. So, a quick summary (rewrite?) of the rules and then…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, ADGBoss, Andrew Martin, RobMuadib, Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee.

10/22/2002 ethan_greer: What do I do now?
So, I'm working on this game called Pollies. It's almost done, and I really like how it's shaping up. Looking for a little break, I went over to the Forge…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2002 RobMuadib: The Million Worlds:COTEC - The Rumours Of My Death ......
[quote]-"The Rumors Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" , Samuel Clemens[/quote] Greetings, long suffering readers. It is true, I am not dead, nor is The Million Worlds: Chronicles Of…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2002 Gold Rush Games: Publishing & Distribution of Indie RPGs
We're developing a prgram whereby we will publish and distribute selected indie RPGs. The contract is still in draft but we hope to have it finished soon. Through the program,…
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Participants: Gold Rush Games, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2002 wyrdlyng: non-PC Strategy Boardgame
Here's a little politically incorrect boardgame which I put together. This hasn't been playtested yet so feel free to try it out and throw me some feedback. O.G. by Alex…
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Participants: wyrdlyng.

10/22/2002 Jonathan Walton: Quixote & Coyote: A Game Concept
[b][Just so you know, I envision the title being pronounced "Kee-oh-tay & Kai-oat," just to keep it from being too silly][/b] This game concept is inspired both by Willows' [i]Torchbearer[/i]…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, szilard, Valamir, lumpley, Shreyas Sampat, Paul Czege, Torrent, talysman, Jeremy Cole, Blake Hutchins.

10/22/2002 d3nial: A New Idea? Probably not...
Hi - this is my first post on indie-rpg's forums, I have a game I designed in mid-2001, at the time I was pretty sure it was an original idea.…
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Participants: d3nial, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2002 szilard: An old twist on fantasy... (longish)
Hi. I'm new here. I've had this idea for a game in my head for awhile now, and it has been slowly nibbling its way free. Basically, in the typical…
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Participants: szilard, Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, Sidhain, Shreyas Sampat, Gwen, Le Joueur, Sparky, Peregrine.

10/21/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Game Design based on cool dice: Is this a Bad Idea?
So I'm editing a game which, in its current incarnation, has a similar system to Sorcerer (but perhaps taking the "high die roll"). My system, as I'm planning it now,…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, GreatWolf, wyrdlyng, Jonathan Walton.

10/21/2002 Sykora: HEX: A game of techno-urban horror
My fascination with cyberpunk has existed since 87 or so when I discovered the Neuromancer computer game (kind of an ass-backwards way to get into the genre, but hey). Since…
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Participants: Sykora, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

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10/26/2002 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - "... aware of yourself as a Gamemaster"
"Perhaps you aware of those who watch over your home, and experience it as a place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a…
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Participants: RobMuadib.

10/27/2002 Kester Pelagius: Code Name: Pleroma (Long)
Code Name: Pleroma A Peek Behind the Veil of (Potential) Game Design Software programmers sometimes give their projects “code names” so I thought, sure, why not. Thus “Code Name: Pleroma”.…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Christoffer Lernö, GMplayer, RobMuadib.

10/27/2002 Wormwood: Clandestine: Memetic Roleplaying
I am currently working on developing a game I've been calling Clandestine. Originally the game was to center on playing conspiracies, but in the design process it seems to ahve…
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Participants: Wormwood, Ron Edwards, talysman.

10/27/2002 Christoffer Lernö: The Evil has a site
Just in case someone was interested I made a site for The Evil. Not much there, but you can download the latest version of the rules (unfortunately not much of…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

10/27/2002 J. Backman: Theatrum (The Pool extended)
I'm working a project called Theatrum, which turned out to be extremely similar to The Pool. It uses basically all the familiar things from The Pool -- the character creation,…
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Participants: J. Backman, Bankuei, Wormwood, James V. West, thoth.

10/28/2002 d3nial: Several Mechanics Ideas
I've just read Gaiman's 'American Gods' and Elton's 'Dead Famous' this weekend - quite different books but surprisingly I found a common thread in the portrayal of modern culture. I…
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Participants: d3nial, Wormwood, Ron Edwards, Gwen, Christoffer Lernö.

10/29/2002 FruitSmack!: It's The End Of The World As We Know It...
Hi all! I've been mulling over writing a Post-Apocolyptic game. Now here is what I intend to do with this, if I write it (using some of my spiffy new…
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Participants: FruitSmack!, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius.

10/29/2002 Gwen: Mechanics for Abyssmal Earth
I've been spending the last week or so mulling over the proper mechanics for Abyssmal Earth, but I've run into several problems. Originally, I wanted to make the system simple,…
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Participants: Gwen, Ben Morgan, Andrew Martin, ethan_greer, Matt, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Tony Irwin, RobMuadib.

10/29/2002 S.Lonergan: Untitled -- Mechanics so far
A while ago, I posted a game idea I had, It has evolved considerably since the original posting, and I finally have mechanics that are slightly playable. Dont get me…
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Participants: S.Lonergan.

10/29/2002 Zak Arntson: Hobo RPG Designers - Train riders on the radio!
October 17, 2002, The Next Big Thing (radio show) played Ghosts & Trains. Several modern day hoboes talking about their train-riding experiences (plus ghost stories, but not hobo-related, unless it's…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, mahoux.

10/29/2002 Peregrine: Wayfarer's Song - Duergar Disc.
Hi all Well I've been chipping away at the Duergar Kithbook for Wayfarer's Song. The kithbook is not exactly nearing completion, but, well its getting bigger anyway. I thought I'd…
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Participants: Peregrine.

10/29/2002 mahoux: Future Perfect: Narrativist Time Travel
Okay, so here's my first "official" post for Future Perfect. I'm not doing any actual work on it until I finish with my classes, so there. Nyah. The Premise: Here…
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Participants: mahoux, Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Matt Snyder.

10/30/2002 Zak Arntson: Fighter-D Alpha - Beta Playtest
Okay, I'm opening up Fighter-D Alpha for playtesting. I've provided the rules-skeleton here: http://www.harlekin-maus.com/fighterd/fighterd.html. It's inspired by Donjon, but has had enough huge changes to be considered it's own game.…
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Participants: Zak Arntson.

10/30/2002 GraveyardGreg: Feedback for Dom-Sahn Playtesting
To get the files and playtest the fighting game Dom-Sahn, simply download them It's only 900 KB.
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Participants: GraveyardGreg.

10/30/2002 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds: Initial mechanics explanation
I've been tinkering away on Nine Worlds -- here's a glimpse "under the hood." I'm eager to hear what folks think. It's all still pretty rough, so bear with me.…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, Kester Pelagius.

10/30/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg: Demonic Weird
I'm trying to simplify and improve stuff. Right now I'm looking at the magic system, and I was thinking of moving from keeping track of taint to having a sort…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Shreyas Sampat, Bob McNamee, Valamir.

10/30/2002 J B Bell: Crouching Dragon, Drifting BESM
A while ago, I bought BESM. This was before I became fully enlightened from reading the Forge. :) I was attracted to the "Hero Lite" character design, the extremely nice…
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Participants: J B Bell, Bankuei.

10/30/2002 Paganini: Narrative Solo Gaming: Addressing Premise
So, I've been thinking about a lot of things recently. Why I'm always *on the verge* of buying miniatures, dungeon-scapes, dungeon-tile fonts, etc. Why, basically, dungeon crawl trappings appeal to…
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Participants: Paganini, ADGConscience, C. Edwards, Evan Waters, Demonspahn, talysman, Jack Spencer Jr.

10/30/2002 Phillip: Images for archetypal card deck
I would like to know if anyone here can recommend a good collection of images (photos or artwork) on the Internet for use in representing archetypes. By this I mean…
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Participants: Phillip, JSDiamond.

10/31/2002 Shreyas Sampat: Character Death in Torchbearer
This has been nagging me for a while: players of Torchbearer (my mythic fantasy game; there are two threads on it a page or two back at the moment of…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö.

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