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2/28/2003 Gwen: The Rise of the Nihilists: System Mechanics
It seemed apparent in my other thread that perhaps I would be better served to adopt a system mechanic more befitting the odd, dream-lyke setting I created. I suppose it…
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Participants: Gwen, szilard, Mike Holmes, marknau, Garbanzo.

2/27/2003 Sylus Thane: Searching for the Beginning of Frontier
In searching for a way to bring my version of the multiverse (Frontier) to life I have been searching for a way in which to present my different settings. In…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, szilard, Harsh Attack, Allan, richks.

2/27/2003 arkcure: Mysticism vs. Magic
Hello, Right now I am grappling with the idea of magic and mysticism in a near future setting. While I do feel that there should be some level of mysticism,…
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Participants: arkcure, cruciel, Airshipjones, clehrich, Andrew Martin, contracycle, simon_hibbs, M. J. Young, MoonHunter.

2/26/2003 Gwen: Magic System: Definitive or Open-Ended?
I am working on a Midieval Era game and the magic system is based entirely on alchemy. Various alchemical potions give consumers the ability to fly, to maintain a fire…
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Participants: Gwen, clehrich, greyorm, ethan_greer, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Ben Morgan, Emily Care, contracycle, M. J. Young, Fletcher, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Andrew Martin.

2/25/2003 Simon W: Barbarians of Lemuria
Hi. I'm totally new to all of this, although I have been watching the posts and getting new role-playing ideas from many of you - mainly some of the GM-less…
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Participants: Simon W, Jasper, contracycle, Matt.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: my game: Clash of the Worlds
Hi, I am currently in the process of making a RPG series called "Clash of the Worlds". I am running the first two chapters of "CotW: From Past to Present"…
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Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, greyorm, Drew Stevens, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: hi, I need some information
Hi, I am a 3.5 + GPA high schooler, and I want to get into the video game world for a job, especially RPGs (Squaresoft is my dream). I would…
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Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, Dave Panchyk, Kester Pelagius, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

2/21/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk and Transparency
So I was writing the introductory "What is a Roleplaying Game?" section of Storypunk in my head today. It started out by talking about different types of social contracts: those…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 clehrich: Shadows in the Fog: New Stuff
[size=14px][b]Session Structure[/b][/size] A number of people have suggested that I put in something about session structure, and this is more or less a sketch of the piece to be inserted.…
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Participants: clehrich, Spooky Fanboy, Le Joueur, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Piers Brown.

2/21/2003 Cryostorm: Union-TOS: Check This Out, Please
Uh, Hi! My name is Cameron Harsh, and I just found this site two nights ago. I was impressed and thankful to find it. You see since last night when…
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Participants: Cryostorm, quozl, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Harsh Attack, clehrich, Valamir.

2/20/2003 cusidhe: Drought of Refersing Rain
Greetings all, First time poster, long time lurker. I have been followingthe development of four willows weeping's game Refreshing Rain for some time. I have noticed that little has come…
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Participants: cusidhe, Shreyas Sampat.

2/20/2003 Jake Norwood: La Famiglia: First Draft
I would like to turn everyone's attention to the first (and partially incomplete) draft of La Famiglia, a Mafia game that revolves around Reputation. I'm really proud of it, as…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, ThreeGee, Valamir, simon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Rob MacDougall, Bankuei.

2/19/2003 AdamG: ideas towards a resolution mechanic
I’ve been working on a system, and a bit towards setting, on a game I’d like to play. I’m just putting this out there to see if anyone has any…
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Participants: AdamG, Jeph, Matt.

2/19/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday (immense)
I've been working on and off for the last few weeks on my newest game, The Shadow of Yesterday. It's a post-apocalyptic fantasy game that sprung from my head like…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, szilard, Valamir, James V. West, Alan, Walt Freitag, Jake Norwood, quozl, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/19/2003 Hyper Jacks: My Game Idea
Hi, I am new to this forum and stumbled across it accidentally. I have been working on a game and thought I would run the ideas acorss the forum to…
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Participants: Hyper Jacks, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, quozl, Jeremy Cole.

2/19/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Game Concepts: Shared Play Chapter PDF
Hi all I have just finished the first draft of the Game Concepts: Shared Play chapter for The Million Worlds: Chronicles Of The Eternal Cycle (TM). This chapter lays out…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes.

2/18/2003 Jestocost: Splitter - Implemeting Player Narrative Powers
Hi everyone, I have some problems with my own game and would like to get some help and advice. Here’s a short description on Splitter- the broken world: You rise…
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Participants: Jestocost, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

2/17/2003 C. Edwards: Matinee: Anti-Hero vs. Femme Fatale
It seems like I’ve been working on this forever (since well before Halloween), but I’ve finally got my card game in good enough shape that I can see actual play-testing…
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Participants: C. Edwards, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

2/16/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - IV, SA, and the Joy of SeX
"Sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses." - Anonymous Hey all, I am still plugging away on the Game Concepts shared play chapter, and in enumerating the various elements…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Ron Edwards.

2/15/2003 Jasper: The West Wind: Structuring Play and "Feel"
Okay, so the new (and very largely complete -- as in no holes) version of my current game is up here: The West Wind v.0.3 Magic is written up:…
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Participants: Jasper, Mike Holmes.

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3/2/2003 ghoest: Function System: Designing Problems
So, I've been working on my own system that is modularized and can easily be modified or redesigned if needed (you can find my designing notes at www.indigames.com under the…
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Participants: ghoest, Mark Johnson, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin.

3/2/2003 bcghawk: developing new system from ground-up...HELP
Hey! new to the board and need new recommendations for "real" system; thoughtfully nicknamed word problem the rpg were the players play themselves (so they actually worry about the situations…
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Participants: bcghawk, Mike Holmes.

3/2/2003 ks13: Character Creation Problem: No Classes or Templates
Over the past few months I have been busily designing my game, thanks in huge part to the Forge and the ton of great discussions going on here. I presented…
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Participants: ks13, arkcure, Sylus Thane, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Mark Johnson, KeithBVaughn, James V. West, Mike Holmes, anonymouse.

3/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When does a design cease to be indie?
When does a designer or a publisher lose his indie-cred round these parts? I'm getting kind of worried now that I have a D20 project in the works and will…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Maurice Forrester, Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/3/2003 Garbanzo: Ashen: Concerns about handling time
I’m knee-deep into a design (Ashen). I‘ve got mechanics that support my premise, but I’m wishing there was less handling time involved. Specifically, any total comes from adding two attributes,…
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Participants: Garbanzo, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, szilard, Palaskar.

3/4/2003 MistHunter: Most popular RPG genre...
I've been thinking about making an indie RPG for a long time, and multiple genres have crossed my mind, but I haven't come up with the right genre! Now I…
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Participants: MistHunter, Le Joueur, xiombarg, quozl, Valamir, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy, M. J. Young, Balbinus, Ron Edwards, Gold Rush Games, Allan.

3/4/2003 Nev the Deranged: Question
If I have game designs that are non-RPGs (say, board games, card games, live action games, tile games, miniatures games, etc.) where would it be appropriate to post about them?…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, ghoest.

3/5/2003 iago: Delta: A bit of a collision?
I've been thinking about Sorceror, and I've been thinking about Paladin. Paladin I've read, and Sorceror, I've at least had someone who's read it describe a lot of the elements…
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Participants: iago, Spooky Fanboy.

3/5/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - "GC: Metaplay" excerpt
Hi all I am still flailing about working on the chapter formerly known as game concepts: shared play, which i have at the moment changed to metaplay. Anyway, i have…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes.

3/5/2003 Cryostorm: Union - ToS: Website Discusion 3-5-03
Hi, Cameron Harsh Here This thread is to discuss the March 5th website update of Union Tides of Steel. If you don't know about our game check out our other…
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Participants: Cryostorm, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, Harsh Attack, RobMuadib.

3/6/2003 NephandicOne: Success Effect System
OK i have made a die pool system that tends to allow the highly skilled to succeed more then the other poor smucks. In combat I have the system designed…
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Participants: NephandicOne, Drew Stevens, Walt Freitag.

3/6/2003 dragongrace: DragonGrace: Announcement
This is just a quick message to let anyone interested know that DragonGrace is a new RPG by my design. The Website is www.anycities.com/user/dragongrace Premise: A monotheistic fantasy world in…
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Participants: dragongrace, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Drew Stevens, Ron Edwards, Grex, Marco.

3/8/2003 richks: Urban Mythos: A question of style.
I'm still hammering away at this and I'm trying to get some of the background written up so that people can actually READ something related to this project. The thing…
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Participants: richks, Sylus Thane, Spooky Fanboy, MoonHunter, Mike Holmes.

3/9/2003 ZaonDude: ZAON news and links
Hey y'all ! I'm back ;-) I'm still at work on ZAON, and have implemented a number of changes to help spice up the universe since we began talking last…
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Participants: ZaonDude, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Jonathan Walton, dalek_of_god.

3/9/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk: The Whole Shebang?
Okay, I think I'm finally moving towards pulling all this together into one cohesive form. If you want to look at the steps leading up to this (where Storypunk's been…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Mark Johnson.

3/11/2003 xechnao: Need some critics over my new project
I want to present you the setting I am creating and have you tell me what you think about it. This setting is intended for playing games.Here is the deal:…
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Participants: xechnao, Jasper, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, richks, Ron Edwards, Valamir, dragongrace, greyorm, Palaskar.

3/12/2003 ThreeGee: Slayer mechanics question
Hey all, I am revising Slayer of Dragon RPG with the intention of finishing it in the for-real, no-kidding sort of way. After six years, the mechanics are showing their…
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Participants: ThreeGee, szilard, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes.

3/12/2003 arkcure: EU States: Writers Block
I Have recently come across a bad case of writer's block and can't seem to get through it. I have finished my backstory, my histories, my timelines, various characters (although…
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Participants: arkcure, clehrich, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, bibbouk.

3/13/2003 woodelf: social-centric mechanics
Ok, don't shoot me, but this is, loosely speaking, a D20-based discussion. Specifically, for our setting, Ogalepihcra, we want to include 3 complete sets of rules, each designed for a…
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Participants: woodelf, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, szilard.

3/13/2003 Lugaru: Newbie looking for critizism...
What do you think of this setting? Please tell me if you've seen this done before or executed better. As a note the system Im using is a fast and…
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Participants: Lugaru, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, Mark Johnson, Christoffer Lernö, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

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