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4/14/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil: Impossible to get cool narration?
Is it possible to have cool narration in a game within the framework of more or less traditional mechanics? I'm asking because I was suggested that this might indeed be…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Valamir, ThreeGee, C. Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Mark Johnson.

4/14/2003 ADGBoss: Steel and Shadows: Inspired by Thugs and Thieves
First I want to say that Steel and Shadows was heavily inspired by Ethan Greer's Thugs and Thieves. Even though S&S is going to be far different, I still…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Sidhain, ethan_greer, Jeph, Walt Freitag.

4/13/2003 SrGrvsaLot: Brainstorming - Medieval Fantasy
I'm a few days away from completing the rough draft for my latest project (a hybrid board game-rpg where the players take the roles of Gods), and am looking for…
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Participants: SrGrvsaLot, Realmforger, ADGBoss, Jack Spencer Jr, samdowning, Mike Holmes, szilard, Chris, b_bankhead, s/LaSH.

4/13/2003 TooManyGoddamnOrcs: My First Heartbreaker Begins Now.
Technically, it's my second after the TFOS/50s Horror hybrid I created in middle school with a percentile color chart straight out of Marvel superheroes, but that's beside the point. Here…
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Participants: TooManyGoddamnOrcs, ethan_greer, Thomas Tamblyn, Valamir, Wolfen, lumpley, Paul Czege.

4/13/2003 taalyn: Chargen issues for Aisling
I'm trying to get a basic set of rules together so I can get playtesting results while I work on the fun part (setting). I'm hoping you guys can suggest…
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Participants: taalyn, Wolfen.

4/13/2003 Buddha Nature: PBEM Brainstorm
Okay for the last day or two I have been trying to think up a good way of running a PBEM game - it would be system-lite/less and would make…
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Participants: Buddha Nature, Jonathan Walton, Bob McNamee.

4/12/2003 Christoffer Lernö: FitM and effect based combat problems (Yggdrasil)
This can be considered a follow-up to the article "Agonizing over margin-based effects". After a little playtesting think I nailed down what the real problem is. By introducing effects (before…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

4/11/2003 Realmforger: My Ultimate RPG: Lost Realms
I'm creating a role-playing game called Lost Realms. The normal game takes place in a medival fantasy setting, but I might make several different settings. You can begin as one…
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Participants: Realmforger, Thomas Tamblyn, Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, Ben Morgan, Valamir.

4/11/2003 Wolfen: Recoil: Concept
Recoil is a game idea that I started kicking around when I ran across a page of fiction I wrote while bored between classes. I've been having a hard time…
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Participants: Wolfen, Mike Holmes, anonymouse, Torrent, Tar Markvar, Thomas Tamblyn, Christoffer Lernö, Spooky Fanboy, Ben Morgan, philreed, Ron Edwards, Valamir, szilard, C. Edwards, Walt Freitag, talysman.

4/10/2003 taalyn: The game formerly known as Aisling
Hey y'all, As I've been typing up the mechanics, and also working on a setting timeline, I've realized that Aislng is too culturally biased. While there are certainly Celtic varieties…
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Participants: taalyn, Wolfen, anonymouse, Valamir, szilard, Mike Holmes, Hamshrew, MathiasJack, Thomas Tamblyn, Green, clehrich.

4/9/2003 Green: what do you need from an RPG?
Currently, I am revising and expanding Kathanaksaya. So far, most of the basics are covered. Pretty much any experienced roleplayer can pick up the file and play it as written,…
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Participants: Green, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.

4/8/2003 deadpanbob: Incarnate: Social Contract and Character Creation (Long)
All, Been off The Forge for quite some time due to RL issues. I've been slowly slogging toward completion of my game, Incarnate. The original threads can be found here…
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Participants: deadpanbob, Spooky Fanboy, RobMuadib.

4/8/2003 dragongrace: Veridicus: Announcement
http://www.anycities.com/user/dragongrace/Veridicus/Veridicus1.html for general perusal and discussion of any who want to digest this small effort. I took my inspiration from Universalis, Pool, and Nomic. in short, Veridicus is a generic…
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Participants: dragongrace, Mike Holmes.

4/8/2003 szilard: Destined (long)
I've been working on this game for a good bit of time. It started out as FaeEarths. There are a few threads on this forum about that. This version should…
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Participants: szilard, taalyn, MathiasJack, SrGrvsaLot.

4/8/2003 philreed: 24 Hour Game
For years I've considered creating a 24 hour comic. http://www.scottmccloud.com/inventions/24hr/dare/dare.html But maybe it would be more fun to create a 24 hour RPG. A 24 page RPG completed in 24…
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Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards, bluegargantua, Simon W, anonymouse, Thomas Tamblyn, James V. West, Jeph, Zathreyel, iago, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, talysman, szilard, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, Trevis Martin, SrGrvsaLot, clehrich, Mark Johnson, Andy Kitkowski, Ryan Chaddock.

4/8/2003 Eric J.: Inu Yasha RPG
Inuyasha is just an anime show that I've taken to watching recently. When I look at it, it simply screams: Eric... I can see you... Make an RPG out of…
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Participants: Eric J., Christoffer Lernö, anonymouse, Ron Edwards, Thomas Tamblyn, Le Joueur, hyphz.

4/8/2003 Jonathan Walton: Mythmakers: A Game for Talysman
So John Laviolette (aka Talysman the Ur-Beatle), Shreyas Sampat, and I have this deal going from one of the Forge Birthday Forum Threads. Shreyas is going to do a game…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, anonymouse, Spooky Fanboy, deadpanbob, talysman, Shreyas Sampat.

4/7/2003 Jake Norwood: La Famiglia: Weapons and Gear
My current take on weapons and other notable equipment in La Famiglia is that it all belongs to the family (and therefore comes from their reputations) unless a given weapon…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/7/2003 Hamshrew: MyGame: Grey Lotus, a fantasy world with a faint Celtic bent
I've lurked a bit, and thought I might as well jump in to have my own game torn apart before feeling qualified for commenting on the others(you are all usually…
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Participants: Hamshrew, Mike Holmes, taalyn, Christoffer Lernö, Shreyas Sampat, bladamson.

4/5/2003 Jake Norwood: La Famiglia: Revisited
Okay, so I'm serious about this one. I really want to finish it, and to prove it I'll have copies at GenCon, with art. You can read the current and…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

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4/15/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: New Game: TIME TO KILL
(aka "Fuckin' Ninjas, man!") This was posted in my playtest forum but since I probably won't be releasing this as anything but a free game, here ya go. The Game…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, ThreeGee, MathiasJack.

4/15/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil: Making the setting - questions on strategy
Yggdrasil's setting is supposed to be rather lightweight. There's a backstory of course, and a map. The most important though, is the provided framework for creating characters, adventures, monsters and…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat, Sidhain, Kester Pelagius, ADGBoss.

4/15/2003 Sylus Thane: Dawn of the Magi and the Magic of it
Ok, so I've been toiling along got quite a bit done and then hit a huge wall. Ouch! I am currently working on the magic system for my fantasy setting…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, szilard, Kester Pelagius, bluegargantua, SrGrvsaLot, greyorm.

4/15/2003 Green: what do you need from an RPG? (repost of older thread)
I first asked this question here, but it generated no response, and I think that the issue I raise here is integral to the further development of the game I'm…
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Participants: Green, C. Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, John Kim, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2003 &&paintPEOPLEblue: New Game: &&paintPEOPLEblue
hello girls and guy and memes, i am working on &&paintPEOPLEblue, new game using memes. you can see basic draft under http://paintPEOPLEblue.tripod.com Note: VERY basic draft (missing: most basic gameplay…
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Participants: &&paintPEOPLEblue, lumpley, samdowning, Jonathan Walton, Ben Morgan, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, Walt Freitag, iago.

4/15/2003 Little_Rat: Another 24 hour game?
Ok, so maybe I have too much time on my hands. For the past four years, I have been working on a study on nerds, their history, sociology, both real…
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Participants: Little_Rat, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, iago, Simon W.

4/16/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk: Specific Help with Icons?
In the spirit of the recent discussion of the Indie Design forum, I'm bringing my design of Storypunk back to these boards, after keeping it off the forums for a…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, talysman, C. Edwards, anonymouse, Shreyas Sampat, deadpanbob, Valamir, Thomas Tamblyn, SrGrvsaLot, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes.

4/16/2003 Comte: Required Reading: Post Apocalypse
I need a summer project. I decided one of my favorite generas was the post apocalyptic genera and it is high time I leave my mark upon this sadly forgotten…
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Participants: Comte, talysman, Simon W, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Eric J-D.

4/16/2003 anonymouse: Oracle -- the End of Time.
Originally, this was going to be my next 24-hour project, as the inspiration hit tonight and I was really moving along and happy.. but I decided to pace it slower,…
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Participants: anonymouse, Mike Holmes, SrGrvsaLot, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton.

4/16/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil: "Ygg take 3" - Director's Cut
Ok, I just wanted a funny name for the subject. So sue me. Anyway, I wanted to make an updated version of the example of play I wrote up... uh,…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

4/16/2003 Sylus Thane: Dawn of the Magi setting intro, opnions requested please. :)
here is the setting intro I wrote up for my setting Dawn of the Magi. I'd like to get some feedback onit and asks a few questions. 1. Do you…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, Thomas Tamblyn, Christoffer Lernö, Walt Freitag.

4/16/2003 iago: Long Pig the RPG: Would you play it?
What follows is an intro blurb I just sketched up based on an idea that's been banging around in my head here and there as I've been reading the 24-hour…
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Participants: iago, anonymouse, Ron Edwards, Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy, clehrich, hardcoremoose, Wolfen, Tar Markvar, Garbanzo, Dave Panchyk, Rich Ranallo.

4/16/2003 scarecrowking: IMP rpg demo version available
Hello all. After seeing who some of you folks are, I feel like a guppy extra in a John Woo remake of Jaws. But here goes. We want to publish…
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Participants: scarecrowking, ThreeGee, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Jeph, Spooky Fanboy, simon.

4/16/2003 Green: kathanaksaya available at a website
With the assistance of John Kim, I have finally got my game Kathanaksaya online and available as a PDF, RTF document, or a TXT document. I must warn you that…
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Participants: Green, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2003 Sylus Thane: Frontier Xperience rules....feedback greatly appreciated :)
Ok, for my game Frontier, whcih applies to my setting Dawn of the Magi, I wanted a means of doing experience that rewarded the skills you used but didn't give…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

4/17/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Apotheogma and the Design Architecture
Hi all I am currently doing some parallel development on the design architecture to better inform my work on the metaplay chapter, and am working on subordinating my Design Architecture…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Christoffer Lernö, deadpanbob, Adam Dray.

4/17/2003 Ron Edwards: Comments on Criminal Element
Hi there, I love this game. I shall demonstrate it with this character I just made up: Mikey Lazaros Concept: charming scumbag, Motive: the corrupter Knack - Everybody's Huckleberry: has…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, ADGBoss, Zathreyel.

4/17/2003 talysman: The Troubadours of Verticaille
I have no real plans to charge for Troubadours, but since some people have said they actually want to play it, I will clean it up somewhat and distribute it…
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Participants: talysman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/18/2003 greyorm: Orx: Alternating Choices in Stat Usage
In Orx, you have three stats (Nasty, Brute, and Grok) each rated in sides of dice (ie: d4, d6, d8...etc). During a contest you choose to roll one stat --…
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Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy.

4/18/2003 SrGrvsaLot: The Gift Introduction and a Mechanics Question
Using the ideas generated by Brainstorming - Midieval Fantasy I've started a new game, called The Gift. The introduction can be downloaded at http://www.mesastate.edu/~jfrazer/gift.pdf if anyone's interested. This post is…
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Participants: SrGrvsaLot, lumpley, Mike Holmes, Jeph, szilard, Kester Pelagius.

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