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4/26/2003 Sindyr: HELP! I can't remember which RPG this is...
I am not sure if I have posted this in the right forum(s), but I am trying to remember where I came across an interesting game, and thought this would…
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Participants: Sindyr, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/26/2003 Marco: Mechs
I'm working on JAGS Mechs. This isn't a game mechanics issue (I mean it is--but it's all tactical balance stuff and I'm not delving into that here)--but more of a…
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Participants: Marco, Thomas Tamblyn, greyorm, Sidhain, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Eric J., Stuart DJ Purdie, SwordofLux, b_bankhead, Emmett.

4/26/2003 Zathreyel: Criminal Element, expanded and evolving
okay, a quick post of an update. i have a friend of mine hosting the .pdf file of what i have doen so far for Criminal Element. it is lacking…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2003 Wolfen: ReCoil: Mechanics, part 1
In which the basic traits of player characters are discussed, as well as various effects and possibilities with the basic mechanic. Comments, suggestions and questions desired. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanics: Agent traits:…
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Participants: Wolfen, C. Edwards, Thomas Tamblyn, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/24/2003 Zathreyel: Criminal Element: Genre Expectations
Okay, I’ve taken the time to read over some of the posts related to Genre Expectation and it was some damned interesting reading. It seems like a lot of thought…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2003 MathiasJack: FLaW: Fate Luck and Will
This is the continuation of my thread below called "Threads of Destiny". Spooky wanted me to show some examples of the three stats, and how they exactly worked within the…
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Participants: MathiasJack, Spooky Fanboy, taalyn.

4/23/2003 ADGBoss: Empire of the Dragon-Lotus or Whew! finally
Well between working on Seraphim and Steel & Shadows, I finished my aborted 24 hour game (with sleep it took like 40 hours to finish). It is called Empire of…
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Participants: ADGBoss, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy.

4/23/2003 C. Edwards: Cradlethorn (pre-playtest draft)
Hey all, Here is the pre-playtest draft of Cradlethorn and some cover art I cooked up in between bouts of frantic typing. There are a couple specific issues I’d like…
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Participants: C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Christoffer Lernö.

4/22/2003 Little_Rat: Are You A Geek? (my first attempt at rpg design)
Inspired by the 24 hour games, I dug into my old research files from a sociology project and came up with Geeks: The RPG . It'll be a bit of…
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Participants: Little_Rat, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

4/22/2003 Jay Turner: Better Days: A Game of Nostalgia and Memory (long)
Hello all, I've lurked here for a while now, and reading these fora has been a huge help for my own designs. I have a few games I'm carving out…
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Participants: Jay Turner, Simon W, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, clehrich.

4/22/2003 szilard: Destined: The scope of conflicts
In Destined, I fluctuate between wanting the resolution mechanic to be focussed upon specific conflicts (or parts of conflicts) and entire scenes. The resolution mechanic is FitM: first, the problematic…
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Participants: szilard, Ron Edwards, Sparky, Christoffer Lernö.

4/22/2003 iago: Long Pig - Chapter 2 - You Are Who You Eat
Here is, largely unformatted form, my chapter two, written with a bit of "dialect" to it due to the chosen narrator. Apologies for the lack of formatting, but I wanted…
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Participants: iago, szilard, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jay Turner, DaGreatJL.

4/22/2003 Kester Pelagius: Any Book: a 4 page FRPS
Greetings All, This is one of those "rummaging around in old folders" kind of re-discoveries. Apparently I started this last November/October and forgot about it. So, after cleaning it up…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Simon W, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/21/2003 Simon W: (24 hour game) 1940 -England Invaded
Ok, I know nobody actually said they like it, unlike Troubadours of Verticaile (I love this game!), Criminal Element and the others (oh yes, it hurts!), but nevertheless I also…
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Participants: Simon W, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, b_bankhead.

4/20/2003 Rich Ranallo: Starchildren: Songwriting System
This is one thing I'm working on for the upcoming Starchildren suppliment. The rules for performing live music in the main book were pretty generic; that is, you could play,…
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Participants: Rich Ranallo, Thomas Tamblyn, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, rafial.

4/20/2003 Jonathan Walton: Ever-After: Currency & Advancement
Hey folks, Still trying to bang out the final details of my game Ever-After (formerly called Storypunk, formerly called Quixote & Coyote). In this thread, I'd like some specific help…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, deadpanbob, Piers Brown, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/20/2003 Bryant: Into The Sunset: First Public Draft
I just posted a PDF of the first public draft of Into The Sunset. The Premise of the game: you take on the roles of the main characters in a…
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Participants: Bryant, MoonHunter, Kester Pelagius, szilard.

4/19/2003 iago: Long Pig - Chapter 1 - Request for Comments!
Here's my first draft of the first chapter, covering character creation and the basics of using your attributes. Comments appreciated! Chapter One: Roll The Bones Who Are You? We…
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Participants: iago, clehrich, Thomas Tamblyn, Wolfen, Piers Brown, Spooky Fanboy, Dave Panchyk, deidzoeb.

4/19/2003 bluegargantua: [24 hour game] Affairs of State
Hey, Just finished my submission for the 24-Hour Game. You can pick it up here. It's called Affairs of State and players take on the role of diplomats from…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Jeph, lumpley, clehrich, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

4/19/2003 tomodachi7: Starship construction question
Hello everyone, his is my frist post on the Forge. I am working on a FREE RPG set in the far future. I am trying to make the rules governing…
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Participants: tomodachi7, clehrich, Thomas Tamblyn, anonymouse, Wolfen, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

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4/27/2003 Sindyr: Best way to make 4d6 open-ended?
I have been working on my game for some time, and the hardest thing for me was to come up with a task resolution system that met many of my…
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Participants: Sindyr, Brian Leybourne, Shreyas Sampat, Andrew Martin, Zoetrope10, Mike Holmes, SwordofLux.

4/28/2003 greyorm: Organization & Layout
This is a pretty general topic, and so is my question, but I am asking about it in relation to the design of Orx here. This was the same question…
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Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Wolfen, hix, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Wilson, Fallen_Icarus.

4/28/2003 deadpanbob: Incarnate: CharGen Achieving Gamist Support?
All, I'm still slowly slogging through a complete re-write/draft of my game: Incarnate. It's slow going - but I'm committed to finishing sometime this century. As stated in the design…
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Participants: deadpanbob, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Sins of Our Forefathers - an intro
Hi, I'm a relatively new Forgite and this is an intro to my first game of any note, Sin's of Our Forefathers. A game set so far in the future,…
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Participants: Fallen_Icarus, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

4/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Designigng a comedy game
I just acquired a licence for an RPG based pon an American-produced comedic manga series. I have eighteen months to release a game -- I want to do it in…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Jay Turner, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, szilard, greyorm.

4/29/2003 Matt Wilson: PTA: No Myth structure?
I started thinking about the following rules for Primetime Adventures soon after the current playtest started. I think what I've got below might actually promote the no-myth play that's been…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, kregmosier.

4/30/2003 Malcolm: Evening all
Hi, not sure if anyone ever reads these "hello, I'm such and such" kind of posts, but what the hell. Been meaning to join The Forge for a while now,…
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Participants: Malcolm, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Dave Panchyk, Matt, Ron Edwards, quozl, ethan_greer, Marco, greyorm, szilard, Jeph, Stuart DJ Purdie.

4/30/2003 Jay Turner: Vive la Resistance!: Introducing the Rabbit Resistance
Here's another game I've been working on, and this one's quite different from Better Days. It's nowhere near finished, but it's at least ready for discussion, I think. Here's the…
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Participants: Jay Turner, Fallen_Icarus, ethan_greer, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.

4/30/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds - Arrr!
A fellow Forger and I were chatting via IM a couple weeks ago, and using "pirate speak" to emphasis some humorous point in our discussion, when it suddenly hit me…
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Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Matt Wilson, Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

5/1/2003 Toren: Spaceship Zero - Reporter archetype perk suggestions?
So we're wracking our brains trying to come up with a nifty perk for a reporter archetype for Spaceship Zero. Any suggestions? The term 'plucky' comes to mind, but I…
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Participants: Toren, Fallen_Icarus, deadpanbob, Blake Hutchins, Jay Turner, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Gilbetron, Emmett.

5/1/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds: "Plunder Points"
Here's my first public draft of the reward system I'm tumbling around for Blackbirds. In essence its very much an attempt to reward players for the behavior that is Good…
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Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Torrent.

5/1/2003 taalyn: Aisling Damage and also Magic
Hey all, Two things I could really use your help on, because I keep coming up against a wall. - Damage I've talked about it before, and that helped a…
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Participants: taalyn, Mike Holmes, MathiasJack, Shreyas Sampat.

5/2/2003 Sidhain: Hearts and Souls: Heroic fait accompli
In comic books there is a tendency for this structure. A)Hero gets connected to plot events set up by the villian (discovering it, falling into it and so on) B)Hero…
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Participants: Sidhain, Mike Holmes, s/LaSH, Andy Kitkowski, Valamir.

5/2/2003 s/LaSH: For Your Consideration: Twilight System
Greetings to the Forge. I have been referred here for guidance on my Twilight system. Hopefully I'll be able to offer something in return. Before I start, I'd like to…
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Participants: s/LaSH, deadpanbob, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller.

5/2/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer: What Makes Us Mythic
Torchbearer's going through a new draft, and I find that I'm not happy with the focus of the rule-colour. Specifically, the rules allow characters to be mighty without rooting them…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, GreatWolf, Jonathan Walton.

5/2/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds: Abilities under fire/Adverse conditions
Some people have asked me why I was leaning towards a scale of 2-6 to rate abilities in Blackbird, and here's the explanation, plus a chunk on abilities in Blackbird…
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Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Mike Holmes.

5/2/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Sins of Our Forefathers - Charater Advancment help
Hi, The main rules can be found in the assosiated thread. I know its long and I apologize for the lengthy setting description. However its not required reading for this…
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Participants: Fallen_Icarus, Jeffrey Miller, dragongrace, Emmett, Mike Holmes, ross_winn.

5/3/2003 MathiasJack: New mechanic system for draws in FLaW
I want to thank both Spooky and taalyn for the great feed back. They have been essential to the development of my game. Taalyn outlined the relationship map of the…
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Participants: MathiasJack, taalyn.

5/3/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: [TSoY] Abstracting damage
The mechanics for my new game, The Shadow of Yesterday, are almost complete. However, I've had a real urge lately to abstract the damage system. You can click on the…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

5/5/2003 Green: Kathanaksaya, new and improved
I finally have sat down and taught myself enough HTML to create my own web page. Now I don't have to copy and paste everything from a word processing document,…
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Participants: Green.

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