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6/16/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Wushu stuff
I posted this over at RPG.net in the comments for the Wushu review: Here's my problem with games like this. I describe an incredibly cool manuever (5+ dice), but for…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Wilson, Emily Care, John Harper, gobi, Blake Hutchins, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Jay Turner, Dr. Velocity, Bryant.

6/15/2003 ejh: Giving Teeth to Topos, based on Mike Holmes' comments
Topos is described in the thread "Ed Designs a Game: Topos" and a copy of the rules is available at http://www.remove-this-part-lostthoughts.org/phpwiki/index.html/Topos . IMHO, it has evolved to a point where…
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Participants: ejh, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

6/14/2003 gobi: PUNK - Settings
I've got a couple months to kill between semesters and I'm trying to schedule my time in developing PUNK. In case someone didn't catch my first thread, PUNK is a…
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Participants: gobi, Tonic, Little_Rat, ross_winn, Mike Holmes, Matt.

6/13/2003 Bogie_71: Designing a game, Best place to start?
I've been lurking here for a while and trying to absorb everything I can, I ran a search, but couldn't really find a post dealing with my question, though I…
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Participants: Bogie_71, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Valamir, Comte, scobie.

6/13/2003 taalyn: Aspect distinction in Crux
Mathias Jack and I have been working on Crux, and have revised it a bit. Chargen is prioritized, a la TRoS. Most draws use an aspect + trait. For example,…
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Participants: taalyn, MathiasJack, Mike Holmes.

6/11/2003 Paul Czege: staring into the black fire
[FONT COLOR="RED"]I'm calling the setting Czegara....The body of the slain god actually lies across the landscape. That is, it's not physically present, but metaphysically, outlined in real space in the…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Jared A. Sorensen, Alan.

6/10/2003 Alan: Black Fire - developing for play test
Hi all, (Black Fire is Ron's game design example for his Gamism essay. Black Fire is found at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/22/ ) I really like what I see in Black Fire, and…
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Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Valamir, GreatWolf, Piers Brown.

6/9/2003 ChrisH247: The Secret of Zir'An: Fantasy's Future
Hi, My name is Chris Hockabout, one of four members of the small fledgeling game development studio: Paragon Games (http://www.paragongames.us). Like the majority of you, RPGs and RPG design have…
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Participants: ChrisH247, anonymouse.

6/8/2003 Hayslin: commitance
yes i am commited, i am just tired of seeing my work treated like trash. so i will write up a quick play booklet with a sample scenario.
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Participants: Hayslin, Bankuei.

6/7/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Untitled Nar-Sim Superheroes: A beginning
Hi! I'm a newbie here. This may not be the best place to start, but I might as well jump in with both feet. If a system like this already…
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Participants: AnyaTheBlue, John Harper, Lxndr, Simon W, Tony Irwin, Shreyas Sampat, Cassidy, Bob McNamee, Phillip.

6/6/2003 Phillip: Power Level chart for supers RPG help needed
I am working on some ideas for 2 supers RPGs, one using single polyhedra dice and one using custom-made cards (basically SAGA lite). I would like to know if anyone…
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Participants: Phillip, AnyaTheBlue, Tony Irwin, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/6/2003 WDFlores: The Iron City
Hello all. I'm neck deep in the game design trenches, being my first time designing an entire game from scratch. Writing my initial ideas here to structure them and maybe…
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Participants: WDFlores, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes.

6/6/2003 talysman: Talk Trash 2Nite: first draft
ok, I need to catch up on all the game design ideas that are waiting to be finished, so I've finally gotten the "Jerry Springer" rpg to the point where…
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Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/6/2003 Jeffrey Miller: Blackbirds: Combat mechnics take two
After playtest and some back and forth with a professional poker player for insight into how card games are structured, I've revamped the combat resolution mechanics (originally outlined in this…
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Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Torrent, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

6/5/2003 rotten: Aspect: Dice as modifer to Ability Score
Hello Forgers, So, I've been bouncing around the Forge for the past couple of weeks and have received a first-class education on RPG design. Now, I'm faced with several interesting…
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Participants: rotten, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes.

6/4/2003 Silent Entropy: Apotheosis: Meta-mythical Role-playing (Nar/Sim Hybrid)
Apotheosis is a mythic game that floats somewhere between the narrative and simulation models. Apotheosis is a poetic journey through a meta-mythic realm of infinite epic possibilities. This is my…
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Participants: Silent Entropy, Dave Panchyk, Matt Snyder, Jonathan Walton, Shreyas Sampat, RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Dr. Velocity.

6/4/2003 szilard: Destined: Mechanic/Difficulty issue
I've been struggling with some underlying issues in my development of Destined lately. Here is a brief mechanics recap/update: Each character has two main attributes: Determination and Destiny These are…
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Participants: szilard, Walt Freitag, Matt Snyder, Jeph, Hunter Logan.

6/4/2003 linux: Combat System Help
I need help in fine-tuning a Combat system i'm developing. I am at an impass: Combat System 1: roll of 2d10 (d100%) to determine attack (hit chance v evasion/defense) compare…
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Participants: linux, Emmett, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin, Jack Aidley, ADGBoss.

6/3/2003 Green: need help for possible future supplements
Now that my Kathanaksaya website is complete, and I have managed to playtest it a few times with some on-the-fly games, I believe I would like to continue developing this…
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Participants: Green, Lxndr.

6/3/2003 Sylus Thane: Reviews of Frontier requested
Ok, as I am getting closer to my publishing deadline of September I am facing a few problems. 1. Should my base rule book include all of the rules or…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, Spooky Fanboy, Emmett, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius, Zala.

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6/17/2003 Wormwood: Drift: Playtest Draft Available
Several months ago I posted about a game in progress named drift at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4181&highlight=drift and http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4384&highlight=drift. I've just recently completed the core playtest draft, and am looking for comments and…
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Participants: Wormwood, Harsh Tranquility, Mike Holmes.

6/17/2003 morgue: Has this mechanic been done?
I've been tooling around with an idea for a 'core mechanic', and I'm wondering if I'm walking into territory that has already been explored. I figure I am, because it…
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Participants: morgue, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Stuart DJ Purdie, Jeph.

6/18/2003 WDFlores: Iron City: Secrets & Subversives - A Working Draft
For reference, my initial and somewhat confused stab at all this is here: The Iron City. I started off on this project with the GNS model in the forefront of…
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Participants: WDFlores, Paul Czege.

6/22/2003 J B Bell: The Twice-Forsaken Earth redux
This damned thing has been gestating for months. I think it's finally a game that is play-testable. The Twice-Forsaken Earth J B Bell What is this game about? The Twice-Forsaken…
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Participants: J B Bell, greyorm, Spooky Fanboy.

6/23/2003 Simon W: 24Hour Games/Iron Game Chef
Just wondering whether anyone who got games together for the above competitions have done anything more on their games. I know vs Monsters has been available on RPG.mall for free…
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Participants: Simon W, Jared A. Sorensen, ethan_greer, Matt, lumpley, Jeph, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Thomas Tamblyn, Zathreyel, talysman.

6/24/2003 Jeph: Returning to the Pagoda: Whole bunch of new stuff!
Pagoda, a game of Wuxia martial arts, was originally discussed in this thread. It's been on the back burner for a while, but recently I've come back to it with…
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Participants: Jeph, kregmosier, Thomas Tamblyn, Shreyas Sampat.

6/24/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain: Mechanical question
So, guys, I have a problem. Badically, there is no (or very little) clear "My kung fu is better" phenomenon in Refreshing Rain, and I want to provide for such…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, taalyn.

6/27/2003 scobie: Casefile: ZODIAC forged anew
Hi gang After the kind comments of the Forge crew last time I have rewritten Casefile: ZODIAC to hopefully be more consistent and more fun. The pdf for the first…
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Participants: scobie, Shreyas Sampat, Spooky Fanboy, Little_Rat, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/27/2003 Zathreyel: Bruise: Sci-fi/ Fantasy in the Far Future (long post)
Heya guys, what’s going? Alright, so I was sitting around yesterday, working on a drawing for my pet project, something I mentioned here quite a while ago. It’s a game…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Ben Morgan.

6/27/2003 RobMuadib: TMW:COTEC - Trait/Ability Design System (longish)
Hi all Yes, I am still around, and still whittling away on The Million Worlds. Being that the game is based on the use of a design architecture by all…
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Participants: RobMuadib, cruciel, Mike Holmes, Dr. Velocity.

6/28/2003 Dumirik: Need feedback on my RPG concepts
Before I divulge my concepts, being the paranoid type, I want to go through my usual (though pointless) little speech. I would be much abliged if the ideas on here…
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Participants: Dumirik, Alan, Matt, Thomas Tamblyn, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

6/28/2003 Silent Entropy: Original Resolution Mechanism? (Specific Feedback Needed!)
Apotheosis is a multi-layered game that takes place in three phases: pre-narrative, narrative, and post-narrative. Each phase allows the player to play a role and facilitates a specific mode of…
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Participants: Silent Entropy.

6/30/2003 BenjaminRogers: [Promised Sands] Trinary System: A Critical Look
Greetings, Recently I've had a number of discussions--both online and off--regarding the number of skills we used in the Trinary System as seen in Promised Sands. Many of them are…
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Participants: BenjaminRogers, Shreyas Sampat, szilard, Tony Irwin, Marco.

7/1/2003 gobi: Survey: What kind of were-creature would you play?
I'm starting to work on the lycanthropunk section of PUNK. The problem is that there are a lot of animals on earth and I don't want to write up a…
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Participants: gobi, buddha, Bob McNamee, Lxndr, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Jack Aidley, Little_Rat, cruciel, M. J. Young, Simon W, scobie, taalyn, Dr. Velocity, RobMuadib, Jeph, permacultureguerilla, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne.

7/1/2003 Comte: Dice pools!
I like dice pools, and I like lots of different types of dice. I don't know what it is I just do. So when I set out to kick out…
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Participants: Comte, ethan_greer, RobMuadib, M. J. Young.

7/1/2003 ADGBoss: Question of Information
I am working on a RPG related project (A space war game but with RPG tie ins) and there are two Human political states. Indeed there may be multiple political…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Jack Aidley, xiombarg, M. J. Young.

7/1/2003 Tony Irwin: Sim game: Exploring the City
After writing some thoughts and questions about resolution mechanics for sim games in this thread, here's my sketch of a sim game that has a resolution system that focuses on…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, scobie, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Marco.

7/2/2003 Eric Kimball: Color based RPG (feedback requested)
My group has just finish work on a RPG that uses colors instead of numbers to define characters. In a nutshell each color is associated with a stat Red: Vigor,…
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Participants: Eric Kimball, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, taalyn, Thomas Tamblyn, simon_hibbs, permacultureguerilla.

7/3/2003 WDFlores: Thoughtcrime (formerly Iron City) - concept sketch
Hello. I'm doing some backtracking and much trashing of drafts with my little project (the last post concerning which is here: The Iron City: Secrets and Subversives). I've gone in…
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Participants: WDFlores, scobie, Jonathan Walton, Chris Goodwin, Daredevil, Mike Holmes, gobi, Emily Care, komradebob2, inthisstyle, Praetus, Cemendur, Dumirik.

7/3/2003 masqueradeball: Copyright Information
I have been developing a fantasy world since I was about 14 (now 20) that sprang up from a number of influence but a seemingly nonsensical name seems to have…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Kester Pelagius, cruciel, WDFlores.

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