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10/13/2003 aghori: Magic System: Magic Skills VS Spells
I am considering to implement a skill-based magic system where specific skills like call thunder, command fire, command spirits, healing etc would be used rather than the more generic disciplines/schools…
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Participants: aghori, M. J. Young, failrate, The Benj, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, c_stone_bush.

10/11/2003 GMan: Finding Inspiration
Greetings, I have been lurking on these boards for sometime now. I am constantly surprised by the quality of the games that are being designed here and by how much…
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Participants: GMan, Jack Spencer Jr, Heather Manley, Tomas HVM, M. J. Young, gobi, Jonathan Walton.

10/11/2003 Gwen: UFO's and Tumbleweeds
[b]UFO's and Tumbleweeds[/b] Humanity over stretched it's bounds by hundreds of colonizable planets before they realized they had entered Pall Space. By then, it was too late to just pack…
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Participants: Gwen, failrate, Rich Forest, Spooky Fanboy.

10/10/2003 simon_hibbs: [Tabloid] The Gutter Press Roleplaying Game
This is just a skeleton outline of a game at the moment. For example I’ve got some stats, but no numeric scale yet. I’ve also got the beginnings of an…
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Participants: simon_hibbs, Matt Snyder, contracycle, Phillip, Gwen, RaconteurX, gobi, garapata, Fishy, max.lambertini.

10/10/2003 RobMuadib: M:COTEC - Trait Design Insanity & a name change
Hi all First off, I have changed the title of the game from The Million Worlds to Megamyrian: Chronicles of the Eternal Cycle for obvious reasons to fans of Michael…
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Participants: RobMuadib, Mike Holmes.

10/10/2003 RobMuadib: M:COTEC - Delete this double post
Oops, accidental double post
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Participants: RobMuadib.

10/9/2003 Jonathan Walton: [Ever-After/Facedance] a PDF of the basics
Ever-After finally has a full system description. Possibly a new name as well, since I'm trying out "Facedance" as a more accurate description of the current version. For those unfamiliar…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes.

10/8/2003 Heather Manley: ANSPC: Skill increases question (longish)
(ANSPC refers to Amazon Ninja Space-Pirate Catgirls, which I've mentioned before in a few threads. It makes for unwieldy thread titles if I write the whole thing out.) So. At…
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Participants: Heather Manley, C. Edwards.

10/8/2003 Phillip: Larger Than Life- a(nother!) supers RPG
OK, I know that seems like the supers RPGs are coming out of the woodwork around here lately, but hermes (author of Capes & Cowls) expressed interest in what I…
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Participants: Phillip.

10/8/2003 c_stone_bush: Looking for some help on Phaeries
Hey all, I have been an RPGer for as long as I can remember now, and I have always liked designing my own stuff. In fact I don't think that…
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Participants: c_stone_bush, JimmyB, Mike Holmes.

10/8/2003 AnthonyRoberson: Caverns and Creatures - A Simple Old-School RPG
The BAD RPG and Ron Edward's posts about T&T got me thinking about designing my own simple old-school rpg. Here is a link to what I have bashed together so…
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Participants: AnthonyRoberson, Phillip, Simon W.

10/8/2003 Tim Alexander: [Devout] Core reworking of system
Hey Folks, Here was the current version of Devout up until a couple of days ago. What's detailed in this post is what I'm thinking of as a reworking of…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, AgentFresh.

10/7/2003 JimmyB: Apologies in advance
Okay, just to explain a few things, this game was developed around 4am in the morning, with the help of several bottles of red bull and a couple of pints…
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Participants: JimmyB, garapata, Simon W, Mike Holmes.

10/7/2003 aaron.so1games: Character Rewards
I am in the middle of Designing and playtesting "GodFall", and I want a player reward system for imaginative/creative play. Here is what it should accomplish: 1. It should reward…
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Participants: aaron.so1games, deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, Jack Aidley, Jeph, SumDood.

10/6/2003 Marco: JAGS Vehicles Damage Question
Hello, We are almost done with JAGS Have-Not--however our tests of several vehicular damage systems have been sub-optimal--so I'm posting here to see if anyone has some input on our…
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Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, abzu, SumDood.

10/5/2003 gobi: [ bleed_ ] A 24-hour game
The Adults in Wonderland thread got me thinking about the Maxx and a game idea I once had for an rpg about people's outbacks bleeding into reality. I started writing…
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Participants: gobi, Little_Rat, JimmyB, garapata.

10/4/2003 Sonja: New Game Idea!
Believe! <Sonja> in this game, your character is one with the universe, an avatar. <Sonja> Anything you think or believe becomes true. <Sonja> so if your character says "i believe…
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Participants: Sonja, Jasper, Jeph, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf.

10/3/2003 Sylus Thane: Frontier Revamped and Revisited
Well I've been steadily plugging away on Frontier which can be found here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lost_Horizon_Games/ in the files section. Sorry it's a yahoo group but it has to do till I…
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Participants: Sylus Thane, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Jack Aidley.

10/3/2003 Jay Turner: Bullpen: Not Just Another Supers RPG
I'd love some feedback on Bullpen, a comic-book RPG I've been working on. The premise of the game is a little experimental: Instead of playing a superhero in a comic…
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Participants: Jay Turner, Jack Spencer Jr, Phillip, LordSmerf, gobi, hermes, Mike Holmes, Doc Blue, apeiron.

10/3/2003 gameskald: Game Idea: The Land of Nod
Ok, here is an idea that came to me the other night after waking up from a trully bizarre dream. What about an rpg where the whole of the story…
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Participants: gameskald, Dumirik, gobi, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Dave Panchyk, Ron Edwards.

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10/15/2003 c_stone_bush: Everyone get J.I.S.T.y with it!
Hey everyone. I just finished writing up the rules to my first game called J.I.S.T, and was looking for some feedback. I need another set of eyes to catch any…
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Participants: c_stone_bush, Mike Holmes.

10/15/2003 ADGBoss: First Person or Third Person writing
I was working on a few re-writes of my games (Seraphim and EODL) and was working on an introduction for EODL in particular. Actually its an itroduction to one of…
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Participants: ADGBoss, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, RobMuadib, gobi, M. J. Young, Czar Fnord, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Marco.

10/15/2003 LordSmerf: What ever happened to:Self Serving Eunuchs Go Hiking?
Does anyone know whatever happened to Self Serving Eunuchs Go Hiking? I stumbled accross the thread thanks to a tip from some people over at Indie Netgaming. This concept was…
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Participants: LordSmerf, anonymouse, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/15/2003 LordSmerf: [Dungeon Brawl] Hack and Slash for fun!
So i hit upon this idea yesterday and have been fleshing out some details. It's not exactly complex. The basic design is based on the fact that i want to…
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Participants: LordSmerf, anonymouse, NeuroZombie, Jack Aidley, ethan_greer.

10/16/2003 failrate: Statistical Math Question
I'm developing an opposed contest system based on dice pools. A 6 is an exploding success that adds 1 success to the total and can be rerolled once more, yielding…
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Participants: failrate, raga.

10/16/2003 realms_creator: realms magic system
Tell me what you think. The Magic System Character Information The world of Rock Mornon holds many secrets. One of the greatest is the Great Tower of Magicks. All that…
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Participants: realms_creator, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

10/16/2003 realms_creator: realms magic system
Tell me what you think. The Magic System Character Information The world of Rock Mornon holds many secrets. One of the greatest is the Great Tower of Magicks. All that…
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Participants: realms_creator, Mike Holmes.

10/16/2003 ethan_greer: An RPG of Clinical Depression
This game's subject matter has been much on my mind lately, and has been a part of my life for many years. But before I say anything else, I want…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Gwen, Ben Lehman, AnyaTheBlue, LordSmerf, J B Bell, failrate, lpsmith, RobMuadib, Lxndr, ejh, apeiron, fusangite, Eero Tuovinen, Starlight_Rider, Walt Freitag, Belac, Emily Care.

10/16/2003 Ben Lehman: A Shot in the Dark
So, I'm planning on expanding on "Over the Bar --" the ultralite "bar game" that I laid out in this thread. A more complete version is available via PM. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8163…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Tim Alexander, Valamir, failrate.

10/16/2003 JSDiamond: STEEL yourself!
Here's a quicky run & gun system. Just visit the site and go to the Other Projects page. In PDF. Click on the STEEL logo. http://www.orbit-rpg.com
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Participants: JSDiamond, ethan_greer.

10/18/2003 LordSmerf: [Powers That Be - Working Title] Competition and Cooperation
This was inspired by Self Serving Eunuchs Go Hiking. I really love the basic concept, and after reading, begin work on a similarly themed game. What i don't currently have:…
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Participants: LordSmerf, failrate.

10/18/2003 aghori: Magic System: Theory
I am trying to give shape to my game's magic system, its the last aspect of the game I need to cover. Please provide feedback about the following ideas (by…
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Participants: aghori, Tomas HVM, Mike Holmes.

10/19/2003 WyldKarde: First-Time RPG Designer Needs Help
I'd like to start off by thanking you for your patience in this post. I am a writer by trade and have little experience with designing game mechanics. Simply put,…
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Participants: WyldKarde, Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes.

10/21/2003 John Harper: Dice Mechanic: Trading Narration
I came up with a little dice mechanic today, and now I'm starting to think that maybe I didn't invent it after all. I think the odds are good that…
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Participants: John Harper, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2003 Heather Manley: Amazon Ninja Space-Pirate Catgirls: The SPANCing
That is, I decided to change the title to Space-Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls. After almost every person who I discussed the game with sugggested that acronym. Yes. SPANC. So...erm. I…
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Participants: Heather Manley, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Drakath, gobi, anonymouse.

10/22/2003 Comte: [How Many Points] Atribute Distribution Question
This is a two part question. First of all I have seen mention of things like probability curves for dice and things like that. I would like to know if…
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Participants: Comte, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, Jack Aidley.

10/22/2003 gobi: [Gears & Spears] New Mythic Task Resolution (long post)
It's been a while since the last update, but I have indeed written a bit more for the game (though nothing ready to be posted on the page itself.) One…
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Participants: gobi, anonymouse, raga, Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton.

10/23/2003 Garbanzo: Presentation of Light Setting
Forge: I'm working on Ashen (Previous threads: on the premise/ race mechanics and on the card mechanics), & I'm heading into that part of the process where I convert my…
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Participants: Garbanzo, Ron Edwards, Minx.

10/24/2003 realms_creator: Arena RPG
We here at RGS are working on a new RPG call Arenas of the Realms. What the game is about is arena combat. The players will choose a fighter type…
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Participants: realms_creator, Ron Edwards, NeuroZombie.

10/24/2003 lesbianvampyre: XP and Benefits in game
I'm working on desgining a simple anthropomorphic pulp/noir game and I had a couple questions. I'm using somethng called Brownie Points to serve as experience and sort of Drama Points.…
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Participants: lesbianvampyre, ZeOtter, Andrew Martin, The Benj, Ben Morgan, failrate.

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