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12/2/2003 Dregg: [Bad Muthas] Car chase mechanics & 3D
Hello, I'm fairly new to the list and wanted to say hello before I toss out my thoughts and question. I am currently working on a Blaxploitaion/70 Action RPG, and…
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Participants: Dregg, contracycle, Mike Holmes, gobi, abzu, Malechi.

12/1/2003 Valamir: Robots & Rapiers: Design Change ideas
Had an opportunity to do some more playtesting this weekend. Conceptually the game is pretty tight, and I'm mostly happy with the mechanics except for two areas. 1) Handling time.…
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Participants: Valamir, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf, montag, hix, gobi.

12/1/2003 Jeph: Sci Fi Action Theater
(This is, as usual for me, cross posted with RPG.Net's tAoGD forum. An attempt to create a rules-light scifi game emulating various TV serials, mostly Sim-oriented with a few quirks.)…
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Participants: Jeph, MachMoth.

11/30/2003 Dumirik: Nightscape: Nightmares and Barbarity in the Wastelands
Ok. I think I have it now. The second official draft copy of Nightscape is now finished. Sorry it took so long, but it's not as if anyone was on…
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Participants: Dumirik, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/30/2003 Paganini: Pag designs a game... again!
No character creation as yet, but the engine is looking like playtest shape. I'm think I'm going to use this for a dragon slayer game, since Scott never did anything…
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Participants: Paganini, Sparky, Bob McNamee, MachMoth, Jeph, Lxndr, gobi.

11/26/2003 Bob Goat: Unamed Game: Looking for a little advice
Hi, I have been working on an RPG for the past couple of years and have recently come to a point where I think I may need to scrap my…
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Participants: Bob Goat, matthijs, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Harlequin, Loki, contracycle, Lxndr, Dumirik, Jake Norwood.

11/24/2003 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] v2.0--A revised experiment
I've posted version 2.0 of my game Discernment. The original thread is An experimental game of experimentation. The current version is a 700K PDF available here I plan to…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Mark D. Eddy, Valamir, Christopher Weeks.

11/20/2003 Belac: Recommending/requiring calculators
Hello everyone, this is my first post here so I'll try to keep it concise. I've been working on a particular game for four and a half years now and…
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Participants: Belac, Jack Aidley, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, John Kim, M. J. Young.

11/19/2003 Jack Aidley: [The Great Ork Gods] Early ideas.
[i][b]“You’re Green, You’re Ugly and the Gods Hate You.”[/b][/i] The Great Ork Gods is (yet another?) game based on the twist of playing the Orks for a change. It’s intended…
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Participants: Jack Aidley, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, greyorm, lumpley, Loki, Lxndr, Mark Thomas, Ron Edwards, Belac, Czar Fnord, Rich Forest.

11/17/2003 gobi: [Freak High] A spin on superpowers as social disadvantage
This was going to be posted on spooky's thread, but he seems to be going in a different direction with his game now. Still, the discussion of superpowers as uncontrollable…
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Participants: gobi, LordSmerf, Spooky Fanboy, Andrew Martin.

11/16/2003 gobi: [PUNK] Two possible minor revisions to task resolution
Quick recap, 'cause it's been a while since the last update. PUNK is a game of rebellion against the Man. It lays out a basic system tailored to the more…
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Participants: gobi, Shreyas Sampat, Lxndr, Dev.

11/14/2003 xenos: Exxxploit
Hi folks. This is a semi-regular poster under an alias, cause I have a nifty idea for a game, but it would probably be offensive to some people who know…
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Participants: xenos, Paul Czege, JimmyB, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards.

11/14/2003 C.J.: The Invisible Regiment: A phantom world in game mechanics?
This is my first post, and I will put this, looking for advice, comments, and to inspire: the first is my latest kernel of a single campaign idea, The Invisible…
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Participants: C.J., Mike Holmes, Harlequin, gobi.

11/13/2003 Wasabi: SciFi RPG: Vector
Well, about a year or two ago i decided to write my own pen-and-paper RPG. My primary gaming experience is with Fuzion, but I've played DnD once (dont like it)…
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Participants: Wasabi, Matt, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

11/13/2003 Dev: Meaningful-quick World-Generation for spacerpunks
(Ah, the eternal progress of space-western setting...) The lowdown: human-centric Space-Western & Space-Noir. PCs hopping around from planet to planet each episode. (Planet-of-the-week, Bounty-of-the-Week, slightly arc-y threads throughout, etc.) I've…
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Participants: Dev, Wasabi, contracycle, gobi, Mike Holmes.

11/13/2003 Jake Norwood: Interesting space dogfights
One of the things that made the early Star Wars films so cool was the space battles and dogfighting. I've tried several such systems in playing starwars, but none of…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, gobi, Grex, LordSmerf, John Kim, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, Walt Freitag, Overdrive, MachMoth, Darcy Burgess, Harlequin, Loki, AdAstraGames, Christopher Weeks, Dev, Furious D, Ingenious, C. Edwards, Shadetree.

11/12/2003 Supersonic Wind: Amateur RPG maker seeks help
I'm very new to the Indie RPG scene. In fact, I found this forum while researching for an RPG idea I got, my first. I don't know what to call…
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Participants: Supersonic Wind, Mike Holmes, Jeph.

11/12/2003 Anthony: Core idea for a diceless system, looking for comments
I've always liked the idea of diceless karma driven games, but never the implementations I've seen. Of course the only own Nobilis and I read someone else's copy of Amber…
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Participants: Anthony, Mike Holmes, TheRedSoup.

11/12/2003 LizardLips: Games where characters have home bases
I want to take a look at games where the players have a shared "home base". I believe InSpecters has a franchise controlled by the players, Birthright had players controlling…
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Participants: LizardLips, J B Bell, Lxndr, Mike Holmes.

11/11/2003 peejay: G: UM (Genus: Unitary Mechanics)
Hello all, As I am new here I must apologise if I inadvertantly stray from the rules etc. I have read them (honest!). After many years of getting by with…
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Participants: peejay, Mike Holmes.

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12/4/2003 lictor: Action Tales! System Mechanic
Hello All, I have working on a Pulp themed game 'Action Tales', and due to creative issues have moved from using an open licence System to an in house system…
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Participants: lictor, Jeph, Matt Wilson, MachMoth, Mike Holmes, kenjib.

12/5/2003 Green: X-mas: a game of mischief, mayhem, and holiday cheer
I gave myself a Yuletide project this year, and that is to design a game based around Christmas. Although I've been working on it off and on since spring, since…
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Participants: Green, Nathan, Andrew Martin, James V. West, Doctor Xero.

12/9/2003 signoftheserpent: roll lowest sweet chariot
From a review for a boardgame the name of which escapes me now on rpg.net comes this idea which strikes me as very simple and very effective. Ilike simple idaas.…
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, SarimRune, Andrew Martin.

12/9/2003 Harlequin: Space Dogfights - TROS mechanic (split)
I'm starting a fresh thread here because there's some really interesting worldbuilding going on in the original Space Dogfights thread and I'd like to somewhat divorce the mechanical discussion from…
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Participants: Harlequin, MachMoth, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Overdrive.

12/10/2003 Space Cowboy: Level of Detail of Corebook (v. Supplement)?
Hey all, How's it going? I hope that everything is well with you. The writing for Wild Sphere is in the final phase. As a result, an interesting issue has…
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Participants: Space Cowboy, M. J. Young, Roy, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/10/2003 Nathan: Barbarians And Alien Invaders From the Stars?!?
Greets folks, It has been a while since my last post, but I just finished a six page game that is light, fun, and cool. I like it -- I…
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Participants: Nathan.

12/11/2003 redivider: 26 Ways: the Game of Alphabetic Action (looking for feedback
Hi, I’m posting a 2 page summary of a game I’m working on. The 12 page pdf with all the rules and more examples is available on line at http://home.earthlink.net/~markvalli…
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Participants: redivider, Emily Care, MachMoth, Paul Czege.

12/11/2003 Dev: [Active Exploits] Scene-framing and resource-management
This post is mainly to ask for recommendations about modifying this system, but it may prove some greater value. To quickly summarize the system (while leaving out Extraneous System Detail):…
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Participants: Dev.

12/11/2003 bifevo: Modern-Day Divinities RPG - Develop or Discard?
Greetings. Please forgive this being my first post - I rack up many views of threads but few posts. For some time I have had the idea of a divine…
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Participants: bifevo, Marhault, greyorm, bluegargantua, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Erick Wujcik.

12/11/2003 anonymouse: Hero-Adventurer Correspondence School
So I'm killing time here in the jury assembly room. I've had this little concept (based directly off the old Quest for Glory series of PC games) in my head…
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Participants: anonymouse.

12/12/2003 Kilor Di: Magic-Techno RPGs
(From my post on the Planet AD&D Forums, under the name Kilor Di) I'm currently in the process of making a PnP game that takes place in a world of…
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Participants: Kilor Di, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, Knarf, b_bankhead, anonymouse, bifevo, Urandal.

12/14/2003 anonymouse: MARKED: You vs. the Universe
(Playtest will be in next few days, come hell or high water, so look for something in Actual Play! This is the first thing I've managed to finish that I…
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Participants: anonymouse, bifevo, Demada, qxjit.

12/14/2003 Amomentarylapseofsanity: Ritual magic system - need some advice
Hi everyone, this is my first post and I tend to ramble, so you'll have to bear with me. I'm working on a fantasy game, where magic is an important…
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Participants: Amomentarylapseofsanity, greyorm, anonymouse, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

12/16/2003 Sindyr: Has this way of doing initiative been thought of before?
I present this as in idea for people to comment on, tweak, use in whole or in part, etc - with the understanding that I retain any and all rights…
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Participants: Sindyr, Zathreyel, Andrew Martin, qxjit, Darcy Burgess.

12/16/2003 Sindyr: oops
bad post
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Participants: Sindyr.

12/17/2003 morningstar13: A new independant game!
I have been playing this one for a few weeks and it is promising - sorry this is an ad+review but it is what I could find on the subject:…
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Participants: morningstar13, Loki, ross_winn, ethan_greer, Zathreyel, Paul Czege.

12/17/2003 Dev: Heavy on the Metarules: Good thing?
The way my project has been involving (the Great American Space-Western, at this point), much of the rules I'm considing are "metarules" compared to what most would consider the fundamental…
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Participants: Dev, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

12/17/2003 Kilor Di: Handbooks
Never mind...too distasteful even for me.
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Participants: Kilor Di.

12/17/2003 Kilor Di: Vampires in PnP
How many PnP games that people are working on feature vampires? Mine kind of does, in a half-***ed way.
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Participants: Kilor Di, greyorm, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards, Belac, anonymouse, Rich Stokes.

12/17/2003 Ben Lehman: Tactics: Mechanics
For a discussion of responsibility management and group challenge, as well as an introduction to the game design goals, please see the previous thread for Tactics: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8551&highlight= In this thread…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Dev, LordSmerf.

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