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6/17/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] The Power 19
I've recently (today) changed the title of my RPG in progress.  "Epiphany" is now "Sudden Light," until someone else points out that that particular name has already been taken.  :-). …
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Participants: Zach Walton, oreso, Roger, anders_larsen.

6/16/2006 John Kirk: [Cranium Rats] RPG Design Pattern Analysis
A few weeks ago, Guy Shalev asked me to perform an analysis of his role-playing game Cranium Rats.  This posting is a result of that effort. In performing a detailed…
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Participants: John Kirk, Filip Luszczyk, Thunder_God, dindenver.

6/16/2006 iain: [What a shambles!] Balancing comedy and horror
So i was sitting watching "Shaun of the Dead" the other day when an idea for a romantic comedy game set in a zombie apocalypse popped into my head, the…
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Participants: iain, oreso, jasonm, davidberg.

6/16/2006 jmac: resolution rules provoke player-character struggle
I'm working on resolution rules for my first rpg design. I haven't even decided how to call it yet. To a considerable extent, it is inspired by the "Black Company"…
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Participants: jmac, LemmingLord.

6/16/2006 boolean: [Kry-Gothic] Questions about the RPG community + feedback on rule system
Hi all A while back I found a ruleset for a table top wargame I started writing about 7 years ago on an old harddrive. After being poked and prodded…
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Participants: boolean, greyorm, northerain, Rothe.

6/15/2006 Zach Walton: [Epiphany] Twenty Pages in Twenty Days
Greetings All, Let me say it is quite a thrill to be posting to the Forge for the first time.  I've been lurking for years, but was always content to…
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Participants: Zach Walton, matthijs.

6/15/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Codification of Session-Length?
The following is quoted from the Meta-Chanics post for Cranium Rats on my Blog: Tokens are finite, generation of Tokens is not that easy, at least not for players.…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Filip Luszczyk, dindenver.

6/15/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] Available on wiki
Hi all, Pardon me if this is the wrong sub-forum for this.  I have a pdf of my game available at http://agesgaming.pbwiki.com/Divinity.pdf I have tested it out with people but…
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Participants: sean2099.

6/15/2006 cbussler: [To Rise Again] - Form of Play
My original post asking for setting advice evolved into discussion about form of play, so I thought I would separate the two. To play catch-up, David Berg said: I…
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Participants: cbussler, sean2099, davidberg.

6/14/2006 davidberg: [Lendrhald] Rewards system for dark, realistic fantasy
In a previous thread, I was asked some interesting questions and given some interesting suggestions that I jumped to address, only realizing later that I'd drifted far from my intended…
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Participants: davidberg, baron samedi, Valamir, Sydney Freedberg, Threlicus, contracycle.

6/14/2006 Badelaire: [LBI] Legends of Blood and Iron - Constructive Comments Requested.
Hello all. I'm a (very) new member to The Forge, although I have looked over various threads and topics from time to time over the last few years.  I will…
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Participants: Badelaire, davidberg.

6/14/2006 HOT: [Masks(?)] Just an early premise for a game.
I got an idea for a game after reading a couple of posts about character ownership. This is just an idea that came into my mind and may be on…
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Participants: HOT.

6/13/2006 gaelyn: d12 vs d20 and my dilemma
I'm currently trying to finish the core rules to my LORE: Realms of the Omniverse (tentative title still) game.  This is the core book that all Realm books will reference…
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Participants: gaelyn, Ron Edwards, jeremycoatney, Roger, dindenver, billvolk, Miskatonic.

6/12/2006 davidberg: [Lendrhald] Hostile fantasy setting
I'm looking for input (mostly brainstorming) on a certain aspect of my current project, that being a setting that successfully conveys a sense of menace to the players. THE GAME…
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Participants: davidberg, dsmvites, Ron Edwards, Castlin, anders_larsen, billvolk, Sydney Freedberg, Paka, cbussler, Adam Dray, Threlicus, greyorm, stefoid, Warren, NN, Telarus, KSC, Certified, sean2099, contracycle, Michael Brazier.

6/11/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] A couple of design questions
Hi all, As I review my set of rules, a couple of questions came to me.  1.  My system for solving disputes among opponents and deciding the effectiveness of non-opposed…
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Participants: sean2099, Miedvied, jeremycoatney.

6/10/2006 Altharis: I love Evolve and wanna expand it.
Hey all, this is my first post on these forums. I'm sorry if this doesn't fit, but I really like Zak Arnston's Evolve and wanna play test and expand it.…
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Participants: Altharis, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2006 cbussler: Constructive criticism on setting material
For my first post to these forums, I need to say that I wish I'd found this place months ago when I began working on my ideas. I originally began…
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Participants: cbussler, Adam Dray, pells, bfguy, baron samedi, davidberg, sean2099.

6/8/2006 sirogit: [Other Family] Conflict resoloution and player choice.
So today I wrote up this nifty little game about vampires and family: http://bmdproductions.tripod.com/of.html Right now I have come to a quandry about if the conflict resoloution allows for enough…
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Participants: sirogit, Jack Aidley.

6/8/2006 Caesar_X: [Noir] Gameplay example to talk about mechanics (long)
I read a good Forge post recently that said a good way to start a game design was to imagine a game session and actually write it out.  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=1896.0 So…
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Participants: Caesar_X, joepub, efindel, Czar Fnord.

6/5/2006 knicknevin: [AEgypt] Are Per Centiles Still Fashionable?
I'm currently contemplating a pulp adventure game set in Egypt at the turn of the century: lots of mythology and action in the style of The Mummy and I'm considering…
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Participants: knicknevin, jasonm, Czar Fnord, Valamir, Miskatonic, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, Gasten.

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6/18/2006 sirogit: [Other Family] What more should I add before open playtesting?
This is the latest version of Other Family: http://bmdproductions.tripod.com/of2.html If you've looked at the last version, I'm exploring the weariness token idea, and I'm removed the Hard dice for now,…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

6/18/2006 Dauntless: Lifepath design system?
I like Lifepath systems.  I happen to like systems which have a consistent logic to them and which help guide character development.  I think a properly designed lifepath system gives…
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Participants: Dauntless, Kobayashi, c, dindenver, GregStolze, sean2099, Threlicus.

6/18/2006 somniturne: [Crucible] Steam-punk LARP
Hey all, I've been running WOD larps for a number of years, and have recently gotten the hankering to try my hand at creating a new setting.  The inspiration comes…
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Participants: somniturne, Czar Fnord.

6/19/2006 iain: [What a Shambles!] Are some mechanics funnier than others?
Following on from the thread here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20144.0 that was about my initial thoughts on the game and how to balance comedy and horror, i had begun to think about system.…
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Participants: iain, TonyLB, Noon, Czar Fnord, davidberg, dindenver.

6/20/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] making the conversion from dice to diceless. ( baby rant)
Hi all, I have promised some people here that I would keep them abreast of this process for Divinity.  Here is one of threads I would like to reference because…
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Participants: sean2099.

6/20/2006 Immunis: [d8 system] Using a playing card pool instead of dice
I am in the process of writing my own ‘Universal Heartbreaker’, it’s a system that is trying to provide enough flexibility for any ‘age of gun’ background, i.e. from 1800…
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Participants: Immunis, pells, Aaron, Altharis.

6/21/2006 WRPIgeek: [Console] Console Legends quickstart
Hi everyone. I've finished up the quickstart version of Console Legends (previously entitled Console III). If you want to take a look, <a href="http://www.valentgames.com/download/ConsoleLegends.zip">here it is.</a> Comments are welcome, especially…
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Participants: WRPIgeek, Noon.

6/21/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Another View.
The following points have been written by Itamar Parann, he was originally given Beta Version 1.1 on April, in a local convention. He sent me his thoughts but it would…
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Participants: Thunder_God, dindenver, Filip Luszczyk.

6/22/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Competitive Narrative Complications
Today, in my improv. class we worked with a few exercises concerning narrative.  For our first exercise, one writer identified three themes or actions relevant to the story they were…
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Participants: Zach Walton.

6/22/2006 hatch22: Not so idle chat
Greetings everyone.  I'm new at the Forge and would like to pose a question I'm struggling with.  I've been working on a game design for many months now on and…
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Participants: hatch22, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Gasten.

6/22/2006 Dreadmaster: [SIX: Confederacy Working Hidden] Needing a bit of help...
[move]...I'm having a problem with getting on with my story, looks like I need help...[/move] I've got a start on my game ([url=http://www.legendarytales.com])www.legendarytales.com[/url], but that's all I've got... The player…
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Participants: Dreadmaster, jeremycoatney.

6/22/2006 thwaak: Recommended Indie RPGs?
Heya Gang, I've found myself moving away from the mainstream, traditional RPGs, and becoming more and more interested in indie RPGs, both in the novel ideas, mechanics, and settings, as…
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Participants: thwaak, Technocrat13, Warren, Paka, Pelgrane, Dantai, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards.

6/22/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Good Thing/Bad Thing
Improv. class today covered in several exercises concerning narrative structure.  Perhaps the most fruitful exercise for our troupe was called "Good Thing, Bad Thing" (we discovered later that the professor…
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Participants: Zach Walton.

6/22/2006 J Tolson: [Twilight of the Gods] Too Complex of a Conflict Resolution System?
Like the title implies, for the last several months I have been wondering if my CR system is overly complex. That is, I would like CR to take up about…
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Participants: J Tolson, charles ferguson, Threlicus, Valamir.

6/23/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] On Flags Alone?
So, I'm going to continue talking about what I call Blinders, and when it is discussed in terms of games or game-play is often called Constraints. This topic is about…
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Participants: Thunder_God, contracycle, Filip Luszczyk.

6/24/2006 Noon: Rocks fall, everybody (who bid their HP) dies
It's been awhile since I posted my last design idea.  Some of the insistant responces that turned up with that threw me for a curve ball...like the insistance that a…
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Participants: Noon, TonyLB, Filip Luszczyk, Bill Masek, Adam Dray, Telarus, KSC, Falkayn, Blankshield, jbrandl, contracycle, Caldis, wheloc, Ron Edwards.

6/24/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Protagonist Generation
Can improvisational exercises contribute to RPG character generation?  I've seen games, such as Primetime Adventures, encourage group kibitzing for generating individual characters and I've found that process to be particular…
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Participants: Zach Walton.

6/27/2006 Nick: Inspiration v. Plagiarism, and other Quandries
Hello All, I've kicked around ideas for a few game designs in my head for the past few years, though none of them have come  to fruition- not that any…
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Participants: Nick, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm.

6/28/2006 iain: [What a Shambles!] Points mean Prizes
Hello again folks, 'What a Shambles!' comes on apace and is almost ready for playtesting, anyone interested?. However I am stuck on one element of the game. I want the…
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Participants: iain, Adam Dray, Zach.

6/28/2006 ODDin: Certain Ideas for a Simulationist's Heaven
For some time now I've been brooding over an RPG system (called Ur, which is an acronym for Ultimate RPG - rather pretentious, I know, but Ur is just too…
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Participants: ODDin, Roger, Threlicus, Rothe, Adam Dray, greyorm.

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