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10/5/2006 Reithan: GNS - Where??
I keep seeing references to the GNS Theory/Gaming Model. It seems that the relevant forum has been closed, though. Can anyone point me to any sort of definition/description/guide?
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Participants: Reithan, Ron Edwards, r_donato, c.

10/4/2006 Castlin: Quintessence
Hello All, I am looking for some feedback on one of my evolving efforts, currently called Quintessence. It is a relatively simple gaming system based around the notion I had…
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Participants: Castlin, jasonm, Altharis.

10/4/2006 Reithan: Looking for feedback on Setting, Design and Rules of Work In Progress
Penetrator is a sci-fi RPG with a foundation in the cyberpunk genre. The is meant to convey a sense of 'larger-than-life' characters in a dark, gritty, realistic sci-fi environment with…
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Participants: Reithan, Joshua BishopRoby, James Holloway.

10/4/2006 Tully305: My "Power 19" for Imperium
[i][b]Imperium[/b][/i] is the working title for my sci-fi rpg.  To get the ball rolling, I've written up a Power 19 for the game.  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! [b]The…
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Participants: Tully305, TroyLovesRPG, Frank T, Vargr Scout, Icel, mholmes52.

10/3/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Binding Demons and Spirits
Somehow, I completely failed to figure out a fairly major part of my game... For what i have right now you can get a PDF of my notes at http://shadowedgames.awardspace.com/channeling.html…
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Participants: Brian_W, Pol Jackson.

10/2/2006 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Revised Playtest Edition and Power 19
Hi everybody! Having a deadline (Spiel Essen) and switching from writing in German to writing in English has helped me to finally overcome my writer’s block on BARBAREN!. I have…
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Participants: Frank T, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jrs, Ice Cream Emperor.

10/1/2006 Noon: Design issue - end of wonder
It's cropped up from a couple of directions. I've made a resolution mechanic (well, perhaps more of a midwife mechanic) that I'm happy with (listed in previous threads). But it…
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Participants: Noon, TroyLovesRPG, contracycle, dindenver, joepub, Xibalba.

9/30/2006 earwig: Starting a game and quite lost...
Okay, this is my first post here, so be kind. :) Anyway, I am putting together an RPG where the characters all wake up in a city with complete amnesia. …
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Participants: earwig, joepub, TroyLovesRPG, Noon, Darcy Burgess, Call Me Curly, John Hyland, Tim M Ralphs, John Harper, GreatWolf.

9/29/2006 Hituro: Some help needed on a combat mechanic
Hi, this is my first post here and I'm straight into asking for help, go figure! :) I am running a one-off game next weekend using a home-brew system and…
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Participants: Hituro, Eero Tuovinen, Mcrow, contracycle, Hereward The Wake, Pol Jackson.

9/29/2006 Sovem: A harebrained idea?
I've got an idea for a system, but I'm not really sure whether it would work or whether it's been done or not. So, I thought I'd run it by…
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Participants: Sovem, Eero Tuovinen, nikola, Joshua BishopRoby, Hituro, joepub, TroyLovesRPG, dindenver.

9/29/2006 daMoose_Neo: [The Great Storybook] Brain dump & early mechanics
Seems childrens games the thing these days, I'm seeing more and more of them around ^_^ This here is "The Great Storybook", a game I've actually spent the last couple…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Eero Tuovinen, komradebob.

9/29/2006 Codexier: Magic Backpack
Hi,  I'm working on a new RPG for children, called "Magic Backpack" (at least for now).  I wanted to get your opinion on the main mechanic of this game, if…
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Participants: Codexier, Gasten, David Artman, Joshua BishopRoby, Eero Tuovinen, JustinB, Hituro.

9/29/2006 Oscar Evans: Parlour games as Roleplaying games
I think there is a lot of potential in converting some of the design principles from parlour games (and perhaps some improve theatre, theatresports and Alternate Reality Games) into roleplaying…
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Participants: Oscar Evans, GregStolze, David Artman, nikola, Paul Czege.

9/27/2006 peccable: [Flashback] Incorporating 'Indie' Sensibilities Into A 'Traditional' RPG
Even when I was mainly into 'mainstream' RPGs, I was always more attracted to the weirder ones: Continuum, Unknown Armies, etc.  So discovering the Forge and the Indie game scene…
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Participants: peccable, Artanis, Joshua BishopRoby, Call Me Curly, r_donato.

9/27/2006 GregStolze: [ORE Noir] What's the intellectual equivalent of a 2x4 to the skull?
(This is a cross-post from RPG.NET, if you care.) was "Good Cop, Bad Cop" and it came to a thunderous conclusion last session. (A writeup from one of the players,…
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Participants: GregStolze, joepub, Darcy Burgess, TroyLovesRPG, Vaxalon.

9/26/2006 typo: [This Madness Ends Here!] First Look
First post here, introducing a game concept I've been toying around with based on any number of cliched confrontation scenes in movies and literature.  It was originally conceived as an…
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Participants: typo, joepub, Valamir.

9/26/2006 joepub: [Boulevard] Define, Refine, Destroy
the basics (skip this if you know it): The game is called Boulevard. The basis is: You are a presuming, pretentious punk. You are an aggressive, militant kid who has…
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Participants: joepub, Ice Cream Emperor, David Artman.

9/26/2006 Aussigamer: [Nexus] Does this have the information you might need?
Name: Flechette Rifle (Storm Bringer) PL: 7 Type: Semi/ Automatic magazine feed Held: 2 handed Damage: 4d12(-4), Ballistic x3 (19-20) Single: Average: 22, recoil: 7 Burst: 3 rounds: 44, recoil:…
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Participants: Aussigamer, Adam Dray, Matt, nikola, joepub, Mcrow, Eero Tuovinen, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

9/25/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: Dying Earth: The Raids
50 years ago the US government decided to approve a project designed to make a better soldier. This project continued for 10 years before they struck upon a new serum,…
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Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, Everspinner, Kesher, anders_larsen, Aussigamer, sean2099, David Artman, Pol Jackson.

9/25/2006 Willow: What is Shattered Vistas?
What is Shattered Vistas? Shattered Vistas is a game about life.  Life that sucks hard and is an uphill battle, possibly filled with eldritch horrors and ninjas. In Shattered Vistas,…
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Participants: Willow, James Holloway, baron samedi, Mike Holmes, coffeestain, nikola, Joshua BishopRoby, c, Noon, TroyLovesRPG.

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10/5/2006 r_donato: [Machiavelli] Italian vs. English words
Hi, all, As my work on Machiavelli proceeds (I should have a first draft ready in a couple of weeks), I have a decision to make. Machiavelli is set in…
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Participants: r_donato, JakeVanDam, dindenver.

10/6/2006 Reithan: In need of informational source
I'm building a sci-fi game with a cyberpunk 'feel' (I think the proper term, as far as The Big Model goes would be Color...but I'm still hazy on the whole…
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Participants: Reithan, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, joepub, Certified, Call Me Curly, dindenver, TroyLovesRPG.

10/7/2006 Xibalba: Need help with a core mechanic
I have two ideas for the core mechanic for a fairly traditional swashbuckling rpg of high adventure, and I cannot decide between the two.  Please give me some advice and…
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Participants: Xibalba, CommonDialog, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, TroyLovesRPG, Noon, Falc.

10/7/2006 CaffinatedAngst: A title would be nice, wouldn't it?
As stated from the general top of the board there is no title as of yet... Being that I love Tolkien and DnD, I originally wanted to do a RPG…
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Participants: CaffinatedAngst, joepub, jasonm, dindenver, Xibalba, TroyLovesRPG, Call Me Curly, JustinB, Primordia, Castlin.

10/9/2006 Bill_White: [Crypt of Chthonos] Sailing to Sarnath: A Kind of Horror Heartbreaker
I've followed with interests threads that talk about Lovecraftian games, because I've always enjoyed the idea of Call of Cthulhu even though I'd never played it.  The consensus that emerges…
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Participants: Bill_White, Wood, anders_larsen, Narf the Mouse, Mel_White, andrew_kenrick.

10/10/2006 trukulo: RyF , a very easy and fast game
Hello, first i have to apologise for my poor english. I want to show you a game that we made. It was made in spanish and this is a translation.…
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Participants: trukulo.

10/10/2006 MJGraham: [Insurrection] Motives and Virtues as Attributes
Before I ask my question I feel that I should explain a little about my game. My roleplaying game uses two sets of attributes: virtue attributes (e.g. courage and honesty)…
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Participants: MJGraham, r_donato, GreatWolf, AmbroseCollector, stefoid, Narf the Mouse, TroyLovesRPG.

10/10/2006 daMoose_Neo: [BasiCCG] Writing up an open lisence Card Game
I'm always doing this aren't I? New CCG stuff, always ^_^ My earlier discussions with Lee Valentine (Veritas) have led to some revisions of my POD card concept. I'm ordering…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, TroyLovesRPG, jeremycoatney, JustinB, David Artman.

10/10/2006 vgunn: Can you fill in the missing pieces? -- system design questions
Hello All, Its my first post here. I have really just started to look at the forge in detail and I am hoping you could help me out. I've been…
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Participants: vgunn, joepub, Gasten, Hans.

10/11/2006 sean2099: airing out the idea for a new supers game
While I am awaiting feedback on a different game, I thought that I would put out some beginning thoughts to a new supers game I am working on (working title:…
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Participants: sean2099, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Ken, Narf the Mouse, dindenver.

10/11/2006 Narf the Mouse: Tales from the Rusty Broadsword Inn - Combat Aptitudes
Sorry, no real-life name - I just don't feel comfortable using it on the internet. The RPG name is just a placeholder; it was chosen because of a backstory that's…
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Participants: Narf the Mouse, Adam Dray, Hereward The Wake, Noon.

10/12/2006 Caesar_X: [Close Encounters] The 90-min RPG
This idea just came out of me tonight while I was trying to muddle my way through the Polaris rulebook in a reclined position.  As my mind wandered, I started…
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Participants: Caesar_X, andrew_kenrick, TroyLovesRPG, Narf the Mouse, Call Me Curly, cpeterso.

10/12/2006 baron samedi: [Last Chronicles of Erdor] Searching for the right adjective to name a religion
Hi, I'm in the process of translating a role-playing game from French to English, and stuck with the choice of a proper term to designate a specific religious movement. -…
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Participants: baron samedi, FLEB, crowyhead, Wolfen.

10/13/2006 willo: Gaming System Framework
What would it take for you to develop your new RPG idea using a Gaming System Framework? Gaming System Framework:     A core set of rules that could be…
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Participants: willo, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, jeremycoatney, TroyLovesRPG, mratomek, tj333, joepub, Danny_K, David Artman, Certified, Nathaniel B.

10/13/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Yesterday's Tomorrow] Interrogation as character creation
After a hiatus of 2 years I've finally gone back to Yesterday's Tomorrow, my game of a nuclear-powered, dystopian alternate now inspired by 1984, Brave New World, Children of Men…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, Reithan, Paul Czege, James_Nostack, Narf the Mouse, TroyLovesRPG, Madheretic, Everspinner, Troy_Costisick.

10/16/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Temptation and Corruption
Alright first of all, i will try to give all needed information in this thread. If you want to know more, want to read through what i have, or want…
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Participants: Brian_W, Troy_Costisick, Narf the Mouse, Xibalba.

10/17/2006 Ancannios: Stuck on a resolution mechanic
Hi to all, I am currently designing my homebrew simulationist  rpg set in the early middle ages, but for 5 days now I just cant get any ideas for a…
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Participants: Ancannios, andrew_kenrick, iain, Narf the Mouse, drfelip.

10/17/2006 baron samedi: [LCoE] Strange places: ideas ?
Hello Forgeites, After building a set of game mechanics that allows a game effect bonus for using a specific landmark or building, I'm trying to find ideas about strange places…
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Participants: baron samedi, crowyhead, David Artman, Narf the Mouse, Simon C, TroyLovesRPG.

10/20/2006 Web_Weaver: GM as Facilitator, looking for signposts in the unknown
This post falls between Actual Play and First Thoughts. I place it here because primarily I am involved in adaptation of rules, and a radically altered game is likely to…
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Participants: Web_Weaver, timfire, TroyLovesRPG.

10/23/2006 Nephilim: [Wiedergänger] First ideas for a game...
Hi there! I'm one of the Projekt Odyssee authors from Germany and part-time Forge-reader (though not poster). The successful cooperation at the Essen game fair made me think about posting…
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Participants: Nephilim, Troy_Costisick, David Artman, dindenver, TroyLovesRPG.

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