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7/28/2007 Bullbar: A system where characters are defined by their flaws?
I was working on some ideas for a system in which the characters are defined primarily or entirely by their Flaws and problems. I eventually came up with this. A…
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Participants: Bullbar, asdfff, Justin Nichol - BFG, Narmical, ynnen.

7/27/2007 fractayle: Fractayle: The Collision of Worlds
Hi everyone, I am old to gaming, but new to this forum...so I hope that I do not post this in the wrong section or topic etc. I have (for…
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Participants: fractayle, hix.

7/27/2007 forlorn: mechanic concept, tactical/combat centred rpg (scifi)
Hi Having experience playing and running a rpg, I prefer getting solid thoery down first. I'm working on a tactical/battle centred concept. The idea is it can be transferrable, but…
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Participants: forlorn, ynnen, Noon.

7/26/2007 rycanada: Jamming as a group on descriptive qualities
I've had this idea in my head for a while.  Imagine a game where the players picked descriptive qualities, but before the game started the whole group jammed on what…
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Participants: rycanada, David Artman.

7/26/2007 VoidDragon: Logarithmic Rolling Mechanics
I'm thinking of converting to a logarithmic rolling mechanic that's less granular than the one I've been using so far.  I've tried all sorts of dice looking for one.  I…
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Participants: VoidDragon, Vulpinoid, Starblade, Hans.

7/26/2007 ynnen: [Survival] New RPG Concept - Seeking Input on "Incidents" For Story Settings
Hello, all, I'm feverishly working on my current design pet project, known as Survival. Here is an overview of the game: Survival! OVERVIEW Survival is a role playing game mirroring…
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Participants: ynnen, Adam Dray, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman.

7/26/2007 VoidDragon: [AVERA] Movement Abstraction
So far, in my logarithmic multi-genre system, I've created the tactical movement rules for grid-based tactics.  These rules work with either squares or hexes.  The rules are such that, when…
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Participants: VoidDragon, contracycle, Hans.

7/26/2007 Noon: Blade Tongue (short game)
I've never been a man into settings, thus this is dry in that regard. It's a procedure fixed design, in the way most board games are (or if I may…
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Participants: Noon, Willow.

7/25/2007 zakueins: Sci-Fi RPG Concept
I've been working on a concept that's been banging around my head for a while. Some notes in no particular order- *The game is "Traveller Lite"-the political blocs that would…
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Participants: zakueins, Chris_Chinn, contracycle, Capulet, Vulpinoid, brainwipe.

7/25/2007 Iraku: Nature vs modern society rpg
this game is pretty well played like DND but with a couple tweaks. Tweaks below 1. you get to pick from eight classes and races 2. nature is good aligned,…
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Participants: Iraku, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2007 Starblade: A few people may have done this type of game before but I'll take my shot at it.
I am currently in the process of creating a game which is similar to most trading card games but with the exception that it is played on a chess board.…
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Participants: Starblade, FzGhouL, Narmical, David Artman.

7/24/2007 Willow: Power 19 For Kung Fu Game
Hey all, I'm brewing up a new game idea, and I'm pretty excited about it.  It started as something very traditional, but I've started taking it in some new directions. …
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Participants: Willow, Adam Dray, vikingmage, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, DanielM.

7/24/2007 DrelPryn: Post Ruin RPG Game Intro - What are your thoughts?
Currently I have created a Post-ruin RPG based dark scifi gaming world tentatively coined "Forsaken"; the name best describes those who remain on the distant world. Here is the link…
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Participants: DrelPryn, Noon, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2007 Wormwood: Total Party Kill
I've been thinking about two of my Gamechef 2006 designs: <a href="http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/The_Marriage_of_Persephone.php">Marraige of Persephone</a> and <a href="http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/One_More_Hour.php">One More Hour</a>, as well as some (as yet still offline) setting and story…
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Participants: Wormwood, Primordia.

7/20/2007 Lobo: need some help getting started
Hi! I am new to this forum and my name is Björn. I am trying to create an RPG but it is still mostly in my head. I have tried…
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Participants: Lobo, Filip Luszczyk, preludetotheend, Noon.

7/20/2007 ynnen: Games with built-in "plot tracking" contrivances... Referenes Sought
Hey all - finally delurking after 4+ years here, hot on the trail of making progress on one of my indie designs. I'm looking for references or systems that have…
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Participants: ynnen, craigp, hix, pells, Millsy, contracycle, jasonm, Hans.

7/19/2007 Primordia: Some help with a concept - Gods and gutterfolk
Hey guys. I am working on a concept at the moment, and i hope to air some of my ideas and hear if you got any ideas. first of all,…
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Participants: Primordia, hix, contracycle.

7/19/2007 Alex Johnson: Charisma skills
In working on an RPG concept I had, I have run into a problem where I'm too good at my stated goal.  The game will be generic (multi-genre support) and…
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Participants: Alex Johnson, LandonSuffered, VoidDragon, Age of Fable, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2007 BenW: Empires Fall:
Firstly, I would like to say hello, and that I hope you’ll treat me nicely. It is worth noting that I am very heavily dyslexic, so I apologize in advanced…
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Participants: BenW, xenopulse, Eldrad.

7/19/2007 David C: Organization methods
So here I am, reformatting my hard drive. Over the past few years, about 30% of my drive space has mysteriously disappeared. I blame gremlins. Anyways, while backing up my…
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Participants: David C.

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7/29/2007 Dicef: New idea for a D6 based system, simple & universal. How can i procede?
Hello, My name is Fabio... I played every kind of rpg and now i m elaborating my game system. It is a system based on D6 rolling and nothing more…
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Participants: Dicef, Chris_Chinn.

7/29/2007 Durandir: Greetings... and some question regarding my rpg project.
  Since this is my first post here, let me start by sending a warm greeting to everyone in The Forge.   For some time, seems like ages to me,…
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Participants: Durandir, Chris_Chinn, Eliarhiman6.

7/30/2007 playgame: a top quality powerlevel website
Introduce a top quality powerlevel website to you ，and present the gold . www.game-powers.com
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Participants: playgame, Justin Nichol - BFG, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2007 rycanada: Rules light magic that doesn't get wacky?
I've had a hard time with really rules-light magic.  My instincts say "say yes" but then things get out of hand quite quickly; the players veer away from the style…
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Participants: rycanada, Chris_Chinn, Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Age of Fable, Valamir, vikingmage, Christoffer Lernö.

7/31/2007 zoom: Xp, Reawards and skill points
Hello I posted on here several weeks ago about a new diceless game I am designing....It was all going very well when I suddenly hit a bit of a snag.…
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Participants: zoom, forlorn, anders_larsen, Primordia, Filip Luszczyk, vikingmage, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2007 Biomech: GM-less games
I'm new to The Forge and am looking for systems for GM-less rpg's. I was wondering if anyone who is more familiar with the many indie games available have a…
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Participants: Biomech, rhat, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray, fractayle.

8/3/2007 Vulpinoid: Tales [Power 19]
Hi Everyone, I now realize that a game simply stuck on a page without any real comment on it isn’t very appealing as a topic for discussion. Since reading through…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, anders_larsen.

8/3/2007 thegreatigster: Newbie to RPG Design, Looking for some advice regarding a system
Hello Forge, my Name is Nicholas Graziade and I'm working on an RPG system I call the 3/10s system (because in the dice pools used - d10s- only 30% of…
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Participants: thegreatigster, Chris_Chinn, VoidDragon.

8/4/2007 Narf the Mouse: Where, exactly, am I going with this?
Which is a question that I should be asking myself. And I am. The entire purpose of the game (I was going to shorten it to 'Tales', but somebody seems…
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Participants: Narf the Mouse, Chris_Chinn, Primordia, Vulpinoid, cognis.

8/4/2007 RipSteakface: [Article 8]
- too broad - do I need the arcane/alien in there or would it be better to cut that out and work on the historical/present day - system/mechanic - influences:
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Participants: RipSteakface, ODDin, Vulpinoid, Trevis Martin.

8/4/2007 Ghola: Plots within plots
Hi folks, After taking a break from roleplaying and getting my hands dirty with some gold old-fashioned win/lose fun, I became rather inspired to write an rpg. I suppose the…
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Participants: Ghola, Adam Dray, Starblade, Noon.

8/4/2007 Kobayashi: [47] Ronin rpg in the spirit of Zatoichi/Sanjuro/Sword of doom
Hi to all, I've posted here some time ago and got invaluable feedback. So here I come again... This time it's a game inspired by the 47 Ronins : Player…
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Participants: Kobayashi, Chris_Chinn, VoidDragon.

8/6/2007 Grinning Moon: The Seven Days of Annihilation - An Apocalypse-Centric RPG
This concept's been bouncing around my head for a while now, and a few ideas are just snagging here and there that I think just need to be aired out…
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Participants: Grinning Moon, contracycle, TomTancredi, hix.

8/6/2007 Narmical: Naratavist Version of D&D
The other day a new idea struck my mind. Here is what happened. 1) I found out that a D&D 4th ed was announced/in the works 2) I was listening…
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Participants: Narmical, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2007 Narmical: Naratavist Game Compatable with D&D settings
So i posted my idea just before and i dont think i got my point across. (previous post quoted below) I had an idea. Write a game from a naratavist…
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Participants: Narmical, Grinning Moon, Justin Nichol - BFG, Vulpinoid, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, baron samedi, Millsy, Alan.

8/8/2007 ODDin: [Ur] Some actual stuff
About a year ago I posted about an RPG I was working on, which revolved around a sophisticated tree of abilities and skills. I can't say that I was extremely…
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Participants: ODDin.

8/8/2007 Henge Keeper: Just A Few General Questions
I have been tossing around the idea of creating my own table top role playing system for a little while now, and I have decided that there were some questions…
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Participants: Henge Keeper, ODDin, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Justin Nichol - BFG, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards, Simons, cognis.

8/9/2007 Justin Nichol - BFG: I want some opinions on initiative
I know plain old initiative isn't exactly a super exciting topic on the cutting edge, but I wanted some of your opinions on the way I'm thinking of doing initiative…
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Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, VoidDragon, ODDin, Vulpinoid.

8/9/2007 alejandro: Introducing unWritten
Hi everybody, I'm designing a game. I guess everyone here is. Anyway, I haven't been on this forum much, and honestly, I'm not the forum type. Following along here will…
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Participants: alejandro, Primordia, Age of Fable.

8/9/2007 alejandro: unWritten [Power 19]
This is the power 19, a set of 19 questions designed to help one develop and understand what they are trying to create... 1) What is your game about? <ol>…
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Participants: alejandro.

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