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12/3/2007 MTLloyd: A couple of questions on my first thoughts...
Okay, so the idea wandered into my head unbidden and now refuses to go away, so I figure I may as well roll with it. First of all, some questions:…
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Participants: MTLloyd, Ron Edwards, J Tolson.

12/2/2007 earwig: Starting on a Wiki?
Hey all.  I'm putting together my first RPG, and I wanted to design the whole thing as a Wiki first.  The pages would be locked at first, until I hash…
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Participants: earwig, Capulet, Meadslosh, David Artman, dindenver, davidberg, northerain.

12/2/2007 Meadslosh: "Knowledges" as primary statistics?
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my first post on the Forge. I'm glad to be here. I have been ruminating upon the desire to write an RPG for quite some…
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Participants: Meadslosh, WyldKarde, Hans.

12/1/2007 Marshall Burns: scattershot pitches
Ok, I've been trying to hold back from doing this all day, but I think I might explode if I don't. The following are abstracts of game concepts that I…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, earwig, StrongBadMun, Ken, Castlin.

12/1/2007 Narf the Mouse: One of my projects has born fruit - Realms
One of the ways I refine my RPGs is to write character sheets. So, one day, I had this idea hanging around my head - So I started writing a…
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Participants: Narf the Mouse, Raymond Caleatry, anders_larsen.

11/30/2007 Marshall Burns: American Wizards, detailed character, loose resolution
I'm currently working on a game called American Wizards and would like to get thoughts on certain aspects of its design.  BUT I want to presage this with a touch…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Troy_Costisick, Miskatonic, c.

11/29/2007 StrongBadMun: Ember and Magic or "AUGH IT BURNS!!!"
Ok so in my game Ember the laws of magic are stripped away, making it difficult to predict and even more difficult to control.  I don't want the "mages" to…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Simon C, Simons, Noon, crackrat, OnnoTasler, Capulet, chronoplasm.

11/29/2007 earwig: System with changing skills
Okay, I'm going to try to be as short with this as possible, since I have a habit of rambling. I am working on an RPG where the players play…
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Participants: earwig, opsneakie, Simon C, Marshall Burns.

11/29/2007 Noon: In the pursuit of shiny objects
I have an idea for keeping play in a certain type of flux, but it needs just a bit more push. Basically I'm imagining a grided map, with an objective…
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Participants: Noon, jag, contracycle, Simon C, dindenver.

11/27/2007 jmhpfan: Dogs in the Tower (a Stephen King hack)
    I am a big fan of Dogs in the Vineyard and of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.  I keep thinking that these two were made for each other. …
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Participants: jmhpfan, J Tolson, northerain.

11/27/2007 DracoDruid: I need help on Ability choice for my system
Hi everybody. I recently got her from a friend of mine and I really hope I will get the inspiration I need at the moment. Ok off we go: For…
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Participants: DracoDruid, Lobo, Darcy Burgess, opsneakie, Conteur, Marshall Burns, Narf the Mouse, Llogres.

11/27/2007 Grinning Moon: [Doomsday] Initial Idea & Character Creation
I don't know if anyone's ever played a computer game called 'Evil Genius'? Brilliant idea, excellent production values... really sloppy execution and boring gameplay. Which is such a shame, since…
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Participants: Grinning Moon, northerain.

11/27/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Crow Fortunes & The Awesome Game
So, a while back Kamil ordered some games at Lulu. The package came delayed, though, and instead of Dirty Secrets he received this, possibly due to ordering The Princess Kingdom…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

11/26/2007 Willow: Articles for Wargame Design?
I've been pondering my next design, a hybrid wargame/rpg.  I'm pretty clear on where I want the rpg mechanics to be, but the wargame part is taking up more of…
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Participants: Willow, Valamir, J Tolson, Simons.

11/26/2007 BubbaBrown: [D10-0] Analysis of purpose
I've been working on this system off to the side for the past few years, trying to find out what to do with it.  I think I've found it with…
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Participants: BubbaBrown, J Tolson.

11/26/2007 opsneakie: Thoughts on a 'see-saw' or 'push-pull' Magic system
Okay, the rest of the ideas for my system might be in disorganized shambles right now, but I like this idea, so far. Briefly, this game is about telling sweeping,…
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Participants: opsneakie, Vulpinoid, Grinning Moon, jmhpfan, Narf the Mouse, Xerxes, Capulet, blodwin.

11/24/2007 StrongBadMun: [Red Alert!] Sci-Fi Roleplay with a twist!
I've had an idea buzzing in my head that I want people's opinions on, it's something I think would be pretty fun and have already started scribbling out concept notes…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Vulpinoid, Darcy Burgess.

11/23/2007 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] Character Generation
I am designing this game. It is called While We Were Fighting. I've scheduled two playtest sessions next week with different groups. Problem is that character generation is flawed. I'll…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, hix.

11/22/2007 hix: [Soth] It's Call of Cthulu after you've gone mad (and a publishing experiment)
I'm writing an extremely short horror-comedy game, which I want to use to break through my fear of publishing (I've been writing my "big" game - Bad Family, aka The…
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Participants: hix.

11/22/2007 quixoteles: Locke-Spinoza Horoscopy
I looked over a review of Polaris and was reminded of this mechanic I had once long ago. What brought it to my attention was this whole ritual mechanic. This…
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Participants: quixoteles, Vulpinoid.

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12/4/2007 SilasMalkav: Reputation instead of Experience
I'm working on a fantasy city based rpg featuring several competing factions. While developing the game, I came up with the idea of having players gain reputation instead of experience…
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Participants: SilasMalkav, xenopulse, Xerxes, David Artman, dindenver, Capulet, Devin P. Owens.

12/4/2007 SaintandSinner: Design Goals For Alternative Take on Amber RPG
I'm looking to rift off of the basic ADRPG which I've had years and years of fun playing and running. Althought the game is good there are times when it…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

12/5/2007 opsneakie: [Name in Progress] Power 19!
1.) What is your game about? This game is a fantasy adventure game, set in a world hanging the the balance of opposing forces: Fire and Water, Earth and Air,…
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Participants: opsneakie, Troy_Costisick.

12/5/2007 northerain: Planet Terror
So I watched Planet Terror a few weeks ago and bought the dvd today(Birthday present to myself). I then decide to make an rpg based not on the movie, but…
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Participants: northerain, earwig.

12/7/2007 masqueradeball: CONTENDER
I want to make a game based on all the movies out there that turn boxing into a metaphor... Rocky, Cinderella Man, Raging Bull, etc... I'm not very interested in…
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Participants: masqueradeball, joepub.

12/8/2007 WyldKarde: Step-Die Mechanics
Hey Forge, Working on a generic RPG system and I've quickly learned that my ambition is asking a lot of me.  To quickly recap from an old post, my previous…
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Participants: WyldKarde, JCunkle, Darcy Burgess, Capulet, J Tolson, Xerxes.

12/9/2007 earwig: Couple of questions on a rules-lite system
Hi all! Quick question that I hope isn't too broad.  I am working on my first rpg, and I am developing the system.  What I'm looking for is a very…
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Participants: earwig, opsneakie, Narf the Mouse.

12/9/2007 kouato_terra: Task resoulution idea
Hey everyone,  It has been quite some time since I last posted here at the forge, but I have been lurking around for a while now and I have to…
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Participants: kouato_terra.

12/10/2007 TomTitTot: Dystopian Game - help me find my balance?
I posted about my project "The Hammer Falls: A Game of Dystopia" some time ago, but have hit a snag that is doing my head in. Any suggestions or comments…
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Participants: TomTitTot, ADGBoss, matthijs.

12/10/2007 Llogres: [Mael'Saresh] Power 19
First of all i want to say that i got no experience in RPG Design at all, but i want to develop a system (including setting) for private use in…
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Participants: Llogres, J Tolson, Troy_Costisick.

12/11/2007 Eldrad: PUNKS:RPG
Sorry I am slightly dyslexic please ignore the previous post. Back in the 90s I wrote with some help of some friends a game called PUNKS. It was a game…
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Participants: Eldrad, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Ken, earwig, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2007 Options: Dungeons and Discourse
Hello! I registered at these forums a while ago with the intent of posting here and hopefully getting some feedback on an RPG that's been in the works for about…
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Participants: Options, Noon, sirelfinjedi, ninja88penguin, was_fired, Mike Sugarbaker, Age of Fable, chronoplasm, Rich F.

12/11/2007 Llogres: [From Zero To Hero] Power 19
[b]1.) What is your game about? [/b] "From Zero To Hero" (working title, maybe i will keep it) is about a dark fantasy world, called Mael'Saresh, where different factions fight…
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Participants: Llogres, Valamir, Troy_Costisick.

12/11/2007 Meguey: Further thoughts on Intertwined
To recap: It's a game for two players, with a overt goal being to arouse and be aroused, sensually. There's lots of touching hands, but players otherwise don't really touch,…
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Participants: Meguey, Eero Tuovinen, Elizabeth, David Artman.

12/11/2007 signoftheserpent: Shadowmen system II (split)
A new day and a fresh look at one of my old ideas (playing the matrix online has reinvigorated my interest). In the game characters will experience a rollercoaster ride…
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Participants: signoftheserpent, kouato_terra, Ron Edwards, Ken.

12/13/2007 JCunkle: Good Story + Good Game: Possible?
So I was lurking around Vincent Baker's "I would knife fight a man" a few days ago and read a discussion there about whether it was possible to write an…
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Participants: JCunkle, Filip Luszczyk, Noon, Greymorn, TonyLB.

12/14/2007 Miskatonic: **unsolicited!!** - a game of spam and human desperation
[tt]YOU LOVER NOT SATISFIED IN BED? NEW ALL NATURAL CURE FOR MALE PROBLEMS! BETTER THAN VIAGRA![/tt] Where to begin? You know spam, that thing every single person who uses the…
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Participants: Miskatonic, earwig, TomTitTot, Elizabeth, matthijs.

12/14/2007 Marshall Burns: [Witch Trails] poker conflict resolution
First, I have to admit that I got this idea from Dogs in the Vineyard.  Once I had the idea, I started building a game around it, and that game…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, preludetotheend, jag, Guy Srinivasan.

12/15/2007 Friar Zero: Zombie Apocalypse Ruleset
Hello everybody!  I'm new here and I have been working on a set of custom mechanics for a Zombie Apocalypse setting.  I was hoping that I could get some feedback…
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Participants: Friar Zero, northerain, Peter Nordstrand, blodwin.

12/15/2007 Nev the Deranged: [the pickup game] - descriptor tables
I recently posted over in AP about "the pickup game", http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25253.0, and I am doing further thinking about it. So, I have been fiddling around with a chart to facilitate…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

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