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1/30/2008 Marshall Burns: [Roguelike] Alone against Infinite Peril
Here’s the basic idea:  an RPG derived from Roguelike games.  I don’t expect everyone here to be familiar with Roguelikes, so I’ll explain them a bit. Rogue was a computer…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Adrian F., David Artman, Clinton R. Nixon, Noon, davidberg, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2008 Noon: [Self forfilling truth] Establishment of that which is meant to be
I'm thinking of making a small roleplay game, more like playing a fable than some sort of campaign thing. Anyway, basically it's about a small village in some medieval age,…
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Participants: Noon.

1/29/2008 MKAdams: [a murder of crows] Power 19
So for the last month or so I was working on a project tentatively titled "Wonderland," but the more research I did the more I realized that I wasn't going…
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Participants: MKAdams, Troy_Costisick, VoidDragon, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/29/2008 David C: Balance... balance - more semantics and more magic...
I was working on fleshing out my game some more. It's been fun watching it "evolve."  Anyways, I came across a big issue today. My magic system is split into…
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Participants: David C, MKAdams.

1/28/2008 malladin_ben: a first post - a new (?) style of statistic
Hi folks. I've been a lurker here off and on over the years, but have grown more interested recently and have finally decided to post an idea for feedback. Anyway,…
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Participants: malladin_ben, VoidDragon, Marshall Burns, Raymond Caleatry, Precious Villain, masqueradeball, danielsan, Ken.

1/26/2008 Mr. DNA: Cthulhu Now!
I've recently been tinkering around with an idea for a game of investigative cosmic horror, in which the characteristics of the creature are created during (and through) the investigation process. …
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Participants: Mr. DNA, chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, Noon, apeiron, NN, Nathaniel, Alfryd, Nev the Deranged.

1/24/2008 HDTVDinner: Thinking out loud. Input appreciated.
Okay, so I was getting all jazzed up after ordering Piledrivers and Powerbombs, and started thinking about how I would handle a wrestling match in my own way. This led…
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Participants: HDTVDinner, GregStolze, chronoplasm, apeiron, opsneakie, Bastoche, Necromagvs.

1/23/2008 Vulpinoid: Rules as a Three Way Struggle
Here's the background... My group of friends have failed miserably at a GM-less game environment on many occasions over the past 15 years. They can't handle the concept of everyone…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, chronoplasm, danielsan, Mike Sugarbaker, apeiron, walruz.

1/22/2008 ETP: Damage system with gritty Realism
Hello, long time lurker, first time poster here, Im working on a game system in which i want to move away from Hit Points.  The game deals with characters who…
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Participants: ETP, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, contracycle, dindenver, Latigo, daeruin, masqueradeball.

1/22/2008 clockworkjoe: I'm stuck before I can begin
I have an idea for a modern horror rpg. The setting, characters and so forth are easy for me to write. I even have ideas on the rules. However, I…
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Participants: clockworkjoe, chronoplasm, TonyLB, Selene Tan, Ken, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/21/2008 MKAdams: [Wonderland Project] Heroic Types
This is the first third of the character creation section for the game I'm working on, tentatively titled "Wonderland."  Characters are created by combing a Type with a Style.  The…
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Participants: MKAdams, dindenver, VoidDragon.

1/21/2008 rekyl: Wordsmiths Magicsystem
Ok, maybe this idea is already thought up but in my defence I don't know if it is... :) Ok the thought I had was that I wanted a system…
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Participants: rekyl, aya_aschmahr, Hereward The Wake, danielsan, Marshall Burns, Jack Aidley, Vulpinoid, apeiron, Capulet, David Artman.

1/21/2008 danielsan: trump, a spy game-- power 19
hi there. another newbie to the forum here. I had started to make a spy game similar to wushu for my friends to play, after having some success with Once…
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Participants: danielsan, Troy_Costisick, FrankBrunner.

1/18/2008 Wrageowrapper: Trade and Bartering in the Pacific
Hello forge members, In between working on my main RPG I have been fiddling about with a new game set in pre-colonial Eastern Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand and the…
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Participants: Wrageowrapper, jag, Eero Tuovinen, sirelfinjedi, contracycle, Alfryd.

1/16/2008 jmhpfan: Lost/Survivors style game
I have had the idea for a game like this kicking around in my head for a while but it seems to be going nowhere.  So I thought I would…
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Participants: jmhpfan, chronoplasm, contracycle, Noon, Scro.

1/16/2008 chronoplasm: Satanic Panic! (Power 19 answered)
This is one of the two games I've been working on off and on. I think I'll take a break from Pathodyne for now to get some feedback on this.…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards.

1/15/2008 StrongBadMun: [Ember] Character Creation and System
Ok so I'm finishing up the first draft of Ember and I think I've gotten things where I mainly want them, I'm just struggling over how I want character creation…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Capulet, dindenver.

1/14/2008 northerain: [Van Dread] Power 19(kind of) / Questions!
This is my Power 19 for my new game, Van Dread. I skipped some questions as I didn't really have an interesting answer for them, nor did I find them…
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Participants: northerain, chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, jag.

1/14/2008 VoidDragon: Pawning NPCs to Crunch up Social Conflict
Greetings, all. Lately I've been working on a game where players: i. Choose what drives their character into conflict ii. Contribute to the conflict of other players by hitting these…
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Participants: VoidDragon, Noon, Vulpinoid.

1/14/2008 MKAdams: Conflicted About Multiplayer Conflicts
I'm in the process of designing a "story-telling game."  The game is set in a generic European low fantasy setting that recalls Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and…
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Participants: MKAdams, VoidDragon, sirelfinjedi.

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2/1/2008 Demiurge: Muse - A New Storytelling Game
Hi, After a lot of writing and playtesting, Paul Tarussov and I have finished writing a new storytelling game called Muse. It's a game designed for people with busy schedules.…
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Participants: Demiurge, Vulpinoid, Greymorn, Paul T, danielsan.

2/1/2008 Jake Richmond: [Friendless] Does this make sense?
Hi. I've been trying to come up with a simple GMless game system. Something I could use for "plug-in-the-setting" one off games. Something that would allow a group to choose…
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Participants: Jake Richmond, danielsan, pells, Filip Luszczyk.

2/1/2008 StrongBadMun: Health and dying in Ember
In Ember's combat system I've made it so attacks hit a random hit location unless the attacker makes a "called shot" to a specific location. Currently suffering damage works like…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, VoidDragon.

2/1/2008 Necromagvs: Game systems: Universal, simple and fun. what else is need?
Hello fellows, this is my first post here and I am looking for some wisdom. I am on the last development stages of a new game system. I will not…
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Participants: Necromagvs, Chris_Chinn, David Artman, Marshall Burns.

2/2/2008 Alfryd: Skill Trees, and related problems.
Like it says, I've been trying to come up with an RPG mechanic that revolves around the notion of skills being arranged in a hierarchy, going from vague, flexible and…
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Participants: Alfryd, Hereward The Wake, masqueradeball, Wolfen, Capulet, Velcanthus, Eero Tuovinen, daeruin, davidberg.

2/4/2008 malladin_ben: A thought about dice rolling - contested or target number
Hi folks, I'm just thinking through a basic dice rolling mechanic. I'd like to get a nice neatuniversal dice mechanic that I can use in the game no matter what…
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Participants: malladin_ben, danielsan, Bastoche, casquilho, VoidDragon, Hereward The Wake, Jack Aidley.

2/4/2008 angelfromanotherpin: It's a hard job
There's a particular sort of story I'd like to RPG.  It shows up in Warhammer fiction, in the Myth and X-com computer games, in WWII movies, on Legend of the…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Everspinner, contracycle, VoidDragon, Istvan, Creatures of Destiny, jamsthehobbit.

2/5/2008 masqueradeball: Rogue Bounty
I recently put the beta for a game I'm working on called Rogue Bounty up as a free download on Lulu.com. I was hoping people might check it out and…
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Participants: masqueradeball.

2/5/2008 brainwipe: How best to display equipment and stuff?
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, it seems to fit best here... Most Sci Fi games have a lot of stuff. Cars, bikes, guns, spaceships, more guns, armour…
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Participants: brainwipe, casquilho, Wolfen.

2/5/2008 Bastoche: [Vices and virtues] Seeking options on my game system
Hi, I've pondered a lot on the game before seeking opinions. I've been sporadicly working on that project for many months. I'll try to keep it as consise as possible.…
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Participants: Bastoche, danielsan, HDTVDinner, Alfryd.

2/6/2008 davidberg: player-directed exploration of GM-created world
I like to play ignorant characters.  I like to discover a cool imagnary place that I have no actual knowledge of. But I don't like "following" a GM's "plot".  I'm…
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Participants: davidberg, contracycle, danielsan, brainwipe, Latigo, Greymorn, Alfryd, dindenver, Marshall Burns, anders_larsen, masqueradeball, Raymond Caleatry, pells, MKAdams, Paul T, Will OConnor, opsneakie.

2/6/2008 Necromagvs: [SGS ] A Role playing game turn into a Card Game
As part of the extended rules on my new game system there is a plan to create a Card game that can be played by using the characters from your…
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Participants: Necromagvs.

2/7/2008 rycanada: What do I do with these parameters?
I'm trying to make a game that is fun for people who are stuck at work with nothing to do. The game has to have a few parameters: 1)  Asynchronous…
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Participants: rycanada, Bastoche, HDTVDinner, Guy Srinivasan, Mike Sugarbaker.

2/8/2008 MikeSands: [Monster of the week] Brainstorming help request
So, I have the basic shape of a game sorted out, which is inspired by the TV show Supernatural and Hellboy and other stuff in that vein. The basic system…
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Participants: MikeSands, Adrian F., hix, David Artman, StrongBadMun, Rich F.

2/8/2008 program: New RPG idea.
Hello, I have a idea for a new RPG experiment and new RPG game, to this end, I have a blog over at http://rpgdemocracy.blogspot.com If you would like to know…
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Participants: program, mwhite, Peter Nordstrand, greyorm.

2/8/2008 Galadrin: [16 Bit] Fundamental Questions
Hi all, this is my first post here but I've been watching these forums on and off for a while.  I have, in my opinion, a great set of rules…
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Participants: Galadrin, rycanada, Noon, VoidDragon, OnnoTasler, chronoplasm, Jillianaire, Paul T, Catalyst N, oriondarkwood, rvmiole.

2/9/2008 rgrassi: A Unified Model for Role-Playing
I release this "Exposure Draft for Comments". It's the first part of a unified model for role-playing. Your comments/critique/hints and any other feedback is deeply appreciated. http://nuke.robertograssi.net/RPG/Articoli/tabid/63/Default.aspx http://nuke.robertograssi.net/Portals/0/RpgFiles/AUnifiedModelForRoleplaying-PartI-20080208.pdf Thanks in…
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Participants: rgrassi, Alfryd, casquilho, dindenver, brainwipe.

2/10/2008 ScrapRPG: ScrapRPG art/rules help
Hi all im new to the forum and I heard that this was the place to go for help with my RPG Scrap. I have not done much so far…
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Participants: ScrapRPG, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/11/2008 chronoplasm: Wave Inspired System
OK, so in most systems, character stats will usually grow with time right? They don't really get weaker with time unless they are negatively affected by some kind of enemy.…
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Participants: chronoplasm, VoidDragon, masqueradeball.

2/12/2008 Gaerik: I finally figured out what I wanted...
I've been a part of The Forge for around 4 years now and during that time I've had the itch to design a game.  That shouldn't surprise anyone here.  Lot's…
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Participants: Gaerik, chronoplasm, opsneakie, masqueradeball, jag, Valamir, OnnoTasler, fig, contracycle.

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