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4/12/2008 weem: [The Last Lands] - Looking for some feedback
I've been doing work on my new setting/system over the last few weeks - I'm calling it The Last Lands. I have recently posted a quick run-through of the character…
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Participants: weem, Everspinner, FrankBrunner, Zachary_Wolf, Landon Winkler.

4/11/2008 Landon Winkler: [Conflict] First Thoughts
Hello Forge! I've been wrestling with an idea for a while, but I've finally got a skeleton that I can almost explain and I was curious about what other designers…
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Participants: Landon Winkler, FrankBrunner.

4/10/2008 oriondarkwood: [Power 19] - Kaneon
1.) What is your game about? Kaneon is a steampunkish (Spelljaming vessels, firearms, jelly showers) world, where for thousands of years was a magicalogical (failed magic experiments) dumping ground for…
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Participants: oriondarkwood, davidberg, Troy_Costisick, Greg 1.

4/10/2008 castus nigh: looking for a publisher
To Those at The Forge The very reason I found my way onto 'The Forge' is to find a gaming company or RPG publisher to publish my system.  Medieval, The…
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Participants: castus nigh, Artanis.

4/9/2008 tarafore: Power 19 for Empire Sword
Information about the Tarafore System can be found at http://www.rpg.net/columns/talesfromtherockethouse/talesfromtherockethouse1.phtml and http://www.tarafore.net The "Shounen Sword" sub-system can be found here: http://www.rpg.net/columns/talesfromtherockethouse/talesfromtherockethouse6.phtml 1.) What is your game about? Tournement Anime/Wuxia-style action-hero…
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Participants: tarafore.

4/9/2008 rgrassi: Character swapping and (in general) ownership of the PC
One of the things I do while playing is to 'swap' characters between players or changing the 1:1 relationship between the player and the PC, so that one player must…
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Participants: rgrassi, madunkieg, Galadrin, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, Illetizgerg.

4/9/2008 Illetizgerg: First Thoughts (oh, the irony) On A Setting & System
After lurking for a little while here and reading over some Indie RPGs I am really interested in designing my own system and corresponding setting and using that to start…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, FrankBrunner, Everspinner, greyorm.

4/7/2008 quixoteles: Buckley's Rainbow
First off, If you didn't know Kurt Vonnegut is dead, he fell on his head and died from the injuries in later complications. This is important to me, because understanding…
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Participants: quixoteles, davidberg, JoyWriter.

4/7/2008 FrankBrunner: [Power 19] Spellbound Kingdoms and introduction
Hi everyone! I'm working on a new game and thought I'd post a Power 19 here and see what everyone thinks. I'll put the specific points that I want feedback…
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Participants: FrankBrunner, Troy_Costisick, Creatures of Destiny.

4/6/2008 tarafore: PC Advancement Struggles
I've been working on an advancement system for my Tarafore System http://www.rpg.net/columns/list-column.phtml?colname=talesfromtherockethouse (I should probably put an SRD document on the web instead of directing people to the RPGnet column…
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Participants: tarafore, Troy_Costisick, FrankBrunner.

4/6/2008 oriondarkwood: List of games I am working on
Couldn't find any real place to say hello, so hello.. Been playing and DMing RPG's for over 20 years, been working on designing RPG games for almost 15 years.. So…
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Participants: oriondarkwood.

4/3/2008 Van Hoering: [AnyDie]Homebrew generic system: looking for a better title and a piec of advice
Okay, this is my first post on The Forge. I think I'd better introduce Myself first. My name is Jef, 30 yo, schoolteacher in the north of France, roleplayer since…
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Participants: Van Hoering, Krippler, VoidDragon, Everspinner, jag, tarafore, FrankBrunner.

4/2/2008 rgrassi: Playing in Backward mode
With my system I sometimes make playing sessions playing the game in backward. In that sense sometimes I ask to roll for causes and not for effects of actions. Has…
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Participants: rgrassi, pfischer, Marshall Burns, davidberg.

3/30/2008 Demring: Game of the gods
This is an idea for a play-by-post (forum) story game. I hope it's not too far outside the scope the Forge. If it is, I would greatly appreciate suggestions to…
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Participants: Demring, Eero Tuovinen.

3/28/2008 JQP: Working on a "realistic" Medieval combat system
I'm just kicking around ideas.  Please dear God no essays on theory, the definition of "realism," existentialism, etc.  And I don't care about being innovative, at ALL.  I just want…
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Participants: JQP, Marshall Burns, dindenver, davidberg, Hereward The Wake, Krippler, LordKiwi, JoyWriter.

3/28/2008 LordKiwi: [Heretic] Multiple 'Great Old Ones' - needs a sanity check
I've posted here before about my game, Heretic, and after a couple of months of play testing I'm back again with new ideas. In brief: Heretic is set in a…
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Participants: LordKiwi.

3/27/2008 MikeF: Diceless mechanic for space pulp
I mentioned a while back on this forum a rocketships-and-rayguns RPG I've been toying with. It's essentially space pulp, set in a 1930s solar system, where the lantern-jawed men and…
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Participants: MikeF, Ken, tombowings, LordKiwi.

3/27/2008 apeiron: RfC on MX - Roll under TN against Oppositions, Raising the Stakes
Inspired by Burning Wheel, i came up with this.  So far it's rather vague and incomplete, but i have to get it out of my head.  i hope you guys…
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Participants: apeiron.

3/27/2008 Klaus Graziade: Suns May Perish Core Rules!
Hello Forge,     A couple weeks back I was looking for some guidance on a core mechanic for my sci-fi game, now titled "Suns May Perish."  After reading the…
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Participants: Klaus Graziade, Filip Luszczyk, FrankBrunner.

3/27/2008 wintermute: Thoughts on a core mechanic
I need help with a challenge resolution mechanic and attribute/skill rankings. Resolving a challenge in our system is attribute dice + skill dice versus a target number. Which of these…
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Participants: wintermute, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.

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4/13/2008 Simons: Hidden Mechanisms
Hey everyone, In most of the RPGs I’ve come across (albeit, this is somewhat limited), at least those which rely heavily on mechanics (D&D especially), the players have almost perfect…
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Participants: Simons, contracycle, Vulpinoid, davidberg, Creatures of Destiny, Paul T.

4/15/2008 Landon Winkler: [Conflict] Playtest Rules
Hello, I've posted a copy of the playtest rules I'm using for my new game here: www.geocities.com/landonwinkler/Conflict_Playtest.pdf What I'm trying to do, overall, is create a system to match…
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Participants: Landon Winkler, Illetizgerg.

4/16/2008 Plognark: Wargames?
Just curious if it's cool to discuss something more like a wargame, along the lines of the old battletech stuff or maybe warhammer. I've got a beta written, but I…
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Participants: Plognark, Galadrin, Eero Tuovinen.

4/17/2008 zmobie: The Focus System
I've noticed a lot of proposed diceless systems lately, so stop me if this is horrendously similar to another one. My system is, for lack of a better title, is…
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Participants: zmobie.

4/17/2008 alejandro: [unWritten] film and literature
I've been working on unWritten for some time now. I'm in the alpha/beta/whatever play test phase right now. So, I'm trying to do a few things here. I'm trying to…
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Participants: alejandro, Artanis, oriondarkwood, davidberg.

4/17/2008 angelfromanotherpin: Ain't nothing but a family thing...
So, I was contemplating running an old-fashioned Amber Diceless RPG Throne War, and I wound up thinking about an extensive character generation discussion session prior to all the succession war,…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Marshall Burns.

4/20/2008 Tark: [WuShu Renegades] - A quick primer
Wu Shu Renegades is a game that I've been working on for little over a year now.  The following is a little primer I typed up to give to people…
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Participants: Tark, griggs, whiteknife.

4/21/2008 spike: [Punch Drunk Crime Spree] Playtesters needed
Greetings all, I've been working on a rules-lite system, Punch Drunk Crime Spree, to run games in the style of Lupin the Third and Ocean's Eleven, but I'm having trouble…
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Participants: spike.

4/21/2008 Bomb Cat: My Game Mechanics (quite long)
Hey, I'm new here so I guess I will introduce myself first. I'm Bomb Cat and I'm new to the Forge. I think this is a great forum and I…
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Participants: Bomb Cat, Adam Dray, Illetizgerg, JoyWriter, dindenver.

4/22/2008 Bomb Cat: [Power 19] Phaethos RPG
Power 19 for Phaethos RPG (Phaethos is a tentative name, at least for the title.) 1.) What is your game about? The setting is a world similar to 19th century…
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Participants: Bomb Cat, Krippler, dindenver, Hermes3.

4/22/2008 Sir Privy Toastrack: Opinions requested on Orcs & Ogres (AD&D 2.5...)
I'm one of about six people in the world who rather enjoyed AD&D 2e. Despite its many flaws, I far prefer it to the dross of 3e. I"ve started creating…
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Participants: Sir Privy Toastrack, Zachary_Wolf, Eero Tuovinen, NN, Creatures of Destiny.

4/22/2008 griggs: FREAKS! My idea for an rpg.
Who here likes World of Darkness? I've never played one of their games, you see, but I have read the Promethean sourcebook, and it was interesting. Anyway, the thing I'm…
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Participants: griggs, JoyWriter, chronoplasm, Ken.

4/23/2008 Taavi: Grammar & Grimoire: An Aklo-based magic system for CoC & horror generally
Hi there, This is conceived as an add-on for Call of Cthulhu rather than a standalone. Hope it's alright to post it here? The idea is to base a magic…
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Participants: Taavi, Eero Tuovinen.

4/23/2008 Tark: [Power 19] - Wu Shu Renegades
I figured a Power 19 would be appropriate for this game I posted a quick primer earlier so I decided to go ahead and go through this. 1.) What is…
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Participants: Tark, JoyWriter, Willow, FrankBrunner.

4/24/2008 opsneakie: Day & Night - some thoughts on an RPG
I've had some thoughts, so I thought I'd share them and see what you think. This is taking some of the ideas presented in games like Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime…
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Participants: opsneakie, Ken, Vulpinoid.

4/24/2008 Illetizgerg: Comical/Humorous RPGs done right.
Hey everybody. I was somewhat inspired by some of my friends' comments and I've starting thinking about creating a humorous 1960s B horror movie RPG, and I was wondering if…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, chronoplasm, Ken, Marshall Burns, greyorm, jag, Krippler.

4/24/2008 chronoplasm: Two Evolution Themed Games- Power 19 and other ideas
At first I only wanted to make one game themed around evolution, but the more I thought about it the more I want to do two. I originally wanted to…
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Participants: chronoplasm.

4/24/2008 KickAssClown: [Conceptualization and Formalization] Game Design and Development College Course
I am working with my local college to develop a Game Design and Development course. I know this may seem like the wrong place to discuss it, but we are…
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Participants: KickAssClown, JoyWriter, oriondarkwood, dindenver.

4/25/2008 redwing: Deisgn Patterns of a Successful RPG question
I've been thumbing through John Kirk's work, and I'm having a slight difficulty understanding the differences between Gifts, Skills, and Traits. I was wondering if anyone could explain the differences…
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Participants: redwing, Selene Tan.

4/28/2008 tarafore: Writing a Game that Teaches?
I'm not sure if this belongs here, but I think it's the closest fit, and I think the Forge is probably the richest environment to get ideas from. Ever since…
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Participants: tarafore, Krippler, oriondarkwood, dindenver, Illetizgerg, chronoplasm, NN, Eliarhiman6, madunkieg, jasonm, FrankBrunner, davidberg, KickAssClown.

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