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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.

4/21/2008 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.

4/20/2008 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.

4/17/2008 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.

4/17/2008 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 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.

4/16/2008 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.

4/15/2008 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.

4/13/2008 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.

4/13/2008 Illetizgerg: Stupid Dice: An Epidemic
I am unsure of where to put this, however it has spawned from my own personal considerings and initial thoughts regarding a system, and thus I think it is most…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, Vulpinoid, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

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.

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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.

4/29/2008 Zachary_Wolf: Zombies Ate My Gamemaster!
I watched Day of the Dead a few days ago, and after watching it, I had a few dreams about zombies running wild in my home town of Coconut Creek/Boca…
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Participants: Zachary_Wolf, Eero Tuovinen, Krippler, Child Progeny, jmhpfan.

4/30/2008 opsneakie: [Night & Day] Power 19
Working title only, here's I go. I know it's not uber-specific yet, but I couldn't resist getting something up. 1.) What is your game about? At its heart, this game…
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Participants: opsneakie, tombowings, Greg 1, dindenver, Abkajud, Vulpinoid, earwig, StrongBadMun, Will, Poru.

5/1/2008 staceyinastoria: Perdition
Good day all, My friends and I are in the process of making our first role playing game.  The website is www.perditionrpg.com and please take a look.  There is not…
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Participants: staceyinastoria, tombowings.

5/1/2008 Madkitten: Critique regarding fear-causing meta mechanics
Hello, me and a friend of mine have lately discussed how to support fear in a games rule-system and we would like some critique and helpful thoughts to our rough…
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Participants: Madkitten, Eero Tuovinen.

5/3/2008 FrankBrunner: [Spellbound Kingdoms] Question re: political correctness and/or taste
Right now, I'm using the term "savage" in my game for a fighting style and a character class. Do you think anyone would be offended by that (or maybe you…
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Participants: FrankBrunner, Illetizgerg, madunkieg, electricpaladin, Greg 1, mholmes52, lumpley.

5/4/2008 redwing: help with magic system
I'm creating a magic system, similar to all those that use a grammar (noun+verb) system (Ars Magica, Mage, etc.). However, the setting that it will be used for is one…
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Participants: redwing, Eero Tuovinen, Hermes3, lumpley, davidberg, Vulpinoid, Michael Johnson.

5/5/2008 Marshall Burns: craps conflict resolution
After using poker as the basis for the conflict resolution of Witch Trails (the structure and the betting work perfectly; the role of cards still needs some hammering out) I…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, imago, RobNJ.

5/5/2008 MikeF: Doctor Whom?
For a long time I’ve been mulling over a way of doing a convincing Doctor Who-style RPG. What I realised, whilst watching the new Russell T. Davies series, was that…
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Participants: MikeF, EdEdEd, Manveru, quixoteles, Double King, Twsited.

5/5/2008 electricpaladin: Cartomancy
For a while now, I've had an idea for a game that uses tarot cards instead of dice for a combination resource mechanic and randomization mechanic. The current version can…
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Participants: electricpaladin, imago.

5/6/2008 Illetizgerg: [Power 19] Faux-Fi Horror
For those who are interested, Faux-Fi Horror is the project that came out of the ideas discussed in my previous topic about humorous games. The Faux-Fi refers to the underlying…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, R00kie, Michael Johnson, Marshall Burns, EdEdEd.

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