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3/16/2009 Adarchi: Game Setting Idea - The Grand Strategist / reverse dungeon crawl
Concept overview: Normally players adventure out into the unknown and battle through areas and exploring something the DM has created. Instead, the players are tasked with preparing for a coming…
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Participants: Adarchi, Vulpinoid, Egonblaidd, Simons, DWeird.

3/14/2009 mjbauer: A Combat System for Firefights
I'm trying to come up with a combat system that is fast to simulate the excitement of a mildly gun-fu style shootout (like THIS) but also has rules to govern…
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Participants: mjbauer, chance.thirteen, Aloeus, Vulpinoid.

3/14/2009 Egonblaidd: Not enough "fantasy" in my fantasy world
I originally came here to ask a simple question, but the more I think about my RPG, the more I question it's foundation.  Maybe there's nothing wrong with it and…
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Participants: Egonblaidd, Noon, whiteknife, Simons, Abkajud, otspiii, Paul Czege, everloss, Adarchi, NN, DWeird, Vulpinoid, Jason Kottler, JoyWriter, Ayyavazi.

3/13/2009 Egonblaidd: Attribute/Skill system
Hi, I'm new to the community and to RPGs in general.  I feel like I'm introducing myself twice since I posted another thread, but I feel like that topic might…
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Participants: Egonblaidd, chance.thirteen, ShallowThoughts, Luke, JoyWriter.

3/13/2009 Egonblaidd: Difficulty of darts/javelins compared to archery
Hi, I'm new to the site.  I only got into pen-and-paper RPGs a couple months ago, and now I'm designing my own.  I've already started rewriting my first draft of…
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Participants: Egonblaidd, Vulpinoid.

3/12/2009 Caracol: Stats Sytem, need advices
I'm working on some ideas for a fantasy RPG. I came up with a particular idea about the stats and the abilities of the characters, based on the concept of…
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Participants: Caracol, Eero Tuovinen, chance.thirteen, dindenver, soundmasterj.

3/11/2009 Nuthael: Not sure where to go from here
Hi. I'm new here, and honestly really new to designing rpgs. My friend and I have been working on this idea for years now, and its shown up a few…
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Participants: Nuthael, Vulpinoid, natfrobinson, Noon, Abkajud, Luke.

3/10/2009 MikeF: Pool-aris
Pool-aris. I often leave the Forge for a few weeks at a time, while I'm off thinking about games, come up with what I think is a good idea, and…
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Participants: MikeF, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter, Paul T.

3/10/2009 Simons: Need help fleshing out backstory... [Escape From Illeria]
Hey folks, Haven’t written here in a while (only just got back to the developed world).  I have this game that I’ve been working on on-and-off for the last couple…
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Participants: Simons, Egonblaidd, Adarchi, Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.

3/9/2009 mjbauer: Massive Internal Conflict
I'm an old-school, power gamer who has been out of it for quite a while and I re-entered gaming by joining a group that was playing a D&D 3.5 campaign.…
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Participants: mjbauer, Amadeo, JoyWriter, chance.thirteen, Noon, Abkajud, Echolocating, Luke, DanielM, Librabys, Wibbledtodeath.

3/8/2009 Bercilac: Melbourne 1890: An Educational Simulation
PARTS OF THIS POST A.  Overview of the project. B.  The Scenario A.  OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT The game you see before you is an outline of an educational simulation…
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Participants: Bercilac, Adarchi, Vulpinoid, Noon, Simons.

3/7/2009 zmobie: You can do it!
Alright. It's time to polish off that game you quit working on last (month / week / year). You've let it gather dust long enough. You know that your (mechanic…
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Participants: zmobie, whiteknife, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2009 DWeird: Messages through the time stream
Hi! I've been working on a game concept of a sort for a very, very long while now, with nothing to show for it but a few hair-brained half-baked ideas.…
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Participants: DWeird, Vulpinoid, Abkajud.

3/6/2009 Xose Lucero: Groping for Coherence: Am I G or N or just plain wrong?
Long time reader, first time poster. Finding the Forge was an eye opener experience. After a long time grasping at the straws of comprehension I'm finally beginning to formulate intelligent…
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Participants: Xose Lucero, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.

3/6/2009 JoyWriter: Stakes, how do you do set em?
I love the idea of setting stakes for dice rolls, so that a failure still means something happens. Instead of dramatic events getting vetoed by failed dice rolls, I'd love…
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Participants: JoyWriter, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Noon, monkey.

3/5/2009 Jason Kottler: The Name of the Game
Hello, Forgers! I'm thrilled to be able to report that I'm going to be taking my system to GenCon with the Forge booth this year (thanks, Ron!). However, I have…
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Participants: Jason Kottler, Abkajud, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Vulpinoid, whiteknife, Amadeo, Paul Czege.

3/5/2009 BrunoDeLaBomba: a new frankensteind-setting
first of all, this is not an entry about reanimated people, sown together from the parts of dussins of different men. it's about stealing a litle bit of this and…
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Participants: BrunoDeLaBomba.

3/4/2009 chance.thirteen: Avoiding type of task primacy?
I am throwing together a RPG for my friends from standard parts. The problem i have is linked to my own thinking. I tend to divide action in an arena…
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Participants: chance.thirteen, Luke, Noon, Creatures of Destiny, Bert.

3/4/2009 Xenoheart: Basic RPG
It has occured to me quite a few times that I was asked to guide a group of 9, maybe 10 year old kids as a Game Master in all…
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Participants: Xenoheart, mjbauer, chance.thirteen, Joshua BishopRoby, BrunoDeLaBomba, Bert, Jason Kottler, alseeger, Egonblaidd, Noon, Eldrad.

3/4/2009 alseeger: podcasting?
Hello everyone, I'm new around here, so please forgive me for sounding like the newbie I am. Anyways, I'm looking for ways to promote my indie press rpg and I…
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Participants: alseeger.

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3/18/2009 Ayyavazi: What if every dispute succeeded for every side?
I was just reading The Applied Theory article and had this idea. I don't know if I want to turn it into a game or not, but here it is…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Vulpinoid, Egonblaidd.

3/18/2009 chance.thirteen: Can you create suspense via mechanics?
The topic of suspense came up in another thread, and to avoid derailing the topic I will attempt to open it here. A little reading on suspense as an audience…
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Participants: chance.thirteen, Egonblaidd, Noon, soundmasterj, dindenver, Paul T, Vulpinoid, FredGarber.

3/19/2009 Adarchi: Game Setting Idea - Diplomacy vs Effectiveness
Thesis: players may be more or less effective given their choices while developing their character, perhaps they could be rewarded for not trying to min/max during development. Inspiration: Occasionally…
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Participants: Adarchi, Vulpinoid, Egonblaidd, JoyWriter.

3/24/2009 maldito: Simple system, many problems
I'm always thinking in new games and I almost never finish them. Now I'm thinking in a new one: players would be soldiers in a science fiction army, like Starship…
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Participants: maldito, Luke, soundmasterj, Wordman.

3/26/2009 bjorell: Non-copyrighted games I can "borrow" texts from?
Dear all, I'm new around here, but have been working on a FRPG for quite some time now. I have the resolution system (d100) and the basic functions around classes,…
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Participants: bjorell, Eero Tuovinen, Egonblaidd, Paul Czege.

3/26/2009 valadil: How do I start adding numbers to my abstract idea for a game system
Hi.  I've had an idea for a game bouncing around in my head for a while and I want to get serious about writing it up and playtesting my ideas.…
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Participants: valadil, Luke, lumpley, Paul Czege, Noon, Wordman, Egonblaidd.

3/28/2009 Egonblaidd: Skill System - Organizational help needed
I divide skills into Basic Skills and Advanced Skills.  Basically, each Basic Skill has a number of Advanced Skills associated with it (and conversely, each Advanced Skill is associated with…
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Participants: Egonblaidd, whiteknife, Luke, JoyWriter, Ayyavazi.

3/28/2009 Eldrad: Simple but deadly fantasy
Here is my idea. Two people with weapons ready to attack each other. Who goes first? Each throw a dice when combat is decided. If one rolls a 6 then…
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Participants: Eldrad, twztdwndpipe, zmobie, Vulpinoid, Paul Czege, Luke, Egonblaidd, Noon, Hereward The Wake.

3/28/2009 twztdwndpipe: Wargame Balancing.
Me and a friend have decided to take wargaming (personal wargaming) to a different level. Each race would have basic units. Right now, I'm just asking about infantry. From there,…
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Participants: twztdwndpipe, zmobie, Vulpinoid, Simons, chance.thirteen.

3/28/2009 GregStolze: The World is My Character Sheet
Mmmmkay, one of the things I did with REIGN was stat up social structures so I could bring them into play and beat them against one another.  Now I'm working…
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Participants: GregStolze, soundmasterj, C. Edwards, Guy Srinivasan, Vulpinoid, Wordman, chance.thirteen, JoyWriter, contracycle.

3/29/2009 Kalandri: Blushu in the Capeyard
Here's the playable version of a game I've been working on off and on for three years; even though I've never joined The Forge I sure have learned a lot…
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Participants: Kalandri.

3/29/2009 David C: Magic and the skills to cast it?
As I work on my game, certain parts just don't seem to fit or be of quality anymore.  Now I'm having this problem with the magic skills.  You see, all…
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Participants: David C, Guy Srinivasan, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, Egonblaidd, Luke, Capulet, Seamus.

3/29/2009 EvilCat: Card-based system idea (with picture).
There's an idea I got while researching D&D4. It's based on impression I got from preview material. http://www.deviantart.com/download/114479639/Gnoll_card_by_Katemare.png This imaginary (for now) rules-light system has board-gamey combat and cards (like…
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Participants: EvilCat, zmobie, whiteknife.

3/30/2009 visioNationstudios: Marketing a Heartbreaker
Hey gang, We've had a rough go of it with our first release, Broken Swords & Battered Shields.  It's a system/setting that was about 12 years in the making when…
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Participants: visioNationstudios, David C, greyorm, Luke, Eero Tuovinen, Egonblaidd, Falc, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts.

3/30/2009 John Blaz: Combat system - risky stakes
Hey all! After browsing through this and RPG.net's boards, I decided that I like the idea of a combat system that allows for a bit more strategy than your standard…
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Participants: John Blaz, Luke, Egonblaidd, mjbauer, Seamus, MacLeod, TheDeadlyPlatypus, GozerTC.

3/30/2009 dindenver: [SteamPunk Crescendo] Mechanical Conundrum
Hi!  OK, this is basically a gut check.   The system I am making will use a modified version of Otherkind (I already checked with Vincent and he is cool…
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Participants: dindenver, Egonblaidd.

3/31/2009 Morningstar: [Dreamscape Opera] Eidolon
So, I've been developing a new game, and large parts of it I've already put up. Some of you may know of me through my homebrew version of a new…
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Participants: Morningstar, Spooky Fanboy, Vulpinoid.

4/1/2009 Seamus: How important is system to success?
Hello All, I am new here. Hopefully this is the correct place to post this. If not, I apologize. I am starting my own game company later this year, and…
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Participants: Seamus, whiteknife, David C, Egonblaidd, greyorm, Noon, Luke, Eero Tuovinen.

4/1/2009 Ayyavazi: Losing Heart on my Heartbreaker
Hey everyone, I'm having a problem. I want to build an RPG about morality and power. I suppose this mirrors Egon's RPG in certain ways, and I've been convincing myself,…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Luke, Egonblaidd, Darcy Burgess, soundmasterj, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.

4/3/2009 Jason Kottler: Another Peek Behind the Curtain
At least one person here asked me about posting my rules summary for Ultrablamtacular!, and I said at the time that I wasn't going to do it. Well, I've changed…
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Participants: Jason Kottler, mjbauer.

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