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1/4/2010 J Tolson: Can winning by too much be a bad thing?
I’ve been developing a narrative-focused game for a few years and I think I am finally in the home stretch. Everything seems to be coming together fairly nicely, though there…
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Participants: J Tolson, lumpley, Noon, Heraldic Game Design, Warrior Monk, NN, Ar Kayon, JoyWriter.

1/4/2010 Solarsaurus: Cowboys and Samurai (WIP) ~constructive criticism wanted!
The document is very incomplete as of now, but I figured that you folks might be able to help me with my new RPG idea. It's called, very simply, Cowboys…
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Participants: Solarsaurus, dindenver, Catelf, hix, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/2/2010 JoyWriter: Posthuman conversion story, structured as allegorical journey
As a bit of a change of pace from all these mechanics-first suggestions, I've got a concept that I'm quite far from implementing mechanically: The character's experience is a posthuman…
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Participants: JoyWriter, M. Burrell, J Tolson, Brendan Day.

1/2/2010 karl fungus: [Unearth]: a general purpose d6 system.
Hello! First post here, hopefully of many. For a while now I've been working on a game called Unearth, which was pretty much a culmination of all the post-apocalyptic game…
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Participants: karl fungus, JoyWriter.

12/30/2009 Abkajud: Joan of Arc and the Templars/Gender and Culture, too
I'm fascinated by the Three Orders of medieval European society - the laborer, warrior, and priestly castes, or laborares, bellatores, and oratores, respectively. I've been meaning to check out Chronica…
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Participants: Abkajud, Catelf.

12/29/2009 punkbohemian: action points, by any other name
What I'm using in my system is a sort of an action point system to cover attacking and defense, based on an Agility-type stat which is going to determine how…
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Participants: punkbohemian, Catelf, Stacktrace, David C, JoyWriter, Solarsaurus.

12/29/2009 John Guance: apologize, but it is very Important
It doesn't accomplish faculty accustomed the time line, but it looks cool anyhow!
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Participants: John Guance, Catelf, lumpley.

12/28/2009 migo: Coin flipping mechanic
This thought just came to me. It originally stemmed out of a thought of playing Reversi with coins - one player is heads, the other is tails, and at the…
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Participants: migo, GregStolze.

12/27/2009 Callisto: Working on a System about Cats [Felis]
Hi there, this is my very first post on this forum, so I try to keep it short. My mothertongue is german so I apologize for bad english. I'm working…
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Participants: Callisto, Noon, Catelf, chronoplasm, JLFergus.

12/26/2009 Kanosint: Play-Doh and Musicals, oh my!
Lately I can't help but ponder two things and how one could make an interesting RPG with them... Play-Doh and Musicals. Not together, of course, that'd be waaay too silly,…
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Participants: Kanosint, Callisto, chronoplasm, FetusCommander.

12/26/2009 reason: taletellers and dreamers, or a game that doesn't exist
Once upon a time there was a writer who wrote a story game that doesn't exist. Those were strange times, and it was an act for a strange time. But…
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Participants: reason, contracycle, Vulpinoid, Kanosint.

12/25/2009 hannibalisfun: How should attributes apply modifiers to skills
          So, I have been playing in my friend's home-brewed roleplaying system for about a year now.  Over all I have been really impressed with it. …
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Participants: hannibalisfun, Vulpinoid, Noon.

12/23/2009 The Grinning Bandit: Belief and Personal Mythology (as Game Mechanics!)
Howdy, indie gamer folks. Dig this concept I'm working on; I stole the idea from an anarchist text on "spellcasting", which is essentially a means of instilling mythology and meaning…
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Participants: The Grinning Bandit, jefgodesky, Vulpinoid.

12/23/2009 Blue Wizard: (Abeo) Idea
While talking with a friend of mine I brought up an idea I've wanted to see a world built around.  I wanted to bounce the idea off of some people…
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Participants: Blue Wizard, Catelf, Vulpinoid, davidberg.

12/22/2009 John Blaz: Mechanics for scale: ie mouse, man, dragon
Hey all, working on a sword & sorcery type game right now, and I had a thought. Do my mechanics work with the different scales of creatures? Right now, the…
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Participants: John Blaz, chance.thirteen, lumpley, Noon, Catelf, David Artman.

12/20/2009 punkbohemian: trying to figure out where to put perception
I have skills grouped by attributes, which are: Brawn, Dexterity, Acuity, and Spirit. Due to the metaphysics of the setting, I absolutely have to keep it to these four attributes.…
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Participants: punkbohemian, Ken, Jasper Flick, Catelf, lumpley, Vulpinoid, Falc, chance.thirteen, Mike Sugarbaker.

12/19/2009 Vulpinoid: Impulse Settings
Here's an idea I'm toying with. It started basically as a kind of Power 19 that really delves into a setting and why it is suitable for a game environment.…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, tleeuwenburg@gmail.com, Paka, davidberg, Warrior Monk.

12/19/2009 Eldrad: The Olde Realm: Akedemios
I have been working on my RPG/ Poems/ Collection of Short Stories/ Artwork with the help of a few friends for many years now. For the last 8-10 years I…
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Participants: Eldrad, Vulpinoid, Catelf.

12/18/2009 Daz Florp Lebam: my dice pool system (feel its awesome power!)
Well hello, all! This is my first post, after hearing a lot about this site and these forums over the years, and a wee bit of lurking. I have a…
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Participants: Daz Florp Lebam, Warrior Monk, JoyWriter, Quizoid, Excalibur.

12/18/2009 punkbohemian: help me name my third attribute
I'm doing a Tri-Stat-esque attribute division, and I'm having trouble naming my "Mind" attribute. As is, I have Materia for Body, Anima for Spirit, but nothing thematically the same (as…
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Participants: punkbohemian, chance.thirteen, Eldrad, decline, chronoplasm.

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1/6/2010 MJGraham: Help needed with terminology.
I'm working on a game about nomadic bands of hunter/gatherers that practice animism and ancestor worship. I've decided that I want characters to have proficiencies (i.e. skills). The list of…
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Participants: MJGraham, Anekanta, J Tolson.

1/9/2010 Quizoid: Which's Easier?
I'm in a situation where I can approach the same thing in two different ways.  Mechanically and statistically, these two approaches have the same result, however, they are presented in…
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Participants: Quizoid, Kanosint, Vulpinoid, EdEdEd.

1/10/2010 AzaLiN: Abstract Social Combat RPG
I imagine 3-4 PCs in a village beset by a goblin army 2 months away with no help from the king; and the PCs aren't heroes, they're just above average.…
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Participants: AzaLiN, Noon, Solarsaurus, Quizoid.

1/11/2010 Solarsaurus: The House of a Thousand Faces (An RPG loosely based on "House of Leaves"...)
I mentioned in my other thread I was working on another role-playing game. Well, here it is. It's not done yet, but I've ironed out a lot of the mechanics…
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Participants: Solarsaurus, davidberg, hix, Warrior Monk.

1/11/2010 Imizaru: Sasuke/Ninja Warrior simulation - a design attempt
I live in Japan and happened to catch this show last Fall, and again on New Year's day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IW0rb3cl18 I was fascinated and I wanted to try to make a…
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Participants: Imizaru, Noon, Kanosint.

1/12/2010 karl fungus: [Unearth]: scribery
Hello again. In my Unearth setting, there are human mages called scribes. They're called such because they etch patterns onto a sort of crystal called crysophene, which they then use…
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Participants: karl fungus, Warrior Monk, chronoplasm, Paul Czege.

1/12/2010 chronoplasm: Ars Goetia?
Does anybody know of any games that feature the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia? I just think those guys are all cool as hell, and I am strongly considering…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Eero Tuovinen, Rafu.

1/13/2010 Preceding Easy: [SSS] Starting point
I've gotten an idea bouncing around in my head for a while now, about a system based upon three stats - namely, Strength, Style, and Skill.  That might sound generic,…
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Participants: Preceding Easy, Ron Edwards, davidberg.

1/18/2010 Ar Kayon: [Nevercast] - A hyper-simulationist role-playing game, overview
[b]What is it about?[/b] Nevercast is a post-modern rpg set in a made-up world, about 50 or so years technology-wise in the future.  Economic and social decay has crumbled the…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, lumpley, JoyWriter, Axe4Eye, Adam Dray, davidberg, horomancer, Ron Edwards.

1/18/2010 Warrior Monk: RPG for Noobs??
I've got the challenge to introduce roleplaying to a big audience who doesn't know much about it except for videogames. At first I though that making a rules-lite system would…
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Participants: Warrior Monk, Catelf, Noon, davidwhitton.

1/19/2010 Ar Kayon: [Dramo Worlmoro]
[i]Dramo Worlmoro is an RPG set within the mind, where players assume the role of anthropomorphic creatures that represent thoughts and emotions. Whatever a person experiences, those experiences are manifested…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, lumpley.

1/20/2010 Axe4Eye: MAYA the RPG<<Seeking constructive criticism
I have returned with my game, now called "MAYA", to be offered suggestions, criticism and hopefully some people that would be willing to playtest it.  I am working on the…
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Participants: Axe4Eye, Ar Kayon, LaughingJackWilton, Spooky Fanboy.

1/20/2010 Ar Kayon: Character Development Mechanics
[b]Skill Development[/b] 1. You may develop your skills after x amount of time provided that: * you can afford it * the training is available by profession (doesn't require money)…
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Participants: Ar Kayon.

1/20/2010 Charlie Gilb: [MERC] making resource management fun
('MERC' is the working title) Hello, I am currently writing a draft of a game about playing a squad of mercenaries on a post-apocalyptic world. Each player creates one member…
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Participants: Charlie Gilb, Ar Kayon, JoyWriter.

1/21/2010 Ar Kayon: Combat Examples of an Engine without Hit Points
King Arthur and Lancelot circle each other, preparing to duel. They are both wearing armour and fighting with sword and shield. After his knights were soundly beaten by the graceful…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Axe4Eye, Noon, contracycle, dindenver, leodegrance, horomancer, Finarvyn, Lance D. Allen, FetusCommander, mauriciocabaleiro.

1/22/2010 Ar Kayon: Feedback needed for firearms mechanics
[b]Basic Ranged Combat Mechanics[/b] Since there are more random elements for firearms involved in determining success, the standard d4-1 exploding randomizer is always used. [I]So, let's say Lu Ordin is…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Axe4Eye, Noon, stefoid, Adam Dray, dindenver, chance.thirteen.

1/22/2010 leodegrance: [Breastplate] a multi character old-school RPG
Hi Everybody, its a couple of years (maybe more...) I'm working with all my laziness on this RPG. I've already a first uncomplete draft, but as you may imagine reading…
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Participants: leodegrance, Ar Kayon, Warrior Monk, Noon.

1/22/2010 Ar Kayon: A more evolved dice mechanic
The method I propose not only strikes a balance between fortune and skill - skilled exponents have less variable results than unskilled exponents - but it keeps the arithmetic to…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Warrior Monk, Axe4Eye, David C, Charlie Gilb, stefoid, Locke, Gurnard, Luminous, MacLeod.

1/27/2010 stefoid: A Gamist game to teach Narativist gaming
before I start: "because I dont have enough time, and I seek to actually learn by playing such a game rather than writing it" is the answer to the obvious…
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Participants: stefoid, The Engnine, Noon, Simon C, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Ar Kayon, Catelf, Nocker, Alex Abate, Warrior Monk, hix.

1/31/2010 Justin Nichol - BFG: Eschaton- A Game of an Ending World=
"Raum is a great earl, he is seen as a black bird... he stealeth wonder-fullie out of the King's house and carry it whither he is assigned, he destroieth cities…
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Participants: Justin Nichol - BFG, Abkajud, ladygee.

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