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3/19/2010 Excalibur: Icons or Text?
I'm looking at my current game and wondering if I should go to icons/pictures instead of text for describing attribute, attacks, defenses, and damage. I'm leaning towards the images because…
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Participants: Excalibur, davidberg, Ar Kayon, ShallowThoughts, RandomCitizenx, Finarvyn.

3/18/2010 GregStolze: SOS Dogfight
I think I've got an OK idea for how to run a one-on-one duel in the skies.  I've PDFed it for convenience. http://www.gregstolze.com/SOSDogfight.pdf Anyone wanna tell me what you think?…
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Participants: GregStolze, Locke, contracycle.

3/18/2010 stefoid: An idea for a game
This idea has been kicking around for a while, and partly recently inspired by IaWA.    It is supposed to facilitate the following type of play, which I associate with…
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Participants: stefoid.

3/17/2010 Locke: My definition of Min/ Maxing. Thoughts?
The way I see Min-Maxing is: "That it allows a player to go beyond the game designer's intention when building a character that has (by nature) as an unintended result…
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Participants: Locke, stefoid, Excalibur, Necromantis, Noon, Ron Edwards, Mobius, Finarvyn, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen.

3/17/2010 Necromantis: Useful Custom Made Dice.
I don't know if this is the best place for this post but I am sure someone will let me know if it is not and I'll move it. But…
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Participants: Necromantis, Locke, Excalibur, Paul Czege, Latigo, T. Ettinger.

3/17/2010 Locke: Non-Standard Card based Bidding Mechanic
I've always wanted to do a bidding system for an RPG, but couldn't figure one out.  I've had this idea that could work. 1. every player gets (lets say) 6…
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Participants: Locke, Excalibur.

3/17/2010 Anekanta: [Lords of Sky] Skill systems_can simple be realistic?
Hello again.  I've been working on a stubborn project (introduced here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=29095.0 ), and I'm having trouble with the skill / ability system. The goal for the game is a…
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Participants: Anekanta, Excalibur, Locke, contracycle, stefoid, Falc.

3/16/2010 VAgentZero: OneShot RPG
Hey, all.  First post and all that blather. Vincent Baker, in a few of his recent posts on his blog, discussed the notion of currency in character sheets.  Included in…
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Participants: VAgentZero.

3/14/2010 MJGraham: [Untitled Game] Opinions wanted on sortition system.
I'm working on a game set in modern day Western Africa. I've decided to post here to get a little feedback on the system I want to use for resolving…
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Participants: MJGraham, Noon, Excalibur, Ar Kayon, greyorm, Vulpinoid, Locke.

3/14/2010 Necromantis: Starting Designs for a Fantasy (aD&D-like) RPG - stuck already
Hello. I am new to the forum. I am a member of a few forums though I read them more than I post myself. I found this wonderful sight tonight…
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Participants: Necromantis, Ar Kayon, Excalibur, Noon, stefoid, Locke, Falc, Aelwyn, greyorm, Brian Leybourne, Luminous.

3/12/2010 Vulpinoid: [Cyberpunk Stereotypes] Cultures and Trades
I've got a project in the works where players take on the role of a secretive manipulator in a cyberpunk setting. These secretive manipulators don't go out into the world…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, Anekanta, Brendan Day.

3/11/2010 RandomCitizenx: 21 and Down (initial ramblings)
Here is a bunch of the notes copy and pasted over from the google wave I am using to work on the game. I apologize for the lack of organization,…
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Participants: RandomCitizenx, Noon.

3/10/2010 withers: Wealth system in a Fantasy RPG
Apologies in advance if my terminology is off, I break a rule, or I am repeating well covered subjects. I am new to this board and rpg creation in general.…
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Participants: withers, Excalibur, dindenver, Noon, Locke.

3/9/2010 RandomCitizenx: Two possible randomization mechanics
I have been kicking around a few different game design ideas and have finally come upon a conflict resolution system I like. I am now faced with the problem of…
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Participants: RandomCitizenx, Ar Kayon, FetusCommander, Vulpinoid, Excalibur, Jeff B, Noon, Brendan Day, Silverwave, Necromantis.

3/8/2010 Soyokaze: Mutually Exclusive Character Traits (A,B, or neither)
Recently, I have been considering character creation and the way in which it relates to the natural description of individuals. I've become curious about mutually exclusive traits, as opposed to…
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Participants: Soyokaze, Jeff B, Eliarhiman6, Ar Kayon, jasonm, Thomas Da, PeterBB.

3/8/2010 FetusCommander: [melkrin] Playing with primordial clay
Hi there.  I’ve been lurking around these forums for a long time, and wound up making only one post, partly because until today I didn’t have anything really concise to…
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Participants: FetusCommander, Mike Sugarbaker, Ar Kayon.

3/5/2010 Citadel: Need Help Catagorizing My Game!
I have a game I've created and I'm having a hard time putting it into a catagory. I'm a little sheepish about this because I don't come from an RPG…
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Participants: Citadel, Excalibur, David Artman, Noon, Mike Sugarbaker.

3/4/2010 PaulieRomanov: Modern Military RPG
I had an idea for a modern military RPG similar to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, I have an idea of how things would work setting-wise, but have no idea…
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Participants: PaulieRomanov, Excalibur, Ar Kayon, Noon, Locke, mjbauer.

2/26/2010 etothepowerofx: card-based mechanic for cowboy genre
First off, feel free, if you find any of my ideas useful, to use them in your own projects. I like very general, easily adaptive systems in narrative game-play. I…
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Participants: etothepowerofx, stefoid, Brigand, Falc, Vulpinoid, Simon C, Excalibur, Eero Tuovinen, PeterBB.

2/25/2010 asymmetrical: Syndrome
Hello everyone. I'm an avid roleplayer who have tried my hand at writing rpg's a couple of times before, however I have to this day not been successfull for various…
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Participants: asymmetrical, Excalibur, Vulpinoid, Brendan Day.

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3/21/2010 stefoid: [INGENERO] backstory generator
INGENERO is just Latin for 'generator' to make is sound fancy, for lack of anything to call this idea.  Didnt get any feedback at all on the other thread, so…
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Participants: stefoid, Noon.

3/22/2010 Dr. Theodore Lagore: Rockworld
Right, I don't know if this is a good place to post this.  It's just a fantasy setting.  I've never played a tabletop RPG.  I don't know what goes into…
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Participants: Dr. Theodore Lagore, Excalibur, Locke, Simon C, Vulpinoid, stefoid, Llogres.

3/23/2010 Melinglor: [Tragic Dominion ] Gut-punching Fairytales and character authority
I've been laboring over this concept for some time, but just recently had all the wheels click into place in my head. First, the Color pitch: Growing up. It's a…
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Participants: Melinglor, stefoid, PeterBB, Brendan Day.

3/23/2010 hatch22: Dramatic Redemption
Hi all, I've been struggling with how to represent redemption in a game I'm working on. Characters in this game each have a Dread.  This is not simply fear (a…
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Participants: hatch22, Paul Czege, Locke, Necromantis, stefoid, Lance D. Allen.

3/24/2010 ShallowThoughts: [ BD&D ] Half done Social System
The BD&D stands for "Bastardized D&D" because I'm changing the base system of D&D v3.5 to experiment with some ideas. In this version, I want a much deeper Social system.…
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Participants: ShallowThoughts, Locke, Necromantis, Finarvyn, Luminous.

3/24/2010 Ar Kayon: Post-Modern Arms and Armor
As armor increased coverage and became stronger and more ergonomic, effective combat strategy shifted its focus from accuracy to sheer power and volume.  Thus, a soldier's arsenal of the post-modern…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Locke, Mobius, horomancer.

3/24/2010 Brian Leybourne: A "D&D Alignment System" inspired campaign setting...
This is actually a *campaign* first thought rather than a game system. Looking for a sounding board I guess. Ah, D&D. How you shaped most of us in our early…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mobius, Vulpinoid, Finarvyn, Luminous, EdEdEd, Draco, Baenlynn, flammifer.

3/25/2010 Mobius: [Babel] Setting Overview
[i]So you're planning a trip to New Jericho are you? The City of Rain, the City of Man. Yah I've ready all the screeds too “there's no place closer to…
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Participants: Mobius, Ar Kayon, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards.

3/26/2010 ShallowThoughts: Mucking with Social Contract - an *Inter-Player* Social System??
I hope I'm not getting too obnoxious on this Forum what with this and my earlier post (which I have since utterly abandoned). I just really, really want to get…
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Participants: ShallowThoughts, Noon, davidberg.

3/27/2010 Kyle Cates: [The Object] Resolution Mechanic
Hey all, posted a few times a few years ago, just more out of curiosity than anything else. But now I'm designing a traditional RPG with GM narration and all…
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Participants: Kyle Cates, Luminous, dindenver, VAgentZero, stefoid.

3/28/2010 Earthflame: [Eurid- A game of Mythic Futures] Overview
(First time poster, so apologies if this is not up to scratch. I tried to be brief, as referenced in the guide, but unfortunately my writing style tends toward verbosity…
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Participants: Earthflame, stefoid, Locke.

3/29/2010 Luminous: Mixed-up Mechanics - A blending of games...
A long, long time ago in a game store far, far away... I played a game called Highland that used a system they called Swordmaster.  Briefly, I had the bright…
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Participants: Luminous, FetusCommander.

3/29/2010 celtois: The Probability Arc lite system
Alright so I'm new around here, and I like most of you have an idea of a RPG system that I think is wonderful. Thus I am posting it here…
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Participants: celtois, Luminous, Locke, Silverwave.

3/29/2010 FetusCommander: [Supers Chess] preliminary idea
So I’ve been kicking around the idea of a superhero themed game for a while, and was previously stumped on any sort of resolution that “felt” like the source material…
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Participants: FetusCommander, Kyle Cates, Mobius.

3/29/2010 Shimera9: Emergent Characters
I've been floating some ideas around about emergent character and figures I'd see if the folks here have seen any games that do this. The original idea was posted up…
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Participants: Shimera9, Lance D. Allen, contracycle, epweissengruber, Paul Czege, SAW, reaction, Mike Holmes, MacLeod.

3/29/2010 GDorn: [JDaTE] Grief framework
Background: I did a bunch of prepwork for a Kill Puppies For Satan game set in the John Dies at the End 'universe' for a con over the weekend but…
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Participants: GDorn.

3/31/2010 Blaise: Horror Game Concept
Ahoy-hoy, all! I'm Blaise (as you guys don't seem to like handles generally), and I've got a concept for a horror game that I would like to run by the…
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Participants: Blaise, Locke.

3/31/2010 Silverwave: Re: The Social Domain - why's it so tough to design?
I'm digging up a old post, but after reading through this (a really interesting topic), I ended up telling myself : so... how to run social encounter again? I've been…
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Participants: Silverwave, Locke, lumpley, dindenver, Noclue, horomancer, Jacob Potemkin, Vulpinoid, jprussell.

3/31/2010 redwing: General Mechanics
I have four stats in my game: Accuracy, Power, Evasion, and Defense. There is a possibility of having a few secondary stats, but I'm trying to avoid this at all…
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Participants: redwing, dindenver, Mobius.

4/1/2010 JR_G: A cloud level design question
I have been working to design an rpg and walked right into the deep end. I haven't even gotten to the mechanics level. All I have is a list of…
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Participants: JR_G, Ar Kayon, dindenver.

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