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8/31/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] Initial Thoughts
I’m a student interested in making a small indie tabletop game. After much poking and prodding by my mentor I’m posting the initial idea for my game Chrysalis. The player…
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Participants: AdriannaDD, Necromantis, Adam Dray.

8/31/2010 JesseQ: Risk, caution, and tenacity
(I was going to call this a Wushu hack, but it's more like a bludgeoning) I've been watching I Spy recently (http://www.hulu.com/i-spy), and it occured to me that what makes…
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Participants: JesseQ.

8/31/2010 Tayr_an-Naar: Getting all the players involved, not just in one aspect
I was discussing matters with my partner in crime for game design a week or so ago when I arrived at something of a revelation.  We're currently adapting a sci-fi…
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Participants: Tayr_an-Naar, masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, greyorm.

8/31/2010 masqueradeball: Eucatastrophe
"But the 'consolation' of fairy-tales has another aspect than the imaginative satisfaction of ancient desires. Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, Anders Gabrielsson.

8/30/2010 Moganhio: Tasks, conflicts and plot
I was in a debate in RPG.net and it came to types of games and mechanics. I think the subject is interesting and I'm bringing it here. My point is:…
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Participants: Moganhio, Ar Kayon, masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Rui!.

8/30/2010 masqueradeball: How many Attribute Types?
So, for my game, Shadows, which is a fantasy game that draws its inspiration from, among other things Ninja Scroll, Star Wars, Willow, Watership Down, His Dark Materials, Aesop's Fables,…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Adam Dray, Locke, Finarvyn.

8/29/2010 hostilespace: Hostile Space - A game of sci-fi horror
Hostile Space will be a game of science fiction horror emulating everything from Aliens, to Predator to Pitch Black. Set in the future humanity has reached the stars but has…
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Participants: hostilespace, dwashba, masqueradeball, Noon, RuneBR, John Stephens, greyorm, Vulpinoid, stefoid, Bloomfield.

8/28/2010 masqueradeball: Pandering for Feedback
This is an alpha draft of a game I'm designing called Shadows (I know that the name is likely already taken, but it works for now, at least). I think…
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Participants: masqueradeball.

8/28/2010 BullyBoy: [Delta] Rules to modify the mood/theme of other games
[size=20pt][u][b]Delta[/b][/u][/size] I am not sure whether this is a unique premise for a RPG or not.  Actually, I am hoping it isn’t unique, so that I can save myself some…
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Participants: BullyBoy.

8/28/2010 chronoplasm: Dwarves
As I was doodling in my sketchbook last night, I had an idea for a game about fantasy dwarves. You have four ability scores: Beard, Stomach, Muscle, and Brain. Beard…
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Participants: chronoplasm, dugfromthearth, greyorm, masqueradeball, Skofflox, hansel, Anders Gabrielsson, flossy, TehCodr, juminosy.

8/26/2010 Benajmin385: When Making a RPG what should i cover first?
I am looking at making a Class based RPG System. But i do not know where to start... - The Core Dice Mechanics - The Classes themselves - The Setting…
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Participants: Benajmin385, Chris_Chinn, dwashba, Maugh, Ar Kayon, Necromantis, Noon, Vulpinoid, Adam Dray, dugfromthearth.

8/25/2010 dwashba: A single player rpg
        I am working on a single player rpg. I dont know if it will work but I am willing to try. It could be played with…
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Participants: dwashba, slingshot, Noon, greyorm, Paiku, dugfromthearth, Adam Dray, Anders Gabrielsson.

8/25/2010 slingshot: The Young Adult Literature Role-playing game (begging for a better name)
Hi, I am in the final steps of designing and releasing my first rpg Newsies & Bootblacks (http://minimrpg.com). The game is set in New Paris, a fictional American Eastern Coast…
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Participants: slingshot, dugfromthearth.

8/24/2010 Jason Pitre: Difficult Powers to handle mechanically?
So, I am in the process of building the portion of my game system that deals with "Powers", including pretty much all things blatantly violating the laws of reality.  Magic,…
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Participants: Jason Pitre, Moganhio, chronoplasm.

8/24/2010 Moganhio: A question about generic systems and copyright
I'm devoloping a new generic/universal system (more universal than generic, indeed). And as usually in universal systems, you need a setting too! I was thinking of providing a setting as…
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Participants: Moganhio, Vulpinoid, Jason Pitre, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray.

8/24/2010 vasten: Free Fanatasy / Alien Script
I just finished a long term project. I have taken chinese pen strokes and integrated them with the roman alphabet based on a binary representation system to produce a new…
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Participants: vasten, Vulpinoid, Paul Czege, Ar Kayon.

8/24/2010 jasprelao: First Impression - Eternal Grace
[b][url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rUu3Rkhcslg/S-oOA4lhHtI/AAAAAAAAAFs/7J-rSp0RIwA/S600/header-small.png]Banner[/url][/b] Greetings, friends... This is my first RMXP project that I develop with my friends. I want to make it original, from the visual art, music and of course the…
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Participants: jasprelao.

8/24/2010 BullyBoy: The Program (a Matrix-like RPG)
I need a little help...  Where to next?  What areas should I be thinking about in order to develop this into a sound RPG that covers all things that a…
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Participants: BullyBoy, a flight of stairs.

8/22/2010 johnthedm7000: Discussion of Point Buy Char Gen Philosophies
I wanted to jump-start a discussion of various point-buy character generation methods and get some feedback from the community as to which ones are most useful for fulfilling different design…
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Participants: johnthedm7000, dugfromthearth, masqueradeball, dindenver, Rafu, Maugh.

8/21/2010 oswald: [Fiat Money] Reflections towards a new contemporary fantastic game
Ok first of all i would like to say I havent been using forums for many years, and i am quite new to this particular one : Ill try my…
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Participants: oswald, masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, Moganhio, johnthedm7000, Vulpinoid, stefoid, Spooky Fanboy, John Stephens, thezenbear.

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9/1/2010 Coplantor: [Eclectic Project] A multi genre game idea
Trying to make everybody happy around the gaming table I once thought of a joke campaign for a d20 game with all the pretty things my players wanted. What was…
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Participants: Coplantor, chronoplasm, Skofflox, satellite12, a flight of stairs, Locke.

9/3/2010 Anekanta: [Lords of Sky] help with descriptive resolution system
Hey all, I've got another question pertaining to my fantasy game, this time to do with resolution systems.  I'm hitting a major stumbling block, and I'm hoping to get some…
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Participants: Anekanta, Adam Dray, Finarvyn, Noon, masqueradeball.

9/3/2010 johnthedm7000: Story-Based Mechanics for Shapers
So for a while I've been working on a fantasy game in which players take on the roles of great heroes (in the ancient Greek sense of those with incredible…
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Participants: johnthedm7000, Spooky Fanboy.

9/3/2010 Gunnox: My mechanics for DrakeStrike, what do you think?
Hi I work on my FREE tabletop fantasy RPG called DrakeStrike which is set in the world of Farverden where there are 7 continents (Drakmar - Land of Dragons ,…
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Participants: Gunnox, Noon, Ar Kayon, Vulpinoid, Anders Gabrielsson, masqueradeball, TehCodr.

9/4/2010 resistor: [Northwest Passage] Very first thoughts
So, I've been having a brain-storm of a a concept for a game, but I don't feel like I have enough background to actually implement.  I'm particularly looking for pointers…
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Participants: resistor, masqueradeball, Skofflox, Noon, Ar Kayon.

9/4/2010 masqueradeball: Cute Design challenge from Story Games
I'm probably a) taking this too seriously and b) running out of time, but I would really like this game to work. I had a cat die recently and this…
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Participants: masqueradeball.

9/5/2010 ravingmalcontent: [Tales of Hepian] Names for Machines
I am making a Steam Punk Themed table top RPG and I have been having one heck of a time trying to come up with better names for machines.  Especially…
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Participants: ravingmalcontent, Ar Kayon, Noon.

9/5/2010 a flight of stairs: Untitled, awesome spy RPG
I was watching SALT, and at the scene where Angelina Joylene (or however you spell it) created a crude rocket launcher out of a desk leg and owned whatever generic…
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Participants: a flight of stairs, Noon, chronoplasm, Magnus Pym.

9/6/2010 DDurand: My new combat system : Need advices
Hi, Sorry for my bad english I changed home recently, more or less of life, and with all the things a start, i started to rewrite my old homebrew game.…
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Participants: DDurand, contracycle.

9/6/2010 TehCodr: Help with Game Idea: The Tale Of The Tears
I'm not sure if this should go here, but it's info on a game I'm creating. I'll move this post if it should be somewhere else. Please offer suggestions, I'd…
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Participants: TehCodr.

9/7/2010 psychomatic: Hitchhikers Guide Universe
Yo im new. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is my favorite science fiction series in the world. Its my favorite series in general in the world. Iv'e read every douglas…
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Participants: psychomatic, Vulpinoid, Ar Kayon, DDurand.

9/8/2010 chronoplasm: Dwarf: Wounds and Character Advancement
So I'm designing a game all about dwarves and I had a few ideas for mechanics. I'd like to run these by you and ask some questions. A dwarf's life…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Eric Schwenke, flossy, Abkajud.

9/8/2010 Eric Schwenke: [QADST (Shitty working title)] Ideas for Persona definition and Conflict/Damage
Hello, I'm trying to develop a Purist for System type game to fit many different sorts of settings, with the intent of the rules being designed to be highly customizable. …
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Participants: Eric Schwenke, Anekanta, Ar Kayon.

9/9/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] Roll Penalties
<a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30254.0"> Initial Thoughts</a> Things happen in games that may affect the players ability to take an action or it's effectiveness and my question is how to apply this to…
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Participants: AdriannaDD, Adam Dray, Locke.

9/9/2010 Blind Venetian: [Spellbreakers] Beginning Thoughts & Ideas
This idea just hit me yesterday and I've been mulling it over since. I've never attempted to make an Indie RPG or even tried writing up anything conceptual before. I…
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Participants: Blind Venetian, Adam Dray, Mike Sugarbaker.

9/14/2010 epweissengruber: In this Sign I Conquer: Story Game of Galactic Conquest
I want to see a game where the GM is a referee between two species competing for domination of the Galaxy. The inspirations are * Theory from the Closet's interview…
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Participants: epweissengruber, stefoid, contracycle, Gregor Hutton.

9/14/2010 Gunnox: LichSpace - Any ideas???
-Please read the DrakeStrike post before reading this because that post contains info about the main mechanics- While I work on LichScape (First known as DrakeStrike) I got the idea…
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Participants: Gunnox, chronoplasm.

9/14/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] 2 Players, 1 Body
Just to review Chrysalis is a game about teenagers who find their bodies host to an extraterrestrial parasite that just wants to go home and all the while trying to…
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Participants: AdriannaDD, VAgentZero, a flight of stairs, Necromantis.

9/15/2010 Kalladeron: [Multiverse] Need some help and advices.
Hi everybody, I am trying develop a RPG system and I need some help and advices. My objective is create a system focused on action for fantasy settings. I think…
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Participants: Kalladeron, Certified.

9/15/2010 a flight of stairs: Allignment
I'm writing something realism-heavy, and I was wondering how important allignment is to realism-based RPGs. I came up with the following, which is comprehensive but clunky. Good/Evil Pure/Corrupt Lawful/Unlawful Moral/Immoral…
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Participants: a flight of stairs, Noon, Coplantor, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, Locke, BunniRabbi.

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