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7/14/2006 Call Me Curly: [Drill] Pool Variant Drills
1. Commence a game of James V. West's The Pool with friends, but without a GM.  Don't figure-out how you will accommodate GM-less play beforehand. Just start playing and every…
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Participants: Call Me Curly, Roger.

7/12/2006 Frank T: [Report] GroFaFo Challenge (Germany does it, too)
Some months ago we started talking about doing an RPG design contest at GroFaFo. There already is one 24-h-contest at FERA, but that one suffered from several problems. Too focused…
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Participants: Frank T, Caesar_X, contracycle, JasperN., Ron Edwards, oliof, jasonm.

7/4/2006 Madkitten: Compact RPG Challenge
Hello fellow RPG-tinkerers. This endeavor is about making compact games, in order to show that the making of a game can be quickly accomplished and in order to focus on…
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Participants: Madkitten, Kesher, btrc, Aman the Rejected, cpeterso, ffilz, Dustfather, WRPIgeek, Jeph, iago, Call Me Curly, Filip Luszczyk, thwaak, Ken, Obak, Thunder_God, redivider, dpetroski, gains.

6/24/2006 shays: Open New Project Design
Here is what I think the game should have: 1. A catchy name. 2. A character creation system that is flexible and fun and not bound by classes. 3. A…
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Participants: shays.

6/13/2006 Caesar_X: [Noir] Early draft of Noir rules
You can read the early draft of my Noir rules and game notes here: http://groups.google.com/group/Noir_RPG Noir is a story game that concentrates on the noir genre in film and literature. …
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Participants: Caesar_X, Jared A. Sorensen, Justin D. Jacobson, Andy Kitkowski, Krystalex, apeiron.

6/2/2006 Darcy Burgess: [Drill] - Vive la Résistance!
[b][i][color=Red]Vive la Résistance![/color][/i][/b] a high-stakes drill [color=Blue][u]Introduction[/u] a word on black-balling[/color] I don't know where the term originated, but the first time I heard it used was in reference to…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

5/23/2006 mratomek: Monster Rules Game Posted--Please, Take a Look
Hello all, Its been a loooooooooooooooooong time coming, but I have finally posted a beta version of Monster Rules for everyone to download. Monster Rules attempts to compress an RPG…
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Participants: mratomek, Czar Fnord, Bill Masek.

5/19/2006 mratomek: Role Playing Game -- Without a GM!
I have working on a game for some time now--the public beta of the game will be posted on monday for everyone who is interested--which allows gamers to play fun…
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Participants: mratomek, jasonm, TonyLB, Noon.

5/18/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: [Raid Earth] Skills and Character Creation
Well I went out of my way to make to make a fancy PDF version to show you but I can't host it for you to look at anyway.... I…
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Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, KKinsane, Czar Fnord.

5/14/2006 Dumirik: Countdown games
Right, so this is Countdown Games, and its inspired by the stuff that Vincent Baker and Ben Lehman are doing. Recently, Vincent has been churning out games like a crazy…
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Participants: Dumirik.

5/12/2006 Brand_Robins: Mad Props to the Game Chef peeps
SHORTLIST FOR 2006 DIANA JONES AWARD ANNOUNCED An RPG, a board-game, a TCG, an ARG, a contest and a charity vie for hobby-gaming's most exclusive trophy London - The committee…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, lumpley, Andy Kitkowski, Czar Fnord, Dav.

5/10/2006 Grail-Shadowblade: Raid Earth: Why raid Earth?
[quote]Quote Instead of focusing on food retrieval, what about focusing on bringing back metal (following up on the recycling board idea) or maybe water to keep hydroponic farms on the…
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Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, contracycle, Thunder_God, Czar Fnord, joepub, knicknevin.

5/10/2006 Bryan Hansel: [Drill/Microgame]Book of Job
Inspired by a game of Death Stakes I played in (Nathan Paoletta kindly posted it on his blog here: Space Opera Death Stakes.) and one I watched (Joao Wins Death…
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Participants: Bryan Hansel.

5/8/2006 jasonm: [Drill/Microgame/Warmup] I'm Gonna Make You Awesome
This may not fit various definitions being formed here, but I think it's a valuable pre-play exercise.  So step off, haters!  I'm Gonna Make You Awesome This comes out of…
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Participants: jasonm, matthijs, Noon, TonyLB, Miskatonic.

4/30/2006 PrzeSzkoda: [King Rat] Change log + To randomize or not?
Due to my laziness and other objective reasons my work on King Rat's been proceeding very slowly. Basically, I've been reconsidering many ideas included in the 24hour version and pondering…
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Participants: PrzeSzkoda, Malcolm.

4/23/2006 Graham Walmsley: Postcards from London
Often, when I read a book, I wish that there was a roleplaying game based on the author's work. For example, when I read Graham Greene books, I want a…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Czar Fnord, pfischer, PrzeSzkoda.

4/20/2006 greyorm: [Expendable] Attributes and...Skills?
"Expendable" was a Ronnies enty last year. Here's the PDF over at 1km1t, which is very Alpha at this point. Here's the Ronnies thread. With the basic mechanics of Guilt…
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Participants: greyorm, Dav, Sydney Freedberg.

4/10/2006 Troy_Costisick: Cutthroat v4.0
Heya, I have the latest, and likely the last public, draft of Cutthroat ready for feedback.  You can dowload it here: Cutthroat Here are the latest changes I've made (PS,…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ramidel.

4/8/2006 knicknevin: [Drill] Ripples
This is a model I have used in some game sessions (partially at the end of my Loose Toys campaign) which I think would also make a good drill. One…
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Participants: knicknevin, Dumirik.

4/7/2006 Noon: [Drill] System Sez
System Sez Some quick scenarios to try out. Relatively easy to try out with others, if your willing to be GM. Since you'll be feeling the brunt of the exercises…
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Participants: Noon.

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8/8/2006 BeUrgaust: The Chopper RPG Challenge.
[move]In the world of motorcycles there are bikes and then there are choppers.[/move] [b]From the Wikipedia Entry on Choppers:[/b] [quote]Chopper refers to a particular type of motorcycle that was radically…
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Participants: BeUrgaust, Frank T, Dumirik.

8/15/2006 tj333: [Drill] 12 Cranes Style VS Iron Fist of the Dragon
Inspired by the Calvinball for Combat thread I've written up this drill. Its a wuxia/kung-fuish /super powered martial arts style drill where the power of your long and perhaps oddly…
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Participants: tj333, Noon, BeUrgaust.

8/15/2006 Kevin Allen Jr: The reverse engineering challenge
So after some observation of other designers and talking to some folks (thanks Shreyas) I had this idea for a design contest: Thesis- Speaking generally, the last thing in most…
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Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, iago, thwaak, marknau, Darcy Burgess, NeuroZombie, Zach, BeUrgaust, Dustfather, Dumirik, gwangi, Agent_Fresh, Tomas HVM, andrew_kenrick.

8/17/2006 Madkitten: Compact RPG Challenge REVISED
Forked from the following thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20302.0 Send YOUR contribution to this E-mail Address: CompactRPG@sverige.nu Last submission date: August the 28th. The rules for the endeavor are as follows:    …
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Participants: Madkitten, Kesher, WRPIgeek, Filip Luszczyk, Ken, Thunder_God, btrc, dpetroski, iago.

8/17/2006 Roger: Don't Just Stand There
This is an idea for a game... process, I guess.  It's not really a game mechanic, per se. The basic definition of it: "Don't Just Stand There" is a bit…
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Participants: Roger, Arturo G., oreso, David Artman, Kensan_Oni, TroyLovesRPG.

8/22/2006 Tomas HVM: [The Dull and the Dramatic] A game sketch
Here goes! Following is a short sketch of a possible roleplaying-game. Any comments are apprectiated. Any test of it and report in the "Actual Play"-forum is appreciated. Go gently, it's…
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Participants: Tomas HVM, matthijs, xenopulse.

8/24/2006 StefanS: [Grofafo-challenge] Goochelaar Meisjes
I've read in GroFaFo that some people here at The Forge are interested in the results of the German Grofafo-Challenge (see this report for details). To make it short, it…
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Participants: StefanS.

9/3/2006 ( o Y o ): [GroFaFo Challenge] the Great Below or a mother journeys to kill her beloved son
the Great Below This was my game for the GroFaFo-Challenge. Just to remember, the words were: Mother, Cave, Sensuality, Law and we had 72 hours to finish the whole thing.…
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Participants: ( o Y o ).

9/7/2006 jasonm: The Iron MACE Design Challenge
MACE is a local convention in High Point, North Carolina, USA.  The organizers are good people and it is a fun time.  Last year they ran a Game Chef style…
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Participants: jasonm, iago, David Artman, Andy Kitkowski.

10/3/2006 Zahtevnik: Module Contest
This is a cash-prize contest for a gaming company, so I hope it's fine to advertise it here. If not then let me know : ) We're trying out our…
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Participants: Zahtevnik, Eero Tuovinen.

10/10/2006 Ken: COMPACT RPG CHALLENGE!!!
I'm happy to say that the challenge is on! Big thanks to everyone for working with me over the last week. The group is set up, the links in place,…
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Participants: Ken, btrc, Andrew Morris, redivider, aedaren, David Artman, dpetroski, Olorin, Kesher.

10/19/2006 Kuma: Announcing the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge!
Kuma Pageworks is proud to announce the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge, a game design workshop and competition dedicated to stretching the boundaries of role-playing game design. Using the enigmatic <a href="http://mixotronic.elseworld.org">Mix-O-Tronic</a>, a…
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Participants: Kuma.

10/29/2006 Adam H.: ideas to complex for first thoughts but not developed enough for playtesting
First Thoughts for Operation Newborn. Operation newborn is an R.P.G. that takes place in a small country inside of a large crater on an unknown planet. The setting is mid-evil…
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Participants: Adam H., Ron Edwards.

11/4/2006 JasonPalenske: The Frontier Challenge
The Challenge So begins the First Frontier Biquarterly 24 hour Challenge! That's right boys and girls, Biquartery! Once every 4 months Frontier will sponsor a Challenge based upon the game.…
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Participants: JasonPalenske, Ron Edwards.

11/7/2006 Frank T: Setting Design Challenge
Ron’s TSoY actual play and the Frontier Challenge thread triggered an idea that now sits in the back of my head like an evil monkey. I’ve been saying since 2004…
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Participants: Frank T, JasonPalenske, Ben Lehman, David Artman, Eero Tuovinen, StefanS, TroyLovesRPG.

11/16/2006 Frank T: 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge starting NOW
Dear aspiring (or accomplished) designers of role-playing games! We have seen thousandfold how clever rules design can change the game being played. But what about setting, I ask? Now is…
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Participants: Frank T, ElliottBelser MKII, StefanS, Caesar_X, Jonathan Walton, MikeRM, Malcolm, 8t88, btrc, tadk, Hans, Ben Lehman, Nephilim, Everspinner, Sempiternity, TroyLovesRPG, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, alexandro, Hedgehamster, Sam!, Dev, redivider, wunderllama, ( o Y o ), Graham Walmsley, Pauls Girl, Steven Stewart, preludetotheend, oliof, Rich Stokes.

11/25/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Setting Design] Darker
I'm thinking about a setting for Jason's game, The Shab al-Hiri Roach. The setting is Darker College, an Oxford University college, in Victorian times. This is a first draft. If…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley.

11/27/2006 Jonathan Walton: Proposal Guidelines for Push 2
I just posted <a href="http://thou-and-one.blogspot.com/2006/11/push-2-proposal-guidelines.html">proposal guidelines</a> for <i>Push</i> volume 2 on my blog. Those of you who have been thinking about (or just now started thinking about) writing for it…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton.

12/4/2006 jrients: June is Worldwide Adventure Writing Month
Tabletop roleplaying games have traditionally relied on a Game Master to create and run adventures. Sometimes that Game Master uses published adventure material. I know for a fact that the…
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Participants: jrients.

12/18/2006 Storn: Sons of Kryos Actual Play contest
I've had the good fortune of being invited to be part of Sons of Kryos, a wonderful podcast on gaming.  Link in a moment.  I'm on episodes 29 and 31…
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Participants: Storn.

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