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7/18/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Design Challenge
Hello everyone! Inspired by the last year's Compact RPG Challenge hosted by The Forge, I want to propose System in a Can design challenge, from this point referred to as…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, xenopulse, anders_larsen, ja-prozac, Darcy Burgess, greyorm, Dave Cleaver, Lobo, Chainsaw Aardvark, Vulpinoid, Reprobus, preludetotheend, Primordia.

5/28/2007 anders_larsen: Game Design Groups, a proposal
[b][size=14pt]Introduction[/size][/b] This is an idea that comes from [url=http://www.game-chef.com/]Game Chef[/url] 2007, where all the participants were assigned to feedback groups of about ten people per group. This made it much…
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Participants: anders_larsen, Filip Luszczyk, David Artman, lee-anne.

3/21/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Story Games "Make a Relationship Map" Contest
Here's a link and the info: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2693 With all the talk of relationship maps these days, I figured that it was time for a new Endeavor. So here it is.…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

3/16/2007 Philippe Tromeur: One-page RPG's
I'm currently participating into a kind of casual contest on a French forum : each month, one has to write a full RPG, based on a given topic. The game…
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Participants: Philippe Tromeur, komradebob, scrandy, Filip Luszczyk, salkaner, Conteur, Kesher, Ron Edwards, Noon, Ken, patrice larcenet.

3/15/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Outtage RPG Contest] Review of Comedy Blackout
Comedy Blackout Review By John Laviolette Game Summary: The game begins by explaining what “blackout” means in comedic circles.  That’s great because I would have had no idea.  The background…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick.

3/15/2007 Troy_Costisick: [Outtage RPG Contest] Review of Blackout on the Elevator
Review of “Blackout on the Elevator” By: Bryan Hansel Game Summary: Opens with the situation.  You’re trapped in an elevator.  This game doesn’t mess around.  It presents the players with…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Bryan Hansel.

3/9/2007 Andy Kitkowski: One Week Until GAME CHEF. March 17. Lock and Load!
Hey all, it's that time of the year again.  This project, so deep-rooted in the history of the Forge as to be almost inseparable, is rolling around again for it's…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mcrow.

2/27/2007 Troy_Costisick: Outtage RPG Contest- Story Games is down!
Heya, Have you read this: http://community.livejournal.com/storygamesinfo/834.html It's a great idea.  So I'm going to start it.  Who knows when Story Games will be back up?  It could be tonight, it…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Caesar_X, Andy Kitkowski, Bryan Hansel, talysman.

2/14/2007 passionado: Player – Charakter Survey
hello there, i'm new to this forum and stumbled over it while researching... I'm a design student and working on my prediploma. as a scientific topic i have to complete…
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Participants: passionado, Jasper Flick, Ron Edwards.

2/13/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Champion
Challengers! Finally, with half a month’s delay, it is time to announce the Champion of the 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge! Aaaaaaand the winner iiiiiiiis: Thou Art But a Warrior…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Everspinner, wunderllama, Graham Walmsley, Rich Stokes, Ben Lehman, talysman.

2/3/2007 Nathan P.: The BibliOdyssey RPG Challenge
(x-posted with Story Games) Hey everyone! So I wanna run a challenge! This is one centers around..... (drumroll) ART! Specifically, old art that has been posted at the ever-wonderful BibliOdyssey…
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Participants: Nathan P..

1/23/2007 Gregor Hutton: [Three Sixteen] The Second Session (Where we actually kill some bugs)
So, following on from The First Session (Character Creation and Flashback), we have the second session. Malc and Neil created characters without all the footering of last week…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

1/23/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Setting Challenge] The Voting, Part 2
Dear Challengers! Though the Fates conspire to derail us, willing to take it out on innocent forum accounts, we are back on track and laughing in their faces. Here now,…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Malcolm, Everspinner, wunderllama, talysman.

1/15/2007 Everspinner: Atlas: Setting challenge feedback and observations
As I seem to be the first one writing about it, I could put out a proper review of Atlas. It is a setting that certainly deserves it. Alas, with…
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Participants: Everspinner, wunderllama, Eero Tuovinen.

1/15/2007 Gregor Hutton: [Three Sixteen] The First Session (Character Creation and Flashback)
OK, today I went through the character creation part of my Three Sixteen playtest with Shevaun and Shannon, here in Edinburgh. They gave me good feedback and going through the…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards.

1/13/2007 Rich Stokes: Revolutionaries: setting challenge review
I was rather hoping someone else would start a thread about this, quite simply because Malcolm started a thread about Umläut and was very complementary about it.  And the problem…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Graham Walmsley, Malcolm, Everspinner, Ben Lehman.

1/10/2007 Sam!: Western Journeyers: Setting Challenge review
Why did I get all the hard ones? Western Journeyers is an anomalous entry in the setting contest. It takes Under the Bed, a game of childhood and growing up,…
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Participants: Sam!, Ben Lehman, Graham Walmsley, talysman.

1/10/2007 Rich Stokes: Thou Art But a Warrior: Setting Challenge Review
Thou Art But a Warrior is a setting for Polaris by Anna Kreider.  It's a 13 page PDF. I find this entry very hard to judge.  After reading this brief…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Malcolm, Eero Tuovinen, wunderllama, Graham Walmsley, Ben Lehman, Everspinner, talysman, Sam!.

1/10/2007 Sam!: Darker: Setting Challenge review
As I already mentioned when judging Umläut, I expect a new setting to somehow change the original system. It's nasty, because this is not the way Darker was designed. So…
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Participants: Sam!, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen, Everspinner, Gregor Hutton.

1/7/2007 Graham Walmsley: The Legion Of SuperScience: Setting Challenge Review
I'm realising that there are two broad categories of entry in this competition: those which shoehorn a game into a completely different setting (Umlaut, Western Journeyers) and those which use…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, talysman, Sam!.

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7/20/2007 xenopulse: [sic] Tales of Vengeance
This is my thread for the Setting In A Can challenge. I'm selecting Set A: SET A Setting: high fantasy. Theme: revenge/treasure hunt story. High fantasy, to me, means…
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Participants: xenopulse, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, anders_larsen, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, Primordia.

7/20/2007 JackTheOwner: [sic] The end is comming
Ok, let's start. SET C Setting: post-apocalypse/space opera. Theme: wacky overcoming-inner-demons story. It's all about people, who have sth with "First Sign" (It's like a big boom in entire outerspace).…
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Participants: JackTheOwner, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Primordia, Chainsaw Aardvark.

7/20/2007 ja-prozac: [sic]The Ultimate Elvis Challenge!
Set C of course. The Ultimate Elvis Challenge! There can be only one true Elvis impersonator! In postapocyliptic wasteland left after alien invasion humanity has lost its spirit. Only people…
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Participants: ja-prozac, Filip Luszczyk, Primordia, Reprobus, Vulpinoid.

7/20/2007 anders_larsen: [sic] Cyber Barbarians
I go with set D here. A few hundred years in the future the world are controlled by a seven big corporations. These corporations are incomprehensible complex, and no one…
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Participants: anders_larsen, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Lobo, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, xenopulse.

7/21/2007 craigp: [sic] TIN FRIGATE
I'm definitely going with C. Mine's a Star Trek spoof. I was thinking this: http://www.projectperko.com/game/TINFRIGATE.pdf It's not actually a finished rule set, I just find I'm not so good at…
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Participants: craigp, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/21/2007 BenW: [SIC] Lock and Key Principle
SET: D Concept: Near future science fiction, set in a crumbling city dominated by grim, rundown tower blocks, drug use is rampant and destroying sociaty. humanity has abdicated from free…
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Participants: BenW, Filip Luszczyk, Vulpinoid, David Artman, Chainsaw Aardvark.

7/21/2007 Dave Cleaver: [sic] After Earth: An Unlikely Savior
This is my thread for the Setting In A Can challenge. I'm selecting Set A: SET C Setting: post-apocalypse/space opera. Theme: wacky overcoming-inner-demons story. I think the setting is…
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Participants: Dave Cleaver, Filip Luszczyk, xenopulse, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] The Salad In My Head
Well, it's not the title of my game ;) After an evening of brainstorming, I have a salad of ideas in my head and I didn't settle on a single…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, Primordia.

7/21/2007 Lobo: [SIc] Fantasy Fight Arena
Here comes my contribution to System in a Can.  I am very new to this so if I have misinterpreted some information  please say so. :) SET D Setting: sword-and-sorcery/cyberpunk.…
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Participants: Lobo, Filip Luszczyk, xenopulse, Chainsaw Aardvark, Reprobus, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/22/2007 preludetotheend: Interest in a new contest!
Ok as I am finishing up the final touches of meh sexy setting I want to make sure that the rpg system I put forth is that which people truly…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Reprobus, Primordia, Vulpinoid.

7/22/2007 Reprobus: [sic] First Thoughts on SET B
I'd like to check in too :) I'm notorious for not finishing anything, but it would be great if I could change this. Also I'm not a native english speaker,…
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Participants: Reprobus, Filip Luszczyk, xenopulse, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Primordia, Vulpinoid.

7/23/2007 Chainsaw Aardvark: [sic] Edge Kinghts
I wasn't able to find my old notes on a computer based magic system, but I was able to recreate it and sync it up with a new combat/skill mechanic…
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Participants: Chainsaw Aardvark, xenopulse, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Vulpinoid.

7/24/2007 Vulpinoid: [sic] Shattered Souls
Since I'm having trouble loading up the 4 page rules that I've generated so far, here's some of the conceptual ideas so far. Set D. Shattered Souls Basic Premise Groups…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, Reprobus, xenopulse, Thenomain, Filip Luszczyk.

7/24/2007 Primordia: [sic] Why did they leave us.
Okay, im trying to jump into the contest as well ( in the last minute ) I will take the following set. SET D Setting: sword-and-sorcery/cyberpunk. Theme: religious conversion/flight-of-fancy story.…
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Participants: Primordia, Reprobus, ja-prozac, Chainsaw Aardvark, Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Lobo.

7/25/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Entries
This is the submissions thread for System in a Can Design Challenge. Final versions of your entries go here. The deadline is Sunday 29th July. Once you're done with your…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Primordia.

7/29/2007 ja-prozac: [sic]The Ultimate Elvis Challenge! - final opinions
Special thread for feedback for finished game as stated in the rules. Post here if you want to share your thoughts about my game.
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Participants: ja-prozac, Filip Luszczyk.

7/29/2007 anders_larsen: [sic] Submission - Cyberbarians
Here are my post-contest feedback tread The link to my game is here: http://anders.blimmer.dk/sic/cyberbarians.pdf. Well, it's there, but I do not think it is playable. I did not had time…
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Participants: anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac.

7/30/2007 Vulpinoid: [sic] Shattered Souls - Final Version(s)
Hi Everyone, As requested, the final submission feedback thread. Name: Michael Wenman Title of Game: Shattered Souls Chosen Set: Set D - Setting: sword-and-sorcery/cyberpunk. Theme: religious conversion/flight-of-fancy story. PDF Link:…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen.

7/30/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] Runic Realms - final opinions thread
This is my post-challenge feedback thread for Runic Realms (a.k.a. Sesame Sigils, heh). Name: Filip Luszczyk Title: Runic Realms Set: A Abstract: Primordial gods, once banished from Midgard, return to…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen, ja-prozac.

8/1/2007 vikingmage: Game Jam
I don't know if this has been done before ... and being new to the site I could just be recreating something that has been tried a hundred times, but…
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Participants: vikingmage, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend, Filip Luszczyk, Primordia, David Artman, belgar, Ron Edwards.

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