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8/25/2009 Matt Snyder: 2009 Layout Contest winners announced
I'm happy to report finally that José Jiménez walks away the winner of the 2009 Layout Contest. Congrats José! Check out the winners' announcement for some samples of the participants…
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Participants: Matt Snyder.


8/21/2009 Jonathan Walton: [Game Chef 2009] Mark Your Calendars for Aug 31
Game Chef 2009 will start on Monday, Aug 31.  This should allow folks to finish and submit whatever they're doing for Jake's contest. The weekend before, Aug 29-30, I will…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Frank Tarcikowski, Tark, Paul Czege, David Artman.


8/20/2009 Jonathan Walton: Help Me Find the Roots of Game Chef!
Hey there, In preparation for this year's Game Chef design challenge, I'm trying to find information about the contest that Jared Sorensen and Clinton Nixon ran in 2001 on the…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton.


7/29/2009 mjbauer: Make Something Playable ASAP (Open to All)
[b]THE INSPIRATION[/b] While browsing through the forums I came across this bit of advice: [quote author=Alex Abate Biral link=topic=28395.msg267038#msg267038 date=1248721592] I do have one piece of advice: prototype! Thinking about…
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Participants: mjbauer, Thor, Ctrlphreak, M. Burrell, Paul Czege, noahtrammell, Ayyavazi, Bret Gillan.


7/28/2009 mjbauer: Game Design Conference
Is there such a conference? Should there be?
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Participants: mjbauer, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.


7/19/2009 Andy Kitkowski: Iron Game Chef: Anyone want to run it? A contest for The Contest
Heya all, I was realizing the other day that this year marks the 4th (?) year of me running Iron Game Chef. ( www.game-chef.com ). I think it's been a…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Shreyas Sampat.


6/18/2009 Marshall Burns: [Challenge: Play This!] Rebellion in the Mushroom Kingdom
This is a contest. There won't be a prize, because I can't afford to put one up, but it's still a contest. It's a play contest, you dig? THIS IS…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Eero Tuovinen, Melinglor.


6/5/2009 jasonm: The BPG Aeromachine Challenge
[b]ANNOUNCING THE BULLY PULPIT GAMES AEROMACHINE CHALLENGE[/b] Take a look at [url=http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/aeromachine/aeromachine.jpg]this illustration[/url] and then write a game about it. Your game must: [list] [li] Incorporate the content of the…
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Participants: jasonm.


6/1/2009 Matt Snyder: Layout design contest for June 2009!
Announcing the 2009 layout design contest. Luke Crane, Keith Senkowski, and Matt Snyder challenge you to create an amazing book layout during the month of June, 2009. Each participant who…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, greyorm.


5/9/2009 mjbauer: Design Theory Reading List
I'm wondering if there is some kind of unofficial (or, perhaps, official) canon of RPG Design Theory. Things that every RPG designer should read before trying to create a game.…
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Participants: mjbauer, Eero Tuovinen, Lance D. Allen, ShallowThoughts, JoyWriter, Graham Walmsley, Tomas HVM.


4/8/2009 Nev the Deranged: Escapist's Terra Libris Project
Not sure if anyone's posted about this already, but The Escapist web magazine has put together a pretty cool project to try and get RPGs into America's libraries. I happen…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, RabbitHoleGames.


3/24/2009 Graham Walmsley: Little Game Chef
[url=http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=8959]Little Game Chef[/url] is now in progress and the deadline's this Sunday. It's a miniature version of Game Chef that I started because I wanted to kick around a particular…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Vulpinoid, David Artman.


3/24/2009 Wordman: A good time for a contest?
I have an idea for a one-shot game contest I'd like to sponsor (with a prize and everything), but I notice that Game Chef is coming up, so now might…
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Participants: Wordman, Vulpinoid, David Artman, preludetotheend, whiteknife, Dyson Logos.


2/27/2009 First Oni: Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. March Demon Contest
[url=http://www.thirdeyegames.net]Third Eye Games[/url] is throwing our first writing contest for new and interesting races to add to the world of [b]Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.[/b] This contest comes on the heels of…
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Participants: First Oni, Ron Edwards.


2/11/2009 Calithena: Announcing the Erol Otus Art Challenge!
[img]http://www.otherworld.me.uk/images/shared/omlogo.jpg[/img] and [IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d164/Calithena/greenlogo.png[/img] present the [IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d164/Calithena/eo3a.png[/img] [size=7][color=Maroon]Art Challenge![/color][/size] Judged by Erol Otus and shown in the pages of [i]Fight On![/i] All artists are invited to submit a picture on one…
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Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, greyorm, MacLeod, GozerTC.


2/1/2009 Vulpinoid: Game Mechani(sm) of the Week
Inspired by Philippe Tromeur's work last year, I've decided to do something similar this year. I'm dedicating a single weekly entry my blog to a series that I'm calling the…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, mjbauer, Ron Edwards, Noon.


1/29/2009 Ron Edwards: Color-first character, part 3: ready for action
Hello! Here's the relevant image: http://www.bloodredcomics.com/Frostlick-inkedcolored.jpg Here are the starting threads: Color-first character creation project Color-first character, part 2: Getting this far And Vincent is also maintaining the page of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Wolfen, Darcy Burgess, Kobayashi, Ben Lehman, wunderllama, tonyd, Frank Tarcikowski, Melinglor, Brimshack.


1/28/2009 Sergon: old west rpg.
  Hi gang,     New member here. For the past 3 years I've been working on an old west themed role playing system that combines technology and esoteric means.…
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Participants: Sergon, chance.thirteen.


1/7/2009 Ron Edwards: Color-first character, part 2: Getting this far
Amazing. Thank you so much for all this great work. Here she is again, but … http://www.bloodredcomics.com/Frostlick-inkedcolored.jpg … now we know her name! The Solar System: Eleta the Jungle Girl,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, jrs, Christopher Kubasik, Graham Walmsley, ejh, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Vulpinoid, Kobayashi, davidberg, greyorm, Wolfen, KCassidy, Antoine F, ghashsnaga, tonyd, Darcy Burgess, Melinglor, Frank Tarcikowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Lehman, sirogit, Paul Czege, Peter Nordstrand.


12/30/2008 Ron Edwards: Color-first character creation project
As moderator, I officially waive the no-images policy for purposes of this post. I’d like to do a little discussion project here. It won’t be any fun unless a bunch…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm, Vulpinoid, Rod Anderson, Peter Nordstrand, tonyd, Paul Czege, Graham Walmsley, Kobayashi, wunderllama, Melinglor, lilomar, Rafu, KCassidy, ghashsnaga, sirogit, greyorm, davidberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Wolfen, Christopher Kubasik, lumpley, Willow, Frank Tarcikowski, Darcy Burgess, jrs, ejh, Ben Lehman, cthulahoops, Meguey, Clinton R. Nixon, Antoine F, bluegargantua.


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10/6/2009 Nathan P.: Two Games One Name
Hey there, I'm running a game design challenge thingy. It's called Two Games One Name, and the idea is that folks submit potential names for a game, and then pairs…
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Participants: Nathan P..


10/15/2009 Seamus: NH Game Demo at the Game Castle
Bedrock Games will demo it's counter terrorism RPG, Terror Network, at the Game Castle in Londonderry NH. The event will be held 1-5 pm at the following address: The Game…
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Participants: Seamus.


10/15/2009 Ben Lehman: The Free Games by Mail project
Hi all, this has it's genesis on Story Games but I thought it would be of interest to people on the Forge. I'm organizing a project (short term -- about…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.


10/30/2009 preludetotheend: Serial Design challenge
So over at story game we had a discussion on the webcomic business model and how it might be applicable to the role playing industry. I decided it might be…
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Participants: preludetotheend.


12/11/2009 Dirk: d10 Design Contest 2010
Last year our little game company hosted a d6 design contest. This year we are doing it again but in honor of 2010 and of course the d10, this years…
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Participants: Dirk, Tomas.


12/20/2009 AzgrymnThePale: RPG Competition on VTT Recruiting Echo Crew
If anyone is interested in joining I am recruiting Echo Crew to play through the upcoming release Pray for Dawn module for Chaos 6010 A.D. Make characters using the program…
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Participants: AzgrymnThePale.


1/18/2010 Ben Lehman: Game Design Contest
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- MLK I'm holding a game design contest. The contest…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, noahtrammell, Simon C.


2/23/2010 Vulpinoid: Games for Goblins
I've been inspired by a couple of things lately. 1. TA storygames thread about <a href="http://story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=11519&page=1#Item_40">games you'd like other people to design</a>. 2. The gaming anthology <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/norwegian-style/5140294">"Norwegian Style"</a> 3.…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, Telarus, KSC.


3/8/2010 Sebastian: [Contest] Write 7 lines in 10 days
I'm looking for help, so I'm holding a contest. This has been posted over on Story Games too. I'm looking for sample scenarios (called Frames—read this?) for game called Hell…
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Participants: Sebastian, Ar Kayon, Excalibur, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, davidberg, Luminous.


4/3/2010 Kallisti: Between BRP and WOD
I've been working for game system for some years know (not constantly). Ideas, modifications and a lot of thinking. What I need is a game system for story heavy games…
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Participants: Kallisti, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.


4/5/2010 AHA: Writing article on personal development via RPGs
I am posting this here initially, as you guys seem to be the most brainy and open-minded of the various RPG forums available online :) I hope I will get…
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Participants: AHA, Eero Tuovinen.


6/11/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Endeavor forum - please read here first
This forum is for organizing activities: contests, projects, whatever. My only advice for successful threads here is to take leadership of what you propose. Best, Ron
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Participants: Ron Edwards.


6/21/2010 Monte: San Diego Museum of Man Game Design Competition
I was at the San Diego Museum of Man in Balboa Park today and saw their exhibit "Counter Cultures: the Secret Lives of Games". I set aside my comments about…
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Participants: Monte.


6/21/2010 Graham Walmsley: Announcing Little Game Chef 2010
Jason, Eero and I are running another round of Little Game Chef. This time, the theme is comedy. Full details on Story Games Graham
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Participants: Graham Walmsley.


7/20/2010 jasonm: 2010 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced
Two RPGs, a board-game and a website vie for hobby-gaming's most exclusive trophy The committee of the Diana Jones Award has released the shortlist for its 2010 award. This year…
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Participants: jasonm.


7/30/2010 jmilum: Announcing the 2010 RPG Geek 24-Hour RPG Design Contest
RPG Geek's first anniversary is 1 August 2010, and as part of the celebrations they are hosting an RPG design competition. It's a 24-hour RPG contest, in the traditional format.…
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Participants: jmilum, Anders Gabrielsson.


8/30/2010 Jonathan Walton: Game Chef 2010: Sept 11th-19th
Mark your calendars! 10th anniversary this year. What will that mean?  A return to the classic format? Most definitely.  A great theme and ingredients? You bet.  Unexpected twists? Always. Reviews…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Vulpinoid.


9/10/2010 Aio: Tournament!
First, i would like to say that i hope im posting this in the right place. if not, my apologies. I'm holding a tournament on maptools next Saturday 9/18/2010 at…
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Participants: Aio.


11/29/2010 Jonathan Walton: [Call for Papers & Games] "Magic Missile" for GoPlayNW 2011
And now for an announcement... <a href="http://thouandone.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/magicmissile31.jpg"><img src="http://thouandone.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/magicmissile31.jpg" alt="" title="magicmissile3" width="380" height="263" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1689" /></a> The Basics 
 Ryan Macklin and Jonathan Walton are organizing a short anthology on…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton.


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