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12/30/2010 The Hound: RPGtonight online Living Game playtests round 2 - seeking LOTS of GMs, players
RPGtonight (a virtual tabletop site www.rpgtonight.com) is looking for many more GMs and a many, many more players for the second round of playtesting for a unique online tabletop style…
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Participants: The Hound, Ron Edwards.

12/30/2010 wburdick: [Death of the Vele] playtesters wanted
I’m ready to play test a new collaborative role playing game, called “Death of the Vele,” which draws from Blood Red Sands, Spirit of the Century, and Lady Blackbird.  It’s…
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Participants: wburdick, Ron Edwards.

12/29/2010 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Destiny Points
So,   This is the most significant non-conflict mechanic in my new fantasy game Legends of Lanasia.   Destiny Points are designed to be the players' reward for good play.…
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Participants: dindenver, Chris_Chinn, Dan Maruschak, masqueradeball.

12/28/2010 masqueradeball: Working Through It
In ruminating on how to make Chanbara fiction work in an RPG I came up with the idea that the GM would determine some aspect of the character that would…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Ar Kayon, Noon, dindenver.

12/28/2010 Alexis: [Mud Dragon] "I am Ancient Belly, Ruined of Parades!"
So yesterday night I got Ben and his roommate Jonathan R. to play Mud Dragon with me. Ben ran it, and Jon and I played mud dragons. Character creation was…
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Participants: Alexis, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, DWeird.

12/27/2010 Sir Fungus: [Cube: The Descent]: a tabletop pseudo-roguelike
Hello! I've been working on a game with a friend of mine for quite some time now, and we've recently been able to release a skeletal rulebook on our site.…
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Participants: Sir Fungus, Noon, Ar Kayon, Dr. Velocity, Chris_Chinn, Cubed Excalibur.

12/24/2010 BunniRabbi: Have you developed Nobilis?
Well I hope this is the right place for this... A friend of mine is looking to do a system-redux of Nobilis, and I'm on the hunt for information.  Have…
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Participants: BunniRabbi, Ron Edwards.

12/24/2010 BunniRabbi: Wiki game problem
I've been working on this wargame in the form of a wiki, specifically to allow development by others as much or as little as they want.  It's great for fast…
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Participants: BunniRabbi, Chris_Chinn.

12/23/2010 Marshall Burns: [MADcorp/Misadventures in Nowhere] Time machine time
So, A) Ron and Paul are totally awesome for making early designs available, and B) my only early design  Misadventures from Nowhere is directly relevant to my current primary design…
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Participants: Marshall Burns.

12/22/2010 Ron Edwards: [Pumpkin Bomb] Help me, Joe
I planned to play some Pumpkin Bomb at the last gaming-group meetup, but found myself confounded by some points in the rules. Here are my questions! Minor clarifications Is the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Dantai.

12/22/2010 Ben Lehman: [On the Ecology and Behavior of the Mud Dragon] Breezy, but dangerous
So I wrote a game five years ago called "On the Ecology and Behavior of the Mud Dragon." It's been played, like, twice I think, once by me which didn't…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

12/21/2010 Dan Maruschak: [Final Hour of a Storied Age] The trait/dice mechanics
In Final Hour of a Storied Age (get the latest revision from the download page, or here's a link straight to the rev 0.67 PDF) I'm using freeform traits to…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, Ron Edwards, masqueradeball, Noon, dindenver.

12/21/2010 twztdwndpipe: Special Attack Questions
I'm looking for tips on developing a system, based almost entirely on fighting, (preferably 1v1) After getting through alot of my ideas, and 86ing the ones that didn't work well…
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Participants: twztdwndpipe, johnthedm7000, Ron Edwards, Dr. Velocity, Noon, contracycle, Certified, dindenver, Ar Kayon.

12/20/2010 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Character Creation
[center][b]Character Creation[/b][/center]   1. Come up with a basic character concept, what is the character you will play like?   2. Name - What is your character’s name?   3.…
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Participants: dindenver, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Noon.

12/19/2010 Rackham: flag framing?
Hey everyone! First port here ever, found my way here after having played some Apocalypse World. I'm interested in game design and I'm now trying to get a grip on…
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Participants: Rackham, Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, Trevis Martin.

12/18/2010 Ar Kayon: [Nevercast] - Truth through Mastery
“The world was destroyed without dropping a single bomb. It's been centuries since the cataclysmic economic collapse, and the world still has not recovered.  It may never recover.  As strip…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Noon, Chris_Chinn, masqueradeball, dindenver, horomancer.

12/17/2010 markgamemaker: Stone, Steel, and Steam - Revised and Ready to Test
[i]Stone, Steel, and Steam[/i] is a tabletop RPG about cultures in collision.  It features eight unique human civilizations on two continents with technology levels ranging from Stone Age to early…
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Participants: markgamemaker, johnthedm7000, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, masqueradeball, Shimera9.

12/17/2010 btrc: Crowdsourced RPG research
I'm looking for some input from a bunch of sources, and since this spot is populated by gamers, it seems relevant. I'll also be making the request elsewhere, so don't…
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Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, Paladin.

12/16/2010 SeeThirty: Champions Online - CoH/V style editor with kids?
A friend has asked me to work up a basic RPG as a holiday gift for his young son, who he wishes to introduce to P&P role-playing along with some…
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Participants: SeeThirty.

12/15/2010 Eszed: "All games are, is systems" - interesting article about game design
I'm not developing a game, I just want to direct attention to an article that may be of interest.  It's about Brenda Braithwaite, a long-time video game designer who has…
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Participants: Eszed, Ron Edwards.

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1/2/2011 sproket: Goldchest 0.4
Hi all, Goldchest 0.4 is available for download. There are few significant improvements in this release. * The game is now provided with a Java based installer so you don't…
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Participants: sproket, Ron Edwards.

1/2/2011 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Talents
Action Type Replacement Instead of rolling using one of the listed Aspects, you will roll using the Talent. These Talents should be specialized versions of existing skills (fencing for instance).…
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Participants: dindenver.

1/3/2011 scramble: [The Lords in the Shadow] A Vampire-Hack for Otherkind
I recently read Pretender by Kirt Dankmyer (published in the No Press RPG Anthology). For all of you who are not familiar with this game, Pretender is an urban fantasy…
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Participants: scramble, dindenver, enderbean, Paladin, lumpley, Vulpinoid.

1/5/2011 Cliff H: [Keen Edge of History] First Time Play
Keen Edge of History is the game I created for this round of The Ronnies, and wouldn't you know that two days after I submit it a combination of work…
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Participants: Cliff H, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, RichD, Altaem, Ghostlight Games.

1/6/2011 twztdwndpipe: War Gaming Miniature Creation Questions
Has anyone built a war game? if so, could they explain the creation of their miniatures. Did you buy? Did you Build? If you Built what sizes? How does your…
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Participants: twztdwndpipe.

1/7/2011 btrc: Mars 2100 (from crowdsourced RPG request)
Here's an early draft of the game I was using the personality questionnaire for: http://www.btrc.net/pub/Mars_2100_22a.pdf (this opens in Acrobat just fine, but Preview (Mac OS) does not like it for…
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Participants: btrc, contracycle.

1/8/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] Core Mechanic
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/cold-soldier]Game[/url] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30842.0]Design Discussion[/url] So after the first playtest, I found that the core mechanic is totally broken. Luckily it's not broken beyond repair. I have some ideas for fixes. I…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Noon, masqueradeball, whduryea, FetusCommander, Paolo D., Paul DuPont.

1/8/2011 Ar Kayon: [Nevercast] - Mechanics Reference
This thread serves as a reference for the Nevercast main thread.  Here, I'll be going over the actual in-game rules.  In particular, I would like members to make a critical…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Ghostlight Games, johnthedm7000, horomancer.

1/8/2011 Vanoj: Unicorn Conquest
Link to the game rules: http://silentstylus.com/unicorn-conquest/ What I'm trying to do here is create a (1) fun (2) easy (3) gamist (4) parodic (5) RPG (6) that uses darts. The…
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Participants: Vanoj, Noon, masqueradeball.

1/8/2011 Simons: [Escape From Illeria] Backstory internal consistency
Hey all, I haven’t been on this sight it a while, it seems to have changed a bit... I’m working on a fantasy wargame (though one where I’m trying to…
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Participants: Simons, Paladin, btrc.

1/10/2011 Bret Gillan: [Dr. Chaos] and a parade of stupid superheroes
I gathered a group of five friends to play Dr. Chaos on Sunday. I was super excited and, in retrospect, should have put a little more thought or discussion into…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

1/10/2011 mratomek: [Unknown] Have you seen this mechanic before
I have been working on a game for what seems to be forever--re-written it a half dozen times over the last decade--eech! However, the reason I have had to re-write…
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Participants: mratomek, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards.

1/11/2011 Gregor Hutton: [Swords of the Skull-Takers] John Connor gets Terminated
Hey, I got a chance to play Joe Prince's Swords of the Skull Takers (v. 0.2) which is in the Ronnies and the Solitaire games challenges. I liked the feeling…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Dantai.

1/11/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: [Space Adventures] Making the larger reward cycle work
I was going to contribute to the Solitaire Challenge but then I decided to spend the time on my current “serious” project instead. You can take a look at what…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

1/12/2011 Necromantis: [Society of Medieval Foam Combat.] Not an RPG but close
First off the link Ok. So where to start. I was visiting my brother in Atlanta Ga. He had just started LARPing and repeatedly challenged me to come fight him…
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Participants: Necromantis, David Artman, Noon, stefoid, SteveCooper, Hereward The Wake.

1/12/2011 Ron Edwards: [Rats in the Walls] Hatred and hope
At the Dice Dojo, Sam, Phil, and Cail joined me for a criminally long-in-wait playtest of Rats in the Walls (link includes PDF download), a Ronnies winner from September 2005…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, pkalata.

1/14/2011 Noon: [unnamed, small RPG]
I wrote a small rpg: here It's main feature is that I have seperated the exploration component and winning component, instead of trying to blend them together somehow with having…
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Participants: Noon, dindenver.

1/14/2011 sockmonkey: [Chronoplex] Open Beta Play Test
Dead Tree Games is pleased to announce the start of an open beta play test of their role playing game, Chronoplex. This is a chance for gamers to get an…
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Participants: sockmonkey.

1/15/2011 FounderSim: [Design Help] Multiplayer Battle Game
[b]Multiplayer Organized Crime Battle Game[/b] [b]Brief description:[/b] Game is strickly Tick-Based. Game is mostly multiplayer with team battles as well as 1v1 battles Game has lobby system where players find…
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Participants: FounderSim, Ron Edwards.

1/17/2011 stefoid: [zero-prep] Need more Challenge scenarios
Hi, Im playtesting a game that I did call Ingenero, but then decided to change to Zero-prep.  Ingenero doesn't tell you anything about the game. I could post a link,…
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Participants: stefoid, Simons, Ron Edwards.

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