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8/22/2011 Kashlaor: How do mechanics influence the focus of a system?
Currently I am in the process of developing (the very early stages mind you) of a game called the Ace of Singularities.  The game concerns itself with creating a sandbox…
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Participants: Kashlaor, Artanis, Porterhaus, Paul Czege, Rubbermancer.

8/21/2011 Sp4m: Service Co: Generations of Excellent Service
Pitch: Paranoia meets Idiocracy meets the Matrix AKA Office Space in Space. Players are service desk team for a galactic megacorp, where all other characters are so specifically trained, they…
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Participants: Sp4m, Zachary_Wolf, Kashlaor, Porterhaus.

8/19/2011 ChristianAndersson: Freelance Composer with a recent MTV placement
Hey Developers! In case you're on the lookout for new music to your games or other development projects... I've written some new epic music tracks, ready to use, and I'm…
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Participants: ChristianAndersson.

8/16/2011 gtroc: War in the Heavens, early days, help needed
Hey all, I am currently working on a space opera(esque) game. The basic concept I have is it is about holy war(s?) in space. The game, or at least this…
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Participants: gtroc, Daniel36, Noon, Zachary_Wolf, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

8/16/2011 Daniel36: Chronicles - Tabletop Roleplaying - Development Thread
I had to get a little used to the way you guys work here on this forum, but now I feel inspired to post what I have so far. http://www.mediafire.com/?27b8b7b35ug8155…
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Participants: Daniel36, Porterhaus, Noon, bosky.

8/14/2011 Emily Care: [What’s the Frequency Kenneth?] An Ocean of Conspiracies
I've gotten to play What's the Frequency, Kenneth? three times now. The game text is here: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Steve Dempsey WTFK? for the RPG Solitaire Challenge. It's a…
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Participants: Emily Care, GB Steve.

8/11/2011 hix: [Left Coast] How do you write rules that encourage people to play?
I playtested Left Coast with Mike Sands on Saturday. It was the first time I've run the new version of the game, and I'm happy with the results. Now I’m…
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Participants: hix, pfischer, Zachary_Wolf.

8/11/2011 randomeric: Hiding in the Mosque: a micro RPG experiment
I have just uploaded on drivethrurpg a free to download espionage mini game/mission.  This is a work in progress so please excuse the imperfections. I am hoping for some feedback…
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Participants: randomeric, Ron Edwards, Noon, Fred Brackin.

8/10/2011 Daniel36: Daniel36 joins the fray
Hello everyone, First let me introduce myself. My name is Daniel and I am from the Netherlands. I am 29 years old and an English (as a second language) teacher…
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Participants: Daniel36, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2011 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Alpha rules available for feedback and playtest
I've been working on a game system called Heroes Against Darkness for a while.  It started as a reaction to extended play sessions of 4th Edition and Basic D&D, and…
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Participants: Justin Halliday, Zachary_Wolf, Thriff.

8/9/2011 Ron Edwards: [Ophian] A first actual session
For the background, see Three games about religion, the Adept Press page for a direct link for downloading the current document, and anxieties about death at the core of ophite.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Gregor Hutton, ejh, Emily Care, baxil.

8/9/2011 Ron Edwards: [Tales of Lust] Frightful horror, no holds barred
A couple of months ago, Megan, James, and Rob joined me at the Dice Dojo, and Tales of Lust ( Ronnies feedback) seemed like just the thing for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/8/2011 Daddy Warpig: How Do *You* Playtest?
I read the "Must Read This" sticky, so I hope I'm not stepping on any toes by just asking a question about design, rather than posting my own (in-progress) notes.…
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Participants: Daddy Warpig, LandonSuffered, davide.losito, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2011 mike_the_pirate: [On This, The Day of My Daughter's Wedding] recent Game Chef submission
Hello fellow game enthusiasts and designers, Recently, my friend and I submitted a game idea to Game Chef. The theme of Game Chef this year was Shakespeare. We designed what…
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Participants: mike_the_pirate.

8/2/2011 Hailen: Most Interesting Character Advancement Systems
Hello all! I'm looking at creating a new game that is designed to be played for long stretches of time.  At the moment, I feel like my thinking about character…
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Participants: Hailen, stefoid, Noon, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2011 Ghost4079: Alpha
ok i just started making a role playing game and the genre is supposed to post-apocoliptic if anyone has played the fallout series then you know what im talking about…
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Participants: Ghost4079, contracycle, Noon, Ron Edwards, hix.

7/29/2011 Mobius: Extending a System vs Making a New System?
I have been working on a game world/concept for a very long time and one of the biggest issues I have faced is finding or making a system that really…
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Participants: Mobius, John Michael Crovis, Noon, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/24/2011 John Michael Crovis: The Dual-Core System and Purgatoris
I've starting writing about my new project on the Raven Lake Games blog... The Dual-Core System, and Purgatoris - a setting to go along with that system. You can read…
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Participants: John Michael Crovis, Thriff, Mobius, phatonin.

7/21/2011 FrozenViking: Have the setting, need a system
Greetings from the cold North, I need some advice and hoped someone here could share their wisdom. I've not been RPGing for a few years and have lost track of…
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Participants: FrozenViking, ADGBoss, Noon, stefoid, contracycle.

7/20/2011 flaviuschis: Flavius Chis - Freelance Illustrator
Hello there! My name is Flavius Chis & I'm a freelance illustrator & conceptual designer based in Montreal. If you are looking for fantasy or science-fiction work, for personal or…
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Participants: flaviuschis.

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8/23/2011 Porterhaus: [Flawed] Can I write comprehensible rules?
[url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6AKcTWvDmp5NTg5YzE3N2YtYjljMS00YWU0LTlhZDgtNTQ1NDQ2NGYzODgz&hl=en]https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6AKcTWvDmp5NTg5YzE3N2YtYjljMS00YWU0LTlhZDgtNTQ1NDQ2NGYzODgz&hl=en[/url] This is the current version of [i]Flawed[/i], the game I have been writing.  I am pretty damn sure that it is not in Final Copy mode yet.  I am…
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Participants: Porterhaus, Kashlaor.

8/24/2011 No One: Skill System Clarification Help
Hi, I've received complaints from my playtesters that my skill system is a bit hard to follow and I want help making it easier to understand https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-CYp-IEEIl7ZGY4ZGY1MTQtNzExNy00NGExLWI2OTYtNmE1NmVjYzc0Y2Yx&hl=en Here is basically…
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Participants: No One, Zachary_Wolf, Porterhaus.

8/26/2011 BubbaBrown: Saecula Mutata & D10/0
These are two projects I've been working on for some time. One is a setting and the other is the game system. I've been trying to move development along, but…
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Participants: BubbaBrown, Daniel36, Kyles Games.

9/1/2011 stefoid: [Ingenero] Character creation -- Its hard work.
Hi, here my link: http://ingenero.wordpress.com/downloads/ My game concentrates on character building over world building.  The idea is that given a general premise covering the general types of things the characters…
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Participants: stefoid, Daniel36, Thriff, Cedric.

9/1/2011 Zachary_Wolf: [I Am A Survivor] Self Contained Character Sheet / Game
Hey Forge! So a few weeks back my buddy came into town for the weekend and wanted to get a session going. I asked the crew what type of game…
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Participants: Zachary_Wolf, gtroc, Daniel36, Sp4m, aryus.

9/4/2011 Sp4m: Slander: A game of courtly scandal for 4-6 players (DOWNLOAD!)
My first Card Game is ready for Beta Test. If any of you want to give feedback, I would be hugely appreciative. It's a party game, designed to be fun,…
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Participants: Sp4m, Ron Edwards.

9/5/2011 Brimshack: Stealth Magic and Challeges Eclipsing a Single Encounter
Okay, so I have a pretty conventional high fantasy RPG, Worlds of Hurt, I've posted about it off and on here over the years). It's largely encounter-based, but I have…
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Participants: Brimshack, Noon, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Rubbermancer, 1Plus2D6.

9/5/2011 Sp4m: [Slander] a game of courtly scandal... is too slow.
Okay Forge! I've written a new party/ card game, and after my first test run even though the game idea is funny, the game play is simple, the actual game…
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Participants: Sp4m, Ron Edwards, Noon.

9/5/2011 Living Legend: Historical fantasy game: need a new term for adventurer
Hey everyone, heard about The Forge at Gencon this year.  I was hoping you all could help me.  I've been working on an historical fantasy game for a couple years…
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Participants: Living Legend, killxo, Ron Edwards, Roguelantern, contracycle, Daniel36.

9/6/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria RPG Feedback.
Hello fellow Forgers, :) I see from my game's website statistics that approximately 400 people have visited the download page and I'm presuming that a reasonable amount of those visitors…
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Participants: Stregheria Games, Noon, K.Hoffren.

9/8/2011 jebailey: Skill system: use of phrases
My original skill system was based around verbs. Players would choose skills such as "shoot", "hide", "sneak." This worked, but my players wanted something that could be more specific. In…
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Participants: jebailey, gtroc, stefoid, Noon, contracycle, Rubbermancer, Richard, phatonin.

9/11/2011 Hunnenkoenig: Help to fund our next iPhone/PC RPG card game
Hello! I just found this forum and I registered, because we started a crowd funding project at IndieGoGo. We are a serious company with a track record on the Appstore…
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Participants: Hunnenkoenig.

9/12/2011 Richard: [Echelon A&A] Character advancement and class(less) problem.
Hello chaps. I seem to have hit a devil of a quandary in the development of my game (Echelon, currently sitting in a rather rough alpha state at http://www.latech.co.uk/rpg )…
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Participants: Richard, BubbaBrown, Noon, Daniel36, Kyles Games.

9/12/2011 bosky: Dinosaur Cowboys skirmish game
[center][img]http://dinosaurcowboys.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/logo.png[/img][/center] Hi, first post here. I've been developing a game for a while now and it feels pretty solid and playable by this point. I haven't had much luck getting…
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Participants: bosky, Kyles Games, Daniel36, Thriff, sumonkhan44.

9/13/2011 Cedric: [Föld] "moral inhibitions" system?
Hi all, I am a french author (apologies for my english mistakes by the way) of a RPG universe called 'Föld'. In a nutshell, it's a frozen post-apocalyptic world where…
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Participants: Cedric, Noon, stefoid, Thriff.

9/14/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria Going Into Print.
Sorry Ron to post again but I needed to get this last piece of news out: I've taken time off work to finish my book and have been working my…
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Participants: Stregheria Games, Daniel36, daranp, Kyles Games.

9/15/2011 daranp: Scenes from the Mall
Hi, I am in the process of writing the first scenario for the ParaSpace Role Playing System. Scenes from the mall begins with a wraith awakening and zombie uprising (although,…
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Participants: daranp, Mike Sugarbaker, Daniel36.

9/15/2011 SaintSinner40k: Best Place to Start on Game Design
So I have been mulling over this idea for a sci fi horror game for a while, & have even wrote up some basic background & system ideas for it,…
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Participants: SaintSinner40k, Kyles Games, Thriff, stefoid.

9/16/2011 Drachasor: Different Resolution Mechanics
I've been thinking a lot about resolution mechanics lately.  Has anyone ever gone through and done an examination of the pros and cons of different mechanics? By this I mean…
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Participants: Drachasor, Thriff, dreamborn, Kyles Games, Ar Kayon, Roguelantern, Noon, Richard, gtroc, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2011 Dan Maruschak: [Final Hour of a Storied Age] Adding a "relief valve" to my dice mechanic
A few months ago, one of the listeners of my podcast (Designer vs. Reality, my AP podcast about playtesting roleplaying games by independent game designers) was kind enough to run…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, Noon, Ron Edwards, mark2v.

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