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4/16/2012 AsthmaticHamster: [Young Turks at the Cafe] Requisite dump thread
Hi all, Just submitted my game, and totally neglected to talk about it over here. It's been a hellish week, but it's done! If you wanna comment or anything, bring…
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Participants: AsthmaticHamster.

4/15/2012 Stan: Coyote Apocalypse
Here's the submission: Coyote Apocalypse, coyote spirits racing to reform their god and competing to be dominant:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3-re9IokgC4Z0NLSTdMVzRvdFE Unfortunately, there is one key play aid that kept getting hosed up…
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Participants: Stan.

4/15/2012 Michael S. Miller: <meta>forum</post>
[b]PLEASE DO NOT POST TO THIS THREAD![/b] This thread will contain the text of the game itself. If you want to discuss the game, feel free to open another thread…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

4/14/2012 Sp4m: [Doctors' Feud] It's like Mafia, if everyone was Mafia. Plus Cryptography.
Doctor's Feud is a 4-6+ player parlor game, playable with a timer and a deck of cards. The Narrative puts the players in the operating room, working together to save…
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Participants: Sp4m.

4/14/2012 Ben Lehman: Dying, Desperate, and Afraid
This is my game. It's about homeopathic doctors, and it is inspired by Hungry, Desperate, and Alone. Dying, Desperate, and Afraid. Ingredients: Doctor Mimic Coyote Note: Numbers are not balanced…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, davidberg.

4/14/2012 Melinglor: My main entry: The Lady and The Tower
Here's what I've got so far: The Lady and the Tower lngredients: Lantern Doctor Dark Ages Describing Credibility From Trials Distilled Thread: "At the top of the castle…
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Participants: Melinglor, dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

4/14/2012 davidberg: [Area 51 Dark] 3 characters in one body
In 1955, the Govt set up Area 51, a giant area in southern Nevada where strange lights and sounds are occasionally seen and heard for miles around.  Nearby towns have…
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Participants: davidberg.

4/14/2012 JoyWriter: Character relationships module/larp game - creative block on characters!
Ok totally mind blocked, here's the game, and you'll soon see where the problem is: One of the players is a mimic hired to fix someone's relationships; part family therapist,…
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Participants: JoyWriter.

4/13/2012 dmkdesigns: DMK's 3 crazy game ideas for Game Chef 2012
Hello! I've been working on three game ideas. Below are my ingredients, brief intro write-ups for each game and PDF links for the current drafts. INGREDIENTS (2 sets) 4 Words:…
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Participants: dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

4/13/2012 Liam Burke: Big Chiefs - a game about Native Americans and the white people who love them
Here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVsccienUbSjFVMHKP6K5X2zU5yYiDgio6Vw0yBOBNg/edit I wasn't originally going to enter after all, but I was talking with Tom Lawrence and some others in IRC, and he was complaining about feeling…
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Participants: Liam Burke, Thomas Lawrence, Jonathan Walton, whduryea, Troy_Costisick, devlin1.

4/12/2012 Mathalus: [Coyote Won't Talk] (We gonna wear masks)
Here's a link to the current draft of my game chef game. The layout is... well, I'm having a friend step in and help me. I'm curious if: You have…
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Participants: Mathalus, Troy_Costisick, leonard w, OrionCanning, Robert Bruce, dmkdesigns, Melinglor.

4/12/2012 Dev: A Narrativist Wargame / A Walk Through The Forge
I'm going go for using all four of my Forge threads as my inspirations, and will build a <b>Narrative Wargame</b> of some sort. If you're a bit tl;dr, my very…
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Participants: Dev, Jason Pitre.

4/11/2012 Melinglor: My initial ideas--which ones grab ya?
THese are the rough concepts that popped out on my readthrough of my ingredients. I def don't hav e time to do all of them, so tell me which ones…
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Participants: Melinglor, Troy_Costisick, Dev, Jason Pitre, JeffR, Mathalus.

4/11/2012 Melinglor: Crowdsourcing my ingredient threads
OK, I'd like help pulling inspiration out of these threads, and I could use some fresh eyeballs and different perspectives. So if you'd be so kind, scan these threads (certainly…
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Participants: Melinglor.

4/11/2012 dindenver: [InGendarme] Screne Framing Flow
OK,   So, what I have is an expansion of UN Charter Article 42. Which allows the UN Security Council to create other organs (their term for sub organizations) in…
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Participants: dindenver, Jason Pitre.

4/11/2012 Sp4m: [Shady Grove] Worst Game Idea Ever, because Alzheimers isn't FUN. Help!
I'm not sure what I should do... Should I try to salvage the gameplay, or wipe the board clean and start again? Are there any ideas out there to make…
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Participants: Sp4m, Jonathan Walton, Mathalus, jackson_tegu, dmkdesigns.

4/10/2012 thadrine: [Death of a Husband] It seems like several of us had a similar idea.
60-90 Minutes for exactly 4 players Theme Last Chance: The last moments before death a man life is layed before him as his friends and family watch. The problem is,…
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Participants: thadrine, tor, Troy_Costisick, JTColeman.

4/10/2012 Fractal Advocate: Forgot To Write Down A Link
So I was making my theurapeutic pre-apocalyptic drinking game, and I went back to check my links, and... I wrote one of them down wrong. And can't find it via…
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Participants: Fractal Advocate, Troy_Costisick, Eliarhiman6, Jonathan Walton.

4/9/2012 Dan Maruschak: Untitled DrWho Project
My four threads are: Answers to Power 19 Character Creation placement Chrono Master? "Blowing Stuff Up" - Basic Draft I was already leaning towards something Doctor Who-related once…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, mrteapot, jjspackle, PeterBB, Troy_Costisick.

4/9/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] My 2012 Game Chef Entry
Heya, Finally got some inspiration last night, and I'm ready to go.  I'll be using Coyote, Doctor, Lantern, and Mimic as my ingredients.  My plan is to do a one-shot…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Sp4m, PeterBB, Mathalus.

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4/16/2012 JohnEvans: The Darklantern Circus
The Darklantern Circus wanders from town to town, performing for only a night or two before moving on. Even in a world lousy with magicians, there is something magical about…
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Participants: JohnEvans.

4/16/2012 greyorm: [The Words] A desperate gamble to finish in time
So for some reason I ended up directed to the rules for last year, and thus thought I had until June to worry about Game Chef (and thus not in…
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Participants: greyorm, Troy_Costisick.

4/17/2012 quad: [Like moths...] (not) random ramblings.
Ok, so Arthur asked me to put this thread up to, if I may quote, "see how much we suck" ;) Few things about the background: we were supposed to…
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Participants: quad.

4/18/2012 Mathalus: Trading Review Assignments
[i]Jwalt says: If you end up being assigned a close friend’s game to review, please try to arrange a swap with another chef, trading review assignments with them. This is…
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Participants: Mathalus.

4/19/2012 whduryea: Missing Entries on Submissions Page
So, I've been browsing the submissions one by one while preparing for a Game Chef themed podcast, and I've noticed that I few of the links open empty Google docs…
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Participants: whduryea, tor, Fractal Advocate, Jonathan Walton.

4/19/2012 Troy_Costisick: [Constructs of Azazeal] Game Chef Review
Constructs of Azazael Review By: Troy M. Costisick When I looked at the four games I was going to have to review for Game Chef, I couldn’t have been happier. …
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Kyles Games.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Heist] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Theresa Strike Title: Heist Link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PjNWBzSX9S6Ad9g9Fqa2SKGo1aLrjokJHURpaMX1YnU/edit Word Count: 1150 Elevator Pitch: Synchronize your watches, because the police are on their way and time is running out. Eligibility: Yes, provided…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Coyotesong] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Joel P. Shempert Title: Coyotesong: a Game of Leaving Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4-ngDh2J_4jPJOvmKrAO11dmdk2mnrBnp3s1T19OE4/edit Elevator Pitch: A personal ritual game to play, with friends or alone, to say farewell to a place…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Like moths ...] Game Chef review by Mael
Chefs: Artur Cnotalski, Szymon Gosek Title: Like moths… Link: http://shadowsof.pl/like_moths.pdf Elevator Pitch: Dr. Moreau minions are fighting for survival within a twisted and deadly arena. Only the strongest will survive.…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Coyote Doctor] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Julian Hyde Title: Coyote Doctor Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IaLJqU4Wa1HtuxkF_whN5UuDG_FUpWxsT9lcFR0Q2co/edit Elevator Pitch: Godlike entities race against time to recover the Lantern in a dying universe, while the Coyote attempts to thwart them…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/23/2012 whduryea: Mom's Basement: Game Chef Episode
Just wanted to let everyone know that Rudy (FetusCommander), Alex Swingle and I recorded a Game Chef themed podcast. Our Ronnie Awards Top 5s episodes went over pretty well, so…
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Participants: whduryea.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Coyotes in Dark Alleyways] An unofficial review
[url=http://semielgames.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/coyotes-in-dark-alleyways.pdf]Coyotes in Dark Alleyways[/url] by Peter Borah (PeterBB) wasn't one of my assigned reviews, but I wanted to post a review of it anyway. Metaphorical coyotes have featured very prominently…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, PeterBB.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Young Turks at the Cafe] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Young Turks at the Cafe by Zachary Donovan but I wanted to post one anyway. This is an interesting premise for a game, since…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, AsthmaticHamster.

4/28/2012 Dan Maruschak: [The Coyote Lode] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review The Coyote Lode by Troy M. Costisick but I wanted to post one anyway. This is a very complete and playable game. It obviously…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak.

4/29/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Liminal] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Liminal by Robert Bruce but I wanted to post one anyway. Liminal has some really interesting ideas in it. I really like the idea…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, Robert Bruce.

5/3/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Whispers in the Dark] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Whispers in the Dark by Jacob Possin, but he asked for additional feedback so I decided to post some. Whispers in the Dark starts…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, gtroc.

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