Previous Topics 11/21/2004 Damocles: Variations and house rules
So I got PTA a while ago and am pretty psyched about it. And one thing I particularly like is that it seems to lend itself to fiddling around with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Damocles, John Harper.
6/19/2004 Damocles: [Out of Hell] first notes for a comedy game
Hello,
you probably don't remember me, but I used to post a bit here a fairly long time ago. I had some ideas for games that never really went anywhere,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Damocles, Dumirik, Chris Goodwin, Jasper.
11/9/2001 Damocles: levelling down
A while ago, I was trying to come up with an original approach to rpgs by looking at the standard things you find in most rpgs and... fiddling with them,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Damocles, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Laurel, Matt Gwinn, Mithras, Matt.
11/9/2001 Damocles: Imitating other media
It's pretty much a commonplace that new media start out by imitating other media and then start to develop into new and unique directions. Roleplaying games are strange in that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Damocles, Mike Holmes, Laurel, Ron Edwards, Epoch, unodiablo.
6/6/2001 Damocles: Preventing dysfunction
Most of the time, game design seems to be concerned with attempts to faciliate (or create) a certain style of play. But lately I have been wondering whether it should…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Damocles, Ron Edwards, John Wick, joshua neff, james_west, greyorm.
5/28/2001 Damocles: silly little game: "Trust me."
"Trust Me" (First Draft)
__Introduction__
"Trust Me" is a minimalist universal roleplaying game emphasizing mutual trust between players and game master.
After a fashion.
__What You Need__
For each player:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Damocles, james_west.
5/27/2001 Damocles: Time
I have been thinking about the role of time in rpgs. Not so much story time vs. real world time, but practical issues like how long a session lasts, how…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Damocles, Ron Edwards, james_west, greyorm.
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