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6/25/2005 David Bapst: Sim Centralization - Dependency on the GM and Alternatives
So, I've been giving my collection a partial read through lately, partly spurned on by a friend to "fix" a system we used to play (Long story why: I argued…
In RPG Theory
Participants: David Bapst, Noon, komradebob, John Kim, Lee Short, timfire, John Burdick, M. J. Young.

6/28/2005 David Bapst: Simulationist Reward Systems
What are the reward systems that support a Simulationist CA? I seem to have found several types that are repeated over and over again, but I’m unsure if they really…
In RPG Theory
Participants: David Bapst, Nathan P., beingfrank, Gaerik, John Kim, Rob Carriere, M. J. Young, Silmenume.

7/10/2005 David Bapst: Tourism
So, I've been messing around with some larger project lately, and this was sitting in a random folder. It's one of those "Have a sudden idea in Petrology lecture, rush…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: David Bapst, Resonantg.

7/10/2005 David Bapst: Shadows
Well, this is a bigger project than what I've posted. It... started off as one of those challenges I take now and then to retool another system better... well, I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: David Bapst.

9/4/2005 David Bapst: [Pulse] Gamist Initiative System
Hey all, This is part of CRPG-inspired Gamist RPG I developed last spring, and then set aside for six months while I collected my thoughts. I've come back to it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: David Bapst, Noon, knicknevin, Graham Walmsley, Darcy Burgess, nsruf, Hans, John Harper.

3/17/2006 David Bapst: Resource: Forrester's Principles of Systems
Hey Forgites, First off, sorry I've faded out of discussions over the past year. Research in paleobiology has been the focus of most of my attention, but I have been…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David Bapst, Mark Johnson.

7/8/2006 David Bapst: Sim Oneshot System; First Playtest and Partial Dissolution of System
Session Report First Playtest and Incomplete Dissolution of System Last night, I tried to run the first playtest session of a system I’d been working on for the past year…
In Playtesting
Participants: David Bapst, Filip Luszczyk, zmook, Czar Fnord, davidberg, Paul T.

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