Subsequent Topics 3/22/2007 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Artists needed!
[i]The Fifth World[/i] is a post-apocalyptic pseudo-utopian setting in a neo-tribal future four hundred years after civilization's collapse. Right now we have an extraordinary crew of people working on this…
In Connections
Participants: jefgodesky.
10/19/2007 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Core mechanic
Sgëno!
I've been working on and off for a while now on an RPG called "The Fifth World." The last version, 0.2, came out almost a year ago. It basically…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, Vulpinoid, phatonin, PlatonicPimp, monstah, c.
11/14/2007 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Practical concerns about my character sheet
Sgëno!
I have an idea I'm really taken with at the moment about using a compass/medicine wheel/mandala as a character sheet (Design Diary entry with full details), where skills/traits/attributes are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, monstah, Simon C, J Tolson, PlatonicPimp, Selene Tan, Vulpinoid.
11/19/2007 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Power 19
I haven't finished even the general idea of the rules for The Fifth World, but answering the Power 19 still helps put a focus on what those rules need to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, J Tolson, ChadDubya.
2/26/2008 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] How might you model tracking with beads and a mancala board?
[i]These previous threads should help introduce some of the concepts this game idea works with: [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25218.0]Power 19 for the Fifth World[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25076.0]previous discussion about a core mechanic[/url]. I also started…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, Guy Srinivasan, Creatures of Destiny, PlatonicPimp, madunkieg.
7/17/2008 jefgodesky: Requiring players to use oracles vs. leaving them as a backup option
Without digging into too much detail, my game could require some fairly intense bouts of creativity, like coming up with riddles. I realize this is not something I can expect…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky.
9/16/2008 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Local playtesters needed, Pittsburgh, PA area
[url=http://thefifthworldsg.blogspot.com/2007/11/introducing-fifth-world-in-forge.html]Introducing [i]The Fifth World[/i] in Forge parlance[/url] (admittedly, a little out of date, but still mostly true).
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[li][b]Previous threads:[/b] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25076.0]Core mechanic[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25190.0]Practical concerns about my character sheet[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25836.0]How might…
In Connections
Participants: jefgodesky.
9/17/2008 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Revised Power 19
[url=http://"http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=26768.0"]Looking for playtesters[/url] now that it's gotten close enough to do such things, I realized that [i]The Fifth World[/i] had evolved a bit as I'd worked on it, and the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky.
11/23/2008 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Plot arc engines and oral storytelling
My goal for <em>The Fifth World</em> involves doing for ecopsychology and deep ecology what <em>Star Trek</em> did for humanism: using fiction to explore a hopeful vision of the future. In…
In Playtesting
Participants: jefgodesky, Ron Edwards.
2/9/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] First playtest of the v0.5.2 rules
I ran a round of playtests on the previous iteration of the rules last November, which led to some rules changes which required work on an extensive catalog of spirits…
In Playtesting
Participants: jefgodesky, Spooky Fanboy.
5/3/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Building an adversity economy from the map
[url=http://thefifthworldsg.blogspot.com/2009/04/fifth-world-in-forge-parlance-one-more.html]My most recent stab at the Power 19 for this project.[/url]
To summarize the relevant bits as succinctly as possible, the game's fiction deals with tribes of feral humans living…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, Vulpinoid, pells, JoyWriter, Brimshack.
8/26/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] Gift economy using Debt
Hello! I've playtested a couple versions of this game, threw them out, redesigned them, playtested again, and threw them out a few times now.
Most recently, Bill White pointed me…
In First Thoughts
Participants: jefgodesky, Simon C, jasonm, Bill_White, JoyWriter, Noon.
8/26/2009 jefgodesky: GASPcon 10 - Trying to bring indie games to Pittsburgh, PA
<a href="http://gaspgamer.com/gasp_con/gaspcon.html">GASPcon 10</a>
<a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do;jsessionid=FB99B7B17E7D0B0CA81FF23C989CF2F6?propertyCode=39028">Best Western Parkway Center Mall</a>
875 Greentree Rd
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15
This year, GASPcon's organizers have asked me to try…
In Conventions
Participants: jefgodesky.
11/1/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] I need playtesters!
Last night, after three years of work, I finished the rough draft of my game, the Fifth World. It's gone through some major revisions, and the current form doesn't bear…
In Connections
Participants: jefgodesky.
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