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1/29/2010 David C: [GURPS Traveller] What type of play is this?
I was invited by a friend to play some GURPS Traveller. I wasn't particularly interested (ughhh, GURPS...) but I always like meeting new people.  The game was mostly dominated by…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Noon, contracycle, davidberg, athornton.

1/10/2010 David C: "Roleplaying" skill vs Character Skill
This isn't really about my game, but it happened during a playtest, so the rules of the forum regulate that it must go here. One of my players made a…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, Eliarhiman6, Noclue, NN, JoyWriter, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Garbados.

12/29/2009 David C: [Remos] Betrayal of Design Goals?
I've nearly completed my game. But I'm finding that I've betrayed some of my own design goals. The game I've made is somewhere between tactical decision making and story now.…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, Catelf, contracycle, Paul Czege, dindenver, JoyWriter, Darcy Burgess, Noon.

8/11/2009 David C: Playtesting forum and Actual Play forum
I know Ron spends a lot of time on this site, and I am eternally grateful. But since I've arrived, there are a couple things that have bothered me about…
In Site Discussion
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Adam Dray, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Selene Tan, Thunder_God, Patrice, DWeird, M. J. Young, jburneko, JoyWriter, Catelf.

8/9/2009 David C: Getting players to define their characters... also, character death by suicide.
So I'm back to play testing my game and some of the new mechanics in it.  The current group of players are interested in developing a story and a character…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Noon, Simon C, Jasper Flick, Mike Sugarbaker, JoyWriter, Adam Dray, 7VII7, Sam Orton, Catelf.

7/26/2009 David C: Other RPG design forums?
I'm basically just trying to find out what other RPG design forums are out there.  The Forge has its own culture and its own group of regulars, but sometimes you're…
In Connections
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Patrice, ShallowThoughts, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, M. J. Young, greyorm.

5/28/2009 David C: Revisiting an old mechanic
I'm on the umpteenth revision of my game, and I'm trying now to put it into a complete format to share with people.  But as I go over everything, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, Eero Tuovinen, davidberg, Abkajud.

5/10/2009 David C: Sandbox Games, can it be applied to RPGs?
Sandbox games are very popular in the video game world.  You have Grand Theft Auto and The Sims selling more copies than anything else in the market.  I know when…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, Vulpinoid, northerain, MacLeod, Egonblaidd, whiteknife.

5/4/2009 David C: Book Layout
So I'm putting my game into pdf format.  I'd like to get it right the first time, so that I have the option of using the same file for printing…
In Publishing
Participants: David C, Lance D. Allen, Eero Tuovinen, Seamus.

3/29/2009 David C: Magic and the skills to cast it?
As I work on my game, certain parts just don't seem to fit or be of quality anymore.  Now I'm having this problem with the magic skills.  You see, all…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, Guy Srinivasan, Vulpinoid, ShallowThoughts, Egonblaidd, Luke, Capulet, Seamus.

2/5/2009 David C: Morphine: Easing the Pain of Playing D&D
One of the guys I game with wants to start a new campaign of D&D.  Partly this is at the group's behest, because, well let me explain how the game…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, Noon, Wordman, Abkajud, Rustin, Patrice, ShallowThoughts, Hasimir0.

1/25/2009 David C: A random thought: Critical Hits
It occurred to me that in any system that has critical hits, they are immensely popular.  Besides the obvious "Your attack is super effective" bit, I think they have a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, whiteknife, Patrice.

1/14/2009 David C: About Publishing: Can I get an idea what it's like?
After pouring many hours into my game and seeing it become something closer to "complete", I've wanted to consider some of my options about things.  So, if you can give…
In Publishing
Participants: David C, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Graham Walmsley, Willow, greyorm.

12/9/2008 David C: Measuring Success: How good is good enough?
(I'm going to break this into two parts, at first, will be just the "Play", the second part will be a reflection on a few problems.) I've put a lot…
In Playtesting
Participants: David C, JoyWriter, ShallowThoughts, Erudite.

12/3/2008 David C: Has anybody used the pro fantasy map making software?
Ron, I'm not sure where this is supposed to go, so feel free to move it to . I was thinking about using the Pro Fantasy software to make…
In Publishing
Participants: David C, Dementia Games, MatrixGamer, Pelgrane.

12/3/2008 David C: Games with Gamist Resolution?
I received this private message from chance.thirteen the other day, and I asked him if we could move it this discussion to the forum itself.  Hi, Sorry to message out…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, FredGarber, David Artman, chance.thirteen, Ron Edwards.

11/20/2008 David C: Question about the flavor of "Mortal Wounds"?
First of all, my game uses a HP system.  However, if a character suddenly suffers serious damage, they gain what I call a "Mortal Wound."  Mortal Wounds cause the character…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, soundmasterj, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, jag, Eero Tuovinen, ShallowThoughts, Vulpinoid, LionDog.

11/5/2008 David C: "Destiny Mechanic" game meets story
This is actually a branch off of my other topic, "The power 19 cheat sheet." In my game, there is a gamist agenda, as well as some crunch. However, I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Dementia Games, soundmasterj.

11/4/2008 David C: My play history: Discovering myself
I apologize in advance for how long this is. I also added "titles" to help break up my wall of text. Part 1 My play history starts, as they often…
In Actual Play
Participants: David C, soundmasterj, Eero Tuovinen.

11/3/2008 David C: The Power 19 cheat sheet?
I was writing my power 19 and I started encountering questions that definitely got me thinking about things. To begin, I need to provide you some background on my game…
In First Thoughts
Participants: David C, soundmasterj, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, Peter Nordstrand.

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