Previous Topics 9/8/2010 chronoplasm: Dwarf: Wounds and Character Advancement So I'm designing a game all about dwarves and I had a few ideas for mechanics. I'd like to run these by you and ask some questions.
A dwarf's life… In First Thoughts Participants: chronoplasm, Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Eric Schwenke, flossy, Abkajud.
9/7/2010 KevinH: [Ghostbusters] Salty Seamen at the Strip Club Lacking a copy of Inspectres, I decided to run the classic GB RPG.
One thing I stole was the Confessional. I told the players they were involved in a fly-on-the-wall… In Actual Play Participants: KevinH, stingray20166, Jared A. Sorensen.
9/7/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Character Sheets... I'm getting ready to start working on a Sorcerer campaign, and wanted to pick up some pdf Demon sheets so that I could have an electronic copy to transmit to… In Adept Press Participants: The Dragon Master, Finarvyn, Paiku, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Ben Morgan.
9/7/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Lukuls the Savage and troubles So I played S/lay w/Me with Carly over the weekend. She's not particularly new to roleplaying since she's in my Apocalypse World game that's been going on for a couple… In Actual Play Participants: Bret Gillan, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Ron Edwards.
9/7/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing a new series of interviews Greetings from the ENnies!
This is a quick announcement to let you know about the new weekly series on the site. I have been interviewing past nominees and winners of… In Conventions Participants: reveal, Ron Edwards.
9/7/2010 psychomatic: Hitchhikers Guide Universe Yo im new. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is my favorite science fiction series in the world. Its my favorite series in general in the world. Iv'e read every douglas… In First Thoughts Participants: psychomatic, Vulpinoid, Ar Kayon, DDurand.
9/7/2010 a flight of stairs: Artist Plz As you may have guessed from the subject line, I need an artist, preferably one with interests inside and outside of RPGs, although I understand that the former is this… In Connections Participants: a flight of stairs.
9/7/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Pool] Ghosts & guns & bodies Hi everyone,
I'm working on a big essay about The Pool, a short game published on-line by James V. West in 2001. He had an active forum here at the… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis, Frank Tarcikowski, Roger, Motipha, Noon, greyorm.
9/6/2010 Eric Schwenke: Educating your group on CA to prevent premature hair-loss Hello, I've been an on-again off-again lurker for about a decade now. A few years ago I made a post or two in "First-Thoughts" about my quarter-baked ideas for a… In Actual Play Participants: Eric Schwenke, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Clay, Baron, davidberg, Ar Kayon.
9/6/2010 Shimera9: Mezzo Game System - Playtester's Wanted Mezzo is a rpg I've been working on. The game can perhaps best be summed up by a few key features:
Emergent Characters: Character details and traits are defined… In Game Development Participants: Shimera9, Lance D. Allen, Ron Edwards.
9/6/2010 TehCodr: Help with Game Idea: The Tale Of The Tears I'm not sure if this should go here, but it's info on a game I'm creating. I'll move this post if it should be somewhere else.
Please offer suggestions, I'd… In First Thoughts Participants: TehCodr.
9/6/2010 DDurand: My new combat system : Need advices Hi, Sorry for my bad english
I changed home recently, more or less of life, and with all the things a start, i started to rewrite my old homebrew game.… In First Thoughts Participants: DDurand, contracycle.
9/6/2010 dindenver: [MLwM] Question So,
I played this for the first time today.
Is it normal to roll d6 for Love, Fear, Self-Loathing and Weeriness?
And, if so, is it normal… In Half Meme Press Participants: dindenver, Artanis, Adam Dray.
9/5/2010 Noon: Biasing the moment; also mechanical spines (rather than organic ones) I started up a play by post recently and near the start, an NPC character approaches a gap in a wall where a monster was. Da da da, it pops… In Actual Play Participants: Noon, oculusverit, masqueradeball, Anders Gabrielsson, wild_card2007, Roger, contracycle.
9/5/2010 masqueradeball: My first go as a player in 4e Actual Play Report: D&D 4e Latecomer
Last night I joined in a 4e group that had been going on for some 5 to 7 sessions before I joined. The premise… In Actual Play Participants: masqueradeball, Noon, Adam Dray, Frank Tarcikowski, Roger, VAgentZero.
9/5/2010 John Stephens: [Sorcerer] Training run: London, June 1966 After my wife's brother saw us playing Tunnels & Trolls with my daughter and nephew, he started frequently expressing interest in joining the game. He's been playing Dragon Age on… In Adept Press Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, The Dragon Master, jburneko, Paiku, Noclue, Karl.
9/5/2010 Justice Platt: Drifter's Escape purchasing problem I ordered a copy of this game back in May, and have received neither the book nor any acknowledgement of my order or explanation of difficulties. E-mails to taogames@gmail.com and… In These Are Our Games Participants: Justice Platt, remi.
9/5/2010 a flight of stairs: Untitled, awesome spy RPG
I was watching SALT, and at the scene where Angelina Joylene (or however you spell it) created a crude rocket launcher out of a desk leg and owned whatever generic… In First Thoughts Participants: a flight of stairs, Noon, chronoplasm, Magnus Pym.
9/5/2010 ravingmalcontent: [Tales of Hepian] Names for Machines I am making a Steam Punk Themed table top RPG and I have been having one heck of a time trying to come up with better names for machines. Especially… In First Thoughts Participants: ravingmalcontent, Ar Kayon, Noon.
9/4/2010 masqueradeball: Cute Design challenge from Story Games I'm probably a) taking this too seriously and b) running out of time, but I would really like this game to work. I had a cat die recently and this… In First Thoughts Participants: masqueradeball.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 9/8/2010 Eric Schwenke: [QADST (Shitty working title)] Ideas for Persona definition and Conflict/Damage Hello, I'm trying to develop a Purist for System type game to fit many different sorts of settings, with the intent of the rules being designed to be highly customizable. … In First Thoughts Participants: Eric Schwenke, Anekanta, Ar Kayon.
8/15/2010 Tveir: We're playing Pokemon Sorcerer II (split) Speaking of pokemon, this was a pretty interesting read
and made sense of the tv series no less In Adept Press Participants: Tveir, droog, Ron Edwards, lumpley.
9/9/2010 Ron Edwards: [Annalise] In which there is neither Annalise nor a vampire Hello,
So, once a week, Nathan Paoletta and Tim Koppang come over to my place, we have dinner and partake of wine & other bar-based badness, we gossip something awful… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Adam Dray, Gregor Hutton, Tim C Koppang, Nathan P..
9/9/2010 vellu82: A little question about Bonus/Malus Dice I have a little question about bonus and malus dice.
Let's talk about an example:
I make a check with 1 malus die.
(+) ( ) ( ) (-)
so… In Arkenstone Publishing Participants: vellu82, Eero Tuovinen, Paolo D..
9/9/2010 Vortigern: S&S One sheet Alright. Yeah. So. Books+Me = Actually trying to sit down and do a game.
I'm currently the player recruiting phase for my play by post: http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11559
While that is going… In Adept Press Participants: Vortigern, John Stephens, Ron Edwards, Paiku.
9/9/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] Roll Penalties <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30254.0"> Initial Thoughts</a>
Things happen in games that may affect the players ability to take an action or it's effectiveness and my question is how to apply this to… In First Thoughts Participants: AdriannaDD, Adam Dray, Locke.
9/9/2010 Blind Venetian: [Spellbreakers] Beginning Thoughts & Ideas This idea just hit me yesterday and I've been mulling it over since. I've never attempted to make an Indie RPG or even tried writing up anything conceptual before. I… In First Thoughts Participants: Blind Venetian, Adam Dray, Mike Sugarbaker.
9/10/2010 lumpley: Welcome! See the official site for the rules: gamechef.wordpress.com.
Welcome!
-Vincent In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: lumpley, Kevin Allen Jr, jasonm, R00kie, Jonathan Walton, Vulpinoid, devlin1, Revontuli, Mike Holmes, solarom, baxil, hardcoremoose, mreuther.
9/10/2010 Aio: Tournament! First, i would like to say that i hope im posting this in the right place. if not, my apologies.
I'm holding a tournament on maptools next Saturday 9/18/2010 at… In Endeavor Participants: Aio.
9/11/2010 Captain Thark: Thark's Game project thread. Hello there everyone. As you can see, I'm kinda new on this particular forum, and I hope that I don't immediately seem to far out of step with the general… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Captain Thark, masqueradeball, Ben Lehman, Jason Pitre.
9/11/2010 Jason Pitre: Jason Pitre's Thread: A Sojourn in Alexandria I am currently in the process of trying to write up something for GameChef 2010. I will be using the ingredients of City, Desert and Edge.
The basic concept: This… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Jason Pitre, masqueradeball.
9/11/2010 Ben Lehman: Ben's Game Thread What if we had a game which was focused on socialization, but gamist in the way that Moldvay D&D was gamist (half martialling your system resources, half creativity.
Classes:
Dancer… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Ben Lehman, masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, davidberg.
9/11/2010 Jay Loomis: One Way Ticket You've got a one way ticket to the city. Will you find what you're looking for there, or will the journey be what changes your life? In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Jay Loomis, masqueradeball, Jonathan Walton, Jason Pitre.
9/11/2010 Vulpinoid: Vulpinoid's Game Thread Awesome list.
I'm really tempted to do something along the lines of Dark Sun, but a lot of people have already suggested this as a possible inspiration.
Mechanically, since hacks… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, Gryffudd, davidberg, dindenver, baxil.
9/11/2010 masqueradeball: Nolan's Game Thread [b]Journey
[/b] You are trying to get from here to there. There's a pool of dice in the middle of the table called “How Far Have we Come.” The goal… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, Vulpinoid, Bullbar, davidberg, dindenver, Tomas HVM, JeffR.
9/11/2010 Saint Erebus: Brendan C.'s Game Thread I am entirely inexperienced in the realm of game design, but what the hell, I have hubris enough to believe I have a shot at making some horrible, mottled monstrosity… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Saint Erebus, masqueradeball, Jason Pitre.
9/11/2010 hansel: Hans's game thread City-Desert-Skin.
I want to make a game about uninhabited, left-behind, broken parts of a city. Like Detroit.
Also it's 1-player and involves city-management (like, the city is your character, not… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: hansel, baxil, Jason Pitre.
9/11/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: Frank‘s Game Thread: And then Columbus arrived at the Edge of the World Damn. I‘ve got an exam coming up on 5 October, a tough one at that. And so I thought, next year. And then I thought, edge, edge. What if you… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Jason Pitre, PeterBB, Kevin Allen Jr.
9/11/2010 il mietitore: il mietitore's Game Thread Yay, even if i am in the old continent i'll try this one. I just hope i'll be able to write something understandable.
Ingredients:
City, Desert, Skin
Premise:
The game… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: il mietitore, masqueradeball, baxil, Jason Pitre.
9/11/2010 Elizabeth: Elizabeth's game thread So Shreyas and I have been talking FOR YEARS about how to make a sweeping, emotionally-resonant two-player game about the hero's journey that anchors in the players' real sense memories.… In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010 Participants: Elizabeth, masqueradeball, jdfristrom, Ben Lehman, Jason Pitre, Lance D. Allen.
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