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9/14/2010 ekb: EKB's Game Thread
another fun word in there - soujourn: to reside briefly in a place Crunch: a 10-place scale between "Desert of the real" and "City-as-simulacrum" with some sort of token/mark-off system…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: ekb.

9/14/2010 DavidEBest: [The End of All Things] David's Game Thread
Hey everyone, My name is Dave, and this is my first attempt at a Game Chef game. Bear with me, please. I've been tossing around game concepts since the contest…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: DavidEBest.

9/13/2010 JeffR: A Trick of the Light
The Central Idea: A small game about a small group of people who meet in an abandoned city in the middle of a desert. Mostly told in flashbacks about how…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: JeffR, Gorgoo.

9/13/2010 John Stephens: [Sorcerer] How to play a sorcerer
So, we had another session on Friday continuing our adaptation of the Training Run scenario. Afterward, we had a long conversation about the adversity and intensity of the session. Steve…
In Adept Press
Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Paiku.

9/13/2010 davidberg: fiction-based rule use (one fun option)
Here's an approach that I enjoy: 1) Everyone discusses and agrees on the state of the fiction, covering relevant details.  Who's where, etc.  Authority here comes from, (a) first, what…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Chris_Chinn, masqueradeball, Roger, Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, Marshall Burns.

9/13/2010 merlin: Vegas baby, Yeah!
I've just started on my game idea. It's called "Vegas baby, Yeah!" and it's a game about excess and it's consequences set in Sin City, Nevada. Here's the premise: Vegas,…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: merlin, wildduck.

9/13/2010 The Dragon Master: Bound Possessor Demons...
A few things have led me to consider the notion of a Possessor Demon that is possessing the Sorcerer that Bound it. In Sorcerers Soul it talks about the possibility…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko.

9/13/2010 Roger: Character and Persona
As we all know, the recognized Components of Character are Effectiveness, Resources, and Positioning.  Some recent thinking about traits and aspects in games such as Primetime Adventures and Spirit of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roger, masqueradeball.

9/13/2010 lumpley: Putting Games to Faces
Games to names, really. In this thread, please say your name, say the title or working title of your game, say a quick sentence or two about your game, and…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: lumpley, B4GD, il mietitore, Bryan Hansel, hardcoremoose, Ben Lehman, merlin, Frank Tarcikowski, Jay Loomis, Gryffudd, ekb, PeterBB, Vulpinoid, ShaneM, wildduck, Jason Pitre, devlin1, aryus, baxil, davide.losito, jasonm, JeffR, masqueradeball, Sebastian, Revontuli.

9/13/2010 dindenver: [Edge of Mystery] Dave's Game thread
All,   My game is inspired by Harry Potter and other such magical fantasies. You can see my working Draft here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EsslLQ4dSs8CwzH6bkV9XJg0W5nFDlqM8cUm5Wv4naY I am finishing up the first draft tonight…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: dindenver, masqueradeball, Darla Shockley, Vulpinoid, Shreyas Sampat.

9/13/2010 vattnig_socka: Search for Haven
Hi. I'm new to the forge. Failed to deliver in a "dogma contest" earlier this summer (at a Swedish rpg forum), hoping to reclaim my honour with this competition. I'll…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: vattnig_socka, Jonathan Walton.

9/13/2010 Ron Edwards: [Contenders] Grit, pain, and gangsters in 1930s Chicago
The Dice Dojo is fast becoming my regular Tuesday night out. This time I brought a whole bag of games: The Shab al-Hiri Roach, Bliss Stage, Contenders, Nine Worlds, Sign…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Dantai.

9/13/2010 PeterBB: Peter's Game Thread
I reserve the right to throw out everything and start completely fresh, if this doesn't pan out. That said, here are my thoughts so far: This year's ingredients have gotten…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: PeterBB, Vulpinoid.

9/13/2010 Kevin Allen Jr: Kevin's Game Thread
So my first steps where whipping up an introduction and a mood board, we'll see where this goes: "560 horses rage across the scrub plain, belching fire, kicking rocks and…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, Frank Tarcikowski, jasonm.

9/12/2010 Bryan Hansel: Bryan's Game Thread
At the crossroads, a pile of broken water-rich rock marked the road west; the north road bore a sign marked 'To New Askja.' Those who could read went north. You…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Bryan Hansel, jasonm, Frank Tarcikowski, Jonathan Walton, Kevin Allen Jr, baxil.

9/12/2010 aleric: [Gurps 4E] Lorekeepers
Background: Gurps 4th Edition High Fantasy with Steampunk elements (loosely based on Wheel of Time, and elements from Game of Thrones and survival horror). Setting: We're a group of thirty…
In Actual Play
Participants: aleric, Clay, Caldis.

9/12/2010 jasonm: Jason's Game Thread
My game's coming along. Here's the introduction: A rag-tag group of would-be heroes are thrown together on a harrowing journey of survival - and self-discovery! Danger Mountain! is a game…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: jasonm, Bryan Hansel, Kevin Allen Jr.

9/12/2010 B4GD: Society: The Advising
Hello, Thought I would throw this out there for the contest as I needed some different ways to think for a few days. For this contest, I chose: • City…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: B4GD, davidberg.

9/12/2010 Shreyas Sampat: The Perfect Tool
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Af4g2fDbqFhYZGNrOTVqZDRfMjJmazV0eGpkNA&hl=en&authkey=CInOsbcK Inspirations: - DRYH - That crappy Aeon Flux movie - Burn Notice - Mission: Impossible
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Bryan Hansel, baxil, dindenver.

9/12/2010 lumpley: Vincent's game thread
Membrane urban horror You haven't been married long, and now she hasn't come home. Can you go to her? Can she come back to you?
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: lumpley.

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9/14/2010 epweissengruber: In this Sign I Conquer: Story Game of Galactic Conquest
I want to see a game where the GM is a referee between two species competing for domination of the Galaxy. The inspirations are * Theory from the Closet's interview…
In First Thoughts
Participants: epweissengruber, stefoid, contracycle, Gregor Hutton.

9/14/2010 ristarr: [MLWM] newbie scenario
I just played MLFM at dragoncon for the first time. My copy just arrived in the mail today ( thanks for the extremely fast shipping! ). I am going to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: ristarr, Adam Dray.

9/14/2010 wildduck: Sean Nittner's Game Thread
What grabbed me about the contest, was the theme: Journey.  I was instantly reminded of the Ribbon Drive game I played with Joe, Justin and Zach last year at Gen…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: wildduck, buffaloraven.

9/14/2010 Gunnox: LichSpace - Any ideas???
-Please read the DrakeStrike post before reading this because that post contains info about the main mechanics- While I work on LichScape (First known as DrakeStrike) I got the idea…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gunnox, chronoplasm.

9/14/2010 buffaloraven: Travis's Game
Working Title: The Fall of Granada. Pitch: In 1492, Castillians and other Europeans destroyed the last of the Berber Muslim kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Granada.  The ‘great’ Reconquista of…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: buffaloraven, wildduck.

9/14/2010 AdriannaDD: [Chrysalis] 2 Players, 1 Body
Just to review Chrysalis is a game about teenagers who find their bodies host to an extraterrestrial parasite that just wants to go home and all the while trying to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: AdriannaDD, VAgentZero, a flight of stairs, Necromantis.

9/15/2010 Kalladeron: [Multiverse] Need some help and advices.
Hi everybody, I am trying develop a RPG system and I need some help and advices. My objective is create a system focused on action for fantasy settings. I think…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kalladeron, Certified.

9/15/2010 Courage75: [SS] Ability Ranks Beyond Grandmaster?
Hi All, For those of you who don't know, I've been running a monthly Werewolf: the Forsaken (W:tF) game using SS for a while now and it is still going…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Courage75, Eero Tuovinen.

9/15/2010 devlin1: Mike's Game Thread (Title Pending)
I don't really have anything to post here right now, but I said I'd start a thread, so... here it is. I guess I can post some thoughts on a…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: devlin1.

9/15/2010 Fabienh: [Polaris] Resources
I have read Polaris, which seems to be a really great game. Unfortunately, I cannot download the resources. For instance : http://www.tao-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/polarissheet5.pdf leads to an error. Since I ordered Polaris…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Fabienh, Artanis.

9/15/2010 Thor: [The Twelve Battles of Arthur Nobel] thor's game
Not a good time, not the game I should be working on, yadda yadda..... TBoAN is a Western Set on the Mars of Edger Rice Burroughs and recapitulating the twelve…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Thor, jasonm.

9/15/2010 Motipha: Review of Zombie Cinema at the Jankcast
Hey all.  I'm a host on the jankcast, a gaming podcast where we do mostly discuss things in gaming that we've been thinking about.  We occasionally do reviews, and have…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Motipha, Eero Tuovinen, toddjank.

9/15/2010 Nath: [black dog] play report
Game Summary: Black Dog is a jeepform scenario for 3-6 players, playing out one character's descent into depression.  The main protagonist character passes between different players in different scenes.  A…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nath, Noon, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2010 aryus: Martin's Game Thread
Almost forgot about this. First time doing the Game Chef. Love all the cool game ideas. Anyway, here's what I'm working on: Necropolis, The Journey from Death to the Afterlife.…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: aryus, baxil.

9/15/2010 a flight of stairs: Allignment
I'm writing something realism-heavy, and I was wondering how important allignment is to realism-based RPGs. I came up with the following, which is comprehensive but clunky. Good/Evil Pure/Corrupt Lawful/Unlawful Moral/Immoral…
In First Thoughts
Participants: a flight of stairs, Noon, Coplantor, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, Locke, BunniRabbi.

9/16/2010 davidberg: David Berg's game
[b]Core mechanic idea: Secret tribunal.[/b] 1. Each player leaves the room, while the other players (in character) briefly discuss them. - 1a) If they disobeyed the last vote, assign them…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: davidberg, Frank Tarcikowski.

9/16/2010 vellu82: [Solar System] Extended Conflict
Hi. I have a little question about the Extended Conflict. Here is part of the wiki (with underlined the part of my interest): There are two reasons for escalating: one…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: vellu82, Eero Tuovinen.

9/16/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Fast and Multiple Actions. An epiphany... I think
While working up a character who was meant to be a berserker, it occurred to me that the rules don't support a character who's noticably faster than the other characters…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Paiku, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2010 Jon_Wake: Open-Source Springpunk Setting
Here's the dish-- I'm Jon, I'm a comic writer and gaming nerd from highschool onward.  I've written a comic called Virtuoso.  It's a Creative Commons (Attribution, Share-Alike) licensed book, so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Jon_Wake, Mike Sugarbaker, Abkajud.

9/16/2010 Claudia Cangini: The Coolest Thing of GnoccoCon and a interview with Graham Walmsley
Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/narrattiva is a short english/italian interview of designer Graham Walmsley about A Taste for Murder,italian conventions and other things plus the just uploaded "Coolest thing of GnoccoCon" (which shows…
In Conventions
Participants: Claudia Cangini.

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