Previous Topics 12/31/2010 masqueradeball: Chanbara Part 2, Characters
Over in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30807.0 I started talking about a session/scenario framework for a chanbara game that's currently nameless. When Ron pointed out the documentation requirements, I realized I hadn't…
In Game Development
Participants: masqueradeball, Dan Maruschak, Noon.
12/28/2010 masqueradeball: Working Through It
In ruminating on how to make Chanbara fiction work in an RPG I came up with the idea that the GM would determine some aspect of the character that would…
In Game Development
Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Ar Kayon, Noon, dindenver.
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.
9/5/2010 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.
9/4/2010 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.
8/31/2010 masqueradeball: Eucatastrophe
"But the 'consolation' of fairy-tales has another aspect than the imaginative satisfaction of ancient desires. Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Ar Kayon, Anders Gabrielsson.
8/30/2010 masqueradeball: How many Attribute Types?
So, for my game, Shadows, which is a fantasy game that draws its inspiration from, among other things Ninja Scroll, Star Wars, Willow, Watership Down, His Dark Materials, Aesop's Fables,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Adam Dray, Locke, Finarvyn.
8/28/2010 masqueradeball: Pandering for Feedback
This is an alpha draft of a game I'm designing called Shadows (I know that the name is likely already taken, but it works for now, at least). I think…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball.
8/21/2010 masqueradeball: Indie Indie RPG
I want to make a one shot RPG/Party Game cross about Indy kids getting drunk at a party and getting into lots of drama (as in the bad stuff that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, dugfromthearth, sojikai, JasonSWalters.
8/16/2010 masqueradeball: My current endeavors and stumbling towards effective play tests
Okay, introductions: This is the first play test of a game that in retrospect might not have been ready for it. I would call what we did more of a…
In Playtesting
Participants: masqueradeball.
8/14/2010 masqueradeball: Descriptive Text for Character Sheet
The game I'm designing uses 10 characteristics to define characters, all of which could be seen as moral virtues. They're rated from 1 to 6, 1 being the worst and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Moganhio, Necromantis, slashandz.
8/14/2010 masqueradeball: Formalize Conflict Initiation
I need help coming up with a way in which conflicts (when the rules are used) formally begin and end. I'm just generally unhappy with leaving it purely up to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, dugfromthearth, Vulpinoid.
8/12/2010 masqueradeball: You don't have too
I'm working on a game design I hope to play test this Sunday that incorporates an idea I've wanted to try for a long time. In this approach there are…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Anders Gabrielsson, Gryffudd, Paul Czege.
8/11/2010 masqueradeball: Forces of Good: Hey! That's cheating!
Forces of Good is a superhero RPG in which characters are measured by 20 Forces that cover very broad aspects that are common to comic book superheroes (some example Forces…
In Playtesting
Participants: masqueradeball, Garbados, Gryffudd, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.
11/24/2008 masqueradeball: Social Oneupmanship
Here's a one page game that's very rough for handling social maneuvering up amongst the upper classes in a Victorian society. Any thoughts on how to make it better?
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r42kq2vhbqt…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, David C, MikeF, Noon.
11/22/2008 masqueradeball: Scratch the Crunchy Itch
I'm working on a game system (currently called "Hack") that began as a D&D "fix" though one thats extensive enough that it would be neigh unrecognizable such (no d20's, no…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, walruz, David C.
11/11/2008 masqueradeball: Probabilities Please
I'm working on a fantasy game to replace the often frustrating experience that is D&D (in any edition). My "core mechanic" functions like so:
Characters roll 2d if untrained or …
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Eero Tuovinen, ShallowThoughts, NN, Rafu, Ben Lehman, chance.thirteen, Guy Srinivasan, big dummy, Rauðbjørn.
2/26/2008 masqueradeball: Websites
I just signed up to a web host and am working on a website that I hope to be a central hub for my games and other activities (art and…
In Publishing
Participants: masqueradeball, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, jag, anders_larsen, guildofblades.
2/19/2008 masqueradeball: A Language for "The Package"
I've really been thinking about SIM play a lot lately and one thing that struck me is that creating a group language for how define a package might be a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Rich F, davidberg, Marshall Burns.
2/13/2008 masqueradeball: Gods and Such
A while back David Berg posted a thread about generating challenges for an RPG that were organic and not based on the player whim. I think the goal of that…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Rich F, theMonk, Velcanthus, Grinning Moon.
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