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4/11/2012 Melinglor: My initial ideas--which ones grab ya?
THese are the rough concepts that popped out on my readthrough of my ingredients. I def don't hav e time to do all of them, so tell me which ones…
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Participants: Melinglor, Troy_Costisick, Dev, Jason Pitre, JeffR, Mathalus.

4/11/2012 Melinglor: Crowdsourcing my ingredient threads
OK, I'd like help pulling inspiration out of these threads, and I could use some fresh eyeballs and different perspectives. So if you'd be so kind, scan these threads (certainly…
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Participants: Melinglor.

4/11/2012 dindenver: [InGendarme] Screne Framing Flow
OK,   So, what I have is an expansion of UN Charter Article 42. Which allows the UN Security Council to create other organs (their term for sub organizations) in…
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Participants: dindenver, Jason Pitre.

4/11/2012 Cedric: Just a new go at 'status' magic effects...
All, Here a thought I had while considering the gap between 'traditional' high-fantasy spell lists versus the practical subset of those spells which are actually used during game sessions. Due…
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Participants: Cedric, Joseph.

4/11/2012 Sp4m: [Shady Grove] Worst Game Idea Ever, because Alzheimers isn't FUN. Help!
I'm not sure what I should do... Should I try to salvage the gameplay, or wipe the board clean and start again? Are there any ideas out there to make…
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Participants: Sp4m, Jonathan Walton, Mathalus, jackson_tegu, dmkdesigns.

4/10/2012 thadrine: [Death of a Husband] It seems like several of us had a similar idea.
60-90 Minutes for exactly 4 players Theme Last Chance: The last moments before death a man life is layed before him as his friends and family watch. The problem is,…
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Participants: thadrine, tor, Troy_Costisick, JTColeman.

4/10/2012 Fractal Advocate: Forgot To Write Down A Link
So I was making my theurapeutic pre-apocalyptic drinking game, and I went back to check my links, and... I wrote one of them down wrong. And can't find it via…
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Participants: Fractal Advocate, Troy_Costisick, Eliarhiman6, Jonathan Walton.

4/9/2012 Dan Maruschak: Untitled DrWho Project
My four threads are: Answers to Power 19 Character Creation placement Chrono Master? "Blowing Stuff Up" - Basic Draft I was already leaning towards something Doctor Who-related once…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, mrteapot, jjspackle, PeterBB, Troy_Costisick.

4/9/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] My 2012 Game Chef Entry
Heya, Finally got some inspiration last night, and I'm ready to go.  I'll be using Coyote, Doctor, Lantern, and Mimic as my ingredients.  My plan is to do a one-shot…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Sp4m, PeterBB, Mathalus.

4/9/2012 robobot: d20 3pp dead?
Hello, Has d20 3pp gone the way of the dodo? I've got my first 3pp supplement in the wings, but my partner and I suddenly find ourselves asking whether or…
In Publishing
Participants: robobot, greyorm.

4/9/2012 Eliarhiman6: My choice threads about Creative Agenda
For years, most of the theory threads here were about the Creative Agenda concept.  What almost stopped these discussions here at the Forge was the requirement, after the closing of…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6.

4/9/2012 jackvice: [Guilty] & [Invaders Must Die!] - Game Concepts
First of all, I never took part to a Game Chef in the past, though I already tried to design a game (which is soon to be beta-tested, but still…
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Participants: jackvice, Jonathan Walton, Troy_Costisick.

4/9/2012 MrLax: Cafe Lax 2012 - To Put Things Right
Finally came up with a idea for the game. The game is called "To Put Things Right", and the main idea of the game is: A time traveller (Doctor) is…
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Participants: MrLax, osaka, jackson_tegu.

4/9/2012 JobieKenobi: Freedom Nexus
Hi there, I represent a small team of people who are hard at work at an RPG system that we believe is RPG gold, you can build the character you…
In Game Development
Participants: JobieKenobi, Ron Edwards.

4/9/2012 PeterBB: The Coyotes of Chicago
So I think I have a pretty good framework for a game, but I need help with making it actually work. A brief introduction, since I haven't written the first…
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Participants: PeterBB, C. Edwards, Nathan P., Jonathan Walton.

4/8/2012 chronoplasm: [D&D] Carcosa
Four friends of mine were kind enough to drive for two hours through Korean traffic to get this game. I think it was worth it. Everybody had a lot of…
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Participants: chronoplasm.

4/8/2012 Gryffudd: [LANTERN Agents] Or something like that
Well, the threads I got were: http://indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=12796.0    Not much here other than a broken link to a game. http://indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=8572.0      A dice mechanic primer. I don't think there's…
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Participants: Gryffudd, C. Edwards.

4/8/2012 anansi: Space Madness or Ressurection
I have two ideas that are standing out for me so far. Let me show you them. But first! The Ingredients I got: UNSUNG and The Rule of Jared -…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: anansi, C. Edwards, PeterBB, Jonathan Walton, jackson_tegu, gtroc, davidberg, Dev, dmkdesigns.

4/8/2012 Jonathan Walton: [Disorient] A Game About Alienation & Orientalism
I already posted some thoughts on my ingredients on the Game Chef blog. Here's my new pitch: Hong Kong, just before 1900. An aging retiree, "Doctor" Wiley Lam, has organized…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, princess_r, jackson_tegu.

4/8/2012 Eldrad: [Novel RPG] A even more simplified concept.
I am trying for a Nearly Free Form Game concept. I have discussed this concept before in the past and have tweaked it a bit. In play testing this game…
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Participants: Eldrad, Ron Edwards.

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4/12/2012 Nightwing: Frustrated GM
Hi. My name is Paul and have a problem. We play in different systems. Every game becomes boring because the players play mercenaries and wait for the MG they propose…
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Participants: Nightwing, chronoplasm, Artanis, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, stefoid, Eliarhiman6, mael.rimbault, .jayderyu.

4/12/2012 Mathalus: [Coyote Won't Talk] (We gonna wear masks)
Here's a link to the current draft of my game chef game. The layout is... well, I'm having a friend step in and help me. I'm curious if: You have…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Mathalus, Troy_Costisick, leonard w, OrionCanning, Robert Bruce, dmkdesigns, Melinglor.

4/13/2012 Liam Burke: Big Chiefs - a game about Native Americans and the white people who love them
Here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVsccienUbSjFVMHKP6K5X2zU5yYiDgio6Vw0yBOBNg/edit I wasn't originally going to enter after all, but I was talking with Tom Lawrence and some others in IRC, and he was complaining about feeling…
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Participants: Liam Burke, Thomas Lawrence, Jonathan Walton, whduryea, Troy_Costisick, devlin1.

4/13/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] How do I handle race in an Old West Dungeon Crawl Game?
Heya, I want to continue developing my Game Chef Game "The Coyote Lode."  Here's the link to the GC thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=32933.0  Here's the link to the file: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9KW0-YiNVWqMnVrcnpxZzRVc00/edit I had…
In Game Development
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Justin Halliday, Noon, Evergreen, dindenver, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2012 dmkdesigns: DMK's 3 crazy game ideas for Game Chef 2012
Hello! I've been working on three game ideas. Below are my ingredients, brief intro write-ups for each game and PDF links for the current drafts. INGREDIENTS (2 sets) 4 Words:…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

4/14/2012 JoyWriter: Character relationships module/larp game - creative block on characters!
Ok totally mind blocked, here's the game, and you'll soon see where the problem is: One of the players is a mimic hired to fix someone's relationships; part family therapist,…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: JoyWriter.

4/14/2012 davidberg: [Area 51 Dark] 3 characters in one body
In 1955, the Govt set up Area 51, a giant area in southern Nevada where strange lights and sounds are occasionally seen and heard for miles around.  Nearby towns have…
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Participants: davidberg.

4/14/2012 Melinglor: My main entry: The Lady and The Tower
Here's what I've got so far: The Lady and the Tower lngredients: Lantern Doctor Dark Ages Describing Credibility From Trials Distilled Thread: "At the top of the castle…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor, dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

4/14/2012 Ben Lehman: Dying, Desperate, and Afraid
This is my game. It's about homeopathic doctors, and it is inspired by Hungry, Desperate, and Alone. Dying, Desperate, and Afraid. Ingredients: Doctor Mimic Coyote Note: Numbers are not balanced…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, davidberg.

4/14/2012 Sp4m: [Doctors' Feud] It's like Mafia, if everyone was Mafia. Plus Cryptography.
Doctor's Feud is a 4-6+ player parlor game, playable with a timer and a deck of cards. The Narrative puts the players in the operating room, working together to save…
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Participants: Sp4m.

4/14/2012 NolanTJ: My Online Virtual Tabletop
While this could have been forced into Indie Publishing or RPG development, I think it fits best in the "Actual Play" area... especially as this board seems to enjoy discussing…
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Participants: NolanTJ, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2012 Michael S. Miller: <meta>forum</post>
[b]PLEASE DO NOT POST TO THIS THREAD![/b] This thread will contain the text of the game itself. If you want to discuss the game, feel free to open another thread…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

4/15/2012 Stan: Coyote Apocalypse
Here's the submission: Coyote Apocalypse, coyote spirits racing to reform their god and competing to be dominant:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3-re9IokgC4Z0NLSTdMVzRvdFE Unfortunately, there is one key play aid that kept getting hosed up…
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Participants: Stan.

4/16/2012 AsthmaticHamster: [Young Turks at the Cafe] Requisite dump thread
Hi all, Just submitted my game, and totally neglected to talk about it over here. It's been a hellish week, but it's done! If you wanna comment or anything, bring…
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Participants: AsthmaticHamster.

4/16/2012 PeterBB: Anyone need last-minute help?
It's a little over an hour before the deadline here in central time. Anyone agonizing over a last minute question or two and want some advice?
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Participants: PeterBB.

4/16/2012 JohnEvans: The Darklantern Circus
The Darklantern Circus wanders from town to town, performing for only a night or two before moving on. Even in a world lousy with magicians, there is something magical about…
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Participants: JohnEvans.

4/16/2012 greyorm: [The Words] A desperate gamble to finish in time
So for some reason I ended up directed to the rules for last year, and thus thought I had until June to worry about Game Chef (and thus not in…
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Participants: greyorm, Troy_Costisick.

4/16/2012 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Down By The Sea -- Online Logistics
With the impending closure of The Forge thought it appropriate that I make a few posts about my recent highly successful Sorcerer game.  This post is about the logistics of…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Melinglor, hansel, Kludgel.

4/16/2012 Sp4m: [ A Delicate Operation ]: Cut away the Chaff
I've play tested my latest game, and so far it's been fun with small groups, but the learning curve seems to be pretty steep. I'm hoping with your advice, I…
In Game Development
Participants: Sp4m, stefoid.

4/17/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] I Need Monsters!
Heya, Im continuing to work on my Game Chef game.  I started with ten monsters, but I need more.  I especially need "boss" monsters, you know, things bigger and badder…
In Game Development
Participants: Troy_Costisick, zwrench, walruz, dindenver, Lex Mandrake.

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