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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.

4/16/2012 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 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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: greyorm, Troy_Costisick.

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 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 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.

4/15/2012 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.

4/15/2012 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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

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…
In Actual Play
Participants: NolanTJ, Ron Edwards.

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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Sp4m.

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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Ben Lehman, 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 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 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.

4/13/2012 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:…
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Participants: dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

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 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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Liam Burke, Thomas Lawrence, Jonathan Walton, whduryea, Troy_Costisick, devlin1.

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.

4/12/2012 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 Dev: A Narrativist Wargame / A Walk Through The Forge
I'm going go for using all four of my Forge threads as my inspirations, and will build a <b>Narrative Wargame</b> of some sort. If you're a bit tl;dr, my very…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dev, Jason Pitre.

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4/17/2012 quad: [Like moths...] (not) random ramblings.
Ok, so Arthur asked me to put this thread up to, if I may quote, "see how much we suck" ;) Few things about the background: we were supposed to…
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Participants: quad.

4/18/2012 Mathalus: Trading Review Assignments
[i]Jwalt says: If you end up being assigned a close friend’s game to review, please try to arrange a swap with another chef, trading review assignments with them. This is…
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Participants: Mathalus.

4/19/2012 whduryea: Missing Entries on Submissions Page
So, I've been browsing the submissions one by one while preparing for a Game Chef themed podcast, and I've noticed that I few of the links open empty Google docs…
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Participants: whduryea, tor, Fractal Advocate, Jonathan Walton.

4/19/2012 Troy_Costisick: [Constructs of Azazeal] Game Chef Review
Constructs of Azazael Review By: Troy M. Costisick When I looked at the four games I was going to have to review for Game Chef, I couldn’t have been happier. …
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Kyles Games.

4/19/2012 greyorm: [The Terminal Hours] Extended Game Chef Review
The judges want just a couple paragraphs for a review, but as I had much more to say about this design, I'm putting those comments here and linking to it:…
In Game Development
Participants: greyorm.

4/20/2012 BubbaBrown: Does the reference relay the concepts?
I'm trying to get feedback for my game system D10/0, so I have some points to work on to further its development.  Here's the page with the D10/0 System Reference…
In Game Development
Participants: BubbaBrown.

4/21/2012 harpy: RPG Crowdfunding - What a year and 150 projects brings to light
A friend suggested I come over to the Forge and post about some work I've been doing for the last month... In my own quest to do a Kickstarter I…
In Publishing
Participants: harpy, Miskatonic, David Artman, Frank Tarcikowski, Lex Mandrake.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Heist] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Theresa Strike Title: Heist Link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PjNWBzSX9S6Ad9g9Fqa2SKGo1aLrjokJHURpaMX1YnU/edit Word Count: 1150 Elevator Pitch: Synchronize your watches, because the police are on their way and time is running out. Eligibility: Yes, provided…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Coyotesong] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Joel P. Shempert Title: Coyotesong: a Game of Leaving Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4-ngDh2J_4jPJOvmKrAO11dmdk2mnrBnp3s1T19OE4/edit Elevator Pitch: A personal ritual game to play, with friends or alone, to say farewell to a place…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Like moths ...] Game Chef review by Mael
Chefs: Artur Cnotalski, Szymon Gosek Title: Like moths… Link: http://shadowsof.pl/like_moths.pdf Elevator Pitch: Dr. Moreau minions are fighting for survival within a twisted and deadly arena. Only the strongest will survive.…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 mael.rimbault: [Coyote Doctor] Game Chef review by Mael
Chef: Julian Hyde Title: Coyote Doctor Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IaLJqU4Wa1HtuxkF_whN5UuDG_FUpWxsT9lcFR0Q2co/edit Elevator Pitch: Godlike entities race against time to recover the Lantern in a dying universe, while the Coyote attempts to thwart them…
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Participants: mael.rimbault.

4/21/2012 celledor: [Dinoblast] An rpg among dinosaurs and laster blasts
Hi, I have several rpg project and now I need some feedback... So I post a link to one of them here: http://www.veus.se/Dinoblast.pdf, it is only 19 pages long and…
In Game Development
Participants: celledor, KeithBVaughn, bosky.

4/21/2012 gtroc: Criterion City V002: A few CHanges
I have made a few changes to Criterion City and I would like feedback(also, an idea for a better name, I just don't think Criterion City really works). Criterion City…
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Participants: gtroc.

4/22/2012 Weber: Looking for "Star Wars: A New Hope as an example of 'non-control' gamemastering"
... or at least for the topic that the link with that name used to point to. There is a (nominal) link in the Scattershot archives under the topic "The…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Weber, Eliarhiman6.

4/23/2012 whduryea: Mom's Basement: Game Chef Episode
Just wanted to let everyone know that Rudy (FetusCommander), Alex Swingle and I recorded a Game Chef themed podcast. Our Ronnie Awards Top 5s episodes went over pretty well, so…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: whduryea.

4/23/2012 Gwynplaine: Modern Fantasy-Supernaturals Game
I’ve, vaguely, finished a game system & setting (created originally for the group I play with) and was curious as to other people’s feedback/ ideas so as to get some…
In Game Development
Participants: Gwynplaine, JoyWriter.

4/24/2012 Ghostwheel: What's a Good Gamist Game?
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but had a question for the people who frequent this board... I'm a first-time poster, so please be gentle :-) I've been…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ghostwheel, faux, David Artman, Ron Edwards, Noon, Eliarhiman6, Willow, Anders Gabrielsson, Marshall Burns, Miihkali, The_Mormegil.

4/24/2012 Eliarhiman6: The Big "Stakes" Controversy
It's a FAQ, or at least it should be. Because I can't count the times I did read some actual play reports about games with explicit stake-setting before the conflicts...…
In Welcome to the Archives
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2012 davidberg: [Dead of Night] initiative -- player, not character?
Finally got to play this game!  Very neat indeed. I just want to describe one thing that went screwy: James GMing for me, Mark and Rohit.  My character was alone…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, JamesDJIII.

4/24/2012 Kludgel: Writing a paper on authorship in tabletop RPGs played online
Hi, all, here's the deal: I've been playing D&D 3.5 with my brother (the DM) and a few others this semester, primarily via Google Hangouts, facebook messages, and Skype. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kludgel, Ron Edwards.

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