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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 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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
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: [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: [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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: mael.rimbault.

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.

4/20/2012 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.

4/19/2012 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.

4/19/2012 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. …
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Kyles Games.

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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: whduryea, tor, Fractal Advocate, Jonathan Walton.

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.

4/17/2012 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.

4/17/2012 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.

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…
In Last Chance Game Chef
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.

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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.

4/24/2012 epweissengruber: Back to Basics: Relationship of Commitment to Initial Intent and Defections
I had a good run of Sorcerer games.  But I still do not have the relationship of the mechanics down; this, despite Christopher Kubasic's notes on playing Sorcerer. Bear with…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2012 Troy_Costisick: [The Coyote Lode] Factions and trying to avoid Deadlands Emulation
Heya, For reference, here is the PDF Document for Game Chef. Here are the First Thread on Race and the Second Thread on Monsters for Coyote Lode. Today, I'm going…
In Game Development
Participants: Troy_Costisick, dindenver.

4/26/2012 kksimons: RPGs designed for language learning
Hi there, So I've had the idea to do this for awhile but I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to do it for awhile. I've just…
In Game Development
Participants: kksimons, Ron Edwards, Joseph, JasonT.

4/26/2012 czipeter: [My Life With Master] Not so clear for us
Hi there, We finally tried this very much praised game. I held pretty high standards for it. Then during both reading and playing some pretty fundamental problems arose. (The same…
In Actual Play
Participants: czipeter, Eliarhiman6.

4/26/2012 jburneko: Full defense debate (split)
A Note For Erik: What I'm about to say will likely muddy the waters a bit.  Feel free to ignore everything in this post for purposes of "how it works".…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, greyorm, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Coyotes in Dark Alleyways] An unofficial review
[url=http://semielgames.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/coyotes-in-dark-alleyways.pdf]Coyotes in Dark Alleyways[/url] by Peter Borah (PeterBB) wasn't one of my assigned reviews, but I wanted to post a review of it anyway. Metaphorical coyotes have featured very prominently…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, PeterBB.

4/27/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Young Turks at the Cafe] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Young Turks at the Cafe by Zachary Donovan but I wanted to post one anyway. This is an interesting premise for a game, since…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak, AsthmaticHamster.

4/28/2012 Dan Maruschak: [The Coyote Lode] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review The Coyote Lode by Troy M. Costisick but I wanted to post one anyway. This is a very complete and playable game. It obviously…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Dan Maruschak.

4/28/2012 stefoid: [Ingenero] The problem with big fights...
A recent playtest with Ingenero resulted in an opening battle between Nazis and MI6 agents in the Pariasian catacombs, mostly over trying to rescue a human sacrifice. Anyway, the battle…
In Game Development
Participants: stefoid, walruz.

4/29/2012 Dan Maruschak: [Liminal] An unofficial review
I wasn't officially assigned to review Liminal by Robert Bruce but I wanted to post one anyway. Liminal has some really interesting ideas in it. I really like the idea…
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Participants: Dan Maruschak, Robert Bruce.

4/30/2012 jackvice: [Burning Opera] An emotional RPG set in a burning theater in Venice
Hello there folks! This year I'm really proud to say I could take part for the first time to Game Chef. After days of work and peer reviewing, Walton posted…
In Game Development
Participants: jackvice.

4/30/2012 Willow: Kind of Meta: Forge Midwest Blog
Hey all, I've launched a blog for Forge Midwest.  One of my motivations in doing this is to collect Actual Play reports from different groups who were at Forge Midwest,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow.

5/1/2012 Justin Halliday: [Heroes Against Darkness] Free Indie RPG Released!
[I]Heroes Against Darkness[/I] is now released! [b][url=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bQJ8uYNJz34/T5puAWU1djI/AAAAAAAACDE/-QXqassg7kU/s523/Heroes+Against+Darkness+-+Cover+Art+-+With+Logo+-+Small.jpg]image[/url][/b] [I]Heroes Against Darkness[/I] is a free, fast, flexible, and fully-featured fantasy d20 RPG system.  The game is quick to learn and play, while…
In Game Development
Participants: Justin Halliday, greyorm, kksimons, David Artman, bosky.

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