Previous Topics No previous topics. | | Subsequent Topics 4/25/2003 Jay Turner: Mechanics: How Bad Are Ties?
I'm working on a game that involves drawing cards to resolve who gets to narrate a scene, and I'm wrestling with the significance of ties (the same number drawn by…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, C. Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Bob McNamee, greyorm, M. J. Young, Bankuei, deadpanbob, Jeph.
4/29/2003 Jay Turner: Character Generation: "Splats", Templates, or Kits
I'm working on a game that's a bit more freeform-Gamist (the way I understand the terms), and its skill-system is such that the players are free to create their own…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller, John Kim.
4/30/2003 Jay Turner: Vive la Resistance!: Introducing the Rabbit Resistance
Here's another game I've been working on, and this one's quite different from Better Days. It's nowhere near finished, but it's at least ready for discussion, I think.
Here's the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jay Turner, Fallen_Icarus, ethan_greer, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes.
5/7/2003 Jay Turner: Roll/keep probabilities?
I'm toying with an idea for a game that uses a roll/keep system for piloting vehicles, and I'm trying to think of a way to use it for other things,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson.
10/3/2003 Jay Turner: Bullpen: Not Just Another Supers RPG
I'd love some feedback on Bullpen, a comic-book RPG I've been working on. The premise of the game is a little experimental: Instead of playing a superhero in a comic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jay Turner, Jack Spencer Jr, Phillip, LordSmerf, gobi, hermes, Mike Holmes, Doc Blue, apeiron.
10/20/2003 Jay Turner: [D&D] Actual Play
I ran a game of good ol' (well, it's v3.5... so, "good new"?) D&D last night. All the D&D (all the RPGs in general) I've played in the past few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jay Turner, Ron Edwards, Valamir, anonymouse, Ben Lehman, eudas.
11/3/2003 Jay Turner: [D&D] Actual Play pt. 2: Running off with the game
We played the second game in our D&D campaign, which is featured in this thread.
I had this whole adventure planned in which the PCs would travel from the slavers'…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jay Turner, PL3, Ron Edwards.
11/10/2003 Jay Turner: PCs and Plots: In Media Finiti Res
Okay, I'm not sure about my Latin in the subject. It's been awhile. :)
Something I noticed, though, and this might be a specifically ME thing, was that an insane…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jay Turner, jdagna, Mike Holmes, John Kim, M. J. Young, Noon, Ron Edwards.
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