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Hi, I currently am offering space on my digichat for other game groups to play on, I saw this group and thought some might like space to beta test there new...
Pam
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Nov 3, 2005
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39815
... This is a very interesting and attractive suggestion for some folks. Thank you. -Hal __________________________________________________________________ ...
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casewerker
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Nov 3, 2005
4:27 pm
39816
Guys I have no played an RPG since the late 80's but wanted to create a rpg system based on several novels I have written. I was wondering if anyone could help...
dan_lee30269
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Nov 4, 2005
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39817
... Dan, Making your own game based on an existing system with a few tweaks is relatively simple. D20's a system that has lots and lots of examples of exactly...
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casewerker
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Nov 4, 2005
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39818
... I've said that far more often than, "the system sucks, but I have to have a copy of that setting!" Settings are cheaper than dirt -- there's literally...
Travis Casey
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Nov 5, 2005
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39819
... I'd argue that this has nothing to do with characters and setting. It's simply bad plotting -- and plot is *what you do* with characters and setting, not...
Travis Casey
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Nov 5, 2005
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39820
i learn something every day. but i still don't think that i can sell a mechanic rather than a setting. jophn tobako -- Travis Casey <efindel@...>...
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jtobako
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Nov 5, 2005
10:26 pm
39821
I am sitting here, bored, surfing around on the internet and seeing a lot of sites offering free rpgs. I get a divided response from within...one part that...
stw2099
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Nov 6, 2005
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39822
... From: "stw2099" <sean10142000@...> To: <rpg-create@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:07 PM Subject: [rpg-create] What...
Tim Kirk
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Nov 6, 2005
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39823
... Unfortunately, settings are getting harder and harder to sell. The market for RPGs has shrunk, but what there is is glutted with settings. More are fine,...
Casewerker@...
casewerker
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Nov 6, 2005
2:19 am
39824
... I do it because I enjoy it. Also, I do it because I am a nitpicker that's never completely satisfied with what I see on the market, so I tinker with things...
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casewerker
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Nov 6, 2005
2:22 am
39825
... In part, yes. There *is* a sense of satisfaction in building something and seeing it published... even for free on a website. It gets better when people...
Keith Davies
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Nov 6, 2005
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39826
From: "stw2099" <sean10142000@...> ... There are other alternatives - the game system I'd like the time to finish was built for a campaign some years...
Chris Tutty
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Nov 6, 2005
1:01 pm
39827
... [...] Ambition. I *want* to *give* the players a degree of *freedom* of character creation that no existing system can give them. -- Peter Knutsen ...
Peter Knutsen (list)
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Nov 6, 2005
2:29 pm
39828
... Yes, that's what I always tell people who want to create their own RPGs: Begin with the axes of differentiation. -- Peter Knutsen sagatafl.org...
Peter Knutsen (list)
peter_knutsen
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Nov 6, 2005
2:31 pm
39829
... [...] ... [...] In my case, the *only* existing rules system that tries to do what I want is incurably flawed, to the point of being unplayable; There's no...
Peter Knutsen (list)
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Nov 6, 2005
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39830
... Sagatafl represents, to some extent, a "mental model" that I developped many years earlier, in order to define[1] the main characters of a planned hard...
Peter Knutsen (list)
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Nov 6, 2005
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39831
From: "stw2099" <sean10142000@...> ... Sure. A big part of it is, but not the main reason. ... Pfft. Hell no. The big companies can go screw...
Rev. Raven Daegmorgan
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Nov 6, 2005
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39832
... In this case and in your admittedly biased opinion (all opinions are biased after all) which system is that? -Hal ...
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casewerker
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Nov 6, 2005
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39833
Hallo, Crookedface Games (that would be me) is in need of freelance writers. The particular project that may appeal to folks here is a project that takes the...
Larry D. Hols
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Nov 7, 2005
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39834
Hi I need some help for making my Mega Man RPG I have everything except rules. I can not think of any "real" rules... PS. what is "power playing"?...
kronikkoke
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Nov 8, 2005
2:24 am
39835
... Isn't that something like "I am going to build a wooden boat. I have everything except wood."? ... Generally, playing so as to maximize a character's power...
Lizard
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Nov 8, 2005
2:28 am
39836
... Okay, let's try this again. What in general are you looking for in a game? IE what sort of play do you want to encourage (apart from getting to play...
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casewerker
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Nov 8, 2005
5:13 am
39837
I haven't been in this forum group for very long but don't confuse that with general internet experience. All of the questions were written to get a general...
stw2099
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Nov 8, 2005
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39838
I'm toying with the idea of helping a friend typeset his RPG. Right now its just an ugly MS Word doc and I want to pretty it up and give it a pro look. I'm a...
technikolor.rm
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Nov 8, 2005
7:59 am
39839
... I must admit I haven't written a professional RPG, but I use LaTeX for nearly all of my writing. It is true that the standard styles are more suitable for...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
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Nov 8, 2005
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39840
... I haven't used LaTeX in almost 15 years. I'm now Windows-only. If I was willing to drop a couple hundred bucks on software, does anyone have a good...
Clay Dreslough
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Nov 8, 2005
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39841
I'd suggest checking out Serif's PagePlus. They're got a free version (which is one of their older versions) available, and the current version costs about...
Travis Casey
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Nov 8, 2005
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39842
... I believe InDesign is the most common professional layout program for Windows these days. It's only a couple of hundred if you're using it for studies and...
fsronce
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Nov 8, 2005
5:23 pm
39843
... Strangely enough, I've just used MS Word for layout and converted to PDF when ready. Now, when I'm doing layout and such for anyone not myself, such as...
Rev. Raven Daegmorgan
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