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Imagine a world, where people have to use the public transit, if they use anything at all, since they are all locked in at home playing online games, or doing...
Abrigon Gusiq
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Jul 3, 2008
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43190
What would be some features of a game system that would be helpful for coming up with a team or party of characters in which certain base aspects are covered?...
Brett
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Jul 3, 2008
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43191
... For no reason, I suddenly remembered a game we had discussed making on this list long..., long... ago for introducing new players to RPGs. How about ...
JAPartridge
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Jul 3, 2008
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43192
... Yes, my proposed NEWBIE system. ... My proposal was to colour-code the cards, so that you'd have one colour for each stereotype or "class". IIRC I had...
Peter Knutsen
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Jul 4, 2008
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... Long ago I wrote a list of five areas of competence that I considered to be important for a fantasy genre character, in order for the party to be ...
Peter Knutsen
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Jul 4, 2008
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Lately I've been thinking along with my original RPG idea that kinda...stopped being planned when I hit a large series of obstacle in life. My idea of...
Chronos Maker
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Jul 4, 2008
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43195
How far back ago? Mike ... From: "JAPartridge" <japartridge@...> To: <rpg-create@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re:...
Abrigon Gusiq
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Jul 4, 2008
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43196
1-2 fighters 1 cleric 1 mage 1 theif Some mixture is good, me got tired of when as a cleric, got pidgeon holed into being just a "madic". I like to see more...
Abrigon Gusiq
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43197
... So, you are designing a horror game? -w...
Chad Wilson
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43198
... Around a decade, IIRC. -- Peter Knutsen sagatafl.org...
Peter Knutsen
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Jul 4, 2008
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... As Talus and Peter suggested, you could write down the skills on cards and either distribute them randomly, let players bid for them or take turns...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
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Jul 4, 2008
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43200
THE BACKGROUND (you may skip this paragraph if you like): Recently my wife shanghai'd me into running an RPG for the first time in almost a decade; so far I've...
David Harper
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Jul 4, 2008
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43201
... As for "gamemasters" a lot depends on what you want to talk about. RPG.net and therpgsite both have decent numbers of players and GM's, and sometimes they...
Tim K.
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Jul 4, 2008
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Holy crap, it's Dave! ... There's also the Forge's "Actual Play" forum. They've discussed playing games with kids a number of times as a good number of them do...
Raven Daegmorgan
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Jul 4, 2008
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Possible a horror game or a post-apocalyptics or .. I still remember the Sea Quest episode where they find out that Adam and Eve are not in the past, but in...
Abrigon Gusiq
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Jul 5, 2008
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Why we mine and check out Archives? Never know what old topics we can dig up? Ethics in Halo? Mike ... From: "Peter Knutsen" <list@...> To:...
Abrigon Gusiq
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Jul 5, 2008
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Thanks for your responses so far. I have one quick clarification: The intent is not to create characters at the table, but rather to have a pool of players who...
Brett
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Jul 5, 2008
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43206
... I'm not sure if you're looking for pre-generated characters or not. In my experience it does not take that much longer to create a skill-based character...
Todd
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Jul 5, 2008
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43207
Hallo, ... <mailto:rpg-create%40yahoogroups.com>rpg-create@yahoogroups.com, ... Well, I'll offer up the idea that each adventure involves a group organized by...
Larry D. Hols
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Jul 5, 2008
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43208
... Have you checked out "Spirit of the Century" by Evil Hat? In character creation, you "star" in a pulp novel, and gain Aspects from that past adventure....
Mike Holyoak
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Jul 5, 2008
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43209
Much like a Special Forces A or B team with persons who fill slots, and their MOS but in reality, most could with in reason fill the other slots, with a...
Michael Adams
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Or you mean more like an infantry platoon? 11A = officer LT. 11B4 - SFC Platoon Sergeant 11B3 - Squad Leader 11B2 - Team Leader 11B1 - Platoon members. RTO -...
Michael Adams
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43211
Hey Brett et all, I was intrigued by the question, but a bit disappointed in the direction the answers (and maybe even the question itself) were going. ...
Christian Loidl
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Jul 7, 2008
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43212
Another thought is to emulate a simple video game. Perhaps the ward is a a huge brick wall to her, with no obvious way over it. If she explores the spirit...
Frank Sronce
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Jul 8, 2008
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43213
Hi everyone, I'm a long time gamer who has been getting back into it after a few years of only playing at the occasional convention. I'm now interested in...
cheox
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Jul 11, 2008
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43214
... magic that a child could not only understand but also ... appears to her. In the game she'll be turning off ... and so on. However, it's important that...
cheox
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Jul 11, 2008
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43215
Sort of like a pre-adventure, adventure timeline? Or Backstory? Mike ... From: "Mike Holyoak" <anubis9@...> To: <rpg-create@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Abrigon Gusiq
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Jul 11, 2008
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43216
... Hi Malcolm, Like you I'm and old gamer. I started in 1978 and G. Gygax himself was one of my first Dungeon Masters at a Gen Con in the American Legion Hall...
Michael Dixon
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Jul 11, 2008
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43217
Mike, Yeah, it works exactly like a backstory preadventure. There is no dice rolled, it's pure char-gen, but it's also a cooperative storytelling "mini game"...
Mike Holyoak
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Jul 12, 2008
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43218
I know of at least two games/campaigns that focus on roleplaying instead of the rules behind the game. 1. Fellowship of the White Star: a d20 based gothic...
David Nadolny
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