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...
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?...
... 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 ...
... 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...
... 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 ...
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...
How far back ago? Mike ... From: "JAPartridge" <japartridge@...> To: <rpg-create@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re:...
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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
... 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....
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...
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 -...
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. ...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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"...
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...