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1/13/2005 taepoong: [Burning Wheel] Scripts in Action!
One of the most difficult things many Burners have to learn to accept is the Scripted Combat mechanic. It's definitely the hardest sell for the game. Since we've been having…
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Participants: taepoong.

1/13/2005 Dantai: What's wrong with our group?
Well other than the usual sexual schisms. Our role-play group has been utterly crap over the last few years - we just can't seem to find any game that everyone…
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Participants: Dantai, matthijs, Mike Holmes, greedo1379, Bryan_T, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards, Scripty.

1/13/2005 kaikatsu: Advancement, Dungon Ecology,
First of all, it goes without saying if you need characters to advance quickly, there is no reason not to hand out more XP and treasure. I regularly hand out…
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Participants: kaikatsu, Ron Edwards, cappadocius.

1/12/2005 Vaxalon: [PTA in IRC] Sky Prophets
Last night, in IRC, we started putting together an IRC game. After throwing a bunch of ideas around, we settled into a groove and started getting creative. I learned this…
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Participants: Vaxalon, John Harper, ivan23, Matt Wilson, anonymouse, Nathan P., LordSmerf.

1/11/2005 sirogit: The Shadows of Yesterday - Zexies Midnight Runners
I just got finished with a game of Shadows of Yesterday I just ran. Everyone had a totally awesome time. This game is special because I wanted to test a…
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Participants: sirogit.

1/11/2005 Nev the Deranged: Universalis - as yet unnamed story
So I finally wrangled my friend Shannon into playing Uni again. I'd hoped for a third player but none was available, so I was like "screw it- we're playing something…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, ScottM, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

1/10/2005 Doyce: [Heroquest] Spring Fountain {well of souls} pt. 2
As mentioned here and here, I'm currently running an HQ game for my die-hard DnD group on the alternate Fridays from the regular game. Here's what happened in the most…
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Participants: Doyce, Bankuei, joshua neff, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Bryan_T.

1/10/2005 Doyce: [Heroquest] Xian Quan, the Well of Souls?
As mentioned here and here, I'm currently running an HQ game for my die-hard DnD group on the alternate Fridays from the regular game. I will talk more about this…
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Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen.

1/10/2005 Vaxalon: [Donjon] First level sucks.
Played Donjon last night. I was DMing, my wife, Heather, and Steve (our usual gaming group) were playing. I liked the way it set up... character creation was nice and…
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Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, Christopher Weeks, Clinton R. Nixon, James_Nostack.

1/10/2005 Negilent: [DitV] Who killed Leah Thomas
The Grudge finally came to Norway, so we had great plans. Watch the movie, and then game until we had to sleep with the lights on. But then we didn't…
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Participants: Negilent, lumpley.

1/9/2005 ffilz: [Cold Iron] First session of Tekumel campaign
I just started new Tekumel game using Cold Iron, my favorite system from college. thought I'd entertain you all with a writeup... The game started with our new heroes settling…
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Participants: ffilz, Christopher Weeks.

1/7/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Wisdom's Ghost
After an exceedingly lethargic - but still good - game of Sorcerer, my biweekly group has moved to Dogs in the Vineyard. This week, we created characters and went through…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Negilent, lumpley, Nyarly.

1/3/2005 Black Iris Dancer: [WoD 2.0] Moral(ity) [split]
Something I like to do that you might wish to consider is not describing the character's mental states (guilt, etc.), but rather his lower-order physical and psychological states. In this…
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Participants: Black Iris Dancer, RobNJ, -IT-, IMAGinES, Monosodium Glutamate, Ron Edwards.

1/5/2005 Lee Short: [SitF] First Session
Let me first say: this game kicks ass. Last Thursday, five of us gathered here at my place in St Paul for a game of Shadows in the Fog. None…
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Participants: Lee Short, clehrich, Kesher.

1/4/2005 Tony Irwin: Samurai Badges: Actual play
I wrote Samurai Badges with Step On Up! play in mind. It is a GMless game where players take turns to propose challenges for each other’s samurai characters. The competition…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Yokiboy, Tim Alexander.

1/4/2005 Negilent: [Burning Wheel] The Bane of Magic
I need to get better at providing Bangs. I also got get rid of this notion that I cannot lay down some rails. Force is good at times. Controversial I…
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Participants: Negilent, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, abzu.

1/2/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [HQ] Well of Souls in China
So, I started a little mini-campaign of HeroQuest for a change. I'm currently up north in my little home town, and got an opportunity to play with some high school…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei.

1/2/2005 bcook1971: [WoD/VtR] It Clicked
My group finished the fifth and final session of our WoD campaign this morning. It was invigorating. Lots of interesting things to share. BW vs. TROS Everyone (including me) is…
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Participants: bcook1971, hix.

1/2/2005 Sean: [Universalis] A mind-bending New Year's Eve
So I finally played Universalis with a group of people I've played with twice before (once 3e, once my Narrativist Fantasy Homebrew With No Name - one other lifelong diehard…
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Participants: Sean, Trevis Martin, Valamir.

12/31/2004 Tim Alexander: [Sorcerer] More Ordinary Tragedies
Hey Folks, Last night we finished up the fourth session of the Ordinary Tragedies game. You can see the prep session here and the first play session here. I never…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.

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1/17/2005 bcook1971: [Universalis] Meetup Group One-shot
Well, we did it. I can't believe I finally got my feet wet in Universalis. Logistics Five people showed up to the event. We played at a tea shop in…
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Participants: bcook1971, Valamir, Tony Irwin.

1/17/2005 Doyce: [Heroquest] Xian Quan, the Well of Souls, session 1
[Game Account from a player's point of view, with parentheical notes by me as to who's who from the original Well of Souls.] (15 Jan 2005) It is the afternoon…
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Participants: Doyce, Bankuei, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes.

1/18/2005 hix: [MLwM] My Life with Goldfinger
Inspired by Evil Genius, Gino wanted to run for a game where we were all of the henchmen of a super-villain. Someone, not me, suggested My Life with Master. Great,…
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Participants: hix, Yokiboy, petrova, Paul Czege.

1/19/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Whores and flapjacks
My group just ran a second session of Dogs in the Vineyard, continued from Wisdom's Ghost. This game is tight, Vincent. It works as promised in great ways. I decided…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, lumpley, greedo1379, Wolfen.

1/20/2005 Yokiboy: [PTA] Seekers
This is just a quick note to say that I got to play Primetime Adventures tonight. I will have to write up more of the actual series tomorrow, it's the…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards.

1/20/2005 Miskatonic: [Dunjon] Getting serious?
So I ran my first game of Donjon today for the "Indie Minnesota" gang. The stated shared goal was to try to run a serious game, as opposed to the…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Grover, Christopher Weeks, anonymouse, Mike Holmes.

1/20/2005 jburneko: [Elfs] RavenElfs First Session
Hello, So last night my group played our first session of Elfs. As a scenario I'm using an Elfified version of the original I6 Ravenloft module. First of all, I'm…
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Participants: jburneko, ADGBoss, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

1/20/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] Pop-Greek sci-fantasy, plus murder and sex
Hello, The holidays did a great axe-job on our role-playing routine. However, over the last month or two, we've managed to get in four sessions of Nine Worlds, and it's…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Maura Byrne, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, jrs, joshua neff, Paka, Roger.

1/22/2005 ejh: [FastLane] Cyberpunks Of The Carribean
Fastlane actual play: People agreed on Cyberpunk as a genre. In order to get some kind of unity we tried to think of some geographical location we could play besides…
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Participants: ejh, Miskatonic, Dev.

1/24/2005 hix: Sorceror freaked us out …
This was our group’s first time with Sorceror. Using a setting I’ve been keen on trying for a while (Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets L.A. Confidential) we agreed to play…
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Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, TonyLB, petrova, GB Steve, Michael S. Miller.

1/24/2005 Peter Nordstrand: [HeroQuest]A Hero's Dilemma: Prep and chargen
[list]"How can this be healed?" asked Orlanth. "It cannot be," Chalana said. "This is a grief without limits. There can be no balancing in this, only sorrow."[/list:u]Here follows a brief…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, cappadocius, Mike Holmes, newsalor, Different Games.

1/25/2005 Jake Norwood: [Haven: COV] Jake's first game in a LONG time
For those of you that remember me, hi. For the rest of you, Hi. Last night we ran a self-contained scenario for L. Porter's game Haven: City of Violence; A…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Noon, Sydney Freedberg, ffilz, Valamir.

1/26/2005 Bailywolf: [M&M + Noir] The Aeon Detective Agency
I'm running a M&M game set in the mean streets of Freedom City in 1929, and trying out some homebrew rules inspired by several of my favorite indie games. I…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Dantai, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack.

1/27/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Imp Game] Pimps, Sean Connery and New RPer!
Time for yet another crazy evening of the Imp Game! Its been a while since I've had the chance to actually sit down and play, so I was thrilled to…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo.

1/28/2005 Jonathan Walton: [Anotherkind] Children of the Corn
So we were hanging around IRC and Paganini wanted to play something, Josh was game, and I volunteered to GM. We settled on Otherkind, specifically just the dice mechanic, which…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Piers Brown.

1/29/2005 castiglione: Early role-playing (split)
Grade school, playing Dungeons & Dragons. At least that's what the older kid running the game called it...I think the only similarity between what we played and Dungeons & Dragons…
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Participants: castiglione, Ron Edwards, JimLotFP, Kesher, xenopulse, James_Nostack, Bankuei, Sean, nellist, Bryan_T, Paul Czege, ffilz, Noon, Mike Holmes, Roger, SicaVolate, Vaxalon.

1/29/2005 castiglione: Oops...
Hi - I didn't realize how old that thread was...I was just browsing through the forum (blindly clicking NEXT) late at night and that thread caught my eye. The wargamer…
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Participants: castiglione.

1/29/2005 Overdrive: [DitV] Town of New Hope cleared
Hei all, Because of the lack of recent Dogs posts, I decided to write about today's session. It was my/our first attempt at DitV, so there were some bumps, but…
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Participants: Overdrive, Tim Alexander, lumpley, Wolfen.

1/30/2005 Artanis: [CoC] 2 GM, 7 players
Hello everyone! This is my first venture into the AP forum and I'm going to discuss an aspect I found really neat in our last CoC session. I'm wondering how…
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Participants: Artanis, clehrich, ffilz, GB Steve.

1/30/2005 Nathan P.: [Timestream] Sweet, Sweet Actual Play
Finally, at long last, I pulled a group together to play Timestream. Brief overview, its a story (standard meaning)-oriented take on time travel, low on paradox and high on player/GM…
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Participants: Nathan P., bcook1971.

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