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8/10/2005 Marco: Player Conflict! [StarCluster]
I've been in a moderately long running IRC game of StarCluster (a space-faring RPG in the hard-science style of Niven). The characters are crew and owners of a stolen space…
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Participants: Marco, Adam Dray, StalkingBlue, Andrew Norris, TonyLB, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Mark Woodhouse, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2005 D. Woolsey: [Battleaxe] Fires of Talisman Gate
The Fire of Talisman Gate is a campaign I started on 8-5-05. The game is scheduled to run for three weeks and will be played five nights a week for…
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Participants: D. Woolsey, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam Dray.

8/10/2005 Bret Gillan: Sorcerer: The Flesh Market First Session
Previous threads: Homecoming, Forming a Gaming Group, and Sorcerer The Flesh Market One-Sheet My players, Chadd, Josh, and Tom came over to my apartment for our first night…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, James Holloway, bcook1971, pfischer.

8/9/2005 Miskatonic: [Capes] Floundering on Infinite Earths
So we got together on short notice at the FLGS to play some Capes. Chris, Steve, Shane, and I finally got to meet Mark. We decided we wanted to do…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Christopher Weeks, Grover, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB, jburneko, Stickman.

8/9/2005 Halzebier: [The Pool] First Experience (long)
Hi there! I GMed The Pool for the first time yesterday night. It was all I had hoped for, though I did make some mistakes. Also, I can't wait to…
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Participants: Halzebier, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth, JamesDJIII, JasperN., Jasper Polane.

8/9/2005 hardcoremoose: Bacchus owns me...
Read this quickly, breathlessly, or for better effect, do it out loud or have someone else read it to you (not at work though): I awaken that morning in Puteoli…
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Participants: hardcoremoose, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Pauls Girl, John Harper, Paul Czege, Uzzah, Sifolis.

8/9/2005 rafial: [Stranger Things] Heartbreak in the City of Forgotten Gods
[quote="John Harper, in a strange subworld"] I ran a game yesterday for Phil, Tony, and Wilhelm. It was a lot of fun. I'm hoping to convince Wil to write it…
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Participants: rafial, philaros, John Harper, tonyd, Matt Wilson, johnzo, Alan, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, GaryTP, Miskatonic.

8/8/2005 James_Nostack: end of game: All Your Base Pairs Are Belong To Us
On Saturday, July 30 I ended my Alternity campaign, conducted via IRC for 157 weeks.  This thread aims to do three things; skip over the parts that don't interest you:…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, cruciel.

8/7/2005 Andrew Norris: Amber, Structure, and Conflict
Hi folks, I'm running a campaign based on Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, using a home-brew system that lifts heavily from Primetime Adventures and Nine Worlds. (I'll be honest -- if…
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Participants: Andrew Norris, ScottM, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB.

8/7/2005 Lamorak33: Gamism: Step On Up - Epiphany
Hi all I have just realised that I am the bitterest player in the world!!  I am sim with a wound down gamist heart!  But the prognosis is not as…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Justin Marx, Landon Darkwood, Frank T, LandonSuffered, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII - III of III
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15739.0]Session I[/url]. [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15849.0]Session II[/url]. Just finished the third and last playtest session of my game, Story Steps. We've been playing in a WWII setting, basically re-enacting the Battle of Guadalcanal.…
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Participants: bcook1971.

8/7/2005 Technocrat13: [FH8] Legends and Subterfuge
We finally got together for our second playtest version of FH8 tonight.  You can check out our first playtest thread here.  Lisa and I have been sick all week, but…
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Participants: Technocrat13, urbanpagan, jasonm, Paideuma.

8/4/2005 Neil the Wimp: Exalted, Baghdad, and Bangs
Hi all.  I'm a lurker who's finally go something to say; hence the new registration.  Also, I'm not too sure that this is the right forum to discuss my questions,…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, James_Nostack.

8/3/2005 Halzebier: [The Pool] Stagefright and Questions
Hi there! I've finally scheduled my first game of The Pool (Whee!) and now a bit of stagefright is setting in (though the game is still a few days off),…
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Participants: Halzebier, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2005 Chris Geisel: [d20 Fantasy] Death to Illusionism
Last night I ran part two of a mini-campaign with pregens. Part one is here, and thanks to the advice in that thread, last night's session was, for me, the…
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Participants: Chris Geisel, Nathan P., Andrew Norris, StalkingBlue, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg.

8/2/2005 jason-x: Br. Phillip's confession....
Hey guys- I'm Jason.  I played Br. Phillip in Red Creek.  Anyways...Yeah so, it was kind of problematic.  Luke, your town was brimming with all sorts of cool shit.  There…
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Participants: jason-x, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray.

8/1/2005 Negilent: [Solar] Tales of the Gnostic Avenger, Sci Fi pilot and a curve ball.
[i]This is an Actual Play post. I just need to clear something from my mind first.[/i] It’s been a while. I once promised a post about a Battered Player Recovery…
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Participants: Negilent.

8/1/2005 abzu: [Dogs] Red Creek Runs Red
Look at me, joining the hip crowd and posting an AP for a Dogs in the Vineyard game. I figure it's worth it for two reasons. First, I so rarely…
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Participants: abzu, lin swimmer, Victor Gijsbers, Valamir, lumpley, b_bankhead, Sydney Freedberg, Thor Olavsrud, TonyLB, Da_Killah, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, Miskatonic, jason-x, mtiru, Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Norris, cruciel, demiurgeastaroth, James Holloway, GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Imp] Pick-up game, Werewolves on Pot
Out of the blue, I ended up running a session of the Imp Game for a few pals I haven't gamed with in YEARS- last time we gamed was a…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo.

7/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Pretender Actual Play: Peculiar People
So. Just finished GMing my first session of Pretender. The players: Myself as GM Cat, playing Gaia Manning, acting Spirit of Gaia (as per Pier Xanthony's Incarnations of Immortality)…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

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8/11/2005 pedyo: [Sorcerer] The Disciples of Christ (prep)
Hi everyone, This is my first post here at The Forge although I’ve been hanging around here trying to understand all this. There’s a lot of information and the learning…
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Participants: pedyo, StalkingBlue, Ron Edwards.

8/11/2005 Lamorak33: Bad GM, Purple Sage - Glorantha
Hi I am a newbie to the Forge, and I am continually learning about the games I have played, and, in terms of RPG's, the direction that I would like…
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Participants: Lamorak33, TonyLB, Gaerik, Mike Holmes.

8/11/2005 Sifolis: 'Blood Bounty: Session- Bordello of ND-N6
There were one or two requests for an actually playing session description of our game Blood Bounty. This is an attempt to deliver said product. Now i WARN everyone, we,…
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Participants: Sifolis, lumpley, Alan, John Harper, Adam Dray, Trevis Martin.

8/12/2005 brainwipe: [Icar] Starting a game with medium characters and escalation
For most scenarios I run in Icar (free Sci Fi RPG), I start the characters at a base level. They can barely shoot, bargain or even get out of bed…
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Participants: brainwipe, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes.

8/12/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [TSOY] Love and death on the Poison Coast
This is somewhat of a follow-up post to Eating the Black. Only somewhat. Eight lovely sessions, and what do we have? Last night was session eight of my current The…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, bcook1971, Paka, RedPissLegion.

8/12/2005 johnzo: [Stranger Things] The Judgement of Fish
Wil ran a playtest of Stranger Things for UGAX last night.  There were four players: Alan, James, Seth, and myself. My memory is not to be trusted, but here's what…
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Participants: johnzo, Alan, rafial, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

8/13/2005 Technocrat13: [DitV] Five hours of fun tightly packed in five hours of play.
Tonight we played a quick pickup game of DitV with a virgin gamer.  Most of this post will likely be about her. Maura is in her mid thirties and has…
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Participants: Technocrat13, ScottM, jasonm.

8/14/2005 HenryT: [Parlor Larp] Snow White
Snow White is a Parlor Larp--a one-shot live action game intended for six to eight people, plus a director, with few requirements on space or props. The game is intended…
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Participants: HenryT, Paka, thelostgm, komradebob.

8/14/2005 Rossum: [Stranger Things] Two Nights a Stranger, playtest session one (longish)
Last Tuesday, I hoped to get into a new game of Paranoia XP one of my gang planned to run, but some folks had left town and it fell through.…
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Participants: Rossum, philaros, Paka, John Harper, Tim Alexander.

8/14/2005 Bankuei: [Stranger Things] Lock, Stock, and Smoking Dragonhide
Fun?  Lots of fun. First, I ended up with 5 players, which is more than I wanted to handle, but I expected at least one person to flake.  Instead, everyone…
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Participants: Bankuei, John Harper, Paka, jetboy, rafial, Alan, demiurgeastaroth, Sydney Freedberg.

8/15/2005 Artanis: [Paladin+W40K] Game prep, or my first try at conscious Nar
I've been reading the Forge since a bit more than a year and am beginning to understand some of the stuff in a way that would allow me to actually…
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Participants: Artanis, Surcapitaine, BeZurKur, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, Trevis Martin, Miskatonic.

8/15/2005 Paka: [Burning Wheel] Words, Ghosts and Mead in the Vault
Here's the thread in which the foundation for the campaign is laid: http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=949 I ran a series of one-shots with pre-made characters in order to get a grip on the…
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Participants: Paka, John Harper.

8/15/2005 Jasper Polane: [DSA] In the Cave of the Sea Ogre
We've been playing DSA, a German fantasy RPG. The 4th edition is translated into English as The Dark Eye, but we're playing 1st edition, which for the most part is…
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Participants: Jasper Polane, Adam Dray, xenopulse, Halzebier, Sydney Freedberg, Victor Gijsbers, Erdog, Rimke, wkoepf.

8/16/2005 Trevis Martin: The Game of Design
So my group has been playing the new Vampire:TR game.  Our conclusion so far: setting is better, rules still suck.  I had gotten some intense desire back when everyone expressed…
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Participants: Trevis Martin.

8/17/2005 Noon: Address of challenge examples [AD&D, D&D]
Providing some examples for the GNS thread about address of challenge: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16117.0 I'm kind of screwed for examples though. The fact is I've pursued exploration of challenge primarily, though my…
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Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards, xenopulse.

8/17/2005 Darcy Burgess: [nameless homebaked] bouncing player feedback off the illuminated crew
I recently ran an early playtest of what I consider to be a Narrativist game that uses conflict resolution.  Up until recently, our group has been firmly entrenched in Task…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, Adam Dray, xenopulse, Andrew Norris, Halzebier, Miskatonic, Selene Tan, Joshua BishopRoby, Sydney Freedberg.

8/18/2005 Frank T: Tell me about your most utter failure
Inspired by this post, I would like to talk about real messed up attempts to introduce new elements into your gaming. I hope that readers might benefit by avoiding the…
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Participants: Frank T, Joe Dizzy, Graham Walmsley, JamesDJIII, Sydney Freedberg, ScottM, Victor Gijsbers.

8/18/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] via IRC [long]
We've decided to try out Donjon via IRC. Below is a transcript of the pregame discussions. It's been edited to remove chit-chat and other unrelated text. I was hoping that…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, Miskatonic.

8/19/2005 Lamorak33: Introducing narrativism and 'my guy' player behaviour
Hi I am still trying to grasp a lot of the theories around narrativism.  My question relates to one of my players.  I once presented him with a bang in…
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Participants: Lamorak33, StalkingBlue, Miskatonic, Balbinus, Trevis Martin, Brand_Robins, jburneko, Noon, Jaik, James Holloway, Mike Holmes.

8/21/2005 Jonathan Hastings: [InSpectres] First RPG in Years, (Just About) First RPG Ever (long)
Hi, everyone.  I've lurked on the Forge for a while, but haven't posted because I haven't actually been playing RPGs for the last few years.  However, I convinced a couple…
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Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Bankuei, Victor Gijsbers, Nathan P., Eero Tuovinen.

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