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10/31/2005 Rob Alexander: [Shadowrun] What's wrong here?
I think this is one of these "Please diagnose my problem" threads. I'm a jaded player who's been out of rpgs for a while, and I'm trying to work out:…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, Technocrat13, Noon, nikola, mutex, Victor Gijsbers, Lamorak33, TonyPace, John Burdick, Rob Carriere, ffilz, gsoylent, Ron Edwards.

10/30/2005 Bret Gillan: [Age of Gods] First Ever Session of AoG
Previous thread: First thread - basic concepts Myself and my friends Tom and Jeremy got together to playtest what are currently what I've called my "alpha rules" - rules…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Joshua BishopRoby.

10/28/2005 MatrixGamer: The Great Engle Matrix Game Debate: Turn resolution and the art of contradiction
The Great Debate: Turn resolution and the art of contradiction An interesting debate has come up from the latest Play by Email Game – “Zulu.”  The game is based on…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, komradebob, contracycle.

10/28/2005 James_Nostack: [PTA] Radio Free Kroia!
Welcome to Kroia, economic powerhouse of the Eastern European (or possibly Central Asian) nation of Navistan.  Kroia is a port city known for its shipyards.  In the Summer of 1991,…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Jonathan Hastings, nikola, komradebob, demiurgeastaroth.

10/28/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Beginning Character Creation
Table of contents for this rambly post: 1. Meeting, with notes about food 2. Characters 3. One sheet, third and current draft (with thanks to Jesse, Josh, Julian, Dave, and…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Trevis Martin, mneme, Ron Edwards.

10/28/2005 Eric J.: [D&D] Differing Dynamics
Hey, I've gone a while without roleplaying (a number of months).  See, I've recently moved and started college and now I've found a new group to roleplay with. I was…
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Participants: Eric J., Ron Edwards, JasperN., Halzebier, NN, Andrew Norris, Jeph, Noon, Vaxalon.

10/27/2005 Lamorak33: Reducing drift and spooning out fog
Hi all On monday we played Heroquest, I as GM.  One of my players characters had a spear in his hand, was 20 feet away from a guy he wanted…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Silmenume.

10/25/2005 Trevis Martin: Universalis, Entropy and the Fall of the Uniwiki
After a fourth and fifth try, our attempts at playing Universalis by Wiki have come to an anticlimactic end. I think Mike's original idea, way back when we started thinking…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, ScottM, Valamir, Mike Holmes, nijineko, nilsderondeau, greyorm, Christopher Weeks, CPXB, Noon, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2005 Jonathan Hastings: [PTA] Moon Town--pitch and pilot
So, basically, the substance of what I have to say about PTA is: "Wow.  It works." A little more detail. The Players: Me, Nick, and Bryan--see this Actual Play report…
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Participants: Jonathan Hastings, John Harper.

10/24/2005 Arturo G.: [MLwM] Humiliation: Another way to increase a minion's self-loathing.
In my first session of MLwM I was acting as The Master, an old-family lord in Galicia, the north-west region of Spain, a land of forgotted low-mountain-valleys, rain and myst.…
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Participants: Arturo G., TonyLB, Mike Holmes, Vaxalon.

10/24/2005 ffilz: [D20 Arcana Evolved] Great game starting to wrap up
I've talked about this game before in: How do I improve my reward cycle{/url] The reward/hero point discussion{/url] Engaging learning disabled players I've also…
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Participants: ffilz, ScottM, MetalBard, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Sean, John Harper.

10/24/2005 Parsolamew: [PtA} Ohio: 4431
My group has just started getting past the toe-dipping stage of indie gaming, having played a moderate bit of DitV, trading off GM duties and such.  I've been itching to…
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Participants: Parsolamew, James Holloway, Matt Wilson, lumpley, John Harper, pxib, thazdor, Alan, nikola.

10/19/2005 Andrew Morris: [DitV] Lightbulb moments abound
I ran the first session of  Dogs in the Vineyard this past weekend, and had some interesting moments observing the players. Players Dan -- I've only known him a few…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, jasonm, mtiru, TonyLB.

10/18/2005 inthisstyle: [Capes] Mayhem in the Museum
I went to Ubercon in New Jersey this last weekend to run full-session demos of indie games. Our first real session of play was on Friday night, when another scheduled…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Bret Gillan, dunlaing.

10/18/2005 Everspinner: [DitV] Lonely Creek and mechanics-created goodness
Hello This was my first time playing and GMing Dogs. The only indie game I have played before was Universalis, and I am looking forward to try out Polaris. The…
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Participants: Everspinner, ScottM.

10/17/2005 Michael S. Miller: [BW] Burning Pirates--Prep for play
I’m posting this both at the Forge and on the Burning Wheel forums, just to show how I’m preparing for my upcoming Burning Wheel game, as an example of how…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

10/16/2005 Iskander: [DitV] Green Creek Pass: a Dog's pride and fall (rather long).
I played the first of two Dogs in the Vineyard one-shots yesterday, visiting the unhappy little burg of Green Creek Pass. Since I'm revisiting the town next weekend with another…
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Participants: Iskander, mtiru, jzn, lumpley, Frank T, gains.

10/16/2005 emaise: [Univeralis] Actual Play - The Shadow of the Dragon
Yesterday, a few friends came over and we played Universalis. Well, we had a blast.  Since this was the first time playing for any of us, I had to teach…
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Participants: emaise, Mike Holmes.

10/16/2005 Darcy Burgess: [Sorc] Feudal Japan Session #2
[list] [li]AP thread for first game, [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17095.0]here[/url].[/li] [li]Blog/Prep thread, [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16550.msg182245#msg182245]here[/url].[/li] [/list] [color=Maroon]The Preamble[/color] If you've checked out the prep thread, you'll know what I had in my bag 'o tricks…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Tymen.

10/16/2005 Wolfen: Rats in the Walls: second playtest
This weekend was an odd weekend for my gaming group. Due to some compositional changes, my normal games are falling by the wayside, and as it was my turn to…
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Participants: Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Lxndr.

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11/1/2005 ffilz: My experiences with running Rune Quest
Ok, I was about to post on this subject when Rob Alexander referenced this thread. I am again at a crossroads of trying to decide whether to run Rune Quest…
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Participants: ffilz, CPXB, Christopher Weeks.

11/2/2005 Paka: [P.T.A.] The Pitch and the Brainstorm Uncovers: Chronos Commandoes
I've been wanting to get these buddies together and Produce a game of PTA for months now and finally, tonight, the stars were right. I told them about the show…
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Participants: Paka, ScottM.

11/3/2005 Asteele: First Sorcerer (victorian england)
Sorcerer Actual play. Ran my first game of sorcerer Tuesday, was me as GM and two players.  J and S.  This was meant to be a short series (2-3 game…
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Participants: Asteele, Justin Marx, Ron Edwards, Lamorak33.

11/3/2005 Frank T: Old group, new Creative Agenda?
This is a “help me cure my actual play” post. So I’m playing Pool and PtA and DitV and MLwM and (soon) Polaris with cool folks I know from the…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik, Scripty, Sydney Freedberg, CPXB, MetalBard, Joshua BishopRoby, Andrew Norris, JasperN., Ben Lehman, daMoose_Neo, oliof, Halzebier, Noon.

11/5/2005 Paka: [P.T.A.] Bounty...Hunters
We sat down, six people who had never gamed before and had a splendid game. Well, okay, a few had gamed together but only a few.  I put out an…
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Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, Matt Wilson.

11/6/2005 Jasper Polane: [DitV] Tower Creek
Yesterday was Worldwide D&D Game Day, so we took up the plan to play a Dogs in the Vineyard one-shot, just to be contrary. It was my first time…
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Participants: Jasper Polane, lumpley.

11/7/2005 John Kim: Clashes over Channeling?
OK, this is picking up from Channeling and GNS at Ron's request.  I'd like to discuss the overlap of conflicts -- having GNS Nar/Sim conflict within a game as well…
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Participants: John Kim, Joshua BishopRoby, Wormwood, ewilen, Marco, Mike Holmes, Mark Woodhouse, contracycle.

11/8/2005 Solamasa: [Polaris] Treachery at the Utmost North
Last night we played Polaris for the second time.  If our game sessions were musical pieces, last night would have been a Queen power anthem, with the bass undulating like…
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Participants: Solamasa, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, GreatWolf.

11/8/2005 MrSandman666: [MLwM] My unsatisfying Life with Dr. Ernst (long)
Hi guys and gals... Well, this Saturday I finally had my first chance to play My Life with Master (my first chance to play any indie game, for that matter)…
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Participants: MrSandman666, Victor Gijsbers, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, CPXB, Arturo G., Ron Edwards, TonyLB.

11/9/2005 Neal: [DitV] Olive Grove
There were only two players for this session.  Mike played Brother Thomas, brought up in a strict religious house where personal liberties and happiness were very often sacrificed to right…
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Participants: Neal, lumpley, jasonm, oliof, Pol Jackson.

11/11/2005 Caldis: Rules-lite role play and the outsider
This is an actual play experience from over 15 years ago but it was one of the best games I've ever been in so the events really stuck with me…
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Participants: Caldis, Joshua BishopRoby, Kesher, Mike Holmes.

11/12/2005 1of3: [Conquer the Horizon] The land of Black and White
Hi. Last weekend I tried Conquer the Horizon with two friends. The game was pretty interesting. The facts about the old world were: - Colours - Theocratic dictatorship - Not…
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Participants: 1of3, Joshua BishopRoby.

11/14/2005 screen_monkey: [Heroquest] Serenityquest
Hi - I thought I'd share with you my recent session of Serenityquest, wherein I tried a much more Narrativist approach than I've done before, and it worked really well.…
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Participants: screen_monkey, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, droog.

11/14/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Convention Play
I ran The Shab-al-Hiri Roach three times at MACE, our local gaming con in High Point, NC.  I'll save the mechanical feedback for another post in the design forum, but…
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Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, segedy, urbanpagan.

11/15/2005 bluegargantua: [DitV] Welcome to Bounty
Hey,   I'd wrapped up my Amber/Nobilis game and offered to do a Dogs one-shot for people.  I was interested in trying it out again, they seemed game to try…
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Participants: bluegargantua, TonyLB, oliof, Victor Gijsbers, Neal.

11/15/2005 Roger: [D&D] Roger's Group
This is about the third D&D session I've run with this group.  The group consists of: 1.  Tammy, my wife.  Complete newcomer to RPGs. 2.  Kari, my wife's friend.  Almost…
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Participants: Roger, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, MetalBard.

11/15/2005 Adam Dray: [DitV] Convention Play at MACE
I played in Eric Provost's Dogs in the Vineyard game at MACE in High Point, NC, this past Sunday. We had six (!!) players plus Eric, and none of the…
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Participants: Adam Dray, jasonm, lumpley, Technocrat13, beingfrank, Brian Newman.

11/16/2005 Jonas Karlsson: [BtI] Breaking the Ice in Sweden
I just finished the first date in Emily Care Boss' Breaking the Ice. Me and my girlfriend Helena created characters at a café this Saturday, and finally found time to…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Emily Care.

11/16/2005 knicknevin: [The Memory Cheats] Jesus was Yog-Sothoth's Best Man
OK, played this for the first time last night, using a first draft copy of the rules, and it was interesting: briefly, the system worked overall with largely positive comments,…
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Participants: knicknevin.

11/17/2005 Simon Marks: [Transhuman Space] First attempts at Sim play.
So, I started up a game of Transhuman Space the other day, and I wanted to ask about how to make my Sim reffing better. We have three players at…
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Participants: Simon Marks, Rob Alexander, TonyLB, Lamorak33, Joshua BishopRoby, Liminaut, Mike Holmes, Pol Jackson, nikola, Miskatonic, Supplanter.

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