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11/21/2005 Troy_Costisick: Drawing in Experiences
Heya, I'm trying to get right in my head what I've enjoyed most about the Settings I've played in.  I want to understand why I've found certain ones compelling, and…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick.

11/20/2005 jasonm: [Polaris] "...But only if everybody in the world dies."
Me, Lisa, Nik, and Jonathan had a nice game of Polaris today.  We were all learning (Lisa and Jonathan had played a demo and I own the book), and we…
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Participants: jasonm, Ben Lehman, Arturo G., Jonathan Walton, nikola.

11/19/2005 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] The Blood Gates
[b]Who[/b] - Me, Jon, and Steven.  We've met maybe 3-4 times for a Primetime Adventures game about Serbia circa 1991, but we couldn't get the whole group together, so we…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Hastings.

11/19/2005 Rob Alexander: [Paranoia] run with non-gamers
This week, I ran a Paranoia XP session with three guys from work. Player 1 - used to play Paranoia and some form of D&D in his teens, but never…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, John Burdick, TonyLB.

11/19/2005 Rob Alexander: [D&D] Back in the saddle
Okay, as promised here's an AP account for the game I DM'd last Sunday. I apologise for the length but I don't know how to structure it in a less…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, Halzebier, ffilz, Joe Zeutenhorst, Roger, Noon, John Burdick, diadochi, Lamorak33.

11/18/2005 Tim Alexander: [UtB] A Girl named Jo
Hey Folks, So on Tuesday we finished up and Under the Bed game that started the week before. The group I do most of my gaming with these days ends…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, TonyLB, nikola.

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.

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.

11/16/2005 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.

11/15/2005 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.

11/15/2005 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 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.

11/14/2005 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.

11/14/2005 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.

11/12/2005 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.

11/11/2005 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.

11/9/2005 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.

11/8/2005 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.

11/8/2005 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.

11/7/2005 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.

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11/21/2005 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Old Gods - the first playtest
I ran the first playtest for Mortal Coil last Friday. I had four players in attendance, Bill, Eric, Russ, and Krista. Krista dropped out to go to bed about an…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Sean, Michael S. Miller.

11/21/2005 diadochi: [WHFR][CoC]Two experiences, both bad, where am I going wrong
Hi, This is my first post to the Forge. I’m posting here because a friend said to me that the members of the Forge are helpful in the sense they…
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Participants: diadochi, John Burdick, CPXB, Liminaut, Kaare Berg (Old), Victor Gijsbers, Rob Alexander, James_Nostack, nikola, Ron Edwards, Noon, Bankuei, rafial, lumpley, mutex.

11/22/2005 Thor Olavsrud: [With Great Power] The Vigiles Revisited
I've owed Michael another actual play post about my With Great Power game for a while now. Here's the thread I started after our first session. Last week we had…
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Participants: Thor Olavsrud, James_Nostack, rafial, abzu, CPXB, Michael S. Miller.

11/22/2005 Dantai: [Rolemaster] When Worlds Collide - A perfect execution of simulationist play
Well I've just returned from one of my quasi-regular jaunts north of the border which means I actually got to do some role-playing! Woo-pah! The main reason was our group's…
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Participants: Dantai, Mike Holmes, Mark Woodhouse, NN, Kesher, kingreidos.

11/23/2005 Unco Lober: [Apocalypse Girl] The full-game playtest report
For those not familiar with the subject: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17632.0 http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Apocalypse_Girl.php - At last we have played this promising game and have much to tell. There were three players, just as proposed…
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Participants: Unco Lober, Mike Holmes, Sydney Freedberg, Ramidel.

11/23/2005 Dantai: [Contenders] First playtests (and muchos beer). S'gonna be Long.
I've now played Ronnie award winner (never gonna get tired of that) Contenders with two very different groups. Both times under the influence of copious amounts of alcohol. Still there's…
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Participants: Dantai.

11/23/2005 oliof: [PtA] Eiffel City, the worlds' capital
Hello, a short report on my  experience with PtA on a weekend con. There was tremendous interest in PtA, and I had a whopping seven players at the table. Some…
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Participants: oliof.

11/25/2005 Vaxalon: Remembrances of Campaigns Past
Remember those campaigns of our youth, back when we were teenagers, that seemed to have gone on forever? You know how now that we're getting older, that they just don't…
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Participants: Vaxalon, ffilz, WalkingDead, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2005 Jaik: [Capes] "Like the Tick?"
Our tale begins four weeks ago, as four friends gather together... First, a description of the group: Me-Late 20's, married, no kids yet.  I've been gaming about 12 years, mostly…
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Participants: Jaik, Yokiboy, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

11/28/2005 lampros: [Exalted: Abyssals] "Interactive Storytelling" and really cool descriptions
Hey all, I'm currently running a game of White Wolf's Exalted: the Abyssals. Exalted is a (rigorously non-D&D) fantasy world which puts a heavy focus on setting. Characters are some…
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Participants: lampros, Matt, Danny_K, nikola, Blake Hutchins.

11/28/2005 Allan: [Shock 0.1.0] Brain jacks and naval plugs
The Players Allan - Serious sci-fi nut, hard-core gamer and designer, and recent narativist convert Brian - Gaming again after a 10-year break.  Used to play CoC.  New to indie…
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Participants: Allan, nikola, joepub.

11/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Contenders] Brief experimental play
Threads to check out first: Ronnies feedback First playtests (and muchos beer) We played Contenders too! Bear in mind, we didn't really get into it in the sense…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Roger, jrs, Dantai.

11/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Space Rat] Femme Babes rock, I want one
Threads to check out first: Ronnies feedback Rewards for femme babes Oh my goodness, what a great game. I'll start with the biggest textual stumbling block…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

11/28/2005 Adam Dray: [The Burning Wheel] The Gift -- at MACE 2005
There's an interview with Luke Crane over at Treasure Tables Read it. It's excellent. Quotes within are from the article. I played in one of the games Luke discusses in…
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Participants: Adam Dray, abzu, Mike Holmes, Iskander, haiiro, Thor Olavsrud, Bret Gillan, Paka, Brand_Robins, JamesDJIII, segedy, Jonathan Walton.

11/28/2005 MatrixGamer: Buffy the Vampaire Slayer/ Engle Matrix Game hybrid
My brother was over for Thanksgiving and as we frequently do I ran a game for him and my wife. A couple of years ago we did a BtVS one…
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Participants: MatrixGamer.

11/28/2005 Bret Gillan: [Polaris] The Fall of the Knights
My friends and I exchanged Christmas presents last week (yeah, we're not very patient) and my friend Jere got me Polaris. I'd heard about it, and I thought the gameplay…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, jasonm, Ben Lehman, Hermes3.

11/29/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our first session: Part One: Player Characters and Demons
The actual write up will follow in the next post on this thread. Character: Andreas von Ouranenburg Player: Dave Demast Appearance: Normal, Average, Perfectly Non-descript Telltale: Small animals flee or…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen.

11/29/2005 talysman: [Last Breath] first playtest: altering play flow
Yesterday was a quick playtest of Last Breath, my October Ronnies submission. Quite a bit went on during my Thanksgiving vacation and the playtest kept getting postponed; we finally managed…
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Participants: talysman.

11/29/2005 ptevis: [Polaris] City of Ice and Starlight, Session 5
(Protagonists: Sirius, leader of the Knights; Matar, minstrel turned Knight; Lesath, hot-headed Knight haunted by his father's demon murderer; and Grumian, freakishly large Knight seeking just to be left alone.)…
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Participants: ptevis, Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman.

11/29/2005 GreatWolf: [Polaris] More Peoria Polaris, including a discussion of immersion (sorry)
My Polaris group has actually managed to squeeze in a couple more sessions of play since I last wrote here So, naturally, I’m being nagged to write it up for…
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Participants: GreatWolf, ptevis, Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes.

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