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5/2/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Skill combat and blood drinking
Hooray! After an intervening family vacation and a couple of other interruptions, Dan and Christopher and I reconvened for our second session of D&D 3.25. (Definition: I have one of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, wgrzanic, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, JamesDJIII, Melinglor, Bankuei, Valamir, IMAGinES, Blankshield, contracycle, buzz, Gaerik, ffilz, Glendower.

5/1/2006 sirogit: [Play Right!] Matrix Sequels
I gave Play-Write! a whirl last night. It was a bit more difficult to find a story 4 people were all familiar/invested in than either I thought or the text…
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Participants: sirogit.

5/1/2006 Montola: Prosopopeia -- Playing on the Edge of Reality
Greetings, I guess Actual Play is the appropriate forum to post this paper discussing a pervasive larp Prosopopeia we staged in Sweden: Montola, Markus & Jonsson, Staffan (2006): Prosopopeia. Playing…
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Participants: Montola.

5/1/2006 GreatWolf: [Polaris] Death, dismemberment, and flowers
(The previous report can be found here.) Once again, we gathered for Polaris.  Raquel is traveling for three weeks, so we wanted to pick up the pieces after our last…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Valamir.

5/1/2006 Malcolm: [DitV] For the kids!
There's a group in Edinburgh called the Open Roleplaying community which exists to bring new blood into the hobby and give a place where younger gamers can flourish. All ages…
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Participants: Malcolm, Paka, Dumirik.

5/1/2006 inthisstyle: [Capes] Inuyasha with the Family
My wife and kids are big fans of the Japanese cartoon Inuyasha, featuring a half-demon swordsman and a time-traveling schoolgirl from modern times. The series is about unrequited love and…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Matthew Glover.

5/1/2006 Mason: [d20] Carthage
I'm two sessions in to a new game and already there seem to be some creative disconnects among the group.  I'm the GM and its for my regular group that…
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Participants: Mason, Noon, epweissengruber, Wade Lahoda, donbaloo, wgrzanic, Caldis.

4/30/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Nighttime Animals] Cat Mafia
A night in with the girlfriend tonight. I was meant to buy a Scrabble set over the weekend, but I couldn't find a cheap one. So, instead, I suggested that…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Bryan Hansel, chris_moore.

4/30/2006 Storn: [WotG] A game session that rocked!
Having delved into the HERO System, M&M and assessing incoherence thread here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19543.0, which also branched into some really interesting Exalted threads... especially this one,  Exalted: searching for my…
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Participants: Storn, Ron Edwards, Paka, dunlaing, Stickman, Maleficence, ptikachu.

4/30/2006 Artanis: [The Great Journey] Hike Morn's fantastic travels
[b]Intro[/b] Intrigued by the recent discussions about [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19290.0]drills[/url] and having some time to spend with my mother and two brothers, I suggested a "quick" game of [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19310.0]The Great Journey[/url], by…
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Participants: Artanis.

4/30/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Seventh Session Write Up
I've posted the write up of the seventh session of our Sorcerer campaign here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/10758.html#cutid1. For any who missed the link and want to read it, the write up of…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka.

4/28/2006 Salar: [Inspectres] First game
Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while just getting my head around some of the ongoing discussions. It's certainly been an education! I've been roleplaying on and off…
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Participants: Salar, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2006 Precious Villain: [Shadowrun] Combat Monsters
I'm playing in a Shadowrun (4th edition) campaign.  Up until last Saturday there were three of us:  Myself (Rob), Sam and Kelsey.  Saturday, we invited an old fellow gamer from…
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Participants: Precious Villain, Tommi Brander, DagdaMor, Zamiel, TonyPace, TonyLB, Noon, Dav, JongWK, Ramidel, Wade Lahoda, Ron Edwards, BearKing, ffilz, Jaik, Web_Weaver.

4/27/2006 wgrzanic: Low-prep D&D with kickers, flags, conflict webs, and no-death
Hi all, This is my first post here, so apologies in advance if I break any rules, written or otherwise.  Just let me know. A couple of weeks ago (yes,…
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Participants: wgrzanic, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Bankuei, donbaloo, Matthew Glover, BrendanC, Warren, John Harper, Alan, soviet.

4/24/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Coolness
Hello, all, :) Well. My wife blew me away, the other day. We have a regular gaming group for Saturday nights. Used to play L5R. I've posted about it here,…
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Participants: JMendes, James_Nostack, Frank T, tonyd, oliof.

4/22/2006 pfischer: [Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] Fastaval 2006 Demo Game
I was invited to the Danish convention Fastaval over Easter 2006 to demo indie games. Apart from a lot of talk about indie roleplaying games and running 60 minutes demos…
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Participants: pfischer, jasonm, Joe Murphy (Broin), olleolleolle, pedyo.

4/21/2006 dsellars: Could I have some advice on getting my campaign started?
Hello All, This is my first post here so please be gentle I've probably misunderstood things round here, I have tried to read around things though :), I also hope…
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Participants: dsellars, rafial, Sydney Freedberg, ScottM, Wade Lahoda.

4/20/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [InSpectres demo] Solo play
Few weeks ago, while reading InSpectres demo it occured to me that the game could theoretically be played alone. And I tried it. All in all, it was fun and…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Jared A. Sorensen, JMendes, greyorm, demiurgeastaroth.

4/20/2006 Zathreyel: [Criminal Element] Buenos Aires: the Mendoza Job
I'd known about it for about a week.  My regular Tuesday night crew had become pretty irregular for a little while, so our regularly scheduled game of Nobilis had sort…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards, CMWeck.

4/19/2006 GB Steve: [PTA] Animal Firm
We had a fine game of Prime Time Adventures this evening so here for your delight is a summary of play: Set in the town of Orville, Animal Firm charts…
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Participants: GB Steve.

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5/2/2006 Technocrat13: [Red Box D&D] Module B4: The Lost City
A few months back I'd acquired a mint condition copy of the ol' Red Box edition of D&D.  After reading through it again for the first time in what must…
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Participants: Technocrat13, James_Nostack, JamesDJIII, Miskatonic, Bryan Hansel, Ron Edwards, Noon, Calithena.

5/4/2006 khelek: [DitV] Temperance and Accountability
[DitV] Temperance and Accountability Executive Summary: A long post, more about our personal discovery of Conflict Resolution during DitV play, than the story that played out. This is the Actual…
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Participants: khelek, lumpley.

5/4/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Troublesome first session
Hello, folks, I'm pretty new to the Forge, so if I make a faux-pas, please let me know. I'm here to describe my first attempt at running TSoY. It fell…
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Participants: r_donato, Valamir, Glendower, rafial, sirogit, Paka, donbaloo.

5/4/2006 JavaApp: Jared Sorenson’s The Farm – How does it play?
I originally posted this on RPG.net, and all I got in response was a bunch of people telling me, "Hey, let us know how it turns out." I used the…
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Participants: JavaApp.

5/5/2006 Paka: Burning Wheel: Elf vs. Orc
So, it is the weekly Burning Wheel group.  Excuse me while I kvell a bit. We took time off to playtest Luke's Sooper Seekrit Project but found out that one…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Storn, agony, taepoong.

5/5/2006 bluenotebooks: Question - Not sure where to post it.
I have played d&d a bit, and like it for the most part.  But I do not care for how centered it is on combat.  I believe I would prefer…
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Participants: bluenotebooks, Storn, Ron Edwards.

5/5/2006 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer] Charnel Gods - The Irthan Epoch
Last night was the first night of my Charnel Gods campaign, and it rocked. After my previous Sorcerer campaign left me feeling a little cold, I really wanted this one…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Paka, Eric J-D, greyorm.

5/5/2006 dsellars: games 'in play'?
This query of mine has basically come about by reading this thread (a few times through now) here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19690.0 It basically revolves around the following paragraphs, written by Ron.: First…
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Participants: dsellars, Ron Edwards.

5/6/2006 greyorm: [ORX] Forge Midwest Demo Observations
Juli, Tod and Tim (Kleinert) were gracious enough to play a quick game of Orx with me at Forge Midwest. This was also a milestone in Orx play as the…
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Participants: greyorm.

5/6/2006 nyhteg: [InSpectres] Demons in the Dinner Hall
There have been a couple of threads in recent memory about running games with/for kids so I thought this might be of interest to someone. In a nutshell, I ran…
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Participants: nyhteg, Bryan Hansel.

5/8/2006 eruditus: My Life with Father
My first attempt at running My Life with Master can be found here...  http://eruditus.livejournal.com/21224.html#cutid1 This is a breakdown of the master and characters.  Tomorrow I will post the game session.
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Participants: eruditus, Ian Charvill, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, ObLaDan.

5/9/2006 kalyptein: [Charnel Gods] Fall of Sarantium, Story Real Soon Now
I started posting about this game down in the Adept Press forum, but I thought I'd move it up here as I'm getting away from the mechanical questions and more…
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Participants: kalyptein, Mister Six.

5/9/2006 jasonm: [PTA] Deep in the Blue
Last night Clinton, Remi, and I began a five-episode PTA season called Deep in the Blue.  I'm Producing.  We agreed over the week leading up to our first session on…
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Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Eric J-D, Storn, John Harper, Nicolas Crost, Emily Care, Roger, LeSingeSavant.

5/10/2006 IMAGinES: [Heavy Gear 2nd Ed.] Where's The GM Fun?
I’m trying something I read about over on The 20’ By 20’ Room, creating a campaign “design document” complete with a goal. Although there’s not much detail on what a…
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Participants: IMAGinES, Belinda K., Ron Edwards, eruditus.

5/10/2006 Belinda K.: [Vampire: the Requiem] Attempt at using 'Forge techniques'!
I’ve been running a Vampire game recently, about a crap vampiric band in Chicago, where I’ve been trying out some new GMing things, mainly attempting a character driven game as…
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Participants: Belinda K., Ron Edwards, Storn, Tommi Brander, joshua neff, JonasB, Nathan P..

5/10/2006 Warren: Dogs in the Vineyard for my Vampire group
It's occurred to me that I never got back and told people how running Dogs in the Vineyard for the Vampire group I joined went. The dysfunction I spoke about…
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Participants: Warren, Artanis, Glendower.

5/10/2006 flammifer: Crashed on an island
Pretty basic settings: the characters are their actual selves, crashed on an unknown shore (plane accident, etc.). What did they do? One looked for ships and wrote a giant SOS…
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Participants: flammifer, Alan.

5/11/2006 Aaron: Rolling Interactions
I've been reading some posts regarding rolling dice for social conflicts and not using GM fiat to rule the outcome.  I heartily agree but have a question, but first my…
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Participants: Aaron, Noon, Dav, demiurgeastaroth, dsellars, Wade Lahoda, Glendower, Gaerik, Mike Lucas, khelek, Precious Villain, ffilz, Czar Fnord, Alan, Ron Edwards, wgrzanic, Tommi Brander, jlarke, Web_Weaver, Storn, Melinglor, Jane, Bartmoss.

5/11/2006 Dumirik: [My Life With Master] Concerning Carlos Armani
Last night while out for dinner at a friend's place, I ran a short test prep session with one of the players in my new group so we could get…
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Participants: Dumirik.

5/11/2006 TonyLB: [TSOY] The Long Bridge
Well, we had a game with drama powered entirely by The Shadow of Yesterday's Keys mechanic.  Good times, good times. The general idea that Sydney pitched us was off of…
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Participants: TonyLB, r_donato, jasonm, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Glendower, Mike Lucas, John Harper, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg, Storn, Clay, Doyce.

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