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5/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley, Episode 1
Ok, it took us two game sessions, for reasons that will be made clear, but Jenni, Nate and I managed to complete Episode 1 of our show, Nightshade Alley. AP…
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Participants: Melinglor, Everspinner, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

5/18/2006 Ron Edwards: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Spells and swords - fight!
Hello, For context and previous play, check out the threads The kid two houses down and Skill combat and blood drinking. We played our third session…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Asteele, cdr, Jinx, James_Nostack, Dav, mneme, John Harper, Czar Fnord, rafial, Technocrat13, Mark Woodhouse, Noon, Aaron, TheTris, xeperi, Storn, Web_Weaver, Miskatonic, ffilz, r_donato, greyorm, buzz, Melinglor, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, Roger, Calithena, Caldis, jesterina, Ian Charvill, Jasper the Mimbo, Mike Holmes.

5/17/2006 D Hirtle: [Shadowrun] The PC's ate my baby!
Hello and thanks to the Forge.  Because of this place I have the words to talk about what's going on in my game.     I am running a 3rd…
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Participants: D Hirtle, Valamir, Gaerik, Alan, DaGreatJL, Wolfen, Grover.

5/16/2006 Maleficence: [Fading Suns] First actual play post, game session 32
Hello, I'm Esteban. I've been reading the Forge for a few months now and I've been quite interested by many of the concepts I've read here as well as the…
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Participants: Maleficence.

5/15/2006 Clay: [Serenity] The Value of Preparation
This past Saturday I took over as the game master for my group's Serenity game.  The previous game master had been stretched a bit thin between work and home, and…
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Participants: Clay, Tommi Brander, khelek, Kai_lord.

5/14/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Eighth Session: Part One
I've posted this write up to my livejournal, http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/11558.html#cutid1. I'm expecting to break it up into several posts here, as the Forge has a very limited word count per post,…
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Participants: Lisa Padol.

5/13/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Stalling
Hullo, :) Well, for a miscellaneous sequence of reasons, our fifth session of TSoY was cancelled for about the third time in a row... So, I figured I'd take this…
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Participants: JMendes, Frank T, r_donato.

5/13/2006 John Harper: [TSOY] Shodan Play
Ron has mentioned "black belt" play before, and we got a good taste of it in our last TSOY session, courtesy of Brandon. I'm calling this shodan rank play --…
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Participants: John Harper, Judaicdiablo, r_donato, Albert of Feh.

5/13/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] - Exalted, with Mixed Results
I ran my first TSoY/Exalted game last night, with mixed results. Here are my observations. In this group, I've got four players - B, K, S and N. *B is…
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Participants: Belinda K., Paka, charles ferguson, Frank T, rafial, James_Nostack, xeperi, John Harper, Dev, Valamir, DaGreatJL, Miedvied, Noon.

5/11/2006 Yokiboy: It is Hard to be a Player
Hello, I have learned that it can be really hard to be a player. I have been game mastering every campaign I've played in for the past 21 years... until…
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Participants: Yokiboy, James_Nostack, Alan, Web_Weaver.

5/11/2006 MatrixGamer: Interrogation: A question about role playing them.
I am interested in hearing people's perspectives on how to run an interrogation using conflict resolution techniques. First a review of other ways I've seen interrogation done. In D+D games…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, joepub, Ron Edwards.

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.

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 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.

5/10/2006 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.

5/10/2006 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 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 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.

5/9/2006 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.

5/9/2006 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.

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5/22/2006 gains: [Lacuna Part 1, 2nd Attempt] Orientation
I ran some new players through my Lacuna "Orientation and Mobility within Blue City" scenario using the new and improved rules. The theme of the scenario is to learn to…
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Participants: gains, abzu, ghashsnaga, Ron Edwards.

5/22/2006 Paka: [Burning Wheel] The End of Vault
I'm really great at running a one-shot that everyone wants to keep on playing.  A few pick up and play games among my friends have become years long campaigns, serendipity,…
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Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, abzu, Storn.

5/22/2006 Storn: [L5R] who asks for skill checks and what we did after
This weekend I was playing in a Legends of the Five Rings game.  It was a 2 parter, the 1st part was a solo for my charcter.  The 2nd parter…
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Participants: Storn, Valamir, Bankuei.

5/23/2006 sirogit: [Polaris] Underacheiving Lesbian Orphans
I got the pleasure of playing the first session a polaris game tonight after abit of waitng. The players were my brother Chris, Tony, and the unfortunately soon-to-be-moving Kevin, which…
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Participants: sirogit, demiurgeastaroth, Emily Care, Madheretic, dysjunct, Ben Lehman.

5/23/2006 MatrixGamer: [Engle Matrix Game] Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE DEAD DUKE This is the Matrix Game scenario that I have run the most. I first ran it in 1997 and I officially…
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Participants: MatrixGamer.

5/24/2006 Frank T: [Grimm d20] Yeah, let’s roll for Attributes!
Last weekend was NordCon. I played PtA again, which didn’t kick off quite as much as usual, and TSoY, which really rocked. And then there was Saturday evening. We had…
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Participants: Frank T.

5/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Ninth Session Write Up
I've posted the write up of the ninth session of our Sorcerer campaign here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/12699.html#cutid1 One more write up is in progress, and we're hoping to have another session soon.…
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Participants: Lisa Padol.

5/25/2006 skie: TMW - The Mountain Witch Question regarding conflict resolution
Hi, I just  bought TMW and am very exited to run it. I've read everything I could find on this site about it and am still unclear on exactly how…
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Participants: skie, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

5/25/2006 sirogit: [Polaris] Memento, with ice castles and lightsabres.
Second session: We had a little bit more time for this session, but it was still pretty short. On the other hand, we're appreciating how the brevity of the sessions…
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Participants: sirogit, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Raquel.

5/25/2006 hurtmypony: [D&d 3.5 / Donjon] Lengthy and Rambling Very First Post
Well, it all started out with an old school friend of mine getting a pre-made family when he married a divorcee.  A few months back, after being married for a…
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Participants: hurtmypony, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, greyorm, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, JMendes, Storn, r_donato.

5/29/2006 lee-anne: PTA: Gun of Truth
Last Monday at a convention, I played my first game of Primetime Adventures with four strangers and an old friend. I'm pretty sure all of us were new to narrative…
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Participants: lee-anne, jasonm.

5/30/2006 hurtmypony: [Donjon] Session Two: A Snake In The Grass
Starring: Jack created a new character:  “Frak”.  A pygmy warrior with a blowgun and what I can only identify as a “Swiss Army Mouth”.  He can bite and latch on…
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Participants: hurtmypony, greyorm, Noon, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2006 matthijs: [PTA] Emergent ritual -> flow
Pretentious titles, we all love them. A phenomenon I've seen in every single PTA session I've played, both as player and producer, is that it takes some time to get…
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Participants: matthijs, GreatWolf.

5/31/2006 Artanis: [Polaris] ... and now there are none who remember it
[b]Introduction[/b] I finally got around to playing Polaris with 3 close friends, who have been gaming with me since quite a few years. We know each other really well, but…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman.

6/2/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - historical narrativism
I've been working up to playing a game set in the 'real' 5th century AD for quite some time. It all started with Pendragon, which, while I enjoyed the schlocky…
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Participants: droog, Mike Holmes, Tancred, beingfrank, Nigel Evans.

6/4/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Drags On
Hey, all, :) This is all in the sequence of this stuff here. We had our sixth TSoY session last night (and yes, I'm counting them). Unless something utterly surprising…
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Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards, Ralek.

6/6/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Tenth Session Write Up
The link to the tenth session write up is here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/13720.html#cutid1 -Lisa Padol
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Participants: Lisa Padol.

6/6/2006 greyorm: Starting up D&D with the kids
Saturday nights are family night around our house once we've got the youngest two in bed, as their idea of playing a game is stealing everyone else's pieces every two…
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Participants: greyorm, ffilz, Valamir, cpeterso, charles ferguson, John Harper, Storn, Clay, Czar Fnord, Gaerik, Noon, Mike Holmes, Adam Dray, Calithena, Miskatonic.

6/7/2006 WorldSaversInc: [Anti-Pool] Unsure of where to go
Hi, I am currently running a game using the Anti-Pool variation by Mark Whithers.  The premise or theme of the game is essentially Unbreakable or that normal people have abilities…
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Participants: WorldSaversInc, Mike Holmes, Matthew Glover, Andrew Norris.

6/7/2006 IMAGinES: [Heavy Gear 2nd. Ed. - Black Talon] The Plot Hole Problem
Back in this thread, which I think I managed to close down with my own rudeness – I just re-read Clinton's posting rules which explained why line-by-line replies are rude,…
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Participants: IMAGinES, Immunis, Mike Holmes, contracycle, r_donato.

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