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7/18/2006 Paka: The Dictionary of Mu at Dexcon 2006
The proof was in my hands and there is no better con to first show it around.  Dexcon and Dreamation have been important places for the Dictionary of Mu but…
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Participants: Paka, Andrew Morris, iago, RobNJ, Smithy.

7/18/2006 Andrew Morris: [Capes] [DexCon] Sin City (Capes goes dark)
So I finally got around to running a fun, but non-funny Capes game at DexCon. I set the comics code to “nothing that wouldn’t appear in a Sin City comic.”…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Madheretic, Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Marhault, faust_D.

7/18/2006 Andrew Morris: [Unistat] [DexCon] Out in the black
Unistat – the little RPG that could. I was a little nervous about running Unistat. If you’re not familiar with the history, I created it in seven hours as a…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Bill_White, Rob Donoghue, TonyLB.

7/18/2006 Bill_White: [D&D 3.5] (Dexcon) Final Fantasy and the Art of Railroad Maintenance
My brother Mel, my buddy Dave, and I signed up to play in a D&D adventure at Dexcon 9 this past weekend.  It was called “Slaughterhouse of the August Moon,”…
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Participants: Bill_White, Noon, Andrew Morris, Rob Donoghue, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, RobNJ, kalyptein, Melinglor, dpetroski, contracycle, ubergeek2012, Wade Lahoda, drnuncheon, greyorm.

7/17/2006 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Fixed Humanity, Flexible Consequences....
Hello, So, I'm running a new Sorcerer game.  Including various con games this makes my seventh Sorcerer game and my fourth underlying concept.  The concept this time around is Southern…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, ironick.

7/17/2006 Andrew Morris: [The Great Art] [DexCon] Putting the damage on
This was the second of two table-top sessions of TGA I ran at DexCon. The first folded from lack of players, though, since it was in that all-or-nothing Wednesday time…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Rob Donoghue, Paka.

7/17/2006 RobNJ: [Dexcon] A thread of AP posts
I plan on accumulating my AP posts from DexCon in this thread.  Here's the first one. Overall: This was the best time I've ever had at a convention, and that…
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Participants: RobNJ, Rob Donoghue, Bill_White, Paka, Matt Wilson.

7/16/2006 Calithena: [AP & History] Initiative Rules
I was running my system for some old friends the last couple of weeks. I decided a while back that initiative rules were not worth the time they took, but…
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Participants: Calithena, Tommi Brander.

7/15/2006 klaveshy: Sim reward systems?
Hey, guys! Moderator, if you could put this where it belongs, that would be great. I don't know which out of the available forums it belongs in. I was looking…
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Participants: klaveshy, Ron Edwards.

7/14/2006 Zak Arntson: [Trollbabe] A sleepy scene ...
[b]Introduction[/b] A few weeks ago I mentioned to my wife that we could try Trollbabe. It was a hopeful throwaway comment, considering she shows no interest in roleplaying games and…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, jrs, zmook, Noon, Arturo G..

7/14/2006 Paul T: A long time ago... anecdote one [Fudge]
Hello. This is the first of two actual play accounts I will be posting in the hopes of generating some discussion about issues I'm trying to deal with in my…
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Participants: Paul T, Noon, Emily Care, Sydney Freedberg, Czar Fnord.

7/14/2006 eruditus: [Mortal Coil] The Path Least Traveled
[url text="My Mortal Coil Actual Play"]http://eruditus.livejournal.com/22937.html#cutid1[/url] So what's the point? What am I doing wrong and what am I doing right? Especially from folk that have run through games with…
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Participants: eruditus, Ron Edwards.

7/13/2006 MJGraham: Actions resolved through single or mutliple dice.
Do you prefer systems which require rolling mutiple dice to resolve actions or ones that use a single dice roll, e.g would you rather play a game that required rolling…
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Participants: MJGraham, Tommi Brander, Ron Edwards.

7/13/2006 REkz: [PTA] - The Cuckoo's Nest
Gamers, We just played a great game tonight of Prime Time Adventures.  I thought it went great and was quite entertaining.  I approached it exactly as discussed in the book…
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Participants: REkz, Matt Wilson.

7/13/2006 Doyce: [TSoY] I just ran Freebooters
It's been over a year since I've done any serious gaming, due to a lot of things, but mostly my new daughter.  I come back and the world is all…
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Participants: Doyce, joewolz, Mike Lucas.

7/13/2006 Tomas HVM: [Autumn of Life] Easy-to-play RPG
As some of you may have discerned there has been a competition of gamedesign in Norway running the two last years. One of the most exciting participants in this competition…
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Participants: Tomas HVM, Paul Czege.

7/12/2006 Vaxalon: Heroquest house rules rule!
Okay, so in my tuesday night IRC Heroquest game, I'm using two house rules: Goals -- http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20179 Dogs-like Advancement -- http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19969.0 Based on just a single session of play, I…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Melinglor, sebastianz.

7/12/2006 Quixotica: Dice Systems (Game Mechanics)
I have played a few different dice-systems and I found the D10 System of White Wolf and the D100 system with Call of Cthulu the easiest systems to play, and…
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Participants: Quixotica, zmook, Glendower, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Eleventh and Final Session
I've posted the write up of our campaign's final Sorcerer session here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/16245.html#cutid1 I'll post the post-mortem to my 'blog when I've finished writing it. -Lisa Padol
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Participants: Lisa Padol, jburneko, Andrew Norris.

7/11/2006 Isbo: [Shab al-Hiri Roach] First time
This weekend I finally managed to get my regular group (3.5 D&D gamers) to try out an Indie game--The Shab al-Hiri Roach. It was actually one of the last sessions…
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Participants: Isbo.

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7/18/2006 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] (Dexcon) Legacy of the Ancient Ones
In a fit of what may best be described as hubris, I ran Ganakagok at Dexcon for a group of 7 people.  The game rocked, but it was completely and…
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Participants: Bill_White, jasonm, Andrew Morris, dpetroski, Iskander, Shawn De Arment.

7/19/2006 Nathan P.: [Burning Empires] [DexCon] Demo feedback
The first part of the post is the summary of the demo; the second is my feedback for Luke in particular; and the third is general comments about convention demos.…
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Participants: Nathan P., abzu.

7/19/2006 Melinglor: [OTE] Cats Successfully Herded.
[i]WARNING: This is a long'un. I tried to break it up as best I could for easy reading.[/i] So I played Friday night with almost the whole group. Some good,…
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Participants: Melinglor.

7/19/2006 Bret Gillan: [Burning Wheel] The Face-off
I ran my first Burning Wheel session, and it basically leapt right off the character sheets. I did no prep whatsoever, and it was one of the best first sessions…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, coffeestain, Iskander, Jeremiah Lahnum, abzu.

7/19/2006 Iskander: [DexCon][Donjon] A Donjon Too Far?
I ran a couple of Donjon pickups at DexCon, hot on the heels of The Dread Castle Playdor, because that game was such fun. I'm hoping to resume the Playdor…
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Participants: Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, Michael S. Miller, mtiru, Nathan P., eruditus, Hans.

7/19/2006 xjermx: TSOY before breakfast
So we're about 4 sessions in on our regular weekend TSOY game.  I posted about the beginnings of it over <a href=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20170.0>here</a>, and more <a href=http://noahvale.livejournal.com/17439.html>here</a>. I'll cut right to…
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Participants: xjermx, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/19/2006 Melinglor: [OTE] A Paper Trail to Nowhere
As mentioned in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20465.0 I hit a snag in my Over the Edge game when one player, Travis, didn't show, and it caused another player, Joe, to basically…
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Participants: Melinglor, Paul T, Noon, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes, dunlaing.

7/20/2006 Silmenume: [Middle Earth - home brew] 1st day in July 4th '06 week of play.
So it has come to pass that the (nearly) annual July 4th gaming retreat came together this year and it was a smokin’ blast!  About 2 months ago the decision…
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Participants: Silmenume, Calithena.

7/20/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][DexCon] Star-Spangled Barbed-Wire Punch
Okay!  The second Capes session at DexCon! I was stuck with a bit of a poser.  My original thinking, when I scheduled the three events, was that I would take…
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Participants: TonyLB, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Hans, drnuncheon, Sydney Freedberg, AATLEMIDRM, Valamir, Andrew Morris.

7/20/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][DexCon] I don't save the people ... the people save me
The final Capes session of DexCon.  And I actually had past events from a charged and coherent previous session.  That meant that I could start the new folks in media…
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Participants: TonyLB, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Nathan P., phredd, dpetroski.

7/20/2006 Kat Miller: [With Great Power...] Old Cons, New Tricks
I’ve been running a lot of convention play WGP this summer and I’ve been noticing something powerful happening.  I have a scenario that I usually run with.  Its called “League…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, Iskander, Marhault.

7/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil][Origins] A Pound of Flesh
A bit belated, but I thought I should post an Actual Play report of the Origins Mortal Coil game I ran this year. It was an after-hours pickup game, mostly…
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Participants: inthisstyle, ubergeek2012.

7/21/2006 Nathan P.: [Mortal Coil][DexCon]I Promised I Wouldn't Title This Thread That One Thing...
Let me preface this post by saying that Mortal Coil is my new favorite game. So, I played in the Old Gods playtest at Dreamation, and had a good time.…
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Participants: Nathan P., thwaak, Iskander, inthisstyle, Shawn De Arment.

7/21/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][Dexcon] Fighting about what we're fighting about
Ah, the DexCon Capes games.  This is the second of (probably) three AP posts about the third of these games.  It follows immediately after I don't save the people ...…
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Participants: TonyLB.

7/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Dark Vegas
This one played a little earlier than the Origins game, and the NerdNYC Recess game day on June 11. This one is set in Las Vegas, and like I always…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Tony Irwin.

7/22/2006 Coleslaw: “What do you do?” A matter of proper timing. (Long)
My group and I have played a few sessions of Stormbringer (Elric!/5th Edition) recently.  This game has fond memories for many of us since we played the older editions when…
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Participants: Coleslaw.

7/22/2006 baron samedi: [DITV] Actual play : Thanks Mr. Baker!
I've just finished a 6 hour IRC session of DITV, in French... My irst experience with both IRC and DITV... it was wonderful. We only got through the initiation of…
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Participants: baron samedi, Artanis, lumpley.

7/23/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][DexCon] Owning your tragedy
More actual play from the DexCon Capes extravaganza.  This is still in that third session, and occurred directly after Fighting about what we're fighting about. I'm going to dump a…
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Participants: TonyLB, r_donato, Nathan P., dpetroski, Bret Gillan, Sydney Freedberg, phredd.

7/24/2006 Tim M Ralphs: [WOD} - GM authority without GM force. And demon assassins. a dilemma
Good Afternoon, A little background, and then I’ll state my dilemma. One of the groups I game with has been playing for about 5 years. The games have been fairly…
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Participants: Tim M Ralphs, Gaerik, Hans, Ron Edwards, Noon, Paul T, TonyLB.

7/24/2006 Nathan P.: [carry] [DexCon] Levels of Engagement
I ran three games of Carry, my soldiers-dealing-with-issues-in-Vietnam game at DexCon, and they all went very well, in slightly different ways. Due to the short-form nature of the game (its…
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Participants: Nathan P., Shawn De Arment, Yokiboy, Iskander, TonyLB, RobNJ, jasonm.

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