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8/2/2006 Paul T: Princes & Prophecies
Hello, I have been reading discussions on the Forge for about eight months now, and getting more and more of a solid grasp of how the theory relates to game…
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Participants: Paul T, TonyLB, Andrew Norris.

8/1/2006 mtiru: [Princes' Kingdom] Not Giving to a Monkey
[b]The Princes’ Kingdom[/b] I recently ran the Princes’ Kingdom for two new gamers and a veteran, all adults. For people who might look at Clinton’s game as just “Dogs variant”…
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Participants: mtiru, Jonathan Hastings, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/1/2006 knicknevin: How Do I Stop the Train and Stay Friends with the Driver?
To start with, some background: I belong to an RPG club that runs in 2 month blocks, where the members divide up and play different games for those 2 months.…
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Participants: knicknevin, TonyLB, Blankshield, xjermx, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Noon.

8/1/2006 Jonathan Hastings: 1001 Nights at JiffyCon
I got a chance to play a game of 1001 Nights at last weekend's JiffyCon event.  The group consisted of me, my friend Mark, Jasper (who I had just met),…
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Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Ben Lehman, Meguey, TonyLB, Jasper, Nathan P..

8/1/2006 xjermx: How do you handle NPCs in your game? simple vs complex
Hi folks, I figure Actual Play is a reasonable place for this. I'm curious how you handle NPCs in your game.  Specifically, their stats/sheet/combat related tasks.  To be even more…
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Participants: xjermx, TonyLB, Arturo G., Jonathan Hastings, RobNJ, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, Matthew Glover.

8/1/2006 JasperN.: [DitV]First try and observations about different gaming goals
So we got together yesterday to play Dogs for the first time. Players were me, Lukas (my partner) and Niklas (a friend of ours). We´ve known each other for years…
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Participants: JasperN., oliof, Ron Edwards, Frank T.

8/1/2006 TonyLB: [DexCon] [Unistat] One Wing Dipped in Blood
So, final slot of DexCon ... Sunday, 2 - 6.  I know from experience that it's luck of the draw whether people show up for such a thing.  I also…
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Participants: TonyLB, John Harper, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, Rob Donoghue, Krista E, Sydney Freedberg, Shawn De Arment, xeperi.

8/1/2006 Arturo G.: [Polaris] Two scenes frozen from a convention show
Some days ago I got the record of our quick Polaris show at PuCLN, a national Spanish game convention held in mid July. It was an incredible successful session. Players…
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Participants: Arturo G., Steven Stewart.

7/31/2006 timfire: [tMW] Non-gamers---joke-y but thematically interesting
A few weeks ago... three weeks ago I think, I played two sessions of The Mountain Witch with three of my non-gamer friends. The first was Becky, who was like,…
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Participants: timfire, Noon.

7/31/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Frostfolk and GNS aggravation.
(Please note: I'm hoping to use this thread as the opening point of a discussion, rather than as a straight report). --- Of late, I've taken a lot of time…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Ron Edwards, r_donato, Precious Villain, Caldis, Christopher Kubasik, Melinglor.

7/31/2006 Glendower: [DITV] Initiation and Zarephath
I ran a game of Dogs in the Vineyard with my friends.  The two of them, Lisa and Chris, have not had that much exposure to the newer indie games,…
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Participants: Glendower, RobNJ.

7/31/2006 rulvestad: [DitV] First timers - Tower Creek one-shot
Long time lurker, first time poster.  My name is Reed and I’m in Austin.  I played my first game of Dogs in the Vineyard this weekend and I loved it,…
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Participants: rulvestad, jasonm.

7/28/2006 Frank T: [Sorcerer & Sword] Dinosaurs and Zebra Women
This is another AP thread from the Spione weekend in Berlin. After dinner, I reminded Ron of his promise, and so it was time for some Sorcerer. Ron wanted to…
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Participants: Frank T, Paul T, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/28/2006 Arturo G.: [Trollbabe] First session, trying to follow a player agenda
Hi, folks! This is a report about our first Trollbabe session. I'm, not sure if we were using all the rules properly. Anyway, the session was quite satisfactory. However, there…
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Participants: Arturo G., TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

7/27/2006 JMendes: [MLwM] (June Retreat) Eyes and Tears
Hey, :) For those of you who don't know (which is probably most of you), last June, four role-players organized a week-long RPG retreat. These players were me, my wife…
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Participants: JMendes, Arturo G..

7/27/2006 JasonK: [PTA] The Cuckoo's Nest - Episode 2!
The Cuckoo's Nest - Part II I am the player that plays Douglas in the Cuckoo's Nest PTA adventure. We had an additional player come in to our game this…
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Participants: JasonK, REkz, Ron Edwards.

7/27/2006 Rob Donoghue: [Mortal Coil] The City of Alexander
I don't usually do AP, but I figure it's a good habit. So, Mortal Coil got played last night.  Everyone had fun, I think, but it was a bit of…
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Participants: Rob Donoghue.

7/25/2006 Joe Dizzy: [PTA] Company of Strangers
We played this game on Sunday after Ron had talked about Spione, the Forge and RPGs in general at “Die Burg” (the castle), which is where the local gaming club…
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Participants: Joe Dizzy, JasperN., Frank T, Ron Edwards, Jestocost, Matt Wilson.

7/25/2006 TonyLB: [Capes][DexCon] The impact of judgment
So, these days at conventions I play Capes in a competitive format.  I've actually got a formula (" ( ( Story Tokens * 2 ) - Debt ) * (Total…
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Participants: TonyLB, Bret Gillan, drnuncheon, Hans, phredd, Asperity, Matthew Glover, Noon.

7/25/2006 muddlepud: My Life With Master (first time running)
So I bought My Life With Master the other day and was itching to run it. I got a humourous group of players together. We played it for laughs -…
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Participants: muddlepud, Ron Edwards, Adam Dray.

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8/2/2006 Zach: [Intergalactic Cooking Challenge] It's chefs... in spaaaaaaaace!
Last evening, I ran Intergalactic Cooking Challenge for three friends, all college-aged guys who’re fond of traditional role-playing. It was intended as a one-shot to introduce them to the universe…
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Participants: Zach.

8/2/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - The fog of war
On Friday night we played the fourth session of our HeroQuest Dark Ages game. Reports on previous sessions can be found here and here. For a number of reasons to…
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Participants: droog, TonyLB, beingfrank.

8/3/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Rewards
I'm considering overhauling Over the Edge's mechanical reward system with my group, with the main goal of vitalizing play, getting people jazzed about cool stuff happening, and rewarding them tangibly…
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Participants: Melinglor, r_donato, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2006 semioticity: The Mountain Witch, from a First Poster
First off, some background: I've been gaming for about 20 years, GMing for much of that, but I'm new to the Forge and this is my first post here. I…
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Participants: semioticity, Eero Tuovinen, timfire.

8/3/2006 Gaerik: [TSoY] Mobsters and Double Agents
Greetings, I recently ran an introductory session of TSoY for my group and received positive feedback on it.  Thus, I decided to start a longer running campaign style game and…
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Participants: Gaerik, Ron Edwards, oliof.

8/4/2006 philaros: [TSOY] The Thought Lords of Mars
Our Tuesday evening gaming group has been playing a pulp-space-fantasy game using The Shadow of Yesterday. It's in the tradition of John Carter of Mars (aka 'Barsoom') and Flash Gordon.…
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Participants: philaros, joshua neff, JasperN., Valamir, tonyd, r_donato, Judaicdiablo, rafial, John Harper, MetalBard.

8/4/2006 Biggles: [Paranoia] GNS and actual play (split)
Actual play, huh? You got it. I was the GM for an online Paranoia game with 5 other players, only a few of which I knew beforehand. One of the…
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Participants: Biggles, Ron Edwards, Calithena, memolith, r_donato, Rob MacDougall, Silmenume, NN, Web_Weaver, Graham Walmsley.

8/4/2006 Threlicus: [TSOY] (Actual Prep, actually) 1-on-1 character development
So this is my first post in the Actual Play area. I've been RPG-itching for a little while, since our previous group broke up, and so I've been pushing my…
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Participants: Threlicus, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2006 Jonathan Hastings: [WGP...] Blue Diamond meets the Hypernaut
After finishing up our Sorcerer & Sword game, Eric, James, and I decided to take on With Great Power...  Due to scheduling issues/time constraints it took a couple of weeks…
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Participants: Jonathan Hastings, James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller.

8/5/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Post Mortem
Okay, the post mortem is finally up on the 'blog, here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/18839.html#cutid1 The post immediately preceding it is my getting the obligatory buddha-killing out of the way. And, that's a…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, pfischer.

8/5/2006 Satchmoe: [MLWM] A first run
I recently bought My Life with Master.  I ran my first game today, with three friends, two with whom I play regularly. We decided to run counter to the advice…
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Participants: Satchmoe, TonyLB, Arturo G..

8/6/2006 morgue: [Mountain Witch] Under The Banner
[I've called this 'Under The Banner' because I figure it's marginally better to give an AP thread a title distinct from 'our game' or whatever.  And there's a banner in…
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Participants: morgue, Stephanie, hix, Ron Edwards, Sean, eddee, timfire.

8/7/2006 BeZurKur: [AFMBE] Cool Idea or Car Wreck?
Hey guys, I'm been applying the GNS theory -- as best as I understand it -- to my games, and they have shown considerable improvement.  We are having more fun…
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Participants: BeZurKur, Zak Arntson, Thomas D, Roger, BlackTerror.

8/7/2006 Paul T: Silent Railroading and the Intersection of Scenario Prep & Player Authorship
Hello! I've had a bit of realization recently. I've started GMing a game with a mix of experienced roleplayers and newbies. I'm applying some Forge techniques, and generally with great…
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Participants: Paul T, TonyLB, jburneko, Ron Edwards, JMendes, Marco, Demiurge, Frank T, Dav, demiurgeastaroth, Web_Weaver.

8/8/2006 contracycle: The raid on the Bank Nationale de Paris
The raid on the Bank Nationale de Paris I have been asked to provide an account of a heavily stylised, storngly directorial game that I have GM'd succesfully, and have…
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Participants: contracycle, Paul T, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] (June Retreat) Meaning, story arcs, GMing techniques, stakes neg. (long)
Ahey, all, :) Man, this report is loooong overdue. Anyway, the following is an account of the TSoY story arc I played during my June Retreat. It focuses on techniques,…
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Participants: JMendes, Clay, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/9/2006 jonthegm: [MLwM] First Time - Our Life with Lord Billingsworth
To begin our (about 5 hour) session, we set out to create The Master. After a good half hour of creative prodding on my part and a mix of serious…
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Participants: jonthegm.

8/9/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM] My Life with Herr Doktor
So last night I ran my first game of My Life with Master, and all in all I think it went pretty well. I botched a couple of rules, including…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/12/2006 rulvestad: I think I get it now
I posted this DitV AP (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20642.0) a while back and since then I’ve been following and participating in a couple other threads.  I’ve also reread the some of the original…
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Participants: rulvestad, Noon.

8/14/2006 joepub: Why do wolves bite people?
Okay, so Clinton ran this Kick Ass game of The Princes' Kingdom on the Sunday night of Gencon. But this cool, altered version that I'll talk about in a minute.…
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Participants: joepub, Clinton R. Nixon, Noon, eruditus, Meguey, Supplanter.

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