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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.

8/4/2006 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.

8/4/2006 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 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 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.

8/3/2006 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.

8/3/2006 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 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.

8/2/2006 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.

8/2/2006 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 oliof: [TSoY] Rat Moon Rising (single session run! -possibly spoiler content)
Hi, this weekend, Frank T ran Rat Moon Rising for us. In short: The game rocked! Players were Martin, Ron (our Ron, not Ron Edwards), and me. Martin and I…
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Participants: oliof, Frank T, JasperN..

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.

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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.

8/14/2006 Andrew Morris: [GenCon][Unistat] Crazy surreal western/Americana and "Tesla: Dead or Alive"
For some reason, I didn't do much role-playing at GenCon. I had lots of fun just hanging out and doing random other stuff. But I did get a chance to…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, LeSingeSavant, Eric Minton, Sydney Freedberg.

8/16/2006 urbanpagan: My Life with Mde. Michelle DuChamps (GenCon 06)
This was the third time I'd ever run MLwM (as well as my fourth time ever running -anything-) and of course I was nervous as hell.  This was also the…
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Participants: urbanpagan.

8/16/2006 Elysium: Selling game play techniques to my GM
I have a few GMs that I have been trying to sell some of the techniques I have found here. I haven't yet tried any of the techniques, and so…
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Participants: Elysium, Eliarhiman6, demiurgeastaroth, baron samedi, Warren, coffeestain, Ron Edwards, r_donato, abjourne, Dav, eruditus, vulpin, Blankshield.

8/16/2006 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Arabian Heists at GenCon
I'd brought a 20lb briefcase full of heavy casino-weight poker chips, cards, dice, and a roulette wheel to GenCon and carried it all over the place.  By Saturday night I…
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Participants: Lxndr, Valamir, Eric J. Boyd, jasonm, segedy.

8/16/2006 ffilz: [RuneQuest] A tortuous session
Last night we had a RuneQuest session that was very painful.  I’m curious if my read on things makes sense. Some background first: The players and their characters: The young…
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Participants: ffilz, Lamorak33, r_donato, Glendower, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2006 abzu: Agon Sunday Night at GenCon
I was invited to play Agon with Dave Turner, Jared Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Thor Olavsrud and Matt Wilson on Sunday night. Dave had run the game once before, Thor had…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Valamir, rafial, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Thor Olavsrud.

8/16/2006 Lamorak33: Pissed off Pendragon
Hi Had a funny gameexperience. I amusually a GM I suffer with control issues. That could explain this post. I am also very impulsive and can be a bit short…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Blankshield, Ron Edwards, eruditus.

8/17/2006 iago: [The Roach] Something interesting goin' on with them there stakes...
So, it's GenCon, and we're playing the Shab al-whatsit Roach, and I'm roached right from the beginning, and going in hard (5 status) on a particular conflict.  We know from…
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Participants: iago, jasonm, Mike Holmes.

8/17/2006 GestaltBennie: [Gen Con] The Mountain Witch
The Mountain Witch Gen Con August 10, 12 pm - 6 pm GM: Unknown Other players: Unknown (four others) One of the things I wanted to do at this year's…
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Participants: GestaltBennie, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Eric J. Boyd, timfire.

8/17/2006 LordSmerf: [Drifter's Escape] and [Agon] Audio recordings from Gen Con 2006
These are recordings from a pair of after-hours games played at the Embassy Suites at Gen Con this year.  Both of them happened in the lobby, so there's an appreciable…
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Participants: LordSmerf.

8/17/2006 daMoose_Neo: [Final Twilight - GenCon] Alexis Finals Highlights
By "popular request" (or a well placed suggestion), I've written up this actual play post about Final Twilight, and some of the cooler moments of our GenCon special event, the…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo.

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