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8/31/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] Gen Con 2006 15 minute demos
I’d like to talk about both the preparation for these demos and the actual play experience on the Forge/IPR booth. Prior to coming to Gen Con, there were several evenings…
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Participants: Malcolm.

8/31/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Hero's Banner] War for the Soul of Uran
Jason, Remi, and I played Hero's Banner this week, and, man, did we have fun! This Actual Play post will go best with some actual talk about our play. I'm…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jye Nicolson, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, LeSingeSavant, Nev the Deranged, Bret Gillan.

8/31/2006 muddlepud: a quick MLWM
I'm running MLWM at a con in about a month. I've read some posts about sessions that might go for 4 hours. But, what about a session that goes for…
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Participants: muddlepud, Artanis.

8/30/2006 Warren: [kpfs] Nastier than the Sabbat
As requested by Ron over on Story Games, this is the only game of kpfs I've played in, and overall, it went pretty well. The group was Me, Tom, Steve…
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Participants: Warren, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2006 Settembrini: [Rifts] Two and a half sessions at Odyssee Con, Berlin
Dear Readers, As I promised Ron some time ago, here is a Rifts Actual Play report. As I'm not deeply enough into terminology, I will reflect on the goings in…
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Participants: Settembrini, Frank T, Precious Villain, MSch, Noon, Ron Edwards, niddhogg, Glendower, droog.

8/30/2006 Ron Edwards: [Perfect] Neighbors gone wild!
Hello, Remember Brian and Eliza, from the The folks next door thread? Well, Eliza's out of town this week, and Brian's long-time pal James, whom I've met, is in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GB Steve, joepub, Paka, David Artman.

8/29/2006 demiurgeastaroth: [Agon] Oathbound
I've played Agon now twice with a group of 5 other players. Tonight, I had two friends over for a game of PTA, but one of them wasn't feeling up…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/29/2006 Jonathan Hastings: [WGP...] Blue Diamond and the Hypernaut, Continued...
So, this is somewhat late, but, over the course of two more sessions, we finished up the With Great Power... game I first posted about here. The short version: Blue…
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Participants: Jonathan Hastings, James_Nostack, Eric Minton, Lxndr.

8/29/2006 Ron Edwards: Actual Play - special rule
this post is obsolete edited to un-sticky Hi everyone, This has been a rule for a while, but I want to emphasize it. In this particular forum, Actual Play, the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/29/2006 RyanMacklin: Narrative Character Creation
Hello, This is my first post here.  I've been lurking for a short time now.  I had the pleasure of meeting a few of you fine folks at GenCon, and…
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Participants: RyanMacklin, iago, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2006 Thomas D: [PTA/Shadowrun] The Foundation; using PTA as a first session game
Previously, on Shadowrun:  Our group originally came together to play Shadowrun, but we didn't wind up with a successful campaign.  Shadowrun's default mode is the characters are a bunch of…
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Participants: Thomas D, Matt Wilson, REkz, DAudy, Melinglor, Jhulae.

8/28/2006 REkz: PTA - insights from 3 / 5 "Cuckoo's Nest" Episodes
Gamers, Our group has played 3 of 5 episodes for the 1st season of Cuckoo's Nest. As the game Producer, and this has been my 1st time playing PTA, here's…
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Participants: REkz.

8/28/2006 Valamir: [Agon] Actual Play
Agon was the game I left GenCon most wanting to try with my group.  It offers a pretty solid combination of features, not the least of which is an opportunity…
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Participants: Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, GreatWolf.

8/27/2006 Daermon: [tSoY] Quick one-shot report with some questions
So, after sitting on it for over a year, I finally convinced my group to try a game of tSoY. We ran the one-shot Rat Moon Rising and everyone seemed…
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Participants: Daermon, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato.

8/27/2006 Adam Dray: Just a cool Dogs scene
At Games on Demand at GenCon this year, Carl Rigney runs Dogs in the Vineyard for me, Piers, Clyde, and Nathan.  Forgive me if I have the names wrong; GenCon…
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Participants: Adam Dray, c, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Frank T, cdr.

8/27/2006 joepub: Pitch and a Miss (why my non-gamer friends won't try it)
So, this isn't really an actual play thread. This is an I-didn't-get-any-actual-play-because-I-can't-convince-my-friends-to-try-RPGs thread. So, I'm not going to get into specific examples here too much, because I want more general…
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Participants: joepub, Noon, Frank T, Alan, greyorm, Storn, Blankshield, Lamorak33, Doyce, Mike Sugarbaker.

8/26/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [Sorcerer] Parasites, Possessors and Trolls
Last weekend I played Sorcerer with three friends. One of them, Björn, I've played with since, oh, 1994 or so. Through Björn's student dormitory I met Tobias and I guess…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2006 Jake Richmond: Panty Explosion : Festival of Terror!
[b]Playing Panty Explosion[/b] Right before Gencon I got together with my younger brother Nick and some friends to play Panty Explosion. Nick had helped play test the game and was…
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Participants: Jake Richmond, Adam Dray.

8/26/2006 tonyd: [TSOY] Tales from the Aether: The Jovian Enigma
Enigma of the Great Red Spot is the sequel to Thought Lords of Mars, John Harper’s science-fantasy TSOY variant. The adventurers from the previous episode (with some staffing changes) have…
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Participants: tonyd, rafial, Daermon, John Harper, Judaicdiablo, philaros.

8/26/2006 Turbo: Exalted: The Gates of Heaven
First off, I apologise if this is breaking some bit of etiquette I didn't see in the sticky information threads. I've been running a short-term Exalted 2nd Edition game, and…
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Participants: Turbo, Noon, Sovem.

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9/1/2006 Dantai: [Contenders] Indy Gen Con play report.
I've posted this on the PoD Games forum I thought I should post this in a forum where it might get read too. ;) Better late than never. Thanks Malcolm…
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Participants: Dantai, jasonm, Malcolm, Matt, LeSingeSavant.

9/1/2006 Iskander: [Shock:] GDMN, the Global Distributed MindNet is working for you.
As is our wont, we set out to play Shock: by the book (except where existing clarifications obtained). This gave rise to a groovy setting, some interesting issues and a…
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Participants: Iskander, nikola, Thor Olavsrud.

9/1/2006 iain: [Mob Justice] Gencon 15 minute demos
[b]Gencon Demos - Actual Play Post [/b] So Gencon was a blast, and I ran a huge numbers of a demo titled ‘Betrayal at the Cold Cut Speakeasy’. The demos…
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Participants: iain, Malcolm, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2006 James_Nostack: [Capes] Giant, Incontinent Robot Curmudgeon Ruins USS Intrepid
We played Capes last night.  "We" meaning the group from the "Curse of the Python God!" Sorcerer game and the "Blue Diamond Super-Spectacular Annual #1" With Great Power... game plus…
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Participants: James_Nostack, TonyLB, Jonathan Hastings, NBraccia, Hans, Kintara.

9/2/2006 Valamir: [Agon} Week 2
Following on the heals of this actual play thread and discussions from the Helping Dice thread in the Agon forum, our group played its second session of Agon last night.…
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Participants: Valamir, Adam Dray, Noon.

9/3/2006 Waiwode: [Cold City]Kammergericht Nights.
We gathered together for our first session of Cold City. My “pitch” had been successful, the guys were all fairly eager to begin the new game, and the prospects of…
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Participants: Waiwode, Malcolm.

9/4/2006 ghashsnaga: Lacuna Questions
I moved this to a new thread as requested :) . I was looking for some guidance on running Lacuna. I ran a one night session using the first attempt…
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Participants: ghashsnaga, Thomas D, matthijs.

9/4/2006 c: Mechaton: The battle for Madison
So this isn't a roleplaying game per se. I did buy it at the Forge booth at Gen Con so I hope this post is alright. This isn't a post…
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Participants: c, brettspiel, Valamir, cdr, nikola, lumpley.

9/5/2006 thwaak: [With Great Power] Conquest SF 2006 Con Report
Heya Gang, This last weekend I was in attendance at the aforementioned con, and had a chance to play WGP for the first time in a 6 hour slot. I…
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Participants: thwaak, James_Nostack.

9/5/2006 jburneko: [The Roach @ Gateway] What's the Premise, Where's The Fun?
Hello, So, I brought The Shab-al-Hiri Roach to the Gateway con this weekend.  Ten people total showed up and some had played before so we split into two groups of…
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Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, GB Steve, Jonathan Hastings.

9/5/2006 Matt: [Covenant]Thoughts on 15 minute GenCon demos
Now that I'm back from vacation, I've been mulling over the 15 minute demos I ran of Covenant and thought that it would be worth covering a few points that…
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Participants: Matt, cdr.

9/6/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [funny anecdote] MLwM and assorted other games in school
So I never get around to writing actual play accounts anymore, and what little I write tends to happen at the Finnish forums, where they're needed. Instead of an actual…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, ( o Y o ), nikola, Clinton R. Nixon, Gaerik, Glendower.

9/8/2006 hix: [Anti-Pool] Haunted London, and a rules question
I'm currently playing a game set in the universe of "The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray", a novel about an alternate London that suffered massive bombings by the Prussians, leading to…
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Participants: hix, demiurgeastaroth, Mike Holmes.

9/8/2006 GB Steve: [Mortal Coil] Twisted 50s
I've got the bug at the moment so we started a new game of Mortal Coil last night with me as GM. In this first post I'll talk about my…
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Participants: GB Steve, Paka, Ice Cream Emperor, inthisstyle.

9/8/2006 Victor Gijsbers: [1001 Nights] Somewhat chaotic, somewhat short
I played the charming little game 1001 Nights last wednesday with two friends of mine, Eva and Annette. The experience was pretty good, but maybe not 'good' unqualified. So, let…
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Participants: Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Nathan P., Meguey, lumpley.

9/8/2006 Emily Care: [Agon] chasing shadows for Hades
We played Agon last night for the first time out here in western Mass.  We had a very fun time slaughtering mercenaries and members of an ancient assassin cult, though…
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Participants: Emily Care, Valamir, nikola, demiurgeastaroth, rafial, John Harper, Tony Irwin.

9/9/2006 sean2099: [Divinity] Quickplay derived from actual play notes
Hi all, This isn't the best actual play notes to post but I figure anything is better than nothing.  I had made this pdf file from notes that I took…
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Participants: sean2099, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2006 Doyce: [TPK] First-time Princes' Kingdom, with a six-year-old!
So, I was planning for a pretty game-filled weekend anyway, but I got a great surprise when I got home from work: both the Shab al-Hiri Roach and my hard…
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Participants: Doyce, demiurgeastaroth, Storn, Noon, JasperN..

9/10/2006 Tim Alexander: Learning to Play again
Hey Folks, I've spent a long time in the GM role; most of it as an illusionist/roads to rome sort of guy but have taken a lot of steps to…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, c, Storn, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, charles ferguson, Noon.

9/10/2006 Iskander: [Shock:] GDMN class traitors throw spanners in the works
Thor, Dro, John and I met up again on Thursday to conclude our game of Shock:, started in GDMN - the Global Distributed MindNet is working for you. Here's what…
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Participants: Iskander, nikola, Thor Olavsrud.

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