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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.


9/3/2006 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.


9/2/2006 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.


9/1/2006 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.


9/1/2006 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 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 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.


8/31/2006 Frank T: [Vampire 2E Sabbat] Of Evil and of Simulationism
The recent “kill puppies” thread reminded me of my Sabbat character, one of my favorite ever, and a truly evil one as well. We once had one of this show-off…
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Participants: Frank T, Sovem, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, r_donato, Silmenume, Thomas Lawrence, Noon, JasperN., Caldis.


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.


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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.


9/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Larceny, hatred, and supportive actualization
Hi there, Last weekend, after some noodling around with a whole stack of games in front of us, my regular group and I decided upon Best Friends as a kind…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Gregor Hutton.


9/11/2006 RedPissLegion: [DRYH] My Head Hurts And So Does The Universe
In an earlier post I wrote about a couple of characters I and my girlfriend came up with for a Don’t Rest Your Head game. We played a bit in…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, iago.


9/11/2006 Storn: [PTA] Lions at the Gates
Got a chance to play Prime Time Adventures last night for the first time.  I did  some quickie sketches while at the table and they are imbedded in the character…
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Participants: Storn, Joe Dizzy, ubergeek2012, Paka, Bret Gillan, Matt Wilson.


9/11/2006 Lamorak33: Pendragon Actual Play
Hi A while back I posted this, http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20909.0 Basically it was me bitching about the GM's style. I have since played a few games and exchanged a number of emails…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Caldis, Brand_Robins, Valamir, Noon, Web_Weaver.


9/11/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Storm Watch - A cathartic exercise in roleplay
Both my wife and I used to be avid roleplayers but children, work, scheduling with other players, and general dissatisfaction with play had reduced me to not playing at all…
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Participants: DAudy, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Blankshield.


9/11/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Storm Watch - character and world creation
In another post I talked a bit about botching up a game with my wife, then working through coming up with another game that looks like it will rock.  This…
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Participants: DAudy, Ron Edwards.


9/11/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Rat Moon Setting (long - but juicy, hopefully)
Ahey, all, :) After eleven high-fun, high-learning, action-packed sessions, Rat Moon Rising has finally come to a close, bringing with it some interesting conclusions, some healthy post game talk, and…
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Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, brainwipe, Melinglor, Ralek.


9/12/2006 Bobson: [DitV] Trial game
Last week, when 4/6 of my gaming group didn't show up for our scheduled D&D session, I pulled out a Dogs town I'd created, and ran it for the two…
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Participants: Bobson, lumpley, Adam Dray, r_donato, museleading, baron samedi, Ron Edwards.


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