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10/25/2006 Mytholder: [MLWM]The Untitleable
After a long break, I've started gaming again, with two groups. One group is playing Runequest at the moment. The other group is playing 'whatever odd stuff I bring to…
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Participants: Mytholder, Adam Dray.

10/25/2006 Lamorak33: Newvampire game, with bangs, exciting!!!
Hi Last night we met for character creation. In fact it was for Chronicle creation too. Our Pendragon game (which I played in) had imploded and I was asked to…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Danny_K, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2006 Mel_White: [Ubercon] “Burning Wheel”
At Ubercon 2006, I had the opportunity to play Burning Wheel for the first time.  The game was superb.  We played the ‘Inheritance’ scenario, where player character conflict is paramount…
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Participants: Mel_White.

10/24/2006 Storn: [PTA] Lions at the Gate ep 4
This last week’s episode, I took pretty extensive notes during play.  In a format that I’m just gonna transcribe.  To refresh everyone’s memory of the cast, we have: Producer:  Bret…
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Participants: Storn, Paka, Matt Wilson.

10/24/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Coyote Creek in triplicate
[url=http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=6282&src=theforge]Coyote Creek[/url] is the Dead of Night demo adventure that I’ve run countless times over the past year. I first ran it at Gencon UK, late 2005, and have finally…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, Narf the Mouse, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2006 ubergeek2012: [Mortal Coil] A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Last weekend I ran a one-shot of Mortal Coil for a few of my friends.  They’re gamers, but had never played Mortal Coil before.  It was my first time running…
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Participants: ubergeek2012.

10/24/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] - Fade To Grey
So, character creation was somewhat staggered over a couple of weeks for this game. Some players created their characters when we sat down to discuss stuff a week ago, other…
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Participants: Malcolm, Shevaun.

10/24/2006 muddlepud: [A Thousand And One Nights] and [InSpectres] Indie Sunday 22/10/06
I'm starting up a regular game day I'm calling Indie Sunday to try our numerous rpgs that Jye and myself brought back from GenCon earlier this year. This time around…
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Participants: muddlepud, droog, Emily Care, timfire.

10/24/2006 Tim C Koppang: [Hero's Banner] Gameday 2006
I was recently in Mt Prospect, Illinois for the En World Gameday 2006 -- which I must say was all kinds of fun. During the morning session, I ran an…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, WildElf.

10/23/2006 Simon C: [Savage Worlds] New thinking on old style of play
Hi!  I'm new 'round these parts so please forgive me if I've missed some forum rules, and for starting off with a hefty post. Recently I finished a long running…
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Participants: Simon C, baron samedi, r_donato, anders_larsen, Storn, Barlennan, Narf the Mouse, Mike Holmes, Noon.

10/23/2006 Gregor Hutton: [It Was A Mutual Decision] Huw and Delphine
Tonight we played a game of It Was A Mutual Decision, a game that doesn't get enough AP around here (I found one from Ron here, for comparison). We had…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Shevaun, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Malcolm.

10/22/2006 John A: [tMW] First game...
Yesterday a group of us met to play the first half of a game of the Mountain Witch, lasting about 7 hours in all. Myself, Alex F, David, Bjorn and…
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Participants: John A, timfire.

10/22/2006 Everspinner: [Experimental] The bastard child of Polaris and Shadowrun
Some background: Our group has been playing Shadowrun for the longest time (15 years). The latest incarnation is under new management (GM) and is called SRTeens, as we are playing…
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Participants: Everspinner, Ben Lehman, Steven Stewart.

10/21/2006 Willow: [Agon] First Try
Tim, Len, and myself met for a rousing session of killing things (and taking their stuff). The night started off a little humorously, Tim's computer couldn't be connected to both…
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Participants: Willow, rafial, John Harper, TJ.

10/20/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.5] Slaughter in the Plaza
Previous plays with this group: 1. Monster fight on the Open Sea! 2. Badger, Goblin, Fight! Before Play I discovered a great resource for printing up battle maps called DungeonForge.…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Narf the Mouse, r_donato, Noon, Mason, Primordia.

10/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] the Penultimate Nightshade Alley
This is apparently the week for awesome Actual Play for me. Two days after I had this killer Over the Edge session with my regular group, I played PTA with…
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Participants: Melinglor, Paul T, hix, Kami-no-Mark, cydmab.

10/19/2006 Malcolm: [Contenders] This Must Be The Place
So after unanimous consent in the pub last week, this week we sat down to play Contenders. So there we sit round Per’s kitchen table drinking…ginger beer? Regardless of the…
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Participants: Malcolm, Joe Murphy (Broin), pfischer, iain, Dantai, Yokiboy.

10/18/2006 LeSingeSavant: [Agon] Camp Nerdly: The Island of Ithaka
We played Agon the first night of Camp Nerdly. After a half hour of prep, I was ready to go. Character generation went fairly smoothly, and we ended up with:…
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Participants: LeSingeSavant, foucalt, John Harper, rafial, jasonm.

10/17/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Dice for the Masses
I ran Over the Edge with my group last week, and it rocked hard. I unveiled and implemented a set of changes to the Experience Dice system that I discussed…
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Participants: Melinglor, r_donato.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] Camp Nerdly: Mayahuel's Revenge
I ran The Shadow of Yesterday for six players at Camp Nerdly:  Krista, Remi, Joe, Dave, Frank, and Andy.  Two players were quite familiar with TSOY but the other four…
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Participants: jasonm, foucalt, TonyLB, SNES Chalmers.

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10/26/2006 Thomas D: [Lacuna] Character sheet and static notes.
So I'm going to run Lacuna at the upcoming tiny con. (I've already got someone signed up for the con session.  I checked the other games he's signed up for:…
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Participants: Thomas D, Yokiboy.

10/26/2006 Trevis Martin: [Vampire: The Requiem] Play as written?...right.
I decided early in 2005 that I wanted to play a game with the new Vampire: The Requiem rules.  It was pretty easy to convince the group to give it…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, sirogit, James_Nostack, Simon C, Joe Murphy (Broin), Lamorak33, TJ.

10/27/2006 Ron Edwards: [Best Friends] Thor is no damn good
Hello, We played a third session of Best Friends, following up on the events described in Larceny, hatred, and supportive self-actualization, with me, Tod, Julie, and Maura. This…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jrs, Gregor Hutton, sirogit, Graham Walmsley.

10/28/2006 Willow: [Agon] Agon is a Harsh Mistress
Our first session writeup was here:  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21878.0 Tim, Len, and myself gathered for another session of blood, sweat, and glory. After spending many interludes allowing Alastor to regain his wounds…
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Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Drugs, hugs, knives, and Zu
At last! Despite a whole bunch of schedule conflicts, we finally got our game going, with me, Tim A, Tim K, and Chris. Setting up for it reminds me a…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Frank T, Matt Wilson, pfischer, pedyo, buzz, Miskatonic, Paul T.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Dead of Night] Werewolves! Men with guns! Mom!
Hello, Last week, Tim A's household was laid low by kid crud, so Tim K, Chris, and I met to play a one-session game in the interim between Shadow of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, inthisstyle, Yokiboy, andrew_kenrick, rumble, charlesperez, Web_Weaver, Tim C Koppang, Tancred.

11/1/2006 Matt Snyder: [D&D 3.5] Wyrd Tales
This past Sunday evening, we got to play D&D using my new Wyrd experience system. The Group In about May, my group of old friends and younger brother started off…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Gaerik, Simon C, Aaron, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Roger, Ice Cream Emperor, charles ferguson.

11/2/2006 pells: Meeting old friends and promoting indie scene
Being in vacations in my native land, I was invited to take part in a game. I wasn't the DM, this wasn't my product, nor my typical group of players,…
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Participants: pells, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

11/3/2006 Kaare Berg (Old): [Shock:] First time stumbling and relevation
[size=8pt]This has been a long time coming, and writing this right now is therapy for me with regards to some heavy real world issues. Which has nothing to do with…
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Participants: Kaare Berg (Old), nikola.

11/5/2006 davidberg: [Werewolf] complete the mission! realistically! (GNS ?)
Warning: I've included a lot of preamble to provide proper context.  If you want, skip it and scroll down to "the point" (in bold and caps below).  Then if you're…
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Participants: davidberg, Noon, Frank T, Ron Edwards, Caldis, r_donato.

11/5/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Comedy, R-Maps, and Gut-Wrenching Angst
I just played my first session of what will hopefully become a recurring game of TSoY. It is best described as ABSOLUTELY FREAKING AWESOME. The Setup I've been pimping TSoY…
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Participants: r_donato, Frank T, Ron Edwards.

11/8/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Fastlane] A difficult beginning
Last Monday, after a nearly five-month break, I finally managed to schedule a game with my regular group. The players were: Michal - he's been into table-top RPGs for four…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.

11/11/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [InSpectres] Pulp Ghosts in the Porn Valley
So, it's 9:20 on a Friday night and my left hip down to my left calf is throbbing with Sciatica. It's as if there's something biting through my skin and…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Paul T, Jared A. Sorensen, Artanis.

11/11/2006 Caesar_X: [Contenders] Dry run generates some rules questions
I'm really looking forward to playing Contenders this upcoming week.  So coffee mug in hand and 'Eye of the Tiger' on the stereo, I sat down this morning to generate…
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Participants: Caesar_X, rafial, Gregor Hutton, Malcolm.

11/13/2006 Mel_White: [Ganakagok] MACE
Greetings: This is a summary of a Ganakagok game at MACE.  We had four players and GM, which was a good number based on the time available.  The players were…
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Participants: Mel_White, jasonm, Bill_White, Andrew Morris.

11/13/2006 jasonm: [Cold City] MACE game: Projekt Flakturm
I ran a convention game of Cold City at MACE in High Point, NC this weekend and it went very well.  I'd previously run a three session mini-campaign of Cold…
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Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, JamesDJIII, Malcolm.

11/13/2006 Emily Care: [Best Friends] Senate Frosh at JiffyCon
Hey there, We played Best Friends on Saturday at JiffyCon.  The blue fever that hit the nation on Tuesday infected us, or else we'd just had too many donuts, but…
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Participants: Emily Care, Parthenia, Graham Walmsley, Nathan P., jrs, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards.

11/13/2006 forlorn1: [Savage Worlds] My hack job
In an effort to make SW better, and a bit more player narrated, I hacked up both Aspects from SotC and PTA's fan mail.  The result was 3 games I…
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Participants: forlorn1, Simon C, Storn.

11/13/2006 Thomas D: [PTA] "I really don't watch television."
After reading about all the amazing PTA actual play posts, I was a bit afraid to run PTA at a game convention with a group of relative strangers.  I've ran…
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Participants: Thomas D, Storn, James_Nostack.

11/14/2006 rafael: [Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium] MACE 2006
[i]NOTE: I cross-posted this at Story Games.  Hope that's okay.  If not, please let me know.[/i] This past weekend, I ran four games of Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium…
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Participants: rafael, David Artman.

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