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2/18/2007 The Mule: [First time with PTA] Firewall
[b][u]PTA: [i]Firewall[/i][/b] [b][u]Player Information[/b] I bought PTA on the recommendation of a good friend, but having only a traditional RPG background (DnD3.X, Mutants and Masterminds, Iron Heroes) I want to…
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Participants: The Mule, Matt Wilson.

2/18/2007 IMAGinES: [Burning Empires] Slow Burning Fires Over Omac
I had an interesting game session yesterday afternoon and evening. I've been itching to try Burning Empires out since before I bought the game (I was hooked by Thor Olavsrud's…
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Participants: IMAGinES.

2/16/2007 Paka: [Dreamation] 1st Quest: World Tree Pack
[url=http://"http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=148797&highlight=world+tree+pack"]I had come up with the idea for the World Tree Pack in an old RPG.net thread inspired by Luke's Great Wolf lifepaths in the Monster Burner and it never…
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Participants: Paka, ShaneJackson, Thor Olavsrud, mtiru.

2/16/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Spirit of the Century] The London Centurions in … Apes of Wrath!
This was the second session we played in our new SotC game, but the first one was mostly spent getting used to the system and beating up giant cockroaches in…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, iago.

2/16/2007 Thierry Michel: [TSOY] well, they say they had a good time...
I wanted to try TSOY for a long time, but it's only recently that I managed to find interested players. I intended to run a one-shot, but since they were…
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Participants: Thierry Michel, thark, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper Flick, Paka, Ron Edwards, Simon C, Noon.

2/14/2007 Lamorak33: [V:TM 2nd Ed] The Forbidden Tome - Rule Changes Revolt
Hi Although I like the genre of Vampire, and I am happy to run it (you never have trouble finding players for this game), some of the rules bug me…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Noon.

2/14/2007 MatrixGamer: Matrix Game Decision Making Process
MATRIX GAME DECISION MAKING PROCESS I have always found that solo games are useful for understanding thought processes. Thought experiments like this hark back to the first generation of psychologists…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Simon C, komradebob, Valamir, Aaron Blain.

2/13/2007 J B Bell: [Dead Inside] Tears in Afghanistan
On Saturday, 10 February 2007, myself and a few friends played Dead Inside. Overall, it went extremely well and I was very pleased with how the system worked. In trying…
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Participants: J B Bell, joepub, Anemone, Dumirik, chadu.

2/13/2007 hix: [Universalis] A fantasy epic in 3 hours (or How I took the Gloves off)
This happened back in January last year, on the first day of Kapcon (our local convention). Five players – Ivan, who I’d never met before. Margee was a friend from…
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Participants: hix, Simon C, Valamir, Yokiboy, TonyLB.

2/12/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Orchard Plains
The first game I played with Erica and Aaron was Primetime Adventures, and though it was fun, there was the conspicuous lack of dice that both of them really wanted…
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Participants: Glendower, Valamir, 14thWarrior.

2/11/2007 Jasper Flick: [D&D] Midwinter Harvest
Last Saturday I had my first play session with the group I talked about in the " Who's boss?" thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23122.0. We've got me as GM and Ivan, Johan, Marcel,…
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Participants: Jasper Flick, Eric J., Simon C, Yakk.

2/10/2007 BWA: (Sweet20 D&D) Imperial Bad-Guy Elves
I posted several months ago about using the Sweet20 experience rules (from The Shadow of Yesterday) in a D&D campaign. I did that with a small group of close friends…
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Participants: BWA, oliof, Simon C, chriscrouch.

2/7/2007 Lamorak33: [V:TM 2nd Ed] The Forbidden Tome Kickers
Hi I have just started a new group with the intent of playing another round of the Forbidden Tome scenario, from Sorcerers Soul. The players all decided that London would…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Web_Weaver.

2/7/2007 MatrixGamer: Dracula Engle Matrix Game - Refereeing example
ENGLE MATRIX GAME REFEREEING: DRACULA ACTUAL PLAY Three players, Tom, Bob and Chris are gathered together to play “Dracula: The game before the game” (available on RPGNow from Hamster Press).…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Noon, komradebob.

2/7/2007 joepub: The best roleplaying I've ever done [sorcerer]
So, I'd like to talk a bit about the session where I felt that I did my best roleplaying to date (a very subjective statement, I know). There was one…
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Participants: joepub, r_donato, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, J B Bell.

2/6/2007 rycanada: (new guy) Lost at the Forge...
Hi, I'm new to the Forge, although I devoured the intro to forge theory blog entries and read deep in the game start to finish. I'm pretty dissatisfied with my…
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Participants: rycanada, Simon C, komradebob, johnwedd, Noon, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Jasper Flick, Valamir, Paka, Web_Weaver, contracycle, Marco.

2/4/2007 Andrew Morris: [Dreamation] [Unistat] Knights of the Living Dead
Here's the quick and dirty write-up of my Friday night game at Dreamation. Player (Character/Trait) Emily Care-Boss (Jennifer the Zombie/Who am I?) Mike Miller (Mayor Zane VanFoil/Self-Important) Ralph Mazza (Sir…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Emily Care, Valamir.

2/4/2007 joshua neff: [The Princes' Kingdom] Children, parents, and imaginative play
This is a continuation of my thread "The Princes' Kingdom, family style," although there are some other issues I want to discuss. My wife, Julie, our daughter, Morgan, and I…
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Participants: joshua neff, Mel_White, Simon C, ffilz, cdr.

2/2/2007 Wise One: [PTA] Over the Wall
Having laid my hands on PTA a couple of months ago, I've finally got round to running a series through my university gaming society.  We've got five players (3 male,…
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Participants: Wise One.

2/1/2007 JamesDJIII: [Dogs In The Vineyard] Silver City - a FLGS demo
This is my third time running "Dogs in the Vineyard." After running a couple of games for my buddies, it was time to run it as a demo. I drew…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, David Artman, ffilz, jasonm, Web_Weaver, WhiteRat, Ice Cream Emperor.

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2/20/2007 heironymous: [Seven Leagues] a short romp
The other evening I had the pleasure of leading a troupe through a short Seven Leagues game. I play infrequently with a group of indie-minded gamers, and there is no…
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Participants: heironymous, Nick.

2/20/2007 ElliottBelser MKII: [BESM] 9 Doggy-Style house rules and group character creation
So, yesterday I attempted to begin a game of Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd Edition.  I say "attempted" not because it was unfun - far from it, it was the…
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Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

2/21/2007 jburneko: [It Was A Mutual Decision] OrcCon 2007
Hello Everyone, So, having met repeated resistance to playing "It Was A Mutual Decision" I decided to throw it on the schedule for OrcCon and see what happens.  Only two…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Laura Bishop, Valamir, Meguey.

2/21/2007 Rustin: [Deadlands] Zombies and a Mine
I'm a player in a 6-7 member group.  We plan to meet bi-weekly, but it usually ends up being monthly.  I'm the only player familiar with indie style games.  Prior…
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Participants: Rustin, Simon C, Glendower, Jasper Flick, Noon.

2/21/2007 redivider: [lacuna] Lost Angeles: a L.A.cuna mod at orccon
Lost Angeles: L.A.cuna at orccon I ran a 6 player convention game of lacuna on Sunday. The concept was that it had stopped raining in the blue city and that…
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Participants: redivider.

2/21/2007 Ben S.: New to Forge/Advice on Choosing Ruleset
Hi, I'm new to the Forge, and I'm looking for some advice about how to structure a potential game that's at least a few months away (really, probably several months…
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Participants: Ben S., Jasper Flick, Glendower, Simon C, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2007 jasonm: Blood Saga of the Viking Instructional Technologists
The other day I had an academic job interview.  They asked me to put together a presentation and teach them something, preferably in a hands-on way.  Being an inveterate geek,…
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Participants: jasonm, Ben S..

2/21/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Orchard Plains - Same gun, different shooters
I ran Orchard Plains again, this time with my Tuesday night group.  They comprised of Dave and Wes, from my original AP and first post to the Forge here, and…
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Participants: Glendower, lumpley.

2/23/2007 Pelgrane: [DitV] King's Marshalls
I ran a game called King's Marshalls using 1st Ed D&D rules. It was intended as the first in a series of "system matters" experiments. I've just run the same…
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Participants: Pelgrane, lumpley.

2/23/2007 hatheg-kla: How can fortune at the end work without spoiling flow?
First let me make a whole three apologies: 1. This post isn't about an 'actual play' experience I've had, although it does pertain to other peoples' actual play experiences.  So…
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Participants: hatheg-kla, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Glendower, Artanis, Simon C, Thomas Lawrence, MatrixGamer, David Artman, Web_Weaver, Aaron Blain.

2/25/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Agon / DRYH] EN World Game Day Actual Play
So! ENWorld's Game Day at Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, Illinois was yesterday. I played some Agon, and ran some Don't Rest Your Head. Both rocked. Here are the bits…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, Tim C Koppang, iago.

2/25/2007 Paul Strack: [PTA] PTA House Rules Play-Test
I ran a PTA game based on the following house rules: http://superhuman.wikidot.com/choice-based-pta I am still editing the above rules, so it may not reflect the rules used in this play-test.…
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Participants: Paul Strack.

2/26/2007 Ron Edwards: [carry] Gun-butts, dope, non-mutual masturbation, and massacres
Hello, I've been trying to organize a game of carry for ages, but keep screwing it up or getting blocked by hassles. Finally, last Tuesday night, we sat down to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Tim C Koppang, Nathan P., jasonm, Artanis, MatrixGamer, Noon, Calithena.

2/26/2007 lumpley: Three things I'm really enjoying about my Mountain Witch character
Before I tell you the three things, this: instead of samurai, we're a high-end circus freak show, and instead of climbing Mt Fuji to kill the Mountain Witch, we're touring…
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Participants: lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Parthenia, John Harper, Nev the Deranged, Simon C.

2/26/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Agenda not yet emerging
A while back, Ron posted an interesting actual play about a TSoY game he ran. In Ron’s report, you can see how the World of Near becomes a powerful storytelling…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins.

2/28/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Spring River Branch
My Tuesday group has shrunk, and as an attempt to bolster our numbers I invited over my friend Wil.  Wil was a member of my old Monday Shadowrun game, which…
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Participants: Glendower.

3/1/2007 Noon: [Almost Play - Best friends PBP] Random friends
Quickly typing this one, up late on a work night! A play by post game recently asked for one more player, and I enquired. Turns out they already went through…
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Participants: Noon, Graham Walmsley, Paul King.

3/1/2007 Pelgrane: [DitV] King's Marshalls - Part Two
Second part of actual play. First part here. After a slightly slow start, the conflicts began to flow nicely. Mage Livius had a conflict with the NPC sage  Intially, the…
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Participants: Pelgrane, GB Steve.

3/1/2007 Calithena: [Hero's Banner] The Madness of Tucaescu
Paul, Danielle, George and I have started playing this game, with Paul GMing. There will be lots to say, but first I want to get something out of the way.…
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Participants: Calithena, Tim C Koppang, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, geestar3.

3/1/2007 towishimp: [D&D] Trying to get more from D&D
Hey all, I've been cruising The Forge for a few weeks now, reading the articles and some of the threads.  The site was recommended to me by a buddy of…
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Participants: towishimp, Calithena, Thenomain, Glendower, Mike Sugarbaker, rycanada, Simon C, BWA, Rob Alexander, Noon, Jasper the Mimbo.

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