Previous Topics In Actual Play 6/1/2007 Graham Walmsley: [Roach] With beers at SteveCon At SteveCon, we had a go at the Roach. So there's four of us, in a pub: me, Adam and...God, I'm terrible at names...I know everyone was Biblical except for… In Actual Play Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm.
5/31/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] GMing in heavy gloves I just run my first TSOY game with our semi-regular Castles and Crusades group, and although it went ok, and people seem to have enjoyed it, it was pretty confusing.… In Actual Play Participants: Rob Alexander, TonyLB, Paka.
5/30/2007 MrSandman666: [Shadowrun] The impossible thing before breakfast and other catastrophes Hello everybody...
This is gonna be a somewhat therapeutic thread. I hope this doesn't come of as too much of a rant. One of the reasons I'm writing this is… In Actual Play Participants: MrSandman666, Eero Tuovinen, Glendower, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, khelek.
5/29/2007 WildElf: [DitV] First game: Blueberry Creek, and lessons while getting lost So, I finally got to run my first Dogs in the Vineyard game, and first time to play to (other than a conflict test run when a friend first showed… In Actual Play Participants: WildElf, Noclue.
5/29/2007 Fergus: [ros] We Blew It The session I'm about to describe took place last weekend.
The system is Riddle of Steel. I'm the game master. This is the first time I've run this system. A… In Actual Play Participants: Fergus, khelek, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Ward.
5/29/2007 asdfff: Why are dice pools a favored idea here? (moved to here) I heard it mentioned on the wizards D&D boards that indie rpgs look favorably upon dice pools instead of straight up percentage modifiers. Can someone tell me why this is?… In Actual Play Participants: asdfff, Noon, Ron Edwards, GregStolze.
5/24/2007 Matt: [Covenant]Death in Venice at Conpulsion Back in March I went to Edinburgh for Conpulsion, a fun Con of about 200 people. I was there as part of the Collective Endeavour, and we ran an Indie… In Actual Play Participants: Matt, andrew_kenrick, Graham Walmsley.
5/21/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Jeepform] DOUBT, a Jeepform Narrative LARP Hello!
At the last Italian Ambercon (April 21-22 2007, in Modena, Italy), the Italian "roleplaying movement" Flying Circus hosted a presentation of "Jeepforms" given by two international guests, the… In Actual Play Participants: Eliarhiman6, Claudia Cangini, jasonm, fjj, Frank Tarcikowski.
5/21/2007 malcolmr: A good introductory game? [This probably isn't the right forum for this, but I can't find a better one. Please forgive.]
I'm a university lecturer teaching a class in game design (all kinds of… In Actual Play Participants: malcolmr, Eero Tuovinen, JackTheOwner, Ron Edwards.
5/20/2007 Alan: [SoTC] Story Now without a net After Gerry shelved our game of Hollow Earth Expeditions because Alex could no longer attend, I suggested we try Spirit of the Century.
For observations on the players and our… In Actual Play Participants: Alan, Noon.
5/20/2007 JC: [DITV] Failure Hi there :)
GMed my second game of Dogs yesterday (my first very short AP post can be found here: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=325133). This time around, it went all kinds of wrong.… In Actual Play Participants: JC, Eliarhiman6, The Mule, Adam Dray, Noon, Brand_Robins, Web_Weaver, oliof.
5/18/2007 khelek: DitV - Clash of Expectations I love running Dogs, it brings out the worse in characters.
We have a group that is running a number of games, mostly small press, at a local Game Shop… In Actual Play Participants: khelek, Mel_White, Adam Dray, Frank Tarcikowski, baron samedi, Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards, Noclue.
5/17/2007 Uruush: [Contenders] Hell's Kitchen Jake hosted another Go Play SE Portland event for more than a dozen people associated with Portland Indie Games, and I moderated this GM-less role-playing game for Jake, Christian, and… In Actual Play Participants: Uruush, rafial, Jake Richmond, Dantai, andrew_kenrick.
5/16/2007 abjourne: A Start, Rise 2 Legends: FR I’ve been running a rpg game in the forgotten realms setting for about a year & a half now using my own fantasy rules. My game is called “Rise 2… In Actual Play Participants: abjourne, Adam Dray, contracycle.
5/15/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Burning Wheel] Burning THAC0: Redemption and Lost Faith In our Burning THAC0 game (a Burning Wheel game celebrating oD&D and AD&D 1st, set in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos), our characters are dirt fucking poor.
A few weeks… In Actual Play Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Paka.
5/14/2007 Tranlin: good books with advice for GMs What are some of the best books that offer advice on GMing? In Actual Play Participants: Tranlin, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.
5/13/2007 sabbatregent: [SotC/FATE] Player interaction [b]Premise[/b]
This is are small AP snippets of a Spirit of the Century game that happened a month ago. I've been playing SotC / FATE 3.0 games with this specific… In Actual Play Participants: sabbatregent, RedPissLegion, boswok.
5/13/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Godlike] - Marines on Guadalcanal Given my current projects (Black Cadillacs and Escape from Pleasant Palace), it's no surprise that I've been thinking about war and rpgs a lot lately. When I talk about war,… In Actual Play Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley, GregStolze, Ron Edwards.
5/12/2007 Ron Edwards: [Primitive] Grunt! Grunt! I'm talking to you I've been looking forward to playing this for eight months! It was one of my faves from GenCon last year. Finally, at Forge Midwest, I got the chance to run… In Actual Play Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, jrs, GreatWolf, Kevin Allen Jr.
5/11/2007 jasonm: [TSOY] With Players New and Old
Remi was recently asked by some of the improvisers in his performing company to show them what roleplaying is all about. He ended up running PTA for a few of… In Actual Play Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, LeSingeSavant.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Actual Play 6/2/2007 TwoCrows: [DnD3ish HB] Shared Story Style DnD Hey All,
Tonight’s weekly gaming session was a blast, what our group calls a “real keeper!” We older Players have all commented that we feel like we did “back in… In Actual Play Participants: TwoCrows.
6/6/2007 hatheg-kla: [The Pool] Looking for a scenario idea for first-time convention play! Hi.
I've been talked into running a game at a mini convention in 2 days time with a bunch of people I don't know. I've never GM'ed The Pool, but… In Actual Play Participants: hatheg-kla.
6/8/2007 Brimshack: ETC - Big Gun versus Little Grunt ETC - The Slaughter
Okay, so this was the last game we ran before posting the online version of ETC at Crunch-Waffle. It was between myself and a friend, Chris.… In Actual Play Participants: Brimshack, Noon.
6/8/2007 boswok: [Mage: The Awakening] Here goes nothing... (split) I have one suggestion for your mystery subplots. This references the characters erroneously assuming that spirits were involved. When they began hunting down info they seemed to be showing real… In Actual Play Participants: boswok, Reithan, Ron Edwards, Falc, David Artman, Noon, Precious Villain, The Dragon Master, FredGarber.
6/10/2007 GB Steve: [Daker] Eating people is bad My French friend Ben was in town for a night so we assembled some likely faces for a game. Graham W kindly offered to give us a run of Darker,… In Actual Play Participants: GB Steve, jasonm, Graham Walmsley.
6/11/2007 Adam Dray: [Primitive] The Order of the Big Stick Yesterday, I had a little cook-out for some of my friends this weekend. SarahScott was back in town (she moved away to New Orleans), and she and Lisa and Mike… In Actual Play Participants: Adam Dray, Nev the Deranged, Eric J. Boyd, Kevin Allen Jr.
6/13/2007 vertigo25: Looking for a Game I know this falls outside of the scope of these forums, but I'd like to ask all of you, because you know what I'm talking about here. I apologize beforehand,… In Actual Play Participants: vertigo25, Ron Edwards.
6/13/2007 hatheg-kla: [Dying earth] Persuasion in play Hi there.
I ran a convention game of the Dying Earth RPG the other day and I thought I'm post my observations. This is the first time I've run it… In Actual Play Participants: hatheg-kla, Tim C Koppang, Pelgrane.
6/13/2007 Robert M: Saying No at the Gaming Table I orginally posted this over at I would knife fight a man.
Vincent suggested that I post it here, so here goes!
I recently I have been modifying D&D for… In Actual Play Participants: Robert M, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Noon, Marco, Noclue.
6/14/2007 AlanDeSmet: [MLwM] Problematic initial sessions, advice? Link to full session summaries. [url=http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/gaming/my-life-with-master/200706-game.html]The full session notes for this game are online[/url] if anyone is interested.
[b]The Situation:[/b] After two sessions, the Minions all have around 6-7 Self-Loathing (SL), 1 Weariness, and 2-4… In Actual Play Participants: AlanDeSmet, Adam Dray, Noon, Ron Edwards, Fergus.
6/14/2007 Melinglor: [Dogs] Fire and Hammer, Visions and Faith Hi! I haven't been around here much lately, but it seemed appropriate to return "home" for this play report. And I certainly do miss me some Forge-style AP.
So! I… In Actual Play Participants: Melinglor, JC, Noclue.
6/17/2007 GDorn: [kpfs] lowercase, right? or: running it for complete strangers got in a game of kpfs, finally, after having bought the pdf a couple years ago and never finding people to play it with. it was in the context of… In Actual Play Participants: GDorn, lumpley.
6/17/2007 algi: I Need More Feedback from My Players Because I hate reading long posts, but love to write them, I make some chapters. Sorry for the long foreword, just skip it if you think it doesn't help.
To… In Actual Play Participants: algi, TonyLB, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, Sydney Freedberg, wgrzanic.
6/18/2007 Noon: [D&D 3.x, partly the basic game] Beware: The orcs bite! I recently tried out my 'try to throw a dice into a distant box to see if a monsters there' idea. Played last weekend with my seven year old son… In Actual Play Participants: Noon, Filip Luszczyk, wgrzanic.
6/20/2007 wgrzanic: [D&D] I quit DMing. Hi, guys. A little over a week ago, I sent out an e-mail to my group telling them I wouldn't continue running my very short-lived pseudo-weekly D&D campaign. Basically, the… In Actual Play Participants: wgrzanic, Filip Luszczyk, Valvorik, Calithena, contracycle, Rob Alexander, Adam Dray, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik, The Dragon Master, michael lingner, Thenomain, Grex.
6/21/2007 sarendt: Text advice for GMs (split) I really liked where this post was going and was sad to see it die an early death, so I figured I would post some game exp. of my own… In Actual Play Participants: sarendt, Ron Edwards, Gaerik.
6/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [PTA] Sex, Drugs & No Remorse We've closed our first successful PTA season.
Both our previous attempts to play the game died in the midpoint. The first time one of the players was too strongly rooted… In Actual Play Participants: Filip Luszczyk, JackTheOwner.
6/22/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Guarding the scottish homelands Hello,
I played Sorcerer with my Indie-Game-group recently and it was a success.
Group & Setting
Our game group consists of Edwin, Anna and René (myself). All of us… In Actual Play Participants: 5niper9, The Dragon Master, Jonathan Hastings, Ron Edwards, hix, Simon C.
6/23/2007 JMendes: [June Retreat 2007 – PTA] Redemption - Coolness, with weirdness in the mix Hello, all, :)
As you probably have no way of knowing, last week, a bunch of us picked up and left for an eleven-day RPG retreat. Being the one among… In Actual Play Participants: JMendes, REkz.
6/23/2007 Dan Bell: Seeking feeedback of play for new free published Harn adventure Hello all
I want to announce the release of a new free pdf adventure module set in the world of Harn (but easily adaptable to another gaming world). I am… In Actual Play Participants: Dan Bell, Ron Edwards.
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