Previous Topics
In Actual Play

7/21/2007 JMendes: [June Retreat 2007 – Sorcerer I] Victorian London - Disconnects and game death
Hello, all, :) This is the second of my long series of posts on the games we played during our eleven-day RPG retreat. (The first one was on PTA and…
In Actual Play
Participants: JMendes, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2007 Everspinner: [PTA] Edgeway
[b]To start off[/b], and to avoid losing the questions amid the other AP stuff, here are the rules questions that came up during play. Must say the rules are less…
In Actual Play
Participants: Everspinner, Matt Wilson, FredGarber.

7/20/2007 abjourne: The Glory of Chaos & Carnage
Mass Combat, A few years ago in the Tales of Durien, The heroes were accompanying a contingent of the Lord’s men (1/2 a dozen mounted guardsmen) tracking down a bowahr…
In Actual Play
Participants: abjourne, LandonSuffered, wreckage.

7/16/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [Dread/Jenga] Heartbeat, slow down (long)
Thorsten is playing my character’s ex-wife on the phone and says, “Daniel, you shouldn’t have called me.” My character’s name is Andy, Daniel is the guy whose head got severed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, fjj, hix, FredGarber.

7/16/2007 JC: [Freeform] Two questions
hi! played in a pick-up game a couple of days ago it was on IRC, and there were three of us we went with freeform: no setting, no rules, no…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk, Paganini, Noon, LandonSuffered, David Artman.

7/15/2007 dikaiosunh: [Schism] Life During Wartime
I posted for some advice on how to run this, so I figure it's only fair to post to say how it went.  I'm doing my best to keep in…
In Actual Play
Participants: dikaiosunh, Christopher Kubasik, Adam Dray.

7/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [Dust Devils] A brutal morality play in pre-San Francisco
Tim K, Chris, and I convened about two months ago with a very strong desire to play Dust Devils, using the new book. Now, my experience with Dust Devils is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis.

7/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [1001 Nights] OK, we ate Cheet-Os and drank beer
About a month and a half ago, the gang gathered to play a game we'd jointly decided upon the previous week, 1001 Nights. Technically we should have waited until Tim…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Caesar_X, lumpley, fjj, Tim C Koppang, Meguey.

7/10/2007 jasonm: [PTA] Deep in the Blue, Season Two
We started a second season of our PTA game (first season write-up is here).  That was over a year ago!  In the interim we've played a lot of games, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant, Matt Wilson, JoeStanton, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/10/2007 JC: [DITV] First IRC session
After my first (pretty negative) experience with DITV, I decided I had to learn how to play this game properly before trying it again. Nobody here in Paris seemed interested,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Artanis, Filip Luszczyk.

7/7/2007 Ron Edwards: [Drowning & Falling] Gamers' id revealed for all to see
Hello, Tim K, Tim A, and I ended up at my place. I grilled beef filets rubbed with black lava salt and peppercorns (both ground up by me with mortar…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Eliarhiman6, jasonm, Tim C Koppang.

7/4/2007 Zathreyel: (Sorcerer) The Family Blood
Man did I just have a great session of Sorcerer and I'm all abuzz to share.  As some of you guys might know, I like dark things.  I like crime…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards, Tobaselly.

7/2/2007 contracycle: Play prep and NPC's
I was asked to discuss the kind of prep I do and had some thoughts on the prior thread about NPC's which I wanted to mention. I thought I had…
In Actual Play
Participants: contracycle, Sydney Freedberg, Rob Alexander, Noon, FredGarber, Ron Edwards.

6/29/2007 darnest: StrikeForce:2136 short session
Since no one really knows this system yet (its being release at GenCon this year) a short explanation of how the system works is in the thread on the combat…
In Actual Play
Participants: darnest, Noon.

6/28/2007 sarendt: [D&D 3.x] looking for ideas for Magic systems
An on going problem I have with D&D and many similar systems is the magic rules. In a recent game in which I was GM''ing one party member was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: sarendt, Gaerik, Michael Huxley, James_Nostack.

6/28/2007 Thenomain: [(A)D&D] How I Surprised My DM
I don't know why I didn't do this earlier.  This is a split of the thread " I Quit DMing", specifically the open conversation between myself and Rob Alexander.  The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thenomain, Noon, wreckage, Web_Weaver, wgrzanic.

6/27/2007 algi: How My Players Surprised Me
Shira: a barbarian from the cold mountains of the distant north, who began a "peaceful" life as a mercenary among the native nador. Amron: a magician from a far eastern…
In Actual Play
Participants: algi.

6/27/2007 rycanada: D&D ran like an indie rpg - almost
This all happened at the York D&D Meetup, about 20 people were in attendance.  I recently got tired of developing my own system so I made sure to come out…
In Actual Play
Participants: rycanada, GregStolze, Narf the Mouse, sarendt, Ben S., Valvorik, James_Nostack, Hans.

6/26/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] the Hungry Ones are coming
(Sorry if this post is a monster. Might I recommend a hardcopy and a comfortable armchair?) I've been running TSOY as a fill-in game while our main (Castles and Crusades)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rob Alexander, oliof.

6/25/2007 FredGarber: [D&D 3.5] playing amongst the wargamers - advice wanted
Situation ----------------------- I just discovered that my fellow player is really defined by her past playing wargames (Mechwarrior, Flames of War, Warhammer), so much so that in her mind, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: FredGarber, Gaerik, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, Eldrad, ODDin, contracycle, James_Nostack, Millsy, Vulpinoid, Valvorik, cpeterso.

<< more previous topics

Subsequent Topics
In Actual Play

7/22/2007 Matt Wilson: [Burning Wheel] Burning and Dragons, Part 1
Game two of my crazy gaming spree is part one of a probably multi-session game of Burning Wheel that Thor has adapted from a couple Paizo D&D modules. It's Thor,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson.

7/22/2007 jasonm: [PTA] Chubby and Tubby's
Me, Remi, Mark, and Andy went to Go Play Southeast this weekend and, faced with a five hour car ride, decided to put it to good use playing Prime Time…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm.

7/23/2007 Roy Batty: [PTA] Post-apocalyptic series staring tonight, please advise (long)
My crew and I are embarking tonight on the Pilot of our new PTA series.  It’s this group’s first game together, and my first time GM’ing in many a moon,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roy Batty, hix.

7/23/2007 okaynowa: [TSOY] The Shadows of Sharn: TSOY in Eberron
[b]Set Up[/b] Our group of 30-somethings has been playing a D&D (3.5) Eberron campaign once a month for about a year now (we meet once a week for other games,…
In Actual Play
Participants: okaynowa.

7/24/2007 Xian Saga: Forum Based RPG Problems
Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, as you may have already noticed. I figured this particular kind of topic might belong in this forum, but if it's not, I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Xian Saga, Frank Tarcikowski, zoom, Ron Edwards, Primordia.

7/24/2007 Gaerik: [PTA] Story game skillz are hard.
So I got to play PTA for the first time at Go Play Southeast this weekend.  I had an excellent time.  The players were me and Lindsey (a young lady…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, dikaiosunh, jasonm, GreatWolf, LeSingeSavant, Sydney Freedberg.

7/24/2007 SpazMan: [PTA] Seven on the Dice
I have been hearing a lot about Primetime Adventures from SoK and other sources. I finally got a chance to play (I ran) a game after reading the book last…
In Actual Play
Participants: SpazMan, REkz, Alan, Paka, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2007 Melinglor: [DitV] Narrativist Blueballs
A couple of weeks ago, I GMed my first Dogs town. Well, half of it, anyway. Which is all I'm gonna get. Which is frustrating. Maybe I should back up…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Web_Weaver, Alan, JC, jasonm, lumpley, GregStolze, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, FredGarber, Noon.

7/26/2007 MJGraham: [Defiance] Wrath of the Ahriman (very long first post)
This is my first ever time doing an actual play post. I hope I do it right. A little background: it's the fifth a final session of a story set…
In Actual Play
Participants: MJGraham.

7/26/2007 phasmaphobic: [Verses RPG] Undiscovered Countries, first session report
This past Saturday, July 21st, saw the first actual game-play session of our new campaign. Aside from the goal to have a buttload of fun, the purposes for this campaign…
In Actual Play
Participants: phasmaphobic.

7/28/2007 The Dragon Master: [MURPG] Marvel Mysteries...
I'm running this in the Marvel Universe Role-Playing Game system. We've just played the first adventure last night, but I plan for this to continue for at least 6 more…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Dragon Master.

7/31/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [TSoY] An evil blade and emergent Simulationism
Some time ago, I posted about a TSoY game I had started, and about how Creative Agenda was not yet emerging, how the players were still toying around with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

7/31/2007 rhat: Buy The Numbers Extensions
Hi All, I've been taking my first steps into RPG design by tweaking the "Buy The Numbers" rules (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2909) to fit with some of the variant rules in WOTC's Unearthed…
In Actual Play
Participants: rhat, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2007 TomTancredi: FAE NOIR --- "Vote Early, Vote Coffin"
I GMed an adventure I created for "Fae Noir" titled "Vote Early, Vote Coffin" at DexCon last week. I got a lot of great responses from the three gaming groups…
In Actual Play
Participants: TomTancredi.

8/2/2007 droog: [InSpectres] Something old, something new
I'm back in my home town for a week to attend a funeral, of a guy who was a true believer when it came to roleplaying. So tonight, a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, FredGarber.

8/5/2007 5niper9: [MLwM/DitV] Getting away from Pawn Stance
This will be a combined Actual Play report, because we had problems with both of these systems when we started playing them. Lets start with My Life with Master.…
In Actual Play
Participants: 5niper9, Artanis, ironick, Gaerik.

8/6/2007 Paul Tucker: [WFRP] Terrible 1st session of Enemy Within, advice sought.
Firstly some background for the game. The game was played using Fantasy Grounds, an online tabletop program, and using Ventrilo for voice-over-internet, so that other than not seeing the other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Tucker, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, contracycle, JC, Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, Valamir, Adam Dray.

8/6/2007 Graham Walmsley: [Lacuna] Decoy Team
We played Lacuna yesterday, in the garden, in the blazing sunshine. What a superb little game. Five players, plus myself. In advance, I'd prepared this Static sheet. Note the theme:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Yokiboy, TomTancredi, The Dragon Master.

8/8/2007 Halzebier: [D&D] Antagonizing tactics to avoid
Hi there! I'm preparing to take over DM duties in our D&D group. We're playing the Age of Worms modules and the PCs are currently 11th level. The campaign has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, Gaerik, Rustin, Noon, Primordia, wreckage, FredGarber.

8/9/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Shock: 1.1] - First game
Okay, I am gonna do this in chunks, because I don't have time to type it all out in one go. I managed to get some people, namely Juli, Karin,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, tylure.

more subsequent topics >>