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8/21/2007 c: [Gen Con][Steal Away Jordan]Clyde, Racism, and the threat of sex. (adult)
After lugging my damn equipment all over the convention all Gen Con, I was finally done with interviews on Sunday and stopped by the Forge booth. I asked about Steal…
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Participants: c, JC, Parthenia.

8/21/2007 GreatWolf: [Breaking the Ice] Post GenCon indie love
[b][i]Indie[/i] love[/b] For my birthday, I was given a lot of money to take to GenCon to spend on games.  This made me very happy and allowed me to purchase…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2007 Meguey: [Poison'd] Not quite outrunning the King's ships
Vincent, Emily and I sat down to play Vincent's new game, <a href="http://goplaynow.org/?p=14">Poison'd</a>. This was awhile back, so I can't give you the exact names and sins of my pirate,…
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Participants: Meguey, Piers Brown.

8/21/2007 Joe: Generic Framework of an RPG Game
Hi fellow RPGists, I am thinking about creating a Framework to contain the basic parts of a Roleplaying Game (tabletop for my part, for I am not willing to design…
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Participants: Joe, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, Paul T.

8/21/2007 JC: Indie summer!
Here’s some stuff I learned this summer. Part of my reason for posting is that it makes me write these things down, which in turn helps me understand them better.…
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Participants: JC, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First game!
Tried the Roach today with two friends. I was the only who’d read the game before playing, and also the only one who’d had any experience with GM-less RPGs. We…
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Participants: JC, Graham Walmsley, jasonm.

8/18/2007 pfischer: [Polaris] Deaths in the Senate
And so it was that I finally got around to try playing Polaris, more or less by coincidence. I bought the game a while ago, but along with a bunch…
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Participants: pfischer, Paul T, Ben Lehman.

8/18/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] In Utero - GO!
We played "In Utero". We, in this context, refers to our "Indie game group" (look for other actual play texts by "5niper9" for more infos) plus another player who had…
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Participants: 5niper9, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2007 The Dragon Master: [MURPG] Marvel Mysteries - Session 2
The first post for this "campaign" is located here. This is being run in a very episodic manner (which is to say that each adventure begins when they are presented…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, FredGarber.

8/11/2007 JC: [Contenders] First game
hi :) first game of Contenders tonight, and we had a blast, even if we didn't make it to the end-game the three of us played through Skype, using real…
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Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk.

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,…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, tylure.

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…
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Participants: Halzebier, Gaerik, Rustin, Noon, Primordia, wreckage, FredGarber.

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:…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Yokiboy, TomTancredi, The Dragon Master.

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…
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Participants: Paul Tucker, Sydney Freedberg, Noon, contracycle, JC, Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, Valamir, Adam Dray.

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.…
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Participants: 5niper9, Artanis, ironick, Gaerik.

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…
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Participants: droog, FredGarber.

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…
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Participants: TomTancredi.

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…
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Participants: rhat, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

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…
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Participants: The Dragon Master.

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8/22/2007 twilight: [Sorcerer] Music of the Spheres
[b]Premise[/b] This is our first foray into Sorcerer - I wanted to get away from playing D&D 3.5, [i]Call of Cthulhu[/i] and [i]Savage Worlds[/i]. I like the flavor, and I…
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Participants: twilight, cpeterso, Ron Edwards.

8/22/2007 Emily Care: [Zombies at the Door]Love Boat Under Seige at GenCon
Hey there, At GenCon I got to experience some of the Finnish madness that is Zombies at the Door. Eero Tuovinen debuted this game this summer at Ropecon, where I…
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Participants: Emily Care, Eero Tuovinen, Blankshield, wunderllama.

8/22/2007 hix: [Bliss Stage] Kilbirnie Resistance Cell
So I got the book on Monday night, read it through, and pitched it to my Tuesday night group as a one-off game (while one of our regular members was…
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Participants: hix, Skywalker, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf.

8/23/2007 Ron Edwards: GenCon demos that I ran, 2007
Hello, This thread is about demos I ran at the booth, not counting the demos I merely played in. The latter covered quite a few titles, although not Fae Noir…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

8/23/2007 Hans: [GenCon] Dust Devils, SotC and Grey Ranks; my scheduled GM'ing sessions
I wanted to post a quick summary of all five scheduled sessions I ran at GenCon this year, in case someone may benefit from them.  But before I do, some…
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Participants: Hans, jasonm, segedy, jaw6, Myrmidon.

8/23/2007 Iskander: [Gen Con] Ganakagok AP
I ran Ganakagok for Vincent, Ralph, Thor, Tim and Pete. It was fun, but late, but suitably and delightfully mythic. I had to share my new favourite AP: http://www.ajnewman.net/rpgs/ganakagok/ganakagok-ap.png
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Participants: Iskander, Valamir, Emily Care, Bill_White, Frank Tarcikowski, lumpley, Michael S. Miller.

8/24/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Ninja Princess Usagi-chan Go! Gambate, bunny ninja princesses!
Wednesday, we created the characters and played out initiations for my anthropomorphic ninja magical girls DitV mod, Ninja Princess Usagi-chan. The players were Kamil “What part of bunnyninjaprincess you don't…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Meguey, Noon, Redone.

8/25/2007 wunderllama: [GenCon] Mortal Coil at Games on Demand
At GenCon, I was fortunate enough to get in on a game of Mortal Coil run by Brennan Taylor. I had heard vague things about it previously, but didn’t even…
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Participants: wunderllama, travisfarber, inthisstyle.

8/26/2007 rafael: [Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium] Fight Fire With Firepower
[b]FIGHT FIRE WITH FIREPOWER[/b] On August 23rd, I ran a game of [url=http://www.dread-rpg.com]Dread: The First Book Of Pandemonium[/url] with a bunch of total strangers. Well, except for one guy, this…
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Participants: rafael, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2007 Temple: [Dogs in the Vineyard] First session; pleased, yet wondering.
I played my very first real session of Dogs in the Vineyard last night, and thought Id offer some Actual Play to help me deconstruct the game in my mind…
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Participants: Temple, JC, Web_Weaver, Trevis Martin, Noclue.

8/28/2007 Alex Abate: Researching and Inventing in RPGs.
Hello people! My name is Alex, a new user here and I am soon going to start a simple rpg campaign with my friends using the rules found in the…
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Participants: Alex Abate, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2007 MicahWedemeyer: Actual Play by blog vs by forum (plus keeping characters system-neutral)
I recently started Obsidian Portal (OP), a website for hosting RPG campaigns.  It's not a "virtual tabletop" or anything like that.  It's more like a hybrid blog/wiki/cms specifically for RPGs,…
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Participants: MicahWedemeyer, Elizabeth P., Ron Edwards.

8/29/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Saved through childbearing
[i]Right now, right this moment, right as you read these words, humanity is devastated by an alien attack from the edges of our understanding.[/i] [b]Introduction[/b] I’ve been really curious about…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Gabrielle, hix.

8/30/2007 KWR: NWod Mage PBEM system
Hello, my name is Thiago, and although this is my first post here, i´ve been already lurking through the forum for some time, and some of the work you´ve done…
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Participants: KWR, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2007 Caesar_X: [Best Friends] Hard Times in Loveless Gulch
(cross-posted from S-G) Last night Malcolm Craig visited EndGame in Oakland, and some folks sat down for a pick-up game of Best Friends. This was the first time for all…
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Participants: Caesar_X, Ron Edwards, komradebob, Gregor Hutton.

8/31/2007 dikaiosunh: [Sorcerer/Electric Ghosts] Lester Wachlowski's No Good, Very Bad Day
Last Saturday, we (finally, it seems!) had our first session of my Electric Ghosts (Sorcerer) game. The characters were: John (Kirt): A socially awkward NASA programmer in love with Cheryl…
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Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Adam Dray, pfischer.

8/31/2007 Jonas Karlsson: [One Can Have Her] The End of the Rope
When I visited my old university for a re-exam I took the opportunity to play <a href="http://jonasferry.com/roleplaying-games/one-can-have-her/">One Can Have Her</a>, as a player and not game master. I recommend everyone…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, thark, Noon, Ron Edwards, Anders, Peter Nordstrand.

8/31/2007 Ron Edwards: [Beast Hunters] Two times!
Hello, Tim Koppang and Chris and I went down to my basement for some Beast Hunting. We swiftly created some scarred bad-ass type characters; there was a kind of driven,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, rafial, xenopulse, Noon.

8/31/2007 5niper9: [Vampire/Sorcerer] Go for the premise!
Hi, I just remembered a Vampire:Dark Ages game in which I participated exactly 5 months ago. I had little experience with indie games and ran Dogs on a Con. We…
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Participants: 5niper9, Danny_K.

9/1/2007 Michael S. Miller: [WGP...] Cosmic Zap @ GenCon
On Saturday night at the Embassy Suites, we played With Great Power... The players were Paul Czege, Ralph Mazza, Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, and me. Ron had requested the game…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

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