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9/3/2007 amnesiack: [Bliss Stage] Seattle Central Cell
Most of the players for our regular Wednesday game didn’t show up this week, so Jesse, David, and I started up an impromptu game of Bliss Stage. David opted to…
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Participants: amnesiack, Ben Lehman.

9/2/2007 JC: [One Can Have Her] First game!
I GMed “One Can Have Her” yesterday for two friends, M and P. Going in, their indie game experience was limited to a single DITV game I ran for them…
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Participants: JC, Jonas Karlsson, Ron Edwards.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

8/30/2007 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.

8/30/2007 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.

8/29/2007 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.

8/29/2007 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.

8/28/2007 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.

8/27/2007 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.

8/26/2007 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.

8/25/2007 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.

8/24/2007 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.

8/23/2007 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.

8/23/2007 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 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.

8/22/2007 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.

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9/5/2007 Temple: [Poison'd] X marks the spot.
I bought the Poison'd ashcan because I instantly fell in love with the little blurbs Id read across the web. Pirates? Sin, violence and moral issues? Fierce competition? That sounds…
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Participants: Temple.

9/5/2007 jim pinto: George's Children
Players: Aaron, James, Joel, Jim, jim, and Richard I ran a 6-player session of GC last night for players who are usually enjoying D&D Iron Heroes or Mutants and Masterminds.…
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Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2007 Mandrake: [DitV]The sins of the children...
Firstly, some brief info on the town: Brother Newton, the schoolmaster, is proud of his acomplishments as a teacher. Brother Hiram, the father of one of Newton's students, told his…
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Participants: Mandrake, Temple, Web_Weaver.

9/7/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Love and violence in Peoria
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  previous transmission located in database Gabrielle commented that she felt sorry for me.  I’m…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Gabrielle.

9/9/2007 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer & Sword] Gateway '07
I GM'd Sorcerer & Sword at Gateway last weekend.  Here's the first in several posts breaking the game down. Con Conventions & Prep Work For better or worse, I decided…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, greyorm, xternal, contracycle, Selene Tan, Vasco Brown.

9/9/2007 migo: [Toon] Aborted Effort...
I tried running a game of Toon with my girlfriend yesterday. It was the cartoon olympics intro adventure in the revised book. I figured that the system is easy and…
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Participants: migo, Filip Luszczyk, Noon, Caldis, Lord_Steelhand.

9/9/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Ninja Princess Usagi-chan Episode 1: Abunai! Tentacled monsters approach!
Last Thursday, we've finally managed to play a full town using my Ninja Princess Usagi-chan mod. The session lasted about five hours, and we finished well past 1 AM. Despite…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, lumpley, Redone, Ben Lehman, Web_Weaver.

9/10/2007 Clay: The Shadow of Yesterday - Jonre Campaign
Wanted to give everyone here a quick summary of my latest TSoY session.  This is the first that I've played a full game under second edition rules, even though I've…
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Participants: Clay, James_Nostack.

9/10/2007 muddlepud: a session of [Hero's Banner]
I randomly ran a session of Hero's Banner yesterday with a couple of friends. Its been one of those games I've been itching to GM since I got my hands…
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Participants: muddlepud, Tim C Koppang.

9/11/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Jude gets better, plus alien tentacles!
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  Saved through childbearing Love and violence in Peoria Last week sometime, my…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Marhault, Gabrielle, pfischer, Ben Lehman.

9/13/2007 Paka: [Shock:] The Collections Agent, the President of Earth and the Revolutionary
I knew that my roommates, Bret and Jeff (not Jeff "Sons of Kryos" Lower, a different Jeff) would be down for some Shock:, a game I was eager to play…
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Participants: Paka, nikola, Bret Gillan, xenopulse, drnuncheon, Yokiboy.

9/13/2007 angelfromanotherpin: [Hero's Banner]
First time playing Hero's banner tonight.  Lots of good fun. I was GM to two players, none of us had played the game before.  I have considerable experience with indie…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Tim C Koppang.

9/15/2007 contracycle: SW D6 Dogfights: Chase-Catch-Kill
SW D6 Dogfights: Chase-Catch-Kill This is a system designed to resolve small group dogfights in the original D6 version of the Star Wars RPG.  I have never liked the existing…
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Participants: contracycle, Valamir.

9/18/2007 Solamasa: [Grey Ranks] Feh! You mean nothing to me!
I’ve been delinquent in typing up my Grey Ranks summaries for my group (q.v. Playtest over Skype).  This is not really due to procrastination (although I’m certainly a…
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Participants: Solamasa, segedy, jasonm, ironick, FruitSmack!, Bret Gillan, wunderllama, FredGarber, travisfarber.

9/18/2007 Zebigone: [InSpectres] Through the keyhole...
So, a month ago, we had first session of InSpectres with my gaming group. We usually play boardgames, but I wanted to try some indy rpgs with them (I might…
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Participants: Zebigone, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/18/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] We wrap Bliss Stage
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  Saved through childbearing Love and violence in Peoria Jude gets better, plus alien tentacles!…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Gabrielle.

9/19/2007 Bret Gillan: [Lacuna] I Learn About GMing
I ran Lacuna for my friends in the city the other night, and it was really interesting. One thing it did with it's minimal but awesome system was show me…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Yokiboy, Graham Walmsley, Jasper Flick, Noon, Danny_K, The Dragon Master, Paka, Noclue, lumpley, Valamir, henshaw, FredGarber, Mike Holmes.

9/19/2007 thunderriftv: (Don't Rest Your Head) Indie Game Newbs in La
Don’t Rest Your Head Session breakdown We are a little gaming group in Lousisana just learning about Indie games through the podosphere. We wanted to try some these new games…
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Participants: thunderriftv, GreatWolf, JC, Danny_K, Noclue, Uruush.

9/23/2007 SpinachBaron: [Zombies! At the door!] Most fun I've had in a while
Last night I played Zombies! At the door! (which is an unofficial translation of the game's name), from Eero Tuovinen (who I believe is also out here somewhere), and enjoyed…
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Participants: SpinachBaron, Eero Tuovinen, Devin P. Owens.

9/25/2007 theboeh: Scene Economies
I just wrote an essay on my blog talking about my thoughts on scene economies. I compare my experiences with classical roleplaying games to recent experiences with a more story…
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Participants: theboeh, ChrisLane, Ron Edwards, abzu, Noon.

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