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11/30/2007 masqueradeball: Random Character Creation
I've heard a lot against random character creation on the Forge and from other sources and I was wondering just how far these feelings ran. To be honest, I love…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, contracycle, Capulet, FredGarber, Frank Tarcikowski.

11/30/2007 Marshall Burns: baby pictures -- summary of early RPG experiences, & one real game example
In this thread I briefly described my history of roleplaying -- namely that, lacking access to RPGs, my friends and I simply made up our own.  Larry Lade asked that…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, wreckage.

11/26/2007 Glendower: [DITV] Orchard Plains - two buy in, one buys out.
Yesterday was my first game with Jeff, Colin, and Kyle, friends who I'd role played with about 2-3 years ago. We've been communicating via Facebook to get together for role…
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Participants: Glendower, Noclue, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk, Noon.

11/26/2007 Web_Weaver: [SotC] - Narrativist growing pains - seeking advice
I have been running a game of Spirit of the Century for the last couple of months and have been quite surprised by the results. The intention was to run…
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Participants: Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Valamir, Landon Darkwood, Noclue, Filip Luszczyk, Roger.

11/26/2007 epweissengruber: [Inspectres] A marial arts metaphor for Inspectres game play
IndieRPG Toronto has started up an Inspectres mini-campaign. Play reports and characters will be available here: (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/indierpgtoronto/message/439) One of our players came up with a martial arts metaphor to describe…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Artanis.

11/26/2007 Bjorn: Curse of the promised land
First off, i'm not 100% sure this topic is appropriate for this forum. It has to do with things related to the site but not in the technical sense. If…
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Participants: Bjorn, Artanis.

11/24/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Pace/Otherkind Hybrid] Swashbuckling Librarian & Demonic Cheerleader!
Hanging out tonight, a friend and I were bored, so I decided to fiddle around with the simple dice mechanic Vincent posted about (http://www.lumpley.com/archive/148.html). To start with a little momentum…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, GregStolze, Paul T, Valamir.

11/21/2007 Jargon: [Nobilis] Starting a new campaing. Any advice for a new Hollyhock God?
Greetings! After a long time of dreaming I finally am starting campaing for Nobilis. I have a player group of 2-4 and none have any previous knowledge about Nobilis or…
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Participants: Jargon, Ben Lehman, Valamir, James_Nostack, GrimGent, Danny_K, Noon.

11/19/2007 quixoteles: Vonnegut's Crapshoot; or the way I run my games.
This is my first time submitting to the forum. I need to say something before I introduce the mechanic. People have fun in my games. A lot of fun. The…
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Participants: quixoteles, Noon, Harlequin.

11/15/2007 lev_lafayette: "Roll and Keep" modifications for Physical, Social and Mental Tasks
I've introduced into my current L5R game different resolution methds for Physical, Social and Mental Tasks whilst keeping the same mechanics. Comments appreciated. (nota bene: This is x-posted from rpg.net,…
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Participants: lev_lafayette, EmpyreanDreamer.

11/11/2007 Eero Tuovinen: System suggestions for Call of Cthulhu?
I'm going to play a one-shot of "Call of Cthulhu", or at least something similar, come Tuesday. Our usual Acts of Evil group couldn't get together, so we're playing something…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk, contracycle, Darcy Burgess, Troels, Paul T, Web_Weaver, Artanis, Snowden, GB Steve, fjj.

11/10/2007 Sivá: Reasons for a party to form and stay together?
Ove the last two year or so i wanted to play RPGs again, after a long absence. We tried different games, setups and storytellers/Gms/DMs or whatever. There always was one…
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Participants: Sivá, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid, Noon, davidberg, Valvorik, Miskatonic, fjj, Calithena, shadowcourt, arthurtuxedo, Jasper Flick.

11/10/2007 pfischer: [Bliss Stage] Edinburgh Cell
Incoming transmission… We met last week to finish prep for our BS game, sadly missing a player from when playing the  intro scenario, as she has moved to another city…
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Participants: pfischer, TomTitTot, Nev the Deranged.

11/9/2007 davidberg: [ED&D] CA transience?
My current design attempt (Lendrhald) has me thinking about what play should look like, largely in terms of what I've played in the past: do I want to include this…
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Participants: davidberg, Paka, James_Nostack, Vulpinoid, FredGarber, Noon, Caldis, Paul T, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

11/8/2007 Sven: [freeform scenario] Under sommaren (During the Summer)
[b][Unnecessary intro][/b] This Monday I spent the really early hours of the day puking due to some unknown sickness. I then moved from Turkey to Sweden. Then I got introduced…
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Participants: Sven, Emily Care, Jonas Karlsson.

11/8/2007 Jonas Karlsson: [One Can Have Her] Arson and old flames
I ran One Can Have Her on Anders Sveen's and Jonas Möckelström's excellent mini-con A Con of You this Saturday. We were enough participants for the weekend for two parallel…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Jonas Larson.

11/6/2007 Emily Care: [jeep form]Doubt PDX
[b][url=http://jeepen.org/games/doubt]Doubt[/url][/b] happened again, this time in Portland, OR. Read [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23950.0]Moreno's post[/url] from March for the in-depth low down on this game. I played it in Finland after Ropecon with Tobias…
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Participants: Emily Care, sirogit, Jake Richmond, Alephnul, GB Steve, Mike Sugarbaker, Artanis, Claudia Cangini, Eliarhiman6.

10/31/2007 Gregor Hutton: [Mob Justice] So long, Milo Blue
OK, here is the AP of Mob Justice from GaelCon 2007. I got 4 players who had signed up and they were all interested in playing and having a good…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

10/30/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Lacuna] Learning to re-love Task Res
Two saturdays ago, I got to play my first game of Lacuna at HoundCon, a birthday party for a long-time friend. I'll lead by saying that the setup was not…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, M Jason Parent, Danny_K.

10/28/2007 iain: [Mob Justice] Brothers in Arma (Furnace PM)
[b]Boss:[/b] Iain McAllister [b]Players:[/b] Neil Gow, Steven, Gareth [b]Playing:[/b] Keneth, Isaac and Roy respectfully I ran two Mob Justice games at Furnace, one on the Saturday morning for Matt Machell…
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Participants: iain.

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12/5/2007 Aaron: [Agon] Our first go
Finally got the guys together on the weekend to try out Agon.  Was really looking forward to this one and it didnt disappoint. We have three heroes, Man killer Artimisia…
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Participants: Aaron, Mel_White, John Harper.

12/10/2007 Rustin: [CoC] Disappointed
I ran a Call of Cthulhu (5th ed) adventure this weekend and it did not turn out well. I'm reflecting on things that happened, trying to figure out why. I'm…
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Participants: Rustin, Eero Tuovinen, fjj, Noon, David Artman.

12/12/2007 Jasper Flick: [D&D 3.5] A world without its creator
This is about a GM who lost his momentum. It is about a game that has already died. Context One day I found myself chatting over google talk with Johan,…
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Participants: Jasper Flick, Caldis, Noon, FredGarber, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, dindenver, sirelfinjedi, Danny_K, contracycle.

12/14/2007 LostSoul: [DitV] Boxelder Canyon Branch with new-to-RPGs player
I played DitV last weekend with my girlfriend.  She had never played an RPG before. We're hanging out on Saturday.  We had spent the previous day together and had planned…
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Participants: LostSoul, lumpley, Roger, Mike Lucas.

12/18/2007 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Knights of the Broken Sceptre
Thought you might all enjoy a recap of a campaign I'm running using my Tensided system. OpenRPG Chat Log for Session 1. Played October 28, 2007. You'll have to scroll…
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Participants: arthurtuxedo, Ron Edwards, Noon, sirelfinjedi.

12/18/2007 LeSingeSavant: [My Life With Master] Master Popescu's Medicine
So we just wrapped up a 4-session game of My Life With Master. The Master was Herr Doktor Popescu, a Moreau-like ex-doctor who used the village below his ornate mountainside…
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Participants: LeSingeSavant, jasonm, ODDin.

12/20/2007 Paka: B to the W to the G to the N to the S
For whatever reason, I'm thinking about incoherence after an IM chat with Paul: Play which includes incompatible combinations of Creative Agendas among participants. Incoherent play is considered to contribute to…
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Participants: Paka, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Paul T.

12/22/2007 masqueradeball: Beating a Dead Horse?
Okay, so all in all I'm still new to this GNS thing... though I've been reading as much as I can and trying to understand the language, but I want…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Noon, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski.

12/22/2007 Vanoj: [DitV] Spring River: Secret rolls for gamey bliss?
I ran Dogs for the first time last night. I've been obsessed with the game for a while but hadn't gotten the chance to actually play a town. I was…
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Participants: Vanoj, David Artman, Noon, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

12/24/2007 sirelfinjedi: Good Game Gone Long
So, I've been running a super-hero game for about a year and a half. It started as a filler game when a player was absent and became the favorite campaign…
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Participants: sirelfinjedi, Matt Snyder.

12/27/2007 jburneko: [DitV} I was a Dog and I forgave the Demons
Last night I had the opportunity to play Dogs in the Vineyard.  Present were myself, Collin, James and Will.  James was GMing.  Now, when I play Dogs a) I like…
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Participants: jburneko, Caldis, Noon, Noclue, Ron Edwards.

12/29/2007 Artanis: [Zombeja! Ovella!] This time with vampires
Hello Yesterday evening a few friends and I went out to this smoky alternative bar, where some guy was having a board-game night and we thought that this would be…
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Participants: Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

12/31/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: The players’ role in Participationist play
When Ron Edwards visited me in Hamburg two weeks ago, we were talking about my old games of Star Wars d6 and Ron asked me to post about something I…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Caldis, Noon, masqueradeball.

12/31/2007 GreatWolf: [Dogs in the Vineyard] In the line of duty….
[b]Introduction[/b] [i]There's a man goin' 'round takin' names. An' he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won't be treated all the same. There'll be a golden ladder…
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Participants: GreatWolf, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

1/2/2008 davidberg: [Werewolf] Simulationism: Dreaming is cool, but what's with "The Right"?
So, about a year ago, I played in a game based loosely on various World of Darkness books and rules.  It was not without hitches, but was generally fun, and…
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Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, masqueradeball, Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, Caldis.

1/2/2008 GreatWolf: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Girls can be cruel
The New Year holiday was good for roleplaying.  On New Year’s Eve, we played Primetime Adventures with James and Theresa, which I will write up in due course.  Then, on…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, Gabrielle, lumpley, Raquel.

1/2/2008 GreatWolf: [Primetime Adventures] Political comedy for the new year
We have a running New Year’s Eve tradition of getting together with James and Theresa to eat wings, drink liquor, and play games until the New Year comes…and then continuing…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Redone, Filip Luszczyk.

1/3/2008 jburneko: The Social Mandate
There's a phrase I want to push into the gaming lexicon: The Social Mandate.  I can't remember if Ron uses this phrase in the text of Spione or not.  The…
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Participants: jburneko, Noon, Eliarhiman6, Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, davidberg, Ben Lehman, contracycle.

1/4/2008 Zak Arntson: [Sorcerer & Sword] The Eye of Gnarlitobe
Hoo boy. So I managed to pull off the annual pulp fantasy gaming with my brothers this year. Another round of Sorcerer & Sword (though not in the world of…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski.

1/5/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Ninja Princess Usagi-chan E3: Gozaru! You can't stop bamboo from growing.
We played the third town of our Ninja Princess Usagi-chan game just before Christmas. The players were Kamil and Magda this time. It took us two short sessions over the…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Redone, ja-prozac.

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