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6/13/2008 Caesar_X: [IAWA] In a Noir Age
Tonight, Chris P., Robert and I sat down to playtest using IAWA with Film Noir content, since that is one of my big interests. Please note that this is not…
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Participants: Caesar_X.

6/12/2008 Emily Care: [Shooting the Moon] Three Heroes of the Dragon Wars
Hello all, I played Shooting the Moon this weekend with Rachel, Heather and Saif in New York.  We chose a fantasy setting, modeling it on Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince or…
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Participants: Emily Care.

6/12/2008 Capulet: Handling PC Death in Simulationist Combat
I'd like to talk about an event which occurred several months ago in a playtest game I ran. System: The basics The game is one I've independently published, called…
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Participants: Capulet, droog, Arturo G., dindenver, Ron Edwards, Roadkill, First Oni, Artanis, zmook, Frank Tarcikowski, NN, fjj, Web_Weaver, JoyWriter, Aaron Blain.

6/9/2008 droog: Trollbabe: a six-year old plays Story Now
Hi, all. I'd like to report on the game of Trollbabe I have recently been playing with my daughter, who I'll call Jemima (since that's her name). She is seven…
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Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Arturo G..

6/4/2008 Reido: [TSOY] Supportting or Supplemental Action Question / Issue
In my current game there have been some problems with supplemental or supporting actions in and out of bringing down the pain.  I have treid to search the rule book…
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Participants: Reido, oliof, Lord_Steelhand, zmook.

5/16/2008 Miedvied: [TSoY] Elven Sacrifice Question, and Cross-Species Key (AP)
I don't know quite how much detail to go into: I could probably leave a lot out and still ask the question, but it was so damn cool I just…
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Participants: Miedvied, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Abkajud.

5/8/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] The Live Tattoo
Ron Edwards asked me to post about a Sorcerer game we played when he visited me in Germany last December. I didn’t post about it yet because I didn’t feel…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Arturo G., pfischer, MrSandman666, Artanis.

5/5/2008 LandonSuffered: Looking For Structure - These Kids Need A GM!
So, I’m not really sure where I want to go with this…maybe I just need a chance to de-compress. Had my “nephews” over this weekend (the children of our friends,…
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Participants: LandonSuffered, Arturo G., dindenver.

5/5/2008 Big J Money: [Universalis] As played by: Unsuspecting D&D players
This was the first narr game I have ever hosted.  Actually, it's the first narr game I've ever played.  I swallowed the rules in a day, called up my gaming…
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Participants: Big J Money, Arturo G., Valamir, David Artman, Ron Edwards, dindenver.

5/4/2008 agony: [Poison'd] The humbling of Padre Diego and sabotage of Lead Boot Rich
So we started a campaign of Vincent Baker's astounding Pirate game Poison'd a couple weeks ago and just finished our second session which was brilliant.  I'm GMing and the four…
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Participants: agony, lumpley.

5/1/2008 lachek: [Conspiracy-X, but widely applicable] Detective gaming and suspense
I've been a player in a really great conspiracy-themed game for three sessions now. The first episode just wrapped up, and the Game Master is gearing up for the second.…
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Participants: lachek, Marshall Burns, GregStolze.

4/28/2008 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Now or Never
[url=http://www.tensided.com/campaigns/non/log/04-13-08.htm]OpenRPG Chat Log[/url] for Session 1. Played April 13, 2008. [url=http://www.tensided.com/campaigns/non/log/04-20-08.htm]OpenRPG Chat Log[/url] for Session 2. Played April 20, 2008. [url=http://www.tensided.com/campaigns/non/log/04-27-08.htm]OpenRPG Chat Log[/url] for Session 3. Played April 27, 2008.…
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Participants: arthurtuxedo, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2008 angelfromanotherpin: [City of Brass] Through Drama and Despair
So, today a whole bunch of my friends got together for Greek Orthodox Easter, and I roped a bunch of them into playing City of Brass, the game of a…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

4/22/2008 GreatWolf: [1001 Nights] A good ending to a good day
Sunday night was Crystal’s birthday party. Her actual birthday is April 14, but for any number of reasons, we couldn’t put together her party until then. It went really well,…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Meguey, Gabrielle.

4/22/2008 Ben Morgan: [Over the Edge] I'm back
My new group started a game of Over the Edge last Sunday. I was very nervous going into it, as I already had 6 strikes against me right out of…
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Participants: Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Melinglor.

4/17/2008 Ron Edwards: [My Life With Master] Radium power
Hello, When I arrived at Forge Midwest, people were playing Handy ("the game that lets gamers touch each other" as I call it), and eventually it turned into a conversation…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, coffeestain, jerry, Frank Tarcikowski.

4/17/2008 Nev the Deranged: [The Mountain Witch] - Forge Midwest '08 - More Cross Dressing
The TMW game on Sunday was out of control. We had eye-gouging (I don't feel a TMW game is complete without eye-gouging, since the game where Alexander lost his), and,…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, coffeestain, Willow, Tim C Koppang.

4/16/2008 Raquel: (Sorcerer) Cybernetic Hackers with a First-Time GM
I'm a bit late getting this play report up anyway, so I didn't try to fill in too many details, but here's the overview and a couple of thoughts. Last…
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Participants: Raquel, GreatWolf, Gabrielle, Ron Edwards, Arturo G..

4/15/2008 Ron Edwards: [Spione] Follow-up and musing about the Forge Midwest game
Hello, I will come clean: this is an unabashed promotion thread. We played a game of Spione (pronounced "shpee-oh-neh," or "-nuh"; the last syllable isn't "ee" or "ay") during Forge…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, c, TJ, Malky.

4/14/2008 Willow: [Forge Midwest] Trollbabe- Player Choices, and a Question for Ron
At Forge Midwest, I finally got to play Trollbabe, which was ran by Ron himself.  Yay! For plot, Frunhilde, badass Trollbabe Axe-Warrior, found herself at Everyone's Inn, a haven for…
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Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, rafial, Arturo G., Alan, FredGarber.

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6/16/2008 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer] The Brotherhood
We had our fifth session of the Sorcerer game I'm running tonight.  The first sessions was character creation.  We've played four times. I've got bunches of comments about it, but…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, pfischer, Frank Tarcikowski.

6/23/2008 jydog1: Inspectres Vegas - What Dies in Vegas Doesn't Always Stay Dead in Vegas
Hi!  I ran Inspectres this weekend at a mini con outside of Boston this past weekend.  Let me start by saying that I had never run at game at a…
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Participants: jydog1, Ron Edwards.

6/28/2008 Halzebier: [PTA] Players wanting their PCs to fail?
Hi there! We've just had our first two evenings of Primetime Adventures. We're doing a series about a travelling circus in the fantasy world we have been using for our…
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Participants: Halzebier, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Valamir, Marshall Burns, FredGarber, Arturo G., Paul Czege, jburneko, Alan, morgue, hix, davidberg, Melinglor.

7/9/2008 Ron Edwards: [3:16] Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K!
Hello, After way too much time not gaming, we played 3:16! I'd been reviewing the manuscript as it approached publication readiness, and Gregor sent me the latest, just-pre-press copy in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Valamir, Paul Czege, Matt.

7/9/2008 First Oni: Crunch or No Crunch
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about how the trend of RPGs is going away from games with a lot of crunch (i.e. diceless games). I…
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Participants: First Oni, Ron Edwards, Jumanji83, Abkajud, JoyWriter, opsneakie.

7/10/2008 Ron Edwards: [Steal Away Jordan] Brutality in all its forms
We played on the same day as described in Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K!, but later in the evening, in my living room. The players were…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Graham Walmsley, jrs, Jumanji83, Parthenia, Valamir.

7/17/2008 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Save the Party From Their Own Bad Choices?
A while back we ran a short-lived cyberpunk / post-apocalyptic campaign involving the players fleeing a city under assault. After crash landing their helicopter in gang territory, they peeked out…
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Participants: arthurtuxedo, greyorm, Vulpinoid.

7/23/2008 Capulet: Meta-Gaming Technique: Outside reading for DP
So, this is the first time I've use this particular Technique. We're about 5 sessions into the campaign, and most players are taking me up on it. Results, so far,…
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Participants: Capulet, Vulpinoid, Hituro, Ron Edwards, SoftNum.

7/24/2008 Arturo G.: [Poison'd] The Resolute's last stance
This was a one-shoot session of around 2 hours and a half. One of the players was leaving on vacation the day after. Thus, the intention was only to show…
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Participants: Arturo G., lumpley.

7/25/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk!
I GMed my first session of a Sorcerer game last week, which a bunch of players all new to Sorcerer as well. It was cool and fun! The players were:…
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Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.

7/27/2008 Latreya Sena: [The Pool]
Hi all, I'm thinking of running the Pool (first time) with a small group, however, because of the nature of the game, I'm a little baffled about prep. It probably…
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Participants: Latreya Sena, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Frank Tarcikowski, Arturo G., Eliarhiman6.

7/28/2008 Gregor Hutton: [Solipsist] The King of Monaco and a girl's undead father
At UK Games Expo I ran a long-format game of Solipsist on the games schedule. I had three signups, which was very good considering most other games that weren't D&D4e…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Hituro.

7/29/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: Prepping for The Pool: Hogwarts Class of ’79 (long)
Over in this thread there was a question about prepping for The Pool. As I’m in the middle of prepping for an ambitious game of The Pool which I’ll be…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, charles ferguson, Demiurges.

7/30/2008 Gethyn: [3:16] Terra 1 - Aliens 0
Inspired by Ron's recent AP post, I looked into Gregor Hutton's game '3:16', liked what I saw, got it, and now just completed my first session. Players: Three of my…
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Participants: Gethyn, Gregor Hutton, demiurgeastaroth.

7/31/2008 Zamiel: [3:16] The Hellworlds Chronicles, Live Audio Recording!
In a fit of madness (and possibly because it's always good to make things as entertaining as possible), I arranged to have our inaugral game of Gregor Hutton's 3:16 recorded…
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Participants: Zamiel, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Gethyn.

8/6/2008 Gregor Hutton: [3:16] Spades and Chalk on Planet Dürer
Planet preparation was...Planet Dürer, Electrical Storms, Sirens, End Encounter, Highest FA (which turned out to be 7). Well, we had a fun game of 3:16 last night at my home,…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Abkajud, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth.

8/6/2008 demiurgeastaroth: [3:16] Gelatinous Cubes on Cezanne
PLANET 1: CÉZANNE Arid world, Oozes, Highest NFA-1, no Special Ability (I did give them the Enrage ability, but never used it.) The bleak desolate planet was considered uninhabited, and…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

8/8/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk: New Wrinkles and Old Habits
We played the second session last night. First session can be found here. It was pretty fun, but I have mixed feelings about some emerging play trends and how I…
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Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Reithan.

8/14/2008 Jargon: Ways to sell more narrativist or indie-like games to traditional players?
I was just wondering if the great minds here at the Forge would have any tips for trying to sell narrativist and more indie-like rpgs to the traditional gaming public?…
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Participants: Jargon, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, dindenver, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

8/20/2008 sirogit: [WGP] Jumper Hellboy and an Art teacher take on star girl and a yeti.
I'm 3 sessions into a WGP game. We choose a setting that's 'kind of like sunnydale', a suburban community that's serene conformist outside with corruption and evil powers and people…
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Participants: sirogit.

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