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1/21/2009 greyorm: [Sorcerer] The Cold and Bloody Northland
By which I mean the present-day Iron Range of Minnesota, not some lost Viking fantasy land of yore, though you'd expect that from me. This is honestly becoming something of…
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Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Noon.

1/15/2009 davidberg: [Out There] first episode: were-cat X-Files in 1800s Boston
[i]Out There[/i] is an RPG that delivers TV-style investigative drama (think X-Files, House, Monk).  I co-created this in a very short time as part of a [url=http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=8258&page=1#Item_0]contest[/url], and am selling…
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Participants: davidberg.

1/14/2009 Noon: Character first Vs Problem first
I've been working on a computer game and I was groping for this post apocalyptic world, where it's very dangerous and at a base, you live a pretty nasty and…
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Participants: Noon, JoyWriter, FredGarber.

1/12/2009 The Magus: Advice wanted on internet RPGing
Sorry if this is not the right place for this but here goes anyway... I've just got back into RPGing after many moons away and wanted to hear about forum…
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Participants: The Magus, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, thelevitator.

1/10/2009 5niper9: [IAWA] The beginning of the end
Yesterday we played the first chapter of In a wicked Age. There were just the three of us: Jan, whom I've played a lot of indie games with in 2008…
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Participants: 5niper9, lumpley.

1/8/2009 sirogit: [Annalise] Needless Space Violence
So I started first session of playing Annalise. Its a game I looked forward to for quite awhile as 'game-to-play-with-my-girlfriend' as its about vampires and she's into that and I'm…
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Participants: sirogit, GreatWolf, Nathan P..

1/6/2009 xenopulse: [Sorcerer] Berkeley 1968
I ran Sorcerer for the first time last night with my mostly-regular group consisting of Colin, David, and Matt. This comes on the heels of a whole season of Primetime…
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Participants: xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, jburneko.

1/3/2009 Patrice: Is actual RP in MMORPGs another next impossible thing?
I've read Dan's original post upon MMORPGs and P&PRPGs and have set my mind upon posting there in order to give account, and open discussion upon what was a major…
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Participants: Patrice, Noon, gsoylent, Caldis, Rafu, Wolfen, ShallowThoughts, Greymorn, Adam Dray, FredGarber.

1/2/2009 Alex Abate: [AD&D 2e] {Preplay} Preparing a simulationist AD&D game.
Greetings to all! While I am not new here, I might as well be. I simply didn't stick around before. I have, however, finally started to read the many essays…
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Participants: Alex Abate, Chris_Chinn, Rustin.

1/1/2009 Wolfen: Low-Prep/No-Prep Play
This thread is continuing a discussion from here First, I'd like to provide a basis for where I'm coming from. My preferred playstyle is long-form closed-form gaming. I want the…
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Participants: Wolfen, manatic, gsoylent, Noon, contracycle.

12/29/2008 Rustin: Post Pre-Play Uncertainty
I could still use some more advice.  Related discussion here. My group met yesterday. We offered examples of play we enjoyed.  I tried my best to facilitate, but it is…
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Participants: Rustin, jburneko, Paul T, Melinglor.

12/28/2008 Luy22: My experiances.
(Not sure if I should be posting this here, but...) Games I've played... Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 ED. Dark Heresy Vampire: The Masquerade Shadowrun Wanderer (An RPG my friend had…
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Participants: Luy22, Ron Edwards, Erudite.

12/19/2008 madviking: [Poison'd] First session: The Treachery of Bloody Ben
Actual Play - Poison'd December 18, 2008 We played our first proper session of Poison'd last night. It was very successful, and everyone really enjoyed it. We did not have…
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Participants: madviking.

12/18/2008 Paul Czege: [3:16] the betrayal of planet Girlfriend
I recently manufactured myself an opportunity to run 3:16, by prepping three planets prior to the December monthly open-house at a private boardgaming club, arranging to borrow some badass painted…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Thor, Eliarhiman6, Wolfen, Gregor Hutton, Pelgrane, agony, Graham Walmsley, greyorm, Valamir, matthijs, Tomas HVM, Ron Edwards, Noon, manatic.

12/16/2008 Erudite: Awarding Experience or Karma
In every RPG I have played the GM rewards players for their play in the game by giving out some type of merit. In some systems this is experience points…
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Participants: Erudite, Dionysus, Eero Tuovinen, Kevin Smit, The Dragon Master.

12/14/2008 EarthenForge: [Annalise] When "Rome" meets "The Wire"
This is the first installment of an Annalise game. I tried to include some of the game function to a point. I’ll be happy to go into more detail if…
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Participants: EarthenForge, sirogit, Nathan P..

12/13/2008 Rusty: [Zombie Cinema] Survivor
I played a game of Zombie Cinema last night and it was a blast.  There were five players, including the non-roleplayer wife of one of the regular gamers in our…
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Participants: Rusty, Eero Tuovinen.

12/12/2008 5niper9: [Polaris] We finally arrived at tragedy
I noticed that there are very few Polaris Actual Play threads, so here is my part in changing this: Let's first define the group: We're all between 20 and…
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Participants: 5niper9, Artanis, Ben Lehman.

12/9/2008 Rustin: Facilitating Coherent Play and the Shared Agenda
My group recently ended its fourth 4e campaign within the last year or so. I suspect incoherent play caused each attempt to fail. (E.g., People "checking-out" when not spotlighted, lots…
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Participants: Rustin, dindenver, Noon, FredGarber, masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, matthijs, Erudite, Leilond.

12/9/2008 Artanis: [Sorcerer] A Night at the Opera Bizarre
Hey! This is session number three from our on-going Carnival Bizarre game. Last session was about getting involved in the Carnival Bizarre, this session is about taking the bull by…
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Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards.

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1/25/2009 Alex Abate: Trying to understand where color stops and system begins
Hello there people! I am writing again, this time about my efforts to understand the Big Model, applying it to some past experiences in RPGs. More specifically, I am trying…
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Participants: Alex Abate, Noon, Ron Edwards, FredGarber.

1/25/2009 Sam!: [BtI] Sealed lips, chained heart
[b]Disclaimer[/b] I don’t have any proper questions going with my post, I just want to share how awesome session I just had. And maybe my stuff is helpful to someone…
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Participants: Sam!, Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care.

1/27/2009 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer] Traveller: Holy War
We had our third session of our game set in the universe of Classic Traveller Sunday night.  (You can check out tons of material about Traveller and the Classic Traveller…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, jburneko, Noon, AnyaTheBlue, Alan, Ron Edwards.

1/30/2009 droog: Trollbabe: a seven-yr-old GMs
I've written before about playing TB with my daughter. We have played a few times since, and something happened that I'd like to record. Jemima started to ask me about…
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Participants: droog, Arturo G., Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Wolfen, Paul T, JoyWriter.

2/1/2009 5niper9: [Capes] Another group, another chance
Hi there, first let me say that I'm a big fan of the principle behind the capes mechanics: More spotlight time for people that are entertaining to the group. There…
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Participants: 5niper9.

2/1/2009 James_Nostack: [Steal Away Jordan] Slaves on Recess
January 31 was Recess, a mini-con for the Nerd NYC crowed.  Matt "Deliverator" W. was good enough to run Steal Away Jordan, which I'd been curious about for a long…
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Participants: James_Nostack.

2/5/2009 David C: Morphine: Easing the Pain of Playing D&D
One of the guys I game with wants to start a new campaign of D&D.  Partly this is at the group's behest, because, well let me explain how the game…
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Participants: David C, Noon, Wordman, Abkajud, Rustin, Patrice, ShallowThoughts, Hasimir0.

2/5/2009 knicknevin: [3:16] Virgins on a Wet Planet
After running all my games at Conception X, I was asked by some of my chalet mates to run a game of 3:16 for them, with the difference ebing that…
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Participants: knicknevin, Ron Edwards.

2/10/2009 mcv: What's narrativist about Zero RPG?
Hi, Short introduction: I'm new here, and I came to the Forge because a new player in our group (well, he's been with us for over a year, but the…
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Participants: mcv, Ron Edwards, pfischer, Marshall Burns, Greymorn, lumpley, FredGarber, greyorm, JB.

2/10/2009 Ron Edwards: [3:16] Home is for the hating
Hello, For previous threads, see Way Too Easy Or Just Got the Rules Wrong? and Semi-Captain, Lt.-Captain, almost-Captain on deck, sir! A few weeks ago, we played a…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, agony, GreatWolf, Noon, Gregor Hutton.

2/10/2009 Marshall Burns: [3:16] one player play
Yesterday, I GMed some 3:16 for my cousin James.  We were actually slated to play some Dread, but the GM (Steven, from all of my previous APs) was sick.  James…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, ShallowThoughts, Gregor Hutton.

2/11/2009 Frank Tarcikowski: [Liquid] Well, I just rolled the dice for show
Every once in a while I think back to this game I played in in 2004. At the time, everybody was talking about “cinematic” role-playing, where, at last, you got…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, oliof, Paul Czege, lumpley, Peter Nordstrand, gsoylent, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, JoyWriter, Silmenume.

2/12/2009 mcv: Establishing Premise in Serenity RPG
This thread is the next step in my quest to understand Story Now and how to give it to a new player who doesn't like Simulationism. It continues from What's…
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Participants: mcv, lumpley, FredGarber, Noon, JB, Marshall Burns, sirogit, Trevis Martin, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Dr_Pete, Caldis.

2/17/2009 jburneko: [Dirty Secrets] How I Accidentally Playtested Dirty Cities.
Hello, So this weekend at OrcCon I played a very awesome but highly unusual Dirty Secrets game.  It was my intension to experiment with recording all my sessions this con…
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Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf.

2/17/2009 xechnao: rpg theory
Hi! I have not posted over here for a long time -not that my posts were anything relatively important really- but I felt revisiting the "particular" wisdom of this place,…
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Participants: xechnao, CKNIGHT, Ron Edwards, mjbauer, Vulpinoid, mcv, Patrice, Noon, abzu.

2/18/2009 krzyzewski99: Mythweaver 2nd Edition Play Results
[b][u]Mythweaver: The Splintered Realms Second Edition Game Report for 02-13-09[/u][/b] This narrative highlights several important gaming experiences had while playing the newest edition (2008) of Teddy Bear Press’ Mythweaver product. …
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Participants: krzyzewski99.

2/21/2009 Christian: [Trollbabe] First play, two trollbabes at Otun's Belch
Hello, I GMed my first Trollbabe game the other day. To sum up the experience : it was great but left me wanting advice. Now the detailed version. Premiminary notes…
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Participants: Christian, Ron Edwards, chance.thirteen.

2/24/2009 Paka: Agon: The Kleos Cup, Dreamation '09
Ever since reading Agon I have thought it was tailor-made for convention tournaments, like competitive deals that you read about as jokes in Knights of the Dinner Table only in…
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Participants: Paka, jefgodesky, Mel_White, John Harper, Valamir, Nathan P..

2/26/2009 agony: [Dead of Night] Initiative Questions
I ran Dead of Night last night for my group and it turned out rather fun.  We had a nice setup in a Contemporary insane asylum where a patient was…
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Participants: agony, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

2/28/2009 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Keep on Rockin' in the Troll World
Paul and Dave came over.  We ate some food, we drank some drinks, we talked about all'a you people on the Internet.  And then we broke out some old-fashioned Trollbabe…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Paul T, angelfromanotherpin, davidberg, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Alan.

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