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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.

2/17/2009 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.

2/12/2009 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.

2/11/2009 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.

2/10/2009 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.

2/10/2009 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 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.

2/5/2009 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.

2/5/2009 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.

2/1/2009 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.

2/1/2009 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.

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.

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.

1/25/2009 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.

1/25/2009 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.

1/21/2009 jasin: [IaWA] First try!
Hi everyone, first post and first try at IaWA... The players almost unanimously chose Blood & Sex. We got: ... A monastery and its associated shrines, each to its own…
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Participants: jasin, lumpley, Ouroboros, Noclue.

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.

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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.

3/4/2009 Caracol: Hello to everyone (and a question about how to save our gaming sessions)
Hello to everyone, I'm a new member and a amateur game creator. I heard of this community only recently, and my interest in gaming creation makes this place useful to…
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Participants: Caracol, Vulpinoid, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, chance.thirteen, Alan, Rafu.

3/7/2009 Paka: The Slaughter at Corinthton, a Dogs in the Vineyard game
It was one of those Fridays where the regular game fell through but we knew it far enough ahead of time so that we could pick up the pieces and…
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Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, James_Nostack, Queen_of_Kryos, Noon, Eliarhiman6.

3/8/2009 Xose Lucero: Were We Playing Narrativist?
Hello, all. As I try to get a grip on RPG theory I've been replaying old game sessions in my mind to try to figure out what the heck was…
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Participants: Xose Lucero, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Abkajud.

3/10/2009 RuneBR: Our first story-game - 3:16 Actual Play
3:16 Actual Play We played our first session of 3:16 a while back, so I thought I'd try my hand at writing a actual play-report. English is not my first…
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Participants: RuneBR, agony, Wolfen, greyorm, charles ferguson, Gregor Hutton.

3/13/2009 charles ferguson: [D&D 1e] : The Nostalgia Of It All
Disclaimer: I don't really have a specific question or problem. Maybe one will emerge? Thing is I've been hanging out at the Forge for nearly 10 years and 99.9% of…
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Participants: charles ferguson, James_Nostack.

3/15/2009 The Magus: [Sorcerer] In Sorcery's Shadow - London, England 2009
This is an actual play report for a game of Sorcerer. My friend Justin and I have been playing Sorcerer for two sessions now and have established a campaign that…
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Participants: The Magus, Trevis Martin.

2/22/2009 Christopher Kubasik: [Orccon][HeroQuest] Completing the discussion
(edited in at Christopher's request: this thread has been split from Orccon] In Glorantha, of all places! - RE) So, a full year and two computer crashes, I'm finally finishing…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Xose Lucero, charles ferguson.

3/24/2009 Ayyavazi: My Play Origins and How it influences my game design
Greetings all, This is my first actual play post, so forgive me if it isn't up to snuff. Also, if I don't seem to have finished with a given post,…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Marshall Burns.

3/24/2009 Artanis: [Sorcerer] A bizarre feeling
Hi gals and guys! Quick status report on the Carnival Bizarre. Last session was a night at the opera bizarre and was mighty successful in my view. This time we…
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Participants: Artanis.

3/27/2009 Caracol: A Chance for Revenge
Just kidding. Even if I'm currently designing my game (look out http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=27710.0, a thread I promise I will update as soon I have some time), I decided to slow down…
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Participants: Caracol, Simon C, Noon, sureideas, Dr_Pete, JoyWriter.

3/28/2009 Rustin: [7 Seas] Imagined Contingencies
There was a point in our 7seas game, where the players were discussing how best to capture a ship. It seemed interesting to me, after the GM gave some facts,…
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Participants: Rustin, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [Tunnels & Trolls] Colonizing goblin lands
Man, all of my best gaming seems to happen in Oulu. I live something like 300 kilometers from the city, but I visit a couple of times per year for…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Noon, Artanis, newsalor.

3/31/2009 Sonja: Cinematic car chase scenes? -- is it possible?
I just watched the 1960s movie Fantomas and was really inspired from the long, dramatic and amusing chase scenes. Reminded me of the endless chicken fights in Family Guy that…
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Participants: Sonja, Vulpinoid, chance.thirteen, visioNationstudios, FredGarber, Mel_White, JoyWriter.

4/5/2009 Ayyavazi: Ninja Burger and my first game in a while
Hey everyone, I played my first RPG in a little over two months, and it was fun, even if it wasn't spectacular. I gathered my fiancee, best friend and nhis…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.

4/12/2009 lachek: The Dysfunctional Adventures of a Pre-Teen
My 12-year old son has finally started taking interest in role-playing games. Not because his mom and dad plays them every week, organizes conventions and events, even write and design…
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Participants: lachek, Eero Tuovinen, Beatboy, Noon, FredGarber, Frank Tarcikowski, JoyWriter.

4/19/2009 blackhatmatt: [With Great Power...] Better Living Through Chemistry
Just ran a one-shot of WGP yesterday. Well, anyway, it was meant as a one-shot, but we didn't finish, so we'll finish it next time. Two-shot, anyway. The write-up is…
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Participants: blackhatmatt, Ron Edwards.

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