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8/27/2009 Jaakko Koivula: Suggestions and hints? Role-playing with adolescents in school
Greetings all. Im trying to decide on a good game to run for a class full of adolescents. Main points would be to introduce them to role-playing and try to…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Eero Tuovinen, Noon, The Magus, FredGarber, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Noclue, Dr_Pete.

8/26/2009 spamtramp: Inspectres: First play
After confronting the players with the idea of Inspectres they decided it will not fly the way it is written. They decided some minor changes right away. I completely went…
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Participants: spamtramp, Lance D. Allen, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2009 Ayyavazi: Using D&D 4e as a GNS Litmus Test
Hello everyone, I've already posted the following play example in God it feels good to DM again. topic. I'm re-posting it here with the following in mind: 1.…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Jasper Flick, Dan Maruschak, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Silmenume.

8/25/2009 JoyWriter: "Protection" in rules structures
This is an offshoot of this thread. The specific thing I wanted to focus on was making useful (and productive) Callan's idea of protection: As a quick summary, up until…
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Participants: JoyWriter, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2009 The Magus: [Sorcerer] British Empire Steam Punk setting
I recently GMed a game of Sorcerer and had mixed feelings about the results although the more I think about it the more satisfied I feel. There were three characters…
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Participants: The Magus, Noclue, pfischer, Mackie, Ron Edwards, Neon White.

8/23/2009 The Magus: How to address the following play example
This obviously hasn't happened in any game I've played but it illustrates a problem I've had with these narrative style games and I wanted to hear the opinions of others. …
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Participants: The Magus, Noon, Irminsul, anders_larsen, Ron Edwards, Jumanji83, FredGarber.

8/22/2009 Ayyavazi: [D&D 4e] God it feels good to DM again!
Hey all, Many of you have probably heard I don't have a group and haven't really played in a year or so (any game that is). Thankfully, that changed yesterday.…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Rustin.

8/11/2009 Ayyavazi: GNS and Hierarchy
Hello all, I know Ron will probably want an actual play example and to have this thread moved, but since I am lacking an example (that I know of or…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray, Alan, Caldis, jburneko, Noon, Jasper Flick, anders_larsen, FredGarber, Marshall Burns, contracycle.

8/11/2009 Melinglor: [Nicotine Girls] Daddies for Babies who aren't Baby Daddies
At Go Play NW I got a chance to play Nicotine Girls with Michael, Ogre and Johnstone. I'd been wanting to for ages, but shied away for fear of making…
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Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, JoyWriter, Johnstone.

8/10/2009 James_Nostack: [WGP] Marvel Fanfare
As discussed in this thread, I'm running a long-form With Great Power... game.  We had our first session of play this week, and had a blast, and I think I'm…
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Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Caldis.

8/7/2009 cra2: [Contenders] Scene Types, playing aid
http://www.cra2.com/games/rpg/contenders/Scene Type Grid.doc I made this single-page reference doc for Contenders and showed it to Joe Prince who suggested I post it here in Actual Play to see…
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Participants: cra2, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2009 AzaLiN: [d&d4e] Puzzles in RPGs
Is anyone else here as big a fan of adventure games as I am? (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Scratches, Nostradamus...) I really like puzzles in games; maybe problem…
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Participants: AzaLiN, Ron Edwards, Simon C, otspiii, Noon, ShallowThoughts, cra2, Evlyn, chronoplasm, FredGarber, DWeird.

8/2/2009 7VII7: Suggestions needed.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but if anywhere it goes here so here goes. . . Including me I have 3 people (maybe) that…
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Participants: 7VII7, C. Edwards, Clay.

7/31/2009 Aumpa: [D&D 4e] Using D&D for Introduction to Roleplaying?
Hello! I'm glad I found this site. After taking a 10 year break from roleplaying, I'm trying to get back into it again, and I want to be educated about…
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Participants: Aumpa, Noon, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Jasper Flick, Caldis, Patrice, lachek.

7/27/2009 cra2: DiTV vs. Agon ?
In your expert opinion(s), which is 'easier' to setup & run?  Dogs in the Vineyard or Agon? I have to run a session for 3-4 players in two weeks with…
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Participants: cra2, Simon C, Noclue, Ron Edwards.

7/26/2009 Paul T: Trollbabe-ish setup lacking drama
About two months ago, I ran a one-session game using a simple homebrew ruleset based on Vincent Baker's Otherkind dice idea, designed specifically for three players. (Here's a link, if…
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Participants: Paul T, Ron Edwards, Noclue, jburneko, Arturo G., Andrew Norris, Eszed, Noon.

7/25/2009 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer + Kids = "YAAAAY!"
I spent this past week in New Hampshire with my family.  Spotty Internet, no tv, a lovely lake, and lots of family gathered up in one house. My sister had…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn, Eszed.

7/23/2009 Patrice: [D&D]Balance killed my game
All my D&D games since the 3.5 came out were boring. So much for actual play. Just boring. Boring to the point my players and I have just quit playing…
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Participants: Patrice, Jasper Flick, Noon, Adam Dray, Ayyavazi, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Guy Srinivasan, Frank Tarcikowski, JoyWriter.

7/20/2009 jburneko: [Sorcerer] More Evil Is More Morally Taxing?
So, there’s this common fear that if you throw overt demons and sorcerers into a “Dogs in the Vineyard” game it will detract from the moral issues.  I’ve never found…
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Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Noon, Noclue.

7/16/2009 Eliarhiman6: [Serial Homicide Unit] Who cares for the victim's goal?
Hi! This post is late, very late. I should have written it at least a couple of weeks ago, with the convention game still fresh in my mind, but I…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, jburneko, FredGarber, Noon.

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8/30/2009 Swamplor: Looking for a Crime RPG
I’m looking for a game. (Hi, my name’s Steve.  Been lurking here for years.  That’s largely beside the point right now.) I’ve been watching a lot of Burn Notice and…
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Participants: Swamplor, Jumanji83, Ron Edwards, spamtramp.

8/30/2009 Graham Walmsley: Ribbon Drive: Fuckknows, VA
We played Ribbon Drive in my garden yesterday. There were Steve, Paula and I, who were fairly experienced gamers, and Sebastian and Lucy, whom I think had played things like…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, joepub, GB Steve, xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang.

8/31/2009 spamtramp: Unspeakable: First play
Our Inspectres kinghts were having a long vacation, one of them was on life support, so this week we had some unexpected turn of events, at least for me unexpected.…
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Participants: spamtramp.

8/31/2009 Catelf: Different Games, Same Characters (split)
I want to show another way: Even though i Always strive to play characters that is fictive versions of myself, i can easily adopt what may be needed, no matter…
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Participants: Catelf, Ron Edwards, Shea, Noon, Silmenume.

9/1/2009 Morph: [Primetime Adventures] - Galaxy's Edge
I've always been interested in novel RPG mechanics, but never really got round to playing any. More recently (ever since the RPG Geek website started) my interest has piqued, and…
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Participants: Morph.

9/5/2009 Simon_Pettersson: [UA] I think I grasp Creative Agendas now!
This game happened some time ago, but I'd like to get some theoretical input on what it's led to. Here's the thing: I've been reading a lot of Big Model…
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Participants: Simon_Pettersson, Ron Edwards, simonjberger, Noon, Abkajud.

9/11/2009 droog: PbP: I need some help with structure
Okay, I'd never run a PbP game before. I had a sudden whim a few months ago and decided to run my Dark Ages hack of HQ at a small…
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Participants: droog, Noon, JoyWriter.

9/14/2009 Jaakko Koivula: [UtB] First trial: Adventures of Pena
Hiyeah. Got to test UtB and it was a blast. Unfortunately only got 2 people with me, but the game worked pretty nicely still. Not sure if we got all…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula.

9/19/2009 Paka: Wanting to Game with My Dad
My dad introduced me to science fiction, fantasy and comic books.  Growing up, I cannot remember a time when he didn't have a science fiction novel on his night table…
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Participants: Paka, nikola, Noon.

9/20/2009 Willow: Slay With Me: 1st Game
So, Tim and I sat down tonight to play a game of Slay With Me. Let me preface this by saying I don't think I'm the target audience for this…
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Participants: Willow, TJ, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

9/21/2009 Gregor Hutton: [3:16] Ape Beasts on Planet Durer
So, the Edinburgh University gaming club has started up again for another year and they were needing GMs for Day One of term. So, I volunteered and took along 3:16.…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Noon, blodwin.

9/22/2009 Jaakko Koivula: [UtB] Under the Bed with Adolescents, pt. 2
[i]Old thread about RPing with adolescents and some thoughts about the first session at [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28602.0]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28602.0[/url]. Wanted to start a new more game-reportey thread for this.[/i] Second session of UtB with…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, nikola, JoyWriter.

9/22/2009 vonkorff: [Polaris] questions & new storygamer report
I tried Polaris for the first time recently.  No one in my group, including me, had ever played this type of story game.  I wasn't sure we could handle it,…
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Participants: vonkorff, Ben Lehman, Noclue, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Pabu.

9/25/2009 Artanis: [Lacuna] Minimal prep, maximal impact
Hello Following up on the last session, one player dropped out (going abroad for a year), another came in. The two are brothers, Titus and Maurus. We quickly rolled up…
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Participants: Artanis.

9/29/2009 Silmenume: The spicey die roll - Middel Earth (home brew) Sim
Hi Everyone, I'm not really sure why I am posting this, I guess I am in a reminiscing mood; yet at the end there is an event I'd like to…
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Participants: Silmenume, Abkajud, davidberg, Noon, Ar Kayon.

9/29/2009 Gregor Hutton: [S/Lay w/Me] The Tome of Mechanical Wonders
Last night Joe Prince, Matt Reid and I playtested Andy Kenrick's "Six Bullets For Vengeance". We got through the first (final) scene before Matt had to go home, having exhausted…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Dantai.

10/2/2009 Sebastian: [Primetime Adventures] "Last Stand" Great pitch... but then what happened?
I tried running PTA for three traditional role players.  Where did I go wrong? Pitch Like most first games of PTA, the guys went straight for sci-fi.  It started off…
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Participants: Sebastian, davidberg, JoyWriter, Noon, FredGarber.

10/2/2009 Gregor Hutton: [Sorcerer] London 1880
So last night Per, Steve, Cat and I met in the suitably themed Jekyll & Hyde pub in Edinburgh and created characters for Per's Sorcerer game. (It's been a busy…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, James_Nostack.

10/2/2009 blodwin: Summerland indie game
Hi I’m thinking of running Summerland and cant get my head around, getting my mates to play a band of drifters stressed out with god knows what traumas they think…
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Participants: blodwin, Ron Edwards.

10/5/2009 Melinglor: In a Feral Age. . .playing fluently with trackers
A couple of weeks ago I ran a storyjamming* workshop for TrackersNW, an organization that teaches wilderness skills and encourages a primitive lifestyle (I've blogged about the general emotional tenor…
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Participants: Melinglor, jasonm, JoyWriter.

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