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12/31/2009 Abkajud: [yet another LONG Polaris thread] a therapist tries Story Now
Hey, gang! Connor, a friend of mine is visiting from San Francisco; he's in school out there, studying drama therapy. He's played WoW and other video games in the past,…
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Participants: Abkajud, 5niper9.

12/26/2009 Filip Luszczyk: The GM should stop me!
I've found this situation intriguing. The game in question handles character effectiveness primarily via player <-> player permissions. I'm in the middle of running a campaign, and our last session…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Eliarhiman6, Noon, contracycle, ShallowThoughts.

12/14/2009 RedPissLegion: [MLWM] Not being able to kill the Master
Hi there :), This last week me a two friends of mine played My Life With Master. It lasted 4 sessions including one for character and master creation only. One…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, Adam Dray, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, JMendes, Frank Tarcikowski, Paul Czege.

12/12/2009 davidberg: [Polaris] Color! (inspired play despite rules gaffe)
Last Sunday, I sat down to play Polaris with Daniel, John and Terry.  John had played once before, long ago, and didn't remember the rules.  Daniel brought the book, had…
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Participants: davidberg, Paul T, Abkajud.

12/10/2009 shadowcourt: looking for good collaborative map/world-build rules
This is sort of a newb question, but it's an area I've barely delved into in recent years, so I'm starting from scratch without too much guidance. So, caveats aside...…
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Participants: shadowcourt, chronoplasm, Jaakko Koivula, Ron Edwards.

12/5/2009 Artanis: [Sorcerer] Curtain on the carnival bizarre
Hello Last saturday we played the last session of the Carnival Bizarre. It was the second instalment after this report. Story In two sessions, the player characters essentially got together,…
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Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards, Noclue.

12/4/2009 jasin: [IaWA] Zartan's Pride
Story In a wicked age, a young warrior, initiate into a warrior cult, climbs a desert cliff. The stones crumble; the cliff shakes. His god Burnaburiash, vengeful and jealous, is…
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Participants: jasin, rycanada.

11/20/2009 Marshall Burns: [3:16] These players are crazy
I played 3:16 last weekend on a camping trip. The players were: > my cousin James, with whom I’ve roleplayed often, and with whom I’ve played 3:16 once before. >…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Noon, JoyWriter, Jaakko Koivula, Gregor Hutton, Jasper Flick, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

11/18/2009 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Grendel, Alaska
At Indiecon at the weekend I ran my first game of Dead of Night II, as I'm affectionately calling the second edition of my horror game. I watched the Host…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick.

11/14/2009 Philotomy: [The Pool] First Time -- Family Fairy Tale
I ran my first session of The Pool, this evening.  This was also my first session of any game with a large degree of player narrative control over the story…
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Participants: Philotomy, Finarvyn.

11/12/2009 greyorm: [3:16] Killin' Bugs
After a couple weeks of folks being sick, etc. we finally got together to give 3:16 a go. Flat out: it was a blast. I was, in fact, told we…
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Participants: greyorm, Jaakko Koivula, Marshall Burns, Gregor Hutton.

11/10/2009 Anekanta: Getting into Story Now
Dear Forge :) I'm wondering: Can anyone recommend some good games to start trying out story now / narrativist play?  I've read many different systems, but my actual play experience…
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Participants: Anekanta, Jasper Flick, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, jefgodesky, noahtrammell, Paka, Rafu.

11/2/2009 Ron Edwards: [Dead of Night] Better without the fangs
Life has kept me from posting regularly since GenCon, but I've been role-playing when I can. My biggest priority is to get educated in some games which have been around…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Jaakko Koivula, Noon, JoyWriter, andrew_kenrick.

10/31/2009 noahtrammell: Playing RPG's with Students
  I'm writing an essay in school on why RPG's should be incorporated into education.  I have some statistical stuff, but I think that I also need a few anecdotes…
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Participants: noahtrammell, Jasper Flick, Jaakko Koivula.

10/27/2009 Gregor Hutton: [Dread] Cyberpunk/Horror for Halloween
So, Matt, Russ, Joe P and I met up again at the Prince Household for another bout of Monday-night gaming. For Halloween we wanted to do something "horror" as a…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

10/22/2009 Noon: Looking at the idea called 'system' again
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28829.0]From the thread on colour[/url], which is a quote from Ron [quote]If I can see the bigger reward system, grasp the Currency, and get bug-eyed to transform the Color into…
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Participants: Noon, lumpley, FredGarber, JoyWriter, Ben Lehman, Caldis, contracycle, Marshall Burns, rgrassi, Ron Edwards.

10/11/2009 Artanis: [Theory] Let's have a good look at Colour, again
Hello A fair warning: this thread is going to be heavy on the theory. A little bit of history I like putting up links and give a general context when…
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Participants: Artanis, Noon, Simon C, greyorm, Ben Lehman, JoyWriter, FredGarber, Silmenume, Caldis, chance.thirteen, kuzuk, Marshall Burns, Troy_Costisick, Ashlin_Evenstar, HeTeleports, Ron Edwards.

10/9/2009 Jaakko Koivula: [The Mountain Witch] Weight in gold
Got a brand new group together. I have never played with them and think none of them have played forge-inspired games before. Decided to test The Mountain Witch and after…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Eero Tuovinen, Ville Vuorinen, newsalor, Pekoraali, Baka_Kaba.

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.

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.

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1/4/2010 ShallowThoughts: I learned about System from Munchkins
My System suddenly grew big. By "big", I do not refer to the number of rules. Instead, I refer to layers of the Big Model. I'm writing this post to…
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Participants: ShallowThoughts, Jasper Flick, lumpley, Melinglor, contracycle, Caldis, Noon.

1/4/2010 AzaLiN: [S&W] Keep on Borderlands- Oldschool experiment
Swords and Wizardry is a "retro clone" RPG, of 0d&d. Tonight I ran my first game using those rules- I used the famous Keep on Borderlands as a test module.…
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Participants: AzaLiN, Roger, Noon, FredGarber, contracycle, Finarvyn.

1/9/2010 Solarsaurus: Online play
I was just wondering how many of you folks here ever did pen-and-paper role-playing online, whether it be on a forum, through an instant messenger, or otherwise! Using the internet…
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Participants: Solarsaurus, Noon, greyorm, Dan Maruschak, Filip Luszczyk, chronoplasm, Adam Dray.

1/10/2010 trick: Combat molasses
I've been reading an earlier thread titled Warhammer; Chaos! Order! Molasses!. It's about the dullness of just going from place to place and trivial conflicts. In the games I've been…
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Participants: trick, contracycle, Noon, JoyWriter, Hereward The Wake, Meramec, Locke, Jeff B, ShallowThoughts, FetusCommander.

1/11/2010 Dionysus: How to make sessions/scenes stop dragging?
Howdy all. Been a while. Our little group of players has finally taken the plunge and is enjoying the waters of new games. We were a very strong WoD/Exalted group,…
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Participants: Dionysus, Falc, jburneko, Noon, davidberg, greyorm, FredGarber, Noclue, JoyWriter.

1/18/2010 drhoover: [Fiasco] In a Nice Southern Town
My group tried Fiasco for the first time this weekend and had a blast. There were four of us, 3 lifelong roleplayers and 1 a more recent convert. We used…
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Participants: drhoover, jasonm, Tim C Koppang, segedy.

1/22/2010 jlhburnett: [octaNe] "Hey buddy, watch the tentacle!"
This past weekend, my Skype group decided to give octaNe a whirl.  It didn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped, although things got better towards the end of the session.…
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Participants: jlhburnett, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2010 jburneko: [Burning Empires/Primetime Adventures] RPG Weight Training
Hello Everyone, So right now I'm GMing Burning Empires.  It's a massive undertaking and it's very demanding.  We're four maneuvers into the Infiltration phase.  I'm really struggling with the game…
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Participants: jburneko, pfischer, davidberg, Welkerfan.

1/29/2010 David C: [GURPS Traveller] What type of play is this?
I was invited by a friend to play some GURPS Traveller. I wasn't particularly interested (ughhh, GURPS...) but I always like meeting new people.  The game was mostly dominated by…
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Participants: David C, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Noon, contracycle, davidberg, athornton.

2/2/2010 Meramec: [D&D] Hot elves, morality, and the missing initiative roll
So I gather three friends for an impromptu session of D&D.  They’ve all played the first WOTC edition of the game extensively and one has significant experience with the second…
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Participants: Meramec, Noon, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, JoyWriter, NN, ShallowThoughts, athornton, contracycle, LostSoul, Jeff B, Jasper Flick.

2/11/2010 John Stephens: [Tunnels & Trolls] From the Lair of the Wyrm to Florinburg and Back
[b]Background[/b] My daughter and I have been experimenting with storytelling and roleplaying games off and on since she was four years old. She is nine now, and she loves fantasy…
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Participants: John Stephens, Eero Tuovinen, Finarvyn.

2/11/2010 Paiku: [Sorcerer]Sorcerers in Casablanca - AP
[b]Sorcerers in Casablanca[/b] hit the ground last Thursday night! The group of four veteran 20- and 30-something gamers has been playing story-now games together for over a year now, but…
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Participants: Paiku, Ron Edwards, Roger, rycanada, Andrew Norris, Paul T, Karl.

2/20/2010 grigori777: 3.5 to 2
Good day.  I am finding numerous character generator programs and sites to create characters in 3.5, but none for 2.0 that accept any race other than elf, 1/2 elf, human,…
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Participants: grigori777, Vulpinoid, Miskatonic, CaptainImpressive.

2/21/2010 Gregor Hutton: [S/Lay w/Me] O'er Plains of Ice the Sky-Ship Sails
So, at WarpCon in Cork, Ireland I got in some gaming as well as enjoying the odd refreshment (ahem) at the Old Bar at University College Cork. Most of my…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Lance D. Allen, Ron Edwards, contracycle, greyorm.

2/24/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [TRoS] Destiny Spiritual Attribute
No, I don't have an actual play account (yet) where the Destiny spiritual attribute played a role. I will be running a game on Friday in which several characters have…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, Paka, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2010 Filip Luszczyk: I hate compromises
I hate compromises. I immediately started to hate compromises the first and the last time I played Burning Empires. We've spent 40 minutes or so playing out DoW. Then, we…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Frank Tarcikowski, jburneko, Luke, Noon, Paka, greyorm, JoyWriter, Ben Lehman, Brendan Day, contracycle, ThoughtBubble, CedricP, Eliarhiman6, Noclue, Jeff B, ShallowThoughts, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2010 ThoughtBubble: Trying to figure out the anatomy of challenges I like
This is all inspired by the "Challenge the player" thread from last year. I've fallen into a pretty heavy "planned to showcase ability x" rut in my dungeon/encounter design. So…
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Participants: ThoughtBubble, Jeff B, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, Excalibur, JoyWriter, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2010 James_Nostack: In-Fiction Sexual Exploitation: blarrrrgh
I guess this is a solicitation for similar AP; there's some analysis questions at the bottom.  But mostly I feel like venting a little. The other day I played Champions,…
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Participants: James_Nostack, CedricP, Noclue, Noon, Jeff B, FetusCommander, Lance D. Allen, JoyWriter, greyorm, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Paka, mark2v, Ar Kayon, Miskatonic, ShallowThoughts, davidberg.

3/9/2010 Jeff B: (D&D2e) Bringing in the new guy
Below is an account of a game I played in and my observations about bringing new characters into an existing roleplaying campaign, a maneuver which fails more often than it…
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Participants: Jeff B, Ron Edwards, Noon, James_Nostack, Aelwyn.

3/10/2010 greyorm: Dysfunction at the Magic Tourney [D&D 3.5]
Weirdly, this is going to tie into at least two other current threads happening right now... For our last session we took a break from 3:16 to play in our…
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Participants: greyorm, Noon, Ron Edwards, JoyWriter, Aelwyn.

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