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7/12/2010 Jaakko Koivula: [Norwegian Style] Role-playing epiphany: Characters rule!
I might've realized something about my views on role-playing, bear with me. We played a bunch of norwegian games at the after-parties of Finnish convention TraCon. Matthijs Holter held two…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, greyorm, Noon, contracycle, Eliarhiman6, Tomas HVM.

7/6/2010 oculusverit: Split the party.
Hello everyone, I have to admit I have read a lot of different posts and been familiar with Ron's theories for quite some time, but I have never posted to…
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Participants: oculusverit, jdfristrom, Eliarhiman6, Aetius, Marshall Burns, Jarrodimus, Seamus, dugfromthearth, InkMeister.

7/4/2010 KevinH: [PTA] MCU: Gotham
Hello all, I got permission to post this from the producer, so I thought I'd like to share our experiences of PTA. As you'll see, the premise of the show…
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Participants: KevinH, stingray20166, Artanis, Noon, Ron Edwards.

7/4/2010 jdfristrom: [Faery's Tale+Universalis] Playing with 5 year olds and GM burnout
My daughter has been gaming with me even before she turned 4 - Warhammer Quest (hey, it's easy, you move up to 4 spaces and attack), a little collaborative storytelling,…
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Participants: jdfristrom, davidvs.

7/3/2010 Aetius: [Best Friends] A doubt about pushing
Hi to everyone! We're playing right now with Best Friend and we encountered a little problem with the conflicts. Is this the right section? Anyway... When a character is in…
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Participants: Aetius, Ron Edwards, vellu82, Gregor Hutton.

7/3/2010 Big J Money: [7th Sea] Problem Solving versus(?) other Roleplaying things
The main theme of this thread is player (not character) problem solving at the table in relation to other common elements of role-playing. Even better would be: and what games…
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Participants: Big J Money, Noon, Mike Sugarbaker, dugfromthearth, Paul Czege.

7/3/2010 Ron Edwards: [Venus 2141] The future has goo all over it
Venus 2141 was published last year and was represented by its co-author and artist, Nathan Leeson, at the Forge Booth. I've been trying to get around to playing it ever…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Claudia Cangini, Eliarhiman6, Rafu.

7/1/2010 Khimus: My play stile
Ok, following Ron´s advice on "Welcome to the First Thoughts Forum", I decided to create a thread about my experiencies and style in rpging. First of all, I got introduced…
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Participants: Khimus, dugfromthearth, Caldis, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.

7/1/2010 KevinH: Emotional responses in RPGs
Hello all, in this thread Horror in Sorcerer: Does it happen, is it different?, I raised the question, "Do any rulesets reliably elicit emotional responses, of any form, from the…
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Participants: KevinH, Artanis, Aaron Baker, Noon, Jaakko Koivula, davidvs, intorporeal, Anders Gabrielsson, masqueradeball.

6/28/2010 Aaron Baker: My play style
Per: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=29929.0 I am starting a new thread to discuss my play style and experiences.  I think I should start a new thread, because this thread will be about my…
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Participants: Aaron Baker, Miskatonic, contracycle, Noon, dugfromthearth.

6/27/2010 Aaron Baker: Am I in the right place?
OK, I think I am following the rules... I read in the "First Thoughts" area that before I post my idea for a game there that I should post here…
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Participants: Aaron Baker, Miskatonic, Trevis Martin, davidvs, Ron Edwards.

6/23/2010 jedijim: 'Civil Law' v 'Common Law' referee methods in role playing
This is my first post here.  I'm probably posting this in the wrong place, in the wrong way, and at the wrong time.  I apologize in advance for any and…
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Participants: jedijim, Bloomfield, Simon C, Noon, jdfristrom.

6/20/2010 Nocker: [Misery Bubblegum] two games in a row
We have a game of Misery Bubblegum (a game by Tony Lower-Basch, from Muse of Fire Studio) last saturday. The first thing that amazed me and above all the other…
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Participants: Nocker.

6/13/2010 ronfig: game advice for strange group
Objective: to find a quality rpg that could work within the following constraints: player age range 13-18 45 minute sessions maximum possible campaign play players are anime fans, larpers, Magic…
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Participants: ronfig, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, Noon, Finarvyn.

6/11/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Actual Play forum - please read here first
This is the primary discussion forum at the Forge. There are a few operative principles governing posting here, and within their bounds, you are wildly and nakedly free to post…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/24/2010 Simon C: [Bliss Stage] Different approaches to character
We're playing a long-running, seven-player game of Bliss Stage. I think we've played maybe five or six sessions now, with maybe one or two more to go. The group is…
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Participants: Simon C, Ben Lehman, itowlson.

5/23/2010 hansel: [S/lay w/Me] Yun-Hai & the Corpse-strewn battlefield
Brendan Adkins & I played S/lay today--probably the fastest turnaround time from buying a game to playing it, ever, for me. First: It was good! I want more! Now: The…
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Participants: hansel, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Brendan.

5/22/2010 Anekanta: [Rifts] -- Rifts workable? Possibly, maybe...
Hello again... A while ago I posted (here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=29542.0) that I had joined a Rifts gaming group for the first time in almost two decades, and was a bit apprehensive…
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Participants: Anekanta, hansel, Ron Edwards, Noon, Aaron Baker, Jarrodimus.

5/19/2010 Simon C: A thing I noticed (with a diagram)
I've been playing Bliss Stage recently, with a couple of inexperienced players. The game has been really successful, and they've fit in well, but early on one of them expressed…
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Participants: Simon C, Frank Tarcikowski, Artanis, Dan Maruschak, Aaron Baker, greyorm.

5/5/2010 RedPissLegion: [3:16] First time play and questions for long play
Hey there, I played 3:16 for the first time this past Sunday, to fill in for our regular D&D 4ed game. First time GMing with first time players (with this…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, greyorm, Gregor Hutton, Aaron Baker.

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7/21/2010 dugfromthearth: my game system philosophy - character creation, combat, and skill resolution
having played a lot of games over the years I have come to the conclusion that what is important to a system in order is: character creation, combat, and skill…
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Participants: dugfromthearth.

7/21/2010 dugfromthearth: character skill vs player skill
In a FPS it is all about player skill.  In an rpg it is usually all about character skill. Meaning a lvl 10 fighter should beat a lvl 9 fighter. …
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Participants: dugfromthearth, Noon, davidvs.

7/23/2010 triex: My life with master and non-verbal communication
Hi, my name is Matteo and I’m a role-playing gamer. Hiiiii Matteo I’m Italian, and everyone knows that Italians are good in a few things: cooking, deceiving, and playing indie…
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Participants: triex, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.

7/29/2010 Jaakko Koivula: [Zombie Cinema] Great Balls of Fire
Got Zombie Cinema (special handcraft edition) from Eero at the TraCon and now finally got to actually play it. We had 3 players: I and Petteri had never played the…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Noon, Ron Edwards, Artanis, Pekoraali, Eero Tuovinen.

7/30/2010 Ron Edwards: [With Great Power ...] Brief but strong play in Sweden
During our recent three-weeks-plus visit to Sweden, my family and I enjoyed a six-day stay at a summer house by a gorgeous lake near Mellerud, in Dalsland. Peter Nordstrand came…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jaakko Koivula, James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., Peter Nordstrand, Bret Gillan.

8/1/2010 dugfromthearth: GM's teach the players how to play in their game
There seems to be a natural reaction that this is a terrible thing and should not even be suggested.  But GM's teach players how to play in their game. One…
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Participants: dugfromthearth, Noon, Eliarhiman6, oculusverit, Ron Edwards, jey, contracycle.

8/1/2010 Noon: The rule "'fiction' determines what rules can be deployed" - definition of murk?
Not really much to say - I was commenting in another thread that if 'fiction' decides what rules can be used/deployed, then it doesn't matter how awesomely you design. If…
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Participants: Noon, dugfromthearth, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Demiurges, VAgentZero, Roger, epweissengruber, contracycle, oculusverit, Anders Gabrielsson, EBKPrim, masqueradeball, Alfryd.

8/4/2010 KevinH: [MLwM] Hungarian Hi-jinks
Hi guys, Baron Istvan Attila Von Badass is a young Hungarian nobleman, interested in ancient hunnish shamanism. He wants to impress the professors at his old university and is using…
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Participants: KevinH, Artanis.

8/10/2010 Ron Edwards: [In a Wicked Age ...] Out-of-sequence episode play
Hello, I've posted a previous thread about our ongoing game in Particular strengths accumulating through the stories. In this one, I'm staying consistent with the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, Valamir.

8/13/2010 Sebastian: [HfL] Heir to the Spy Throne
"What about family of royal spies?" That was the question that got me buzzing at the tabletop. I wanted to put this up a few weeks ago, to be all…
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Participants: Sebastian.

8/13/2010 pfischer: [S/Lay w/Me] The priestesses of the Igai death cult.
Yesterday Peter and decided to play S/Lay, more or less based on reading Elizabeth’s post on Story Games about her Gencon play with Ron. We’ve both had the book since…
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Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

8/15/2010 epweissengruber: [Freemarket] X-Altar and the Arts of Memory and of Promotion
On Thursday the 12 I and 3 friends started up a short run of Freemarket.  I am scheduled to run it at an upcoming convention and wanted to get familiar…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Paul T, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, lachek.

8/16/2010 slashandz: New to the Forge ~ My thoughts on RPGs
[i]"I strongly recommend that you begin posting in the Actual Play forum, rather than here. When you talk about what published games you've played, and how it went for you,…
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Participants: slashandz, VAgentZero, Ron Edwards, InkMeister, Adam Dray.

8/17/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Fantasy Trip: Wizard] One little booklet = 100,000 words
In late 1978, I bought a little item at the hobby store next to the gas station a short and dangerous bike ride away from my house. I think I…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Alfryd, Motipha, Miskatonic, stingray20166.

8/17/2010 intorporeal: [Lacuna] Questions about pacing
Greetings, The Forge. My name is Brad, I'm new, and I've been gaming for as long as I can remember, starting with video games, moving into WH40k, and then into…
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Participants: intorporeal, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2010 Alfryd: GNS, AI, and psychology.
Well, as far as I can tell, this seems to be the best place for this topic, but to be honest the subject's only tenuously related to specific RPG experiences…
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Participants: Alfryd, Aaron Blain, Motipha, Ron Edwards, Caldis.

8/17/2010 intorporeal: [Exalted] Spectating replacing interaction?
[i]I will preface this by saying that I have only played in 3 Exalted games (all 2e), 2 by the same ST, and none lasted very long.[/i] Exalted is a…
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Participants: intorporeal, masqueradeball, oculusverit, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2010 intorporeal: [InSpectres] DM-less roleplaying
The first time my friends and I played InSpectres (about 8 years ago), we played as described in the book, with 3 players and 1 GM. After a hilarious and…
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Participants: intorporeal, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2010 frapast1981: Reduced enjoinment playing RPG
Hi to all my name is Rocco and I'm an Italian player, from Bologna. I'm writing here because recently (in the last year and half) my enjoinment playing RPG reduced…
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Participants: frapast1981, Alfryd, Rafu, Artanis, Stregheria Games, InkMeister, Ron Edwards, Ar Kayon, oculusverit.

8/19/2010 Motipha: [Dust Devils] Fun with emergent stories
So here's a thing I tried to do during our current Dust Devils game.  I'm kind of fascinated with the way that emergent story elements can come together in an…
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Participants: Motipha, Artanis, Ron Edwards, toddjank.

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