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11/22/2002 Mike Holmes: Hero Wars in an alternate setting - session 4
The previous session can be found here. I did a bad, bad thing this week. I used the game for some experimentation. Gareth, listen up. I did Shakespeare. Merry Wives…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Julie, contracycle.

11/22/2002 jburneko: Spaceships, Sixguns & Sorcery (Final Session)
Hello All, How Things Turned Out: The Sherif teamed up with his outlaw father. They made one last push in an attempt to pre-empt the planned bandit raid on the…
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Participants: jburneko, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead.

11/21/2002 gentrification: 7th Sea: Illusionism in practice (session 4)
I have a confession to make. Although I made every effort to not anticipate the players or shoehorn them into a specific course of action, though I refused to write…
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Participants: gentrification, Brian Leybourne.

11/21/2002 gentrification: 7th Sea: Illusionism in practice (session three)
By this time I was beginning to see a pattern emerge. It struck me that "What price, vengeance?" would make a fine theme for this campaign. There was Gabriel's vengeance…
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Participants: gentrification.

11/21/2002 gentrification: 7th Sea: Illusionism in practice (session 2)
I wanted to start this session with another bang, and at the same time demonstrate an example of drama points (see my first post in this series) in action. So…
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Participants: gentrification.

11/21/2002 Matt Wilson: How long are your game sessions?
Another post got me thinking about this. How long are your game sessions? When I started the game I recently wrapped up, I planned it for week nights, for about…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, jrients, Maurice Forrester, gentrification, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, b_bankhead, Eric J., Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Enoch, Ace, Jack Spencer Jr, Ian Cooper, Chris Passeno, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Thor Olavsrud, Jabberwocky, greyorm, Brian Leybourne, Ziriel, JSDiamond, Irmo, Matt Gwinn, contracycle, jdagna, vegasthroat.

11/21/2002 gentrification: 7th Sea: Illusionism in practice (session 1)
I decided to start the session right in the middle of the action, so as not to get bogged down with planning and legwork before we'd even started. I also…
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Participants: gentrification.

11/21/2002 gentrification: 7th Sea: Illusionism in practice
One of the topics I follow with great interest here is anything to do with Illusionism, since that's the style I tend to identify most strongly with and, indeed, would…
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Participants: gentrification, Seth L. Blumberg, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle.

11/21/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS- Legnds of the Fey
I don't really want to make this into a long post, so if I leave out something you want to know, then ask. The last two wednesdays we've been playing…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne.

11/19/2002 Maurice Forrester: Mainstream media
[quote="Ron Edwards"] So now for the point: what alternate venues exist (in addition to the Good Stores) for people (anyone) to encounter the facts that (a) role-playing might be nifty…
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Participants: Maurice Forrester, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr.

11/21/2002 Demonspahn: Aware - 2nd playtest/another hideously self-serving post :)
OK, so playtest session #2 for Aware: Roleplaying in the Age of Reason is in the books. In case anyone’s interested, a slightly dated write up of the game and…
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Participants: Demonspahn, C. Edwards, Christoffer Lernö.

11/19/2002 Spooky Fanboy: CHARNEL GODS....MMM, TASTY!!!
Got Charnel Gods very recently. Love it, especially the idea that the user of the Fell Weapons ends up being the one who heralds the end of the world. Had…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

11/17/2002 quozl: Extraordinary Adventures of 80's Rockhausen
This actually ties into a few threads being currently dicsussed in the Publishing forum. My wife (who has roleplayed a few times) and I invited over my wife's cousin and…
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Participants: quozl.

11/15/2002 Mike Holmes: Hero Wars in an Alternate Setting - Session 3
Refer to the prior session here. Summary This may be the last summary of the action of play at least until other issues come up. At this point all the…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, contracycle, Ian Cooper.

11/15/2002 Ron Edwards: Actual play in the stores
Hello, This thread can be considered a partner to my Mainstream: a revision. Unlike that thread, though, here, I'm really talking about the game stores and what goes on in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, bluegargantua, jburneko, Valamir, jrients, b_bankhead, wyrdlyng, UnSub, Maurice Forrester, hyphz, xiombarg, ADGConscience, Jack Spencer Jr, James Holloway.

11/15/2002 Tony Irwin: Theme Chaser: first game
Tried a first play test of Theme Chaser last night. Its a story telling game but I've tried to just retell the bare bones of it so you can see…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes.

11/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: S&S: The Sunless Citadel & Less than Zero
My Sorcerer and Sword campaign ("Under the Blood Sun," a post-apocalyptic crypto-psychedelic game) is still going, even though I haven't been posting about it. The last two sessions were great,…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead.

11/15/2002 Jason L Blair: I played octaNe!
The name of the session was "Satan's Cheerleaders"--In Go-Go-Vision! The two characters were Zeke, a Helljack cowboy/samurai whose face was always partially in shadow, and Sha'Nay, a Bad-Ass Mofo with…
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, wyrdlyng.

11/14/2002 bluegargantua: Sorcerer and the Dicecapades
Greetings, I'm working up a Sorcerer adventure to run as a one-shot in the next couple of weeks and I'm trying to head off a potential administrative problem: So as…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Dotan Dimet.

11/13/2002 Demonspahn: Aware; First Playtest and Post Session Musings (LONG)
First off, I want to say thanks to Chris Edwards and Christoffer Lerno (Pale Fire) for helping me out with this game. Chris played the infamous Colonel Horatio Bugger (the…
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Participants: Demonspahn, C. Edwards.

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11/25/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Example for freeform play. (long)
This will require a little set-up. Stay with me here. First of all, I'm no angel. I don't think that's any secret.... I had originally talked frankly about the nature…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.

11/25/2002 xiombarg: Convention LARP
Okay, the other week I was at MACE 2002, and I (along with several of my friends, all working as GMs) ran a White Wolf Mind's Eye Theatre LARP. It…
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Participants: xiombarg, Valamir.

11/26/2002 Matt Wilson: I've played Sorcerer three times now
Last Thursday was the third time I played a game of Sorcerer, the third in the ongoing S&S game with Clinton, James and Dan. I wanted to play at least…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/27/2002 bluegargantua: Sorcerer One-Shot
Hi, As mentioned a few threads back, I ran a one-shot demo game of Sorcerer for Pandemonium Books and Games in Cambridge MA as part of their Iron Gamer Series.…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2002 Ian Cooper: Hero Wars Actual Play Wintertop Fair
For me, one of the great things about attending conventions is the chance to play with new people and learn from their techniques. At Convulsions this year I had the…
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Participants: Ian Cooper, Mike Holmes, epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

11/29/2002 Mike Holmes: Player Power Abuse
[quote="Christopher Kubasik"] If anyone has any actual "All my fears of trusting my Players/GM with too much power played out exactly as I expected" stories, I'd love to get them…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, damion, MK Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

12/3/2002 Sidhain: Seed of Virtue: A H&S Campaign Start
I was pleasantly surprised when some friends of mine showed up today and said "we want to game!" being that I was not working, and hadn't planned anything at all…
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Participants: Sidhain, Uncle Dark, Andrew Martin.

12/3/2002 jburneko: LARPing For Fun & Profit
Hello All, I'm putting this in actual play because to some extent it's about someone else's actual play. But it might belong in either Theory or even Publishing. Please move…
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Participants: jburneko, xiombarg.

12/4/2002 Mike Holmes: Environment
[quote="Nuredin"]We could go on to explore the ergonomics of a good gaming environment... [/quote] Cool topic. I've often heard discussions of mood stuff, lighting, music, etc, but I've not really…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Ziriel, bluegargantua, cruciel, Maurice Forrester, Valamir, Emily Care, Walt Freitag, Enoch, Matt Wilson, Steve Dustin, Le Joueur, Clinton R. Nixon, GreatWolf, Stuart DJ Purdie, Paul Czege, DaR, A.Neill, contracycle, Michael S. Miller, J B Bell, rabidchyld.

12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Universalis
I've got a confession to make - I've been dead scared of Universalis since I heard of it. First, it's universal. Second, there's no GM - and as radical as…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, rafial, Paganini, Mike Holmes.

12/5/2002 Eric J.: Preperation and Annoying Friends' Campaigns...
So, Pyron is here to bitch about his players, eh? Yes and No. I have a few questions, and since you guys are the most experienced bunch of people I…
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Participants: Eric J., Andrew Martin, quozl, hyphz, Roy, Fabrice G., Scratchware, Ron Edwards, Alan, Sage of Shadowdale, IG_Kahn_Storm.

12/7/2002 Alcar: Keeping Interest - Mine And The Players
I've read the sorcerer site and some of the indie one (some new stuff has come up since I was by last) and just discovered the forums). Since I like…
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Participants: Alcar, Bankuei, Ziriel, Ben Morgan, Enoch, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Clay.

12/8/2002 Ace: Preparing for play, I don't know what (Long)
I wanted to call this post "A funny thing happened on the way to the game store" bt I ran out of room and anyway it happned at the store…
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Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes, LordFly, Ron Edwards.

12/9/2002 johnmarron: Theatrix actual play advice?
I recently read Paul Czege's threads about the Theatrix Supers game he played in, which inspired me to pick up a copy of Theatrix again. I originally bought the game…
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Participants: johnmarron, Fabrice G., Alan.

12/10/2002 Alan: Community Building in Seattle
I'm not sure exactly which forum to post this on - Actual Play seems as appropriate as any. Here in Seattle we have a very active email group for local…
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Participants: Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Miller, Rys.

12/10/2002 Alan: Universalis - Red Hunger
Hi all, Last week, playing Univeralis, Clinton entered a game rule that said "Alan has to write this game up for Actual Play on the Forge." As far as I…
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Participants: Alan, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards, rafial, Rys, contracycle, Valamir.

12/10/2002 Alan: Player Narration can be Exhausting!
Hi all, Over the past two Mondays at our Indie game night, I've played or GMed InSpectres, Universalis, and Extreme Vengeance. All have mechanics that demand creative player narration. I've…
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Participants: Alan, Fabrice G., Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang.

12/11/2002 Steve Dustin: First Sorceror Game
Finally getting around to it. After giving some friends a choice on different games, I'm running a one-shot Sorceror game on Friday (note: if this should go in the Adept…
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Participants: Steve Dustin, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, jrients.

12/12/2002 xiombarg: f*ckin' Dust Devils
Tonight was our vulgarly-named "F*ck-Around Night" where we try out new games. Tonight we tried Dust Devils. We used the sample scenario -- and since I had six players instead…
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Participants: xiombarg, Matt Snyder.

12/12/2002 jburneko: Le Mon Mouri - Anyone Played This?
I came across this on my computer yesterday. I totally forgot that I had purchased this little download. Unfortunately, I find it very hard to read. I think it's the…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, sdemory.

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