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1/28/2003 Psycho42: From D&D3e to The Pool
Hi everybody, time to finally stop lurkling ;-) I'm not sure if this belongs here or into the Random Order Creations forum... Yesterday, I had my first experience with The…
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Participants: Psycho42, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, James V. West, rafial, scorpio rising.

1/27/2003 Colin the Riot: PBEM Possibilities
Hi all, I'd really like to start an email game with just a couple of people using something like yahoo groups (for archiving and mailing list management). I'm thinking of…
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Participants: Colin the Riot, Mike Holmes.

1/26/2003 Eric J.: About time for another Woe...
I've been RPing with my group for a while, and made few Forge posts because of several reasons. 1. I get similar responses each time. 2. My players get mad…
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Participants: Eric J., Aragorn, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Roy, Balbinus, hyphz, Valamir, stingray20166, cruciel, Daredevil, Ian Charvill, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, erithromycin, Psycho42, clehrich, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Jesse.

1/25/2003 r_callen221: Donjon game setting.. possibly?
This is for all the people who've played Donjon before- I just recently purchased the .pdf version of Donjon, and have skimmed through it (so.. hard.. to read.. on screen..…
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Participants: r_callen221, Ben Morgan.

1/23/2003 xiombarg: Unsung: Playtest At Last [long]
I finally got to playtest Unsung last night. I was using a scenario written for GURPS Cops from Pyramid Magazine, a scenario called Heat Wave. (You won't be able to…
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Participants: xiombarg, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

1/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Driftwood plays Sorcerer!
Last night over half of our group wasn't able to come. We hadn't gamed in several weeks on account of school and business, and were dying to get playing. "So…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

1/22/2003 lumpley: We Killed Us Some Puppies
So okay, so it's me, Meg, Trav, Jay, Kev, and Jenn. I'm the GM, everybody else kills puppies for Satan. Meg is George Brady No Relation, who writes for Guns…
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Participants: lumpley, jrients, Ron Edwards, Marco, clehrich, contracycle, szilard.

1/22/2003 UnSub: Dust Devils: First Run
Having managed to slot my game in between the five currently running in our group about a week ago, I finally managed to run a game of Dust Devils. Unfortunately…
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Participants: UnSub, Matt Snyder, rafial, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2003 MarkAdri: Feedback on Hero Wars / Wintertop Fair
As one of the players that participated at Wintertop Fair, I can only say that I had a great time playing. I can understand Ian's concern about railroading us, I…
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Participants: MarkAdri, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber.

1/20/2003 GreatWolf: Nobilis actual play, or Bill and Ted get enNobled
Someone had requested some Nobilis actual play, so I thought that I'd write up Saturday's game. Players: HG: myself Gus: Ralph Mazza (the inestimable Valamir) Marena: Crystal Ben-Ezra (my wife)…
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Participants: GreatWolf, stingray20166.

1/20/2003 Tony Irwin: Paladin First Session
First a bit of background, some friends of mine who play mainly White Wolf products had invited me to make up the numbers for their vampire game. My usual L5R…
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Participants: Tony Irwin.

1/18/2003 joshua neff: gaming for newbies
Not too long ago, a coworker of mine, Ryan, who I know plays RPGs expressed an interest in playing other stuff. He's only ever played D&D (& started that just…
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Participants: joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/17/2003 Ron Edwards: FVLMINATA prep questions
Hi there, We're getting ready to play some FVLMINATA, and I'm combing rules and setting up some player-notes handouts. Here are some little points I've run into that need clarification.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, erithromycin, Blake Hutchins, Michael S. Miller, talysman, Balbinus, Jake Norwood.

1/11/2003 Mithras: Sorcerer & Sword - Collaboration in Action
Well, I just received and read SORCERER AND SWORD, and I've got to say it arrived with perfect timing! I'm a teacher in a primary school and run a roleplaying…
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Participants: Mithras, Paka, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, Dave Panchyk, clehrich, Nev the Deranged, Mike Holmes, Valamir, greyorm, Stuart DJ Purdie.

1/7/2003 rafial: Ronin: Stone Hearts, Stone Memories
Well, here it is, what I believe is the first actual play report for Ronin (the feudal Japan adaptation of the Dust Devils rules). I'll try to play to all…
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Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards, J. Backman, Jason L Blair.

1/7/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer Character Creation: Observations.
So far, I know of 7 characters created for Torchbearer. 4 of these characters have been disgraced (most of them used that precise word, too) in their past. One will…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards.

1/5/2003 Ian O'Rourke: The Beowulf Effect
Okay, it's not actual play yet, but it will be. I'm also not wanting to go into system too much at this point (as that is mostly decided, and there…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Roy, Jack Spencer Jr, Clay, Matt Gwinn, Ian Cooper, simon_hibbs, szilard.

1/4/2003 Eric J.: 8-bit Play Session
GM: Me Player: Anthony Class: Technologist Superfeat: Can make anything out of anything. Superhook: Never works right. Feat: Hook: Items: Tessla Rod; Socks GM's Reaction: Anthony had a really good…
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Participants: Eric J., Sage of Shadowdale, Mike Holmes, Scratchware, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Balbinus.

1/2/2003 bluegargantua: Playing with Pre-packs
Again, another topic I hope hasn't been done to death: Another question which has been tugging at my mind recently is: How frequently do people run published scenarios for their…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Clay, GreatWolf, rabidchyld, xiombarg, hyphz, clehrich, John Kim, Blake Hutchins, Ted E. Childers.

1/2/2003 bluegargantua: Campaign Length
I did some searching, but I didn't see this particular topic mentioned before. My apologies if I'm recovering old ground... I'm taking an informal poll and asking people how long…
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Participants: bluegargantua, DaR, Eric J., Emily Care, Matt Gwinn, Uncle Dark, Matt Wilson, Ardwen, cruciel, clehrich.

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1/31/2003 hyphz: Re: The Conflict is Yours
I'm not trying to disagree with advice here, just ask for some more clarification because it's relevant to some issues I've had as well. You want to gamemaster something…
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Participants: hyphz, Le Joueur, Valamir, Matt Wilson, jdagna, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Charvill, clehrich, cruciel, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, contracycle.

2/1/2003 greyorm: More Player-Driven 3E
Well, the holidays are over, and we've started to get back into the swing of playing again. For those who haven't read the previous threads about this campaign, in summary,…
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Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, arxhon, Zak Arntson.

2/2/2003 Jasper: The West Wind playtest
Hello, I don't know how many people have checked out my game The West Wind, but I ran a brief session of it last night with a few friends. For…
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Participants: Jasper, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin.

2/3/2003 Ron Edwards: Fvlminata starts up
Hello, Yesterday heralded our first session of Fvlminata for what looks like at least three, maybe more sessions. It's a four-person group including myself (GMing), and so far, I'm liking…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jason E. Roberts, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller, contracycle.

2/4/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Protagonization, and what happens when it doesn't happen
It suddenly hit me why I had not been enjoying my game group of late, and why I no longer play with them at the moment. It's actually a whole…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Tim C Koppang, xiombarg, Maurice Forrester, ADGBoss, Ian Cooper, Matt Gwinn, cruciel, greyorm, Jonathan Walton, Marco, Buddha Nature, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

2/4/2003 Ian Charvill: UA notes
OK, this is going to be in two parts. These are the notes for a session, then tomorrow I'll do the nuts and bolts procedural, how I'd run this loose…
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Participants: Ian Charvill, clehrich, hyphz, Rob MacDougall, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson.

2/4/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: octaNe in play
I'm about to get harsh on a favorite game, so watch out. (And before I start, apologies to Jared. This is meant to help, not hurt.) Last night, I played…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, rafial, Rich Forest, jdagna, Alan, Maurice Forrester, clehrich.

2/4/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Confessions of an a*****e player
This goes along with the Protagonization, and what happens when it doesn't happen thread where I illustrate some recent revelations about my own recent play experience and the problems I…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, ADGBoss.

2/7/2003 Paka: Welcome to Marsui ([b]TROS[/b])
We made up characters and all agree that the character generation system makes a whole lot of sense and was fun. Beginning the process as an e-mail asking the players…
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Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, hyphz, Ron Edwards.

2/8/2003 r_callen221: 1st time Sorcerer Game- Need Help with my PCs!
Hey all~ Well, I've recieved Sorcerer in the mail and and am glad to say that I have decided to run a game using its materials, and I'm really excited!…
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Participants: r_callen221, Jack Spencer Jr, erithromycin, Christopher Kubasik, szilard, Uncle Dark, greyorm.

2/8/2003 Paul Czege: request: play that revealed a big secret in a published game
Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about the big secrets in games like Engel and Blue Planet, the ones meant to be kept from the players until they can…
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Participants: Paul Czege, bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, jdagna, Stuart DJ Purdie, clehrich, Bankuei, ThreeGee, Valamir, Ian Charvill, xiombarg, Mytholder, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, contracycle, Mortaneus.

2/9/2003 ThunderCheetah: Live Action Role Play
Hey all ... I know I don't come around too often, so here's a bit of a re-introduction; I was at DePaul for two years and was part of Ron's…
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Participants: ThunderCheetah, Wulf, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Enoch, ThreeGee, Nev the Deranged, Alambr1.

2/10/2003 Jeph: Hey Vincent! MechaTon question!
First off, I'm not sure if this is the right forum, or even the right board. But I've got a question for Vince about one of his games, and it…
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Participants: Jeph, lumpley.

2/10/2003 Christopher Kubasik: My First Sorcerer Game: Orccon 2003
[b]Notes for [i]Bibliomania[/i]: A Sorcerer Session[/b] I'll be running Sorcerer this weekend at Orccon here in L.A. I’m posting the notes I drew up today. If anyone sees any red…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, jburneko, marknau, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Clay, Fabrice G., Gordon C. Landis, Walt Freitag.

2/10/2003 jburneko: 7th Sea and Last Minute Prep
Hello All, When I was in High School and College I noticed a funny trend concerning my writing skills. If I procrastinated and waited until the last possible minute to…
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Participants: jburneko, Brian Leybourne, Jeph, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, clehrich, John Kim, Ian Charvill, Valamir.

2/11/2003 Bob McNamee: Soap- netgamers- In the gritty city
The indie netgamers just finished our Soap game. The players were me (Bob McNamee), Nathan (Paganini), and Chris Edwards? (Chris E). We played for about 5 nights of sessions. (…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, C. Edwards.

2/13/2003 greyorm: "Revelations" background
Over in Revelations: an Immortal Inspired Adaptation of Sorcerer the follwoing was requested: Personally, I'd like to see an Actual Play thread on the Immortal LARP that spawned this, explaining…
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Participants: greyorm, xiombarg.

2/14/2003 Ron Edwards: [Dread] Questions about spells
Hi there, After a couple of sessions of Dread, here are some nit-picky spell questions that cropped up during play. CASTIGATE: if the first roll is failed, are the demon…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, rafael.

2/17/2003 Andrew Martin: Accord playtest and game structure
I've managed to playtest my Accord rules with four players on Sunday evening. There was myself, my brother (a killer GM), and two friends, one who's a story oriented GM…
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Participants: Andrew Martin.

2/18/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin and me
Last night, I ran Paladin for a group of six people at our local Seattle Monday Indie Game Night. Paladin's got an interesting history for me: I wrote it while…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, lumpley, Bob McNamee, Jonathan Walton, DaR, jdagna, Alan, Robert Leal, dunlaing.

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