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4/11/2003 Marco: LEARN ME SOME SORCEROR
Hey guys, I'm looking into some strongly Narrativist play--I don't want to *hear* about it--or be *told* about it--no, I want the whole echilada. I wanna *play* it. Since time…
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Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Paganini, Andy Kitkowski, Bob McNamee, greyorm, Trevis Martin, Wolfen, Drastic, C. Edwards, Valamir.

4/11/2003 simon_hibbs: Is story arc, and open ended (scenarioless) play viable?
My current campaign is based on a number of story arcs, and this has lead to a number of problems. Firstly when we switch from one story arc to another,…
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Participants: simon_hibbs, Ian Charvill, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, GB Steve, iago, Mike Holmes, clehrich.

4/9/2003 arxhon: TROS: The Inception (Long)
We played our first real game of TROS last night. I had a blast. Most of the character creation had been done at the end of the last session, and…
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Participants: arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

4/9/2003 JamesDJIII: The Angry Pinball
Names has been ommitted to protect the innocent: I've been a player in a more-often-than-twice-a-month (is that bi-monthly or semi-monthly?) FRPG. Most of the characters are keen, deep, well played…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, rafial, Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Marco, cruciel.

4/8/2003 clehrich: Arise and Throw Off Your Chains
Okay, this will soon actually be played, but hasn't been yet. If this is the wrong forum, Ron, could you please shift it? It's not game design, and it sure…
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Participants: clehrich, deadpanbob, Brian Leybourne, Ian Charvill, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Dotan Dimet, Cassidy.

4/7/2003 Matt Wilson: more on my D&D experiences
I'm fascinated with the way play in this game I'm running is turning out. For a quick background: Until about two years ago, the last time I played D&D was…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, ThreeGee, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Clay, szilard, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, greyorm, Piratecat, jdagna.

4/7/2003 Paka: Unknown Armies, The Intro Adventure in the back of the book
Played the adventure in the back of the 2nd Edition book, Bill in Three Parts and it was brilliant. It made for a really nice intro for the game and…
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Participants: Paka, Drastic, Mike Holmes, Rob MacDougall, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/6/2003 blaze_axis: IRAQ WAR
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=468091
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Participants: blaze_axis, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: I listened to my friend's game last night
Last night I went with my wife to my friends game. I still didn't play. I can only imagine what they are all thinking about that, but it isn't important.…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, bladamson, Thor Olavsrud, cruciel, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Dr. Velocity, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2003 anonymouse: [Paladin] Legacy: a Vagrant Story.
GM: Michael (that is to say, me) Player: Brian (slightly-younger brother) The setting for our game is based off of the Playstation game Vagrant Story. This thread is where I'm…
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Participants: anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/4/2003 bladamson: online gaming
Moved from game theory... Ok, let me get this straight. Online gaming happes both via the yahoo group chat channel and on irc.magicstar.net #IndieRPGs? Or is the yahoo group only…
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Participants: bladamson, C. Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

4/3/2003 xiombarg: We Hate God, Part I (Pretender Playtest)
A couple members of my local group were very keen on trying out Pretender. Therefore, last night we did chargen, in preperation for playing in two weeks hence. Since a…
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Participants: xiombarg, lumpley, Valamir.

4/3/2003 arxhon: Finally played The Riddle of Steel: demo session
Actually i played on monday night, but have been too busy to post until now. The setup: I only managed to round up two players for the game, which makes…
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Participants: arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

4/2/2003 GameAddict224: Be a Gangster
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630
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Participants: GameAddict224, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/1/2003 Matt Wilson: The Shadow of Yesterday
Never mind that my character spent a good half hour of the game wearing only a shirt. And never mind that during that time he was bitten in the nether…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, rafial.

3/31/2003 Thor Olavsrud: First tRoS Session -- A Diabolical Scheme
So I ran tRoS for the first time last night, and I hate to sound like a broken record but SAs rock! We decided to play a one-shot because one…
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Participants: Thor Olavsrud.

3/30/2003 Brian Leybourne: Actual Play: A Social Experiment...
A couple of my players couldn't make it to yesterdays game, so I decided to try a bit of a "social experiment" with the 3 who made it. My goals…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, arxhon.

3/30/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!, Part 2
An actual transcript of actual play. Things get ugly. http://thejeffers.dyndns.org/~jjeffers/Games/Sorcerer/Gaslight/ Enjoy!
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

3/27/2003 Ron Edwards: Playing Trollbabe at the GTS
Hello, So we played Trollbabe during one late evening at the GAMA Trade Show: me as GM, and Eugene Zee, Mark Mazella, and Jake Norwood as players. I'd been wanting…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Eugene Zee, Bankuei.

3/27/2003 Matt Wilson: D&D with kickers
I'm running a D&D game for a group on alternate sundays. They're kind of a mixed bunch as far as GNS preference goes. Some of them have a resistance to…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Valamir, talysman.

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4/12/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: I listened to my friend's game last night Part II
I go to be a fly on the wall again this week. Unfortunately, nothing quite as insightful had come up. I had actually written a lengthy post but closed my…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, cruciel, Gordon C. Landis.

4/12/2003 Dotan Dimet: Daniel Pond's Wushu
Has anyone taken a look at Daniel Pond's Wushu system? The idea is really similar to "giving extra dice for good description", which also appears in Sorcerer. The big difference…
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Participants: Dotan Dimet, Mark Johnson, johnmarron, Jeph, Bruce Baugh.

4/15/2003 rafial: Starchildren - Hallo Spaceboy/girl
Borrowing shamelessly and freely from Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Wild Zero, Tommy, Max Headroom and no doubt a few other things wedged in my subconscious I unleashed a demo…
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Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Thomas Tamblyn, Rich Ranallo.

4/15/2003 xiombarg: We Hate God, Part II (Pretender Playtest)
Okay, I'm actually running Pretender tommorrow, so I figured I'd post about the full chargen session. You may want to look at the original thread to refesh your memory about…
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Participants: xiombarg, ADGBoss, furashgf.

4/17/2003 A.Neill: Riddled with Steel on the Prussian Front
So I ran Riddle of Steel. Setting: Prussia, 1238, the edge of currently held Teutonic territory Premise: Do the means justify the ends? Key Elements: Crusade, Race, Religion, German Expansionism…
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Participants: A.Neill, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud.

4/18/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Passive-aggressive narrativism (Peregrine)
I've been playing in this great game for the last month run by Matt Wilson. It's a game he's designed called Prime-Time Adventures, and our setting is called Peregrine. It's…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

4/20/2003 arxhon: Yet more Riddle of Steel
Ok, i convinced a third player to join our little group. Instead of dragging him through the chargen process right at the start, i took a gamble and gave him…
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Participants: arxhon, Valamir, ADGBoss, Wolfen.

4/22/2003 hyphz: A demoralising day
The Easter weekend brought about a few good opportunities for actual play, which sadly has left me feeling demoralised and down over RPGing in general. I thought I might post…
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Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, ADGBoss, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, Ian Charvill, Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, Garbanzo, Marco, Valamir, clehrich, Spooky Fanboy, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis, jdagna, Jared A. Sorensen, cruciel.

4/22/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer and the Fate of the One-Session Game
Last night, I ran my new one-session Sorcerer adventure, The Keys of Uriel. I was very surprised at the outcome, although I shouldn't have been: like every other attempt I've…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, urbwar, ADGBoss, rafial, Nev the Deranged.

4/23/2003 xiombarg: Lusting After Jesus, Part I (Pretender Playtest)
So, last Wednesday I finally ran Pretender. I'll talk about the general experience, and then make some comments regarding the system in actual play, and some changes I might wanna…
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Participants: xiombarg, Brian Leybourne, lumpley, Enoch.

4/24/2003 Ron Edwards: The Pool: Dragons and Jasmine
Hi everyone, I'm interested in any and all comments or questions about the following account of play. I think it has some relevance for several current threads. About eight weeks…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, rafial, James V. West, Mike Holmes.

4/25/2003 Dr. Velocity: Forum RPG Question, Maybe Advice
I'm running a simple playtest session forum-based RPG for a 'clan' of online gamers, all of whom enjoy writing, etc. I have about 4 or so - they each have…
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Participants: Dr. Velocity, James Holloway, Garbanzo, clehrich, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, cruciel, Ron Edwards, Bruce Baugh, Nev the Deranged.

4/25/2003 jburneko: About A Player
All this talk about "No Myth" has made me start to think more about this one particular player I have. Over all, I LIKE playing with guy for two reasons:…
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Participants: jburneko, greyorm, Valamir, Enoch, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Blake Hutchins.

4/25/2003 greyorm: "No Myth" with D&D
Our group finally started playing the 3E game again -- various issues such as work and births and such having interrupted the usual flow of gaming for a few weeks.…
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Participants: greyorm, ADGBoss, Marco, Thierry Michel, Mike Holmes, Scripty, Cassidy, John Kim.

4/26/2003 Eric J-D: What system(s) might best facilitate these desires?
Although I have been an enthusiastic reader of many of the fora here and a longstanding admirer of Ron Edwards' contributions to game theory and design, this is my first…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Green, Bruce Baugh, Thomas Tamblyn, John Kim, Valamir, clehrich, Mike Holmes.

4/28/2003 Ian O'Rourke: Neverwinter Nights and GNS
I'm not really sure this thread has much response potential to it, but I've been so enthralled by my discoveries (sad I know) and frustrated at the same time, that…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Balbinus, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2003 clehrich: Startup with Plotless Background
As I prepare to run Shadows in the Fog, the Alpha-Test version (tm), for which incidentally please click the WWW button below or search for the thread on Indie Game…
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Participants: clehrich, Le Joueur, John Kim.

4/28/2003 Ron Edwards: Unknown Armies and No Myth role-playing
Hello, In the thread A Demoralizing Day, hyphz asked me: you stated that you think all the UA one-shot scenarios are Illusionist. Do you think that the UA setting, in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, clehrich, Enoch, Ian Charvill, hyphz, Drastic, GreatWolf, Bruce Baugh.

4/28/2003 Ron Edwards: [Criminal Element] Crime and violence
Hi there, I didn't mess around - within 24 hours after the 24 hours of the game's creation, I had both ideas for characters/scenarios and a burning urge to put…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

4/29/2003 Ron Edwards: [Tunnels & Trolls] Killed me a player-character (spit)
Hello, We played Tunnels & Trolls, fulfilling a (h'mm, umm) 24-year-old dream of mine. Yup, I bought the Fifth Edition in 1979 and read it to pieces; I even still…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, rafial, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, greyorm, Paganini, jrs, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, efindel, ejh.

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