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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.

4/22/2003 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.

4/22/2003 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.

4/20/2003 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.

4/18/2003 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.

4/17/2003 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.

4/15/2003 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.

4/15/2003 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.

4/12/2003 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.

4/12/2003 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 Marco: "I can't make a character for this."
For anyone who got the idea I never have trouble in my gaming groups: Tonight I got a chance for a coupla guys to try to get together a new…
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Participants: Marco, clehrich, Valamir, simon_hibbs.

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.

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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.

4/29/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Trollbabe 'n' chicken
Have I mentioned lately how much ass Trollbabe kicks for me? If not, it does. Any questions or comments about the following account are more than welcome. I ran it…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Bob McNamee, rafial, Ron Edwards, Alan.

4/30/2003 Bruce Baugh: Not Really "No Myth", But "Yes, But"
(This is reposted from rpg.net.) First off, some comments about how it is I came to be trying this particular experiment. I am on record as flat-out failing to understand…
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Participants: Bruce Baugh, Mike Holmes, cruciel, GreatWolf.

5/1/2003 morgue: Help needed for public event
Hi all - I've been a lurker for a while, and I'm looking for advice - as good a motivation as any to register! Here's why: (below is a slight…
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Participants: morgue, Michael S. Miller, b_bankhead, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, Malcolm, jdagna, Mike Holmes, deadpanbob.

5/1/2003 GreatWolf: Unknown Armies actual play
Okay. Off and on I refer to my first Unknown Armies campaign with fond memories, and I keep swearing that I'll post about it someday. Given the recent focus on…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Paka.

5/1/2003 Dav: Non-linear play and Sorcerer
All right. I tried something a bit different last night... and it worked! What we did was begin a game of Sorcerer. Everyone created their characters, then we roleplayed a…
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Participants: Dav, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Brian Leybourne.

5/2/2003 Matt Wilson: The Pool, on the Fly
We were short a member last night at the last minute, and Clinton, madman that he is, offered to run the Pool ( I'm not so sure he meant to…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Yasha.

5/2/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Zatalan! Land of Desire, Death and Adventure!
Hi all, I'm starting up a Sorcerer and Sword next week. This is the start of the game prep thread. Next wednesday we meet for character and world creation. Besides…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Valamir.

5/4/2003 Eric J.: Pyron's Woes: 17 Wait a second...
I start this post with a couple of things. First: Yes, I'm addicted to Star Wars. No, it isn't all that I GM or play. But anyway- Alright. Let me…
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Participants: Eric J., clehrich, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Ben Morgan, damion, b_bankhead.

5/5/2003 Ron Edwards: [Tunnels & Trolls] Second level characters
Hello, Our second session of Tunnels & Trolls brought two of the characters to second level and provided amazing depth and profundity to the game ... well, insofar as it…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Dav, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Sidhain.

5/5/2003 Ron Edwards: Profiling, spring 2003
Hello, This is a fun Forge thing that goes on two or three times a year. It goes like this: What are the last three role-playing games that you actually,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Alan, jburneko, Matt Snyder, lumpley, deadpanbob, Dav, Shreyas Sampat, Clinton R. Nixon, eddie, ethan_greer, rafial, Rod Anderson, Christopher Kubasik, szilard, ScottM, Mike Holmes, cruciel, joshua neff, bluegargantua, C. Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, DaGreatJL, jdagna, Zak Arntson, Paka, Michael S. Miller, Maurice Forrester, Bob McNamee, hix, RobbieTaylor, Jonathan Walton, hardcoremoose, Ace, Enoch, James Holloway, morgue, Balbinus, Mytholder, Fabrice G., A.Neill, johnmarron, Tim C Koppang, Jack Spencer Jr, b_bankhead, Jere, clehrich, Paganini, Gordon C. Landis, Simon W, efindel, Matt Wilson, Silent Tamatama, Matt Gwinn, Wolfen, Trevis Martin, saffron, Paul Czege, Brian Leybourne, wyrdlyng, John Harper, Drastic, Ian Charvill, erithromycin, Bruce Baugh, sben, John Kim, ejh, jrients, Stuart DJ Purdie, Matt, Chris Passeno, Nick Pagnucco, ThreeGee, Robert Leal, Paul's Girl, Blake Hutchins, Andy Kitkowski, Thor Olavsrud, GreatWolf, SJBenoist, Andrew Martin, simon, Zathreyel, Jake Norwood, Mark Withers, Jack Aidley, Andrew Ciotti, Bryant, Rich Forest, ADGBoss, Philippe Tromeur, xiombarg, Piers Brown, simondale, AnyaTheBlue, MalteseChangeling, James V. West, adamsmith, Steve Dustin, Mr. Spooky, Scripty, ryan m rich, consolcwby, galex.

5/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: [Trollbabe] The Birthplace
I ran another game of Trollbabe last night, which went fantastically. I've yet to run a game of it that I haven't enjoyed, which is a nice change. Again, it…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafial, Ron Edwards, Valamir, saffron, John Harper.

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