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10/1/2003 ThunderCheetah: InSpectres Grrrl version (reprise)
Yeah, I was reading this because I was feeling nostalgic. I still have that sketch of Zoomer as a chiuahiuah. Good times, Ron, good times!
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Participants: ThunderCheetah, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, xiombarg, ejh, jburneko, Theron, David Chunn, Jonathan Walton.


10/1/2003 ThunderCheetah: Starting a Role-Play Group
Okay, this is mostly for Ron, but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Ever since I've left DePaul, I've been bereft of role-playing except for that one-day stint with LARP…
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Participants: ThunderCheetah, deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, Grex, Michael S. Miller.


10/1/2003 Ron Edwards: [My Life with Master] Hell and heresy
Hello, Last spring, I ran a session of My Life with Master with the campus club, using a pre-print version of the game. A week ago, following our meeting which…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, GB Steve.


9/30/2003 Jeph: I Need To Work On My Opening Scenes.
So, I started a D&D3e game on Sunday with a new group; three of which I'd never played with before and two of which were new to role-playing. The session…
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Participants: Jeph.


9/30/2003 Kraal: Call me stupid, but...
Hi, uhm, how do you go about buying both melee and missile wpns skills. Do split your vagaries between them, or do they both count as the max vagarie points?…
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Participants: Kraal, Ron Edwards.


9/29/2003 jeffd: Fading Suns - getting players to drive the plot
Periodically I solicit feedback from my players about the game, other players, my GMing, etc. One bit of feedback that was pretty consistent was that the players wanted to drive…
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Participants: jeffd, AnyaTheBlue, Ben Lehman, jburneko.


9/27/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Some not-heroes on IRC.
Tonight was mostly just a bit of setup. Three out of the four players hadn't played it before, and two of those didn't have the book, so time was spent…
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Participants: anonymouse, Paganini, Dana_mun.


9/27/2003 Trevis Martin: Sorcerer, 1st Game.
My group and I recently finished our first game of Sorcerer. I will admit that I'm to blame being the Forge head among us. This isn't the first Forge spawned…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, Valamir, J B Bell, Jeph, Christopher Weeks.


9/25/2003 Tim Alexander: Haven: City of Violence
Hey Folks, So I stopped by Ron's campus club meeting on Tuesday, and he'd prepped a game of Haven:City of Violence. The whole meeting was a pretty interesting experience, there…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.


9/25/2003 garapata: Changing the setting in-game
Okay, I don't know if you guys are familiar with the game EXALTED, published by WWGS. Now, for those unfamiliar, the game is more High epic fantasy than Dungeons and…
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Participants: garapata, Mike Holmes, iago.


9/25/2003 Gordon C. Landis: Shadows in the Fog - Sim?
John and I got started on a discussion of some actual play over in a theory thread , so I thought I'd move the discussion over here. quote="Gordon C.…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis, John Kim.


9/25/2003 xiombarg: Unsung: SWAT -- introspection (session 3)
You might want to freshen up with the previous thread. This session was a lot slower and more introspective, but it got real interesting toward the end. http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung3_nar.txt http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung3_ooc.txt As…
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Participants: xiombarg, Dana_mun, suffusionofyellow, Mike Holmes.


9/24/2003 Ace: Today, at least, I love my FLGS
Well I have spent a fair amount of time complaining about my FLGS Today at least I have nothing to complain about. They were if you will forgive the Gilbert…
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Participants: Ace, ethan_greer.


9/22/2003 Uber_Munchkin: [Very] Rough Outline for a Paladin World
Ok, maybe I should introduce myself to everyone before I go posting stuff here and there. Hi, I'm Steve. I live in the UK, I'm a gamer and occasionally an…
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Participants: Uber_Munchkin.


9/22/2003 Eric J.: [Star Wars D6] Pyron's Woe's - Epilogue?
Well, I've done some stuff. I've had some fun. Guess what? I'm back here. I just want to say: Thank you Ron Edwards. Thank you Forge. I believe that I…
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Participants: Eric J., Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Sinthrill, contracycle.


9/21/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: All My Children (split from Savage Gamism)
I picked up the All My Children board game (AMC). Mostly because it was a TSR product and probably has some ebay value but mostly, unlike more current soap opera…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr.


9/20/2003 rafial: Savage Gamism
While one faction of UGAX (Ultimate Gamer Assembly X) walks the beat in ancient Rome, the rest of us have decided to give Savage Worlds a test drive by playing…
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Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Hafaza, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir.


9/20/2003 johnzo: PTA: Imperivm Confidential Pilot Episode
Last night was our first game of Imperivm Confidential, our hardboiled Roman murder mystery miniseries. I first posted about IC in http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7985 We're using Prime Time Adventures as our ruleset.…
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Participants: johnzo, Matt Wilson, Jeffrey Miller, rafial, John Harper, Alan.


9/19/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls 2
This is a continuation of this thread. Finally, we’ve set a date for playing this game. Originally I planned to start a new thread after the first session, which will…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes.


9/18/2003 Ron Edwards: [Universalis] Not anime, although it quacks like it
Hello, We played Universalis at the fall quarter's first campus club meeting on Tuesday night. Attendance started slow, but I expect we'll see some bigger groups later. I was especially…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir.


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10/2/2003 A.Neill: Contemporary Sorcerer: Darker Angels Game
Okay – we’ve now run two full stories (?) of Sorcerer through to completion. The first game was completed some time ago – so please consider this a truly retrospective…
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Participants: A.Neill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.


10/2/2003 Tim Alexander: [Dust Devils] Malt & Tease
Hey Folks, So last night we played our opening session of Dust Devils. We sat down last week and talked about setting and made up some characters. The players decided…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.


10/2/2003 inthisstyle: Struggling with a Group
I've read a lot of tales of woe regarding various individuals' gaming groups on this list, and thought I might share my own. I am GM for a pretty large…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Eric J., Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, garapata, dragon_of_colour.


10/3/2003 JamesDJIII: Blood, Magic and Sandals
Last night was the second of a long term Fantasy Hero game. Here are my observations that I think are relevant to folks in this forum. Our group: diverse set…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, RaconteurX, John Kim.


10/3/2003 lumpley: Adventures in Improvised System
My guy fucks corpses. It's okay, I mean he's the son of Lucere, one of the three old men of Tremere, and Lucere raised him to be the Antichrist, which…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Valamir, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Tim Alexander, Meguey, cruciel, bluegargantua, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman.


10/3/2003 Paul Czege: profiling, fall 2003
Hey, Over six months have passed since Profiling, spring 2003...so my clock says lets have a new one. To recap, the questions are:What are the last three role-playing games…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Jason E. Roberts, Ian Charvill, jburneko, Matt Snyder, Tim Alexander, Matt Wilson, AnyaTheBlue, ethan_greer, anonymouse, rafial, C. Edwards, inthisstyle, Jeph, hanschristianandersen, Christopher Weeks, Drastic, Peter Nordstrand, kalyptein, Clinton R. Nixon, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, Jeffrey Miller, ScottM, Chris Passeno, Fabrice G., Brian Leybourne, Matt Gwinn, Trevis Martin, Anthony I, johnzo, RaconteurX, Jonathan Walton, gobi, Dave Panchyk, Bob McNamee, Hafaza, Rich Forest, Sylus Thane, joshua neff, Tomas HVM, David Chunn, AnttiK, Halzebier, pete_darby, Ola J., John Harper, herrmess, AgentFresh, Cemendur, Simon W, Jasper, taalyn, John Kim, Ben Lehman, gentrification, Michael S. Miller, Jack Aidley, A.Neill, xiombarg, Ian Cooper, Paul's Girl, lumpley, elgorade, bluegargantua, drozdal, Dave Versace, iago, MongoosePaul, erithromycin, GB Steve, jeffd, Silent Tamatama, GreatWolf, Theron, jrients, Enoch, Kaare Berg, ADGBoss, DNAphil, Zathreyel, Pyske, adamsmith, Scripty, Heather Manley, Borogove, rasputin, Emily Care, hix, LordSmerf, Rod Anderson, Jake Norwood, leomknight, arxhon.


10/5/2003 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Adventures in Ezra
We played Fastlane today in my in-person gaming group. Used american dice instead of the wheel (the motorcycle is not an easy thing to carry a roulette wheel on). I…
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Participants: Lxndr, Wolfen.


10/5/2003 johnzo: PTA: Imperivm Confidential Episode II
Last Thursday was the second episode of Imperivm Confidential, the Prime Time Adventures playtest that I'm GMing (or "Producing," in PTA terms.) The players have been clamouring for a Forge…
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Participants: johnzo, Jeffrey Miller, Matt Wilson, Alan, John Harper.


10/5/2003 garapata: [Cradle] Playtested..
Okay, I got three players to try Cradle. We had a Gundam Wing Zero toy (with WEAPON ACCESSORIES, LIGHT UP EYES, and SOUNDEFFECTS) a Victorian Matron doll (with CLAY PIES,…
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Participants: garapata.


10/6/2003 Ron Edwards: [My Life with Master] Black ooze oozes forth
Hello, We played our second session of My Life with Master (see Black ooze and babies) yesterday. Julie really found her feet as GM, mainly in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, jrs, GB Steve, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Tim Alexander, Borogove, Lisa Padol.


10/6/2003 Trevis Martin: Universalis - A twisted farce.
Yesterday, two of our group were extraordinarily late for our game due to a miscommunication about an event that they had. We were waiting to play our game of Donjon.…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.


10/9/2003 Tim Alexander: [Dust Devils] Malt and Tease part II
Hey again, Session two of our Dust Devils game went last night, and things started hoppin'. You can see the original session, and setup, here. We left off with Jeb…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.


10/9/2003 bluegargantua: Things I learned from Nobilis
Hey, So, I've been playing in a Nobilis game which recently went on hiatus. It's my fevered hope that the game revives at some point in the future because the…
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Participants: bluegargantua, xiombarg, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, pete_darby, GreatWolf, Jere, John Kim.


10/9/2003 BabbageCliologic: In My Game: Super AI Computer interacting with PCs
In My Game: Super AI Computer interacting with PCs Hello: I just started running a game in which the PCs will have some interaction with a Super AI Computer (SAIC).…
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Participants: BabbageCliologic, bluegargantua, Mike Holmes, erithromycin.


10/11/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Adventures in the Ice Cave, part 2.
Previous: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8141 * Wildman/AgentFresh was out this session; prior commitments. * This all took about three hours. Donjon takes forever online. Thankfully I've got a dice bot setup to roll…
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Participants: anonymouse.


10/11/2003 Paganini: [TQB] Non-anthropomorphic Arthurian
So, after Anonymouse's Donjon game it was still kind of early, so I volunteered to run TQB. The players voted for something on the serious side after our silly Donjon…
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Participants: Paganini, AgentFresh, C. Edwards, Bob McNamee, Dana_mun, suffusionofyellow.


10/11/2003 Mulciber: [Universalis] LordSmerf was there. . .
. . . and so was I. I am really excited by what I can see ahead in the learning curve, and the feeling that there's more stuff out of…
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Participants: Mulciber, LordSmerf, hix, Bob McNamee.


10/14/2003 Dev: [MLwM] Joy Juice
Excellent game of MLwM. The Master was basically a man who used special syringes to paralyzes persons in the throes of "pleasure", so that he could extract components of a…
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Participants: Dev.


10/15/2003 Trevis Martin: MLwM: Meat for the Machine
Hey everyone, We've started a game of MLwM over in indie netgaming and have played one setup and one story session so far. I'm the Ref, my first time trying…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, anonymouse, Mike Holmes.


10/15/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Curse you Rickard! -- Well of Souls 3
This thread is a continuation of Well of Souls 1 and Well of Souls 2. I’m not sure if anybody cares about this except me, but I’ll continue my reports…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Russell Hoyle, ScottM, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir.


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