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In Playtesting 1/28/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Reality, Spirit and Corruption
I got together with three gamers to playtest 1st Quest, my young adult fantasy hack of The Shadow of Yesterday.
Bret - a gamer I met online and we are…
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Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, RobNJ.
1/26/2006 hix: [Dirty Virgins] At first the playtest was fun, then it was not
I play-tested the Ronnies version of Dirty Virgins on Tuesday. It came about because two players didn't make to our Buffy game - so after an intense game of Modern…
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Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg.
1/23/2006 TheTris: [Falling Leaves] Gaijin invasion
Another playtest of Falling Leaves, this time with three players. I need to set out explicitly who takes turns to set scenes for whom. This didn't stop us though, we…
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Participants: TheTris, Bankuei, Artanis, Everspinner, Miedvied.
1/19/2006 Rusty: [Space Rat] Femme Babe karate chop - THWACK!
Played a series of Space Rat games leading into the silly season (never a more appropriate time to get involved in the hi-jinx of Jack Cosmos!), and everyone involved had…
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Participants: Rusty, Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth.
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In Playtesting 1/30/2006 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Steel Pit Fight Night (Playtest Prep, LONG)
This post is a bit of a brain dump. So much happened, and so much of it significant, that I'm not sure what one thing to focus on, other than…
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Participants: WhiteRat, Andrew Morris, Graham Walmsley.
1/30/2006 Green: [split from Dramatikos thread in Design forum] Intimacy in cyberspace?
I'm currently revising and refining Dramatikos. During this phase, one of the issues that came up was how various media (tabletop, LARP, chat, play-by-post) can work for or against the…
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Participants: Green, Andy Kitkowski, Adam Dray, Ice Cream Emperor, Brand_Robins, Joshua BishopRoby.
1/31/2006 LeSingeSavant: [FoA] Red Prophet, Black Prophet: The Gate
After two weeks off, Jason, Clinton and I assembled for the last session of our Face of Angels game . There had been a 'dead' week in…
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Participants: LeSingeSavant, jasonm, urbanpagan.
1/31/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Another Playtest: Glamour, Mundanity and Damnation
I playtested 1st Quest with the monthly group that has been playing Conspiracy of Shadows for a bit over a year now with breaks due to schedule problems. It is…
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Participants: Paka, Spiral Jacobs, ubergeek2012, gains, Michael S. Miller.
2/1/2006 Gregor Hutton: [3:16] No Man's World -- DragonMeet, London (AP)
I have been pretty much constantly on the move and snowed under with work since Dragonmeet in December. So, at last, here is the AP thread of the 3:16 game…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton, Matt.
2/2/2006 sayter: [Realm] Sway, the changes.
Allright. I think I finally have a logical system worked out. Posting here for scrutiny or additional feedback. Note that this is pasted, and may or may not have the…
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Participants: sayter, dindenver, Ramidel, Troy_Costisick.
2/4/2006 Bryan Hansel: [Secret Waitress]
First post to Actual Play, so, hopefully, I’m doing this right. If not, someone kick me in the shin, please. I wanted to make sure that I made some points,…
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Participants: Bryan Hansel, jasonm.
2/4/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Friday Night Conflicts
By the time we get gaming in our Friday night games its 11 o'clock. We ran for about three hours tonight and I reckon that will be our pattern, getting…
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Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan.
2/4/2006 Technocrat13: [Infected] Silent Hill meets The Wall meets The Ring. One step closer to groovy
We gathered at Andy K's place again last night for the third playtest of my monster-movie game, Infected. The gathered players included myself, Lisa, Andy K, Remi, and Ullyses. Lisa…
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Participants: Technocrat13, knicknevin.
2/5/2006 Darcy Burgess: [Domus] - Second Playtest & Situation
Back about a month ago, we got together and ran Domus through the wringer again. After the good times of playtest #1, I was all ready for some smooth sailing.…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Bryan Hansel.
2/6/2006 JMendes: [Project Senate] First playtest in the Scottish Highlands
Hey, :)
So, we had the first playtest of Project Senate last Saturday night, and it was quite interesting. We used version 3 of the game design document (which isn't…
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Participants: JMendes, Troy_Costisick.
2/13/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [HoS] The Disappeared -- Knitting Plots Together
Last night we played a game from Heads of State: Nine Short Games About Tyrants. Our selection last night was "The Disappeared," in which the three of us played characters…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, redivider.
2/14/2006 Jasper: [Me and the Rat] Good cheese with a few holes
A few weeks ago I played my Ronnie submission Me and the Rat with a few friends. The game had changed only a little from contest submission, with some points…
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Participants: Jasper.
2/14/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] 'Transformations' - playtest
These three threads:
Introduction and character creation: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17325.0
Character creation (revised) & consequences: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17512.0
Mechanical basics: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17696.0
give further information on the development of Cold City and what the game…
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Participants: Malcolm, jasonm.
2/15/2006 dyjoots: [Manaka] Playtesting my game
Actual Play: Manaka
I've been working on a game called Manaka for the past several weeks, and I've gotten the rules basically together, so my wife Susie and I play-tested…
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Participants: dyjoots, Troy_Costisick.
2/16/2006 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Steel Pit Fight Night: Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – The Steel Pit Fellowship entertains its members with preseason fights aboard a cruise ship. Local favorite The Bull is trounced on the foredeck by newcomer B.J.! Simon…
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Participants: WhiteRat, Andrew Morris, Graham Walmsley.
2/16/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Heist] Stake-setting and sharing narration
For a long time, I've wanted to design a roleplaying game that was playable in a pub. Ideally, you'd just get out a pack of cards and begin playing.
So…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen, Matthew Glover.
2/17/2006 Troy_Costisick: [Cutthroat]2nd and 3rd Playtest
Heya,
I got in a couple playtests over the last three weeks or so. Wow, did I learn some important stuff. I'll go over the in-game stuff briefly here then…
In Playtesting
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Vaxalon.
2/17/2006 timfire: [Mexican Standoff] I was shot, but I got the money
Hi y'all,
I finally got a chance to playtest my game, with the updated rules. As I said in my , twice I playtested the game, but…
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Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, John Hyland.
2/18/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Mortal Coil] Arthurian enthusiasm
Last night, Kat, Michele & I went to Brennan's. We met his friends Jason, Bill & Sandy (who'd I'd met at conventions years ago). The six of us and Brennan's…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., inthisstyle.
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