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6/10/2006 John Kirk: [Gnostigmata] Plots and Sub-Plots
[b]Sessions 4 & 5[/b] I’m combining play-test sessions 4 & 5 of Gnostigmata into a single posting, because the big news is pretty much the same for both sessions.  Session…
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Participants: John Kirk.

6/8/2006 jefgodesky: Playtest methodology
I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place for this topic, so perhaps the mods will move it somewhere else, but I'm going to begin an initial playtest…
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Participants: jefgodesky, Justin D. Jacobson, joepub, Joshua BishopRoby, Julian, dindenver, abzu, Nathan P., Graham Walmsley, timfire, Jixxala, Ron Edwards.

6/7/2006 jenskot: [Afraid] devotion
We played on Sunday (6/3/2006). For those unfamiliar with Afraid, please check out: http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=201 http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=200 There were 5 players including myself. I GMed. The players are primarily performers who LOVE…
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Participants: jenskot.

6/7/2006 redivider: Heads of State: editing great leader Kim Jong Il
Judson, Joshua & I played New Edition, one of my 9 short games about tyrants. The dictator has died, and players are members of a committee of high-ranking regime officials…
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Participants: redivider.

6/7/2006 Johan Granberg: [AG&G]
I finally managed to get a group together for some AG&G, a game I've been dying to play since Vincent first posted it. We decided to skip our regular PTA-game…
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Participants: Johan Granberg, lumpley, zmook.

6/7/2006 charles ferguson: [TOTSG] First playtest: Session1
Throne Of The Spider God : First Playtest, Session 1 Two weeks ago I had the first TOTSG playtest. There were myself, Grant, & Stuart, all in our 30's. Stuart's…
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Participants: charles ferguson, Mike Holmes.

6/5/2006 zmook: [AG&G] Novices at narrativism
So it's been more than a year since I've actually managed to play in a role-playing game.  The problem hasn't been lack of interest so much as lack of time…
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Participants: zmook, Mike Holmes, charles ferguson, lumpley.

6/3/2006 iankevinmcdonald: [Component Only] Testing out various adjectives for use instead of numbers
Hi, I'm not sure exactly which forum to post this in. I'm choosing playtesting because: It is playtesting, it's just that most people don't playtest a single component of…
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Participants: iankevinmcdonald, joepub, Czar Fnord, slade the sniper, abjourne.

6/2/2006 joepub: [Perfect] Varying roles of narration, collaboration
So… tonight I ran a third playtest of Perfect. (second in-person play). I think that everything that went successfully tonight… went well because the same things had gone less-than-optimally during…
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Participants: joepub.

6/1/2006 dindenver: [Perfect] Dave's playtest report
Hi!   Tonight I GM'd a playtest session of Joe's Perfect RPG. Two peeps didn't show, but we sstill managed to muster, Darcy, Joe and myself.   We played via…
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Participants: dindenver, joepub, Darcy Burgess.

5/31/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules]: Jurrasic Nightmare (Super Heroes)
Besides the fantasy demo of Monster Rules, I also ran a second game called Jurrasic Nightmare. The scenario was a super hero game that was also a 2-part adventure. Game…
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Participants: mratomek, Eric j M.

5/31/2006 Bill Masek: [Monster Rules] An Outside Playtest
Intro: Over the past few years I've gotten into miniature games.  I have played a number of HeroClix tournaments and done fairly well.  I've collected a fair amount of HeroScape…
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Participants: Bill Masek, mratomek, Czar Fnord.

5/30/2006 mratomek: [Monser Rules]: Dragon's Forge Fantasy Game
This past Saturday, I ran a Monster Rules demo called Dragon’s Forge, a fantasy-setting game for two or more players. The scenario was a 2-part adventure that lasted about 2…
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Participants: mratomek.

5/30/2006 c: [Outside] Getting beat up with blind spots.
So I conducted my first playtest of Outside on Saturday, and it was great because it went so horribly. That is great because I had been waiting for a semi-annual…
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Participants: c, Jasper, jerry, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2006 Sara Adyms: Looking to playtest "Sactum : The Fallout"
Alright, I'm done lurking in the corners.  (even if forums aren't my forte) I'm not ready to actually publish details just yet, but I am looking for interested parties in…
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Participants: Sara Adyms.

5/28/2006 Jasper: City of Birds on the Foundry
Last night I was very happy to playtest City of Birds on the Foundry (which I only recently discovered). Commiserations over the lack of Dr. Who led to a several-hour…
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Participants: Jasper, TonyLB.

5/26/2006 Darcy Burgess: [Domus] - Defending is for suckers!
Domus (see sig) has been going through a severe overhaul.  The last round of playtesting revealed that the game's strength lies in a gm-less, fully "co-opetitive" format.  So, that's what…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Everspinner.

5/26/2006 joepub: [Perfect] Vengeance is a dish best served with a rock.
So, tonight I ran a playtest of Perfect, with two close friends: Mat, and Spooner. (a link to the game is in my sig) A bit on set-up: We talked…
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Participants: joepub, dindenver, Darcy Burgess, Dumirik.

5/25/2006 Matt: [Covenant]Boston Legal
Following on from previous discussions on revising the scenario design text. I'm posting particularly about those changes, since I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I did a runthrough…
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Participants: Matt.

5/24/2006 Lxndr: [Ensemble] 9th Hell: The Family at 316 John Street
The first playtest of Ensemble happened on the indie-netgaming IRC channel Monday night. Characters and other record sheets available here:  http://www.twistedconfessions.com/confessional/index.php?n=Ensemble.HomePage We had five players - Ivan, Dave, Chris, Brendon,…
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Participants: Lxndr, dindenver, iLikeSpoons.

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6/15/2006 zmook: [AG&G] Cooking for Leviticus
Well, we just tried our second session of the game that was called AG&G (currently officially nameless).  First session is here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20027.0 A's character John Cooper was at the top…
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Participants: zmook, lumpley, cpeterso, Valamir, Dean Chung, Roger.

6/15/2006 John Bromberger: [Affinity] Please playtest or comment on this RPG. ^_^
Hey there. I've just put my RPG, called Affinity, up on the net ... and would love to know what you think! Playtesting, if you are interested, would be even…
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Participants: John Bromberger, Filip Luszczyk, Selene Tan, Adam Dray.

6/15/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Shaky Beginnings.
So tonight on IRC we've had the first playtest of Cranium Rats, ever. The complete log can be found here. We've had 3 hours or so, the first hour was…
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Participants: Thunder_God, 7Storyfall, Filip Luszczyk, Selene Tan.

6/17/2006 Bill Masek: [Monster Rules] A Third Outside Playtest
This is my third playtest of the Monster Rules system.  My first two consisted of one shot scenarios.  This third playtest involved a long multi-scenario plot arch.  The genera was…
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Participants: Bill Masek, mratomek.

6/18/2006 redivider: [heads of state] Coup d'Etat
Josh, Judson & I playtested Coup d'Etat, the 7th of my 9 Short Games about Tyrants to get a try-out. Players each control a member of a junta of military…
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Participants: redivider.

6/19/2006 Antimuppet: [Covert Generation] - Maddy's Sons
Hey Folks, first time here. I've got a game called Covert Generation that I'm hoping to get published in the near future. I've gotten my first few playtest sessions under…
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Participants: Antimuppet.

6/24/2006 Nick: [Throne of the Spider God] A Playtest Session
Hey all, Last night a few friends and I convened for character/world generation session of Throne of the Spider God, with intentions of playing through the first adventure tomorrow night.…
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Participants: Nick, zmook, charles ferguson.

6/24/2006 redivider: [Heads of State] Sic Semper Tyrannus + Crimes against Humanity
the tyrant has left the building... I'm very happy to have tests of all nine games complete, and grateful to the folks who have played these games & all the…
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Participants: redivider.

6/26/2006 sean2099: {Divinity} Posting the PBP
Hey everyone, I have started a PBP for my game.  They have just submitted their character sheets to me and I have looked them over.  Already, I have found things…
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Participants: sean2099, Ron Edwards.

6/26/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Covert Playtest: Protagonist Generation
I had a chance to try out a very abbreviated form of the first stage of Protagonist generation today in my improv. class, and it went swimmingly well.  Of…
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Participants: Zach Walton.

6/28/2006 Dev: [Agora] Examing an problematic playtest
Over on SG, Caledonian described an unsuccesful play of Agora, and I thought it would be worth re-examining some of the suggestions in that thread, and offer my thoughts. *…
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Participants: Dev, Joshua BishopRoby.

6/28/2006 Altharis: [Evolve mod] first try (split)
Well..... I really must be boring people, my first post and I haven't recieved any feed back as to how other people faired with Evolve and stuff. I had a…
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Participants: Altharis, Ron Edwards, tj333, MW.

7/3/2006 abjourne: Here's where I'm at.
Premise -What are you playing?  I’m play-testing a fantasy RPG labeled DE for short. How long have you been playing/how long do you intend to play this game?  Is this…
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Participants: abjourne, Ron Edwards, Glendower.

7/8/2006 David Bapst: Sim Oneshot System; First Playtest and Partial Dissolution of System
Session Report First Playtest and Incomplete Dissolution of System Last night, I tried to run the first playtest session of a system I’d been working on for the past year…
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Participants: David Bapst, Filip Luszczyk, zmook, Czar Fnord, davidberg, Paul T.

7/9/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] A Clash of Worlds, the Medium War.
This session continued the playtest which is described here. Here are the Playtest log and the Character sheet for how things looked at the end of the game.At the end…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Filip Luszczyk, 7Storyfall.

7/17/2006 c: [Outside] Playtest Four, or Clyde get some direction. (Long)
So I just got in from riding my Bike home from today's playtest and was excited about the discussion I had with my players and wanted to see if other…
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Participants: c.

7/17/2006 Lxndr: [Ensemble] Pompeii on IRC
Two Sundays ago, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen and I created characters for Ensemble, a new game of mine that's in the process of being developed.  Yesterday, we played the first…
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Participants: Lxndr.

7/19/2006 Kevin Allen Jr: [Primitive] Dexcon 06- farside of the swamp
So this past weekend was the first public preview of Primitive. I've been doing private playtests for a few months now, but it was time to play the songs out,…
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Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, Paka, Asperity, thwaak, tartex, Blaheee, Ron Edwards.

7/22/2006 Glendower: [Galactic] Aliens and Adamantium
I downloaded, printed, and sat three players down to play test Matt Wilson's Galactic.  The premise really called out to me, and I'm pretty eager to play test anything by…
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Participants: Glendower, Matt Wilson.

7/23/2006 Matt Wilson: [Galactic] Playtest in Madison - 1
Today I spent a few hours in Madison with Sarah, Chris and Daniel setting up for what looks like a kickass game. I'll say right up front that I'm extra…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper.

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