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6/15/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Absolute Apocalypse Academy] Change of the title and the new direction
Over a month has passed since I took a break from Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, and it’s a good moment for me to re-examine the game, consider its further development and…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

6/11/2007 Jonas Karlsson: [One Can Have Her] Questions on conflicts
I'm playtesting my film noir game One Can Have Her and this Thursday the players raised some concerns on how I handled conflicts and their consequences. This could just be…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Peter Nordstrand.

6/10/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] The Algorithm of Egalitarianism
This is a much-delayed AP from the June 1 JiffyCon run by Emily Care Boss in western MA. I got to run a playtest of Misspent Youth, my science fiction/youthful…
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Participants: RobNJ.

6/9/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Firing Blanks
So last night I ran a playtest of Six Bullets for Vengeance with my regular gaming group. It was a spectacular failure, but a fascinating, if frustrating, playtest. First, a…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, Noon, Sydney Freedberg.

6/8/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG second playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the MKRPG first playtest.…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, ParRathorne.

6/5/2007 ChadDubya: [ENOCH] Playtest
The first official playtest of Enoch happened this weekend. Me and three players spend roughly 3 hours together, half of which was actual play, while the other half was talking…
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Participants: ChadDubya, nitramwi, TJ, c.

6/3/2007 Graham Walmsley: [Darker] Thank heaven for little girls
Darker is my setting for the Shab al-Hiri Roach: the Roach comes to Oxford University in Victorian times. We tested it today, after Sunday lunch. There's John, Alex, Adam and…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

6/3/2007 Peter Nordstrand: One Can Have Her
We playtested Jonas Ferry's (the artist formerly known as Jonas Karlsson) Ronny winning game One Can Have Her. The short version of this report is that the game went very…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] The Rise of Google 2.0
(cross posted from Story Games) So I ran Misspent Youth for some friends yesterday at my house and for the first time I had a complete story from beginning to…
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Participants: RobNJ, TonyLB.

5/29/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Kickin Ass Tory Style
I got to playtest Sons of Liberty this weekend at Gamex with a whole passel of players.  The game ended up playing in two halves, each with five Patriots against…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Noclue.

5/28/2007 Malcolm: [Okhrana] Playtest at Spodley Grange
A few weeks ago, the Spodley Grange weekend playtesting event saw the first ever playtest of Okhrana, a game I initially wrote for the 24 Hour Espionage RPG competition hosted…
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Participants: Malcolm, Graham Walmsley, Jonas Karlsson.

5/27/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] First playtest
This is the first playtest of my game and also my first write up of a playtest so I hope I do it right... The game began with me explaining…
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Participants: MJGraham, Malcolm.

5/27/2007 rycanada: Thanks to the Forge
Strange how some things can work out. This post is about Legends, a fast-paced vanilla nar game I've used on and off for years, but which I'm now trying to…
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Participants: rycanada, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2007 phasmaphobic: Seeking advice on organizing my first playtest
Hey folks, I'm looking to put together my first official playtest of a game our company is developing.  We have a few people signed up and ready to go, that…
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Participants: phasmaphobic, GreatWolf.

5/24/2007 jim pinto: Murdercycles
Set in tumultuous and fictious 1960s sweden, Murdercycles is an RPG of motorcycle gangs run amok. The last days of the Devil Dogs (or whatever gang) is captured in this…
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Participants: jim pinto, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick.

5/24/2007 jrs: [Grey Ranks] Another playtest
So we started a Grey Ranks game.  We only got through Chapter 2; not exactly a full session.  I assume much of that was due to our unfamiliarity with the…
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Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, jasonm, segedy.

5/23/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG first playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Ben's notes and some other playtests We played Dirty Secrets last…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf.

5/23/2007 Joe Dizzy: [GALACTIC] Berlin Playtest 2007
[b]Session 1 - Character and setting creation [/b] These are a few of my impressions of our first Galactic session on Monday. All in all it took us a little…
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Participants: Joe Dizzy, Matt Wilson, Emily Care, yothales, Alan.

5/20/2007 iain: [STITCH] Actual play spodley grange
[b]Stitch – Spodley Grange playtest[/b] [b]Master:[/b] Iain McAllister [b]Team:[/b] Gregory Malkovich, Soldier - James Alex Stepovich, Engineer - Janos John Parish, Soldier - Claire Alexander Khruschev, commander - Andrew [b]Overview:[/b]…
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Participants: iain, Graham Walmsley, Filip Luszczyk.

5/20/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Back on tracks
It took me some time before I got down to writing this AP, but here it is. We playtested the new version of Illumination, my Mage: the Ascension heartbreaker game,…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, JackTheOwner.

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6/17/2007 travisfarber: [Grey Ranks] A little thing called War
So, I have had the great opportunity to read through and play Grey Ranks.  This is the first of three sessions. To give a little background to the preperation part…
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Participants: travisfarber, jasonm, BlackTerror, ironick.

6/17/2007 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Comedy of (Copier) Errors
Joel, Lisa, and Jon played Business Solutions yesterday at Mayacon, Andy Kitkowski's house-con devoted to playtesting.  Lisa posts around here as Urbanpagan.  Joel's in my weekly TSoY group.  Jon is…
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Participants: jasonm, Ben Lehman.

6/18/2007 jasonm: [Medical Hospital] Arts and Crafts
I got to playtest Medical Hospital, my game about medicine and hospitals, ay Mayacon last Saturday.  It was pretty interesting.  Medical Hospital is going to be a modular game with…
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Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant, Aman the Rejected.

6/18/2007 c: [Other Worlds][Lake Geneva Con] Becoming Undead Means I Win.
I had lots of fun this Saturday. My friend Len and I went to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the Lake Geneva convention put on by Troll Lord Games. As per…
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Participants: c, nitramwi, Mike Holmes, Valamir, simon_hibbs.

6/22/2007 darnest: StrikeForce :2136 Combat Revision
Okay so StrikeForce is a transhuman high tech adventure RPG with a conflict system for the characters to develop against.  The world is design on conflict, on purpose by the…
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Participants: darnest.

6/22/2007 joepub: [The Infected] The Final Nail in the Coffin of Fox River
I played The Infected with two players last night. We agreed upon playing a meandering, gritty western for the backdrop - Fox River, a dying mine town on its last…
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Participants: joepub, Darcy Burgess, Technocrat13, MikeSands, Rich Stokes.

6/25/2007 MJGraham: [Insurrection] GM Fiat: How much is too much? (NSFW)
I've been playtesting my own game and the following incident occured. In one scene the protagonists were staying the night at a religious compound. A player who was roleplaying a…
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Participants: MJGraham, c, Noon.

6/25/2007 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Club 138
[b]Setup[/b] Gaétan (Investigator), Jérôme, Julien, Xavier and myself tested Seth Ben-Ezra's game friday a fortnight ago. In a word, it was: great! I actually didn't understand the rules very well…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf, Valamir.

6/26/2007 Michael Desing: [Mythweaver: The Splintered Realm] Wraith Battle
This was the encounter that let me know that 'Mythweaver: The Splintered Realm' was headed in the right direction. I was refereeing a session with just myself and my wife…
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Participants: Michael Desing.

6/27/2007 Dumirik: [GoPlay Northwest: Kin] This is everyone's fault but mine!
This is the second playtest I've run of Kin, at GoPlay Northwest. I had seven players, again! It was really fun, and I learned a lot. I mean, a lot.…
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Participants: Dumirik.

6/28/2007 spikexander: [Mob Justice] Our Last Playtest
[center][b]Mob Justice 1.5 The Big Lie[/b][/center] [i]Okay, I have to tell a little tale. In 2005, I attended GenCon for the first time thanks to a game publisher that needed…
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Participants: spikexander, iain.

6/28/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Power 19
1.) What is your game about? Misspent Youth is a game about friendship, rebellion, and growing up. 2.) What do the characters do? The Youthful Offenders stand up to The…
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Participants: RobNJ, Emily Care.

6/28/2007 VoidDragon: [AVERA] The line between character and equipment
Okay, I just ran the first playtest of my multi-genre roleplaying system this last Sunday.  It looks like I'll be able to fix the most obvious issues the players had…
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Participants: VoidDragon.

6/28/2007 Ron Edwards: [One Can Have Her] Ratting in black and white
At last, I have time to post about playing One Can Have Her. The group included me, Tim K, Tim A, and Chris. Jonas (and Peter), I apologize for the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jonas Karlsson, Emily Care, Peter Nordstrand.

6/28/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Goateed Washington and the Fully Armed and Operational Printin
[b]Prior Posts:[/b] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22694.0]Pre-Alpha Playtest[/url] - this thread lays out the basics of the game mechanics; disregard 'Valor' [url=http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=3060]Tale of Two Toms[/url] - Mark's Tory Win [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24025.0]Kickin Ass Tory Style[/url] -…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby.

7/1/2007 Eldrad: The Olde Realm
[b] Session before last[/b] Damien Ehrlich the Sage of the Purple Cloth and Kora the Barbarian were looking for a simple place to eat.. The city of Westfort was in…
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Participants: Eldrad, Calithena, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2007 Zathreyel: (Criminal Element) On the Bullet Train
Alright, so I've had the chance to run some hardcore Criminal Element sessions recently.  It's good to get back under the hood of that thing.  Criminal Element, for those not…
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Participants: Zathreyel, Everspinner.

7/3/2007 Tobias: We tried baseball and it didn't work
I searched, but didn't find a reference to this yet. If it's already here, my apologies. http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatBaseball.htm Greets, Tobias
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Participants: Tobias, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Noon, Filip Luszczyk.

7/5/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MK RPG Third Playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the first and second…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, Artanis, Valamir, Caesar_X.

7/11/2007 Joshua BishopRoby: [Sons of Liberty] Opening Handclasp, Sign, and Countersign?
So I've been pondering the Campaign Mode for Sons of Liberty and how much I want to constrain and flavor the three different stages of the campaign.  The levels (sessions)…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, Zathreyel, Thenomain.

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