Previous Topics In Playtesting 2/15/2009 Everspinner: [AW] Apocalypse Finland - Fronts Warning - This one turned out to be very long, and might need to be split into two posts, one for each Front.
Comments and guidance on the actual content… In Playtesting Participants: Everspinner, lumpley.
2/13/2009 MJGraham: [Defiance] Bringing out the worst in all of us. his actual play report is for a game that is not yet released. Please feel free to disregard this thread if you have no interested in pre-published games.
The actual… In Playtesting Participants: MJGraham.
2/11/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World]Setting and Characters Me, Ellen, Bob, and Chris did Apocalypse World prep.
Ellen's my girlfriend. She's done enough gaming so that it's not new and strange and foreign but she's not a scarred… In Playtesting Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, Paka, Everspinner.
2/9/2009 Eric J. Boyd: [House of Cards] Second Playtest Issues So I ran a second playtest for my no-prep heist game last Thursday night using the most recent draft that is available here. You can read about the first playtest… In Playtesting Participants: Eric J. Boyd.
2/9/2009 jefgodesky: [Fifth World] First playtest of the v0.5.2 rules I ran a round of playtests on the previous iteration of the rules last November, which led to some rules changes which required work on an extensive catalog of spirits… In Playtesting Participants: jefgodesky, Spooky Fanboy.
2/7/2009 Graham Walmsley: Apocalypse World We started Apocalypse World on Wednesday. From my point of view, it was successful, with the MC rules especially working well.
Character creation went smoothly: everyone did it from their… In Playtesting Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, Everspinner.
2/6/2009 etheruk: [MESSENGERS] 1st Round of Playtesting I finally got a chance to playtest my game Messengers (a draft copy is available at http://www.mediafire.com/?9mwqm4zjmlc). I was the GM and there were two players. It took about twenty… In Playtesting Participants: etheruk.
2/5/2009 Bert: Playtesting and Formal Evaluation I’m not sure this is the right place for this. Its not about actual play, but it is about playtesting. I want to kick off a thread about the formal… In Playtesting Participants: Bert, ShallowThoughts.
2/3/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Outcasts and Barbarians (longish) We got about halfway through character creation tonight for the first-ever Mask of the Emperor game. In the next couple of days, I should have three PCs all set to… In Playtesting Participants: Abkajud, Artanis, Amadeo.
2/2/2009 tonyd: [StWT] Fairtytale mayhem and the mummy queen I ran StWT for a pickup group last Friday. We themed it around centrally Germany with a fairy tale touch to it. Players are Ben R, and Ping.
Some weird… In Playtesting Participants: tonyd, Darcy Burgess, lumpley.
1/20/2009 Lynne H: [Fallen] One to one playtesting [me=Lynne H]carefully lays down a fiver against herself for more than likely posting something in the wrong place again. Apologies in advance if I have ;)[/me]
The basic premise of… In Playtesting Participants: Lynne H, Vulpinoid.
1/18/2009 TomTitTot: The Hammer Falls - Playtest AP - "A Small Singularity" *Cross-posted to lots of places*
At the end of December a couple of friends and I got together to playtest The Hammer Falls, which is my game-in-development of Dystopian Fiction.… In Playtesting Participants: TomTitTot, JoyWriter.
1/16/2009 tonyd: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] Monastery of Crows We played Storming the Wizard's Tower, and it was a blast!
Now I'm going to brain dump my questions and observations.
Prep took quite a long time (about 4 hours),… In Playtesting Participants: tonyd, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Guy Srinivasan, amnesiack, Paul T.
1/15/2009 northerain: [Dark Days] Character Creation Playtest Hello there
This is a character creation playtest for my game, Dark Days. What's Dark Days? I'm glad you asked!
You died. For a few seconds, your heart stopped, your… In Playtesting Participants: northerain, tadk.
1/6/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination!] Session closure procedure problems I'm in the middle of writing the new playtest version of my game. I'm stuck.
There's this "what if" thing that bugs me. It's something that cropped up in my… In Playtesting Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Noon, Spooky Fanboy, JoyWriter.
12/13/2008 whiteknife: [Super Action Now!] A nuclear winter with NO CHIRSTMAS. How sad. So I was planning on running a game of 3:16 with my group, but then two of them bailed and me and the other two players decided to play some… In Playtesting Participants: whiteknife, Marshall Burns, JoyWriter.
12/11/2008 Altaem: [PIE] Golden Moments Looks like my Fallout campaign has come to a close. Everyone had a really good time, but ultimately it’s been hard assembling the entire group on a regular basis.
I’m… In Playtesting Participants: Altaem, themaloryman, davidberg.
12/10/2008 lumpley: Apocalypse World: Mary and Roark Apocalypse World was SO FUCKING GOOD last night.
Julia's character Mary let Roark and Birdie loose.
I can't possibly explain just how good that is to you. But, like, here… In Playtesting Participants: lumpley, Meguey, Parthenia, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Artanis, Emily Care.
12/10/2008 ChrisMcDee: A Wanderer's Romance - Wirework and Drinking Contests [B][URL=http://"http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddmbxmt_12c3cb9gfk&hl=en"]A Wanderer's Romance[/URL][/B] is a rules-light system built around a setting that gives you a few key points and lets the GM do as he wishes with the rest. It… In Playtesting Participants: ChrisMcDee, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid.
12/9/2008 thelevitator: Blood, Sweat & Steel Playtest Tomorrow Evening Hi everyone,
I'm pretty new here, and I really enjoy this site. I've been working on my own game for about 6 months now. It's called "Blood, Sweat & Steel",… In Playtesting Participants: thelevitator.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Playtesting 2/19/2009 Graham Walmsley: [Apocalypse World] What's wrong with this and how might I fix it? Second session, tonight, with changes in the group: Steve, the hardholder, and Wai Kien, the hocus, couldn't make it. Replacing them we got Adrian, a driver, and Sean, a savvyhead.… In Playtesting Participants: Graham Walmsley, Dionysus, lumpley.
2/26/2009 Everspinner: [Apocalypse Finland] Body Glove We playtested Apocalypse World, and it was fun, fun, fun! We will certainly get back to it as soon as our schedules allow.
Fiction
Characters were Jag, driver, male; Mercury,… In Playtesting Participants: Everspinner, Emily Care, agony, Graham Walmsley, lumpley.
2/27/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] -- Streamlining Data Management Hi,
Man, I wish that the thread title was a clever allusion to a cyberpunk-esque game of bringing down megacorps (watch this space!) I'm actually here to continue a thought… In Playtesting Participants: Darcy Burgess, JoyWriter, agony.
2/28/2009 Abkajud: [Mask of the Emperor] Mayhem and torture in the dungeons! [a bit long] I think I just had the best RPG session of my life. I was reading the infamous 2006 "brain damage" thread today, at least the first three pages, and I… In Playtesting Participants: Abkajud, Artanis.
3/2/2009 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Arcon Playtesting So I got to go to Arcon this weekend at my old Alma Mater, SUNY Oswego, and hook up with some old friends and the new crowd of kids that… In Playtesting Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.
3/9/2009 Amadeo: (Biohazard Dawn) A trip to the Pharmacy The following is based on a true story of gaming Biohazard Dawn:
So, I had my very first playtest of my zombie apocalypse game Biohazard Dawn the other day, and… In Playtesting Participants: Amadeo, Abkajud, mjbauer.
3/11/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Acts of Evil] - Scene Framing Shennanigans Over the February 20th weekend, six gamers from Ottawa, Detroit and Toronto converged on an unsuspecting suite hotel in Toronto to consume sushi and to playtest Paul Czege's Acts of… In Playtesting Participants: Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Valamir, DWeird, JoyWriter, C. Edwards, hix, Michael S. Miller, Piers Brown.
3/18/2009 agony: [Apocalypse World] The Rig We started Apocalypse World last night, I have 3 players consisting of the following:
Colonel - Hard Holder who rules the surrounding territoriy with an iron fist while fortified within… In Playtesting Participants: agony, Everspinner, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.
3/21/2009 rpghost: You want Playtesters? I need some Developers. Greetings,
I'm contacting you cause you are listed as a game developer... As you know it's very hard to find quality play testers for your games. I am on the… In Playtesting Participants: rpghost, Valamir, Wolfen.
3/22/2009 Graham Walmsley: [Apocalypse World] I just care too much Some quick notes on our third session of Apocalypse World.
A good session, this. We're heading towards a zombie ending, so this week, we had one or two zombies. They… In Playtesting Participants: Graham Walmsley, agony, Everspinner, lumpley, Krippler, Matt Wilson.
4/6/2009 MJGraham: [Defiance] The Black Rat Cometh [b]Session One
The Revolutionary Cabal[/b]
Madam Shahlei (a.k.a. Lawrence) - the owner and a former employee at one of the city's less reputable brothels. Years of service and abuse from… In Playtesting Participants: MJGraham.
4/7/2009 Paul Czege: questions and comments on Spirited Hey Graham,
I really like your use of language in Spirited: "gentleman," "lady." And the vision you have for the social experience of play: players "who are very special to… In Playtesting Participants: Paul Czege, madunkieg, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley.
4/7/2009 jburneko: [Silent Sound] Problem with Flashbacks and Memories I'm don't know if this is the right forum for this. What I'm about to discuss came out of play testing experience but it concerns unplaytested components arising from a… In Playtesting Participants: jburneko, Artanis.
4/10/2009 Everspinner: [Apocalypse World] Tent City WARNING: This post is fiction only. I will continue with the playtest notes as soon as I get them typed up.
Ok, after repeated reschedulings we got to play our… In Playtesting Participants: Everspinner, lumpley.
4/11/2009 Michael Desing: [Mythweaver 2E] Assault on Mount Brim Note: I’ve been running a solo campaign for a single character for some time on the Mythweaver message board to try out new Mythweaver ideas and continue to test the… In Playtesting Participants: Michael Desing.
4/12/2009 Vulpinoid: Guerilla Television (Quincunx Lite) Much to my relief, Guerilla Television works.
I'm not only relieved that the game works on it's own as a two page experiment, but also because it's the core of… In Playtesting Participants: Vulpinoid, JoyWriter.
4/13/2009 Matt Wilson: Storming the Wizard's Tower--my first TPK, twice We played Storming on Saturday: John Spazopolous, Paul T, sometimes another guy named John, sometimes Terry, and me. I was GM.
I made a town called Skonhelle, inspired kind of… In Playtesting Participants: Matt Wilson, lumpley, jenskot, Paul T, Motipha, Darcy Burgess.
4/15/2009 Willow: [Forge Midwest] Escape From Tentacle City Let's get this ball rolling!
Friday I got to 'run' this for Ron, Jae, Jerry, and Abram. I really wanted Ron in this game since he was one of my… In Playtesting Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Noon, jerry.
4/16/2009 Graham Walmsley: [Apocalypse World] Apocalypse averted We finished our four-session game of Apocalypse World last night.
Our heroes flew to the headquarters of Panacea, one of the fronts. There were lots of zombies about. Panacea switched… In Playtesting Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, GB Steve.
4/17/2009 Vordark: Looking for play-testing tips and strategies I announced my project in First Thoughts with an eye toward cultivating that wonderful fruit, "general feedback". I also had some questions concerning how to maximize the benefit of play-testing… In Playtesting Participants: Vordark, Wolfen, Michael Desing.
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