Previous Topics In Bully Pulpit Games 1/27/2007 JBLIII: [Roach] Would Play-By-Wiki Roach be feasible? A friend of mine has a website, PlayByWiki.com, that (as the name suggests) allows folks to game using a wiki. This makes it substantially easier to play games that would… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: JBLIII, jasonm, Graham Walmsley, foucalt, segedy.
1/24/2007 Uruush: [The Roach] Actual Play - When You're Smiling... Note: I didn't think this well-enough organized to post in the Actual Play forum but wanted to share since I'd been asking questions in preparation for the game:
When You're… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Uruush, jasonm.
1/10/2007 Uruush: Questions Hello again. Pesky me.
1) Can stakes be whether a given PC feels a certain way about an issue against their player's inclination?
Example: "At stake is whether my character,… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Uruush, Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm.
1/6/2007 Uruush: Pemberton Follies I've Wikipedia'd Follies to try to get a handle on what they are. I think I understand in a general sense, but I'm curious how others (including the designer) have… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Uruush, jasonm, James_Nostack.
12/31/2006 Uruush: Picking sides In scenes where the spotlight player does not set the stakes at the outset, do players declare for or against him beforehand? I'm having a hard time digesting when people… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Uruush, jasonm.
12/3/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Playtesting Thread I'm starting to playtest Grey Ranks, so if you are interested in that project check here for updates, as well as the BPG site and the Forge playtesting forum.
Here's… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
10/30/2006 oliof: roach theme cards A significant number of people have been telling me they like the roach but for the lack of an overarching structure. So, what I'd like to do is collect a… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm.
10/24/2006 oliof: [Roach] The Library as A Temple? Today in germany at least, it's the day of the library. On the radio this morning, I heard a report on the IKMZ Cottbus, a new center for information and… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: oliof, jasonm, Ron Edwards.
10/23/2006 oliof: [Roach] Rules additions and game handling propositions. Hi,
in some conversations at Spiel Essen I talked to people that played the Roach and complained about it being too random. I gather this is because of some things:… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: oliof, jasonm.
10/16/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Getting Drunk We got a great question about getting drunk in Roach play recently and I thought I'd lay it out here as well. The drunk rule appears under "Resisting the Roach",… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards.
9/28/2006 oliof: Gigantic Roach seen in germany! News at 11 Hi,
a new kind of sumerian roach has been successfully put on photograph:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Germany&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=48.857868,10.205666&spn=0.003551,0.010364&t=k&om=1
enjoy,
Harald In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: oliof, jasonm.
9/20/2006 jasonm: Initiating Conflicts There's an interesting discussion about initiating conflicts, and various rules hacks, going on over at Story Games. You might want to check it out! In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
9/9/2006 Doyce: [Roach] Quick question in mid-game I'm putting this up a couple places, and this is one of them -- apologies.
Starting up a Roach game, and doing relationships: The game says you have a positive… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Doyce, jrs, jasonm.
8/11/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: [The Roach] Actual Play, Koalas, Incest and Gunfire Last night I got play Shab-al-Hiri roach with a bunch of my friends. Bret already posted a little bit about what he felt about the session, but I wanted to… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, jasonm, Bret Gillan, segedy, Lxndr.
8/11/2006 Bret Gillan: [The Roach] Gameplay Observations So I got to play Shab Al-Hiri Roach last night and it was a blast. We were only able to play for two hours so we only made it through… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Bret Gillan, oliof, segedy, jasonm.
8/8/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: Avoiding the Roach from Beyond the Grave I just read this game a few days ago and I'm eager to play it. Other members of my group are pretty excited as well. One thing I like is… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, jasonm.
8/2/2006 jasonm: [The Roach] Gameplay Questions Emily Care Boss had some questions arise during her Roach game at Jiffy-Con. THey are good questions, so I thought I'd share them here with y'all. Here's what I told… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, Doyce.
8/1/2006 jasonm: [Drowning and Falling] Now Available! Drowning and Falling is now available for sale at Indie Press Revolution, so go snag a copy and help out a worthwhile charity. Both Remi (art director) and I will… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
7/20/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Review at rpg.net [url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12312.phtml]A nice review[/url] of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach has been posted over at rpg.net, FYI. In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
7/14/2006 bluegargantua: [Grey Ranks] Other Child Soldiers of WWII
Hi,
Although they never fought the Polish Scouts directly, you might be interested in the new Osprey Book about the Hitler Youth:
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php?title=S874X&ser=WAR
later
Tom In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: bluegargantua, jasonm.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Bully Pulpit Games 3/23/2007 jasonm: Gen Con Roach Volunteers Needed! Hey, I know no one runs a game of The Roach, but I'd love to find a couple of enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate formal, scheduled games at Gen Con. If… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Hans.
4/1/2007 jasonm: Roach LARP at KublaCon If you're going to KublaCon in Burlingame, California, consider playing in the world's first Roach LARP.
I can't wait to see how it turns out! Anybody planning on attending? In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Caesar_X.
4/3/2007 jasonm: Roach Questions from Virginia Thanks to Our Virginian Cousin for these:
What happens if you drop to 0 reputation. You've got nothing to wager, so can you still have a scene?
"If you are… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
5/11/2007 klausok: Drowning and Falling questions I have just bought D&F and read it for the first time. It looks like it would be fun to play. But there are a couple of points that are… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: klausok, jasonm.
7/24/2007 jasonm: Product Updates [i]The Roach Returns[/i] is back from the printers (for the second time!) and looks great. It'll premier at Gen Con and be available through IPR soon after. This is a… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
8/10/2007 jasonm: BPG at Gen Con Hey friends,
The entire Bully Pulpit Games crew will be at Gen Con again this year, so please stop by the Forge booth and say hello if you are attending!… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Hans.
8/11/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Roach-ish] Pseudopod's _The Disciple_
Roach enthusiasts might enjoy this episode of horror webcast Pseudopod: http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/27/68/ In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Nev the Deranged, jasonm.
8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First person narration hi :)
just played The Roach, and it was the first time for all of us
so I'm curious: how much first-person narration do you usually get with this game?… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: JC, jasonm.
9/6/2007 gebryan: The Cashington Roach --- A New Setting From my blog, The Thing Of The Day:
In June, I contacted Bully Pulpit Games about posting an audio recording of the rules to The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach.… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: gebryan, jasonm, JC.
9/6/2007 jasonm: Grey Ranks at Gateway There's a nice thread about the Grey Ranks games at Strategicon in LA recently here. In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
9/20/2007 coffeestain: [Grey Ranks] Slight confusion regarding modifying dice Hey. So, it seems pretty clear that when you invoke, threaten, or destroy the Thing Held Most Dear that you can replace an already allocated die or even re-roll it… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: coffeestain, segedy, jasonm.
9/25/2007 Yokiboy: [Roach] Reviewed on the On Board Games Podcast Hello,
Scott reviews the Roach on episode 11 of On Board Games. It gets a Green Light by the way.
TTFN,
Yoki In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Yokiboy, jasonm.
10/26/2007 Age of Fable: [Dungeon Squad] rules question Hi,
I've just downloaded this game, and I have a rules question:
You assign a dice to Magician, but it also says you can assign your d6 and/or your d10… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Age of Fable.
10/28/2007 FruitSmack!: Grey Ranks gets some love! My best friend Travis Farber (some of you might know Travis from Camp Nerdly and\or past Gen Cons) was interviewed on the 2d6 in a random direction podcast. Most of… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: FruitSmack!, segedy.
11/24/2007 Superstar: [Grey Ranks] Realy can't get me head around this... After giving Grey Ranks a double read through I can't wait to get playing. It seems awesome. However I'm having some troubles with the "put in a low dice -… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Superstar, jasonm, segedy.
12/7/2007 Age of Fable: [Dungeon Squad] Wikipedia article I've written a Wikipedia article on Dungeon Squad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Squad In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Age of Fable, jasonm.
2/14/2008 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Update Hey, if you are following Business Solutions at all, it's almost done. It's out for an additional round of playtesting now.
If you aren't following Business Solutions, it's a game… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm.
3/1/2008 Ron Edwards: Grey Ranks as physically published Hello,
This is posted to provide Bully Pulpit Games with some feedback about the paper and general physical features of Grey Ranks.
A couple of days ago, I moved in… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, segedy.
3/2/2008 travisfarber: One Shot Observations So recently I put together a one shot of Grey Ranks for two other people. We played through three chapters, six, seven, and eight. I came to the game with… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: travisfarber, jasonm.
4/24/2008 jasonm: Seven Roach Questions We got a bunch of really good questions today and thought I'd share them (and the answers) anonymously:
1)Joe plays "Plead" on NPC #1 and Jack plays "Boot-lick" - can… In Bully Pulpit Games Participants: jasonm, Particle_Man.
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