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In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011

2/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Volume of Secrets] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-volume-of-secrets]The Volume of Secrets[/url][/b] by J. P. Mullen threw me into a tizzy of evaluation much like the characters themselves, flitting through a fog of unknowns and uncertainties. I'm not…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Kensan_Oni.

2/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Cycle of Seasons] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-cycle-of-the-seasons]The Cycle of Seasons[/url][/b] by Nathan Paoletta is going to be the hardest judgment to justify. Why not a Ronny? Or if I think it's unsuccessful, why almost a Ronny?…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

2/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Realization Dawning] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/realization-dawning]Realization Dawning[/url][/b] by Gregor Hutton, as a Ronnies entry, was clearly a snapshot taken in the middle of a design process. Enough is there for me to see where it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton.

2/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Murder: A Game About Crows] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/murder]Murder: A Game About Crows[/url][/b] by Michael Mullen is a pleasure to look at, but I had a hard time reading it. I found myself overwhelmed by minor questions -…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid.

2/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Anathema] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/anathema]Anathema[/url][/b] by Devon Oratz wins a Ronny! This one gets the Sheer Guts award for this round, which given some of the other entries, is really saying something. I kind…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, charlesperez, pkalata.

2/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Air Patrol] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/air-patrol]Air Patrol[/url][/b] by Patrick Gamblin is a Runner-Up, and if there were an award based strictly on a setting's fun color and zappiness, it would win it. And that's saying…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, Gryffudd, baxil, davidberg.

2/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Haunted] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/haunted]Haunted[/url][/b] by Jesse Burneko is one of those newspaper on the nose Runners-Up for me, in that I was writing things on my copy like "good!" "strong!" and so on,…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko.

2/15/2011 stefoid: Uncle Louis update (split)
Am updating Uncle Louis -- sent new version to the site.
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: stefoid, baxil.

2/14/2011 Ron Edwards: curses
Apparently I made some kind of error with my flash drive, and the files I worked on so hard over the weekend are not available on it. More Ronnies threads…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [Moral Dawn] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/moral-dawn]Moral Dawn[/url][/b] by Eigil Rischel presents the flip side of They Became Flesh, both in concept (humans who are maybe angels) and in personal crisis (there is no climactic end-state).…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, AyeGill.

2/13/2011 Ron Edwards: [Deathbird Black] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/deathbird-black]Deathbird Black[/url][/b] by Baxil is priceless! Ever since reading [b][url=http://indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=12933.0][Middle Earth - home brew] 1st day in July 4 week of play[/url][/b], I've wanted to see a frenzied and fun…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, whduryea, davidberg, Nathan P., Elizabeth, baxil.

2/10/2011 davidberg: More reflections on round two (split)
I'm really curious to see what folks did with Whisper.  I couldn't get away from it as "information asymmetry as a core dynamic of play".  It took me forever to…
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Participants: davidberg, whduryea, Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Ghostlight Games, Elizabeth.

2/12/2011 Ron Edwards: [Wings of Blood] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/wings-of-blood]Wings of Blood[/url][/b] by Paolo Davolio ... Holy cow, googly eyed spike-backed freaky reptile dudes, all drawn by Ralph Bakshi's herpetological evil twin! For example ... [i]I was born on…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Paolo D., stefoid.

2/11/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-secret-lives-of-serial-killers]The Secret Lives of Serial Killers[/url][/b] by Willow Palecek wins a Ronny. My notes actually put it this way: "All right, you win the Ronny, you depraved [expletive]." And they…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, stefoid, Willow, Ghostlight Games, whduryea, Noon, baxil, davidberg, Ian Charvill, Paolo D., Nathan P., Elizabeth, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6, Kensan_Oni, Thunder_God, tzirtzi.

2/10/2011 stefoid: Angels in February games
I didnt get the Angels thing at all -- just didnt occur to me, I looked at wings and thought "wtf?  Obviously every 2nd entry is going to be about…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: stefoid, baxil, Nathan P., Kensan_Oni, AyeGill, Ron Edwards, Willow, Elizabeth, whduryea, Ghostlight Games, Gryffudd, Ben Lehman.

2/10/2011 Ron Edwards: [They Became Flesh] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/they-became-flesh]They Became Flesh[/url][/b] by Elizabeth Sampat is a Runner-Up, and as is so often the case with that designation, exceeds one or more of the actual Ronnies winners (in all…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Elizabeth, jburneko, whduryea.

2/10/2011 Ron Edwards: Ronnies 2011, Round two results
This was a particularly difficult set of entries to judge. Games seemed to shift in and out of winning status in my mind as I reviewed them, and whenever I…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Elizabeth, whduryea, Ghostlight Games, Paolo D., Gryffudd, baxil.

2/3/2011 Ron Edwards: [RONNIES 2011] February round begins
Submission period: either one week from today at the time of this posting, or 24 hours from when I announce the ninth submission here. 1. Pick two (and only two)…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gryffudd, Vulpinoid, stefoid.

1/19/2011 AyeGill: Pre-second round thoughts and prep
Hi Everyone. Ron, is there any sort of plan as to when the second round will begin? Or will it just happen when the Round one entries have been reasonably…
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Participants: AyeGill, Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, Nathan P..

1/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies 2011] Round One kicks in now - what we do next
Hi, I've mentioned that the Ronnies are a little different from most contests, and here's another reason: it doesn't end with the judging. The whole point is to develop what…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Abkajud, Troy_Costisick, Noon, epweissengruber.

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2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: [Memory Quest] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/memory_quest]Memory Quest[/url][/b] by David Berg works off the incomplete-knowledge model of play, which we've all seen brought to jaw-dropping fruition with Sunshine Boulevard (or TSLOSKs for those in the know),…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Ghostlight Games, davidberg, Nathan P..

2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: [MurderWing] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/murderwing]MurderWing[/url][/b] by Joe J. Prince is a whole different sort of "other" from the entry that shared this category. It's the first setting-supplement entry for any Ronnies round, which I…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Dantai, Gregor Hutton.

2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: February round: reflection after the first rush
Realization Dawning, Moral Dawn, The Secret Lives of Serial Killers, MurderWing, Haunted, Murder: A Game About Crows, The Cycle of Seasons, They Became Flesh, Deathbird Black, Air Patrol, The Volume…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, jburneko, stefoid.

2/25/2011 Roger: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Rational musings (split)
Maybe I've just seen Inception too many times, but this makes me wonder how deep you could go. Could there be /another/ layer, in which the 'victim' is the guy…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Roger, Ron Edwards, pkalata, Ghostlight Games.

2/28/2011 Ron Edwards: Third round - soon
Hi everyone, I find myself quite torn between two things: 1. Encouraging and providing a personal example of enthusiastic, critical play and feedback for many of the games generated so…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, pkalata, davidberg, stefoid, Gryffudd, tzirtzi, Roger, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, Ben Lehman.

2/28/2011 Paul Czege: Ronnies participants, I'm curious
Ronnies participants, What did you learn from your participation (completion and submission of a game) in either round one or two of the Ronnies this year? I'm curious. Paul
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Paul Czege, Bret Gillan, Paolo D., whduryea, davidberg, Troy_Costisick, Willow, Ben Lehman, Cliff H, Elizabeth, Ghostlight Games, jburneko, Vulpinoid.

4/1/2011 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies 2011] April round begins
Wheeee! I must be cuckoo starting this on a Friday, with practically no internet access until Monday. But so long as you all know that, that's OK by me. Well,…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Willow, Ben Lehman, Ghostlight Games, valiance, misterecho, charlesperez, jackson_tegu, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, jburneko, Doug Law, Thunder_God, baxil, whduryea.

4/9/2011 baxil: April round: Themes
Still haven't seen much talk about the new round of games, so here's a conversation starter. February's entrants really were remarkable in their ... not similarity, exactly, but in the…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: baxil, Thunder_God, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, stefoid, contracycle, davidberg.

4/11/2011 Ron Edwards: Ronnies 2011, Round three results
It's true: there's a certain similarity across this round of entries. Last time there was a weird compatibility across a variety of different games; here, it's almost as if everyone…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Tokala, Ben Lehman, Ross Cowman, Andreas Eriksson, Elizabeth, jackson_tegu, baxil.

4/11/2011 Ross Cowman: Queens of Time and Space
It was nice to come back to my design after the 24 design-a-thon and look at it with fresh eyes. Here is the pdf. http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/queens-of-time-and-space In particular Ron had a…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ross Cowman, Ben Lehman, baxil, Mike Sugarbaker, Rafu, Roger, Ron Edwards.

4/12/2011 Dan Maruschak: [Brick & Mortar: Last of the Independents]
[url=http://www.danmaruschak.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Brick-and-Mortar-rev001.pdf]Brick & Mortar: Last of the Independents[/url] I haven't had great luck getting inspired by these “groups of words” design contests, especially in terms of coming up with games of…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Dan Maruschak, baxil, Ron Edwards, stefoid, happysmellyfish.

4/13/2011 hix: [The Strongest Link] Some initial thoughts
Out of this month's Ronnies entries, I was most interested to read The Strongest Link, a game about group decision-making. This is a topic I'd like to write design a…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, PaulVogt.

4/13/2011 Ben Lehman: [Camwhores] Analysis
So I have a non-neutral perspective with regard to Camwhores, first because Elizabeth is my friend and showed me the game as it was in progress, but also because it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ben Lehman, Elizabeth, Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games.

4/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Shackled Self] Ronnies feedback
I placed Raffaele Manzo's The Shackled Self into my "ferment" category, meaning that I think its system does not live up to the potential of the content. And here by…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Rafu, baxil.

4/14/2011 Ron Edwards: [Homage to Ninshubar] Ronnies feedback
Ben Lehman's Homage to Ninshubar wins a Ronny! The terms are right there on target, and it's instructive to consider the listed references. I think as it currently stands it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

4/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Beholden] Ronnies feedback
Baxil's Beholden is a Runner-Up this round. For the record, an adaptation of someone else's game is a viable design approach; some of the best games out there started life…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, baxil, Ben Lehman.

4/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Her Son] Ronnies feedback
I would love to see Jackson Tegu's Her Son as its own custom card game of some kind, given some design refinement, probably next to a similarly-packaged final version of…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Tales of Lust] Ronnies feedback
Andreas Eriksson's Tales of Lust wins a Ronny! As with Homage to Ninshubar, the game is in such a playtestable state that I have only a few comments at this…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Andreas Eriksson.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [Queen of Thorns] Ronnies feedback
Eric Boyd's Queen of Thorns is probably the best entry for me to explain what I mean by a design that needs some fermentation. Both the Ronnies terms and the…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eric J. Boyd, Tim C Koppang.

4/18/2011 Ron Edwards: [You Are My Destiny] Ronnies feedback
Guy Shalev's You Are My Destiny is a Runner-Up, and a very near one. I ultimately found myself confused by too many procedural details, unable to imagine presenting it to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Jason Petrasko.

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