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5/6/2004 Bill_White: Communication Ethics of the Forge
The threads about Forge hubris and thread locking prompt me to observe that one way of thinking about "how we do things around here" is that it's driven by a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards.

5/6/2004 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] "Metaplot" Issues
I was very pleased to get an honorable mention for Ganakagok, my Iron Game Chef game. A pdf of the entry is here: http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/w/j/wjw11/Ganakagok.pdf One of the development issues that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

1/13/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] Draft for Dreamation Demo
In what was perhaps a fit of overweening confidence (or maybe just weening overconfidence), I said I would run a demo of my Ganakagok game at Dreamation 2005 in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo.

3/31/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok]When Morning Comes
So I've been working on Ganakagok, where people play tribal hunters on a fantastical iceberg-island as a thousand year long night comes to its end. I'm pretty satisfied with how…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Mike Holmes.

6/7/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] The Sun Also Rises
[url=http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/w/j/wjw11/Ganakagok.pdf]Ganakagok[/url] is a game where characters play Inuit-like tribesmen who live on an island-sized iceberg and revere the Stars in a fantasy world where the Sun is rising after a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, Andrew Morris.

9/13/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] New Draft
This is I think pretty close to the final draft of Ganakagok.  In this game, you're a man living in a dark and icy world--imagine quasi-Inuit hunters on a gigantic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, jasonm, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, 1of3, nikola, Mike Holmes.

9/21/2005 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] Oanakak's Tale
I tried out the new version of Ganakagok last night with one player, a fellow named Kevin.  He teaches things like feature writing (at the school where my wife is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, Andrew Morris, jasonm.

7/18/2006 Bill_White: [D&D 3.5] (Dexcon) Final Fantasy and the Art of Railroad Maintenance
My brother Mel, my buddy Dave, and I signed up to play in a D&D adventure at Dexcon 9 this past weekend.  It was called “Slaughterhouse of the August Moon,”…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, Noon, Andrew Morris, Rob Donoghue, Nathan P., Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, RobNJ, kalyptein, Melinglor, dpetroski, contracycle, ubergeek2012, Wade Lahoda, drnuncheon, greyorm.

7/18/2006 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] (Dexcon) Legacy of the Ancient Ones
In a fit of what may best be described as hubris, I ran Ganakagok at Dexcon for a group of 7 people.  The game rocked, but it was completely and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, jasonm, Andrew Morris, dpetroski, Iskander, Shawn De Arment.

7/20/2006 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] The Messenger Feast
In Ganakagok, players belong to an Inuit-like culture that lives on a dark ice-world to which is about to come the dawn.  I ran a great game over the weekend…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bill_White, ubergeek2012, jasonm, thwaak, Shawn De Arment.

10/5/2006 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] The Wedding Festival
The main campus of Penn State has "open gaming" at its student center -- "the Hub" -- every weekend.  The kids play board games, Magic, what-have-you; I've even seen people…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Andrew Morris.

10/9/2006 Bill_White: [Crypt of Chthonos] Sailing to Sarnath: A Kind of Horror Heartbreaker
I've followed with interests threads that talk about Lovecraftian games, because I've always enjoyed the idea of Call of Cthulhu even though I'd never played it.  The consensus that emerges…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bill_White, Wood, anders_larsen, Narf the Mouse, Mel_White, andrew_kenrick.

1/30/2007 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] (Dreamation) Her Tears Fall As Rain
Her Tears Fall As Rain Dave played a curious child. Frank was a cursed youth. Fred started off as a harsh truth-teller. Matt was a brave javelineer. Lisa was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, iago, Lisa Padol.

8/26/2007 Bill_White: [Nittany Game Invasion] What Would It Take to Get You Here?
So last night my friends Mendel, Shreyas, Gary, and I decided to put together a mini-con of sorts, a conlet if you will: a day-long event on Saturday, Nov. 10,…
In Conventions
Participants: Bill_White, Michael S. Miller, iago, RobNJ.

6/26/2009 Bill_White: [Virtual Play] Episode 40: Do We Really Know GNS When We See It?
While my brother Mel is stationed overseas, I'm filling in for him on his actual play podcast Virtual Play. The episode I just posted is called "Do We Really Know…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2009 Bill_White: Ubercon XII: Edison NJ, Nov. 6-8, 2009
The schedule for RPGs at Ubercon XII in Edison is up; the con runs the first weekend in November (the 6th to the 8th). There's an interesting mix of games…
In Conventions
Participants: Bill_White, M. J. Young.

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