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4/8/2004 Paka: E-mail as a Table-Top Game Tool
I've used e-mails to schedule games, send in-game letters to player characters, to manage character generation and kibbitzed on the direction of the table top game. Sometimes we have even…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Eero Tuovinen, clehrich, Sean, Paul Czege, Doyce, beingfrank, Neylana.

4/7/2004 Paka: Deadwood
If you ain't watching the new HBO moving picture show, Deadwood before shuffling your deck and playing Dust Devils that I'll have to reckon that you's just a dude too…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder, Tim Alexander, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/5/2004 Paka: [Dust Devils] Wyrd West - On the Trail of Bastards
[i]The following is an e-mail I sent to the gamers. A friend is coming in from outta town and I reckoned this'd be a good game ta run:[/i] [b]The Adventure:[/b]…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Dev, Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged, RobNJ.

1/20/2004 Paka: EN World Discussion of TROS
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74946 Maybe worth some Riddle-folk from our boards checking out and politely chiming in.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, kenjib, Bastoche, Hugin, Sigurth, kanseg.

1/6/2004 Paka: TROS Sorcery - Praise and Tinkering
We've played a few games with TROS's wonderful Sorcery system. It makes the players dynamic powerhouses, with the ability to really move mountains. Wow. I love the choice it gives…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka.

1/5/2004 Paka: Summoning Angels
Ideas just keep coming to me. Summoning Angels There are no tomes on summoning the messengers, warriors and right hands of the gods. Their feathery wings keep them from having…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka.

1/5/2004 Paka: New Vagaries
I'm enjoying tinkering with the TROS system lately, just prodding here and there. I tinker because I love. Tonight I'm thinking about new Vagaries, two sets of four under the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Ingenious, kenjib, Krammer, AnyaTheBlue.

12/19/2003 Paka: Fiddling around with Priority choices for Social Class
I am thinking of running a bloody and tragic high fantasy with Fey as PC's. I am thinking of how to fiddle with the Social Class and Priorities. THe A…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka.

12/17/2003 Paka: Gangster Sorcerer
I tried to Search around to find a campaign concept like the one I'm about to outline. If anyone knows what it was called, I'd love to get a link…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, ross_winn.

12/14/2003 Paka: Unlock the Wordhoard - New Gift
[u][b]Unlock the Wordhoard (Major and Minor)[/b][/u] Characters with this Gift are able to stand before men and women before a conflict and rouse them with words, stirring them to new…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, StahlMeister, Caz, Jake Norwood, Ingenious, toli.

12/12/2003 Paka: Chat Room Gaming the Riddle
As my gaming buddies become more and more scattered around the globe we have begun to look into ways to continue gaming together. I've downloaded the free software off of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Wolfen, Mikaboshi.

12/11/2003 Paka: Riddle of Midnight
[b]Character Creation and Game Background Set-up[/b] When a buddy of mine, JJ, broke his hip last year I began a game with him, set in Fantasy Flight Game's Midnight setting,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, MonkeyWrench, DaGreatJL, Rob MacDougall, Sigurth, Valamir.

12/7/2003 Paka: Introducing Players to TROS
I've gone over the threads in the sticky at the top of the forum. They are tremendously helpful and led to an epiphany concerning Sorcerery. What I would like in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

12/5/2003 Paka: A Different Aging Effect
In a Fae game, aging becomes a big deal, chipping away at their immortality. It is a cup out of the pool of eternity. Its a big honkin' deal, man.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Jasper the Mimbo, Jake Norwood, Krammer, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Vanguard, Ingenious, Ian.Plumb, kenjib, Ben Lehman, Caz, Mike Holmes, Stephen.

12/3/2003 Paka: Universalis as a Pre-RPG Setting Maker (Sort of)
This is a spin-off of Andy's thread which is a spin-off of Ralph's thread on RPG.net. I didn't want to hi-jack Andy's thread with my tale of woe. I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka.

12/1/2003 Paka: Kingdom of Twilight (TROS Fae-based Campaign idea)
A buddy is coming into town and asked for a game concerning the Fae. I remember someone had an Actual Play of TROS used in a Fae game and it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

10/2/2003 Paka: Re-discovering a Forgotten Sport - Intro Campaign Setting
The Sorcerer Kings, Wizards and Witches have ruled the world for as long as anyone can remember, casting mighty magicks that take months and years off of their lives. They…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Irmo.

9/15/2003 Paka: Using Universalis to Create the Game's Setting
The Riddle of Steel game never got to be played because the brothers I was running the game for had a meltdown before the game got going. However, we used…
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2003 Paka: I wince as I type - Sorcerer for Harry Potter RPG
I am sure someone must have said this already but I haven't been watching the site as closely lately. Anyway, here's my swing. Humanity - Living up (or down) to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2003 Paka: One-Shot - Angry Assassins
I'm going to run this game next week for a one-shot with people who have never played the Riddle before: Angry Assassins You've heard of parties gathering in taverns…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Dan Sellars, Mike Holmes.

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4/22/2004 Paka: Kickers and Spiritual Attributes - Brothers? Cousins?
I've been re-reading Sorcerer, getting ready to play after I put together a group in the coming weeks. The last game I've been running lately has been TROS, and the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Akamaru.

4/24/2004 Paka: Heavenly Kung-Fu: Sorcerer variant
[b]Inspirations:[/b] Shaw Brothers films, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon, Exalted (particularly Sidereals), Way of the Rat, Lone Wolf and Cub, Legend of the Five Rings The kung-fu of the red dust can…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Dev, greyorm, urbwar.

4/27/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Return to Mu's Bed (Julie and Jeff)
Jeff and Julie are a married couple and we did character generation tonight and will play on Saturday. Jeff runs the local fantasy LARP and Julie has experience gaming there.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, joshua neff, Malechi, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2004 Paka: Explaining Kickers - I used Star Wars. And you?
When explaining new story-oriented game mechanics I find that movies are an easy way to relate them to a gamer, really allow how they work to sink in. When describing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Paganini, DannyK, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2004 Paka: Birthright via Sorcerer
[i]"...Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown..."[/i] Shakespeare Henry IV- Part II [b]Sorcerers [/b]are kings and queens. They bind their subjects to their throne, crown and scepter, thus awakening…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, kwill, Brand_Robins, greyorm, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, DannyK.

5/12/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Intrigue in Mu's Bed (Paula and Robert)
Using the same Relationship Map as I did for my other game with Jeff, Julie and JJ, I have begun another Mu's Bed Sword and Sorcerer game with two new…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Ron Edwards, stingray20166.

5/13/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Write & Run Demons from the Hell-side of Town
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10822 The Above is the link to the setting I'm going to be putting the finishing touches on and running. Character generation is next Monday and the game is next…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Andrew Norris, ScottM, DannyK, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2004 Paka: Critique of Desires and/or Needs
Ron mentioned a problem with my Demon's Desires. Any critique or ideas on how they might effect my game in a negative way would be appreciated. Demon Hasan is a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, DannyK, greyorm, sirogit, Ron Edwards, kwill.

5/18/2004 Paka: Intrigue in Mu's Bed II - Fleshing Out the NPC's and Bangs
[u][b]Interactions with the NPC's of the R-Map[/b][/u] [b]The Witch King [/b] Overlord of Stygia, Master of Lemuria, High Warlock of Mu’s Bed [i]Father of The Prince and Lovers with Lady…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka.

5/22/2004 Paka: Sex and Sorcery: Facts Feeding Fictions
[i]"In the functional group, the interactions among the real people provide a charge to the creative interactions. The emerging story has value to the people who create it, and real-life…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, jburneko, Christopher Kubasik.

5/24/2004 Paka: Suburban Fairy Tale - Grade School Sorcerers
[u][b]Suburban Fairy Tale[/b] [/u] [i]inspired by a post by Old Scratch over at RPG.net in the thread, [/i][u]Kickers and bangers, how do you use them?[/u] An epic adventure can be…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, b_bankhead, Old_Scratch, RobNJ, Nev the Deranged.

5/25/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Suburban Fairy Tale: Grade-School Sorcerers
The setting and descriptors were hammered out at this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=121099#121099 Auspicious Beginnings While we made up characters on Matt's porch, kids were running by and playing, Matt's 5 year…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, bcook1971, RobNJ, Old_Scratch, Doyce, Ron Edwards.

5/28/2004 Paka: Gun-Fu Ghost Story
Rob (aka Scorpio Rising) has been running our 7th Sea game for years and hasn't played in a while, so I asked him what he'd like me to run whiel…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Nev the Deranged.

5/28/2004 Paka: Non-Verbal Demons
I don't like 'em. When my players make up Demons it is as if they are making these great NPC's for me to play and non-verbal Demons just make me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, sirogit.

6/8/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Gun-fu Ghost Story
This game is something of a mess. The concept was written up by a buddy of mine, the Thursday Night 7th Sea GM, who hasn't ever played Sorcerer before. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, John Harper.

6/11/2004 Paka: A Sorcerous Month
I've been playing Sorcerer regularly these past four to five weeks. Two different games of Mu's Bed, a one-shot of Blood Simple, a two shot with Grade-School Sorcerers and another…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, hix.

6/20/2004 Paka: Narrativism and Small Groups
Is there a link between Narrativist games and small groups? It seems to me that the most successful Nar games work with groups of 3 and 4's pushing it. Is…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paka, M. J. Young, John Kim.

7/21/2004 Paka: Gamer's Log: Mario's Vendetta
A friend of mine is in town for the summer and he's running a TRoS mini-campaign set in Renaissance Italy. He's calling it Vendetta and we learned the combat system…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Emiricol, Sir Mathodius Black.

8/1/2004 Paka: The Riddle of Blood
The Starless Crown worn on the brow of a powerful lich rallied the undead hordes to war with the living. The power of the crown forced even our own Grand…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Deliverator, Tywin Lannister, Negilent, Valamir.

8/24/2004 Paka: Post Gen Con Indie RPG Booth Effect
I came to the con with two buddies, Jeff and JJ. Both have traveled the familiar: D&D-Rifts-White Wolf gaming highwayand have been looking for something that works for them. They…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, thelostgm, abzu.

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