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5/31/2004 pfischer: Introducing adult newbies - what's hot and what's not?
In the good old days I used to grap a Call of Cthulhu scenario to introduce people to roleplaying, but I's like to try something different. I have a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, JamesSterrett, Noon, Bob McNamee, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2004 pfischer: Sorcerer and Pullman's His Dark Materials
Excuse me if this is a stupid-kind-of post, I am waiting for my Sorcerer copy (due Thursday). I can't help thinking of Philip Pullman's brilliant trilogy His Dark Materials (Northern…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Nev the Deranged, iambenlehman, Solomon, pete_darby.

6/10/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Thanks for the kick
I got a copy of Sorcerer last week, read it, and boy, that was a kick in the head. It brought my belief that roleplaying isn't a waste of time…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

6/12/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Convention scenario
In Denmark there is a long tradition of scenarios written for conventions, able to be played by a GM other than the author, and with complete and extensive player characters.…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Paka, sirogit, Ron Edwards, kallisti_dk, Fabrice G., Michael S. Miller.

6/28/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Dark Places
OK, I am working on my own Sorcerer setting, to be developed as a mini-sup. I am in the very initial stages, reading, making notes, researching. What I wanted to…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, DannyK.

6/30/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Desire/Need question
I have tried to look through the Adept Press forum, but a search for Desire brings up 6 pages alone, and you cannot search for combined words only or refine…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, hix, joshua neff, DannyK, sirogit.

9/10/2004 pfischer: WGP arrived safely - have questions
WGP travelled all the way to Scotland in a few days. Amazing. I enjoyed reading it. Twice. The first time i speed-read it, and did not understand one single bit…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller.

9/22/2004 pfischer: #52 arrived safely in Scotland
My copy of DitV arrived safely through my letterbox yesterday, and I have been reading it since, family life and sleep permitting. It looks and reads gorgeous, and I can't…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer, nikola, DannyK, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

10/5/2004 pfischer: [DitV] Three Dogs in Three Mills
I shouted out an offer to run a DitV game to my local area, which is basically a group of roleplayers playing at public places every Saturday and a group…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, mindwanders, lumpley.

10/6/2004 pfischer: WGP for other comic genres
I am slowly peparing myself for a playtest of the WGP preview edition, and I really, really like the mechanics, especially for conflict resolution. I am still a bit shaky…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, Michael S. Miller.

10/12/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Dark Places version 2
[b]Dark Places - a Sorcerer one sheet.[/b] Written by Per Fischer. Additional ideas by Bailywolf, and also inspiration from Tim's Ordinary Tragedies one sheet. Ron provided helpful comments as well.…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol.

11/7/2004 pfischer: Dogs from the Treasury Dept
I watched de Palma's The Untouchables again last night, and suddenly there was a scene that smelled so much of DitV: Malone: : You said you wanted to get Capone.…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer.

2/15/2005 pfischer: Solar System 2012
I can only find evidence that TSoY's system is called Solar System on Anvilwerks' front webpage, but if it is still so, I think it should be promoted more. It…
In CRN Games
Participants: pfischer, sirogit, James_Nostack, Christopher Weeks.

4/5/2005 pfischer: Humanity roll: 50%?
Just a quick rules question re: Humanity checks: Humanity checks are rolled against Humanity itself, ie. the same number of dice. Does that mean a 50% chance for either "winning…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Paka, greyorm, Trevis Martin, sirogit, Andy Kitkowski.

4/8/2005 pfischer: Greg Costikyan played Dark Places in Denmark
Costikyan was invited as guest of honor to the Danish con where my Dark Places Sorcerer scenario was played (10 groups in all). His feedback from the event is here:…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

8/24/2005 pfischer: [PTA] The Last Shore
I mananaged to persuade a couple of friends to join me in a game of PTA. We play IRC due to the fact that I am based in the UK…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, David Bapst, Munkholt, pedyo, Matt Wilson, Rune, Eynowd.

9/28/2005 pfischer: [PtA] The Last Shore - it's a wrap!
The Last Shore, Episode 5: Dear Elvira. We played the last episode of The Last Shore yesterday, and we were all eager to get a sense of closure to wrap…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, pedyo, Munkholt, Rune, Jonas Karlsson.

10/11/2005 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Mythical West, Humanity help needed
I am not sure this is meaty enough to present in Actual Play, so at the moment I am doing it here, as I need some comments or suggestions how…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, jburneko, Andrew Norris, Old_Scratch, Eric J-D.

10/16/2005 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Las Cruces
Hi, This is the one-sheet I intend to present to my players in my Mythical Wild West Sorcerer game I started developing with the players last week: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17192.0 Sorcerer:…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

1/19/2006 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Las Cruces Onesheet
Hi, I set up this game to present Sorcerer to a group I haven't played with before. The ideas were bounced forth and back during an evening, and I put…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Yokiboy.

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