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7/2/2004 JamesDJIII: Laying Out the Story Bones
One of the recommendations I've read in the Sorcerer books was to get the back stories "laid out" in the first or second session of play. I think this is…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

6/25/2004 JamesDJIII: Forking the Build and Social Context
From thread http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11705... Last night I agreed to return to and continue to GM for our Thursday night group. I made several statements earlier to the group about my desire…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, ADGBoss.

6/22/2004 JamesDJIII: Forking the Build
It's been a long time coming, but I think my patience with sub-standard gaming has come to and end. I've complained long and bitterly in the past about some pretty…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, hanschristianandersen, quozl, Bankuei, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh, Jack Spencer Jr, jeffd, xiombarg, simon_hibbs, John Kim, Blankshield.

6/11/2004 JamesDJIII: We Can Laugh About It Now
Last night I GM'd for our gaming group. We were doin' Fantasy Hero. At one point, the players realized that the game had deviated from a predetermined path (in this…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, ethan_greer, DannyK.

5/28/2004 JamesDJIII: Helpful and Enjoyable? Bah humbug!
I was re-reading the responses to this thread http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11255. Ron, you said: ...One of the topics I'm forever maundering about concerns the plain-old-people dialogue that surrounds or grounds a role-playing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, greyorm, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, montag, Noon, bcook1971, Ravien, ethan_greer, iambenlehman, Cemendur, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, John Kim, Valamir, neelk, xiombarg, contracycle.

5/17/2004 JamesDJIII: When You Can See the Rails
I played last Thursday in a Star Trek RPG, run by one of our rotating GMs. I must admit, the game had a lot going against it (from my perspective).…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Bankuei, Eric J., coxcomb, DannyK, neelk.

3/19/2004 JamesDJIII: Those D*mned Laptops!
I've noticed that when our group runs a game, there's a lot of people who like to read rulebooks (for other games and the current one) and have their laptops…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Matt, Scourge108, rafial, Bob McNamee, Bankuei, Malechi, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Sean, Andrew Norris.

11/7/2003 JamesDJIII: When Words Failed Me
Last night we played Exalted, and I had the hardest time coming up with "cool" ways to describe what I wanted to do. (A lot like games like Sorcerer, Exalted…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ben Lehman, rafial, jdagna, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, John Burdick, greyorm, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

10/30/2003 JamesDJIII: MACE - High Point, NC
Is any one from the Forge going to show up and run games? http://www.justusproductions.com/ Lookes like they could use an indie game injection.
In Conventions
Participants: JamesDJIII, xiombarg.

10/23/2003 JamesDJIII: Pools Up, Skills Down - Comment by a First Time Reader
I purchased a copy of TROS and began to digest. One point stood out (to my thinking): as I undertand the rules, when you must make a contested roll, you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: JamesDJIII, Spartan, Thanaeon, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/19/2003 JamesDJIII: When Demons Scheme
Here's another question for Sorcerer GMs out there: The Sorcerer rules mention that sometimes its good to know, as a GM, what the demons are up to or aiming for.…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

10/14/2003 JamesDJIII: A Question about Sorcerer, Demons, and Humanity Loss
Forgive me if this material is covered elsewhere but in re-reading and re-reading Sorcerer, I think I understand the concept of humanity loss, but I'd like to hear from you…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

10/3/2003 JamesDJIII: Blood, Magic and Sandals
Last night was the second of a long term Fantasy Hero game. Here are my observations that I think are relevant to folks in this forum. Our group: diverse set…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, RaconteurX, John Kim.

8/8/2003 JamesDJIII: The Not-As-Angry Pinball
This is a response to the last post in: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5962&highlight= Ron: I would have to say that the pain experience in "not" versus "bad" is a personal one, and that…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Marco.

4/9/2003 JamesDJIII: The Angry Pinball
Names has been ommitted to protect the innocent: I've been a player in a more-often-than-twice-a-month (is that bi-monthly or semi-monthly?) FRPG. Most of the characters are keen, deep, well played…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, rafial, Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Marco, cruciel.

3/30/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!, Part 2
An actual transcript of actual play. Things get ugly. http://thejeffers.dyndns.org/~jjeffers/Games/Sorcerer/Gaslight/ Enjoy!
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!
Just finished our first Sorcerer game. The results were very fun. A lot of the plot developments stem directly from McAlister's Kicker. We hand't touched much else in the time…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Dr O, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

3/11/2003 JamesDJIII: Co-GMing
Just to put my $0.02 in: I used to play with a group in which I was the youngest and newest player. All previous RPG experiences were pretty good, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Simon W, arxhon, Ben Morgan, Dr O.

3/8/2003 JamesDJIII: Tanscripts of Actual Play
I find that I learn a heck of lot from reading about other GMs style just from their descriptions of game play. I was wondering, does anyone have transcripts of…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Tor Erickson, kregmosier, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn.

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7/12/2004 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight: Once More With Premise
With a great deal of excitement, I managed to wrangle 2 players (Tim and Carl) for a character and pre-game discussion for Sorcerer this Sunday. I invited the players out…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

8/2/2004 JamesDJIII: I Killed the Game?
In reading over http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12207, I remembered some off-hand comments from last Thursday's game night. One of the people at the table mentioned while looked at a (currently) unused Exalted character…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Kesher, Bankuei, captain_bateson, Noon, xiombarg, Dr. Velocity.

8/17/2004 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer in Raleigh, NC
Hope this is appropriate for this forum. Didn't seem to fit into the general forums, but it's certianly Sorcerer specific. I'm looking for like-minded players or GMs that are going…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

10/6/2004 JamesDJIII: IRC Protocol and online RPGs
I was wondering if any of your have had experience with playing RPGs via IRC (or similar chat mediums)? Do you know of any Social Contracts that explicitly deal with…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, TonyLB, Vaxalon, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Valamir, greyorm, Marco, jdagna, Shreyas Sampat, b_bankhead, Green, Noon, GaryTP.

10/19/2004 JamesDJIII: Red-Box D&D Example of Play
I'm speaking about the 1979, or 1980 "red cover" Basic D&D rulebook. I remember when I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was about 11 or…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, John Kim, efindel, DannyK, jerry, contracycle, anonymouse, Eric J..

10/23/2004 JamesDJIII: Not Just an Example of Play
Splitting off from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13143. John Kim said: As far as I can tell, the examples of play I've seen are exactly what they purport to be -- examples in order…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, Rob MacDougall, efindel, Sean, M. J. Young, contracycle, Jack Aidley.

5/2/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] Examples of Play?
Did I read correctly that there are transcripts of online play? If so, where are they?
In CRN Games
Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack.

6/10/2005 JamesDJIII: Wow! Thanks!
I received my lovely Burning Wheel books last week. I was travelling over the weekend so I was able to read them both cover to cover. They are really the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: JamesDJIII, abzu.

8/10/2005 JamesDJIII: Pool Questions - Group Conflict and Resolution
[quote author=Halzebier link=topic=16316.msg173535#msg173535 date=1123581763] Hi there! I GMed The Pool for the first time yesterday night. It was all I had hoped for, though I did make some mistakes. Also,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: JamesDJIII.

8/17/2005 JamesDJIII: Cartoon Network Cartoon for Sorcerer
Just a quick heads up: I was watching Cartoon Network with my son today, and we came across a show called (I think) "Life and Times of Juniper Lee." Within…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, dyjoots, Mike Holmes.

8/18/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] via IRC [long]
We've decided to try out Donjon via IRC. Below is a transcript of the pregame discussions. It's been edited to remove chit-chat and other unrelated text. I was hoping that…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, Miskatonic.

8/25/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] IRC, second session, part 1 [long]
Raven, Nathan, and I kicked up another Donjon session. We had a couple of "I dunno" moments about dice and victories. Issue 1: If I have 9 dice, and the…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Miskatonic, Hedge Knight, Christopher Weeks, NytCrawlr, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/1/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] via IRC, third session
If anyone wants to read the logs, you can see them by joining the Indie-NetGaming Yahoo group. I've posted the last 2 session logs there. The highlights from last night's…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Hedge Knight, greyorm, JamesSterrett.

9/8/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] via IRC, fourth session
Last night we played Donjon again, set in the DarkSun setting published in the 1990s for AD&D. One of the things we all set out to do was to play…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, greyorm, Christopher Weeks.

9/16/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] IRC, fifth session - we're rockin' now
Played the fith session last night on magicstar.net in #indie-rpgs. You can read the session IRC log at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indie-netgaming and follow the links to the Files section. I must say,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack, Miskatonic, Vaxalon, greyorm.

9/26/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] IRC, sixth session
We had another game this last Wednesday on irc.magicstar.net. Raven, Nathan, and MikeD played. We also had lurkers galore, which surprised me. BTW, that was a good surprise - lurkers,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack, Mike Holmes, mutex.

11/17/2006 JamesDJIII: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Entering a conflict after it's started
While playing our first game of Dogs last night, a player wanted to know if he could enter a conflict after it's begun. As an example: Dog 1 starts a…
In lumpley games
Participants: JamesDJIII, Vaxalon, lumpley, Ludanto, Neil the Wimp.

11/18/2006 JamesDJIII: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Our first Dogs experience!
While at MACE in High Point, NC, I got a chance to play in a Dogs game run by Jason Morningstar. My friend, Jon, who travelled with me to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Meguey, Glendower, lumpley.

12/13/2006 JamesDJIII: [DiTV] Is it ok to insert PC family members during town creation?
Or is this something to be negotiated with the players, like, "Pete, you have a brother here, does that sound ok?" Or do you wait until the players want to…
In lumpley games
Participants: JamesDJIII, demiurgeastaroth, greyorm, ffilz, Warren, David Artman.

2/1/2007 JamesDJIII: [Dogs In The Vineyard] Silver City - a FLGS demo
This is my third time running "Dogs in the Vineyard." After running a couple of games for my buddies, it was time to run it as a demo. I drew…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, David Artman, ffilz, jasonm, Web_Weaver, WhiteRat, Ice Cream Emperor.

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