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7/17/2004 Miskatonic: My suggested replacement for Bang
So I was re-reading Ron's Narrativism essay on the bus today, and came up with a much more compelling phrase for "Bang." Hot Potato You like? I like. To me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Miskatonic, John Kim, Alan, Bankuei.

1/20/2005 Miskatonic: [Dunjon] Getting serious?
So I ran my first game of Donjon today for the "Indie Minnesota" gang. The stated shared goal was to try to run a serious game, as opposed to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Miskatonic, Grover, Christopher Weeks, anonymouse, Mike Holmes.

3/1/2005 Miskatonic: Conflict resolution
We ran into a situation this week where the rules seemed a little unclear. Say we have an event on the table. Protagonist A has acted to increase the die,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB, Christopher Weeks.

3/2/2005 Miskatonic: Trollbabe print?
Any news on a print edition of Trollbabe? I've been very satisfied with the quality and value of the other Adept Press releases. Pre-orders maybe?
In Adept Press
Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, sirogit, jburneko, Bankuei, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, ejh, Sean, quozl, Tony Irwin, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, jeffpreston, demiurgeastaroth.

4/2/2005 Miskatonic: [MLWM] My Easter With Master
I had originally joked that we would be playing "Kill Puppies For Satan" on Easter Sunday. While no one was seriously interested in KPFS, the idea of some kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Miskatonic, Kesher, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Shane Street, Michael S. Miller, GB Steve, TonyLB.

4/7/2005 Miskatonic: Pancakes!
I'm gonna make pancakes! Aren't pancakes awesome?
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Miskatonic, joshua neff, xenopulse, C. Edwards, Lxndr, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, rafial, Rob MacDougall, Danny_K.

4/13/2005 Miskatonic: Negation of narration
Continued from Takes Some Getting Used To Summary: I think the rules permit one to free curb abuse of free narration, Vaxalon and others say the rules do not allow…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, Vaxalon, TonyLB.

4/14/2005 Miskatonic: Click-n-Lock dies
This is mostly a blue sky thread. Anyone have any ideas for die-cutting Click-n-Locks on the cheap? This is an area I know nothing about, but a little research shows…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB, Paul Czege.

4/15/2005 Miskatonic: Deprecated Click-and-Locks
I see the new version of Capes Lite is on the site now. As I recall, the old version had a few Click-and-Locks that aren't in the full set. Insectoid…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB.

4/15/2005 Miskatonic: Capes Target Demographics
EDIT: Unnecessary rant about "infernal hobby" I have a suspicion that Capes has done away with a number of RPG elements that are offputting to non-gamers. I just need to…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, Valamir.

4/27/2005 Miskatonic: Splitting Conflicts (Clarification)
In Fred's, James', and Alexander's recent IRC game, the following rules dispute came up: # <Fracture> Okay, I'm going to stake a point of debt on the 2,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB, Vaxalon, Jonas Karlsson.

5/14/2005 Miskatonic: [Sorcerer & Sword] Bound Gods of Ulkhur-Zakand, Sessions
Game setup was here. Shane has been too busy to post these, I think, so I'll get the ball rolling with what I can remember and let the others fill…
In Actual Play
Participants: Miskatonic, Grover, Ron Edwards, Shane Street, Christopher Weeks.

7/18/2005 Miskatonic: GenCon promo idea
How's this sound: Limited edition GenCon Click-and-Locks Yes, I know anyone can just punch the data into the Flash and make high-quality C&Ls. Yes, I know that these "ultra-rare" items…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, TonyLB, Stickman.

7/22/2005 Miskatonic: Feature wishlist
I thought it might be nice to start a thread to divert all the, "Hey, you know what would be nice...?" and "I miss feature X" posts to their own…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Miskatonic, johnmarron, Noon, Ben Lehman, Frank T, ScottM, Rob Carriere, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon, Andy Kitkowski.

7/25/2005 Miskatonic: [DitV] Busted links
My copy of Dogs arrived today! In my enthusiastic fannishness, I have noticed some of the links on the Ditv site are dead: Links to how to load and fire…
In lumpley games
Participants: Miskatonic, lumpley, George.

7/28/2005 Miskatonic: Barrier to newcomers
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=16144.msg172103#msg172103 date=1122521152] But that sports analogy works really well. When we talk about [i]seeing[/i] a CA, actually, and when we talk about [i]satisfying[/i] it, then we gotta…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, xenopulse, droog.

8/1/2005 Miskatonic: What ever happened to Points of Contact?
Okay, so I think this is an "Ask Ron" thread. Ron, Regarding Infamous Five #4, what's the current state of things Vanilla and Pervy? A quick seach reveals not much…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, drnuncheon, Simon Marks, cruciel, Adam Dray, M. J. Young, Noon, Silmenume, daHob, Alan.

8/2/2005 Miskatonic: TSoY Hardcover
[quote author=Clinton R. Nixon link=topic=16225.msg172779#msg172779 date=1123006356] [b]Anvilwerks[/b] [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (softcover) $20 [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (hardcover) $30 [i]Donjon[/i] $10 [/quote] Waitaminute... I must have missed the memo about…
In CRN Games
Participants: Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, Gaerik, Jasper Polane, dyjoots, Rob Donoghue, Clay.

8/9/2005 Miskatonic: [Capes] Floundering on Infinite Earths
So we got together on short notice at the FLGS to play some Capes. Chris, Steve, Shane, and I finally got to meet Mark. We decided we wanted to do…
In Actual Play
Participants: Miskatonic, Christopher Weeks, Grover, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB, jburneko, Stickman.

8/11/2005 Miskatonic: Dead Characters
So in our recent game, I noticed something in Capes that's not immediately obvious. If your character is permitted by the Comics Code to be killed, and you don't have…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Miskatonic, jburneko, Mark Woodhouse, TonyLB, Anders Gabrielsson.

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