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8/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Marking/Linking to a Particular Post: Shortcuts?
I find that this is often the case: I want to link to a particular POST by another person (rather than an entire thread), in a way that will take…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ScottM.

7/22/2004 Andy Kitkowski: 'Scandanavian Gaming Culture' ???
Hey all- I noticed that in the Diana Jones award shortlist was listed "Scandanavian Gamer Culture" or something to that extent. I came upon two more references to the Scandanavians…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, Merten, DongMaster, newsalor, Eamon, CPXB, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Trinoc-Con in Durham, NC July 23-25: Indie Friendly Con!
www.trinoc-con.org Indie Friendly... because I'm in charge of the RPG section this year! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa! Actually, that's a bit of a misnomer- They encourage you to run anything you want to…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

7/12/2004 Andy Kitkowski: 24 Hour RPG site live
Man, I hate to turn the Publishing Forum into PR central, but here goes: The cut of it is that the www.24hourrpg.com site is now live. Since Phil Reed started…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, timfire, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, philreed, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Brett M. Bernstein, Simon W.

7/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [Trollbabe] Examples of Combat Failures WITHOUT rerolls
Hey all- I'm looking here specifically for solid "Actual Play" descriptions of what you've seen on the table. I'm rereading Trollbabe in anticipation of running it at a demo table…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paganini, Ron Edwards, rafial.

6/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [Convention Swap] GIMME SOME RPG STUFF in exchange for ads
Hey all, sorry about the ambiguous title. Let me quickly summarize what's going down: In late July is Trinoc-Con, the area's (Durham/Raleigh/NC) premier game and SF convention. This year, I'm…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

6/1/2004 Andy Kitkowski: The 2003 Indie RPG Awards: Now Live!
Hey all- Andy here with the Indie RPG Awards. Before I slap my 9 inches of PR on the table, I just had a few additional comments for the Forge…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer.

5/11/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Room search for GenCon
I'm seriously considering going to GenCon this year, it'll be my fourth GenCon, the last one being about 7-8 years ago... Indie booth aside... Is anyone planning on getting one…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

4/16/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Starting a "Legal Company", need help, STAT!
Hey all, for this project that my wife and I are engaging in, we need to register ourselves as a business ASAP (I think, details below). Basically, we are looking…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Lxndr, quozl, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, BPetroff93, Dav, daMoose_Neo, RaconteurX.

4/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: INDIE RPG AWARDS 2003 (Year 2004): FEEDBACK?
Hey all, this is one of two threads I'm creating on the subject of my awards. The other thread (on Volunteering) is in the Connections forum. After a long hiatus…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, daMoose_Neo.

4/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: INDIE RPG AWARDS 2003 (Year 2004): HELP NEEDED
Hey all, this is one of two threads I'm creating on the subject of my awards. The other thread (on suggestions/feedback) is in the Publishing forum. After a long hiatus…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

4/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: RPGs that Turned You On over the past year...
So, I'm wondering what RPGs that fell across your desk over the past year (they can be older) gave you some sort of inspiration, and why? Doesn't have to be…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, coxcomb, Shreyas Sampat, C. Edwards, Dev, Doyce, Ben Lehman, cruciel, Jack Aidley, Paka, Brian Leybourne, hix, Alan, joshua neff, Marhault, Muggins, GreatWolf, Lisa Padol, Spooky Fanboy, Rich Stokes, Anonymous, rafial.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: I Need Meat to Feed the 2003 Indie RPG Awards (apply within)
Hey all. After a long hiatus, and a loose plan to start this year's Awards registration in the Spring and declare winners in the Fall, I've come again to my…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Dav, coxcomb, Anonymous.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Oh, BTW, I've completely given up Game Design
Yeah, so after some progress, then failures, with my Kyuseisha game (started out as a mini-sup for Sorcerer, became its own full game, etc), I've decided that I really don't…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Dev, komradebob.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Who are you?!? (Putting Pictures to Posters)
Any forum with a self-fellatio forum HAS to have that thread where people post pictures of themselves (usually the best, apt pictures- the ones that conceal the acne, make them…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, Dev, John Harper, talysman, rafial, Rich Forest, contracycle, bcook1971, Anonymous, Eero Tuovinen, Itse, Matt, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, Bob McNamee, Yasha, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, Chris Passeno, gobi.

2/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Gun-Fu Playtest? Sorcerer, Sex and Sorcery Required
Hey all. I pulled a Siddhartha on my Kyuseisha project, and after attempting to make a new system, then going back to formula to make another new system (which was…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Minx, Jeph, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, anonymouse.

2/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Sorcerer: Back to Basics Questions
Hey all- I'm going to be running another Sorcerer game starting next month. Rereading the Sorcerer collection is a blast, but I realized that I had some questions about a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

12/16/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Adobe InDesign 2: Good tutorial sites?
Hey all- I just ran into a copy of InDesign 2 floating in the office over here, and wanted to use it to make classier character sheets and the like.…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, quozl, sacrosanct, Bob Goat, Mernya, Matt Snyder, Jack Aidley.

12/3/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Universalis Challenge: Make it into another RPG's "Pre
Hey, all! This post is prompted by Ralph's Rant and follow up thread at RPGNet. Basically, my challenge (a "question", really) is this, in two parts: 1) Say you're playing…
In Universalis
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, Grimbot, Bob McNamee, Valamir, GreatWolf.

11/8/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Kyuseisha: Back to Formula (failures, reworking)
OK, so this is kinda against the "post when you need feedback" thing of this forum, but I figure there's a few morals of game design in this post. Actually,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, apeiron.

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8/17/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [LAME :) ] GenCon: Getting there early on Wed...
At the risk of sounding really, really lame and crowding out the geniune threads with a "Hey Guys!!!" thread*: I'm arriving in Indianapolis at about 10:00. I'll probably be at…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Troy_Costisick.

8/29/2004 Andy Kitkowski: PTA to play Manga
Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick, PTA has been the most *infectious* game of GenCon that I played. We're watching Buffy season six now on DVD (never watched it…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

9/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: WGP Last Minute Question Thread!!!ONE!
Hey Mike, crew. Got the playtest version on Sat, have been going over it lightly over the past few days. I was hoping to run a playtest of it this…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Kat Miller, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Smithy.

9/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Penultimate Final Update on the 2003 Indie RPG Awards
Hey all, as most of you should know, the Indie RPG Awards went down on Wednesday night before GenCon. That was the actual ceremony. The next morning, my lovely wife…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, abzu, Marco, Bob Goat, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, Ed Cha.

9/16/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Various Funkiness after Playtest Session
Hey Mike, sorry to keep you waiting on playtest notes. I usually like to take the time to formulate my thoughts into coherent patterns so that I can order and…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, dunlaing, Christopher Weeks, Alan, Valamir.

9/16/2004 Andy Kitkowski: NC Gameday: Sept 25th in Raleigh
Hey all, this is my second gameday. It's been a big success for the past year or so. About 2-3 times a year it goes down at NC State University,…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

10/15/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [A Thought] On Paying Playtesters to Playtest your game
This is a topic/idea that I often see floating around here and RPGNet. You're almost finished (or in the middle of) designing your game. You troll around for feedback, but…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Dev, Solly Brown, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Wilper, grimnr.

10/25/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Burning Wheel Fans on the East Coast: Transform & Roll O
http://www.justusproductions.com/Mace.aspx MACE 2004 · Radisson Hotel, High Point, NC · November 12-14, 2004 Game List: http://www.justusproductions.com/gaming/gamelist.cfm Luke is gonna be running demo sessions all damn day long on Saturday, now's…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, abzu, Jeph.

11/1/2004 Andy Kitkowski: DAEDALUS: Halloween edition
2 Questions: 1) Will there be a PDF downloadable version? 2) How come you haven't yet promulgated the availability of the latest Daedalus from here to Heaven? :-) -Andy
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, hix.

11/3/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Anyone get a chance to playtest yet?
Looking to see if anyone wants to share some vignettes yet. I haven't had time to playtest myself, but it's 3 down on my list. Good stuff? Bad stuff? -Andy
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Rich Forest, Ben Lehman.

12/2/2004 Andy Kitkowski: SoY: First Impressions thread
Damn, been wanting to start this thread since Monday, but it's been one Hell of a busy week for me. Anyway, SoY was waiting for me on Friday, I was…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ScottM, John Harper, James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon, Paka, Bob Goat, joshua neff, inthisstyle, Rorimack, Thierry Michel, Ron Edwards, Roger.

12/2/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards for 2004: One Month Left to Publish!
Just wanted to throw this out there to the folks who are working to get their final bits of PDF and print material together. The third (and last for me,…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Walton, jdagna, chadu, daMoose_Neo.

12/7/2004 Andy Kitkowski: A small victory for a Dust Devils Demo!
Just got this from a buddy over AIM (Guy from White Wolf): Andy my man (Guy from White Wolf): Dunno if you remember Matt from your Dust Devils game -…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder.

12/17/2004 Andy Kitkowski: So... What's the latest?
Any new files, changes, or stories? Just thought I'd poke around for more info. -Andy
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman.

12/30/2004 Andy Kitkowski: PTA Idea Mine
Just wanted to point out, there's kind of an Idea Mine going on at RPGNet: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=164561 Feel free to skim or jump in.
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

1/5/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Small tidbit as to why SoY appeals to me as a GM
...Or as a player, acutally, but since I'm the one who GMs most for my group: The rules have bite to them- They take a bit of rehersal and practice…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/13/2005 Andy Kitkowski: TSOY: Another Character Sheet
I wanted a sheet where the basic abilities were listed (my players have a hard time with the loosely defined stuff, so it's a good stepping stone for them to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

2/16/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Questions from the Interim Edition...
I'll make my post quick like a dagger: First offf, LOVE the examples. I think they help a lot. 1) I think that showing the villians doing things to activate…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Kat Miller.

2/18/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Andy's TSOY game experience
While we're doing the rolling narrative of TSOY experiences, mind if I jump in and lay out what happened at my session last night? PREAMBLE: It was VERY quick. Essentially…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, Bankuei, James_Nostack.

2/18/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Who is planning on publishing their TSOY worlds?
Next week I begin running TSOY for my group. The campiagn world is one of those things where I wrote it years ago for D&D, brushing the dust off of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, urbwar, Valamir, inthisstyle.

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