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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.

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.

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.

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.

6/8/2004 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.

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.

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.

5/25/2004 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.

5/24/2004 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.

5/22/2004 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.

5/18/2004 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.

5/17/2004 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.

5/13/2004 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.

5/12/2004 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.

5/7/2004 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.

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.

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.

4/24/2004 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.

4/22/2004 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.

4/16/2004 Paka: Gangster Sorcerer: Demons from the Hell Side of Town
A Sorcerer is someone who has let someone from the hell side of town get close to them. They might be a junky brother, a lover whose a hooker with…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, BPetroff93, Christopher Weeks, DannyK, 6inTruder, Seth L. Blumberg.

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8/25/2004 Paka: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Eden's Prophet
This game ambushed me at Gen Con and this Thursday I'll get to play it. A gaming buddy from ye olde D&D game is visiting and so we're getting together…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, lumpley, bluegargantua, Manicrack, Grover, nikola, DannyK.

8/29/2004 Paka: Structuring a Dogs in the Vineyard Campaign
I've been thinking how I would work if it my current Dogs in the Vineyard one-shot turned into a campaign. I think the first game should be in a town…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, lumpley.

9/1/2004 Paka: DitV Town: New Gidea
[b]Town:[/b] New Gidea [b]Pride:[/b] Master Printer was on his way to kill the man who raped his sister when the bandits attacked. Through fate he killed the leader and the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, DannyK, Emily Care, lumpley, S, nikola, Albert the Absentminded.

9/3/2004 Paka: [Dogs in the Vineyard] New Gidea
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12548 Above is the link to the creation of New Gidea. We talked about the game itself and I mentioned that I'd like this to be a five session game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, hix, Christopher Weeks, bluegargantua, Manicrack, ErrathofKosh, DannyK.

9/10/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Rocking Mu's Bed, Finale with Paula and Robert
[u][b]Out of Game[/b][/u] Getting together to make up Kickers is a nice little half-session activity that I find is best done over lunch or dinner. We're gearing up for the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2004 Paka: Still Wrestling with a Sorcerer in Prison Idea
Roughly inspired by Oz, Shawshank Redemption and Escape from Alcatraz but not entirely faithful to any one of them. Humanity is hope of ever making it back outside to a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, hix, DannyK.

9/15/2004 Paka: Implied Setting in BW(split from Bat-things, Spite, love...)
[quote="Ron Edwards"]1. I've been saying for a while that there is a lot more Setting implicit in the Lifepaths than most people seem to be realizing. I do not think…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2004 Paka: extra rotam nulla salus
The subject header is from the opening page of the BW book. What does it mean?
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Paka, Thor Olavsrud, jrs, taepoong, abzu, rafial, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Jason L Blair.

9/15/2004 Paka: BW - The Sorcerer is Dead, Now What?
I'm going to run this one-shot twice, once on Friday and once again on Tuesday with two different groups and pre-made characters. Here's the concept, then the characters and then…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka.

9/16/2004 Paka: 3 BW Games in 5 Days
Agent BW517-MB108 reporting for duty. Friday night I will run a game with pre-made characters, my girlfriend, an old buddy who was manager at a gaming store I worked at…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, bcook1971, taepoong, rafial.

9/17/2004 Paka: Where the Wild Things Are
I had the pleasure of reading this to two kindergartenners today and couldn't help but think that Max was a Sorcerer. If I were to run Grade-School Sorcerer again it…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, pete_darby, TickTock Man.

9/20/2004 Paka: Olde School Dee And Dee Sorcerer
[i]Would this work at the table or am I just sleep deprived?[/i] [b]Sorcerers[/b] are your favorite junior high characters. [b]Demons [/b]are magic items, henchmen, followers and cool pets. Note that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Tobias, pfischer.

9/24/2004 Paka: So now I work in an elementary school after-school program
I am working part-time in an elementary after-school program with kindergartners through fifth graders. There are a few fifth grade boys who do what they call playing D&D. Essentially, this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Walt Freitag, abzu, RobNJ, Noon, eef, Manicrack, StalkingBlue, greyorm, Sean, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, komradebob, WhiteRat, ErrathofKosh, Ron Edwards, ffilz.

9/24/2004 Paka: [Monkeywrench] Solo Space Monkey
Today I ran a 4th grader on my maiden run of Zak Arnston's Monkeywrench. On Friday the kids are allowed to bring in their Gameboys. A gaggle of usually imaginative,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bob Goat, Noon, Zak Arntson.

10/1/2004 Paka: What I've taken from different games. Lessons learned.
[b]Dust Devils: [/b]It forced me to loosen my grip on the game and realize that it is our game and not my game that is at the table due to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, Negilent.

10/10/2004 Paka: The Evils of Civilization
The City is all cities, a primordial urban mess whose alleys lead everywhere and everywhen. Sorcerers are the desperate, the rugged or the just plain mad who live outside in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Mike Holmes.

10/13/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] The City's Demons and the Wild's Untamed Spirits
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=139350#139350 The above link is the thread in which this setting was created and fleshed out. Jeff, JJ and I have been running one shots in various systems and Jeff…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka.

10/15/2004 Paka: [DiTV] Job Gully
[b]Town[/b]: Job Gully [b]Pride[/b]: Elders in the community have courted those who are on their way to the northwest for the latest gold rush and it is destroying the town…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, DannyK.

10/19/2004 Paka: [Monkeywrench] Monkeys on Mars
Monkeywrench is the kids' RPG in which the players are monkeys on board a space station trying to get free. Conflict resolution is a simple d6 roll, 4, 5, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Shreyas Sampat.

10/21/2004 Paka: [DiTV] Dogs One-Shot
A few friends are coming to visit from outta town and so we will be making up characters primarily through e-mail. Town creation will come later. For now, here are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, lumpley, RobNJ.

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