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2/15/2005 Kat Miller: Why would anybody want to GM?
I’m beginning to understand why different people game, that each person approaches the gaming hobby looking to satisfy different desires. But why do we run games? I understand that GMs…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, pete_darby, Rob Carriere, Sean, lumpley, Paul Czege, Bankuei, Wolfen, CPXB, joshua neff, Vaxalon, M. J. Young, Doctor Xero, bcook1971, clehrich, groundhog, immlass, Emily Care, Mark Woodhouse, Marco, Noon, Jaycenn, ffilz, Russell Impagliazzo.

3/14/2005 Kat Miller: "Let's play house" A Model For Simulationism
I posted this Last week but it became carnage for the hacker: I’ve been trying to better understand Simulationism. I’ve read the Essay but while I understood the words the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, eGuru, pete_darby, Bankuei, M. J. Young, contracycle.

4/11/2005 Kat Miller: side kicks!
Mike has been developing a way to work out partnerships and sidekicks which we tested out at Mepa con from the BUFFY "With Great Power..." game, he streamlined the story…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Kat Miller.

7/19/2005 Kat Miller: You Call that Strife??? I'll Give you Strife!!!
This may be headed into the Alternate rules for WGP but it’s such a powerful idea I wanted to bounce it off the list while there is still room for…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Kat Miller, Thor Olavsrud.

8/26/2005 Kat Miller: IGE at Southern Exposure
Becca was kind enough to let us know that Southern Exposure is coming up. It's being held in Cherry Hill NJ. Sept 29th to Oct2. more information can be found…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., rickr, Andrew Morris.

9/22/2005 Kat Miller: Villian Priming Players Strife
Hey I just thought of something after posting to Thor's Actual Play Thread About his WPG game in progress,  after Gming WGp at conventions this year, Ive had several…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller.

9/27/2005 Kat Miller: Southern Exposure Update
Southern Exposure starts this thursday the 29th. As far as the explosion goes, there are no Indie games being offered on Thursday, Mike and I are arriving Friday morning so…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Andrew Morris, Nathan P..

10/4/2005 Kat Miller: Southern Exposure - Exposure over sales
I was somewhat dissapointed by the turnout for this Convention, it seemed there weren't as many people at Southern this year.  Half of the schedualled games folded, and the sales…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, LordSmerf, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., abzu.

10/7/2005 Kat Miller: [With Great Power] Dr. Mermaid and the Kung-fu Zombie
I’ve been avoiding writing up an actual play post.  Partially I’m afraid of “selling” this game here or at least giving the impression of selling, and partially I’ve been running…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, Emily Care, knicknevin.

1/27/2006 Kat Miller: [Breaking the Ice] A Dangerous game (Dreamation)
I had the great fortune of playing Breaking the Ice with Emily Care Boss at Dreamation this weekend and it was a great experience.  Emily broke her table up…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kat Miller, Emily Care, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., jasonm.

3/10/2006 Kat Miller: Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con06
The Indie Games Explosion at Gen. Con. was rather successful last year, and its time again to submit events for Gen Con 06. New changes in Gen Con Event Registration…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Troy_Costisick, Michael S. Miller, LordSmerf, Technocrat13, Gaerik.

3/15/2006 Kat Miller: What I need from Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con Volenteers
What do I need to do to be part of the Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con? Gen Con has changed their Event Registration process for this year.  For a…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, jasonm, TonyLB, Mike Holmes.

3/17/2006 Kat Miller: Link to the IGE at Gencon06 Events page.
I have collected all the information I have been sent. This is the Link to the IGE Events for Gen Con 06 that I have been given so far- http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/Gencon06IGE.html…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Hans, Michael S. Miller.

3/24/2006 Kat Miller: [ Dex Con9 ] IGE at Dex Con
Dex Con 9- Wednesday, July 12 - Sunday, July 16, 2006 at the East Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, New Jersey If you plan on attending Dex Con and you're…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Dregg.

4/12/2006 Kat Miller: DexCon 06 Link, anyone else?
Ok the link to the events for Dexcon are up here: http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dexcon06IGE.html MSM suggested I wait till after Forge Midwest to put out a last call. Dex Con will be…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, abzu, Paka, Nathan P., Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Helvetian, RobNJ, Jared A. Sorensen, Iskander.

5/2/2006 Kat Miller: A slightly used game idea
I’ve been a fan of Everway for many years.  I’ve twitched, and flicked and nudged it along the way, I’ve run the system for the Supers Genre to great success. …
In Publishing
Participants: Kat Miller, Bill_White, Czar Fnord, Damon C Bradshaw, Thunder_God.

5/15/2006 Kat Miller: Games On Demand - Whats it all about anyway?
Hi, I’m Kat Miller, Event Organizer for Games On Demand. I’ve heard for the last couple of years that the crowding of the booth could be reduced if there was…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Hans, Emily Care, jasonm, Thor Olavsrud, Blankshield, Justin D. Jacobson, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, Gaerik.

5/17/2006 Kat Miller: [Into the Mystic] A first Playtest
Friday night I held the first Into the Mystic Playtest.  We played with Carl, his fiancé Adrian, Our good Friend Michele, my husband Michael and Myself.  Carl, Michele and Michael…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kat Miller, Czar Fnord, mneme.

5/24/2006 Kat Miller: [EverLARP] Piper’s Court
Ok this is a LARP, but the mechanics and the plot are mine even if its set in “Everway” I ran the LARP for the second time on Sunday.  I…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kat Miller, Czar Fnord, Julian, mneme, c, Lisa Padol.

7/20/2006 Kat Miller: [With Great Power...] Old Cons, New Tricks
I’ve been running a lot of convention play WGP this summer and I’ve been noticing something powerful happening.  I have a scenario that I usually run with.  Its called “League…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, Iskander, Marhault.

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