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11/16/2004 abzu: MACE after action report
I was at MACE in Highpoint, NC this weekend. To my eyes it was a well-run small con. Attendance was probably 300-400 people. The overwhelming emphasis seemed to be on…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Andy Kitkowski.

11/11/2004 abzu: Burning Future questions
http://burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=783 The shadowy force behind the throne of BW actually reared his head and came forth to consult the kids. He wants to know your thoughts on near-future sci fi…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

10/18/2004 abzu: Ubercon 4, Oy vey
Just waking up from my post-con crash. This time around the nerds and I were at Ubercon 4 in Secaucus, NJ at the Meadowlands Crown Plaza. Let's start with the…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, M. J. Young, LordSmerf, rafial.

9/29/2004 abzu: Silven.com Reviews many of our games
Game Reviews http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=417 A discussion of our booth this year: http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=419 And an interview with Alexander Cherry! http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=414 A review of The Swing: http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=408 And an interview with Keith Taylor:…
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Participants: abzu.

9/28/2004 abzu: First Review of the NPA
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=416 In fact, I’ll go as far to say that this is a book that should belong on any RPG fan’s shelves. It will open your eyes up to what…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Ben Lehman, Matt, Ron Edwards.

9/19/2004 abzu: Sorcerer in the Shell
Don't know if this has been done or thought of before... but Dro and I went to see Ghost in the Shell: Innocence last night. It was great. Much better…
In Adept Press
Participants: abzu, TickTock Man, Ben Lehman, Bankuei.

8/25/2004 abzu: Next Year's Booth: Storm this Brain
Ok, so now that buzz is settling down to a manageable level, I want to catch everyone's immediate and fresh impressions for next year's booth. So next year, assume all…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Claymore, daMoose_Neo, smokewolf, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Trevis Martin, Tigger, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, jrs, Bob Goat, Valamir, Andy Kitkowski, Nev the Deranged, btrc, Paka, Michael S. Miller, Harlequin, Christopher Weeks, JamesSterrett, AdAstraGames, Jasper the Mimbo, LordSmerf, Paul's Girl, rickr, nerdnyc, Calder_Johnson, ffilz, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes.

8/10/2004 abzu: [GC 04] Forge Booth Menu Flyer
Hi guys, i whipped up this half-page flyer for GenCon. I just realized that it's a really big file, so be warned before DLing it. But if you are exhibiting…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, smokewolf, Bob Goat, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller.

8/3/2004 abzu: Burning Wheel Lite Lark
So, I'm bored at work. What do I do when I'm bored at work and have read every forum post and news article? Design a game. Goal: To distill my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: abzu, Ron Edwards, jdrakeh, rafial, Sydney Freedberg, Thor Olavsrud, eruditus.

7/18/2004 abzu: BW Ltd Ed T SHIRTS
Ok folks, I'm doing a limited run of Burning Wheel T-Shirts: http://www.burningwheel.org/tshirt.html I did a run of 14 shirts last christmas at this same printer and they came out very…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

7/16/2004 abzu: Origins After Action Report
Hi Folks, Sorry it took so long to get this up, but I've been a busy bee (and then a very tired and burnt-out bee). I wanted to give a…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu.

6/23/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] End Game
The session I want to describe is a bit complicated, bear with me please as I am still a bit close to it. First, there were two metagame agendas playing…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Tobias, taepoong, Thor Olavsrud.

6/4/2004 abzu: NPA Cover first draft
http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/npacover_scrnps.pdf Hi folks, I've posted a low low res pdf of the npa cover. let me know what you think. -L
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Matt Snyder, Christopher Weeks, Jack Spencer Jr, madelf, quozl, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Jeph, xiombarg, Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, timfire, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Dumirik, John Harper, Bob McNamee, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, Lxndr.

6/1/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Sacrifice
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. We just finished our latest episode of our City on Fire campaign. I think the premise is actually starting to form, to become clear. Sacrifice. What…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, AndyAction.

5/30/2004 abzu: NPA Pricing and Distribution
The No Press RPG Anthology is moving into its final stages. The last bits needed are: Cover design (which I am working on), Introduction by cool/famous person (which I'm not…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, iambenlehman, Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Lxndr, Jeph, Matt.

5/27/2004 abzu: Diana Jones Awards
http://www.dianajonesaward.org/moreinformation.htm The Diana Jones Award is designed to reward any combination of achievement, innovation, and anything that has benefited or advanced the hobby and industry as a whole; or…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu.

5/18/2004 abzu: The Price was Right (Come on...er... Up?)
My aim for this thread is to chronicle some interesting developments in the "product" that is Burning Wheel. Not the game, but the thing sold from websites and stores. The…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Trevis Martin, Dev, Jack Aidley, Michael S. Miller, Matt, Valamir, ethan_greer, quozl, Sean, Andrew Morris, taepoong, Bankuei, jdagna, LordSmerf, John Burdick, ryand, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Jack Spencer Jr, madelf, Christopher Weeks, Rorimack, MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] The City is on Fire
I've been running a Burning Wheel campaign that began in February. Characters are all four or five lifepaths and were all destined to be part of a rebel insurgent cell…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, AndyAction, Negilent, taepoong.

5/10/2004 abzu: Burning Wheel in National Distribution
Who knew? Burning Wheel is being solicited in this month's Game Trade Magazine. Issue #51, I think. So there are no excuses left. Bug your FLGS to order the damn…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, rafial, Sammael99, Claymore, taepoong, hive_mind.

4/14/2004 abzu: NPA Art -- Time's Up!
So I did the preliminary layout last night for Snowball and Discernment in the NPA. It looks good. All I need in order to get this ball really rolling is…
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Participants: abzu, xiombarg, Ben Lehman, Jeph, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

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12/6/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Must. Kill. Wizard.
Our current Burning Wheel game involves the player characters once again hunting and killing an NPC wizard. The current story/situation was instigated by two players, Chris and Danny, based on…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, bcook1971, BirdMan, Valamir, taepoong, drozdal, friartuck, Negilent, Thor Olavsrud, TonyLB.

12/13/2004 abzu: [BW] Must. Kill. Wizard. Part 2
So we played the next session of this arc. This session was a bit belabored by the exigencies of our group and their play style. First, we had one…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Negilent, taepoong, rafial.

12/16/2004 abzu: Express Media Bad Experience
I know lots of folks here use Express Media to print their games. I used them to print the NPA. I have never had a worse experience with a vendor…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Adam.

12/31/2004 abzu: NYE
Happy New Year all. My all your play be enjoyable and game design be clever. -L
In Site Discussion
Participants: abzu.

1/13/2005 abzu: Busy as a One-Legged Orc in an Elf-Kicking Contest
Sorry this forum has been so dead, but I've been busy trying to get you guys some game to play! I've posted a pdf of the revised Orc chapter from…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, bcook1971, rafial, Bob Goat, Thor Olavsrud, slowdin.

1/21/2005 abzu: Done it again with Dogs!
Congrats to our very own Vincent on his well deserved OUTIE win. But when you start giving awards for moral seriousness in gaming, you have to sit up and take…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair.

1/27/2005 abzu: Forge East Spring Early Summer Con Schedule
Hi Folks, I'm gearing up for the spring convention push and I'd like to invite interested parties to hop on board. I'll be at UBERCON March 11-13 in Secaucus,…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, M. J. Young, Jared A. Sorensen, Dregg, Michael S. Miller, Valamir.

2/8/2005 abzu: 05.05.05 -- you shall come and burn!
Ok, I'm inviting you all to a party at my place. Yes, you. 5 is the number of the Wheel. 555 is a holy number. 05.05.05 is a cosmic event…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Eero Tuovinen, xenopulse, Gary N. Mengle.

2/9/2005 abzu: Forge Essen?
So Dro, Thor and I are thinking about hitting Essen this year. Anyone been to Essen? Anyone exhibited at Essen? Also, if we do go, would anyone be interested in…
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Participants: abzu, Tobias, Eero Tuovinen, Matt, Tav_Behemoth, jenskot, Frank T.

2/10/2005 abzu: Convention Edge Manifesto
While preparing for the 2005 convention season over the last week -- registering games, and coordinating with other designers/publishers-- I was struck by a thought: Many of my gamer friends…
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Participants: abzu, Paka, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/4/2005 abzu: Revised Edition Preorders (plus Duel of Wits!)
Hi All! Preorders for the Revised Edition of Burning Wheel begin March 5th at 12:01 am. (05Mar05). Thank you all for your patience and continued interest. If you'd like three…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, joshua neff, Trevis Martin, Leningrad.

3/17/2005 abzu: Ubercon Aftermath
Wow. It's so strange to have free time. I feel like I'm on the run from the law. I've been meaning/wanting to participate here a lot more of late, so…
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller, inthisstyle, M. J. Young, Dregg.

3/18/2005 abzu: [BW] Anatomy of A Disaster
I should probably post the AP thread about the exultant end to the Must Kill Wizard game, but I thought it'd be fun to talk about the darker side of…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Noon, Miskatonic, BirdMan, Thor Olavsrud, Bankuei, bcook1971, Kesher, Andy Kitkowski.

4/5/2005 abzu: So What Do You Read?
Let's have a nerd geek pissing contest: Current read, and the book you read before that. I'm reading God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert. Never read the Dune stuff…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: abzu, Trevis Martin, Ben Lehman, joshua neff, Paka, Domhnall, Bankuei, rafial, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Tobias, James Holloway, Jack Aidley, Rich Forest, pete_darby, Eero Tuovinen, Yokiboy, Alan, JamesNostack, Zathreyel, Matt, GB Steve, beingfrank, Matt Wilson, Andrew Morris, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, David Laurence, Bob Goat, Matt Snyder, Thor Olavsrud, inthisstyle, Emily Care, C. Edwards, Lee Short, J B Bell, jasonm, Jeph, ScottM, Luke Sineath, zephyr.cirrus, daemonchild, bcook1971, Ian Cooper, Kit, Meguey, Miskatonic.

4/11/2005 abzu: I-CON Aftermath
Just back from ICON in Stony Brook, NY -- about 90 minutes east of NYC in infamous Long Island. The con is held on a sprawling suburban university. One of…
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Participants: abzu, inthisstyle, Helvetian, Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Dregg, DarkForcePrime, DQG_Neal.

4/21/2005 abzu: It's On!
The Burning Wheel Revision is available for general order! http://www.burningwheel.org/order.html -L
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Ben Lehman.

5/25/2005 abzu: Essen Buy-Ins?
Any folks be interested in having games displayed an sold at Essen? It'd prolly be like the Forge/Gencon, but without required attendance. Buy-ins'd run $50-100 pending how many folks are…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Ben Lehman.

6/2/2005 abzu: [Kevetching] Why do we have such a crap location at GenCon?
So we're booth 1332 at GenCon this year. While it's not as bad as 2003, it's no better than 2004. We're surrounded by board games, card retailers and artists. Huh?…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, timfire, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, jrs.

7/4/2005 abzu: Origins After-Action
Origins, to my eye, is a pretty strange con. It's laid across a sprawling convention hall and lacks a sense of centrality. There appear to be an overwhelming number of…
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Participants: abzu, Mourglin, inthisstyle, Thor Olavsrud, Jake Richmond, Mike Holmes, PeterAdkison, GB Steve, M Jason Parent.

7/5/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Booth and Credit Cards
My experience at Origins this year also led this observation: We must find a way to accept credit cards at the Forge booth this year. Must. To do this, we'll…
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Participants: abzu, Bob Goat, timfire, jrs, Paul Czege, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, Adam, daMoose_Neo, btrc, LordSmerf, Jasper the Mimbo, Lisa Padol, M Jason Parent.

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