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1/2/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [HQ] Well of Souls in China
So, I started a little mini-campaign of HeroQuest for a change. I'm currently up north in my little home town, and got an opportunity to play with some high school…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei.

12/14/2004 Eero Tuovinen: The Book Shipment to Finland
This is just to let everybody know that the latest shipment of books came here complete and in good condition. A listing of the innards: 12 Questing Beast, The 12…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

11/3/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Running Day of the Dupes
It happened by accident, I get to play Sorcerer. In a couple of weeks, we'll play Sorcerer set in 17th century France, starting with the scenario depicted in the Sorcerer's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander.

10/26/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [long] Indiana Jones and the Antitower of Euthomios Kopris
I don't usually write these actual play posts here, mainly because I tend to be quite independent in my rpg work - unless it's to help somebody else, I rarely…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, greedo1379.

10/12/2004 Eero Tuovinen: IGC book?
I'm asking this in public, mainly so that those who haven't yet asked get the answer all at once. So, what's the status of the Iron Game Chef book Dav…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.

10/4/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [Draft]The front lines of the Great Culture War...
Here's the piece I wrote. I haven't had time to polish it any, and won't have this week. Normal procedure, if there's anything to rip apart, do it. I'm still…
In Push Editorial Board
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Jonathan Walton, clehrich, Rich Forest, Emily Care.

9/12/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Playtesting Polaris
So, we had us a playtest of the game. One session with four players, no scheduling possibility for more. All four are old-time roleplayers, all male, with perhaps two actives…
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

7/30/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Some retail planning and Gencon
Now, if you've followed the Convention forum, you already know that I've been doing some small-scale retail of indie games here in Finland. Ropecon went well in that regard, and…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller, Merten.

7/25/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Ropecon AAR
Well, Ropecon came and went. I did some time behind the table, gave two lectures (one theory, one about Kätyrin osa) and ambled around. All in all an interesting experience.…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Merten, abzu, Ville Takanen, M. J. Young, Erick Wujcik, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2004 Eero Tuovinen: The Ropecon books are here!
The books I ordered for our Ropecon booth arrived in time! Now my kitchen table is full of gaming goodness, oh my. Many thanks to all who bothered to sell…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young.

7/2/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Narrativist LARP (split)
(edit) Peculiar, I didn't notice that this is a revived thread. Or rather, the inside:outside thread is a revival, and fooled me totally. I clearly should go sleep it off.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, sirogit.

6/14/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Moderating question (split from Bad Taste)
[quote="Doctor Xero"] As to how I would deal with those postings which I find offensive . . . Well, I'll ask this to Ron Edwards or Clinton R. Nixon (or…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Doctor Xero.

5/21/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Forge in RopeCon?
I've followed the Forge preparations for GenCon, and came to consider an interesting thought: during 23.-25. of July we have in Finland the biggest northern roleplaying convention, Ropecon. I don't…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, Tav_Behemoth, M. J. Young, Merten, Matt Snyder, chadu, Paul Czege.

5/7/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [IGC book project] The triad prepares
(Incidentally, my first thread on this forum; I had promised myself to come here with a game to be proud of... but, well, these babies actually need it.) The Iron…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Eero Tuovinen: There must be something wrong...
There must be something wrong with me: Forge's strict moderation is a perennial topic for bitching, but I for one cannot think of anything to discuss outside the usual forums.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care.

3/14/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [MLwM] Vlad the Kommissar
We finally played My Life with Master. A lenghtier analysis will have to wait for the article I'll write for a Finnish fanzine, but meanwhile... it's great. I GMed the…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, james_west.

3/9/2004 Eero Tuovinen: My Life with Master movies
In short: I'm currently organizing a little MLwM review/promotion here in Helsinki, and was thinking about arranging a movie night. It's somewhat of a tradition with Helsinki university students to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Mike Holmes, Valamir, jrs, joshua neff, hix, Sean, mattwbrooks, C. Edwards.

2/24/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Pointers on starting a short game
I'm starting one or more games of My Life with Master next month, possibly with different GMs, for review purposes. I've not played the game before, so I thought to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Michael S. Miller.

1/30/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Sorcerer's demon rules
I happen to remember an issue with the build of Sorcerer I've held for quite some time, and being in front of a computer, will proceed to tell all about…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Christopher Weeks, zmook, Ron Edwards, Valamir, ejh, Michael S. Miller, Fabrice G..

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2/11/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Reading 9W
So, Nine Worlds found it's way to my northern hermitage. I think I'll ask a question about the rules... but first I'll spout some nonesense. First, let me say that…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

2/16/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Heroquest] Well of Souls in China, part the second
So, my game of Heroquest continues. Been a couple of sessions since I last wrote about it. The game is going wonderfully well: the lethargy of the first sessions has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei, Paul T.

3/2/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [PTA] Johnny Depp is... Jesus Christ
So, it was again the day for our weekly HQ. That game's done well, but I'll tell about that after we finish the Well of Souls scenario, probably next session.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Danny_K, Ron Edwards, Jason Newquist, b_bankhead, Frank T.

3/16/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Arkenstone update
I just thought to inform folks here on the latest Arkenstone update, as we have quite a number of different games from people here for sale. The latest batch order…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

4/26/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Conklaavi experiences
The second largest Finnish rpg convention, Conklaavi, was last weekend. There were about 280 visitors or so. Arkenstone was there with a bunch of indie games to demonstrate and sell.…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Michael S. Miller.

6/10/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Dust Devils] Teetering on the Brink
[i]Interesting[/i] game of Dust Devils last night. I'm again playing with the teens around my childhood neighborhood, this time at one player's house. Summer vacation remixes the player pool, we…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

7/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Dust Devils got translated
For those of you who've been wondering what I've been up to lately, here's the scoop: with gracious cooperation from Matt (who's apparently on a trip somewhere right now), Arkenstone…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, joshua neff.

7/27/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Initializing the roleplaying experience
So, I'm fiddling with game design a little bit, and I'm thinking on what makes the social and psychological event of roleplaying possible. What, in general terms, are the things…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, matthijs, komradebob, Trevis Martin, Miskatonic, Justin Marx, Jack Aidley, Paul Czege, Levi Kornelsen, rrr, ffilz.

8/4/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Gathering games for Finland
With Gencon almost upon us, I'm again gathering a package of games for Finnish consumption. With so many new games appearing last and this year I'm also cutting our baseline…
In Connections
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

8/20/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Ralph Mazza, where art thou?
Ralph, if you find this notice, contact me. I suspect that your e-mail service provider is blocking my messages. I also sent you PM a while ago, but to no…
In Universalis
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Christopher Weeks.

8/24/2005 Eero Tuovinen: 15 minute demos for conventions
The only reason I write this now is that I'm really bad at remembering this stuff. So I'd probably forget later, when people actually have time to worry about this…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, TonyLB, Lisa Padol, timfire, Gaerik, Bob Goat, Andrew Morris.

9/8/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Errata] Egyptian spelling
Tony: you ask for corrections to Capes on your website, so I'm posting one: 'pharaoh' isn't spelled "pharoah", which you do in your examples at least twice. Search and replace,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

10/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Polaris tour] Book tour experiences
Ben Lehman visited Finland for a month just now. Ben's just published a game, Polaris, so what we did was to try something new: a special book tour around Finland…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen, talysman, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, Revontuli, matthijs, humis, Montola, LordSmerf, Eirik Fatland.

10/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Some help with a lecture
Here's the situation: I've promised to give a lecture in a small convention this month. After a little thought I decided to take formalistic game design (I'll explain what that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, matthijs, pekkok, cerbie, John Kim, C. Edwards, Rob Carriere, M. J. Young, Joshua BishopRoby.

10/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [TMW] Practical GM advice and GNS analysis
Seems I don't have anything urgent going right now, so I'll tell you about my TMW experiences from this week. I played two sessions with two different groups. Here's the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, timfire, JC.

11/3/2005 Eero Tuovinen: Planning a playtest?
Paul: you just dumped me on the forum here, so I don't know what plans you exactly have going forward. Should I, like, playtest Acts of Evil? Because I certainly…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers.

2/3/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [TSOY] Some rules questions
Been playing the game a lot, lately. Like it very much. Some questions: 1) The book states that you cannot declare BDTP without a resisted roll (pg. 35). This means…
In CRN Games
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, ubergeek2012, Brian Newman.

2/7/2006 Eero Tuovinen: Competitive roleplaying experiences?
My Alma Mater rpg club in Helsinki is interested in arranging more actual roleplaying activity lately. I listed some ideas for people there and there's interest for a "roleplaying tournament"…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, TheTris, jasonm, James_Nostack, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf.

6/1/2006 Eero Tuovinen: European fulfilment
Concerning the Essen thread, I've discussed the practicalities of mailing games to Europe with a couple of publishers. It's not cheap to ship to Europe, as I know from personal…
In Publishing
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

6/16/2006 Eero Tuovinen: Some improvised playtesting
So, a gaming friend of mine was visiting, and we were hot to play lots of indie games. In practice it was rather difficult, with all the local teens in…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

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