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2/1/2005 Andrew Morris: [InSpectres] Game session at Dreamation 2005
Well, I've just started recovering from Dreamation 2005, so I thought I'd write up some actual play posts about the games I played there, starting with InSpectres. We had four…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Shawn De Arment.

2/1/2005 StalkingBlue: [Actual Play] Midnight - A Dornish Cown 2
The first session of this scenario is discussed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14027 and my prep for this session here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14098 . In summary, last night’s session rocked. Here's what happened: ---- (Credits…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, randomling, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T, Ian Cooper.

2/1/2005 Mike Holmes: MGF and YGMV
This thread follows from this one: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=150082 Peter points out that I may have read MGF incorrectly in creating my heresy #10. So I'd like to look at that more…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Peter Nordstrand, Scripty, KingOfFarPoint, ffilz, Donald.

2/1/2005 Vesirius: Put my system through the ringer!
This is my first post here, and If anyone has a free moment, perhaps you'd be kind enough to let me know if my rpg system is lacking. Let me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Vesirius, Selene Tan, Doug Ruff.

2/1/2005 Wolfen: [DitV] The Township of Canton
Finally, after a motorcycle accident and a National Guard Drill weekend are done delaying, we got around to our Post-Apoc Dogs in the Vineyard game. PC recap: Brother Thaddeus "Dove"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wolfen, Tim Alexander, TonyLB, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Piers Brown, Lxndr, Roger Eberhart, Simon Kamber, zach20.

2/1/2005 M. J. Young: On Story in CRPG Design
I followed a link earlier today to an article in Slate entitled Oughtta Stay Out of Pictures: Why video games shouldn't be like the movies.. Clive Thompson was complaining…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, inky, Marco, shlo, contracycle, Wysardry, Noon, NN.

2/1/2005 soru: checklist
If adapting a world to HQ, I'd go with a checklist something like this: 1. genre The default genre for HQ is something like 'worldbuilding fantasy', which gives the default…
In HeroQuest
Participants: soru, Mike Holmes.

1/31/2005 abies: Polish translation of character sheet
In some games I just stay with english character sheets for people, because it is too hard to switch mind constantly between two languages when reading books and looking at…
In CRN Games
Participants: abies, Ben Morgan.

1/31/2005 Christopher Davies: Stock Wanted By Independent RPG Distributor
Twisted Chronicles is a new independent distributor of Role-Play Games, as well as distributing award winning games it also produces its own gaming line Gothic Society, we are currently looking…
In Publishing
Participants: Christopher Davies, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, smokewolf, jdagna, Del.

1/31/2005 Vaxalon: D20 not selling as well as original systems? [split]
This topic is split from "D20 appendix in a non D20 book". From what I hear, D20 books are selling less well than original systems (assuming publishers of the same…
In Publishing
Participants: Vaxalon, mearls, jdagna, Tav_Behemoth, Tzu-Theory.

1/31/2005 darrick: Empire of Satanis
this plea will probably fall upon deaf ears, however, i have written dark fantasy influenced by H. P. Lovecraft and demonology... and i need feedback. if anyone could playtest this…
In Connections
Participants: darrick, Paul Czege.

1/31/2005 darrick: Cthulhu One
the world's largest Cthulhu Mythos / Lovecraft convention in the midwest this spring! link: http://www.darkmusicdomain.com/cthulhu.html thanks, D
In Conventions
Participants: darrick, abzu, Ron Edwards.

1/31/2005 Jason Petrasko: [Delphian Tides] Clarified Mechanics
There seemed to be quite a bit of confusion about the mechanics of Delphian Tides, both here and other places. I'm attempting to clean this all up with better examples,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason Petrasko, Spooky Fanboy.

1/31/2005 TonyLB: Capes is now on sale
Specifically, at the site you can PayPal me $10 for the PDF copy, if you want. You cannot (yet) go to Indie Press Revolution for the much better deal on…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, John Harper, Ben Lehman, inthisstyle, Andrew Morris, red dragon, efindel, Doug Ruff, Ron Edwards.

1/31/2005 lumpley: 10 Dogs, 6 Ronin and Assorted Bombastic Aristos
Roleplaying is like sex, y'know? And I'm a hanging out getting to know each other, not on the first date kind of guy. So, yes, a gaming con, but I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Paka, Eric Minton, RobNJ, nikola, Bob Goat, gains, timfire, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris.

1/31/2005 Brendan: Intentional Vagueness (split)
Split from Early role-playing. Virtually all games have moved away from this model. Even Fantasy Heartbreakers tend to have 'more unified' mechanics. It's certainly more manageable for designers to create…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Brendan, TonyLB, timfire, ffilz, komradebob, Noon, Kesher, Ron Edwards, Sean.

1/31/2005 signoftheserpent: Whatever happened to Danger Patrol rpg
the pulp SF game. I notice that the eponymous website got heartily hacked. :(
In Publishing
Participants: signoftheserpent, Matt Wilson.

1/31/2005 Bryan_T: "equipment" and ratings
I've gone a few pages back in the archives without finding a discussion of this, but I admit I did not dig back beyond last Spring, so please excuse me…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Bryan_T, Mandacaru, Mark Galeotti, Eero Tuovinen, soru, Mike Holmes, KingOfFarPoint.

1/31/2005 S'mon: Race issues (split)
[quote="Ron Edwards"]Regarding race in RPGs, I think it's best to consider them forms of social cliques in combination with class - usually corresponding to high school stereotypes. "Clan" in later…
In HeroQuest
Participants: S'mon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, clehrich, soru.

1/31/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] After the Explosion
As Samwise said, "Well, I'm back." And the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005 went really, really well. I want to thank everyone who came out and made the event…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, lumpley, TonyLB, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Paka, nikola, Andrew Morris, Dregg, Bill_White, Bob Goat, Mike Holmes, Helvetian, devilbunny, Tav_Behemoth.

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2/1/2005 Doyce: [Heroquest] Xian Quan, the Well of Souls, 2
Another session of the Ancient China version of Well of Souls. The wiki-pages on the whole thing are here: Heroquest.XianQuan Eliang goes to sleep for the evening, exhausted from…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce.

2/1/2005 Sydney Freedberg: [GroupDesign: Schrodinger's War] Doug Destroys the World
[i]Preface: This is the latest thread in the GroupDesign project, tentatively titled "Schrodinger's War," a collaboratively designed game about incorporeal "Archivists" who jump through time and space, possessing human hosts…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Valamir, gains, Doug Ruff, xenopulse, daMoose_Neo, Tobias, contracycle, Andrew Morris.

2/1/2005 apparition13: TROS & GNS: NS? NG!
A few months ago I started reading rpg forums and began running into references to TROS both here and elsewhere. There's alot of enthusiasm for the game, so I read…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: apparition13, Ben Lehman, Yokiboy, Matt Wilson, Wolfen, Silmenume, timfire, Marco, Noon, contracycle, Alan, kenjib.

2/1/2005 Ben Lehman: Bye, all!
After some hard thought, I think I'm going to mothball this forum in favor of having a publically available playtest document and using Actual Play, Indie RPG Design, and my…
In Polaris Playtest Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, xiombarg.

2/1/2005 etherworld: Looking for some feedback (Unearth preview)
Hello, I recently posted a PDF preview for my upcoming gameworld Unearth: The Dark Future and would love some feedback. Please head over to http://www.etherworld.com/ and download the free preview.…
In Publishing
Participants: etherworld, GregS, Space Cowboy, Tav_Behemoth.

2/1/2005 Green: reconciling different CAs within a group
There has been a lot of talk at the Forge about how the system influences playing. As a result, a lot of the discussion of roleplaying has centered on roleplaying…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Green, Bankuei, Marco, Paul Czege.

2/1/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Conflict still sucks
Boy, it's been a while since I've started my own thread in this forum. *cracks knuckles* My game, Polaris is still in heavy development. Playtesting has revealed some snags in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Jonathan Walton, Harlequin, Eero Tuovinen.

2/1/2005 timfire: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Frozen Hell
Here goes another Dreamation Actual Play report. I got to play Conspiracy of Shadows with my road-trip buddy and author of the game, Keith Senkowski (aka Bob Goat). The demo…
In Actual Play
Participants: timfire, Bob Goat, gains, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2005 Bryan_T: Scenarios presented in modular format for greater utility
This is a presentation of some ideas I had to maximize scenario utility. I start with some background, but if you want to get right to the ideas part, jump…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bryan_T, NN, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Donald, John Burdick.

2/2/2005 quozl: Using Cards as Coins
I had an idea that I haven't tried out yet but I'd thought I'd run it by all of you first. Instead of coins, each player gets a deck of…
In Universalis
Participants: quozl, Christopher Weeks, Valamir.

2/2/2005 erik buchanan: Capes
This is my first post, so please excuse any deviations from protocall. I'm not even sure if I can do a spell check on this forum, so hang on. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: erik buchanan, TonyLB, Doug Ruff.

2/2/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 2005] Indie Gaming Explosion 2
DexCon is, as I understand it, Dreamations big brother. Same hotel, same spectacular Double Exposure staff, same Sugarfest and Chocolate Heaven. Wednesday, July 13 - Sunday, July 17. There is…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Dregg, Michael S. Miller, inthisstyle, Bob Goat, Paka, Tav_Behemoth, RobNJ, Nathan.

2/2/2005 Paka: Sorcerer Con Games
Michael put this idea in my head. I am sorry that I didn't get a chance to play Sorcerer at the Dreamation, just to see how it feels to be…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 Paka: 7 Sins
[b]Inspirations[/b]: Se7en, Hellblazer, more? [b]Humanity[/b] is the ability to lead a life in control of sin, rather than allowing them to control you and define who you are. [b]Humanity gain[/b]…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 John Kim: How to design System for pre-determined Theme?
OK, So the recent talk on GNS has got me thinking about pre-determined Theme. So now I'm pondering about how to design a system to support playing to a pre-determined…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, timfire, komradebob, Marco, Alan.

2/2/2005 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer] Introducing a New Player
My girlfriend Sarah is interested in checking out roleplaying games. She's a long-time writer who dabbled in some collaborative writing that sounds very much to me to be a roleplaying…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 Vaxalon: Loser roleplaying
Dimestore Katanas Kill Puppies for Satan I'm sure there's others... Am I the only one that feels a little... squicked by this? I mean, if playing heroes invokes our aspirations…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, jrs, Jason Petrasko, lumpley, Roger, pete_darby, Paka, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, inthisstyle, Bankuei, bcook1971, clehrich, Paganini, Marco.

2/2/2005 Kilor Di: [Terrae Novae] Dice systems
I'm currently trying to use a diceless system for magical/futuristic war based RPG. While this is interesting, it does provide a few problems. I'm thinking about changing it to an…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di, gains.

2/2/2005 TonyLB: [Universalis] Furry Sixties
So Dreamation was winding down, and Michael gathered us all around for a game of Universalis. I wish I could remember everyone's name, but I can't. Here's where we went:…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, CPXB, Michael S. Miller, Shawn De Arment, Valamir, Tony Irwin.

2/2/2005 dunlaing: [Trollbabe]
I might be running Trollbabe tonight for three players (well, four if you count me). We finished up an adventure last session (the Trollbabes scared off the Troll shaman who…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Alan, joshua neff, Bret Gillan.

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