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2/7/2005 Michael S. Miller: [GenCon 2005] Scheduled Events?
Particularly in the aftermath of Dreamation, I've been thinking about the GenCon. I've reviewed the Next Year's Booth: Storm this Brain... thread and I think that holding a number of…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, abzu, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Silent Tamatama, Paka, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/4/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] A word from the Scholar Emeritus
(Note: I started this write-up before the new guidelines. I hope my Monday-morning-quarterbacking at the bottom will meet the criteria of "a point.") I also got to play Discernment at…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

2/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: [MLwM] The Destroyer of Dreams
I ran MLwM in a midnight game at Dreamation. I didn't keep close track of the scenes, but there are bits that stand out in memory. The Bad: I screwed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Bob Goat, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Paka, RobNJ, Paul Czege, nikola.

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.

1/23/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] Last minute details
Okay, as we enter the final week before Dreamation, there are a few last minute details we need to cover. 1) I've worked up a schedule for minding the booth.…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, TonyLB, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Helvetian, timfire, Tav_Behemoth.

1/18/2005 Michael S. Miller: New Logo's Up
Hi, all. Take a gander at the grandeur that is the new With Great Power... logo. Designed by none other than the ever-mysterious Jared Sorensen.
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Jared A. Sorensen, hix, Christopher Weeks, Shreyas Sampat, dunlaing, Bob Goat.

1/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: New Year's Resolution: Promoting the NPA
Last year at this time, many of us anxiously awaited being published in the NoPress Anthology. It was going to be this great, new, groundbreaking thing to shake things up.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jeph, abzu, Matt, xiombarg.

1/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: The Components of Setting
What components make up Setting? In the Gamism essay, Ron notes that many people think "Oh, Gamism, I know what that is!" and never give it a second glance. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, GaryTP, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, xenopulse, neelk, M. J. Young, Bankuei, contracycle, Valamir, John Kim, Nick Pagnucco, Marco, Lee Short, ffilz.

12/31/2004 Michael S. Miller: Donjon reviewed at RPG.net
[url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10943.phtml]The review is available here[/url] All in all, the reviewer understands the game and mostly what it's about (although he glosses over the "screw your friends" factor). He's rather harsh…
In CRN Games
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Roger.

12/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] Promoting the Explosion
Now that we've got the schedule finalized, we need to let people know about this little shindig. I've created a quick flyer about the Explosion. I know it's not pretty,…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Helvetian, inthisstyle, Dregg.

12/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Incarnadine Press seeks Logo artist
Incarnadine Press's melodramatic superhero game, With Great Power... needs a new logo. I'm looking for someone to work with me on designing one. If interested, contact me by PM or…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

12/27/2004 Michael S. Miller: Designer's Notes for the Interim Edition
As you can see, I've shot one of the Preview Edition's sneakiest Sacred Cows: IMPORTANCE. The concept no longer exists in the game. It was a left-over from the very…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, hardcoremoose, pfischer, Andy Kitkowski.

12/27/2004 Michael S. Miller: Incarnadine Press News
The With Great Power... Interim Edition is now available for download. Get it here: With Great Power... Interim Edition. I'd like to thank everyone whose honest feedback has helped make…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

11/3/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005
In this thread, we'll be putting together the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation '05 in January in New Brunswick, NJ. What are our goals? As Double Exposure has generously offered…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, timfire, Helvetian, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, TonyLB, abzu, inthisstyle, Dregg, Tav_Behemoth, lumpley, Jared A. Sorensen, Bill_White, LordSmerf, Eero Tuovinen, devilbunny, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2004 Michael S. Miller: Profiling, Fall 2004
It's been over a year since the last profiling thread. Let's go again. To recap, the questions are: What are the last three role-playing games that you actually, really played?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, anonymouse, Kat Miller, C. Edwards, TonyLB, drozdal, joshua neff, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, hanschristianandersen, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, ffilz, Ben Lehman, hix, Rich Forest, Dev, bcook1971, Chris Goodwin, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, A.Neill, Jack Aidley, ricmadeira, nellist, humis, pfischer, johnmarron, Jeph, James Holloway, timfire, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Simon W, jrients, Emily Care, Mark Woodhouse, jeffd, Lee Short, Jaik, Blake Hutchins, clehrich, Chris Passeno, jdagna, ScottM, John Kim, Thor Olavsrud, CCW, LordSmerf, jrs, lumpley, Sydney Freedberg, Sean, xiombarg, DannyK, Nathan P., Fabrice G., abzu, sirogit, rafial, beingfrank, Negilent, Trevis Martin, Marhault, Halzebier, Tobias, MichaelCurry, Tony Irwin, Doug Ruff, Silent Tamatama, neelk, Bryant, Peter Nordstrand, matthijs, Yokiboy, Alan, GaryTP, Shreyas Sampat, Lisa Padol, SlurpeeMoney, b_bankhead, Caynreth, cappadocius, Zathreyel, ptevis, Andrew Morris, Dumirik, Jason L Blair, Bob Goat, newsalor, Doyce, friartuck, Ville Takanen.

10/25/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Continuum] Crashed & Burned
This is in response to Michael Goins' request for Continuum Actual Play accounts. I ran Continuum at GenCon 1999 (where it debuted--I had gotten the preview edition the autumn before).…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg.

10/11/2004 Michael S. Miller: NPA Sampler--suggestions and demos wanted
This is likely in the wrong place because the supposed NPA forum isn't up yet. This seemed the second best place. Here's the deal: I've signed up to run an…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Ben Lehman, xiombarg.

10/4/2004 Michael S. Miller: WGP Review on rpg.net
The first review of the Preview Edition went up on RPG.net today. Read it here Carl makes some good points that I will have to address. Plus, I think I…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, dunlaing.

9/24/2004 Michael S. Miller: Self-Loathing and More Than Human
In another thread Erik Hanson wrote: I still dislike the notion that Minions only gain Self-Loathing through "successful" die rolls to perform Violence or Villainy. That means that a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Erik Hanson, Mike Holmes, Lisa Padol, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/14/2004 Michael S. Miller: Customizing Setting in BW
I've played in a number of Luke's melee demos over the last year and a half, but never run the game. Toying with the idea of doing so, I started…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paka, taepoong, Bob Goat, abzu, Thor Olavsrud.

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3/16/2005 Michael S. Miller: [MLwM, InSpectres, WGP] Ubercon Spring 2005
At UberCon this past weekend, I ran four sessions: 2 sessions of With Great Power..., 1 of InSpectres, 1 of My Life with Master. All of them rocked. A few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, Victor Gijsbers.

3/30/2005 Michael S. Miller: Newest With Great Power... Logo is up
AFter far too long in development, With Great Power... finally has a title with great pizzazz. Check it out. Any comments are welcome. Many thanks to Luke Crane, Keith Senkowski,…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, gorckat.

4/22/2005 Michael S. Miller: First Impressions of BW Revised
I received my preordered copy of Burning Wheel Revised yesterday. Everyone is gushing about it over on the BW forums, so I thought I'd gush over here. First impression: it's…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Michael S. Miller, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, xenopulse, Zachary The First.

5/9/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... Q&A in Daedelus
A Q&A about With Great Power... is available in the latest issue of Daedelus. Many thanks to Matt Snyder for making this possible and providing great questions. As always, you…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

5/9/2005 Michael S. Miller: A Manifesto on Mastery
[i]A Manifesto on Mastery[/i] is available in [url=http://www.chimera.info/daedalus/index.html]the latest issue of Daedelus.[/url] Read and tremble, underlings! The Master will indulge questions, clarifications, discussion and the like here.
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Victor Gijsbers, Adam Dray, sonicforest, Artanis.

5/9/2005 Michael S. Miller: First Time Character Burning
We had our character burning session for our BW game on Friday. We started with a quick game/setting brainstorming session. The players said they wanted to play pirates. I tried…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

7/6/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... needs super artist
With Great Power..., the game of melodramatic superhero stories, needs a cover artist. Please send links to samples to me either via PM or e-mail in the button at the…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller, unheilig studios.

8/16/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... Full Edition is done!
I've updated the site. (Yes, I know the date is wrong. oops) There's a thumbnail of the cover as well as the following update: Yesterday I picked up the full…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, pfischer, Christopher Weeks, dyjoots, Spooky Fanboy.

8/24/2005 Michael S. Miller: Indie RPG Explosion
The Forge presence at GenCon was more than just the Booth and the seminar track. It was also the Indie RPG Explosion, a collection of scheduled events for the games…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, abzu, TonyLB, Paka, Andrew Morris, O. Rodriguez, rickr, Pauls Girl, Clinton R. Nixon, Kat Miller, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Jasper the Mimbo.

8/30/2005 Michael S. Miller: With Great Power... is now available!
At long last, the complete version of With Great Power... is available to to world! The With Great Power... full edition is done! The complete game is a 144-page, comic…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, rafial, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Brand_Robins, Spooky Fanboy, Hanbaga.

9/22/2005 Michael S. Miller: Lots of Audience Pool, Few Players
I just started running PTA for three players. Wanting to make sure that there were enough chips in the Audience Pool so that everyone could start giving Fan Mail right…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Andrew Norris, Matt Wilson, Jonas Karlsson, Vaxalon.

10/17/2005 Michael S. Miller: [BW] Burning Pirates--Prep for play
I’m posting this both at the Forge and on the Burning Wheel forums, just to show how I’m preparing for my upcoming Burning Wheel game, as an example of how…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

11/20/2005 Michael S. Miller: Dreamation 2006--first draft of schedule
Hey, all. The first draft of the schedule for the Indie Games Explosion at Dreamation 2006 is available here. We've got over 30 events! Awesome! Take a look at the…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, LordSmerf, RobNJ, Bret Gillan, Dregg, Diabolik, TonyLB.

12/8/2005 Michael S. Miller: Ken Hite reviews With Great Power...
You can read the full Out of the Box review HERE. Ken also gives snappy capsule summaries of Tony Lower-Basch's Capes and Chad Underkoffler's Truth & Justice. My favorite bit:…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

1/16/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2006] Last Minute Details
Okay, we've only got a handful of days until the convention. Luckily, we've only got a handful of things left to do. (1) Online promotion. If you have a weblog,…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Diabolik.

1/23/2006 Michael S. Miller: Bacchanal: Outie for Best Sui Generis RPG of 2005
Ken Hite has awarded the Outie for Best Sui Generis RPG of 2005 to Bacchanal. Here's the link. Congratulations, Paul!
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, ejh, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Paul Czege.

1/29/2006 Michael S. Miller: How I organize the Indie RPG Explosions
This is less a list of steps to follow, than a declaration of why you need to do the various little tasks. Maybe you’ll find a better way of meeting…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation WGP] Two-Fisted President Balks!
A strange thing happened in one of the With Great Power… sessions I ran at Dreamation ’06. The game was scheduled to start at 2pm on Friday, but due to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Iskander, Kat Miller, Sydney Freedberg, Marhault, TheTris, Supplanter, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, Doug Ruff, Julian.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation: PTA] Life on Mars
I originally posted this in my LiveJournal and Judd suggested I might post it here for discussion. PTA "Life on Mars" I haven't signed up for anything, but Judd's running…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, RobNJ, Paka, Lisa Padol, John Harper.

2/11/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Universalis] A Very Grimms Evening
Last week Kat and I went to Brennan Taylor’s place. We kicked around some ideas, Kat suggested Universalis, Brennan said “I’ll play, but I haven’t had the best experiences with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Kat Miller, inthisstyle.

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