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2/6/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] 2005 Late Winter Campaign: I of IV
I had a great time tonight, launching my big, fat BW campaign. The group has really come along in their interest and understanding of the system. They still complain about…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, abzu, ZazielsRephaim, Ingenious, Negilent, Jaycenn.

1/17/2005 bcook1971: [Universalis] Meetup Group One-shot
Well, we did it. I can't believe I finally got my feet wet in Universalis. Logistics Five people showed up to the event. We played at a tea shop in…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Valamir, Tony Irwin.

1/2/2005 bcook1971: [WoD/VtR] It Clicked
My group finished the fifth and final session of our WoD campaign this morning. It was invigorating. Lots of interesting things to share. BW vs. TROS Everyone (including me) is…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, hix.

12/6/2004 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] One-shot: the Pillage of Jasop
I ran a BW one-shot for my roleplayers meetup group tonight. It went very smoothly and was a lot of fun. I've been doing fairly intensive prep for the last…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

11/8/2004 bcook1971: Playtest Results
I was trying, in solo playtest, to resolve striking distance in a duel by pace counts. That was about as effective as bluffing in solitaire. So I called up some…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971.

11/4/2004 bcook1971: Resolving Combat Distance
More questions .. (This seemed unrelated to the other thread I have going right now, so I started this one.) Judging by the example text in the bottom two paragraghs…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, Thor Olavsrud, taepoong.

11/4/2004 bcook1971: Invalidating the Script
In Action Reaction: Stump the Experts: It is my understanding that though actions may oppose one another, potentially preventing the other's desired effect, they may not resolve to…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

11/1/2004 bcook1971: Just Received My Copy
Just thumbing through it .. It has a rough look; like a chapbook or a university press poetry anthology. Tell Drew Baker that the cover art sold me. And Forge…
In lumpley games
Participants: bcook1971.

10/28/2004 bcook1971: Critical Group Mass / Key Player Phenomenon
Lately, limited availability has caused some instances of late play or no-shows for certain members of my group. Partial starts and below quorum play has revealled some interesting dynamics. (I…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

10/27/2004 bcook1971: Tying Tests Together
A knight and squire, travelling on horseback, pass through the woods of a baron's vassal. They ride late into the night, intent on delivering a message from their lord. Up…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, abzu, rafial, Thor Olavsrud, Negilent.

10/20/2004 bcook1971: Task Resolution vs Conflict Resolution
Ok. Quicky thread. I just read the glossary definitions in an attempt to settle my confusion. I'm assuming that tasks are understood to be conflict components. My understanding at present…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Trevis Martin, Alan, Jack Aidley, Shreyas Sampat, timfire, greyorm.

10/20/2004 bcook1971: Complex Conflict That's Not Combat
Hello. I read two things recently: The failing in the Sorcerer book is to talk about a "combat" system at all. There is no combat system. There is a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, Lxndr, jdagna, M. J. Young, timfire, Jonathan Walton.

10/13/2004 bcook1971: [Traveller] Vargar Hijinx
We played our last session of the campaign. The first two sessions were two-parters. The third wrapped up antecedents of the main story arc and in the last third, plotted…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

9/29/2004 bcook1971: Groping Forward
After reading Splitting Simulationism and Subtyping Sim, I experienced a return to understanding regarding layering of the Big Model. (i.e. Actual play reflects settings on the panel of agenda; often,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2004 bcook1971: Some Review, Some Questions
Hello. Things are starting to come together for me in understanding BW. I'm mostly focused on the combat at this point. This is my second read-through of book one, with…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, abzu, drozdal, Thor Olavsrud, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2004 bcook1971: Mentoring
In Newbie-friendly Indie Games My start in gaming was in a near vaccum. We were introduced to the game by my friends older brother, but he only played with us…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, ffilz.

9/9/2004 bcook1971: Action Reaction: Stump the Experts
[b]RE: Forfeiting Actions (pp. 75-6)[/b] Q: Is forfeiture limited to the next volley? Q: If other players have declared actions but the player in question has not, may he forfeit?…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: bcook1971, taepoong, abzu, rafial, Mulciber, Thor Olavsrud.

9/2/2004 bcook1971: [Tell Your Tale] Playtest Update
Just had an interesting playtest with a couple of friends. It felt good to stretch the system's legs. A couple of points are worth sharing: Writing the player characters…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971.

8/22/2004 bcook1971: [Traveller] Writing Myself into the Back-Story
I just had a euphoric gaming session. This continues from I'm Just Here for the Celery, and what a contrast! People were literally jumping up and down and clapping. Some…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, ScottM.

8/1/2004 bcook1971: [Traveller] I'm Just Here for the Celery
My group played its first session of our Traveller campaign. A few points are worth sharing. Jason (our GM) walked the first three players to arrive through the rules, with…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, rafial.

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3/10/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] 2005 Late Winter Campaign: II of IV
See session I here. Transcript Orcish Envoy to the Reyan Citadel A party of orcs arrived at the Reyan Citadel, representing the invaders at Pollee, bearing a token of Etharch…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Ingenious.

3/16/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] Mass Combat Playtesting
Had the chance to playtest a mass combat variant for Burning Wheel at a roleplayers meetup group tonight. Two guys played. Both were organizers, no less. One played Orcs; the…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

3/20/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] Playtesting Narrative Support Structures
Not sure if this should go here or in actual play. I've been working on design of this game for a while now and do plan to release it into…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

3/29/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] One-shot Prep
Hello. I finished reading the last third of the rulebook over the last two days. Getting my head around the much vaunted town creation rules stretched my mind a bit.…
In lumpley games
Participants: bcook1971, Trevis Martin, FlamingMoose.

4/3/2005 bcook1971: [BW] The Racism Campaign III of IV
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14211&highlight=]Session I[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14612&highlight=]Session II[/url]. Apologies to my players reading this, expecting a similar format to last session; that was a bit of a lark and not something I could sustain.…
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Participants: bcook1971.

4/10/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] Bitter Creek
Wa-hoo! I got to run a one-shot of DitV for one of my meetup groups tonight. (See prep thread here.) Actually, I scheduled it as an event for a roleplayers…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, lumpley, Wolfen.

5/1/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel: Classic] The Racial Campaign IV of IV
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14211&highlight=]Session I[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14612&highlight=]Session II[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14903&highlight=]Session III[/url]. [b]Play transcript[/b] [b]An Empty Town and a Little Boy[/b] Jacob journeyed to his brother's farm in Gartiche. Oren was a virtuous man and had…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jaycenn, Thor Olavsrud, rafial.

6/19/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII Campaign - I of III
I just completed the first session of a campaign playtest of my RPG, Story Steps. After I ran a one-shot with my now defunct meetup group, I decided to fuse…
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Participants: bcook1971.

7/3/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII Campaign - II of III
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=15739&highlight=]Session I[/url]. (Though actual play, I thought this post would be better suited to this forum since play concerns an author-created system in development.) I had a good deal of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971.

7/20/2005 bcook1971: [TSOY] One-shot Session
I had an interesting time tonight, running a TSOY one-shot for the Dallas-Plano Chapter of DFW Roleplayers. I've got it scheduled to run for the Tarrant County Chapter next THU,…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII - III of III
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15739.0]Session I[/url]. [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15849.0]Session II[/url]. Just finished the third and last playtest session of my game, Story Steps. We've been playing in a WWII setting, basically re-enacting the Battle of Guadalcanal.…
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Participants: bcook1971.

8/20/2005 bcook1971: The Cat's Away
Now's our chance to go crazy while The Man's at Gencon! Post polls! Pretentious, posturing "next big deals" under RPG Theory! Sell me on ! Rehash a perceived…
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, matthijs, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

9/12/2005 bcook1971: [D&D v1.0] Expedition to Barrier Peaks
Alright, I can't stand it anymore. I have to post about last night's session with my regular group. We met at the place where I stay. I invited Kevin to…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jaycenn.

10/9/2005 bcook1971: [D&D v1.0] Expedition to Barrier Peaks II
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16793.msg178294#msg178294]Last session.[/url] This session was a lot of fun for me. We had a lot of concurrent split-party action going on. Each player (myself and Cory) had multiple characters to…
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Participants: bcook1971.

11/26/2005 bcook1971: Sorcerer in the Vineyard
Sorcerer in the Vineyard Hey, all. I’ve been reading (among other things) some John Constantine: Hellblazer graphic novels. The first story in the Red Sepulchre graphic novel, “High on Life,”…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, lumpley, Vaxalon.

12/10/2005 bcook1971: [TROS] Tipping Point of Group Chargen
******************************************************************** MY PLAYERS -- SPOILER ALERT -- READ NO FURTHER ******************************************************************** I'll be running a TROS campaign in January, so I guess this is Actual Prep. I've been getting e-mail…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Paka, Noon.

12/12/2005 bcook1971: First Read
Hey, I just finished reading PTA, 1st ed. I bought it several months ago, along with DitV and TSOY. It's just taken me a while to get to it. Man,…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: bcook1971, Matt Wilson.

2/9/2006 bcook1971: Reads Like PTA
Check out Warren Ellis' Ocean series, now collected in graphic novel format. As I was reading it, I kept thinking, this has that spunky character focus contrasted with a larger…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: bcook1971, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse.

2/25/2006 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Con DFW 2006
I ran a four-hour one-shot of Sorcerer at Con DFW tonight, and geez, it couldn't have been better. Here are the pre-gens: Name: Rex Short. Player: Marco. (No! Not JAGS…
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Participants: bcook1971.

2/26/2006 bcook1971: [DitV] Con DFW 2006
I had every intention of creating a fresh town for this one-shot, but alas, 'twas not to be. Instead, I revisited Bitter Creek. And as it turned out, I'm glad…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.

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