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1/24/2005 jrs: Number of guests
Has anyone else noticed that the number of guests at the site has jumped significantly over the past month? Before, say Christmas, the number of guests could be as high…
In Site Discussion
Participants: jrs, clehrich.

10/11/2004 jrs: [The Mountain Witch] A playtest
We've played three sessions of the Mountain Witch and it seems appropriate to present a write-up of the action so far. The players are Ron (GM), Tim (the creator), Tod,…
In Actual Play
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, timfire, Christopher Kubasik, Maura Byrne.

10/1/2004 jrs: "It's superb."
Ken Hite says nice things about DitV in his 9/30/04 Out of the Box column. Julie
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, nikola, DannyK.

9/29/2003 jrs: MLWM rule interpretation
I have a couple questions about the die mechanics in MLWM after running our first session yesterday. In the rules, there is the stipulation that a roll that would result…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: jrs, Paul Czege, ethan_greer.

3/4/2003 jrs: Le Mon Mouri Questions
As mentioned in the Two at once! thread, we’ve played two sessions of Le Mon Mouri. I’ve been wanting to play Le Mon Mouri since Ron…
In Actual Play
Participants: jrs, sdemory, Ron Edwards.

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3/14/2005 jrs: [Nine Worlds] Challenging a Primarch
Hi Matt, We have another question for you, and Ron neglected to bring the Nine Worlds Help Desk number with him to the gaming session. When an Archon challenges a…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

7/5/2005 jrs: [GenCon 2005] Retailer handout?
Hi all, Last month, I mentioned here that I wanted to create a retailer handout for GenCon. My idea is to produce a one-page consolodation of useful information about…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, lumpley, Bob Goat, Malcolm, daMoose_Neo.

7/27/2005 jrs: Broken links
With the change to the new forum software, I've discovered a number of broken links in earlier posts.  There seem to be two different problems. 1.  The use of html…
In Site Discussion
Participants: jrs, Clinton R. Nixon, Justin Marx.

10/16/2005 jrs: [DitV] The Death of Brother Hiram
[i]Brother Hiram could take care of his own and didn't need help from no one, especially not from these two strange Dogs standing in his house.  He dragged Brother Newton…
In Actual Play
Participants: jrs, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

10/21/2005 jrs: Questions about conflicts in Dogs
Vincent, I have some questions that came up during our play last weekend about conflicts in Dogs.  I think at least one of them has been mentioned here, but I…
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, Vaxalon, lumpley.

10/25/2005 jrs: [DitV] NPC's as improvised belongings
Following up on my post here in "Relationships Determine What Conflicts Will Be About" , I have a question: There is this conflict between a Dog and the town…
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, Vaxalon, lumpley.

12/16/2005 jrs: [DitV] Trinity Dogleg Branch, LONG
Here's the first town I developed for our group's run of Dogs.  These are my notes that I wrote up before play.  The set-up included the Dogs noticing they carried…
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, Brendan.

2/14/2006 jrs: Art buttons
This is for any artists out there who want some additional exposure for their artwork.  I recently discovered Prickie.  Basically artists can sell their artwork as buttons, get 25% commission…
In Connections
Participants: jrs.

3/16/2006 jrs: Comic on copyright law
I came across this today-- "Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW".  (Free as a digital version, available for purchase in print.)  It's primary focus is copyright and fair…
In Publishing
Participants: jrs, Technocrat13.

3/27/2006 jrs: [City of Brass] No cannibalism yet
[i]Sunday: After many weeks without gaming together, we have not the stamina to reacquaint ourselves with our Polaris characters.  A brief inspection of a number of deserving games including a…
In Playtesting
Participants: jrs, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2006 jrs: Happy World IP Day
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day.  Julie
In Publishing
Participants: jrs.

5/17/2006 jrs: Trollbabe music
I've been tinkering with my personal "Wanna be a Trollbabe" playlist.  It remains subject to my whim, but in the off chance it may be of interest, here's the contents…
In Adept Press
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Dav, John Harper, Miskatonic.

7/13/2006 jrs: Copyright resources
Earlier Ron mentioned his interest in a post that consolidates links to copyright resources, see Regarding copyright and intellectual property.  I've taken it upon myself to compile such a post…
In Publishing
Participants: jrs, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, axonrg, Tzu-Theory, Dosoga, Ron Edwards, Selene Tan.

11/14/2006 jrs: Piracy Paradox
Hi folks, I thought about adding this link to the Copyright Resources sticky, but it isn't really a resource -- just interesting.  The paper, The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual…
In Publishing
Participants: jrs, Jake Richmond.

1/10/2007 jrs: [GenCon 2007] Sharing experience: furnishings
I'll be GenCon booth historian for the moment and provide a brief summary of booth furnishings.  If I recall correctly, each 10' x 10' booth comes with one long skirted…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, nikola, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

4/9/2007 jrs: What I like about DitV
After a long hiatus, our group has started playing Dogs again.  I'm the GM and I've reworked Judd's (Paka) New Gidea town for our play.  It's great to see how…
In lumpley games
Participants: jrs, lumpley.

5/24/2007 jrs: [Grey Ranks] Another playtest
So we started a Grey Ranks game.  We only got through Chapter 2; not exactly a full session.  I assume much of that was due to our unfamiliarity with the…
In Playtesting
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, jasonm, segedy.

2/25/2008 jrs: [Go Play Peoria] Thanks!
This is a big "thank you" to Seth and Crystal and all the other Peoria gamers for organizing the first Go Play Peoria event. It was a very satisfying day,…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, Matt Snyder, GreatWolf, Nev the Deranged, Tim C Koppang, Valamir, Gaerik.

4/14/2008 jrs: [Forge Midwest 2008] Seeking designer
Saturday afternoon at Forge Midwest, I stopped briefly at a table where a CCG was being played with these really cool hand-drawn cards. I did not stay long, but I…
In Conventions
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt-M-McElroy, williamhessian.

11/13/2008 jrs: [Misery Bubblegum] Campaign Shenanigans
It took a while, but we finally playtested Misery Bubblegum last weekend. We decided to play the campaign team for a nameless gubernatorial candidate during the last few days before…
In Playtesting
Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, TonyLB.

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