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3/4/2005 Dauntless: Metaplots: Creative Inspiration or Creative Limitation?
I tend to like the idea of a game having a metaplot running through it. From a purely business standpoint, it's an excellent way to get people to buy more…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dauntless, xenopulse, TonyLB.

3/3/2005 Hisho: [& sword] First Time Prep: A Tale Of Dark Times
So, after the Humanity question was cleared everything worked out fine and now we have a setting, and the player has a character to play with (or as I think,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Hisho, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2005 Noon: [PS2: Mercenaries] Choice
Okay, this isn't a roleplay session log, but I recorded it because it so much reflects early, fun gamist RP I did with friends, which seems to have slipped away…
In Actual Play
Participants: Noon.

3/3/2005 jdagna: Dragonflight 2005
I'm the dealer liaison again for the Dragonflight convention (http://www.dragonflight.org), which will be August 26-28, 2005 in Bellevue, WA. That's right, we're not in Seattle this year, having arranged to…
In Conventions
Participants: jdagna, Danny_K.

3/3/2005 John Burdick: Space alien in D&D
From Incoherence But if you've ever faced a strongly Gamist-oriented player or GM, and suddenly had that "he's a space alien" feeling, you'll know what I'm talking about. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Burdick, Ron Edwards, Bob Goat, JSDiamond, Miskatonic, inthisstyle, ADGBoss.

3/3/2005 Danny_K: Norwescon Seattle March 24-27, anyone attending?
I've heard there's some gaming going on there, but the website (www.norwescon.com) is infuriatingly light on details. Danny
In Conventions
Participants: Danny_K, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2005 chris_moore: [Sorcerer] Players as demons?
My gaming group has six players. I think it would be neat to have three players be sorcerers, and the other three be the demons bound to those sorcerers. Has…
In Adept Press
Participants: chris_moore, Ron Edwards, Picador.

3/3/2005 Veritas Games: Registering for copyright (split)
[quote="Space Cowboy"][quote="Valamir"]If you are not registered you can't sue...so while technically you are copyrighted just from writing it down, you can't actually enforce your copyright without being registered. [/quote] I…
In Publishing
Participants: Veritas Games, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2005 Ron Edwards: [Nine Worlds] High-level play kicks into gear
Hello, So, in the last session, we had our first major god appearance and conflict, barring Athena in the first session. As of the end of the next-to-last session and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, jrs, Thor Olavsrud.

3/3/2005 btrc: Interesting new tech with possible game application
I saw: http://www.parc.com/research/istl/projects/dataglyphs/demo.html on a gadget blog, and tried it out. Turned six paragraphs of text into a 2" x 2" quasi-cunieform glyph, which I then printed, mangled a bit,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: btrc, Noon, J B Bell, zobmie, Sabazius.

3/3/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Miscegenation and female Stewards
[b]Note:[/b] This post details play started in [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13881]Wisdom's Ghost[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13991]Whores and Flapjacks[/url], and [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14242]A Chinese Ghost Story[/url]. The fourth and fifth sessions of Dogs in the Vineyard with my group…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paka, lumpley.

3/3/2005 Bob Goat: The Shadow of Yesterday PDF
Because everyone else that wanted a PDF is too lazy to put one together, I did and it is now for sale for the low, low, low price of $8.…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bob Goat.

3/3/2005 Mourglin: mirc Game Design?
Are there any online/mirc chat rooms/channels dedicated to game design? I have not been around here in a long while and was wondering if the forge or anyone who frequents…
In Connections
Participants: Mourglin, b_bankhead.

3/3/2005 James_Nostack: [Paladin] Math
During a dull moment at work I tried to calculate how Paladin's dice mechanics work. Essentially each dice in a pool has an expected value of 0.5. You can spend…
In CRN Games
Participants: James_Nostack.

3/3/2005 James_Nostack: [Paladin] Illuminated GM Wanted!
(cross posted from RPG.Net) Play Location/Method: via IRC Game/System: Paladin http://www.anvilwerks.com/paladin/ Player or GM: I'm a player. There are two more players as well. Time/Frequency: Mondays, 9 PM Eastern Time;…
In Connections
Participants: James_Nostack.

3/3/2005 damiller: PDF and Book
Bought the book want to know if the free PDF that comes with it is as a CD with the book, or a link to be downloaded somewhere. thanks d…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: damiller.

3/3/2005 damiller: Capes PDF and Book
I ordered the book, and also was told I would get a free PDF, does that come on a CD with the book, or will I get some kind of…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: damiller, Andrew Morris, TonyLB.

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.

3/2/2005 humis: The Process Model of Roleplaying
Hello all, the just published Knutepunkt Book contains an article by me and a few friends, titled "The Process Model of Roleplaying". While waiting for the electronic version of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: humis, xenopulse, John Kim.

3/2/2005 Peter Nordstrand: Practices, Traditions and other Animist Terminology
Mike and I began discussing the animist rules in this thread. I don't want to hijack Jesse's Eberron HeroQuest topic, so I started a new topic. Hi Mike, You need…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, James Holloway, Der_Renegat, Bryan_T.

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3/4/2005 Matt Wilson: TSOY - BDTP situation
So here's something I could use some examples for, so that I can tell a player how a cliffhanger situation might be resolved next game session. There's this goblin in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matt Wilson, Thierry Michel, Clinton R. Nixon, DaGreatJL, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Bankuei.

3/4/2005 Grover: Capes - More Scenes and Characters
We had our second game last Sunday - here's the conflicts from it. Here is the previous post Scenes and Characters Scene 1 - Hospital - people are stricken by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Grover, Christopher Weeks, TonyLB, Miskatonic.

3/4/2005 Valamir: Proper convention Posting
There seems to be a little confusion about the proper sort of posts to have in this forum and why "Hey, I'm going to RandomCon, who else will be there"…
In Conventions
Participants: Valamir, Andy Kitkowski.

3/4/2005 Trevis Martin: New Universalis Play by Wiki starting up.
Hi folks. Mike Holmes mentioned this in the Lessons from playing Uni on Wiki? thread. But I wanted to announce it so it could be seen. We're trying to start…
In Universalis
Participants: Trevis Martin, hix, Valamir, ScottM, Shieldage.

3/4/2005 Mandacaru: PbEM forum?
With reference to a thread on PbEM... http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14546 ... T'oma's initial uncertainty as to where to post this, Keith's suggestion that PbEM is an area worthy of specific discussion, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Mandacaru, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, T'oma, jdagna, timfire, Trevis Martin.

3/4/2005 gorckat: Ordinary vs Extraordinay Characters/Worlds
Mornin' all- Apologies if this belongs in Play (as prep), but while skimming a book on writing SF this morning, I came across a quote by CS Lewis, which I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: gorckat, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Nathan P..

3/4/2005 chris_moore: Iowa Gamers
the memberlist is so long... any gamers in eastern Iowa/western Illinois out there? Quad Cities? Iowa City?
In Connections
Participants: chris_moore.

3/4/2005 Sammael99: [Paladin]Holy France setting
I'm running a one-shot game of Paladin on Saturday and I could use a bit of an idea ping-pong on the creative process for the setting and Paladin order, especially…
In CRN Games
Participants: Sammael99.

3/4/2005 TonyLB: Free Character Generator Software
Check it out: Flash Character Generator. Features:Print sheets of Click and Locks. Mix and match Powers, Skills and Personae on the same page. Immediate lookup of any module in the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, John Harper.

3/4/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] The power of explicit conflicts
Despite having written a conflict-resolution game, I have a great fondness for task-resolution mechanics. I've thought, for a long time, that there's nothing structurally that conflicts can do that tasks…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Sydney Freedberg, Minx, hix, Noon.

3/4/2005 epweissengruber: "Blood and Sand" at Toronto's Pandemonium [HeroQue
[b]Context: [/b] Saturday afternoon game slot at Toronto’s Pandemonium 23 convention. [b]Inspiration[/b]- [i]Gladiator[/i], the movie, for invoving characters in both fight scenes and intrigue - R.H Howard, for the blood…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber.

3/4/2005 abzu: Revised Edition Preorders (plus Duel of Wits!)
Hi All! Preorders for the Revised Edition of Burning Wheel begin March 5th at 12:01 am. (05Mar05). Thank you all for your patience and continued interest. If you'd like three…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, joshua neff, Trevis Martin, Leningrad.

3/4/2005 StalkingBlue: [Actual Play] Midnight - A Dornish Crown 4
Last sesssion (here) Katrin was having a bit of a bad morning losing a duel against the known misogynist, Roland’s new general Olec and then learning from Reifels that uniting…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Adrienne, Mike Holmes, BirdMan.

3/4/2005 Halzebier: [D&D] Clash of Gamism and Illusionism
Hi there! Despite some nice hack & slash, I found yesterday's game session in our regular D&D group quite frustrating and indicating that there's trouble ahead. *-*-* The gaming group:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Halzebier, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Noon.

3/4/2005 Doyce: Crunchy chargen questions, mostly Zu-ish.
Just a few. I'm working on an introductory test-run of TSoY with one of my player groups, cuz we've been pussyfooting around for awhile and haven't really decided what we…
In CRN Games
Participants: Doyce, James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/4/2005 Simon Kamber: Narrativism? Simulationism?
I've been trying to get a grip on the big model for quite a while now. While I think I've gotten most of it, there's still an issue that keeps…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Simon Kamber, JMendes, Bankuei, Victor Gijsbers, John Burdick, Joe Dizzy, Artanis, komradebob, Alan, Marco, apparition13.

3/5/2005 Dantai: roleplaygroup in crisis...need help...fading...
I'm currently running my own "homebrew" Swansong game - It's a high(ish) fantasy game. I ran a game at the weekend for my out of town rpg chums - and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dantai, TonyLB, bcook1971, Domhnall, Noon.

3/5/2005 eric12345: SOY questions
in the worldbook of near has khale and Maldor exporting things to goren but never says where/what goren is? Is it listed somewhere that I cant find? Also on a…
In CRN Games
Participants: eric12345.

3/5/2005 taalyn: [Crux] It's Undead! Now, weapons?
hey all, Some of you may remember Crux, my color-mechanicked game from a year or so ago. Well, it's not dead, and is looking to rouse itself from the coma.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Jasper, Spooky Fanboy.

3/5/2005 Domhnall: Preference concerning imbedded worlds in RPG
Hi again. Do you believe RPers generally prefer worlds as part of a RPG, or that the system is the relevant center of attention the majority of the time? Of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Domhnall, Garbanzo, Selene Tan, Jasper, zobmie.

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