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5/18/2005 Jared A. Sorensen: [GenCon] RPG Design Workshop
From the event schedule: WKS00018: Roleplaying Game Design Workshop (Friday) Join some of the hobby's best and brightest independent designers in this all-day workshop. Learn the theory behind roleplaying games,…
In Conventions
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, abzu, Gaerik, daMoose_Neo, GameLoft, Mike Holmes, John Wick.

5/18/2005 BlackSheep: [The Good Fight] Help...
Hi guys, occasional browser, first-time poster. For a while now I've had an idea for a supers game. But I'm having real trouble getting it (or anything else, for that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: BlackSheep, matthijs, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Troy_Costisick, Everspinner.

5/18/2005 MatrixGamer: What is Main Stream gaming? Another look.
One of the most intriguing ideas in the "Infamous Five" threads was the look at how D+D fantasy and superhero genres are not mainstream - instead things like horror, sex,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: MatrixGamer, Jasper, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, John Kim, quozl, Trevis Martin, Noon, Caldis, Brendan, M. J. Young, Remko, komradebob, gsoylent, cerbie, Valamir.

5/18/2005 loki's wrangling: A list of sample more than/less than human characteristics?
I'm going to run a MLWM campaign and it would be a great help if I could provide my players with a list of sample more that/less than human characteristics.…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: loki's wrangling, Michael S. Miller, Valamir.

5/18/2005 Jasper: [Charlatan Fencers] Dueling system
This thread is specifically for discussing the combat system in my 'Charlatan Fencing Masters' game, which was introduced in this thread -- it deals with more overarching aspects of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jasper, Hereward The Wake, BrennaLaRosa.

5/18/2005 Noon: Nar turns out to be a good gamist penalty to evade?
I was recently talking with my friends girlfriend, about her role playing past. I was curious as to what she enjoyed back then and why she hadn't continued now. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, TonyLB, Alan.

5/17/2005 neelk: [DitV] Dogs using Sorcery
Through a somewhat complicated path, three of the five Dogs in my game have decided that using sorcery, while in general bad, is really okay in this particular situation. They…
In lumpley games
Participants: neelk, jasonm, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Sydney Freedberg, Simon Kamber, ravenx99, nikola, Wolfen.

5/17/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: It's Your turn to Vote!
Hey all, I just wanted to let you know that the Indie RPG Awards' Peoples' Choice Award is now active and online. You can see the big red button to…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

5/17/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 8] Things that will not get done
I have been very happy to step up to coordinate the second Indie Gaming Explosion at DexCon. I'm pleased to have helped get the schedule in place, and to set…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Helvetian, abzu, nerdnyc, Thor Olavsrud, inthisstyle, Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman.

5/17/2005 Darcy Burgess: Suggestions on running my first truly Narr game
Or, "switching gears for fun and profit" :) Here's a little background to the situation: - up until recently, I've been running a game set in the Star Wars universe…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Gaerik, Bankuei, jburneko.

5/17/2005 Zachary The First: [The Imp Game] Playtest and Review
This is a brief synopsis of a playtest I ran for Neo Production's The Imp Game--Mischief & Mayhem. I should add before I go any further, I also did a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zachary The First, daMoose_Neo.

5/17/2005 Zachary The First: Advertising Opportunity
Hello all, Well, if you've visited my site, RPG Blog, recently, you can see that we've really taken off! We're averaging right around 1000 hits/day, more on special events like…
In Connections
Participants: Zachary The First, Juicetyger.

5/17/2005 sirogit: Misclleanous DitV questions.
1. If character's are in a group conflict, can they choose not to Raise when its their turn, without giving? Here's the situation I'm thinking of: Dog A wants to…
In lumpley games
Participants: sirogit, Simon Kamber, lumpley, cdr, Eero Tuovinen, Technocrat13, Brand_Robins, Ul.

5/17/2005 Frank T: On immersion, fascination, and precious moments (long)
I am posting this to actual play because it is my personal view on immersion, and on the question what makes a session special and legendary. Maybe it can spin…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank T, Mike Holmes, jdagna, Mikko Lehtinen, nilsderondeau, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Vaxalon, apparition13.

5/17/2005 Paka: Duel of Wits, negotiate between the players
I had a break-through moment much like when I realized that in Riddle of Steel, SA's are about what get's the player excited, not the character. We were negotiating a…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Paka, abzu.

5/16/2005 Jason Petrasko: IRC playtesters for Delphian Tides
I'm setting up an IRC playtest of Delphian Tides and I need about three to four players. You can email me, see me in #indierpgs on magicstar, or IM me…
In Connections
Participants: Jason Petrasko.

5/16/2005 WonderLlama: [Rervoir Dogs] First playtest
This game is described in the Design forum. I don't know how to link to it, but it is in the topic Mexican Stand Off. Keep in mind, I…
In Actual Play
Participants: WonderLlama, Andrew Morris, Mike Holmes.

5/16/2005 foucalt: Gaming at the Senior Citizens Center?
Recently there was some attention paid to the fact that staying "mentally active" helps ward off Alzheimer's disease. I remember wondering whether roleplaying games might be a good way…
In RPG Theory
Participants: foucalt, Adam Dray, Mike Holmes, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, komradebob.

5/16/2005 Chris Goodwin: Cool fight scenes
I'm very curious to see how people have played out fights using PTA. Mainly I'm interested in the narration leading up to a conflict roll, the aftermath, and how the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Chris Goodwin, Mike Holmes, Frank T.

5/16/2005 Tony Irwin: Pixellation and dpi
The new pictures I've done for Shoujo Story are printing out ever so slightly pixellated. I scanned and saved the images at 300 dpi, which I understand is kind of…
In Publishing
Participants: Tony Irwin, abzu, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, jdagna, Veritas Games, Angaros, MatrixGamer, Chris Passeno.

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5/18/2005 Danny_K: MLWM -- you've played the game, now watch the opera!
One of my non-gaming interests is opera, and I went last weekend to the Seattle Opera's performance of "Tales of Hoffman" and had a very weird experience. While watching and…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Danny_K, loki's wrangling.

5/19/2005 Jason Petrasko: [Delphian Tides] Second Playtest
I've released a full 111 page preview edition of Delphian Tides on RPGnow. Since I'd not yet run the sample scenario provided in the book, I printed off a copy…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jason Petrasko, John Burdick.

5/19/2005 John Kim: Non-violent Roleplaying
OK, so I recently came across some controversy on Vincent's blog, in his post on Paintball and little boy bullshit. This was followed up by Heroes Live, Cowards…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, TonyLB, lumpley, Justin A Hamilton, Noon, timfire, Trevis Martin, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Mikko Lehtinen, Marco, greyorm, Brendan, komradebob, Andrew Morris, J B Bell, MatrixGamer, Nathan P., Technocrat13, NN, Russell Impagliazzo, GB Steve, James Holloway, Mike Holmes, chadu, contracycle, Picador.

5/19/2005 ghoyle1: What the heck is a bang???
Sorry to be so out of it, but I'm just not sure what a "bang" is. Guy (Hoyle)
In HeroQuest
Participants: ghoyle1, Nick Brooke, Mike Holmes, Paka, GB Steve, xenopulse, Technocrat13, Albert of Feh.

5/19/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] I threw a tantrum and nobody minded!
We just had a session that (in my opinion, anyway) hugely rocked... and yet, the thing that sticks with me is that I got to throw a tantrum in character,…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, Grover.

5/19/2005 Kesher: [T&T] A crowd of teenagers & way too many leprechaun
[u]PHASE ONE[/u] Two weeks ago I had a miserable experience trying to make DnD characters with some students of mine who were interested in gaming. Part of the problem with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kesher, Ron Edwards, Sean, Zachary The First, Hearthweru, Miskatonic, Noon.

5/19/2005 Matt Wilson: Dogs and advancement and its impact on play
Sadly, I can only ask about Dogs stuff from the outside, since I haven't got the chance to play it yet. Did I mention how sad that is? But this…
In lumpley games
Participants: Matt Wilson, lumpley, Technocrat13, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, neelk, nikola, Wolfen, Bankuei.

5/19/2005 Andrew Morris: [DexCon 8] Discussion dinner, anyone?
I'll be attending DexCon 8, and I wanted to find out if anyone's interested in getting together for a discussion dinner on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Here's what I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: Andrew Morris, Bill_White.

5/19/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: Descriptors
Hey folks, I'm expanding my list of Descriptors for Attributes and Skills. I figure it can't hurt to have a variety of interesting ones on hand for character creation sessions...especially…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

5/19/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS COVER
Well, its my intention to have a sharp and spiffy new cover for the next printing of Universalis. Unfortuneately, I'm not going to be able to use the wonderful contest-winning…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Chris Passeno, John Harper, ethan_greer.

5/20/2005 tj333: Success to Dice ratios
For affecting another character I’m looking at having a target number that must be reached on one roll. The player rolls a die pool(The die pool is the same for…
In RPG Theory
Participants: tj333, Eric J., Walt Freitag, Valamir, JMendes, HereticalFaction.

5/20/2005 M. J. Young: Stance as Credibility Distribution
O.K., I'm actually sort of puzzling over something I wrote, and I thought I'd initiate some discussion on this to see if I'm off my rocker. I took a long…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, TonyLB, timfire, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

5/20/2005 Eric J.: Telling a Story, Conveying a Theme: What does it mean?
Hey, everybody. This is Pyron. That's right. You will never get rid of me. Ever. I know I haven't posted in a long time (I almost posted once but a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., bcook1971.

5/20/2005 Yokiboy: Games with Conflict Resolution
All the threads regarding Conflict Resolution offer widely differing views on what it really is, and how it differs from Task Resolution. We all know of tons of games with…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Yokiboy, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, Valamir, greyorm, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, GameLoft.

5/20/2005 TonyLB: Oracle Stance?
[quote="Ron Edwards"]I think it's crucial to understand there are two variables: in-character vs. out-of-character knowledge/perspective as starting constraint (yes or no); character motions/dialogue vs. objects/events external to the character. These…
In RPG Theory
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, John Burdick, neelk, Troy_Costisick.

5/20/2005 John Kim: Is non-violence bad for Narrativism?
I am taking this to a theory thread, Non-violent Roleplaying. That thread is about how to support and encourage non-violent roleplaying. This thread is about whether it is a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: John Kim, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, Mike Holmes, Noon, Troy_Costisick, Victor Gijsbers.

5/20/2005 Simon Kamber: [DitV]Life and death conflicts
This is one of those theoretical threads that aren't based in something I've actually experienced in play. In the Dogs rulebook, there's an example conflict on page 51-52 that describes…
In lumpley games
Participants: Simon Kamber, Technocrat13, TonyLB, neelk, xenopulse, Wolfen, lumpley, Blankshield, lazarus, Brand_Robins, cdr, Sydney Freedberg.

5/20/2005 Ben Lehman: Seeking 2nd ed PHB
Hi all. I just moved, and left my AD&D 2nd edition Player's Handbook at home, 'cause I have not looked at it in like five years. Sadly, of course, I…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman, ethan_greer.

5/20/2005 Silmenume: sloooooooooow email notifications
Recently I've noticed that the email notifications I've been receiving of posting activity to subcribed threads is lagging by over 12 hours or more. Is this standard or is it…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Silmenume, Valamir, Andrew Morris, xiombarg, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

5/21/2005 TonyLB: Capes tactics - Precision restraint
Okay, you want some really whacked out, bizarre, intensely human scenes? Don't think about single conflicts, and how they work out. Think about how the Not-Yet restraints of one Conflict…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB.

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