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6/12/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 8] You MUST register
[quote="Vinny"]Please have ANY GMs who are coming with you to run your game go ASAP to the [url=http://www.dexposure.com/dexcon8i.html]registration page.[/url].[/quote] Okay, this is (despite the "please") a pretty serious command from…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB.

6/12/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] New Cover, Second Draft
Way back when, I got critiques (useful as always) on the first rough draft of the new Capes cover. So, working on those, I've expanded to the new second draft…
In Publishing
Participants: TonyLB, Ria, GB Steve, Andrew Morris.

6/3/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] I love you the way you are, now change!
In the most recent Misery Bubblegum development thread, Callan posted: The next step is not to discover yourself, so much as to try and break yourself to fit in. Because…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Doug Ruff, Allan, Sydney Freedberg, Miskatonic, hix, Noon.

6/1/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] This session just keeps getting cooler
A gaming report in three sections: Mechanics and Story interlaced, followed by Integration (wherein I realize, only as I continue to fit pieces together in my mind, how cool the…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB.

5/30/2005 TonyLB: Capes review at Gaming Report
Wayne Tonjes wrote a review of Capes. I'm still in a "jury is out" mode about the review itself... anyone who thinks that you buy extra actions by spending Debt…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Miskatonic, Technocrat13.

5/28/2005 TonyLB: Tony's Standard Rant #2: Disagreement != Dysfunction
Reading Ben Lehman's excellent blog-post on Social Agenda I came upon this statement:In terms of grief players, well, we don't have anyone at the Forge claiming to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Jasper, Grover, Shreyas Sampat, James Holloway, Sydney Freedberg, Blankshield, John Burdick, Noon, bcook1971, contracycle, hyphz, Madeline, WhiteRat, John Kim, Brand_Robins, immlass, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Issues and personalizing situation
Previous Misery Bubblegum discussion here. Source of the ideas I'm about to discuss here. People started discussing, in the actual play thread, how you would support a system where people…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Doug Ruff, Sydney Freedberg.

5/23/2005 TonyLB: The inevitable appropriateness of your character
In (Accept/Reject) x (Text/Meaning) I was eventually convinced that there is something to just plain enjoying your character (absent any other drive). Way back in game design and psychology Emily…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, xenopulse, Bankuei, Madeline, Frank T, contracycle, Sydney Freedberg, Gordon C. Landis, beingfrank, Noon.

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.

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.

5/19/2005 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.

5/17/2005 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.

5/16/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] How do you win at high school?
Previous discussion of Misery Bubblegum (nee Dulcimer Hall) can be found here. I've got this lovely, elegant little positioning mechanism, which will let people shift their resources around in all…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Kesher, Sydney Freedberg, Valamir, Bill_White, Doug Ruff, Andrew Morris, Allan, Noon, Shim.

5/15/2005 TonyLB: [InSpectres] Am I doing this right?
We ran three missions of InSpectres last night, and had a lot of fun with it. We investigated the haunting of television station WHGL by the ghost of Annabelle the…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/11/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] New cover, early draft for critique
Last time through, people had very solid comments on my cover, but I got them too late into the process to take advantage without throwing away a lot of work.…
In Publishing
Participants: TonyLB, Bret Gillan, Jasper Polane, Brendan, Andrew Morris, timfire, inthisstyle, matthijs, Valamir, paulkdad, Jack Aidley.

5/9/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 8] Schedule of IGE Events
Okay folks, there will be a great meeting of the minds at DexCon. The second Indie Games Explosion! If you have a game to pimp then you really, really want…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Ben Lehman, abzu, inthisstyle, Helvetian, Andrew Morris.

5/8/2005 TonyLB: [InSpectres] Threw me for a loop
So I got to run people through some fun in InSpectres last night. Good stuff, but with lots of places where I felt I could do better. We had a…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Jared A. Sorensen, hix, Noon, Michael S. Miller.

5/2/2005 TonyLB: [Dulcimer Hall] Changing the Past
This references previous discussion on Dulcimer Hall, but not hugely. Dulcimer Hall will examine several things:How you define identity in a world with no certainty Who you allow to influence…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Valamir, Doug Ruff, Miskatonic, Sydney Freedberg.

4/28/2005 TonyLB: [That's Not Roleplaying!] Draft mechanics
Okay, after a productive rambling-session with Selene this afternoon, workable mechanics are starting to come together. That's Not Roleplaying is a game of simulating (at break-neck speed) the evolution of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Noon, killacozzy, Vaxalon, Miskatonic.

4/27/2005 TonyLB: (Accepting/Rejecting) x (Text/Meaning)
Recent discussions have led me to think a lot about what it means to tell people that they cannot reject anything that another player contributes to the narration of a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: TonyLB, Vaxalon, Shreyas Sampat, xenopulse, Brendan, Walt Freitag, Noon, Troy_Costisick, charles ferguson, Victor Gijsbers, John Harper.

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6/16/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] Where do the dice all go?
So, having thought hard on all the good stuff said in the most recent Misery Bubblegum thread, I sat myself down and put together an actual draft ruleset. Man, this…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, hix, Sydney Freedberg, TheCzech, Allan, 1of3, Shawn De Arment, Doug Ruff.

6/18/2005 TonyLB: The Sin of Goodness
Writing up a post on this thread, I realized something that I think is going to be a great tool for me in Dogs. Many of the best sins are…
In lumpley games
Participants: TonyLB, nikola, demiurgeastaroth, PercyKittenz.

6/22/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] We were terrible, terrible people
Shawn de Arment and I tested the extremely, extremely broken alpha Misery Bubblegum system last weekend. I wanted to get the rules fixed up before risking anyone looking at them…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, hix, Miskatonic, Shawn De Arment, sirogit, Technocrat13, jasonm, Allan.

6/24/2005 TonyLB: Why adventure at all?
Most RPGs you will ever find have two elements: Adventure and Kewl Powerz. Even games that clearly do not focus on such things most often include them. White Wolf's various…
In RPG Theory
Participants: TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Troy_Costisick, Eva Deinum, Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Andrew Norris, Alan, Noon, Bankuei, John Kim, Eero Tuovinen, Melinglor, Vaxalon, M. J. Young, Itse.

7/4/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 8] Replacement GM
Due to unavoidable pressures, one of our volunteer GMs is unable to attend DexCon 8. Is there anyone planning to come who can jump in to run a saturday midnight…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, gains.

7/7/2005 TonyLB: [DitV] Kettle Lake
If'n you reckon you might be over DexCon-way on wednesday, and be hankerin' to play in this here game I'm running then reading this post will give you loads of…
In lumpley games
Participants: TonyLB, lumpley, jasonm, ironick, Technocrat13, Uzzah, Ben Lehman.

7/8/2005 TonyLB: Convention Trifold up for critique
As we enter my summer convention season, I want as many ways as possible to spread the word about Capes. My preferred mode of contact, of course, is to get…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, urbanpagan, Valamir, Sydney Freedberg.

7/8/2005 TonyLB: DexCon!
In case you haven't heard, Capes is going to have a major, major presence at DexCon (July 13-17, East Brunswick, NJ). So far I'm getting absolutely nothing but good vibes…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Paka, JimTheFly.

7/11/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] New Cover, complete rework
Okay, so I needed some time to absorb the overall impression people had which was that my previous attempt at a new cover simply didn't pass muster. Ouch, but better…
In Publishing
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, Valamir, Ron Edwards, unheilig studios, Resonantg, Jack Aidley, Gaerik, timfire, Ria.

7/18/2005 TonyLB: TSoY review up at RPG.Net
Just got back from a weekend away and noticed this.  A little on the bland "let me recount the high points of the game without judgment" side, but hey, a…
In CRN Games
Participants: TonyLB.

7/18/2005 TonyLB: ENnie Award Nomination
I'm torn between aw-shucks-ing and fist-pumping.  I get back from DEXCON 8 and I find that Capes has been nominated for two ENnie awards, Best Game and Best Rules.  That…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Miskatonic, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, Denise.

7/18/2005 TonyLB: Divergent Worship, Opposing Doctrines
We were chattering about Dogs at DEXCON, and talking about how interesting whacked out takes on the Faith can be... how compelling, how entrancing. And I said (and stand by)…
In lumpley games
Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, lumpley, Wolfen, Solamasa.

7/20/2005 TonyLB: [GENCON] Demo-Folk: What would help you most?
In the Booth Monkeys Sign-in thread, we've had a good number of people who want to demonstrate game systems for other people, but who want some preparation and (at least…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Malcolm, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo, Ben Lehman.

7/22/2005 TonyLB: Play like you MEAN it!
This will be peripherally about Capes, but only because I play so much of it.  I think I've noticed a pendulum swinging here in a direction I really like, in…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Ben Lehman, Mark Woodhouse, John Harper, Noon, nikola, Justin Marx.

8/1/2005 TonyLB: Example of play: Unfinished preview
Work continues painfully but surely on the Flash example of play.  I've gotten it to the point where I'm no longer utterly ashamed to show the in-progress files.  So hopefully…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Stickman, Doc Blue, Anders Gabrielsson, Andrew Norris, Halzebier, ScottM, James_Nostack.

8/2/2005 TonyLB: Forge Booth: Price List
I've taken the price-list from IGE2 at DEXCON, and butchered it around a bit to make a starting price list for GenCon. You can see the evolving list here. I'll…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, Allan, Blankshield, Malcolm, Emily Care, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, jrs, Valamir, abzu, ShawnHel.

8/3/2005 TonyLB: [GenCon] Get your spandex-coveting backsides over here!
GenCon!  You're going, or else you wouldn't be reading this post.  Well let me tell you the place to be:  Booth 1332.  This is the legendary Forge Booth.  It's where…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Gaerik.

8/5/2005 TonyLB: [Misery Bubblegum] New mechanic
This builds (somewhat) on the previous Misery Bubblegum post.  Been a while, hasn't it?  Well, I've been thinking. What the system needs to achieve: Character traits are not simply "good"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Mark Woodhouse, Simon Marks, 1of3, Everspinner.

8/15/2005 TonyLB: Psychological Limitations in Capes
So I'm a Champions player from way back.  Big surprise, right?  And I will admit that I sort of miss the horrible, distorted strait-jackets that were Psychological Limitations.  They always…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse, Vaxalon.

8/23/2005 TonyLB: [Dreamation '06] Lessons of GenCon
[Keanu][color=Navy]Whoa![/color][/Keanu] Manning the Forge GenCon booth this year (for my first time) was one hell of an eye opener.  I thought we (for which read "I") were doing a solid…
In Conventions
Participants: TonyLB, Rob Donoghue, Helvetian, Ron Edwards.

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