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6/24/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Re-doing Bringing Down the Pain
From this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=15779 I keep running into sharp edges that need to be filed in TSOY (especially with my new game I'm running - we've completely re-done…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, James_Nostack, Vaxalon, bcook1971, dyjoots, Jeffrey Straszheim.

6/24/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Pools and Refreshment: Instinct vs Vigor
So one of the hard points for me with TSOY is determining the dividing line between Instinct and Vigor for purposes of refreshing pools. Could someone break it down for…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, inthisstyle, ffilz, Negilent.

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.

5/12/2005 Andy Kitkowski: [GenCon] I will not settle for Evening Gaming Only :-)
So, it looks like I'll be coming to the Con this year again, for at least three, if not all four days. Gaming in the evenings is fun and excellent,…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Paka, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Allan, Nev the Deranged.

5/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Game (Iron) Chef Contest: It's back! (May 21-29)
Hey all, just wanted to drop this bomb: Been working with Mike H and Ralph to bring back the Game Chef: This time, a little bigger, a little prettier, and…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Morris, Asrogoth, Valamir, BrennaLaRosa, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Paul Czege, PlotDevice.

4/25/2005 Andy Kitkowski: PTA to run Manga, Part Deux
Why do I even bother sometimes? :-) http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=3854202 Basically, my take on how PTA is The Greatest Manga Roleplaying Game, EVAR. I guess the best way to prove this would…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, b_bankhead, Danny_K, Matt Wilson.

4/19/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Bringing Down the Pain... Against Inanimate Objects?
You are the GM. You've put the player character in a dangerous situation. Say, the character has an option of trying to leap a chasm for whatever reason. You set…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, James_Nostack, Alan, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/18/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Raleigh NC, April 23: Small Press Discussion Lunch!
Here's the event: http://ncgameday.dhorizon.org/index.php It's NC Gameday. It's at NC State university in Raleigh (and very easy to find- this coming from a guy who hates navigating local Uni campuses),…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, abzu, Jeph.

4/12/2005 Andy Kitkowski: [PTA] "Bellows-Punk" and Playing the Antagonist
Hey all, I played out this excellent session of PTA about a month ago with Ben L, and two friends who had never played PTA before. It was a fucking…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Chris Goodwin, Danny_K.

4/11/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: Need Your Help (Quickie)!
Hey all, I'm pretty sure that you all know about the Indie RPG Awards by now. What I need you (as Small-Press RPG consumers) to do for me is this:…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

4/8/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Where is that general online design chat on irc?
I can't find it- I could have sworn it was at Magicstar... but I can only find the Indie Netgaming stuff there. Wasn't there another online server/irc channel that people…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, LordSmerf, Doug Ruff, Jeffrey Straszheim.

4/8/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Wow, now THAT takes me back...
Just found this on Tony's RPG archive: Age of Heroes v4.0 by Brian Gleichman, Bryan Harsh, Terri Gleichman Old URL "http://home.earthlink.net/~bgleichman/" Keywords: genre fantasy long A detailed fantasy-genre system. It…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jason L Blair, inthisstyle, Gordon C. Landis, C. Edwards, Asrogoth, John Kim, GB Steve.

4/7/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Twelve Kingdoms: A MUST WATCH Anime...
[b]Twelve Kingdoms[/b] So, for the Forge Birthday folks, I give to you this gift: If you can enjoy anime, check it out. The chance that it doesn't resonate with you…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, Bankuei, Green.

4/5/2005 Andy Kitkowski: So... Whatcha Workin' On?
What kinds of projects you got going on? RPG-Related: Indie RPG Awards- ramping it up, getting ready to put it into sustaining mode so that I don't have to touch…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paka, xenopulse, Jeph, Mark Johnson, Wolfen, Jonathan Walton, Lxndr.

4/5/2005 Andy Kitkowski: So... Which upcoming games are you looking forward to?
I gotta say, Ben L's a friend and all, but his Polaris sounds really interesting. I'm hoping that I get a chance to pick it up and play it this…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paka, Andrew Morris, Valamir, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, Bankuei, Tobias, Zathreyel, Rich Forest, Eero Tuovinen, Dev, Shreyas Sampat, Michael S. Miller, Selene Tan, Jeph, ethan_greer.

3/24/2005 Andy Kitkowski: A few new Secrets available...
Over at the WIKI: http://random.average-bear.com/TSOY/OpenSecrets I'm trying to think of a name other than "Secret of Expansive Military Training" for the combat-related one (I'm satisfied with the other names). Can…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clay.

3/22/2005 Andy Kitkowski: "Mech A RPG Design Contest" (Free Art)
Hey all, this was a thread going over on RPGNet that I got behind. Basically, Fellow A was going to write a Mecha-Themed RPG. He had $300 worth of art…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, daMoose_Neo, contracycle, timfire, Tobias, Eero Tuovinen, xenopulse, philreed, Jasper Polane, Bogie_71.

3/1/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Looking for RPG Design/ Gaming-topical Blogs
Totally being serious here, this isn't just a "fun thread'. Recently, I've seen a lot of interesting gaming discussion go down on various weblogs like 20x20 Room and the like.…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, Bankuei, Ben Lehman, Bob Goat.

2/18/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Indiestry creating a new "Class" of hobbyist?
Just a quick thought I had the other day, wanted to throw it out there and see what it means. In the traditional Gaming Industry, there were pretty much two-three…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Valamir, Halzebier, daMoose_Neo, Vaxalon, b_bankhead, Noon, jerry, JMendes, Bob Goat, pete_darby.

2/18/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Who is planning on publishing their TSOY worlds?
Next week I begin running TSOY for my group. The campiagn world is one of those things where I wrote it years ago for D&D, brushing the dust off of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, urbwar, Valamir, inthisstyle.

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7/16/2005 Andy Kitkowski: [GENCON] Booth Monkeys sign-in: What Can You Run?
Hi all, it's time to start getting prepared for the con- It's only a month away, so if we start now we'll have a killer crack team of Elite Booth…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Malcolm, Ben Lehman, Jasper the Mimbo, Matt Wilson, johnmarron, Allan, Emily Care, daMoose_Neo, Bob Goat, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud, timfire, Nev the Deranged, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Matt Snyder, Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, apeiron, btrc, nikola.

7/31/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Gaming Theory Blogs That You Should Bookmark
Hey all, over on RPGNet I threw out a line to get links to several gaming theory blogs.  Since it sounds like some of the Forge's theory speak will (hopefully!)…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, chadu, Miskatonic, Paka, John Kim, Jonas Karlsson, haiiro, Grover, Ron Edwards, jaw6, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/3/2005 Andy Kitkowski: A PTA game that went horrible south, but not for the expected reasons...
I declared that I wanted a drama. We batted ideas around, and settled on an exciting Roman epic in the decline of the empire. As the producer, I demanded that…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, IMAGinES, bcook1971.

8/15/2005 Andy Kitkowski: [GenCon] People Selling Games, A Heads Up
I was preparing some adventures for demos, but realized that most of the stuff I'm going to run is going to be of the top of my head anyway. I…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, TonyLB, Adam Dray, daMoose_Neo, Miskatonic.

8/25/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Ha! THe first post! (and Alternate Settings to BTI)
Cool, we've got Hot Forum-on-Forum action in the house. So, I never got a chance to run it at GenCon, but I so want to soon run BTI in alternate…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Emily Care, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Allan, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Dumirik, Frank T, JasperN., GB Steve, Victor Gijsbers.

8/31/2005 Andy Kitkowski: GenCon Booth vendors (and others): Flatcon and GAMA
Hey all, I just realized that I forgot to mention two things that happened at the Forge Booth. Two guys from "Flatcon" stopped by with a few fliers, but asked…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt-M-McElroy, rickr, Nev the Deranged, Valamir.

9/3/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Where's the new Revised Character Sheet?
Hey, I couldn't find the Revised character sheets on the BobGoat website (Under "Worksheets"). I'm looking for the ones like that appear in the book. Anyone know where they are?…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Bob Goat.

9/5/2005 Andy Kitkowski: To Designers: For the Next GenCon!
Hey all, Andy here.  I figured that I'd start another GenCon thread in the hizzy, now that things have settled down a bit.  Here's what I've got to say, as…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis, M Jason Parent, Vaxalon, nikola.

9/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: "Shock: Social Science Fiction" <-- Nan desu ka, koreya?
At the bottom of Josh's sig, I see: "Now in the chamber: Shock: Social Science Fiction" Could you talk a little about this one? Inquiring minds want to know... (^.^)…
In glyphpress
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, nikola, Miskatonic, Brand_Robins, cappadocius, lumpley, Ben Lehman, rafial.

9/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Bacchanal Dice Set?
To run Bacchanal, you need (let's say for 6 players, to make things nice and average): 1 purple d8 1 black d8 1 red d8 1 silver d6 1 white…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Our Indie Comic Bretheren (Wash DC, Sept 23rd)
http://www.spxpo.com/index.shtml A comic expo/convention for indies comics artists. Man, does this give anyone ideas, or what? It's in DC later this month.  If anyone out there is in the vicinity…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Vaxalon.

9/15/2005 Andy Kitkowski: YukiCon 2: DOS YUKIOS. CARY NC, Sunday October 2nd
Hey all, going to host a second Yukicon at my place, tentatively titled DOS YUKIOS. It's going down on Sunday, October 2nd and will feature superstar gaming guests of honor,…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Technocrat13, Emily Care, jasonm, Jeph.

10/27/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Another "Mini Iron Game Chef" event, with PRIZES!!
Hey guys, I'm sure most of y'all are familiar with the Iron Game Chef contest (www.game-chef.com). Anyway, the folks running a local NC game convention (MACE) contacted me to set…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Joshua BishopRoby, Tony Irwin, Bret Gillan, Darcy Burgess, jasonm.

11/2/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Possibility of increasing the number of threads per page?
I don't know if there's a huge server/db impact, but especially in Indie Design I think we definitely need more than 21 threads per page.  Just to get more exposure…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

12/4/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Ptolus and new methods of distro for setting-rich games
So, today I learned that the $120 Huge Bundle Thingy ("Preorder Special") for Monte Cook's upcoming D&D setting called "Ptolus" (more at : http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?mpress_Ptolus ) includes this huge whopping core…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, komradebob, Nathan P., Tony Irwin, ukgpublishing, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, tetsujin28, Troy_Costisick, Iskander, Calithena, Keith Senkowski, Ben Lehman.

1/17/2006 Andy Kitkowski: The Ghost Killers: Combat & Damage- Stuck, need a push
Hey all.  So I'm turning my 24 Hour Game "The Ghost Killers" into a full-fledged game. Playtested twice, but now the core mechanic changed a bit in a recent playtest…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, dindenver, jasonm, Valamir, Noon, Jason Leigh.

2/10/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Anatomy of a SHOCK: Social Science Fiction game
Hey all, if anyone is interested in following along, I'll be documenting my attempts to get my group into a "Novel"-sized campaign of SHOCK. My group has folks that are…
In glyphpress
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, nikola, Everspinner.

2/19/2006 Andy Kitkowski: 2006 Game Chef Event Announced!
Tell your friends, post on your blogs, get the word out! We're pushing ahead in 2006 with the next Game Chef contest! The dates have been set: March 11th-19th. The…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, joepub, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Looking for More Game-Chef Judges!
58 Entries. Holy fuck. http://www.1km1kt.net/forum/ftopic626.html Even with Peer Reviewing, that's about 4 reviews per game, plus a few get 5 reviews because of already registered volunteer judges. I'd like to…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

3/3/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Preparing for Game Chef 2006
Thanks for the plug, Joshua.  Yeah, Game Chef is like a large-scale Ronnies with weird rules and no money prizes. It starts up again for 2006 at the end of…
In Endeavor
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Joshua BishopRoby.

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