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12/15/2005 Neil the Wimp: Running very short demos - tips?
(This isn't exactly about a convention, but a public demo; if these questions are off-topic here, please let me know). I'd like to pick your collective brains, if I may,…
In Conventions
Participants: Neil the Wimp, M Jason Parent, matthijs, M. J. Young, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, abzu, Adam Dray.

11/22/2006 Neil the Wimp: Stony Creek Branch
(MK-RPG people, I'm intending to run this at the club, so think twice before reading it.) This is my first attempt at a Dogs town.  I'm intending it to be…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Tim M Ralphs.

12/30/2006 Neil the Wimp: [9W] Demo scenario?
Are there any convention scenarios available for Nine Worlds? I've just picked up Nine Worlds and I'm very excited about it.  I'd like to run a mini-campaign of it at…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Matt Snyder, 1000buffalo.

1/19/2007 Neil the Wimp: Concrete Cow, Milton Keynes, UK, 10 March
Here in sunny Milton Keynes, the MK RPG club are putting on another of our one-day mini-cons.  Details are at http://wiki.mk-rpg.org.uk/index.php/ConcreteCow.  There are generally quite a few indie games played…
In Conventions
Participants: Neil the Wimp.

2/26/2007 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Matri- or patri-local?
OK, a simple little question.  As I understand it, young men are sent off to visit other towns as both part of their 'education' and to court women and choose…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, lumpley.

5/23/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG first playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Ben's notes and some other playtests We played Dirty Secrets last…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf.

6/8/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MKRPG second playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the MKRPG first playtest.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, ParRathorne.

7/5/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Dirty Secrets] MK RPG Third Playtest
Dirty Secrets is Seth Ben-Ezra's game of detective fiction, in the mould of Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.  Read Seth's notes and some other playtests, including the first and second…
In Playtesting
Participants: Neil the Wimp, GreatWolf, Artanis, Valamir, Caesar_X.

8/21/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Capes] Who owns what, and why keep characters?
I'm trying to get my head around Capes and how all the resources flow around.  My understanding is that Debt is owned by the character, while Story Tokens and Inspirations…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, oreso, Hans, TonyLB.

8/28/2007 Neil the Wimp: When are conflicts resolved?
...or rather, why aren't all conflicts resolved at the end of each page? Taking the example on pp. 46-7 of the Capes book.  Player order is C A B.  C…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Gaerik, TonyLB.

10/18/2007 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Conflicts are tensionless
I finally get to play in a mini-campaign of DitV and things aren't going so well.  We're doing a 'rotating GM' thing where each of us takes it in turn…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, aescleal, knicknevin, David Artman, Noclue, ffilz, Claudia Cangini, John Harper.

11/4/2007 Neil the Wimp: [Capes] On being overdrawn
Can I just check that I understand what happens when a character is overdrawn? If a character is overdrawn, they have to roll down dice.  Once per overdrawn drive, the…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, TheCzech.

1/21/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Shock 1.1] Antag failures; antag credits
A couple of questions about Shock 1.1. On p. 37, "Fallout for Failure".  The section starts: "When you lose a Conflict, you gain something in return. "If your Protagonist is…
In glyphpress
Participants: Neil the Wimp, TomTitTot, nikola, TempvsMortis.

6/25/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Nine Worlds] Trumps and Talismans questions
We've been playing a great game of Nine Worlds recently (I won't bore you with actual play, as most of it is 'you had to be there' funny).  Now that…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, Valamir, Matt Snyder.

11/5/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Shooting the Moon]: Character sheet downloads?
Are there any downloadable versions of the Shooting the Moon character sheets anywhere?  I couldn't find any on the Black & Green website, but that could be just me. Ta,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Emily Care.

12/5/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Bliss Stage] Single-pilot missions are better for the story
So, we're a few sessions into our Bliss Stage game, and we've noticed something about how missions are structured.  As there are four players and four pilots, we started building…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Ben Lehman.

12/10/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Bliss Stage] Hot pilot-on-pilot action
Something that came up in our game last night: how do pilots oppose the mission actions of other pilots? The situation was that Jessica, a pilot (played by Robin (a…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Ben Lehman.

4/29/2009 Neil the Wimp: [Sorcerer] Stupid summoning dice question
If this question has an obvious answer, please enlighten me.  Consider my Sorcerer PC with Will 4, Humanity 6.  He's trying to Summon a Demon with Power 5.  Who rolls…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neil the Wimp, greyorm, Ron Edwards, jburneko, The Dragon Master.

3/24/2010 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Non-pathetic Stewards
I've run a few DitV towns, but I'm always having problems with what to do about the Steward.  If he's on the ball, he'll intervene with things going wrong in…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, David Artman, lumpley, Noclue, Paul T, Rughat, Motipha, Eero Tuovinen.

4/11/2010 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Why are relationships so specific?
I like playing with new people: it gives  me a refreshing new perspective on my play assumptions.  The latest occasion what a play-by-mail game of Dogs.  One player posted a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Neil the Wimp, Noclue, Paul T, Motipha, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

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