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8/15/2005 hix: Perception of non .com domain names?
I want to set up a website to sell RPG pdfs. Now, the .com domain name I want seems to have been registered*. So I'm wondering if international customers are…
In Publishing
Participants: hix, MikeSands, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray, jdagna, demiurgeastaroth, Addix, Andrew Morris.

5/31/2005 hix: Changeling via TSoY ... rocks!
This is one of those "I had a great time" Actual Play threads. We’re playing a Changeling game set in Wellington using The Shadow of Yesterday. This is our third…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Clinton R. Nixon, petrova.

5/6/2005 hix: Using Uni to write scripts
Hi gang, In the Solo Uni thread, Chris asked what I'd have to teach people in order to use Universalis as a script-writing tool. Well, we're about to have the…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2005 hix: A simple Gift of Dice question
Hey there, just finished first session of a TSoY game (set in WW's Changeling universe). The Gift of Dice is fantastic ... but one question I just wanted to ask:…
In CRN Games
Participants: hix, rafial.

4/17/2005 hix: Solo Uni
I’ve played Uni solo twice over the last couple of years; both times as a tool to kickstart some storylining ideas for a TV show pilot. Going in, I typically…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Valamir, Tony Irwin, Christopher Weeks.

3/27/2005 hix: [Sorc] The Celebrity Machine
[b]The Celebrity Machine[/b] The characters are either celebrities or working in the Hollywood movie industry. Humanity is your connection to your genuine multi-faceted and unpredictable self. * Zero humanity means…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Miskatonic, angelfromanotherpin, J B Bell, Michael S. Miller, gorckat, Valamir.

3/25/2005 hix: [AP] Sorc: Toon Town Confidential - no longer freaked
Just had the final session of our game described in ‘Sorceror freaked us out’. To recap: it’s Sorceror in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit universe. Lots of work on the…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

3/15/2005 hix: [Sorc] Toon Town Confidential - final session bangs
I’m prepping for the final session of our game described in ‘Sorceror freaked us out’. To recap: it’s Sorceror in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit universe. We’ve got four characters.…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2005 hix: Astral: Rules, and ‘Challenge’ Question
[b]Astral[/b]. It’s a game about out of body experiences. This post describes the stripped down rules. My big question has been “When do you roll the dice?” At the moment,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, TonyLB, MikeSands.

2/19/2005 hix: Lessons from playing Uni on Wiki?
Hi, I haven't seen a thread that covered this, so ... Most of the Universalis-Wiki games I've monitored/played in seem to have petered out. I'm wondering whether participants and observers…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Mike Holmes, Valamir, ScottM, Trevis Martin, MatrixGamer.

1/24/2005 hix: Sorceror freaked us out …
This was our group’s first time with Sorceror. Using a setting I’ve been keen on trying for a while (Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets L.A. Confidential) we agreed to play…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, TonyLB, petrova, GB Steve, Michael S. Miller.

1/18/2005 hix: [MLwM] My Life with Goldfinger
Inspired by Evil Genius, Gino wanted to run for a game where we were all of the henchmen of a super-villain. Someone, not me, suggested My Life with Master. Great,…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Yokiboy, petrova, Paul Czege.

12/11/2004 hix: InSpectres Wellington: Heavy Caseload
I was really looking forward to running InSpectres … but nervous too. This was our group’s third experience running a system encouraging Director Stance: Universalis, Metal Opera, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Eero Tuovinen.

10/25/2004 hix: [Sorc] Prepping for Toons
Remember this thread? It's about running a Sorceror game in the 'Roger Rabbit' universe. Tonight I'll be taking this to my group for a character-gen session - and in a…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, DannyK, Paka.

9/9/2004 hix: Relationship Maps: Your Story or Their Story?
I've had fun drawing players into relationship maps during a Buffy mini-series and a pick-up game of The Pool. But now I'm thinking about running Sorceror for the first time,…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, sirogit, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, matthijs.

8/29/2004 hix: Actual Play: The Cat who could End the World
This continues an Actual Play write-up from about ten months ago A Russian Fairytale. That thread has the first two chapters. In this one, I’ll post the last three. Our…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Mike Holmes, Tobias, Valamir.

8/28/2004 hix: The Pool: Capes vs. Tentacles
Finally after 2 years, I get round to running the Pool. We played Paganini style (see this thread): a group designed setting and each player providing kickers. Quick decision to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, DannyK, Trevis Martin.

8/27/2004 hix: Metal Opera: A One Night Band
We played Metal Opera three weeks ago as a fill-in one shot game while a player was away. Thanks to everyone for their help in this thread. The group decided…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2004 hix: Can you recommend: one-shot, Inspectres-esque game?
Hi (and I hope this is the right forum). Our group's had a gaming slot open up for next week. Does anybody know any games that are being (or have…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hix, Trevis Martin, Jack Aidley, timfire, Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Zak Arntson.

7/2/2004 hix: Who Sorcerised Roger Rabbit?
[b]Demons[/b] are Toons. They want to play with humans, entertain (and be entertained) and most of all they want humans to use Toon Logic with them. [b]Humanity[/b] is Logic, Reason…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, greyorm, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Sydney Freedberg, pete_darby.

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10/14/2005 hix: Using mind-maps to record Components
Our brainstorming group met up last night and we roughed out a setting for a TV show. I was recording all the ideas down onto a huge sheet of paper…
In Universalis
Participants: hix, Mike Holmes.

10/28/2005 hix: Agents in the Matrix
This is an alternate setting inspired by SS in the Valley (aside from The Farm, probably the only true horror game I've ever read). I wonder if this is a…
In lumpley games
Participants: hix, Danny_K, Vaxalon, Brian Newman, Brand_Robins, Chris Geisel, Ignotus, Everspinner, lumpley, John Harper.

11/17/2005 hix: [apocalypse girl] Unofficial Ronnies feedback
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Apocalypse_Girl.php][b]apocalypse girl[/b][/url] had an instantaneously appealing hook to me: [quote]God chose you to save the world. Congrats. Here's the thing: Nobody gave you any superpowers. You get no Slayer strength,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Tobias, TonyLB, Unco Lober, Ramidel, Roger, Frank T.

11/20/2005 hix: [Dirty Virgins] Fixing the voting mechanism
I’ve written a game called Dirty Virgins which is designed to be played over a couple of hours. As Rob said over at the 20x20 Room, it’s about medieval maidens…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, TonyLB, jasonm, nikola.

11/27/2005 hix: [Dirty Virgins] Starting Honour & Shame
Dirty Virgins (which’ll probably get renamed Desperate Virgins) is a game about maidens trying to sully their reputations before a dragon eats them in the morning. In a previous thread…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, dindenver.

1/19/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] Thinking about the reward system
So, before I get to work on redrafting my Ronnies entries, I want to finish Lucky Jones - a game set in the world of family sitcoms - that I've…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, MikeSands.

1/25/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] 2 playtests at Kapcon
I ran 2 games of Lucky Jones at Kapcon this weekend & it went down well. By pulling in an extra player at the last minute, I was able to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, MikeSands.

1/26/2006 hix: [Dirty Virgins] At first the playtest was fun, then it was not
I play-tested the Ronnies version of Dirty Virgins on Tuesday. It came about because two players didn't make to our Buffy game - so after an intense game of Modern…
In Playtesting
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg.

6/28/2006 hix: Are Trollbabe's revised rules online anywhere?
Hey Ron, I've seen various threads over the last year where you explain the change to how magic, fighting and social are calculated. Are there any other rule changes a…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2006 hix: [The Lucky Joneses] Some slow, latently homosexual playtesting
I'm about to do a big playtesting spree for my game, The Lucky Joneses, which is set in a family sit-com universe and is (hopefully) about what it means to…
In Playtesting
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, petrova.

9/8/2006 hix: [Anti-Pool] Haunted London, and a rules question
I'm currently playing a game set in the universe of "The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray", a novel about an alternate London that suffered massive bombings by the Prussians, leading to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, demiurgeastaroth, Mike Holmes.

9/24/2006 hix: [& Sword] How would you do a mass combat?
I borrowed Sorceror & Sword off a friend earlier this week, and I'm reading my way through the literature suggestions at the moment. Bloodstone was excellent - Kane is very…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg, James_Nostack, jrs.

11/18/2006 hix: Gametime – a new Kiwi groupblog about RPGs
I’ve just helped establish Gametime, a livejournal community to discuss game design and theory, centred in New Zealand. We’re aiming to contribute to the on-going online conversation about RPGs, and…
In Connections
Participants: hix.

11/20/2006 hix: [& Sword] The Heart of Africa - Prep for Session 1
I need your help with Bangs and prep! I had the brainstorming / character generation session for a long-awaited game of Sorceror and Sword yesterday. I'm GMing. The players are…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

12/19/2006 hix: [& Sword] The Contessa's Baby
The game’s Sorceror, set in 18th century Africa. Here's the prep thread. Sean’s playing Rasputin, a Russian sorcerer eager for the demonic knowledge he knows can be found in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, James_Nostack, Frank T, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

12/28/2006 hix: [UnSpeakable] Rules Questions for an upcoming Con Game
I'm going to be running Unspeakable (the Lovecraft supplement for Inspectres) at Kapcon next weekend. There's no Actual Play yet, but I will write about it here once we do.…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/28/2007 hix: [Kapcon 16] How to run a medical procedural show using Primetime Adventures
Last weekend, I ran PTA at a local con for three players. We settled on a supernatural forensic medical drama. I’d watched two seasons of House recently, so I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, James_Nostack.

2/13/2007 hix: Gathering tips for PTA pitch sessions
It struck me that’d it’d be useful to assemble a list of tips for running PTA pitch sessions – good questions to ask, tools for sorting out problems. I haven’t…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: hix, Glendower, memolith.

2/13/2007 hix: [Universalis] A fantasy epic in 3 hours (or How I took the Gloves off)
This happened back in January last year, on the first day of Kapcon (our local convention). Five players – Ivan, who I’d never met before. Margee was a friend from…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Simon C, Valamir, Yokiboy, TonyLB.

3/2/2007 hix: Is there a summary of "How you spend points"?
Hi Matt, I've borrowed Nine Worlds off a friend recently, and am really enjoying it. Hoping to give it a spin at a mini-con next weekend. I think the cheat…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: hix, Matt Snyder.

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