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8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Powerblocking?
Just an odd rules question. Say that a player is using the Robot powerset, and making heavy use of the "Massive Property Damage" Style.  Could I set out a "Goal:…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Jack Aidley, jburneko, Technocrat13, Sydney Freedberg, Vaxalon, Grover, Mandacaru, TheCzech, Hans.

8/31/2005 chadu: Underkoffler's Overview of Polaris
...can be found here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html CU
In These Are Our Games
Participants: chadu, Ben Lehman.

8/31/2005 U_C: CoS Questions
Hi Keith, First of all, I love the new booklet however I've a few questions about the system, mostly because I learn via examples rather than anything else. Do…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: U_C, Bob Goat, Roger Eberhart.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Rules/phrases question
Ben, I'm composing a little options-flowchart of the Key Phrases, for a single player to refer to. I think I've got it down complete and right. Except for one thing.…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Brand_Robins, Nev the Deranged.

8/31/2005 lumpley: [UtB] Good, Disobedient and Heartbreaking
On Thursday night at GenCon I played Under the Bed with Danielle, Paul, Ben and Eric. It was the saddest game in the history of time. We took an extreme…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, nikola.

8/31/2005 Lisa Padol: Demo How-To?
Okay, I've bemoaned the lack of longer-than-a-quick-demo things for me to get into. I'd like to be part of the solution. Picking just five games, I want to focus on…
In Conventions
Participants: Lisa Padol, Munkholt, TonyLB.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [Barbaren] Today, I am a man!
Hello, At one of the dinner get-togethers during the first couple of days at GeCon, we engaged in a great deal of feminist theorizing regarding Barbaren. Several people had independently…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Emily Care, Frank T, ejh, bluegargantua.

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.

8/31/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: OshCon '05
OshCon is a tabletop gaming convention based in Oshkosh, WI. It will feature role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargaming, dealer areas and more. http://www.oshcon.org Flames Rising will be at…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

8/31/2005 jasonm: [UtB] Sell me, dude
So ... Under the Bed gets a lot of buzz, and a lot of people I respect rave about it.  There are neat UtB ads in the back of cool…
In glyphpress
Participants: jasonm, nikola, GreatWolf, Technocrat13, Ben Lehman, MichaelCurry, Dumirik, Chanticrow, motherlessgoose.

8/31/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Revisions, Questions, Kušu Barultag
Hi everybody, I want to continue the discussion of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach that began here in Actual Play.  I'm in the process of revising this game, and my most current…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, jrs, Graham Walmsley, Technocrat13, IMAGinES.

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: 2005 Bennie Awards
Ron totally scooped me.  Here's the announcement. <i>I need more nominations</i>.  I've only gotten one set. Hey folks. I've decided to give out the "Ben Lehman Awards for Actual Play,"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Ron Edwards, Sean.

8/31/2005 Allan: [Fingerprints] - First Playtest
Here is the first discussion of Fingerprints in Indie Game Design.  This playtest happened before I wrote that post, so the rules took shape as we played.  I'd just returned…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan.

8/31/2005 Gamskee: [Capes!] Brawl at the Taffy Factory
I had recently purchased Capes! and my campus gaming club was meeting this Tuesday, so I had planned to get them to sit down and give Capes! a shot. Worth…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gamskee, TheCzech, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Vaxalon.

8/31/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Grundo Storybook] Forge Mutt, Mainstream Aspirations - Feedback please?
A great big hearty thanks to the folks at GenCon this year, I owe a lot of people credit for the following! As some may know, I'm bartering with the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: daMoose_Neo, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon, mangaocid.

8/31/2005 nikola: [Shock]
I'm working on a science fiction RPG called Shock, about the collision of social issues with new technologies. The system has a few features, and a few, oh, let's say,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: nikola, M Jason Parent, Allan, iain, Graham Walmsley.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Whoops, forgot this demo
Hello, I knew I was missing something in my Booth play thread. This was the something, when I found a minute to sit in on a Shadow of Yesterday demo.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, Noon, Clinton R. Nixon, Miskatonic.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Introducing a new contest
Hello, I always wanted the Indie Awards to be called the Andies. Ben just started up the Bennies on his blog. Coincidentally, right when he was talking about that beforehand,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, M Jason Parent, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, PlotDevice, Andy Kitkowski, Wolfen, Gregor Hutton, Gordon C. Landis, Eric J..

8/31/2005 TonyLB: IIEE and Karma Resolution
A discussion over on the Muse of Fire boards got me thinking pretty seriously about IIEE, and where it applies.  I reference threads:  the four steps of action, What is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Noon, cruciel, Vaxalon, Gaerik, ewilen, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim.

8/30/2005 Technocrat13: [GenCon/tMW] First time up the mountain.
I've taken my time preparing to post about this session.  I don't think anyone else from that game has yet.  I hope not, because I really would have like to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, Miskatonic, jasonm, Gordon C. Landis, Lisa Padol, Nev the Deranged, timfire, urbanpagan.

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8/31/2005 lumpley: Dogs Review Podcast by Paul Tevis
[url=http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=16556]Have Games, Will Travel #6[/url]. Coolness! -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Review Thread
This is not a thread in which to post reviews.  Rather, it is a collection of links to them. The afforementioned <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html#cutid1">Underkoffler's Overview</a> Polaris is mentioned very favorably in…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, Longspeak, Munkholt, Trevis Martin, GreatWolf, TonyLB, matthijs.

8/31/2005 Meredith: BTI: The vision behind the rules?
Hi Emily, I just finished reading BTI, which my hub Matt (PTA Matt) thoughtfully brought back from GenCon for me.  I'm not a gamer, but had read about it online…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Meredith, Emily Care.

8/31/2005 leonidas300: Darkun Scum in Cursed Empire FRPG
Ok, just imagine a really nasty piece of work, the kind of character who comes over to a table and starts to spoil your evening where you are having a…
In Actual Play
Participants: leonidas300, Albert of Feh, abzu, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic.

9/1/2005 Jeff Turner: I am legion, we are many
Has anyone heard of a game or system that casts players as organizations or groups? For example, a player has either a stable of characters, represents a corporation or entire…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeff Turner, Paul Czege, TonyLB, Artanis, contracycle, Sean, Michael S. Miller, Gaerik.

9/1/2005 jaw6: "Good" sorcerers?
So... I'm getting into Sorcerer. Reading it and getting really jazzed, wanting to run a game. I'm trying to explain to my wife just how nifty this idea is, how…
In Adept Press
Participants: jaw6, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, bcook1971, angelfromanotherpin, jagardner, Andrew Norris, Sean, Lisa Padol, faerieloch, Nev the Deranged.

9/1/2005 Gamskee: Tiny Teams and Arch-Villainy
Just a thought from ubering characters, but I wonder if anyone has tried this one. Could you make a character, Name it V-Force, then make the five powers individual members…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Gamskee, Anders Gabrielsson, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, TheCzech, Stickman.

9/1/2005 contracycle: distribution?
Two gaming stores in London have a single copy of the Monster burner each and no copies of the character burner.  One lot told me its very hard to get…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: contracycle, Matt, abzu, Jake Norwood.

9/1/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] via IRC, third session
If anyone wants to read the logs, you can see them by joining the Indie-NetGaming Yahoo group. I've posted the last 2 session logs there. The highlights from last night's…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Hedge Knight, greyorm, JamesSterrett.

9/1/2005 Justin D. Jacobson: [OT] Hope you're doing okay after the hurricane
Couldn't figure out where to post this, but I hope you've managed to come out of Hurricane Katrina relatively intact. As a gamer, you have two major advantages. First, you…
In CRN Games
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/1/2005 nikola: Actual Play report
Vincent Baker, Paul Czege, Ben Lehman, Danielle (Paul's lady, whose surname I forgot), and Eric (whose last name I've confused with someone else), played in a UtB game at GenCon,…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola.

9/1/2005 Mike Holmes: Who Do You Play?
Hi Joshua, nice meeting you at GenCon. I'm hoping that the question in the thread title is answered in the text somewhere. I didn't get a copy of the game,…
In glyphpress
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, nikola.

9/1/2005 Pol Jackson: [AmberCon NW 2005] Playing Indie Games at ACNW
I'm going to AmberCon NW 2005 this November. Two thoughts: 1.) Any other Forgeites (Forgers? Forgies? Forgettes?) coming to ACNW this year? Let me know! I'd love to hook up…
In Conventions
Participants: Pol Jackson, John Kim.

9/1/2005 Bob Goat: [tSoY] A Boy Named "Boy"
It's been a while since GenCon now, but I wanted to post a bit about the tSoY game we played one night. The group included myself, Thor, Droz, Clinton, &…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bob Goat, Eero Tuovinen, cruciel, Emily Care.

9/1/2005 Ron Edwards: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Embassy Suites, with Jasper
Hello, This was yet another of the myriad games played in the evenings during GenCon in the lobby of the Embassy Suites hotel. I had a tough choice of games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, Gordon C. Landis, Jasper the Mimbo.

9/1/2005 Thor Olavsrud: PDF Game Sheets
Hi Mike, FYI, I was just downloading some of the game sheets from your site in preparation for my character creation session tonight, and I noticed that both the Hero…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Michael S. Miller, Chris Passeno, Bob Goat.

9/1/2005 Adam Dray: NoVA Apartment Con 23 Sep - Activity Thread
I really think that having 3+ threads for one house con is a bit ridiculous, but I didn't want to hijack apeiron's other threads. This thread is for discussing what…
In Conventions
Participants: Adam Dray, apeiron, Vaxalon, Sydney Freedberg, Shawn De Arment, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2005 GreatWolf: [Polaris] Our first actual play
[i]Long ago, the people were dying at the end of the world.[/i] Ever since I read a playtest version of Polaris, I have been drooling with anticipation at having an…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Brand_Robins, Meguey, Ben Lehman, Heraldic Game Design, Miskatonic, Artanis, Paka, John Harper, Nev the Deranged.

9/1/2005 Meguey: Ritual and Gaming/Game Design
All the recent discussion in Actual Play of Dogs, Under the Bed, Barbaren, and Bacchanal got me thinking. Here's what I thought: I have been creating ritual for groups from…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Meguey, lumpley, Artanis, Silmenume, cruciel, Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Ben Lehman, Adam Dray, Blankshield, Emily Care, ivan23.

9/2/2005 DamienNeil: [DitV] Character accomplishment, (re)use of items, inconstant traits
So, I bought and read through the rules.  I'm still getting over how cool Dogs is, and desperately hoping for a chance to actually play it sometime soon.  But I've…
In lumpley games
Participants: DamienNeil, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley.

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