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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 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 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 ffilz: [D20 Arcana Evolved] The reward/hero point discussion
We had another session last night. After a somewhat long social time (partly because I was cooking dinner for myself - note to self - I really need to work…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, Gaerik, Sean, Eric J., cruciel, Pol Jackson.

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.

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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.

9/2/2005 Allan: [The Big Night] - GenCon Kids Room
I hadn't realized there was going to be a kids' room at GenCon, but after I discovered it I was really excited about getting to play The Big Night with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, Lisa Padol, Jared A. Sorensen, Gamskee, Meguey, M Jason Parent, Bret Gillan.

9/2/2005 GB Steve: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Barker bites
So. Only three of us turned up to play last night which meant that we had to forgo our GURPS Gateway game and find something else to do. I had…
In Actual Play
Participants: GB Steve, Ron Edwards, jasonm.

9/2/2005 Montola: CFP: Role-playing seminar at Tampere University
We're hosting a small seminar on role-playing theory at the University of Tampere. Check out the seminar webpage below for practical information and the call for papers; please note that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Montola.

9/2/2005 jasonm: Vi Åker Jeep
I'm friends with Olle Jonsson, who is a founding member of the Swedish freeform collective Vi Åker Jeep.  These guys are doing some very interesting things, and I really wanted…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jasonm, Joshua BishopRoby, Merten, Tobias Wrigstad.

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