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9/16/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Entering a Scene
You can join a scene in progress by spending a fan mail. At one point in our first session, we were just beginning a conflict (that is, we were about…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

9/16/2005 JamesDJIII: [Donjon] IRC, fifth session - we're rockin' now
Played the fith session last night on magicstar.net in #indie-rpgs. You can read the session IRC log at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indie-netgaming and follow the links to the Files section. I must say,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, James_Nostack, Miskatonic, Vaxalon, greyorm.

9/15/2005 Arturo G.: Question: Using More/Less-Than traits, and trying to avoid conflict
Hi folks! I got my copy of MLwM yesterday. I'm discovering incredible nice things thanks to The Forge. I have now some new exciting games and almost no time to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Arturo G., Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege.

9/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [The Pool][Questing Beast] Experience
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but the Random Order forum is inactive. I'm running a game of the Pool, with the addition of the Monologue of…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

9/15/2005 Nathan P.: [Timestream] Bricolage In Action
I've been playtesting my materials for the Timestream game I'll be running at Southern Exposure at the end of the month. Todays game was very fun, and provided some examples…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nathan P., Arturo G., Joshua BishopRoby, Emily Care, MatrixGamer, Silmenume, Bret Gillan.

9/15/2005 Da_Killah: Magic Mechanics
I was wondering if maybe this had already been done.  I was thinking about having magic drain health and completely forego an extra stat for casting.  ie. I cast and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Da_Killah, Arturo G., JakeVanDam, Troy_Costisick, nikola, Noon, smokewolf.

9/15/2005 Rob Donoghue: Revised Colophon
And on a completely non-mechanical note, what were the fonts used for the revised edition? -Rob D.
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Matt Wilson.

9/15/2005 Technocrat13: Appropriateness of other Message Icons
Ron or Clinton, While I was posting earlier today I noticed that little pull-down box below the subject line titled "Message Icon".  There's a bunch of icons there including smiley…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Artanis.

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.

9/15/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] The Horror in the Museum
We playtested the Shab-al-Hiri Roach last night and it went very well.  The principals were: Joseph Conolly (Tom), Assistant Professor of Geography.  His Enthusiasms were Deception and Manipulation, which Tom…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, IMAGinES.

9/15/2005 Jonathan Hastings: [InSpectres] Second try...
A few weeks ago, I tried to run InSpectres for the second time, using a lot of the advice I got after posting the play report of my first attempt. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Tim Alexander, Jasper.

9/15/2005 GB Steve: The Devil is in the Details
With all the Dogs games I've run, Fort Lemon 5(ish) times + Buffalo Run, and in the game I played (I forget the name of the town), much of the…
In lumpley games
Participants: GB Steve, TonyLB, Meguey, Blankshield, Frank T, jasonm, Andrew Morris, ptikachu, rrr, Miskatonic.

9/15/2005 poisongrin: Dice Roller Needed for Website
I'm in need of a dicer roller to install on my website, that rolles any number of d10 dice with a name for the person who is doing the roll,…
In Connections
Participants: poisongrin, Victor Gijsbers, Arturo G., Selene Tan, mutex.

9/15/2005 Technocrat13: [Villains of Safinubi] A courier, an engineer, an architect, and the Park.
Terribly exciting. We played our first session of Villains of Safinubi tonight and it went swimmingly.  I think I'd rate it a 7 on a scale of 1-10 for fun-osity. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Technocrat13, jasonm.

9/15/2005 thrall: Conflict questions: fighting over weapons, escalating to see
I just ran my first Dogs game ever (a one shot), and loved it. The actual play is/will be here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16837.0 We came across a couple questions about conflicts that…
In lumpley games
Participants: thrall, DamienNeil, Frank T, Sean, lumpley.

9/15/2005 thrall: [DitV one-shot] White River Falls
I finally got to pick up Dogs at GenCon Indy, and I still get happy shivers when I think about playing it. I convinced two of my fellow gamers to…
In Actual Play
Participants: thrall, ScottM.

9/15/2005 TickTock Man: DitV: Applying Relationships
Greetings! I have a quick question on relationships in DitV.  This is a hypothetical but could come into play depending on the feedback I receive.  Given a game of Dogs…
In lumpley games
Participants: TickTock Man, Blankshield, cdr, Nev the Deranged, philaros, nikola, lumpley, Ignotus.

9/15/2005 Artanis: [Paladin 40K] #3: Tzeentch (GNS clash?)
Third session of Paladin in the universe of Warhammer 40K, continued from last session. This time, all five players were present. This is also where we saw the most player…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

9/15/2005 Dumirik: [The Inquisition] Poking playtesters with soft pillows.
Ok, the Monty Python quotes are probably getting a bit much, so this will be the last time I use them. The other thing is that the game name is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, knicknevin, Bandari.

9/14/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Scope of Narration, Scene Requests, and other questions
In our recent play, we experienced a few problems. The game was still fun, but questions were raised. Scene Requests: how much authority do the players have here? Can they…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, Lisa Padol, iago, Rob Donoghue, Blankshield, Alan, John Harper.

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9/16/2005 Justin Marx: [7W] Dice mechanics, need sound math advice
Hi there, I am having some problems with figuring out the probability curves when trying to work this dice mechanic for my game Seven Worlds. This is the basic dice…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Justin Marx, Artanis, nsruf, Rob Carriere, Kynn, Joshua BishopRoby.

9/16/2005 Nogusielkt: Player Goals as part of creation?
I've been working on setting player goals as a part of character creation.  At some point during creation, most likely one of the first things you do, is roll for…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Nogusielkt, Joshua BishopRoby, Kynn, Nathan P., TonyLB.

9/16/2005 Matt Wilson: have you always wanted a PTA hoodie?
I set up a cafepress store prior to GenCon so that I could pirnt up some shirts to wear at the booth. But then I thought, what the heck? I'll…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Rob Donoghue.

9/16/2005 RobNJ: [Burning Wheel] Bangs and NPCs for my first game
MY PLAYERS--PLEASE DO NOT READ. So here are my notes for the first session of Burning Carnival, The Don and the Dame.  Criticism and critique are welcome. Situation: The local…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobNJ, Paka, Chris Geisel, WhiteRat.

9/16/2005 David Laurence: (DitV) Two Rivers Branch
I also posted this over on RPGnet, and got some very useful comments from Judd there (incorporated below), but just for the sake of lots of people seeing it: I'm…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Laurence, ScottM.

9/16/2005 Palaskar: Getting New Gamers Into the Hobby
I saw the "DnD for Dummies" commercial a few days ago, and was wondering what should be done in terms of game design to get people into the hobby. Here's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Palaskar, Andrew Morris, timfire.

9/16/2005 TonyLB: [PtA] Untitled/Bootleggers: Too well created series
I had a fascinating first time as Producer in Primetime Adventures.  The gory details I wrote up here in an RPG.net post (since they totally need more exposure to PtA…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, John Harper, Sydney Freedberg, Nathan P., Frank T.

9/16/2005 unheilig studios: rpg/board games: blurring the lines
It comes to me that working on my rpg design, elements of a board game keep cropping up and i keep pushing them away. Should I? Take Clue, for example.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: unheilig studios, lumpley, Troy_Costisick, gsoylent, timfire, jasonm, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim, Gordon C. Landis, rafial, Blankshield, ewilen.

9/16/2005 Emily Care: [Under the Bed-GenCon demo]Fantasy, Fears & fun
Hey there, I been meaning to write this up for a while, but have even more incentive to do so now that J's started his contest.  I got to play…
In Actual Play
Participants: Emily Care, nikola.

9/16/2005 Palaskar: Learning from the "DnD for Dummies" ad in terms of game design
I don't know if this should be posted here or in Publishing, so I started here. I've ommited stuff that I know has been obviously talked about, in this case,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Palaskar, timfire, Joshua BishopRoby, Emily Care, Noon, demiurgeastaroth.

9/16/2005 Palaskar: [Signature] Need quick a "tagline"
Ok, this may not be the correct place to ask for it, but I couldn't think of a better place. I'm basically done with my generic RPG, Signature -- but…
In Publishing
Participants: Palaskar, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2005 Kesher: Contingent rpgs
I have two purposes with this post.  First, I'd like to find out if anyone knows of other examples of what I'm calling a contingent rpg (defined below); second, I'd…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kesher, Joshua BishopRoby, ewilen, Noon, Paul Czege.

9/16/2005 droog: Planning for Charnel Gods
Hi all I'm starting a new game of Charnel Gods soon, and I have some ideas I'd really like to throw around. The characters are: Sorum - an ancient sorcerer…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Paka, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, hix, Chris Geisel.

9/17/2005 ewilen: Breaking out bass playing, or credibility distribution sub-classified
Basically, this is an effort at disambiguation, or classifying different gaming styles so as to note their existence and distinguish them from each other. (It may also be worth emphasizing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ewilen, Marco, Joshua BishopRoby, timfire, John Kim.

9/17/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] PC Death
My recent playtest exposed the rules about PC death as problematic and I want to fix them, or get rid of them.  The good:  It is deliciously appropriate in theme…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, Artanis, Graham Walmsley, Dumirik, Jeph, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards.

9/17/2005 gsoylent: [In Spaaace] Ace Reporters!
This is my account of our first In Spaaace game. It may be of interest as it's the report of three people first experience with Forge-like games and ideas (…
In Actual Play
Participants: gsoylent.

9/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] More Scene Requests Questions
Leaving the thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16833.0 to focus on the question of narration & stakes, here's a couple of quick questions on scene requests. Scene Requests: how…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, John Harper, IMAGinES.

9/17/2005 rylen dreskin: [MLWM]My Life in Feudal Japan
‘lo folks Mixed results on my first session of My Life with Master.  I think I might have started things too quick out of the gate, and as a result,…
In Actual Play
Participants: rylen dreskin, ewilen, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege.

9/17/2005 rylen dreskin: My first MLWM session
I've put a record of my first MLWL session in Actual Play.  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16871.0 Rylen
In Half Meme Press
Participants: rylen dreskin.

9/17/2005 jasonm: Small questions
Hi all, My friend and I sat down to try out Burning Wheel revised today and found it pretty frustrating.  Some small questions: If you are using the basic (non-scripted)…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: jasonm, rafial, Bankuei, Paka, abzu, MetalBard, Thor Olavsrud.

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