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10/14/2005 Lisa Padol: Munchkiny Play?
I'm not actually sure this is a problem, but I'm curious to know what folks think. In the second session of Keruton, Matt Stevens joined up and we worked with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Chris Goodwin, BlackSheep, Matt Wilson, Bret Gillan, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Valamir.

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.

10/14/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet... preliminary GM's draft
Here's a rough and incomplete draft of the GM's info. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/alls_GMs.pdf
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, SPDuke, mutex.

10/13/2005 talysman: applied RPG Design Patterns
John Kirk referred us to his work in progress, RPG Design Patterns, a few threads ago. I didn't say anything at the time, although I thought the book is shaping…
In RPG Theory
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, John Kirk, Vaxalon.

10/13/2005 JSDiamond: "All's quiet..." draft 5
Slowly but surely... getting it all worked out.  This time taking a cue from the earliest posts about environment modifier values.  Got them dialed in good --hopefully you will think…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, JasonPalenske, Noon, mutex.

10/13/2005 darrick: good reviews not enough?!?
hey guys, i finally got a really great and thoughtful review for Empire of Satanis.  and my Lulu numbers have budged a grand total of 3 over the whole week…
In Publishing
Participants: darrick, Ron Edwards, Jack Aidley, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, chadu, ukgpublishing, nikola, daMoose_Neo, abzu.

10/13/2005 Lisa Padol: Bang Map?
I grok R-maps, or at least, I think I do. Bangs and Kickers, not so much. That is, I think I get it, and I'm not worrying about the details…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Mike Holmes, Paka.

10/13/2005 Artanis: [Pool Scape] Roleplaying introduction for two new players
Hello all! This afternoon I threw together the Planescape setting (originally for AD&D 2) and the Pool rules, so as to make an introduction to roleplaying for two classmates. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Mike Holmes, jaw6.

10/13/2005 Chris Geisel: [CoC] and thoughts about the genre
Last night during a very enjoyable (and typical) CoC session, I noticed something about the play that struck me as schizophrenic: the genre requires that characters start out innocent/unsuspecting, until…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Geisel, lumpley, Jared A. Sorensen, Eric J-D, Artanis, MetalBard, Ice Cream Emperor, Rustin, Ron Edwards, Sean, Rob MacDougall, Noon, carnival.

10/13/2005 mtiru: [Dust Devils] Hanged Man Hang Ups
[b]Premise[/b] This was our first time playing “Dust Devils” together, so we went with the scenario provided in the book called “The Hanged Man.” Players: Ryan Reed (hereafter "Reed"), Jason,…
In Actual Play
Participants: mtiru, Tim Alexander, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

10/13/2005 Nogusielkt: Super-Powers shift focus of techniques/challenges?
It becomes fairly clear that, when you introduce super powers into a system, that actual play becomes different.  In a mundane game, challenges that are introduced might include solid walls,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Nogusielkt, Sydney Freedberg, Joshua BishopRoby, Jason Petrasko, M. J. Young, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2005 Eric J.: Device Mechanic For Alchemy
Okay, I've been working on a game for a few months now that I'm pretty excited about. There's this anime I saw that made me go "Gosh, that would be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., Troy_Costisick, greyorm.

10/13/2005 apparition13: Magistrates in the Middle Kingdom?
I'm hardly qualified to participate in this sub-forum, but while I was reading the "alternate settings" sticky the Judge Dee stories popped into my head.  Judge Dee is the magistrate…
In lumpley games
Participants: apparition13, Vaxalon.

10/13/2005 SPDuke: [Smiling Friendship Alpha Squad] New Game overview and a ?
Hi, folks!  Longtime lurker, here, finally ready to lay it on the line.  The following is a brief description of a game I've been working on a lot lately.  This…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SPDuke, mutex, jasonm, Bill Masek.

10/13/2005 Noon: The impossible challenge before breakfast
Address of challenge involves expressing a plan, in anticipation of certain results despite the unknown factors/risks involved. Other players appreciate the address in terms of "Well, despite the unknown factors/risks,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, John Kim, M. J. Young, Marco, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin, contracycle, NN, Justin Marx.

10/13/2005 Nev the Deranged: Need some advice on terminology
Okay, recently I've been working on an arena combat system for a MMORPC that I am sometimes on. I've run a few previous versions of the system there, this particular…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, WhiteRat, SPDuke, Dev, ironick, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

10/12/2005 IMAGinES: [DitV] So Tell Us: Was It Really The Butler?
There's a discussion about the variance between the details of the town that the GM creates for a game of Dogs in the Vineyard and how the players decide to…
In lumpley games
Participants: IMAGinES, Paka, Brand_Robins, Blankshield, TonyLB, jasonm, Vaxalon, nikola, Pol Jackson.

10/12/2005 oliof: [DitV] The Territorial Authority
Hello, it seems that not many of the sample towns and branches here have the T.A. as part of the town setup. Do You regard the T.A. as an important…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, James Holloway.

10/12/2005 jasonm: [Xochitlcozamalotl] Connecting bidding to narration
So about my Ronnies entry, Xochitlcozamalotl ... I knew when I submitted it that it was missing some important stuff.  As it sits it is primarily a bidding contest with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, Graham Walmsley, TonyPace, Sydney Freedberg, SPDuke, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards.

10/12/2005 Munkholt: Scandinavian translations of important terms and phrases
I'm lumping these together to keep down the number of threads and also because the languages are similar enough that we might help each other out. (Thanks to Per, Peter…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Munkholt.

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10/14/2005 J. Tuomas Harviainen: [Dirty Fucking Freaks] feedback
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=17096.msg182247#msg182247 date=1129127012] 5. Finally - anyone who's not involved in the contest - I formally request that you nominate yourself as an informal judge. Pick a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: J. Tuomas Harviainen, Graham Walmsley.

10/14/2005 Certified: [6th World] Short Stories
What follows are six short stories along with the introduction to the setting of 6th World. I am hoping for in feedback is what you as readers with no other…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Certified, Troy_Costisick.

10/14/2005 Matt Snyder: [Red Rain] Oct. Ronnies Boxing RPG
Get in the ring, folks. I wrote a 24-hour game for the Oct. Ronnies called Red Rain. It's a boxing game, and I'm really proud of this sucker. Of course,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Smithy, Dantai.

10/14/2005 Wormwood: A Faustian Arc, or The Thin Line Between Narrativism and Munckinism [7th Sea]
Bear with me here as this is a portion of a game a ran some time ago, but I believe it presents an interesting case study. Context: The system and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Wormwood, Joshua BishopRoby, Andrew Norris, mutex.

10/14/2005 JasonPalenske: Frontier: No Way as Way
First off I really want to apologize if it seemed Frontier slipped off the face of the Earth without intent to publish. Unfortunately as it can happen with all people…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JasonPalenske, Joshua BishopRoby, gsoylent.

10/14/2005 jmac: Illusionism etc
I've looked through the forum and found few discussions about this kind of play. The topics found were either old, or opinions expressed were of a recognizable kind. It looks…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jmac, Andrew Morris, WhiteRat, Mike Holmes, Joshua BishopRoby, Marco, timfire, Halzebier, M. J. Young, komradebob.

10/14/2005 droog: 'Game', 'simulation' and DitV
On a certain forum, Vincent wrote: If you mean a 100% narrativist game to have no game and no simulation, Dogs in the Vineyard surely is not one. Any…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

10/14/2005 RobNJ: [DitV] Zarephath, A Town Too Proud For Its Name
So tomorrow night, I'm'a run my first session of Dogs in the Vineyard ever.  Here's the town I came up with, called Zarephath after a creepy little Christian community right…
In Actual Play
Participants: RobNJ, Paka, Bastoche, Spiral Jacobs, Danny_K, lumpley.

10/14/2005 Wormwood: Retooling the Bug ["Firefly d20"]
About a year ago I was asked to write a d20-based game for playing in the universe of the Firefly TV series. Since d20 was part of my design constraints…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wormwood, SPDuke.

10/14/2005 RobNJ: [DitV] Can someone essplain to me how Ceremonies work?
I read the section on Ceremonies but I really can't make sense of it.  It seems like invoking them just changes the dice size of the Fallout.  What's the deal? …
In lumpley games
Participants: RobNJ, lumpley, nikola, Norbert Matausch, Neal.

10/14/2005 Bob Goat: [Untitled RPG] Non-standard Scene Framing
I've been thinking long and hard about this statement Ron made here: I'm assuming standard scene-conflict presentation and basic play, but that does seem boring. It does seem boring and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bob Goat, Gregor Hutton.

10/14/2005 JasonPalenske: Frontier: No Limitation as Limitation
In regards to settings your only limitation is what you impose upon yourself. I say this because I have purposefully left the Frontier settings wide open. By wide open I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JasonPalenske, mutex, Shreyas Sampat.

10/15/2005 Matt Wilson: [Reality Cops] Ronnies Feedback, the unauthorized version
Actually, dangit, Ron totally authorized it, so instead you just have to pretend it's the feedback "they" didn't want you to see. Anyway, previously today I wrote up a monster…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Blankshield, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.

10/15/2005 epweissengruber: Balazar Campaign for Indie RPG Toronto: 2 New Myths
I wanted to use some of the Sorcerer and Sword/Heroquest threads in the creation of my own campaign. I got great inspiration from one of my players.  But no one…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T.

10/15/2005 heironymous: Seven Leagues (a fantasy RPG of Faerie) reawakens (split)
so after a long hiatus (part but not all of which was spent in a private group) i think i'm ready to move forward. the latest (or close to the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: heironymous, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Green, Bill Masek.

10/15/2005 Jasper Polane: [Cosmic Combat] First play-test
We did a first play-test of my Ronnies game Cosmic Combat. It was great! The game still needs a lot of work, of course, but I'm happy to know this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper Polane, Graham Walmsley, Spooky Fanboy.

10/15/2005 two_fishes: [DitV] Walnut Hollow Branch
Hi, I'm going to be running a Dogs game next weekend, and I thought it would be nice to get comments on the town. I've run one other town and…
In lumpley games
Participants: two_fishes, Technocrat13, immlass, ScottM, Vaxalon.

10/15/2005 Solamasa: Problems with registration emails
I have no idea if this is the appropriate place, but half an hour of searching has not yielded me the email of the site admin, so I'm just going…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Solamasa.

10/15/2005 Solamasa: flashinated Dogs badassery
Some of you may remember my threats from a few months ago to create a Flash animation based on a Dogs campaign that I played with an awesome group of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Solamasa, Trevis Martin, Technocrat13, hix, rafial, IMAGinES, Ben Lehman, lumpley, jasonm, John Harper.

10/15/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: FindPlay - a new tool to find other gamers in your area
Last Tuesday, I got this itch to write a tool to help people find people in their area that like the same games they do. I released it this morning,…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, beingfrank, jasonm, Bankuei, Blankshield, matthijs, immlass, Matt Snyder, Wolfen, foucalt, Jason L Blair, Dave Panchyk, Paka, Dev, Andrew Morris, Meguey, demiurgeastaroth, RobNJ, thelostgm, rafial, M. J. Young, Karl, Ben Lehman, Matt, jrs, Christopher Weeks, Dumirik, Samael, Nev the Deranged, Parsolamew, Roland.of.Gilead, okiran.

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