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10/11/2005 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Mythical West, Humanity help needed
I am not sure this is meaty enough to present in Actual Play, so at the moment I am doing it here, as I need some comments or suggestions how…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, jburneko, Andrew Norris, Old_Scratch, Eric J-D.

9/28/2005 pfischer: [PtA] The Last Shore - it's a wrap!
The Last Shore, Episode 5: Dear Elvira. We played the last episode of The Last Shore yesterday, and we were all eager to get a sense of closure to wrap…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, pedyo, Munkholt, Rune, Jonas Karlsson.

8/24/2005 pfischer: [PTA] The Last Shore
I mananaged to persuade a couple of friends to join me in a game of PTA. We play IRC due to the fact that I am based in the UK…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, David Bapst, Munkholt, pedyo, Matt Wilson, Rune, Eynowd.

4/8/2005 pfischer: Greg Costikyan played Dark Places in Denmark
Costikyan was invited as guest of honor to the Danish con where my Dark Places Sorcerer scenario was played (10 groups in all). His feedback from the event is here:…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2005 pfischer: Humanity roll: 50%?
Just a quick rules question re: Humanity checks: Humanity checks are rolled against Humanity itself, ie. the same number of dice. Does that mean a 50% chance for either "winning…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Paka, greyorm, Trevis Martin, sirogit, Andy Kitkowski.

2/15/2005 pfischer: Solar System 2012
I can only find evidence that TSoY's system is called Solar System on Anvilwerks' front webpage, but if it is still so, I think it should be promoted more. It…
In CRN Games
Participants: pfischer, sirogit, James_Nostack, Christopher Weeks.

11/7/2004 pfischer: Dogs from the Treasury Dept
I watched de Palma's The Untouchables again last night, and suddenly there was a scene that smelled so much of DitV: Malone: : You said you wanted to get Capone.…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer.

10/12/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Dark Places version 2
[b]Dark Places - a Sorcerer one sheet.[/b] Written by Per Fischer. Additional ideas by Bailywolf, and also inspiration from Tim's Ordinary Tragedies one sheet. Ron provided helpful comments as well.…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol.

10/6/2004 pfischer: WGP for other comic genres
I am slowly peparing myself for a playtest of the WGP preview edition, and I really, really like the mechanics, especially for conflict resolution. I am still a bit shaky…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, Michael S. Miller.

10/5/2004 pfischer: [DitV] Three Dogs in Three Mills
I shouted out an offer to run a DitV game to my local area, which is basically a group of roleplayers playing at public places every Saturday and a group…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, mindwanders, lumpley.

9/22/2004 pfischer: #52 arrived safely in Scotland
My copy of DitV arrived safely through my letterbox yesterday, and I have been reading it since, family life and sleep permitting. It looks and reads gorgeous, and I can't…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer, nikola, DannyK, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

9/10/2004 pfischer: WGP arrived safely - have questions
WGP travelled all the way to Scotland in a few days. Amazing. I enjoyed reading it. Twice. The first time i speed-read it, and did not understand one single bit…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller.

6/30/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Desire/Need question
I have tried to look through the Adept Press forum, but a search for Desire brings up 6 pages alone, and you cannot search for combined words only or refine…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, hix, joshua neff, DannyK, sirogit.

6/28/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Dark Places
OK, I am working on my own Sorcerer setting, to be developed as a mini-sup. I am in the very initial stages, reading, making notes, researching. What I wanted to…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, DannyK.

6/12/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Convention scenario
In Denmark there is a long tradition of scenarios written for conventions, able to be played by a GM other than the author, and with complete and extensive player characters.…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Paka, sirogit, Ron Edwards, kallisti_dk, Fabrice G., Michael S. Miller.

6/10/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Thanks for the kick
I got a copy of Sorcerer last week, read it, and boy, that was a kick in the head. It brought my belief that roleplaying isn't a waste of time…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2004 pfischer: Sorcerer and Pullman's His Dark Materials
Excuse me if this is a stupid-kind-of post, I am waiting for my Sorcerer copy (due Thursday). I can't help thinking of Philip Pullman's brilliant trilogy His Dark Materials (Northern…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Nev the Deranged, iambenlehman, Solomon, pete_darby.

5/31/2004 pfischer: Introducing adult newbies - what's hot and what's not?
In the good old days I used to grap a Call of Cthulhu scenario to introduce people to roleplaying, but I's like to try something different. I have a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, JamesSterrett, Noon, Bob McNamee, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

5/27/2004 pfischer: Dust Devils for the first time
I am running my first DD game this weekend - with people I don't know, and it's my first truly narrative game experience. (I probably used to the a Typhoid…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: pfischer, Dev, Matt Snyder.

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1/19/2006 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Las Cruces Onesheet
Hi, I set up this game to present Sorcerer to a group I haven't played with before. The ideas were bounced forth and back during an evening, and I put…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Yokiboy.

2/23/2006 pfischer: [TSOY] The Shadows and the Light
The Shadow and the Light I have been wanting to play the second edition of TSOY for a while now, and last Saturday I sat down with Joe and Aaron,…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, Joe Murphy (Broin), Clinton R. Nixon.

3/20/2006 pfischer: WGP Demo at Conpulsion
Hi, I am demoing WGP the coming weekend at Conpulsion in Edinburgh, Scotland. I will be using Michael's Quick Demo Kit, but since I have an hour I can either…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, coffeestain, Michael S. Miller.

3/24/2006 pfischer: Do you take superheroes seriously?
This is a question for Michael, as I have been asked this question discussing WGP on a Danish forum. Another participant wanted to know why you had chosen a superhero…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: pfischer, Brand_Robins, Valamir, Michael S. Miller, Spooky Fanboy.

4/4/2006 pfischer: 60 minute convention demo - any thoughts?
Hi, I am doing a solo indie games track at a Danish convention during 5 days over Easter, trying to expose as many people to good, solid games as possible.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: pfischer, Matt-M-McElroy, Matt Wilson.

4/22/2006 pfischer: [Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] Fastaval 2006 Demo Game
I was invited to the Danish convention Fastaval over Easter 2006 to demo indie games. Apart from a lot of talk about indie roleplaying games and running 60 minutes demos…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, jasonm, Joe Murphy (Broin), olleolleolle, pedyo.

8/21/2006 pfischer: Shock on IPR?
Hi, I can't seem to find Shock on IPR - am I looking in the wrong place? Is it going to be there at some point if not there yet?…
In glyphpress
Participants: pfischer, nikola.

5/17/2007 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Possessor in a corpse - how to
Hi there, I am prepping for our next Sorcerer game, based on my Unforgiven-inspired one-sheet Las Cruces http://darkplaces.squarespace.com/downloads/lascrucesonesheet.pdf. We have characters and starting demons, minus finalised Kickers, and it's all…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Alan, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2007 pfischer: [Polaris] Deaths in the Senate
And so it was that I finally got around to try playing Polaris, more or less by coincidence. I bought the game a while ago, but along with a bunch…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, Paul T, Ben Lehman.

10/13/2007 pfischer: Dirty Secrets with only two players?
Has anybody tried this? Is it possible? I couldn't find a minimum number of players in the book, apart from that you need one player as the Investigator and one…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: pfischer, GreatWolf.

11/10/2007 pfischer: [Bliss Stage] Edinburgh Cell
Incoming transmission… We met last week to finish prep for our BS game, sadly missing a player from when playing the  intro scenario, as she has moved to another city…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, TomTitTot, Nev the Deranged.

10/14/2008 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Abattoir Blues
I wake with the sparrows and I hurry off to work The need for validation, babe, gone completely berserk I wanted to be your Superman but I turned out such…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, Paka, Ron Edwards, Malcolm.

8/13/2010 pfischer: [S/Lay w/Me] The priestesses of the Igai death cult.
Yesterday Peter and decided to play S/Lay, more or less based on reading Elizabeth’s post on Story Games about her Gencon play with Ron. We’ve both had the book since…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

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