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11/16/2005 Jonas Karlsson: [BtI] Breaking the Ice in Sweden
I just finished the first date in Emily Care Boss' Breaking the Ice. Me and my girlfriend Helena created characters at a café this Saturday, and finally found time to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Emily Care.

11/15/2005 E.T.Smith: [HELP] Unclear on an Aspect of "Authored Role-Playing"
In an effort to improve my GMing, I have recently acquired the book Sorcerer & Sword, specifically for the chapter entitled "Anatomy of Authored Role-Playing". I feel I've got the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: E.T.Smith, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2005 nikola: Shock: Bibliography
Here's the current Shock: bibliiography. I've only read so much stuff, and this is what's leapt to mind. If you have something you want to be in this bibliography, please…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, rafial, James_Nostack, Ben Lehman, pedyo, joepub, Kaare Berg (Old), Grover, Remko, Hisho, Old Man Qfwfq, TempvsMortis, lopes-gabriel.

11/15/2005 Adam Dray: [DitV] Convention Play at MACE
I played in Eric Provost's Dogs in the Vineyard game at MACE in High Point, NC, this past Sunday. We had six (!!) players plus Eric, and none of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Adam Dray, jasonm, lumpley, Technocrat13, beingfrank, Brian Newman.

11/15/2005 Roger: [D&D] Roger's Group
This is about the third D&D session I've run with this group.  The group consists of: 1.  Tammy, my wife.  Complete newcomer to RPGs. 2.  Kari, my wife's friend.  Almost…
In Actual Play
Participants: Roger, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, MetalBard.

11/15/2005 Troy_Costisick: Hosting a File
Heya, I have a revised version of Cutthroat ready for folks to download and read.  I don't have my own website up and running just yet, and I was just…
In Connections
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray.

11/15/2005 Wormwood: Parallel and Hierarchical Views (PCon3)
I've already discusses the basics of a PCon3 here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17387.0 . Likewise I demonstrated an approach to reducing play goals to atomic pairs of topic and form. (Such as ethical…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Wormwood, TonyLB, M. J. Young.

11/15/2005 jeronimo: Female SF authors
In response to footnote 1 in Shock: social science fiction, which lists "Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Arthur C. Clarke, and the other great Science Fiction…
In glyphpress
Participants: jeronimo, rafial, James_Nostack, nikola, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, ScottM.

11/15/2005 CPXB: Master-slave dialectics, or a reasonable fascimile
There was a discussion of My Life With Master in Actual Play and someone said that the game is Nietzschian, saying that the master was a superman and when it…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: CPXB, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes, droog, Sean.

11/15/2005 talysman: The Secret of Sim
On another forum, someone asked point-blank "what is Simulationism?" because he didn't quite understand it from the essays. This is understandable; although many of us have an idea of what…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: talysman, nikola, lumpley, MatrixGamer, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, cruciel, komradebob, timfire, John Kim, Mark Woodhouse, ctrail, Silmenume, Joel, Caldis, contracycle, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, ewilen, Ron Edwards.

11/15/2005 Sara Adyms: Amazing Artist - and Italian translations.
An example of his work can be found here. www.fallenedge.net/images/Albumcover.bmp E-mail me if you wish his contact information.
In Connections
Participants: Sara Adyms.

11/15/2005 Particle_Man: beautiful book!
I finally got Dogs in the Vinyard (Canada has this weird timewarp when it comes to accepting games from the USA, but I am getting used to that and will…
In lumpley games
Participants: Particle_Man, Vaxalon, IMAGinES, Iskander, Parsolamew, Transit, lumpley, nikola.

11/15/2005 bluegargantua: [DitV] Welcome to Bounty
Hey,   I'd wrapped up my Amber/Nobilis game and offered to do a Dogs one-shot for people.  I was interested in trying it out again, they seemed game to try…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, TonyLB, oliof, Victor Gijsbers, Neal.

11/14/2005 Lamorak33: Sorcerer - first session
Hi Here is a post of how our first session went. I have two players for this game, James and Josh - both good guys well up for the game.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Tim Alexander, Imperator, Trevis Martin.

11/14/2005 JSDiamond: The Other --beta version playtesters needed
See my thread on the design forum for info on the game itself. I'll have actual hardcopies for playtesters willing to actually play my game the Other  The booklets will…
In Connections
Participants: JSDiamond.

11/14/2005 GreatWolf: [Dynasties] Looking for source material for multi-generational RPG design
Hi, everyone!  Recently I was waxing eloquent about the aborted Pendragon campaign that I was in with my wife and Ralph Mazza (Ralph doing GM duties).  One of the aspects…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GreatWolf, talysman, Shreyas Sampat, Blake Hutchins, TonyPace.

11/14/2005 Eric Minton: [Polaris] Lines
So, we played our first game of Polaris last night.  It went great!  We went whole hog on providing ambiance: candles, incense, music, and a bottle of white wine (followed…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Eric Minton, Kesher, Ben Lehman.

11/14/2005 pells: Looking for artists... and a translator
I've been working on a personal RPG project for almost two years and I'm looking for artists for some illustration. For information about this project, see those threads : About…
In Connections
Participants: pells, gaspare, Jake Richmond, Pierre Buty, racingspoons.

11/14/2005 jasonm: Streamlining combat
I finally got to play in one of those much-praised one hour Luke demos.  Thanks, dude!  It was fun and very informative.  I learned a lot from watching you -…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: jasonm, abzu, Halzebier, Thor Olavsrud, mobuttu.

11/14/2005 jasonm: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Endgame and other issues
Hey all, Three games in two days later, I'm very tired but have a ton of Roach data to assimilate.  Many of the players were enthusiastic Forge geek types who…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jasonm, Technocrat13, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Adam Dray, Eero Tuovinen, Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Hastings.

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11/16/2005 Paka: Controlled Keys
Has anyone given a list of controlled keys that players can buy for a given campaign or session in order to mantain a given tone in a game? It seems…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, Twobirds, Kaare Berg (Old).

11/16/2005 knicknevin: [The Memory Cheats] Jesus was Yog-Sothoth's Best Man
OK, played this for the first time last night, using a first draft copy of the rules, and it was interesting: briefly, the system worked overall with largely positive comments,…
In Actual Play
Participants: knicknevin.

11/16/2005 joepub: Point of Collapse game
Okay, contained is the small core game outline (5-6 pages long)... I've also included a quick outline of the history of the world, just to give you an idea of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joepub, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Mike Holmes.

11/16/2005 Jason Newquist: Any audio sessions?
So I've been making my way through the "Have Games, Will Travel" podcast.  One of the few things I *really liked* was how the producer recorded a game session of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jason Newquist, Vaxalon, Transit, IMAGinES, fmac.

11/16/2005 talysman: [The Saint's Golem vs. The Devil's Dragon] comments on November Ronnies entry
since Ron suggested this time that everyone, not just people "sitting out" this round of the Ronnies, should help start thoughtful analysis of the Ronnies submissions, I figured I'd start…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Tobias, Sydney Freedberg.

11/16/2005 joepub: artwork needed (modern RPG)
Hey, I'm looking for any artists who'd be willing to contribute to the future website of Point of Collapse, a PBP RPG. The game is set in  a war torn…
In Connections
Participants: joepub.

11/16/2005 Halzebier: [Kpachoapmee / Krasnoarmeets] Enemy at the Ronnies Gates
Hi there! I've been holding off on posting regarding the November Ronnies because " First Impressions" (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17576.0) didn't garner many responses and I feared I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Halzebier, Jared A. Sorensen, Gregor Hutton, James Holloway, komradebob, Dumirik, TonyPace, contracycle, Sydney Freedberg, mutex.

11/17/2005 heironymous: [Stake] rough partial first draft
Here: http://www.malcontentgames.com/stake.pdf Thanks for looking!
In Indie Game Design
Participants: heironymous, Jasper, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, AmbroseCollector.

11/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Six Players
Over on: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/pen/vpost?id=694535 someone said the Polaris is meant for 4 players, and Ben (!) said, "As a counter-point to Paul's view, I actually prefer 6." What rules do you…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Eric Minton.

11/17/2005 hix: [apocalypse girl] Unofficial Ronnies feedback
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Apocalypse_Girl.php][b]apocalypse girl[/b][/url] had an instantaneously appealing hook to me: [quote]God chose you to save the world. Congrats. Here's the thing: Nobody gave you any superpowers. You get no Slayer strength,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hix, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Tobias, TonyLB, Unco Lober, Ramidel, Roger, Frank T.

11/17/2005 Frank T: [Delete] Another Ronnies Feedback Thread
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Delete.pdf]Delete[/url], by Brandon Parigo, really got me with that teaser and introduction. God has deleted you because you’re such a damn loser, and now there’s mud oozing out of your…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Frank T, TonyPace, inoir.

11/17/2005 Troy_Costisick: [Cutthroat] Revised Edition!
Heya, First off let me thank James from Blankshield Press for lending me a hand by hosting my pdf document.  Give his site a once over if you get a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Troy_Costisick, TonyLB.

11/17/2005 Simon Marks: [Transhuman Space] First attempts at Sim play.
So, I started up a game of Transhuman Space the other day, and I wanted to ask about how to make my Sim reffing better. We have three players at…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon Marks, Rob Alexander, TonyLB, Lamorak33, Joshua BishopRoby, Liminaut, Mike Holmes, Pol Jackson, nikola, Miskatonic, Supplanter.

11/17/2005 TonyPace: [Holomodor] Not Just Another Ronnies Thread
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Holodomor.php]Holomodor[/url] is a long way from just another RPG. I don't know if I could play it, I don't know if anybody [i]should[/i] play it, but it's quite a frightening…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyPace, James Holloway, CSBone, Sambucus, PrzeSzkoda.

11/17/2005 shadowcourt: Many characters in Bringing Down the Pain
Lord knows this is an old subject, but after reading through some of the threads, I haven't found an answer which entirely clarifies it for me, so I thought I'd…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/17/2005 Mike Holmes: HP Reward Systems Revisited
Yah, I've been through this before, dontchano. Time to look at it again. For brainstorming purposes, if people want to propose outlandish stuff, go ahead. But I've got some specific…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Vaxalon, Janus, Christopher Weeks, Eero Tuovinen, Lamorak33, CCW, Kintara, Ian Cooper, Bryan_T, simon_hibbs, Doyce, lightcastle.

11/17/2005 timfire: [In a Land Called] New Skool Sim
Currently there's a new round of Sim debate over in the GNS forum. As usual, there are calls for people to design new games that incorporate current ideas about Sim.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: timfire, Mike Holmes, komradebob, Caldis, Tony Irwin, Aman the Rejected.

11/17/2005 cpeterso: [Firestarter] November Ronnies entry
Firestarter sprung to life as a last-minute entry for the November 2005 Ronnies competition. This is my first attempt to design a role-playing game and it is admittedly incomplete. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: cpeterso.

11/17/2005 Mike Holmes: Multiple Specialized Magic Cults
So I'm looking for examples from play of characters that you've played or had in a game you've run that had magic from more than one specialized cult. I'm trying…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Janus, Lamorak33, Ian Cooper, MrWrong.

11/17/2005 Sean: Randian Occultists?
Does anyone else see in this game a pretty nice critique of Ayn Rand? Heroic individualist business leaders as grasping occultists committing mind-numbing horrors in search of personal power? I…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Sean, Victor Gijsbers.

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