Previous Topics 12/6/2005 Paka: A skill to cultivate: Setting Stakes
[url=http://dogdesign.blogspot.com/2005/12/theory-in-design-making-your.html"]This is all inspired by the link contained in this sentence to Matt Wilson's blog where we talked about stakes.[/url]
I can remember the first time stakes became really clear…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Dev, Joshua BishopRoby, MetalBard, Bret Gillan, Thor Olavsrud, komradebob, Tim Alexander, Michael S. Miller, Bankuei, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Hastings, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, Levi Kornelsen, Danny_K, Brand_Robins, Jason Newquist, Storn, contracycle, Supplanter, CPXB.
12/4/2005 Paka: Planescape Keys & Secrets
I'm fascinated with world-building via Secrets and Keys, really kind of guiding the game's tone through what the players have in front of them to choose from when they have…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, Mike Lucas, Twobirds.
12/2/2005 Paka: Theory at my Table
This post isn't about one night, it is about 4 years, my past four years with the Forge and its games and the game tables I have played at with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Michael S. Miller, jmac, Ron Edwards, Dantai, MetalBard, Arpie, Mike Holmes.
12/1/2005 Paka: Gen Con SoCal Game Design Panel
Luke, Jared and John in all of their glory.
Broken down into bite-sized chunks by Jeff.
They're the ones clearly marked: Game Design Seminar.
http://www.ithacagamers.com/sonsofkryos.html
I have only listened to…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka.
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).
11/14/2005 Paka: [Primetime Adventures] Overtime Reunion
Looks like Ben is going to be at Dreamation this year.
I propose an Overtime reunion.
We could do this one of two ways, I reckon (possible third):
1) We…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Ben Lehman, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, Lisa Padol, TonyLB.
11/9/2005 Paka: TSoY, one book on the table for the first game
It seems like cashing out Secrets and Keys to gain new ones and spending XP on the spot for what is happening in game is a big part of successful…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, Vaxalon, Clinton R. Nixon, argology, Twobirds.
11/5/2005 Paka: TSoY: The Intro
The intro is so amazing. I read it aloud to my girlfriend. It did what I want gaming books to do; it turned me on, made me want to play.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, Twobirds.
11/5/2005 Paka: Kvelling
[i]KVELL: To beam with pride and pleasure, Jewish parents are prone to kvell over
their children's achievements.[/i]
I'm going to kvell over Primetime Adventures, after running it twice this week…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, John Harper, rafial, komradebob, Matt Wilson.
11/5/2005 Paka: [P.T.A.] Bounty...Hunters
We sat down, six people who had never gamed before and had a splendid game.
Well, okay, a few had gamed together but only a few. I put out an…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, Matt Wilson.
11/2/2005 Paka: [P.T.A.] The Pitch and the Brainstorm Uncovers: Chronos Commandoes
I've been wanting to get these buddies together and Produce a game of PTA for months now and finally, tonight, the stars were right.
I told them about the show…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, ScottM.
11/1/2005 Paka: The Shadow of Yesterday Revised
Clinton,
You said in your Ogre Cave interview that the new edition was better. What is different? What is improved?
Why are you happier with this one?
Judd
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonas Karlsson.
11/1/2005 Paka: Raise and See Dungeon Crawl
For some reason, it is late and I am fascinated with turning Dogs into some kind of mutant fantasy heartbreaker clone.
Something is effing up the community and this evil…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, Frank T, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Joshua BishopRoby, Vaxalon.
10/17/2005 Paka: Another album for the Dogs in the Vineyard Soundtrack
I just picked it up on a whim, it is by two guys who make music under the band name, Earth.
The album is called Hex: or Printing in the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, hix, foucalt, jasonm, lumpley, Neal, Clinton R. Nixon, jrs, Tindalos, Darcy Burgess, oliof, Matt Wilson, Iskander, Arvidos, cpeterso, Brian Newman, Leningrad, Call Me Curly, Ineti, Stefan, demiurgeastaroth, Dumirik, Calithena, reaction, ironick, David Coulter, Steven Stewart, Dustin of the Dead, TJ, sacredchao, Mandrake, TomTitTot, Manveru, Kordeth.
9/30/2005 Paka: Torturing the Youngest in the Group's PC
So, everyone else in the game has to be late and its just me and the youngest person in the group, Kolja. He's a junior in high school and we've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Chris Geisel, Technocrat13, Sydney Freedberg, Andy Kitkowski, majcher, Noon, Storn.
9/21/2005 Paka: At the Crossroads
[b]Sorcerers[/b] are people who went to the crossroads, met the devil and made a deal. They got something from the deal and this is their demon.
[b]Humanity[/b] is ?
[b]Sorcery[/b]: …
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Jaik, MetalBard.
8/28/2005 Paka: 2005 Gen Con Sessions: BW, Sorcerer & DitV
I ran three games this year, one off the books due to an RPG.netter asking me to run a game because my two on the books games were sold out. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Old_Scratch, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.
8/27/2005 Paka: Trollbabe: Kissing Cousins with those Folk from the Vineyard
I made up a character with Janaki last night and I'm really impressed with this game and happy I purchased it. The making of the character and its success is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, lumpley.
8/26/2005 Paka: Demoed at Gen Con
I find the mark of a good demo is when I just want to keep on playing and see what happens next. Having bought so many games this year, I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, nikola, Emily Care.
8/22/2005 Paka: Gen Con: Between 8 and 12 at the Embassy Suites
I'm shocked no one has posted this yet.
If you could put on a blindfold and throw a dart; you'd hit a table of people playing Inspectres, two forum regulars…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, drozdal, abzu, Technocrat13, Paul Czege, urbanpagan, Thor Olavsrud, Bob Goat, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, Meguey, Bankuei, rickr, Allan, Andy Kitkowski, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis, Andrew Morris, Gregor Hutton, thelostgm, HMT, Pauls Girl, Malcolm, Frank T, lumpley, Matt Wilson.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 12/12/2005 Paka: TSoY Tinkering Urges
I played the first half of a Planescape TSoY game tonight; it wasn't meaty enough for an AP thread but it stirred things up in my noggin.
This game makes…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Ilmryn.
12/14/2005 Paka: First Quest: YA Fantasy Keys
After tinkering and playing with some TSoY I've got this idea of how to tinker with it. The tinkered version is a standard fantasy and it is what I wish…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, nikola, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Bret Gillan, Joe Zeutenhorst, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, SherryNugil, Clay, John Harper.
12/20/2005 Paka: Creating the Scenario with the Character Sheets in Front of Me
When I first started GMing I had no idea what I had to have prepared in order to have a successful game. It drove me nuts. Sometimes I would have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bankuei, johnmarron, jburneko, Michael S. Miller, Joshua BishopRoby, Brendan, Emily Care, Danny_K, Jonathan Hastings, Brand_Robins, RDU Neil, David Chunn, mneme, Storn, Adam Dray.
1/2/2006 Paka: [PTA] The Owl and the Serpent
I am fairly damned sick of only setting up or setting up and playing only one session of Primetime Adventures but it happened again. Friends were in town and it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Spiral Jacobs.
1/17/2006 Paka: Presenting Characters to the Players for Con Scenarios
When I have played with my regular group, I know the people. I know that one player is a district attorney, so I give him the thief so he can…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Andy Kitkowski, ubergeek2012, Andrew Morris, John Kim, HenryT.
1/22/2006 Paka: [Dreamation, P.T.A.] The Hare and Hound
If someone had told me that my favorite game session would happen at a con I would have said they were nuts.
If someone had told me that my favorite…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Matt Wilson, Storn, forlorn1, Nathan P., Emily Care, Krista E, Shawn De Arment.
1/24/2006 Paka: Indie Games Exploding I-Con
I really watched Dexcon and Dreamation change in a great way from '05 to '06 and I am sure people who have been going for more years than that can…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud, Dregg, Jared A. Sorensen, nerdnyc, inthisstyle, ptevis, Kat Miller, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Nathan P., ubergeek2012, Salvius.
1/25/2006 Paka: [Sorcerer, Dreamation] Refining Mu
I think, after about four or five runs of my Dictionary of Mu scenario with the pre-made kickers all around, I've got the hang of running this game. Both games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Iskander, mtiru, Thor Olavsrud, James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.
1/25/2006 Paka: My Pattern
I really want to go back and re-read PTA because I've run it three or four times now and how the rules work for me is in my head but…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, Glendower, Joe Dizzy, Arturo G., Krista E, Nathan P., Chris Goodwin, Iskander, Ben Lehman, IMAGinES, RobNJ, Jason Newquist, Danny_K.
1/25/2006 Paka: Define Humanity, List Descriptors and Go
Ron did this at Gen Con, sat down with us and we all defined Humanity together. Then we decided on a descriptor list and we rolled right there with our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Imperator, urbanpagan.
1/28/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Reality, Spirit and Corruption
I got together with three gamers to playtest 1st Quest, my young adult fantasy hack of The Shadow of Yesterday.
Bret - a gamer I met online and we are…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, RobNJ.
1/31/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Another Playtest: Glamour, Mundanity and Damnation
I playtested 1st Quest with the monthly group that has been playing Conspiracy of Shadows for a bit over a year now with breaks due to schedule problems. It is…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Spiral Jacobs, ubergeek2012, gains, Michael S. Miller.
2/4/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Friday Night Conflicts
By the time we get gaming in our Friday night games its 11 o'clock. We ran for about three hours tonight and I reckon that will be our pattern, getting…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan.
2/16/2006 Paka: 1st Quest - The 19 Questions
[b]1.) What is your game about?[/b]
My game is about children who leave home to save the world with friends and the mentors who aid them.
[b]2.) What do the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paka, Arpie, pedyo, Anders, Troy_Costisick, Andy Kitkowski, anders_larsen, TroyLovesRPG.
3/20/2006 Paka: 1st Quest Monthly game: Pool Renewal, XP Hesitancy, and Pushing Conflicts Hard
[b]Pool Renewal[/b]
At this game pools were renewed with scenes in which the PC's meditated in a field of pixies, counted rocks, flew through the forest, sharpening of weapons and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Anders.
3/27/2006 Paka: 70's Marvel Horror via Satan & Night Watch over on RPG.net
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=253749"]Cursed by Satan![/url]
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=253940"]Night Watch[/url]
They both need some work and I'd appreciate any help folks would be willing to give. Reckon it'd be best to do the work in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka.
4/4/2006 Paka: DIaspora Birthday Fall-Out (but not in a bad way)
Between Story Games and RPGtalk, it feels like I have access to the birthday forum kind of communication with Forge-i-zens every day.
In the last year we've see the diaspora…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paka, ffilz, Anders, Keith Senkowski, Thunder_God, xenopulse, Andy Kitkowski.
4/6/2006 Paka: Blood Simple
http://rpgtalk.net/judd/files/
At the above address I posted a pdf (thanks to the adobe skillz of Josh) of a one-sheet, character and demon sheets and descriptor list for Blood Simple, a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Jason13, Ron Edwards, Chris Gardiner, pfischer, angelfromanotherpin, The_Tim, Eric J-D, Thunder_God, Miedvied.
4/15/2006 Paka: Binding Rolls
Do the players know the outcome of the initial binding rolls?
How exactly can binding rolls be re-rolled during play? I've never done that and wonder how it works.
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.
4/18/2006 Paka: Ben and Tony, Stay Away: Blood Simple Play by Post kickers and bangs
I exchanged some e-mails with Tony and talked about play by post role-playing and he really did try to talk me out of it but still, we are and the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.
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