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12/7/2005 Allan: Pandemonium - Toronto, Feb 06
The Ontario Indie RPG Meetup Group is planning a series of linked events at Pandemonium in Toronto, February 15-17.  The plan is to have one table with indie games running…
In Conventions
Participants: Allan, Malcolm, M Jason Parent, CCW, Brand_Robins, Rob MacDougall, Blankshield, Hans, WalkingDead, two_fishes, epweissengruber, ophidian_flux.

11/28/2005 Allan: [Shock 0.1.0] Brain jacks and naval plugs
The Players Allan - Serious sci-fi nut, hard-core gamer and designer, and recent narativist convert Brian - Gaming again after a 10-year break.  Used to play CoC.  New to indie…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan, nikola, joepub.

9/2/2005 Allan: [The Big Night] - GenCon Kids Room
I hadn't realized there was going to be a kids' room at GenCon, but after I discovered it I was really excited about getting to play The Big Night with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, Lisa Padol, Jared A. Sorensen, Gamskee, Meguey, M Jason Parent, Bret Gillan.

8/31/2005 Allan: [Fingerprints] - First Playtest
Here is the first discussion of Fingerprints in Indie Game Design.  This playtest happened before I wrote that post, so the rules took shape as we played.  I'd just returned…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan.

8/29/2005 Allan: Fingerprints
Talking Shock and superheroes with Joshua of the glyphmonkey reminded me of this game setting I've been sitting on for a while, because I didn't know how to approach it. …
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, TonyLB, Everspinner, Graham Walmsley, M Jason Parent.

8/29/2005 Allan: Sweet Dreams: New Skool
Talking and playing Sweet Dreams with the Contested Ground Crew, Emily and John showed me that the game I was running was not the game that I wrote.  And…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, iain, Paul Czege, nikola, ejh, migo, Malcolm, FarFromUnique.

7/16/2005 Allan: [Sweet Dreams] "lite" version
I've just finished a lite demo version of Sweet Dreams, Love and Dodgeball. It's basically the combat system with the Powers removed. I hope it will make a good 15…
In Publishing
Participants: Allan, MisterPoppet, Technocrat13, Ben Lehman.

7/7/2005 Allan: [Indy GenCon '05] getting books to the con
Hey, I'm looking for some help or advice getting my books to Indianapolis. My GenCon books are going to be printed in Camas, Washington, but I'm flying into Indianapolis from…
In Conventions
Participants: Allan, Michael S. Miller.

6/30/2005 Allan: Sweet Dreams cover
I just finished the Sweet Dreams Players' Book cover. I'd welcome some feedback on it. Specifically, how are the fonts, size and placement of text? Is the upper left corner…
In Publishing
Participants: Allan, PlotDevice, c, Andrew Morris, timfire, matthijs, Jasper Polane.

6/27/2005 Allan: [Sweet Dreams] Math Anxiety
Finally had a chance for a full Sweet Dreams session, with friends and experienced players, using custom characters. It's the first time I've played it outside of a convention demo…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan, spheniscidae, Noon.

6/8/2005 Allan: [Sweet Dreams] Example of Play
After a lot of related comments this past week, I've decided to rewrite the Example of Play for the Sweet Dreams Players' Book. My previous example was intended primarily to…
In Publishing
Participants: Allan, TonyLB, Valamir.

6/5/2005 Allan: [Sweet Dreams] Convention demo (long post)
What a great idea! I wish I'd been posting Actual Play threads years ago when I was running and playing in Sweet Dreams playtests twice a week. These days, as…
In Actual Play
Participants: Allan, TonyLB, Noon, FarFromUnique.

6/3/2005 Allan: High School social structure
This is a tangent from the Misery Bubblegum thread How do you win at High School?. The discussion continued into private messages, but with Tony's permission I reprint them here…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, TonyLB, BrennaLaRosa.

6/1/2005 Allan: The game is finished, now what?
Hello all, I'm nearing completion of my Sweet Dreams RPG books, in preparation for my first GenCon in August. The graphic designer is doing the layout and website, the other…
In Publishing
Participants: Allan, Michael S. Miller, Jasper.

4/9/2003 Allan: Illustrator seeking projects
Hi, I am a freelance illustrator very interested in RPGs. I mostly work in black and white line drawings, and am heavily influenced by comic books. My preferred genres are…
In Connections
Participants: Allan, Sylus Thane, Matt.

3/15/2003 Allan: Frontier discussion (split)
Hey Sy, I just find the name G.O.D. distracting. It doesn't seem to relate to your setting (which is pantheistic, so there are gods in the game, and a GOD…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, Demonspahn, Ron Edwards, Sylus Thane.

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