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1/17/2006 Emily Care: Just three words....
Broke Back Mountain I just saw this last night, coincidentally, as the Golden  Globe awards were going on.  It broke my heart and made me remember how powerful a medium…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care.

1/17/2006 jasonm: [FoA] Red Prophet, Black Prophet: I'm what?
[color=Red][fair warning, probably some hot button issues follow][/color] So we finished act III of our bizarro duellin' prophets of Islam Face of Angels game last night.  It began on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, LeSingeSavant, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski, urbanpagan.

1/17/2006 Aman the Rejected: Admiration and Adulation
I played my first game of Prime Time Adventures this weekend, and it was my first Forge game ever (despite years of reading about them and having purchased quite a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Aman the Rejected, Matt Wilson, Kintara, Glendower, Chris Goodwin, Bret Gillan.

1/17/2006 Chad: [Zhang Zhung] Art preview -seeking co-developer
Hi There, Posting this in the connections forum also, but thought this would be a good place to start. I am seeking a co-developer with which to collaborate on The…
In Connections
Participants: Chad.

1/17/2006 Glendower: [D20 Eberron] Lost that Spark, a Lost Gm seeks advice.
Hello everyone, My name's Jon.  Glendower is a handle of mine from a while back, I wasn't aware of the general policy to use real names here until after I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Kintara, dindenver, Mason, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, RDU Neil, gains, Storn, Gaerik, nikola, bcook1971, CSBone, John Kim.

1/17/2006 Jason Leigh: Prisoner's Dilemma Redux
Reprinted from my <a href="http://www.deadpanbob.net/lt/index.php/roleplaying/2006/01/16/prisoner_s_dilemma_redux">blog</a>, I'm noodling a mechanics question that trys to instert push/pull* mechanics into conflict resolution, along with some degree of vs. player tactics (as in, you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason Leigh, dindenver, Troy_Costisick.

1/17/2006 Andy Kitkowski: The Ghost Killers: Combat & Damage- Stuck, need a push
Hey all.  So I'm turning my 24 Hour Game "The Ghost Killers" into a full-fledged game. Playtested twice, but now the core mechanic changed a bit in a recent playtest…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, dindenver, jasonm, Valamir, Noon, Jason Leigh.

1/17/2006 Iskander: [MLwM] My Life with Contessa Lenora
[b]Background[/b] The game took place at Recess - a roughly quarterly micro-con run by nerdNYC, this time held in a large room at the Gay and Lesbian Center, 13th St.,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Michael S. Miller, Arturo G..

1/16/2006 Jake Boone: [Pentarch] Boffer LARP design (split)
Work proceeds on Pentarch, though slowly.  I've returned to this thread many times, just rereading what all of you have said and pondering what I really want from this game.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jake Boone, TheTris, Lig, Ron Edwards, Arpie, Simon Marks, Matt, Grover, Walt Freitag.

1/16/2006 Hrimnir: looking for the right game
Hello, this is my first post so I will keep it simple. I hope I chose the most appropriate place to post this... Anyway, I was hoping that I may…
In Actual Play
Participants: Hrimnir, joepub, WhiteRat, Ron Edwards.

1/16/2006 Hrimnir: Free Art for Creative Rpg's
Hello there. Yes I am another random artist looking for "work" so to speak. Now, I am not exactly looking to make money here. I intend on publishing an rpg…
In Connections
Participants: Hrimnir, Technocrat13, energy, komradebob, Alexander XVX, DarkAsmodeous, Thunder_God, SCSM2650, bifster, sean2099.

1/16/2006 Iskander: I'm so lucky.
My darling boyfriend listened to my hint/demands and got me PtA. We'll be starting a season soon - although he's still very reluctant to play (something I'll post AP about…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Iskander, Matt Wilson.

1/16/2006 oliof: Giving a Talk about Dogs in the Vineyard
Hi there, I will be giving a talk about Dogs in the Vineyards next weekend at FROST, a convention in southern germany. To be more precise, I'll be the co-host…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Frank T, lumpley, cdr.

1/16/2006 coffeestain: [UtB] Cody's First Day!
(Reposted from the Glyphpress forum) I finally got to play my first session of UtB last night and the rules held up quite well (though there were a couple of…
In Actual Play
Participants: coffeestain, energy, nikola, angelspit.

1/16/2006 Matthew Glover: Clarification on splitting sides
While demonstrating Capes on Saturday, an issue came up and I wasn't completely sure we handled it correctly.  Here's how it went: Five players: Alice, Bob, Charlie, David, and Eddie…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TheCzech, TonyLB.

1/16/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Second try with Cornfield Branch
Ok! My second try with Cornfield Branch. Three players. All of them new to DitV (1 hour to create the characters, and 3 hours of play). This time the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Arturo G., Bret Gillan.

1/16/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: Updating towns?
So, my pack of Dogs has only made it through half a town so far, so I'm not expecting this to come up any time soon, but it's been worrying…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/16/2006 Gaerik: [Capes Fantasy] Actual Play Post
I've put an Actual Play post up in the Actual Play forum.  Just thought I'd point to it here also.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Gaerik.

1/16/2006 Gaerik: [Capes Fantasy] Good times with Orcs and fire...
Lately with my role-playing group I've been somewhat dissatisfied with our gaming.  My thoughts were that the problem revolved around a real lack of investment in what was going on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Andrew Morris, dunlaing, Vaettyr, Sydney Freedberg.

1/16/2006 Jonathan Hastings: TSoY and Trollbabe: Okay play, Great lessons
I ran two games recently, with very mixed results.  The players were the same for both games: Nick, who is in my regular rpg group, and Mark, a very good…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Arturo G., Frank T, John Harper, Mark Dellelo.

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1/17/2006 dunlaing: Things you want to avoid
What do you do if there are things you (and by "you" I mean your gaming group as a whole) want to avoid in Capes? The answer is definitely not…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: dunlaing, Vaxalon, Gaerik.

1/17/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Recess Game 2: Old Gods
I ran Mortal Coil at the latest Recess game day in New York. There was time at the mini-convention for two sessions, and rather than run the same one twice,…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Paka, Iskander, gains.

1/17/2006 energy: Old gamer new game?
Well I am an old gamer and haven't played any games for awhile. The most recent game I played was Wild Arms 4 that came out Jan. 10. Has anyone…
In Actual Play
Participants: energy, Andrew Morris.

1/17/2006 inthisstyle: Playtesters
I sent out a note to some select people asking for a playtest of Mortal Coil, and then I e-mailed the PDF version of the game to them (of course…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, Nathan P..

1/17/2006 sirogit: [General Mud]A short playtest
Last Sunday me and two friends played some General Mud. It was a pretty good time, with a few misgivings. Character creation went pretty smooth, but one of the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, ptevis, Rob MacDougall.

1/17/2006 Hans: Questions on staking and splitting
Just off my third session of Capes.  My how I love this game. I read through this several times, and still feel shaky - Page 25 of the rules says:…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kintara, TonyLB.

1/17/2006 Keith Senkowski: Conspiracy of Ravenloft: Session One
So on Saturday we finally hit the CoS Ravenloft game and I think it was a bit rougher in spots than it should have been.  Don't get me wrong, it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Keith Senkowski, Matt Wilson, Matt-M-McElroy, Paka, Jason Leigh, daemonchild.

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.

1/17/2006 Ben Lehman: [KueiCon] Falling Leaves w/ Ion
As it turns out <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17997.0">KueiCon</a> was a massively playtest-heavy con, with playtests of Galactic, Falling Leaves (twice!), Drifter's Escape, Dog eat Dog (twice!), and General Mud, plus serious discussion…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ben Lehman, TheTris, Piers Brown, GreatWolf.

1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Galactic
Hi folks, So first thing off on Saturday, we got into Matt Wilson's developing space opera game, Galactic, run by Albert Anderson. Galactic normally involves building a map with different…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, ptevis, Albert of Feh.

1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Falling Leaves
Hi folks, First- Wow.  What a brutally simple and elegant game. I got to play this with Albert & William, and our game quickly turned into something worthy of rivalling…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, William Burke, Albert of Feh, TheTris, Sydney Freedberg.

1/17/2006 Anna B: The Sim Nar Blur
So I get Sim - but then I'm the kind of person who watched The Matrix and thought "wait that volates the second law of thermodynamics! What are the computers…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anna B, Ron Edwards, nikola, Supplanter, Sydney Freedberg, Joshua BishopRoby, Silmenume.

1/17/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Capes
Hi folks, Towards the end of the first night, we had 3 extra people show up, and wanted to get them into play ASAP.  In hindsight, Capes is not the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei.

1/18/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Dog Eat Dog
Hi folks, On Sunday morning, we got to play the very awesome Dog Eat Dog, a game in development by William Burke.  Dog Eat Dog is a game about colonialism,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei.

1/18/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Aftermath report
Hi folks, KueiCon was teh awesome, and I wanted to thank everyone who came and played with us.  Though we only set up for 2 days and 3 time slots…
In Conventions
Participants: Bankuei, ptevis, Albert of Feh, jasonm, faerieloch.

1/18/2006 Justin A Hamilton: [Sorcerer] Preparing for a pitch, King in Yellow
Hello again, let me apologize in advance if this post has a lot of jargon, please ask. So my roleplaying group has a kind of round-robin GM format.  We all…
In Adept Press
Participants: Justin A Hamilton, Neros Boot, TickTock Man, IMAGinES, Mister Six.

1/18/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: useless relationships?
So, one of my players' characters has a relationship with her dead brother. She reckons this is important, and it certainly seems right to me that it should be down…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, Matt, jasonm, Andrew Morris, lumpley, daHob.

1/18/2006 IMAGinES: [RPGnet Forum / Wiki] Sorcerer: A Menu
As the RPGnet forums are no longer searchable, Paka set up a forum thread called A Menu with the intent of collecting all the best RPGnet threads relating to…
In Adept Press
Participants: IMAGinES, Ron Edwards.

1/18/2006 Neros Boot: Sorcerer in Spaaaaaaaaace!
I have an idea for a Sorcerer adaptation, which I've already emailed to Mr. Edwards as a potential mini-supplement.  Essentially, the mini-supplement would be about human pilots in the near…
In Adept Press
Participants: Neros Boot, Justin A Hamilton, Sydney Freedberg, ubergeek2012, Bret Gillan, cpeterso, IMAGinES, Peter Nordstrand.

1/18/2006 Doc Blue: A Modest Proposal for an Origins Event....
I early-bird registered for Origins earlier this month. At the time, I largely figured I wouldn't be running any events. Naturally, because I made a conscious decision, my subconscious decided…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Doc Blue.

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