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1/24/2006 Jason Newquist: The Matrix Method
I'd like to talk about a character/setting creation system that my local gaming group has been using for about, oh, 5 or 6 years now.  I've intended to write this…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason Newquist, Andy Kitkowski, James Holloway, timopod, Andrew Morris.

1/24/2006 Nimrod67: [Warriors Brush] Attempt at making a game.
Ok, it’s been awhile since I last posted here. Nearly two years ago. Bear with me, even though I’ve posted before I consider myself New to all this Jargon. I’m…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nimrod67, IagainstI.

1/24/2006 Vaxalon: Recorded Dogs game
I recorded three hours of Dogs play yesterday, but the files are a little noisy.  If anyone would like them, to try to pull out useful "actual play" examples to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, coffeestain, pedyo, xjermx.

1/24/2006 Vaxalon: Any audio engineers?
I recorded a nearly complete Dogs game yesterday, but it has some annoying noise in it that I can't get rid of with my puny audio skilz and Audacity. If…
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon, WRPIgeek.

1/23/2006 Andrew Morris: Topic: [DitV] Windy Valley Branch (at Dreamation)
I was a bit worried about running sessions on Thursday night, since I figured attendance would be super-light, but I ended up having five players (which, of course, is one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, forlorn1, drnuncheon, Krista E, TonyLB.

1/23/2006 ricmadeira: Some publicity photos!
So this Sunday my gaming group gathered around the table to brainstorm about a new PTA series, and at some point my wife joined us with our six-month-old daughter Diana…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: ricmadeira, Blake Hutchins.

1/23/2006 MatrixGamer: Presentation - As important as system?
The Lumpley Principle says that system matters. The rules of the game inform and shape all that follows. In my constant tinkering with Engle Matrix Games I've mused on how…
In Publishing
Participants: MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, guildofblades, komradebob, Ron Edwards, ChrisC, pells, nikola, mythusmage.

1/23/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation: Carry] Ah, So This Is Why We Playtest...
Gah, long! This post is the description, the next will be the reflection. Intro Technically, I had a playtest game of Carry scheduled for Friday night at midnight, but it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nathan P., inthisstyle, RobNJ, Joshua BishopRoby, Doug Ruff, thelostgm, ubergeek2012, Asperity.

1/23/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] More organized, but still a work in progress
So, like I said in another post, I like some of the concepts of FUDGE (specifically how ability/attribute is the median for any check, among other features). Obviously, the only…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, dindenver.

1/23/2006 Michael S. Miller: Bacchanal: Outie for Best Sui Generis RPG of 2005
Ken Hite has awarded the Outie for Best Sui Generis RPG of 2005 to Bacchanal. Here's the link. Congratulations, Paul!
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, ejh, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Paul Czege.

1/23/2006 HenryT: Questions
A short list of things that came up during my first game of Dogs (description posted to Actual Play). 1) Traits, Raises, See, etc. all seem to have a lot…
In lumpley games
Participants: HenryT, Adam Biltcliffe, Warren, xjermx, dunlaing, Supplanter, Arvidos, dyjoots, lumpley.

1/23/2006 Marhault: Ongoing online Amber game
[b]The Basics[/b] The game is Amber Diceless.  Starting set of players and their characters: A.  -  playing Sarevok, son of Gerard.  C.  -  playing Edwin, Knight Protector of Arden E. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Marhault.

1/23/2006 HenryT: [DitV] A first try
I ran Dogs in the Vineyard for the first time last night, with a group of players, also all new to the game (one had heard about it before, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: HenryT, Alex Fradera.

1/23/2006 Alex Fradera: [DitV] New game, new group, return to play
I posted this in the wrong forum. Foolish, foolish me. Please ignore the one in the lumpley one, and if you have input post it here. Ta. So last week…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alex Fradera, syrupalex, sunnyblue, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, Andy R.

1/23/2006 TheTris: [Falling Leaves] Gaijin invasion
Another playtest of Falling Leaves, this time with three players.  I need to set out explicitly who takes turns to set scenes for whom.  This didn't stop us though, we…
In Playtesting
Participants: TheTris, Bankuei, Artanis, Everspinner, Miedvied.

1/23/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Dreamation, The Princes' Kingdom] The Island of Lo Pang
I ran The Princes' Kingdom at Dreamation for seven players - which is insane, but great! I will tell you right now that it was one of the most fun…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, RobNJ, nikola, Lisa Padol, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Morris, inthisstyle.

1/23/2006 Silmenume: [Middle Earth - home brew] - A really bad game night.
A couple of weeks ago, in my regular game I had one the crappiest times – ever.  The post mortem, however, was utterly fascinating. But first, some background. The game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Silmenume, CSBone, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, Tommi Brander, Noon, NN, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Marco, Liminaut, Glendower, Precious Villain, Rob Carriere, James Holloway, jlarke, Caldis, dunlaing, Mark Woodhouse, LandonSuffered.

1/23/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: collateral damage in conflicts
So, my group has got through two sessions of Dogs now, and it's all going pretty well; I'll make an Actual Play post when I get some time to write…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, lumpley, Bryony, dunlaing, Everspinner, Tindalos, Valamir, Warren.

1/23/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: Sorcerer is hard (understanding currency)
So the Sorcerer rulebook is, um, pretty densely packed with information and not really that great (at least, for me) of explaining the logic that ties everything together. I think…
In Adept Press
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, faerieloch, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

1/23/2006 MikeSands: [Badass Space Marines] Trial by fire
Well, I've put together enough of a ruleset for my Badass Space Marines game that I could run it at my local gaming convention over the weekend. I ran two…
In Actual Play
Participants: MikeSands, hix.

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1/24/2006 MikeSands: [Badass Space Marines] Things to develop
From the actual play thread over here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18457.msg194498#msg194498 Steve Hickey said: 1.  Duration. The session felt slightly long to me.  I wondered whether this was because there were an equal…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: MikeSands, hix, Ron Edwards, Kaare Berg (Old).

1/24/2006 Glendower: First time game, suggestions?
Hello everyone, I've convinced one of my gaming groups to give Primetime Adventures a go, we'll be playing on Jan 24 during one of our "between campaign" sessions.  I'm very…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Glendower, Paka, Joe Dizzy, Adam Biltcliffe, Nathan P..

1/24/2006 Andrew Morris: Pacing and trouble players
So, in the games I ran, played in, and observed at Dreamation, I saw some things that I either addressed or am not sure how to adress. In the InSpectres…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, bcook1971, Krista E, gains.

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.

1/24/2006 inthisstyle: [Dreamation: Mortal Coil] Old Gods Returns
Mortal Coil runs again, this time at Dreamation. I had an overflowing session, all six slots were full and Nathan Paoletta joined at the last minute, making this a seven-player…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Keith Senkowski, Ben Lehman, mtiru, Iskander.

1/24/2006 agony: Returning to a town
Read this in another thread: Cool Alex. One thing I've heard here is that if Dogs return to a town, any new Sin can't be the consequences of the Dogs'…
In lumpley games
Participants: agony, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Alex Fradera.

1/24/2006 Iskander: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (pre-Dreamation)
[quote="Luke Crane"][center][b][size=12pt]It's [i]Conspiracy of Shadows[/i], not [i]Conspiracy of Rainbows[/i][/size][/b][/center][/quote] [b]Players[/b] [b]Keith[/b] - [i]GM[/i]. Handed out sheets, explained rules, when not looking them up in the book, framed the first scene.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, lin swimmer, Keith Senkowski.

1/24/2006 Vaxalon: Proto-NPC's to NPC's before play
I realized, in a thread over on Vincent's blog, that I had mistaken my own way of doing NPC's for the book way. My bad. That being said, I'd like…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, Arturo G..

1/24/2006 Keith Senkowski: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (Dreamation)
[b]Turtles and Cockroaches[/b] So I ran the Blood Opera Scenario at Dreamation this past Saturday  (with Lisa, Jared, Russel, Rob, Alexander, and Mayuran) and it was a  failure in my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Keith Senkowski, mtiru, RobNJ, Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, Jared A. Sorensen, gains, mneme.

1/24/2006 Smithy: [Today] Answering the Power 19
Answering Troy’s Power 19 questions (see here) seems like an effective tool for focusing a game's development and rooting out problems, so I thought I'd give it whirl for my…
In Endeavor
Participants: Smithy, Troy_Costisick.

1/24/2006 Frank T: [&Sword] Trading down Humanity
So I want to trade down Humanity. I pick Will or Stamina, whichever I like better for my character, at 8 (giving me Humanity 8), and the other two attributes…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank T, jburneko, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

1/25/2006 urbanpagan: [Shab-al-Hiri Roach] The Power of Klaus Compels You!
We recently played the Roach at NC GameDay 9 in Raleigh, NC.  We had seven players at the table.  (Yup, seven.)  Myself, Eric, Jason and Remi (all played the Roach…
In Actual Play
Participants: urbanpagan, jasonm, Aman the Rejected, Technocrat13.

1/25/2006 dindenver: [Marketing] Looking ahead
Hi!   My book has finally gotten to a point (still needs a good edit) where I am close to publishing. Eventually, I want to sell for profit. But I…
In Publishing
Participants: dindenver, daMoose_Neo, guildofblades, Matt, JakeVanDam.

1/25/2006 ubergeek2012: Indie Gaming at Arcon V
Bret Gillan and I (and I think Paka too) are planning on running some indie games at <a href="http://www.oswego.edu/~stg/arcon/">Arcon V</a> in <a href="http://www.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=oswego,+ny&btnG=Search&ll=43.443836,-76.497489&spn=0.753788,1.900635">upstate central New York</a> this year.  I think…
In Conventions
Participants: ubergeek2012, Paka, Bret Gillan.

1/25/2006 hix: [Lucky Jones] 2 playtests at Kapcon
I ran 2 games of Lucky Jones at Kapcon this weekend & it went down well. By pulling in an extra player at the last minute, I was able to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, MikeSands.

1/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Gearing up for a new session
I'm hoping to have a 4th session of Sorcerer next Tuesday, January 31st. This is assuming all goes well, and we don't get another strike, what with the union members…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Valamir, Eric J-D, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

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 stefoid: look for critical feedback of game system
Hi, Im doing an RPG system that is fairly stable at the moment, and I wouldnt mind some feedback on it. If someone out there is interested in this kind…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: stefoid, Ron Edwards, joepub, nikola, timopod, dindenver, Andrew Morris, Grover, Selene Tan, TonyLB.

1/25/2006 Glendower: [PTA] Jazz or DIE!
This Tuesday was our "in between" gaming night.  One member was absent, so we decided to put other campaigns on hold this week and play cards.  After about 4 hands…
In Actual Play
Participants: Glendower, Paka, Matt Wilson.

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