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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 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 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Recess Game 1: Apocalypse Boulevard
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, mtiru, phredd, Nathan P..

1/13/2006 inthisstyle: Getting Indie Games Going in Your Area
There are a lot of game designers living in and around New York City, and the Dreamation convention has become a real gathering place for designers due to their very…
In Conventions
Participants: inthisstyle, Iskander, Zach.

12/20/2005 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Playtest Actual Play
I've posted an AP for my second playtest session of the game here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18067.0
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

12/19/2005 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Follow-Up Playtest: Old Gods Get Mean
So we got together again last Friday for another playtest session of Mortal Coil. This was a follow-up session to the one I wrote about last month, and we preserved…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, gains.

12/14/2005 inthisstyle: The Legend of Yore: A Fantasy Heartbreaker Story
Our tale begins long ago, in 1986. Our hero, a young lad of 16, begins his long journey into game design innocently enough, on a family car trip. Bored, the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Paka, Matt Wilson, matthijs, Eero Tuovinen, abzu, greyorm, nikola, Miskatonic.

12/7/2005 inthisstyle: Welcome!
Welcome to the Galileo Games forum. Although I have dedicated fora on my own site, http://www.galileogames.com/phpBB2/, I thought it would be a good idea to set up some here at…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Troy_Costisick, Andrew Morris, Emily Care.

11/21/2005 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Old Gods - the first playtest
I ran the first playtest for Mortal Coil last Friday. I had four players in attendance, Bill, Eric, Russ, and Krista. Krista dropped out to go to bed about an…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Sean, Michael S. Miller.

10/20/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World] Pools
I am currently working on my variation of The Shadow of Yesterday, called The Fifth World. One of the things I am messing with is the Pools, and here is…
In CRN Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Twobirds, Rob Donoghue, James_Nostack.

10/18/2005 inthisstyle: [Capes] Mayhem in the Museum
I went to Ubercon in New Jersey this last weekend to run full-session demos of indie games. Our first real session of play was on Friday night, when another scheduled…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Bret Gillan, dunlaing.

8/23/2005 inthisstyle: Online Harry Potter Game: GM Epiphany
My wife Krista started an online Harry Potter game for some offline gaming friends. Three of us made up characters, and then made initial posts, about a month ago. That…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, xenopulse, MatrixGamer.

7/26/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World] Game Design Advice
A post in Indie Game Design, for those of you who haven't seen it: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16131.0 Please comment if you can.
In CRN Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

7/26/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World - TSOY Variant] Taint Mechanic for "Outside" Acts
I am working on a variant of The Shadow of Yesterday called The Fifth World. In this game, characters are all members of a community loosely based on SouthWest Native…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inthisstyle, timfire, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/22/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World]
I've been working on my TSOY variant called The Fifth World. It's based on Southwest Native American culture, and it is really starting to take shape. I just finished the…
In CRN Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/6/2005 inthisstyle: [TSOY] Working the Kinks Out
The Warlords of Maldor campaign got started last night. For a recap (setup details in the Anvilwerks forum here), we have six players: - Swann, a female human Maldorian warlord…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, James_Nostack.

3/16/2005 inthisstyle: Ubercon Session
I ran Capes at Ubercon last weekend, and I am still not entirely comfortable with the way I am explaining the game and facilitating play (not as a GM, but…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: inthisstyle, TonyLB.

3/14/2005 inthisstyle: [Actual Play] Picking Over the Bones
OK, I ran a Sorcerer demo this last weekend at Ubercon in New Jersey. This ran at 4:00 on Friday afternoon, so I was very pleased that I had a…
In Adept Press
Participants: inthisstyle, Ron Edwards.

3/10/2005 inthisstyle: [TSOY] Game Starting
After starting IPR, I ended up with a lot of games that I want to play and that I need to demo at conventions. To help familiarize myself, I am…
In CRN Games
Participants: inthisstyle, ScottM, James_Nostack.

2/15/2005 inthisstyle: The Winter of My Discontent
I have come to a realization. I am an annoying and demanding player. I get bored easily, and when bored I wander off, ignore the game, or engage in destructive…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, TonyLB, Wolfen, Matt Snyder, Noon, Bankuei, John Burdick, Ben Lehman, Gaerik.

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2/15/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Backing Facts with Rules
One of the things mentioned in the Dreamation playtest of Mortal Coil was that magical facts sometimes need some system backing to make them effective. To that end, I have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inthisstyle, Thor Olavsrud, Keith Senkowski, Nathan P., mtiru, TonyLB.

2/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Fifth World] Pools Again
I am reading the second edition rules for TSoY for the first time (I know, it's been out for months), and I am very impressed and pleased. They match up…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

3/1/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] What's in a Name?
One of the comments I got on the last Friday game was that the term for a character's base stats in Mortal Coil, capability, is difficult to use. It doesn't…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, Valamir.

4/7/2006 inthisstyle: [Dogs] At Last I Have Him
Last Friday, my friend Sandy came by and we had a game of Dogs in the Vineyard. I've been trying to get Sandy to play for ages. He is curious…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Noon.

4/19/2006 inthisstyle: [Bulldogs!] Cool Deck Plans Site
Check out this site: http://deckplans.00sf.com/ There are loads and loads of deckplans (for Star Wars, but hey, a deck plan is a deck plan). These look great for any sci-fi…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

4/23/2006 inthisstyle: Bulldogs! and Bulldogs! Races on Sale at IPR
IPR is holding a 20% off sale for May Day, and you can get Bulldogs! and Bulldogs! Races at 20% off on the site through May 6.
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

5/1/2006 inthisstyle: [Capes] Inuyasha with the Family
My wife and kids are big fans of the Japanese cartoon Inuyasha, featuring a half-demon swordsman and a time-traveling schoolgirl from modern times. The series is about unrequited love and…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Matthew Glover.

5/12/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] The 10-Minute Demo
Up in the Conventions forum, there's some really <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19816.0">good advice about convention demos</a>, mostly aimed at GenCon specifically. Since I am debuting <a href="http://www.galileogames.com/mortal-coil/">Mortal Coil</a> at a convention, I…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, Mike Holmes, mtiru, Thunder_God.

6/9/2006 inthisstyle: Moral Coil Preview
Mortal Coil is now at the printer, and will be out by the end of the month. I am going to set up preorders through IPR next week. In the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen.

6/14/2006 inthisstyle: [Trollbabe] A Tragic Misunderstanding
In my regular Friday night group last week the majority of the players cancelled at the last minute, leaving my friend Bill and spouse Krista as the two players available.…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Ron Edwards.

6/15/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Available for Preorder!
It's at the printer now, and printed copies will be coming in by the end of June. Go to Indie Press Revolution to preorder now! I will personally sign each…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Paka, Thunder_God.

7/7/2006 inthisstyle: Podcasts
There are a couple of podcasts from Origins where I or my game is mentioned: Mike Sugarbaker of Ogrecave interviewed me at Origins about IPR: http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/index.php?id=41 Paul Tevis and Ken…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, joewolz.

7/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil][Origins] A Pound of Flesh
A bit belated, but I thought I should post an Actual Play report of the Origins Mortal Coil game I ran this year. It was an after-hours pickup game, mostly…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, ubergeek2012.

7/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] From Concept to Product
Crossposted from my blog. The story of Mortal Coil begins quite some time ago, back before I had published The Legend of Yore. In those days, we were playing a…
In Publishing
Participants: inthisstyle, jasonm, joewolz.

7/21/2006 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Dark Vegas
This one played a little earlier than the Origins game, and the NerdNYC Recess game day on June 11. This one is set in Las Vegas, and like I always…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Tony Irwin.

9/11/2006 inthisstyle: Mortal Coil Actual Play
Here's a collection of threads to read about actual play of Mortal Coil: Old Gods Get Mean http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18067.0 Old Gods Returns http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18482.0 Arthurian enthusiasm http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18778.0 Dark Vegas http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20516.0…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle.

12/5/2006 inthisstyle: Mortal Coil Theme Document
I mentioned my new Mortal Coil game based on the Harry Potter novels on the latest Voice of the Revolution podcast, and someone asked if I would post the theme…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, Danny_K.

12/29/2006 inthisstyle: Dreamation 2007 Booth
Tony can't coordinate this year, so I am belatedly stepping to the plate. Please indicate if you are available and willing to work the IGX booth at the con. I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: inthisstyle, iago, Rob Donoghue, nikola, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., Paka, Bill_White, Bret Gillan, Emily Care, TonyLB.

6/30/2008 inthisstyle: How We Came to Live Here Ashcan
Listen. This is a tale of our People. Once, First Man and First Woman lived in the First World. The First World was dry and small and black as the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, elenius.

9/24/2009 inthisstyle: How We Came to Live Here Soon to Be Published
It’s been a long time coming, but How We Came to Live Here is finally nearing completion. This is all part of my plan to step up Galileo Games’ production…
In Galileo Games
Participants: inthisstyle, matthijs.

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