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1/26/2006 Paul Czege: fun with evil
This past sabbath day we kicked off a planned multi-session playtest of Acts of Evil. And what can I say...I like it. We only had time for two scenes with…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers, hardcoremoose, Calithena.

1/10/2006 Paul Czege: updates to the playtest rules
The playtest rules have been updated. Important new passages are in dark red. And deprecated passages are crossed out. Mostly, the changes are what I laid out on the beyond…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

1/6/2006 Paul Czege: the epistle of an occultist
On Eero's advice, I've begun focusing on color text, written as advice from an occultist to his magickal progeny. Not being an occultist myself, it hasn't been an easy mindset…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, ejh.

1/6/2006 Paul Czege: executive decisionmaking in action, and other influence games
Last week we played Executive Decision. Danielle was elected President. She appointed Scott as Sec. of Labor, Matt as Sec. of Defense, and me as Atty. General. We chose additional…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, cj.23, lumpley, Victor Gijsbers.

12/16/2005 Paul Czege: beyond the post-Utrecht reformulation
My current thinking is driven by these post-Utrecht concerns: On a need to make Teachers more effective as antagonists. On a need to increase the frequency of Humanizing across the…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

12/2/2005 Paul Czege: the tragedy of the commons
A major design objective for me with Acts of Evil is that the non-occultist NPCs have a chance to emerge via play as characters of interest, protagonists to the relatively…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes.

11/29/2005 Paul Czege: post-Utrecht reformulation
To recap, the Utrecht playtest focused my design attention as follows: On a need to make Teachers more effective as antagonists in the early game. On a need to increase…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers, Remko, Eero Tuovinen.

11/14/2005 Paul Czege: edits have been made to the Acts of Evil playtest rules
Edits have been made to the Acts of Evil playtest rules: With the goal of resolving the adversity (lack of uncertainty to dice rolls) issue reported by the Utrecht group,…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

11/6/2005 Paul Czege: the dice mechanics
It seems I need to consider alternative dice mechanics. The Utrecht group has demonstrated that the endeavors of beginning occultists lack drama due to an absence of mechanical adversity. I…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes.

11/4/2005 Paul Czege: storing/protecting the cards
My Under the Bed cards and rules are currently in an envelope. I've looked at dollar stores and hobby stores and art supply stores for a nice plastic box or…
In glyphpress
Participants: Paul Czege, nikola, TonyLB, Eero Tuovinen.

10/31/2005 Paul Czege: Welcome to the Acts of Evil playtest forum!
Welcome to the Acts of Evil playtest forum! Here's what's up: Although this is a hidden forum, participants and observers of the playtest I ran at this past GenCon are…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

10/30/2005 Paul Czege: Acts of Evil (playtest rules)
[size=13pt][b]Acts of Evil[/b][/size] a roleplaying game of occult ambition by Paul Czege [color=Maroon][b]Introduction[/b][/color] Player characters are new initiates to an occult tradition devoted to aggressive and competitive pursuit of personal…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

10/12/2005 Paul Czege: The Ken in Yellow
In reference to Bacchanal, in his latest Out of the Box column, Ken Hite writes: "I firmly believe that somewhere in here is the greatest King in Yellow game…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

10/12/2005 Paul Czege: fill your glass with wine...dice
Half Meme Press is pleased to now have a small quantity of Bacchanal dice sets for sale. The sets consist of: a purple d8, representing the god Bacchus a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Yokiboy, Nev the Deranged.

10/6/2005 Paul Czege: horror or not?
I try not to let questions about My Life with Master go unanswered. But RPG.net no longer has a working search engine. So now I look for threads where it…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Paka, Victor Gijsbers, Bob Goat, Arturo G., droog, Peter Nordstrand, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, joewolz, Bret Gillan, GB Steve.

9/7/2005 Paul Czege: Bacchic frenzy on the bitwaves
Paul Tevis talks about Bacchanal in the 7th installment of his Have Games, Will Travel podcast: http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=18642 The Bacchanal segment is about 15 minutes in, but you don't want to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

8/30/2005 Paul Czege: quenching your late summer thirst for madness and wine
[center][color=Purple][size=15pt][b]Bacchanal[/b][/size][/color][/center] Print copies of this year's most whispered about game are now available to those who missed it at GenCon. The book is 5.5" x 8.5", 12 pages, saddle stitched,…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

8/12/2005 Paul Czege: one player's quest to recapture the table-top RPG experience...
...in the medium of computer rpgs: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/4/31 I can't decide if I think he failed for the same reasons he thinks he failed. Paul
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Adam Dray, Rob Carriere, Andrew Norris, Artanis, Sean, cruciel, Resonantg, TonyLB, Gaerik, Noon, contracycle, GB Steve, Miskatonic.

8/3/2005 Paul Czege: why I sell to retailers
On the Forge Booth: Price List thread, Matt Snyder wrote: No retailer discounts....I don't see how getting, say, a half dozen (or even a dozen) copies of our games into…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gsoylent, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, MatrixGamer, abzu.

8/2/2005 Paul Czege: Half Meme Press First Annual Unplanned Contest
I just approved the proof of a roleplaying game. And the printer is tracking to have books to me for Gen Con. So I'm geeked, and decided to have a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, matthijs, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Uzzah, ejh, quozl, Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, GB Steve, lumpley, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Sean, Victor Gijsbers.

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2/19/2006 Paul Czege: needed: situation to start
After two sessions of playtest, I've been thinking Acts of Evil needs some kind of collaborative situation fabrication prior to play. (And Michael S. Miller's Arthurian enthusiasm post…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

3/13/2006 Paul Czege: playtest at Forge Midwest
Anyone planning to attend Forge Midwest and interested in playtesting Acts of Evil during one of the Saturday slots? Paul
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, chris_moore, c, John Kirk.

4/6/2006 Paul Czege: who's your unteacher
Western academic and corporate culture is infested with the idealization of a certain kind of mentorship: the mentor imparts skills and wisdom to the protege, who thereby develops and grows…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paul Czege, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, Matt Snyder, Brand_Robins, nikola, Calithena, Madheretic, Ben Lehman, Smithy, Frank T, Peter Nordstrand, droog, Graham Walmsley, Matt Wilson, joshua neff, Bryan Hansel, Doug Ruff, Gaerik, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2006 Paul Czege: anyone interested in a small Keys project?
So, a few months ago I ran across the Skyknights RPG. And dang if the game's motivations wouldn't be an interesting fit if converted to TSOY Keys: http://www.skyknightsrpg.com/Ver2/motivation.htm Anyway, my…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul Czege, Niko, Eero Tuovinen.

4/29/2006 Paul Czege: Acts of Evil, the new evil (revised playtest rules)
Alrighty, what we obviously need as basis for conversation and further playtesting is a game text as plain instructions, complete with all current rules in as few words as I…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

5/1/2006 Paul Czege: the evolution of evil
I'm interested in some conversation about the changes I've made to the rules. Of course I think they're improvements, that they make the game tighter, but I'm interested in doubts…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, chris_moore, c.

5/5/2006 Paul Czege: character sheet contest: out sephiroth the designer
So I've been messing around with character sheet designs, taking graphical inspiration from the kabbalistic sephiroth and other occult and astrological sigils. And though I'm pretty pleased with how it's…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, chris_moore, c.

6/12/2006 Paul Czege: a scene of evil
Voyeurs of evil, I offer you this scene from the second session of the ongoing IRC playtest. The player character is Alexander Cherry's Heqa, who Alex has cast as the…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

6/13/2006 Paul Czege: [GenCon 2006] booth chairs
Last year's chair sponsorship program endowed us with twenty steel chairs, and saved us the non-trivial sum of money we'd have had to spend on renting cheap-ola chairs from the…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege, abzu, btrc, Blankshield, Gaerik, Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, Silent Tamatama, Tim C Koppang, Hans.

8/3/2006 Paul Czege: what the non-occultists need
Playtesting has shown that non-occultist NPCs (Nobodies and Victims) don't emerge to capture our interest as protagonists in the narrative of play. As this was a primary design goal for…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, c.

8/5/2006 Paul Czege: Acts of Evil, revised new evil playtest rules
[size=13pt][b]Acts of Evil[/b][/size] a roleplaying game of occult ambition by Paul Czege [color=Maroon][b]Introduction[/b][/color] Player characters are new initiates to an occult tradition devoted to aggressive and competitive pursuit of personal…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege.

8/5/2006 Paul Czege: an attempt to deliver what the non-occultists need
I have posted a revised playtest rules text, with the following key changes: 1. Setting creation is streamlined, and no longer includes the creation of any NPCs. And the term…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Victor Gijsbers, Remko, hardcoremoose, timfire.

12/1/2006 Paul Czege: The Rumors of My Master's Death...
After an unaccountable delay, the print edition of <i>My Life with Master</i> is again available. This run features a matte-laminated cover and the only revisions I've ever made to the…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Marhault.

12/4/2006 Paul Czege: The Niche Engine (v. 0.1), for roleplaying that's about the setting
Hi all, Realizing that Frank Tarcikowski's 1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge was formulated as just the right kind of stretch exercise for me--intimidating, because setting creation is by far the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul Czege, Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley, Troy_Costisick, scorpio rising, David Artman, Calithena, Jared A. Sorensen, pells, Paul T.

1/26/2007 Paul Czege: Games Quarterly Catalog 62: The Great Purge
So, I've had Half Meme Press and <i>My Life with Master</i> in Games Quarterly Catalog since late 2004, using just the no-cost mini-listing. And I'm fairly certain that not a…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Jake Richmond, guildofblades.

2/23/2007 Paul Czege: excruciating
So last week I got a request from Michael S. Miller. Kat is working on a serial killer game. It's a cool concept, focusing on the investigation and the victims…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, c, Michael S. Miller.

3/4/2007 Paul Czege: The Ashcan Front FAQ
Hey all, Matt Snyder and I are organizing a booth separate from the Forge booth for Gen Con this year. It will be a booth focused entirely on selling ashcans.…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul Czege, Troy_Costisick, Mike Sugarbaker, daemonchild, Matt Snyder, Matt-M-McElroy, Kesher, Miskatonic, ptevis, Thor, chris_moore, thelostgm, somniturne, Mike Holmes, michael lingner, JasonWalters, Jason Walters.

4/24/2007 Paul Czege: talking about ashcans, The Ashcan Front, and game design with Clyde L. Rhoer
Clyde and I had a very enjoyable and wide ranging conversation late last Friday evening at Forge Midwest that he recorded for his Theory From the Closet podcast. And it's…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

4/29/2007 Paul Czege: 2006 sales of My Life with Master charted against prior years
Most recent post at halfmeme.com. But for fun, first ask yourself what impact you'd expect from the game being out of print for the Saturday and Sunday of Gen Con…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

5/4/2007 Paul Czege: [Chronicles of Babel] slaves in the hanging gardens
Well, the Sunday before Easter our occasional Sunday group was between games, and so I seized the day and ran a playtest of Paul Elliott's Chronicles of Babel. As a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, Mithras, Noclue.

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