Previous Topics 2/25/2006 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Con DFW 2006
I ran a four-hour one-shot of Sorcerer at Con DFW tonight, and geez, it couldn't have been better. Here are the pre-gens:
Name: Rex Short.
Player: Marco. (No! Not JAGS…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
2/9/2006 bcook1971: Reads Like PTA
Check out Warren Ellis' Ocean series, now collected in graphic novel format. As I was reading it, I kept thinking, this has that spunky character focus contrasted with a larger…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: bcook1971, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Mark Woodhouse.
12/12/2005 bcook1971: First Read
Hey, I just finished reading PTA, 1st ed. I bought it several months ago, along with DitV and TSOY. It's just taken me a while to get to it.
Man,…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: bcook1971, Matt Wilson.
12/10/2005 bcook1971: [TROS] Tipping Point of Group Chargen
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MY PLAYERS -- SPOILER ALERT -- READ NO FURTHER
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I'll be running a TROS campaign in January, so I guess this is Actual Prep. I've been getting e-mail…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Paka, Noon.
11/26/2005 bcook1971: Sorcerer in the Vineyard
Sorcerer in the Vineyard
Hey, all. I’ve been reading (among other things) some John Constantine: Hellblazer graphic novels. The first story in the Red Sepulchre graphic novel, “High on Life,”…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, lumpley, Vaxalon.
10/9/2005 bcook1971: [D&D v1.0] Expedition to Barrier Peaks II
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16793.msg178294#msg178294]Last session.[/url]
This session was a lot of fun for me. We had a lot of concurrent split-party action going on. Each player (myself and Cory) had multiple characters to…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
9/12/2005 bcook1971: [D&D v1.0] Expedition to Barrier Peaks
Alright, I can't stand it anymore. I have to post about last night's session with my regular group.
We met at the place where I stay. I invited Kevin to…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jaycenn.
8/20/2005 bcook1971: The Cat's Away
Now's our chance to go crazy while The Man's at Gencon! Post polls! Pretentious, posturing "next big deals" under RPG Theory! Sell me on ! Rehash a perceived…
In Site Discussion
Participants: bcook1971, matthijs, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.
8/7/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII - III of III
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15739.0]Session I[/url]. [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15849.0]Session II[/url].
Just finished the third and last playtest session of my game, Story Steps. We've been playing in a WWII setting, basically re-enacting the Battle of Guadalcanal.…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
7/20/2005 bcook1971: [TSOY] One-shot Session
I had an interesting time tonight, running a TSOY one-shot for the Dallas-Plano Chapter of DFW Roleplayers. I've got it scheduled to run for the Tarrant County Chapter next THU,…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.
7/3/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII Campaign - II of III
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=15739&highlight=]Session I[/url].
(Though actual play, I thought this post would be better suited to this forum since play concerns an author-created system in development.)
I had a good deal of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971.
6/19/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] WWII Campaign - I of III
I just completed the first session of a campaign playtest of my RPG, Story Steps. After I ran a one-shot with my now defunct meetup group, I decided to fuse…
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Participants: bcook1971.
5/1/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel: Classic] The Racial Campaign IV of IV
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14211&highlight=]Session I[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14612&highlight=]Session II[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14903&highlight=]Session III[/url].
[b]Play transcript[/b]
[b]An Empty Town and a Little Boy[/b]
Jacob journeyed to his brother's farm in Gartiche. Oren was a virtuous man and had…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jaycenn, Thor Olavsrud, rafial.
4/10/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] Bitter Creek
Wa-hoo! I got to run a one-shot of DitV for one of my meetup groups tonight. (See prep thread here.) Actually, I scheduled it as an event for a roleplayers…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, lumpley, Wolfen.
4/3/2005 bcook1971: [BW] The Racism Campaign III of IV
[url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14211&highlight=]Session I[/url]. [url=http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14612&highlight=]Session II[/url].
Apologies to my players reading this, expecting a similar format to last session; that was a bit of a lark and not something I could sustain.…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
3/29/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] One-shot Prep
Hello. I finished reading the last third of the rulebook over the last two days. Getting my head around the much vaunted town creation rules stretched my mind a bit.…
In lumpley games
Participants: bcook1971, Trevis Martin, FlamingMoose.
3/20/2005 bcook1971: [Story Steps] Playtesting Narrative Support Structures
Not sure if this should go here or in actual play. I've been working on design of this game for a while now and do plan to release it into…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.
3/16/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] Mass Combat Playtesting
Had the chance to playtest a mass combat variant for Burning Wheel at a roleplayers meetup group tonight. Two guys played. Both were organizers, no less. One played Orcs; the…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971.
3/10/2005 bcook1971: [Burning Wheel] 2005 Late Winter Campaign: II of IV
See session I here.
Transcript
Orcish Envoy to the Reyan Citadel
A party of orcs arrived at the Reyan Citadel, representing the invaders at Pollee, bearing a token of Etharch…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Ingenious.
2/11/2005 bcook1971: Reading through Dogs
I had to go to Mississippi for some training this week. With 5 minutes to pack, I looked around my room and thought, what shall I bring to the airport…
In lumpley games
Participants: bcook1971, lumpley, nikola.
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