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3/13/2006 epweissengruber: [Tunnels and Trolls] A Player's Dissatisfaction
Members of the IndieRPG group in Toronto have been playing around with T&T.  The most eloquent response to the session was highly critical of the system.  I am posting parts…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, tzunder, rafial, jrs, dunlaing, Miskatonic, Alan, Noon, Hans, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Johnny.

12/12/2005 epweissengruber: Pandemonium: Indie RPG Track?
Pandemonium 23 is comming soon. I am trying to organize an "Indie RPG" track at the convention.  I want 1 table where Indie games will be going on from Friday…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/15/2005 epweissengruber: Balazar Campaign for Indie RPG Toronto: 2 New Myths
I wanted to use some of the Sorcerer and Sword/Heroquest threads in the creation of my own campaign. I got great inspiration from one of my players.  But no one…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T.

9/28/2005 epweissengruber: Sorcerer at Phantasm -- adaptation of "In Utero" from Sex and Sorcery
[size=14pt]Points of Interest[/size] - [color=Red]Adapting[/color] the Scenario - [color=Purple] Introducing[/color] Players to Sorcerer - [color=Brown]Humanity Rolls[/color] [size=14pt]Overview:[/size] This was the most well-focused and intense scenario I ran at the con. …
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2005 epweissengruber: Equat1on -- any buzz?
While at Phantasm, I came across the game Equat1on. It is a sci-fi game that claims to support both tabletop and LARP play.  I saw it playtested and it resolved…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: epweissengruber, Justin D. Jacobson.

9/27/2005 epweissengruber: Donjon at Phantasm.
[size=10pt]Points Raised in this Post[/size] - [color=Red][font=Verdana]Adapting[/font][/color] old Dungeons to Donjon - [color=Purple]Foregrounding[/color] creative Gamism - [color=Green]Setting[/color] Donjon's "Dials" - The Effectiveness of the [color=Orange]Dice Hack[/color] [size=10pt]Overview[/size] Sunday, 3 pm,…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Miskatonic.

9/26/2005 epweissengruber: Heroquest at Phantasm: Comments on the "Well of Souls"
Scenario: 6 players involved with an intrigue in the West.  On a holy night, two rival sons offered prayers for their father's future; the n'er-do-well elder son prayed for his…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

8/12/2005 epweissengruber: Phantasm Game Conference 2005 Indie Games
Phantasm Game Conference 2005 Indie Games Phantasm is held September 24h & 25th, 2005 Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Midnight Sunday 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Market Hall; 336 George…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, Gaerik, Adam Dray.

8/1/2005 epweissengruber: Literary Reference for Lunar Empire: Salammbo by Flaubert
I just finished readaing Flaubert's Salammbo. It is an amazing novel and I recommend it to anyone running a campaign in the Lunar Empire. It describes a rebellion by Mercenaries…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Nick Brooke.

7/6/2005 epweissengruber: Updates to DitV Wiki and Lexicon
This is a followup to the post I made about the Toronto Indie RPG Group's DitV Wiki. Thanks for the input everybody. I would like to share a Lexicon…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber, jasonm, lumpley.

7/1/2005 epweissengruber: Great source of free visuals
This website is a digitization of a noted German reference work, Zur Geschichte der Kostueme. THE HISTORY OF COSTUME - INDEX By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880 http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML
In Publishing
Participants: epweissengruber, BigElvis.

6/27/2005 epweissengruber: New DitV Wiki and Lexicon
http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Toronto_Dogs_In_The_Vineyard:Main_Page The Toronto Indie RPG group is starting up a game. I am running a Wiki on RPG.net and conducting a Lexicon game to build up some of the details…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber, jasonm.

6/20/2005 epweissengruber: [DiTV] in Conventions and Demos
Hey lumpley! I will be running a demo of DiTV at a convention. Can I deliver the emotional twists of the game in 2 hours, or am I kidding myself?
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber, lumpley.

6/20/2005 epweissengruber: Demos and Convention Games of MLWM
Dear Paul I will be running a demo of MLWM at a convention. You offer some advice about running 1-shots in the book. But what about short 1-shots. Is there…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes.

6/20/2005 epweissengruber: Sorcerer and Elfs in Demos
Ron, I would like to run Soc. and Elfs in 2-hour demos as the upcoming Phantasm convention. My default choice for Sorcerer is "In Utero," and for Elfs I am…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/20/2005 epweissengruber: Phantasm, September 2005
Once again, I will be running a few Indie RPGs at Phantasm, a 2 day convention in lovely Peterborough, Ontario. This year I will be doing the 2-hour demo thing,…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/18/2005 epweissengruber: (OT) "Nomic" Games and Rule Governed Self-Amendmen
A while back I posted a speculative note] regarding rule-governed transformation of play space. I got a number of useful responses. Recently, I have uncovered a type of game that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: epweissengruber, Walt Freitag, Jeph, Noon, Adam Dray, Doug Ruff, MatrixGamer.

6/14/2005 epweissengruber: Canadian National Gaming Expo (August 26-28)
The Toronto Role Player's Association posted the address of a big gaming con in Toronto. There is interest among the players of Big Games like D&D or World of Darkness.…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, Blankshield, Brand_Robins, Allan.

6/2/2005 epweissengruber: Generating Income: Two Alternatives.
At Collisiondetection, Clive Thompson discusses the implications of the "ransom" model of publishing, a model tested by Greg Stolze in the publication of his game "Meatbot Massacre." The followup discussion…
In Publishing
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/1/2005 epweissengruber: Concept Map Creation Tools
These free tools might help designers plan rules, present rules to players, construct informative graphics for their publications, and allow the creation of Relationship Maps. http://cmap.ihmc.us/
In Indie Game Design
Participants: epweissengruber.

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4/15/2006 epweissengruber: [Elfs] My Apartment Con & Elfs
I have run Slave Pits of the Undercity ret-conned for Donjon.  This weekend, for the IndieRPG Toronto group, I ran it for Elfs.  I was pleased with the level of…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards, jaw6.

4/16/2006 epweissengruber: [Serpentine] IndieRPG Toronto Playtests a New Game
I have chosen to post here because I am not sure of the extent to which the designer of the game is actually prepared to lay out the game yet.…
In Playtesting
Participants: epweissengruber.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [MLwM] My Appartment Con
Toronto IndieRPG Group played a session of MLwM during the Easter Break Con. at my pad. We tried to do a 1-shot using the recommendations in the rulebook: high fear,…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Paul Czege, two_fishes, Michael S. Miller.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [Cascadia] IndieRPG Toronto playtests an (anti-)Pool variant
Joshua, one of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has us experiment with a new game that adds a narrative structure and a linked resource management mechanic to the (Anti-)Pool variant.…
In Playtesting
Participants: epweissengruber, jaw6, cpeterso.

7/3/2006 epweissengruber: Phantasm 15 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Torontonians, Eastern Ontarians, Quebecois, and Ottawanians!  Get down to Peterborough for Phantasm 15! Phantasm is held September 23rd & 24th, 2006 Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Midnight Sunday 10:00 AM…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, eyebeams, Ned, Mister Hoppe, walkerp.

7/22/2006 epweissengruber: [Donjon] Dice Probabilities
One of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has done a good job of breaking down the dice probabilities of Donjon.  I, Erik Weissengruber, Lord Grand Pooh Bah of Indie RPG…
In CRN Games
Participants: epweissengruber, Hans, Sonja.

8/3/2006 epweissengruber: Collaborative Setting and NPC Creation for A Heroquest Conspiracy Game
Hi, I tried to set up a campaign based in the Lunar Empire but it fizzled.  I came up with some very elaborate setting-creation plans under the inspiration of Vincent…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

8/13/2006 epweissengruber: HQ and the Mountain Witch setup.
I love the mechanics of this ronin-meets-Resevoir Dogs game: http://www.timfire.com/MountainWitch/MW_resources.html It's a great way to capture the play between trust and betrayal in samurai movies, westerns, and dark action stories.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

8/15/2006 epweissengruber: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
I will be running a Space Opera take on The Well of Souls shortly. I have posted my notes and my character sheets here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Space%20Opera%20and%20Well%20of%20Souls/ The labels allow players to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Der_Renegat.

8/19/2006 epweissengruber: [Heroquest Genericized] Kung-fu and Sci-Fi Game in Toronto
Erik Weissengrube here. I am opening a thread for discussion of the games I ran at the Toronto Roleplayers Alliance's "Fun Day" The two games were - Kung-fu Assault on…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber.

9/17/2006 epweissengruber: Template for Generic Heroquest Character Backgrounds
I am hoping to run a Heroquest setting with heavy player input.  That means generation of homelands, professions, common magic, etc. I am hoping to have fairly experienced characters too,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, soru, Vaxalon.

10/12/2006 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 2006
IndieRPG Toronto will be running a series of indie games and demos at the upcoming Pandemonium convention in Toronto. Volunteer to run a game or just show up to play. …
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/30/2006 epweissengruber: Burning Wheel in Toronto: Fantasy Japan Setting
If anyone is interested, IndieRPG Toronto will be starting up a BW game:  Original thread: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/boards/view/viewthread?thread=2348962 Here is the spiel.  If you are interested, PM me here or sign up…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/15/2006 epweissengruber: DitV -- applicable quote from Georges Bataille
These quotes come from the "Chance" section of the French post-surrealist's book Guilty: "  If Good didn't question itself it would be the judge's power of execution.   Take Good…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber.

1/12/2007 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 27 (Toronto, Canada) February 23-25
Pandemonium 24 http://www.warhorn.net/pandemoniumconvention24/ Pre-Registration is now open! Register for your events before February 9, 2007 and you will receive our pre-registration price of $30 for the entire weekend. Registration after…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, Hans.

4/11/2007 epweissengruber: [Sorcerer One Sheet]
These are the first steps towards a one-sheet for IndieRPG Toronto.  Comments welcome Life Under the Double Sun - j"stone age" post-apocalypse, coming out of ice age and hurtling towards…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2007 epweissengruber: Universalis and IndieRPG Toronto: Against the 13th Reich
The full details of our tenents, etc. can be found here: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998 - feel: Buck Rodgers Raygun Sci-Fi Tenents * Science-fictiony space adventure * Buck Rodgers Rockets and tight 1-piece…
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, rycanada, Tony Irwin, Valvorik.

5/23/2007 epweissengruber: Indie RPG Toronto Takes on Universalis: AGAINST THE 13th REICH!
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998 We had a good experience with the game and I hope to pull it out again for our next social meeting.
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/19/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto moving to Yahoo.
IndieRPG Toronto is migrating from Meetup to Yahoo. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/indierpgtoronto/
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/3/2007 epweissengruber: Capes in Toronto -- Underground Comix instead of "Greater Evil"
IndieRPG Toronto was all fired up to do the "Greater Evil" scenario.  But the facilitator couldn't make it and we were down to two players.  This is what we came…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: epweissengruber.

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