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4/11/2006 xenopulse: Capes Questions on LJ
Someone posted a few questions on Capes on the LJ Roleplayers Community.  I figure you someone from around here who knows the rules well could hop in and help out.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: xenopulse, Zamiel.

4/11/2006 GB Steve: [Polaris]French convention game
At SteveCon Paris this week we played a game of Polaris, in French. I'll ask the strangely named Squeeze to email his translations to Ben if he hasn't done so…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: GB Steve, Ben Lehman.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Freebooters at FM, or, "I'll get you someday, Tevis!"
Freebooters is an adventure using Clinton's system for TSOY, written by John Harper, which I'm pretty sure will become its own full-fledged game. First he needs to finish the ST,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, ptevis, John Harper.

4/11/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Entering Convention Mode
Hi Roach-players, I am hoping to play the Roach a lot this friday on GothCon. It is a drop-in event, and I intend to attract hordes of innocent players. At…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Alex Fradera, jasonm, Technocrat13, LeSingeSavant, Sydney Freedberg.

4/11/2006 Vaxalon: Neel on Nine Worlds
Here's the link: http://www.20by20room.com/2006/04/more_about_nine.html Here's the part that caught my eye: However, the way conflicts work means that it's very difficult to get an interplay going between the players --…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Vaxalon, Matt Snyder, Valamir, ivan23, hive_mind, Ben Lehman, doogs19.

4/11/2006 jasonm: Roach Play: The Flameout
I've heard about two recent games (and hope to see actual play soon) in which the players had a less-than satisfying experience because the game got big fast.  "We were…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, jrs, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Jonathan Hastings, Valamir.

4/11/2006 matthijs: Ramshead site makes browser implode
I've had this problem in the past, and am having it again now: The Ramshead site causes IE to hang, with just a blank browser window. Wuzzup?
In Universalis
Participants: matthijs, Valamir, Heraldic Game Design, GreatWolf, wburdick, joshua neff.

4/11/2006 greyorm: [Death's Door] I Wasn't Interested But...
I have to admit, I had no interest in either playing or purchasing Death's Door. When I heard about it, the idea just didn't grab me, what I heard about…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, ivan23, Blankshield, Noon.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Stranger Things at Forge Midwest
Those of you who weren't at FM and are all, when is Stranger Things going to be done? Keep yelling, because that fucker John needs to finish his damn awesome…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, hive_mind, coffeestain, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Thunder_God, demiurgeastaroth.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Dust Devils Nouveau
The new Dust Devils is hot. Crap, I suppose I have to write more than that. So I played it, right? It was me, and Matt LeSnydaire, and this whole…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, coffeestain, Eric J-D, Jason L Blair, mtiru, Dev, Matt Snyder, John Harper, rafial.

4/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] First thread about it
Hi there, First things first - GenCon's dates are a little different this year, August 10-13. So everyone who was thinking, hmm, sometime around August 20, revise your year. I…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, abzu, Paul Czege, inthisstyle, Gaerik, TonyLB, Nev the Deranged, Matt Gwinn, Dantai, Brand_Robins, LordSmerf, jrs, Justin D. Jacobson, Selene Tan, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt-M-McElroy, Jonathan Walton.

4/11/2006 Equilibrium: Newbie
Hello I discovered Universalis about 2 years ago, I read the rules and my son and one other friend had a crack at it. We all enjoyed though my son…
In Universalis
Participants: Equilibrium, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

4/10/2006 Lagnath: [DitV] My first attempt to make a town.
Alright, below is a description of a town I have written up using the outline in the DitV book. Before I get into the details of the town I wanted…
In lumpley games
Participants: Lagnath, Andrew Morris, ffilz, TheHappyAnarchist, lumpley, Rustin.

4/10/2006 Troy_Costisick: Cutthroat v4.0
Heya, I have the latest, and likely the last public, draft of Cutthroat ready for feedback.  You can dowload it here: Cutthroat Here are the latest changes I've made (PS,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ramidel.

4/10/2006 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] My first game at Forge Midwest
Ralph and I arrived at the Forge Midwest get-together sometime around 7:30 Friday evening. I showed off my new little rat-game proofs and within moments, a game began. It included…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, tylure, Kesher.

4/10/2006 donbaloo: [TSoY] Introduction to the system and conflict resolution in general.
Okay, putting aside my fear of being flayed for breaching posting etiquette of some sort or just making a Forge faux pas in general, I’m here to post our actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: donbaloo, James_Nostack, rafial, Kintara, John Harper, Chris Gardiner, Thor Olavsrud, Paka.

4/10/2006 Will Whatley: Key Phrases: Ron
Hey Ron (et alii), We met at Gencon last year '05, but it's entirely possible you shan't remember one of the boys from Alabama who played schizophrenic Sorcerer with you…
In Adept Press
Participants: Will Whatley, Ron Edwards, jagardner.

4/10/2006 matthijs: Sex & Sorcery: Rereading it.
I'm re-reading S&S these days, and am surprised at how some of the things I found strangely irrelevant or academically stilted the first time, now read as practical and inspirational.…
In Adept Press
Participants: matthijs, jburneko, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Sydney Freedberg, Meguey.

4/10/2006 jenskot: Just played 7 sessions. Questions: Producer Role, Player vs. Player
We just completed a 7 episode series of PTA as part of the Gotham Gaming Guild. After the first session and reading this forum, we realized we had drifted the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: jenskot, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

4/10/2006 abzu: Forge Midwest Love
Where's the love? Is everyone still too exhausted to post? So, ye who attended, what did you think? Did you enjoy yourself? Would you come back again? What did you…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Keith Senkowski, chris_moore, Thor Olavsrud, Jason L Blair, jenskot, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, c, jrs, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, Iskander, John Harper, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Paka, tylure, ivan23, ptevis, Matt Snyder, mtiru, Kesher, Tim C Koppang, Andy Kitkowski, GregStolze, timfire, Dav, Nev the Deranged.

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4/11/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Mouse Guard] Yes-play and no-game
I played last night in the first real session of Mouse Guard, a quick RPG I made based on the excellent comics of the same name. It was my standard…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, jasonm, Thunder_God, Alex Fradera.

4/11/2006 btrc: GenCon suite?
The following place is off the GenCon hotel radar, yet is close enough to be skywalk accessible: http://www.malibuonmaryland.com/320.html If I can get at least 3 other people willing to split…
In Conventions
Participants: btrc.

4/11/2006 jburneko: [The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] They Ate His Heart Out.
Hello All, The other night one of my Dogs players had to leave a little early so the rest of us, Matt, myself and my wife Meghann decided to take…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Matt Kimball, jasonm.

4/12/2006 two_fishes: PbeM structure for playing Amber
I yearn for a good Amber DRPG Play-by-eMail structure. What I like about Amber and the Amber DRPG in general: - Setting and colour. Amber, Shadow, Pattern, Courts of Chaos,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: two_fishes, TonyLB.

4/12/2006 Tony Irwin: Shoujo Story Cover Art
Hi I've been able to go from this: http://www.apricot-ink.co.uk/shoujostory.pdf to this mock-up here: http://www.apricot-ink.co.uk/123421_cover.pdf Once I recolour the woman on the back cover (want more of a water color thing…
In Publishing
Participants: Tony Irwin, Bankuei, Andy Kitkowski, Keith Senkowski, Adam, MatrixGamer, Thunder_God, ejh, Shreyas Sampat, Selene Tan.

4/12/2006 Kat Miller: DexCon 06 Link, anyone else?
Ok the link to the events for Dexcon are up here: http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dexcon06IGE.html MSM suggested I wait till after Forge Midwest to put out a last call. Dex Con will be…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, abzu, Paka, Nathan P., Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Helvetian, RobNJ, Jared A. Sorensen, Iskander.

4/12/2006 BubbaBrown: What do you look for?
A general question, but has a lot of relevance:  When you are exploring another game or game system, what are the bits of information you look for and in what…
In First Thoughts
Participants: BubbaBrown, Ron Edwards.

4/12/2006 c: Actual play Anvil-Con. (Forge midwest)
Hi guys, This is late. It may end up long. It's my recollection of the Acts of Evil playtest we had at Anvil-Con. (A Forge is where you prepare the…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, chris_moore, Paul Czege.

4/12/2006 Tommi Brander: A third thought
I have this idea of a game kicking around my head. Given that and half a year of free time, this is a good time for actually trying to design…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tommi Brander.

4/12/2006 Ben Lehman: [Bliss Stage] Playtesters Wanted
One of my front-burner games -- Bliss Stage: Love, Sex, and Giant Robots -- has just moved to a new stage of development.  The basic rules are completed, with a…
In Connections
Participants: Ben Lehman.

4/12/2006 Chris Gardiner: [Trollbabe] VoIP play Session 5
A bit of a change of pace this session. It was a little slower, a little more talky, with quite a lot of conversation between Trollbabes and with NPCs. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris Gardiner, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

4/12/2006 donbaloo: Regarding Intent
Hi all, Chris here.  I've got a few questions regarding intent within TSoY after our first test drive of the game and some reading of various threads here. 1)  I…
In CRN Games
Participants: donbaloo, rafial.

4/12/2006 donbaloo: Scene framing and narrative authority.
This is an issue that I've split out of my AP here, as I thought maybe it would be more relevant as a TSoY specific question.  We're still trying to…
In CRN Games
Participants: donbaloo, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper.

4/12/2006 donbaloo: Ability (or lack there of) Checks and BDTP
Just want to clarify whether we were playing the system correctly.  It is acceptable to use an ability in which you are Unskilled (0), so long as its not an…
In CRN Games
Participants: donbaloo, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/12/2006 Offray: Roleplaying, Free Software & Content and Libre Culture
Hi all, This is my first post here, so let me say thanks for this site and make a hoping not so long introduction. I have enjoyed a lot with…
In Publishing
Participants: Offray, Miskatonic, contracycle, Dev, jerry, Ben Lehman, talysman, guildofblades, axonrg, Julian.

4/12/2006 joepub: [Perfect -working title] Dystopic gaming, attributes as a hinderance.
I read 1984 and Brave New World and Fight Club not too long ago, and that got my kickstarted on brainstorming about RPing in a completely dystopic, controlled society. My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: joepub, Graham Walmsley, dindenver, Chad, oreso, TroyLovesRPG.

4/12/2006 Eric J-D: [A History of Violence] Sorcerer-esque Goodness
In much the same spirit as Ron's thread on Warren Ellis's Fell, this one is a bit of gushing about Cronenberg's latest film A History of Violence.  I'll admit up…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Old_Scratch.

4/12/2006 Alex Fradera: [Shab-Al-Hiri Roach] You are Chancellor, and on this Rock I'll build my wing
We had ourselves some roachplay Sunday. My net was cast wide but my player pool must be minnows as they wriggled through the holes. I ended up snaring a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: Alex Fradera, John A, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg, Adam Dray.

4/12/2006 John Harper: Nine Worlds NPC tracker sheet
I may be running Nine Worlds soon, so I made myself an NPC tracker sheet. I figured you folks might find a use for it, too. http://www.onesevendesign.com/9w/9w_npcsheet.pdf (105KB) It has…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: John Harper, Matt Snyder.

4/12/2006 mratomek: [Monster Rules]: Duplication of Effort
Finally got a chance to play again the other night. We played another simple game, but hope to move on to more complex scenarios this weekend. Jake, my evil opponent,…
In Actual Play
Participants: mratomek.

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