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4/15/2006 Paka: Binding Rolls
Do the players know the outcome of the initial binding rolls? How exactly can binding rolls be re-rolled during play?  I've never done that and wonder how it works. 
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

4/6/2006 Paka: Blood Simple
http://rpgtalk.net/judd/files/ At the above address I posted a pdf (thanks to the adobe skillz of Josh) of a one-sheet, character and demon sheets and descriptor list for Blood Simple, a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Jason13, Ron Edwards, Chris Gardiner, pfischer, angelfromanotherpin, The_Tim, Eric J-D, Thunder_God, Miedvied.

4/4/2006 Paka: DIaspora Birthday Fall-Out (but not in a bad way)
Between Story Games and RPGtalk, it feels like I have access to the birthday forum kind of communication with Forge-i-zens every day. In the last year we've see the diaspora…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paka, ffilz, Anders, Keith Senkowski, Thunder_God, xenopulse, Andy Kitkowski.

3/27/2006 Paka: 70's Marvel Horror via Satan & Night Watch over on RPG.net
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=253749"]Cursed by Satan![/url] [url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=253940"]Night Watch[/url] They both need some work and I'd appreciate any help folks would be willing to give.  Reckon it'd be best to do the work in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka.

3/20/2006 Paka: 1st Quest Monthly game: Pool Renewal, XP Hesitancy, and Pushing Conflicts Hard
[b]Pool Renewal[/b] At this game pools were renewed with scenes in which the PC's meditated in a field of pixies, counted rocks, flew through the forest, sharpening of weapons and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Anders.

2/16/2006 Paka: 1st Quest - The 19 Questions
[b]1.) What is your game about?[/b] My game is about children who leave home to save the world with friends and the mentors who aid them. [b]2.) What do the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paka, Arpie, pedyo, Anders, Troy_Costisick, Andy Kitkowski, anders_larsen, TroyLovesRPG.

2/4/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Friday Night Conflicts
By the time we get gaming in our Friday night games its 11 o'clock.  We ran for about three hours tonight and I reckon that will be our pattern, getting…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan.

1/31/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Another Playtest: Glamour, Mundanity and Damnation
I playtested 1st Quest with the monthly group that has been playing Conspiracy of Shadows for a bit over a year now with breaks due to schedule problems.  It is…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Spiral Jacobs, ubergeek2012, gains, Michael S. Miller.

1/28/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Reality, Spirit and Corruption
I got together with three gamers to playtest 1st Quest, my young adult fantasy hack of The Shadow of Yesterday. Bret - a gamer I met online and we are…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, RobNJ.

1/25/2006 Paka: Define Humanity, List Descriptors and Go
Ron did this at Gen Con, sat down with us and we all defined Humanity together.  Then we decided on a descriptor list and we rolled right there with our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Imperator, urbanpagan.

1/25/2006 Paka: My Pattern
I really want to go back and re-read PTA because I've run it three or four times now and how the rules work for me is in my head but…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, Glendower, Joe Dizzy, Arturo G., Krista E, Nathan P., Chris Goodwin, Iskander, Ben Lehman, IMAGinES, RobNJ, Jason Newquist, Danny_K.

1/25/2006 Paka: [Sorcerer, Dreamation] Refining Mu
I think, after about four or five runs of my Dictionary of Mu scenario with the pre-made kickers all around, I've got the hang of running this game.  Both games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Iskander, mtiru, Thor Olavsrud, James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.

1/24/2006 Paka: Indie Games Exploding I-Con
I really watched Dexcon and Dreamation change in a great way from '05 to '06 and I am sure people who have been going for more years than that can…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud, Dregg, Jared A. Sorensen, nerdnyc, inthisstyle, ptevis, Kat Miller, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Nathan P., ubergeek2012, Salvius.

1/22/2006 Paka: [Dreamation, P.T.A.] The Hare and Hound
If someone had told me that my favorite game session would happen at a con I would have said they were nuts. If someone had told me that my favorite…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Matt Wilson, Storn, forlorn1, Nathan P., Emily Care, Krista E, Shawn De Arment.

1/17/2006 Paka: Presenting Characters to the Players for Con Scenarios
When I have played with my regular group, I know the people.  I know that one player is a district attorney, so I give him the thief so he can…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Andy Kitkowski, ubergeek2012, Andrew Morris, John Kim, HenryT.

1/2/2006 Paka: [PTA] The Owl and the Serpent
I am fairly damned sick of only setting up or setting up and playing only one session of Primetime Adventures but it happened again.  Friends were in town and it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Spiral Jacobs.

12/20/2005 Paka: Creating the Scenario with the Character Sheets in Front of Me
When I first started GMing I had no idea what I had to have prepared in order to have a successful game.  It drove me nuts.  Sometimes I would have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bankuei, johnmarron, jburneko, Michael S. Miller, Joshua BishopRoby, Brendan, Emily Care, Danny_K, Jonathan Hastings, Brand_Robins, RDU Neil, David Chunn, mneme, Storn, Adam Dray.

12/14/2005 Paka: First Quest: YA Fantasy Keys
After tinkering and playing with some TSoY I've got this idea of how to tinker with it.  The tinkered version is a standard fantasy and it is what I wish…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, nikola, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Bret Gillan, Joe Zeutenhorst, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, SherryNugil, Clay, John Harper.

12/12/2005 Paka: TSoY Tinkering Urges
I played the first half of a Planescape TSoY game tonight; it wasn't meaty enough for an AP thread but it stirred things up in my noggin. This game makes…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paka, John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Ilmryn.

12/7/2005 Paka: Before Stakes: What is your intent?
This is an important step that takes place before stakes setting that is worthy of its own post. The Conspiracy of Shadow game's kicker was that the cell of PC…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, Thor Olavsrud, Mark Woodhouse, Warren, mtiru, Brand_Robins, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim, Myrmidon, Tim Alexander, hix, Noon, Angaros.

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5/5/2006 Paka: Burning Wheel: Elf vs. Orc
So, it is the weekly Burning Wheel group.  Excuse me while I kvell a bit. We took time off to playtest Luke's Sooper Seekrit Project but found out that one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Storn, agony, taepoong.

5/7/2006 Paka: Afraid: Madame Lamara Keene: Devourer of Dreams
A woman who reads people's dreams and tells them what they mean.  She loves hearing about their dreams.  She is a liar and a con artist but she truly loves…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, Vaxalon, Rob MacDougall, Rustin.

5/15/2006 Paka: [Afraid] PC Nightmare
Who was at the table: Me:  I feel like the playtest of Luke's secret project filtered into this, in that the GM has this really well defined role as the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Marhault, lumpley, Ilmryn, Mark Woodhouse.

5/22/2006 Paka: [Burning Wheel] The End of Vault
I'm really great at running a one-shot that everyone wants to keep on playing.  A few pick up and play games among my friends have become years long campaigns, serendipity,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, abzu, Storn.

6/2/2006 Paka: Quote from R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before
I'm only 74 pages into this novel and I'm not sure if I dig it yet. But this quote needed to be posted on this board, so here it is:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Nev the Deranged, Calithena.

7/17/2006 Paka: Dexcon 2006
When I first showed up to Dreamation in 2005 I had played a few indie RPG's but hadn't met that many of you all and if I did, it was…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen, Avie, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, Salvius, abzu, RobNJ, Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Shawn De Arment, Gaerik, Thomas D, dpetroski, Helvetian.

7/18/2006 Paka: The Dictionary of Mu at Dexcon 2006
The proof was in my hands and there is no better con to first show it around.  Dexcon and Dreamation have been important places for the Dictionary of Mu but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Andrew Morris, iago, RobNJ, Smithy.

7/22/2006 Paka: The Mortal Coil Weekend
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=6058967#post6058967"]It has begun.[/url] This game absolutely rocks. If I had to travel from con to con, known as the GM-With-No-Name, I'd have to travel light.  I'd have PTA, Dogs in…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Paka, inthisstyle.

7/22/2006 Paka: The disappearance and re-appearance of Galileo Press forum
If I am not signed in, I can't see it.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paka.

8/3/2006 Paka: Gen Con Booth Newbie Visualization
I am trying to picture this weekend a little bit.  Allow me to visual here and let me know where I am off. I will arrive at the convention center…
In Conventions
Participants: Paka, abzu, RobNJ, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/19/2006 Paka: Gave it a Go
It hasn't felt like I played yet; it felt like we gave it a go. When I read games, I have to read them over once or more, go play…
In one.seven design
Participants: Paka, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Bret Gillan, Valamir.

8/23/2006 Paka: Mortal Coil presents, Live in New Amsterdam, Flaming Taft!
Come Saturday night I was pretty beat.  My Forge Booth hat and the Sons of Kryos hat had both been immensely rewarding but had taken its toll.  On top of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, inthisstyle, GB Steve, nikola, c, LeSingeSavant, ptevis, RobNJ.

8/25/2006 Paka: Writing a Dictionary: so many people to thank
Inspired by: Brennan's Mortal Coil: From Concept to Product Thor's Making of Burning Empires One , Two.  ]Three. Four. and Five The Dictionary of Mu began with this: I am…
In Publishing
Participants: Paka, iago, Keith Senkowski, Andrew Craig, abzu, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2006 Paka: Dictionary of Mu Available @ Indie Press Revolution
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=3506.msg33348#msg33348%22"]Four years since the first post where the idea was spawned[/url], the Dictionary of Mu, a setting supplement for Sorcerer, is now available at [url=http://www.indiepressrevolution.com"]Indie Press Revolution[/url]. Inspired by Howard's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, cpeterso, Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, iago.

9/17/2006 Paka: The Season
After playing quite a few PTA one-shots and having a grand ole time at it, we've finally sat down to play a PTA season and I get to play, rather…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Paka, Matt Wilson, Storn, Bret Gillan.

9/30/2006 Paka: Lions at the Gates, 3rd Session
This was the only game other than the pilot where it was no one spotlight episode.  I looked it at i on paper and was sure it would be a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Storn.

1/30/2007 Paka: [Dreamation '07] Dictionary of Mu
I ran the Dictionary of Mu for a few years while it was still just a word document with red ink on it.  It was at Dreamation that I met…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, ShaneJackson, James_Nostack, Uruush.

2/16/2007 Paka: [Dreamation] 1st Quest: World Tree Pack
[url=http://"http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=148797&highlight=world+tree+pack"]I had come up with the idea for the World Tree Pack in an old RPG.net thread inspired by Luke's Great Wolf lifepaths in the Monster Burner and it never…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, ShaneJackson, Thor Olavsrud, mtiru.

2/20/2007 Paka: Gamer: the Podcasting reviews Breaking the Ice
http://www.somniturne.com/gtp/GTP-E035.mp3
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Paka, Emily Care.

5/2/2007 Paka: Sorcerer: Warlocks, Witches, Priests, Nuns, Demons, Angels, Satan and God
"Our job as Devils is not to damn our appointee's soul to hell as quickly as possible.  Ideally, we want a cycle of damnation and coldness and then a sliver…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, James_Nostack, Arturo G., Valamir.

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