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3/28/2002 Tim C Koppang: Influence with a Premise
Mike Holmes rightfully raised the question about the game I'm currently working on: "I don't see what the premise is." You can find the previous thread at: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1709 The game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Laurel, rafael.

3/26/2002 Tim C Koppang: Who Influences You?
And I will again try my hand at design... http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~koppang/roleplaying/content/Influence_Draft.pdf I'm posting a link to a game I've been working on (in my spare time - what spare time?) sinse…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes.

3/17/2002 Tim C Koppang: Donjon Krawl Adventure
I finally got around to playing Donjon Krawl! Overall it went well, with only a few snags. Most of the hold-ups were due to lack of rule knowledge, but that's…
In CRN Games
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR.

3/14/2002 Tim C Koppang: Theory Serves Communication
Has anyone been reading some of the posts over at The Gaming Outpost? I have, and I noticed that Scarlet Jester has become a bit frustrated with himself and the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Laurel, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2002 Tim C Koppang: Stroking Ron's Ego
So I was in the game store the other day and I saw a copy of Sword on the shelves and I thought to myself, "Hmmm... that sounds familiar." So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

9/13/2001 Tim C Koppang: Theme Music
I’ve just posted another new game to my web site. This one is called Theme Music. As of now it’s only a draft; I haven’t even play tested it yet,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Galfraxas, contracycle, John Wick, Marco.

8/31/2001 Tim C Koppang: character vs player rewards
I’m pretty sure that this sort of idea has been presented in one form or another in the past, but here goes: It seems to me that there is a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2001 Tim C Koppang: Episodic
And so I humbly submit my own game for your perusal... (not another one you say) Episodic isn’t a setting, but a system really. Narrativist in nature, it makes use…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, hardcoremoose, FilthySuperman, Uncle Dark, Jeffrey Straszheim, James V. West.

7/22/2001 Tim C Koppang: Player Induced Rewards
After reading a couple of posts, I was thinking about a mechanic that would allow players to divvy out rewards themselves instead of giving the GM all of the control.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, James V. West, Le Joueur.

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5/22/2002 Tim C Koppang: strong feelings
I’m going to try and write this without getting too angry. I’d like to stay objective, however I realize that responses may be biased seeing as I’m posting this in…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei, wyrdlyng, peteramthor.

8/19/2002 Tim C Koppang: octaNe errata
...and a question. First of all, just wanted to let you know Jared that I'm very happy with the game. At least three times while reading the rules, I stopped…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

8/29/2002 Tim C Koppang: to you guys selling rpgs online
This is a suggestion meant for everyone here trying to sell their game over the net... When I download a pdf file, I know more or less what to expect.…
In Publishing
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

10/14/2002 Tim C Koppang: View Posts Since Your Last Visit
Suggestion: I use the "View Posts Since Your Last Visit" function of the Forge every single time I visit it. I think it's the greatest thing on earth, but I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young.

10/15/2002 Tim C Koppang: Inspectres Narrativist?
My question was provoked by this thread: Let's Talk About "Meaningful" Choice http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3842&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= Now here's the question: What makes Inspectres a narrativist game? This really bothers me and I've gone…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/18/2003 Tim C Koppang: watershed games
This post is in reference to Ron’s latest article, originally mentioned by Clinton in this thread. Ron, While I’m still reading through your first Heartbreakers article (I just encountered these),…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, James Holloway.

2/4/2003 Tim C Koppang: good actual play practices
This is sort of a self-reflective, what I think I’ve learned in the past couple of years, here are my opinions on how to roleplay kind of post. I don’t…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Bankuei.

2/4/2003 Tim C Koppang: Lineage
Over a year ago I began to work on a game that I was calling Influence: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1709 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=1719 That was back in ’01, and now I’m finally getting back into…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, ThreeGee, wyrdlyng.

2/5/2003 Tim C Koppang: "mysteries of the human spirit" in rpgs
[i]My focus here is on the construction of literary character, and my general argument is that characterization is achieved not through a “pinning down” process but rather through a process…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei.

3/26/2003 Tim C Koppang: categorizing mechanics
Over in the “Sense of Wonder” thread, I started thinking about mechanics more closely. What I’m starting to convince myself of is that you can group mechanics generally into two…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, M. J. Young, efindel.

5/30/2003 Tim C Koppang: Tim Runs Trollbabe
My first Trollbabe session is in the books. After missing DemonCon I had an insatiable desire to run something indie (actually I always have that desire). By the way, I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, rafial, Alan, Bob McNamee.

7/29/2003 Tim C Koppang: "My Life With Master" demo at GenCon
I only personally demoed one game at the Forge booth at GenCon, and it was the very hush hush release: My Life With Master.* Kudos to Paul for flagging me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, ejh, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2003 Tim C Koppang: Persona - Just in Time Roleplaying
[quote="Persona's Back Cover"]Imagine if you could simply announce a character concept to your group and that would be enough--that would be character creation. Imagine if you could change your character…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, eldae22, phewner, ejh, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, Kainesh, Andrew Norris, alessan, Andrew Martin.

10/31/2003 Tim C Koppang: Rule Nebulas
Out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone has ever done anything like this when designing their game? I call it a rule nebulas. Basically, I think it's a nice…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Andrew Martin, Cemendur, Jasper, Jack Spencer Jr.

7/7/2004 Tim C Koppang: Sorcerer "Boot Camp" Applied (MLWM & DD)
[i]Note: I actually wrote most of this last week, but 4th of July plans postponed my posting until today. Since, I've run another very powerful Dust Devils session--last night in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Yokiboy, Matt Snyder.

7/23/2004 Tim C Koppang: Scope of Premise; Making Choices
I've been working on a game now for a little over a year and a half now, the name of which is in flux, but what I have called "Lineage"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes.

10/24/2006 Tim C Koppang: [Hero's Banner] Gameday 2006
I was recently in Mt Prospect, Illinois for the En World Gameday 2006 -- which I must say was all kinds of fun. During the morning session, I ran an…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tim C Koppang, WildElf.

11/17/2006 Tim C Koppang: Shock: Inspirations
Nothing like a list of 70 upper-level scientists' predictions for the future to get your game of Shock: rolling. Now that you have the science, all you have to do…
In glyphpress
Participants: Tim C Koppang, pfischer, nikola.

1/6/2009 Tim C Koppang: The Great Barge of What's His Name
Back in October, I ran a "demo" game of Committee, although it was only a demo in the sense that most of the players had never really heard of the…
In Eric J. Boyd Designs
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Eric J. Boyd.

6/24/2009 Tim C Koppang: [S/lay W/Me] The Lion, the Wretch, and the Woman
Ron and I gave one of his three (four?) ongoing projects a playtest last night.  As our regular Tuesday night group has dwindled to just the two of us, it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Rod Anderson, Patrice.

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