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8/2/2006 Paul T: Princes & Prophecies
Hello, I have been reading discussions on the Forge for about eight months now, and getting more and more of a solid grasp of how the theory relates to game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, TonyLB, Andrew Norris.

8/7/2006 Paul T: Silent Railroading and the Intersection of Scenario Prep & Player Authorship
Hello! I've had a bit of realization recently. I've started GMing a game with a mix of experienced roleplayers and newbies. I'm applying some Forge techniques, and generally with great…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, TonyLB, jburneko, Ron Edwards, JMendes, Marco, Demiurge, Frank T, Dav, demiurgeastaroth, Web_Weaver.

11/26/2006 Paul T: You've Landed on Gaming Group "Park Place", Pay $15 Rent
Hello, I am posting as a result of some thinking I've done since reading the Gatecrasher thread. I'm afraid I don't have a real concrete thesis here, but rather a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, Calithena, Simon C, Steven Stewart, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, TroyLovesRPG, Wolfen, Wade Lahoda, James_Nostack.

11/29/2006 Paul T: How to Teach People to Accept Death and Mind Control
...or, more descriptively: "Pool Dice as Training Wheels for Conflict Resolution". I've been thinking about playing Vincent Baker's "Art, Grace, & Guts" game, so I went and read through some…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul T, dindenver, Noon, Steven Stewart, Paul Czege.

5/13/2007 Paul T: Converging Plotlines in the Land of Nodd
Hello. I just wrote the first draft of a new game I'm calling "Land of Nodd". It's a roleplaying game, but a "GM-ful" one, as some people around here like…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul T, northerain.

10/20/2007 Paul T: [TSoY] Help me poison my lover
Hello. I'm hoping to run a game of TSoY in the near future. I've been reading over the text that's just been put up on the CRN wikipage, and everything…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul T, Clinton R. Nixon, oliof, shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen.

11/6/2007 Paul T: Conflict in the Middle - A Crossed-Wire Act
This past August, I had the chance to spend some time in Scotland. During my time there, I saw many beautiful places, and took the chance of contacting some gamers…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul T, Gregor Hutton, pfischer, Noon, FredGarber, Valamir.

11/21/2007 Paul T: [TSoY] Number of advances and Keys
I'm posting here as someone who wasn't played TSoY yet, in hopes of getting some basic advice. I may be playing with RPG newbies, and I want to simplify the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul T, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

9/19/2008 Paul T: The Solar System arrives. Earth no longer at center.
This message is a brief "thank you" note from a satisfied customer. I guess it's kind of a review, as well, since I couldn't find anything similar online when I…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.

9/21/2008 Paul T: [Solar System] Minor Omission
Eero, I just noticed something about the text: You never specify or explain how the players know to assign Harm in particular Pools. Clinton's version does say something about this:…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

9/22/2008 Paul T: [Solar System] Digressions from TSoY
Eero, Sorry to bug you with all the questions, but the answers are so good, it's hard to stop. Here's a thread for differences between Solar System and TSoY. First…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Corvus69.

10/3/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Two quick questions
Hello! I played IaWA for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and only afterwards read through the book. I have two questions: 1. When do you go on…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, lumpley.

10/4/2008 Paul T: Why are buyoffs 10 XPs?
Now, I would be very very surprised if this hasn't been covered before, so I'm sorry if I'm kicking a dead fish. Here's the thing: In both TSoY and the…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.

10/4/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Challenger names Answerers, Answerers Call Back Later
This is another design question, and a very minor one. I'm just trying to wrap my head around how this game works. In the rules, it says that when you…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, lumpley, Rafu, Thomas Lawrence.

10/28/2008 Paul T: Three-sided stakes are hurting my head ... [design help]
Hello, I'm posting here in hopes of receiving some help with a design problem I'm facing. I designed and wrote a game I feel quite happy with (although I have…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Paul T, anders_larsen, Eero Tuovinen, monkey, Vulpinoid, Tom Garnett, Guy Srinivasan, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

10/29/2008 Paul T: [Solar] Complex Conflicts with Spam
Eero, I have a few quick questions! It's about complicated conflicts--i.e., with more than two sides. You write in your book to have everyone roll, and then basically go in…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.

10/31/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Negotiating consequences based on circumstances
This is a rule application question that arose for me during a game of IaWA. My character had a Best Interest to convince an illegal surgeon to stop from carrying…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

11/4/2008 Paul T: [Land of Nodd] Mermaid Sashimi (is antagonism a mirror to protagonism?)
Over the last few weeks, I've been playing a game of my own design, Land of Nodd, with three friends. It's been an interesting experience on many levels, and I'd…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul T, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, jenskot, Demiurge.

11/17/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Rules question: forces of nature as NPCs?
I have feeling this might have been covered before, but I can't seem to find it: Does/would it make sense to represent some powerful abstract force in the setting as…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paul T, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

3/23/2009 Paul T: Gimme all the Keys in the book! (Play advice)
I'm going to run a TSoY one-shot on Wednesday night, and one of the players told he'd like to spend four of his five starting advances on Keys. That means…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paul T, oliof, Eliarhiman6, dindenver.

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