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7/5/2006 Iskander: [Donjon] The Dread Castle of Playdor...
My friend Maryrose has two homeschooled kids, Beatrix (11) and Harry (8). Last week, their 14-year-old babysitter introduced them to the idea of D&D with a PHB, and they have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Meguey, Telarus, KSC, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/3/2006 Iskander: [Origins] Booth Report
I was monkeying for Brennan at the IPR booth this past few days. Here's my thoughts on stuff. I am sure this is mostly old hat, but I figure it's…
In Conventions
Participants: Iskander, abzu, Meguey, Latigo, inthisstyle, Lisa Padol, Andy Kitkowski, Waiwode, Thunder_God.

7/3/2006 Iskander: Origins
Guess what happens when you demo and talk about Conspiracy of Shadows? You sell all the available copies. Weird, isn't it? P.S. Very deviant Blood Opera game: swapping Gerard out…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Iskander, mtiru, Keith Senkowski.

6/14/2006 Iskander: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera
I don't think anything particularly startling came out of play (just a load of fun), but the Fauxlack's getting his panties in a bunch, and I drifted a teeny bit,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Keith Senkowski, phredd, gaylord500.

6/9/2006 Iskander: Conspirace of Shadows: Blood Opera
I'll be running Blood Opera in the 6:30pm slot at Recess VIII: Planet of the Nerds, NerdNYC's (roughly) quarterly day-long-con-in-the-city. Stop by and be maimed!
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Iskander, Keith Senkowski.

2/19/2006 Iskander: I have been bad. Again.
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=246977&page=3]I couldn't help myself.[/url] Sorry, ecb.
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Iskander, Emily Care.

2/19/2006 Iskander: [DitV] Player conflict resolved in play.
I wrote about a player conflict that came up in the Czege'n'Bake(r) series I am running at the GGG. The first conflict of last Friday night's session was a neatly…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander.

2/9/2006 Iskander: The End of a Sentence
Hey, Emily, in my copy, on p. 31, the last paragraph runs: But it is the Active Player who should choose the Compatibility, and ...then it stops. What's the end…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Iskander, Emily Care, Victor Gijsbers.

2/9/2006 Iskander: Burning Wiki
The wiki, it burns! it burns!.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Iskander.

2/3/2006 Iskander: Rules Questions and gifts.
Hullo. Before I get to the questions, I come bearing gifts: I created a couple of play aid PDFs today, which you can download from my website. One is an…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander, Supplanter, dunlaing.

1/28/2006 Iskander: D-I-Y UtB box
Hello, Joshua. I was happy to pick up UtB at Dreamation (and meet you there), but sad when I removed the shrinkwrap and the cards were loose. So I made…
In glyphpress
Participants: Iskander, Nathan P., Paka, nikola, urbanpagan, TonyLB, ocasta, Thunder_God.

1/28/2006 Iskander: [Czege'n'Bake(r)] - Dogs chargen
The fourth season of the Gotham Gaming Guild starts next Friday, and I am running one of the games, which I've oh-so-wittily dubbed "Czege'n'Bake(r)". We will be dividing the seven…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander.

1/26/2006 Iskander: [AP] Breaking the Ice between Clark and Bruce
So, my weekly BW game couldn't meet up this week, and in fact only one other player was available, so we decided instead to hang out, pick a game of…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Iskander, Emily Care, phredd, Victor Gijsbers, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB.

1/24/2006 Iskander: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Blood Opera (pre-Dreamation)
[quote="Luke Crane"][center][b][size=12pt]It's [i]Conspiracy of Shadows[/i], not [i]Conspiracy of Rainbows[/i][/size][/b][/center][/quote] [b]Players[/b] [b]Keith[/b] - [i]GM[/i]. Handed out sheets, explained rules, when not looking them up in the book, framed the first scene.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Jonathan Hastings, lin swimmer, Keith Senkowski.

1/17/2006 Iskander: [MLwM] My Life with Contessa Lenora
[b]Background[/b] The game took place at Recess - a roughly quarterly micro-con run by nerdNYC, this time held in a large room at the Gay and Lesbian Center, 13th St.,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Michael S. Miller, Arturo G..

1/16/2006 Iskander: I'm so lucky.
My darling boyfriend listened to my hint/demands and got me PtA. We'll be starting a season soon - although he's still very reluctant to play (something I'll post AP about…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Iskander, Matt Wilson.

10/16/2005 Iskander: [DitV] Green Creek Pass: a Dog's pride and fall (rather long).
I played the first of two Dogs in the Vineyard one-shots yesterday, visiting the unhappy little burg of Green Creek Pass. Since I'm revisiting the town next weekend with another…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, mtiru, jzn, lumpley, Frank T, gains.

10/10/2005 Iskander: [DitV] Green Creek Pass
I'm preparing to run Dogs in the Vineyard for the first time in a one-shot next Saturday, which I'll repeat the following Saturday for a new group of four. Inspired…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander, jasonm.

9/27/2005 Iskander: [kpfs] not enough grief, or puppies.
After a hiatus of at least a decade, I GMed for the first time last Saturday, and chose kpfs to break my magically reformed GMing hymen. The game's subtext appealed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Random Goblin.

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7/21/2006 Iskander: Bookshelf Link
Could we get a (more obvious?) link to the bookshelf, please? My pre-caffeinated self this morning had to Google it, 'cos I couldn't find it on the forums page.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Iskander.

7/24/2006 Iskander: [GenCon] Booth flyer - IMPORTANT for game designers
Dear designers, If you are going to GenCon, and have not yet looked at the GenCon menu thread, what are you waiting for? Love and hugs, Alexander P.S. I will…
In Conventions
Participants: Iskander, abzu, Justin D. Jacobson, LordSmerf, Emily Care, lumpley, jrs, timfire, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/15/2006 Iskander: [GenCon] Random Moments of Awesome
Hey folks, I wanted to post a few random awesome moments, just because. Please chip in. Here's my first: It was unequivocally awesome for me to see Dalys (Michael S.…
In Conventions
Participants: Iskander, Nathan P., jrs, Meguey, TonyLB, Blankshield, Gaerik, Justin D. Jacobson, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Malcolm, Lxndr, Gregor Hutton, Tim C Koppang, nikola, iago, John Harper, joepub, Jye Nicolson, Dantai, btrc, Nev the Deranged, Michael S. Miller, Matt.

9/1/2006 Iskander: [Shock:] GDMN, the Global Distributed MindNet is working for you.
As is our wont, we set out to play Shock: by the book (except where existing clarifications obtained). This gave rise to a groovy setting, some interesting issues and a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, nikola, Thor Olavsrud.

9/6/2006 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Some questions
[i][MODERATOR EDIT: Note to readers, I screwed up and "modified" instead of "quoted" Iskander's original post, losing some of his original writing. His excellent questions are intact, at least! Sorry,…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

9/10/2006 Iskander: [Shock:] GDMN class traitors throw spanners in the works
Thor, Dro, John and I met up again on Thursday to conclude our game of Shock:, started in GDMN - the Global Distributed MindNet is working for you. Here's what…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, nikola, Thor Olavsrud.

9/27/2006 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Points question
[size=8pt][i]Shit! Fucking Firefox! Fuck! Fuck! I had a whole fucking page of post that FF just fucking nuked. I hate it. This crappy board system, too, that doesn't save a…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder, Jonathan Hastings, Thor Olavsrud, boredoom, Valamir, John Harper.

10/20/2006 Iskander: [TSoY] Harm and success
So, Prince Abdul ibn Rahman al'Katab, heir to the Sultanate of the Striped Isles, is this eight-foot tiger guy, and he's in Hell, where he's unwittingly challenged the late Soul…
In CRN Games
Participants: Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud.

5/8/2007 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Talismans, Narration and Theft
How do I steal a talisman? Can I give a talisman away, or be given one? Suppose I've created my aethership as a talisman... can it be taken away from…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder.

8/23/2007 Iskander: [Gen Con] Ganakagok AP
I ran Ganakagok for Vincent, Ralph, Thor, Tim and Pete. It was fun, but late, but suitably and delightfully mythic. I had to share my new favourite AP: http://www.ajnewman.net/rpgs/ganakagok/ganakagok-ap.png
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Valamir, Emily Care, Bill_White, Frank Tarcikowski, lumpley, Michael S. Miller.

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