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8/16/2006 Elysium: Selling game play techniques to my GM
I have a few GMs that I have been trying to sell some of the techniques I have found here. I haven't yet tried any of the techniques, and so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Elysium, Eliarhiman6, demiurgeastaroth, baron samedi, Warren, coffeestain, Ron Edwards, r_donato, abjourne, Dav, eruditus, vulpin, Blankshield.

8/16/2006 urbanpagan: My Life with Mde. Michelle DuChamps (GenCon 06)
This was the third time I'd ever run MLwM (as well as my fourth time ever running -anything-) and of course I was nervous as hell.  This was also the…
In Actual Play
Participants: urbanpagan.

8/16/2006 Denise: 2007 ENnie Awards
Just so you guys know, I'm going to be starting the voting for the coveted positions of ENnies judge some time in September.  To be a judge you need to…
In Publishing
Participants: Denise.

8/15/2006 DLChuck: Very impressed with the indie games at Gen Con
Hi guys.  I'm a new poster here, but I've lurked a bit bit before.  I run a gaming podcast called the Dragon's Landing Inn, and my Co-Host and I, along…
In Publishing
Participants: DLChuck, Ron Edwards, Denise.

8/15/2006 Andrew Morris: Unistat available online
A nice PDF of Unistat is now available online, thanks to the efforts of Remi Treuer, who was great to work with. The game fits on a single sheet of…
In Publishing
Participants: Andrew Morris, RobNJ.

8/15/2006 Kat Miller: [Into the Mystic] Gen Con playtests
I ran two different play tests of Into The Mystic at Gen con. I’m thinking 2 words here: one is Crash the Other is Burn. It started out at the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Kat Miller, Emily Care.

8/15/2006 Nick_Bergeron: Dr. StrangeForge or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wii
I get excited when I play games.  When I was younger I had a hard time training myself not to bounce up and down while leaping over Koopa Troopers.  I…
In Conventions
Participants: Nick_Bergeron, Malcolm.

8/15/2006 soviet: Vampire: HeroQuest conversion
I used to play a fair bit of Vampire and Werewolf when I was at university, and though my tastes in rules systems have changed considerably since then, I still…
In HeroQuest
Participants: soviet, sebastianz, Mike Holmes.

8/15/2006 Kat Miller: GoD and IGE : after Gen Con Impressions
The Games on Demand experiment was a huge success. Over the Course of the Con we collected 147 tickets and entertained 89 players in a number of 2 hour and…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Iskander, Bankuei, Gaerik, jasonm, Christopher Weeks, iago, Larry Wickman, Hans, Emily Care, LordSmerf.

8/15/2006 Kevin Allen Jr: The reverse engineering challenge
So after some observation of other designers and talking to some folks (thanks Shreyas) I had this idea for a design contest: Thesis- Speaking generally, the last thing in most…
In Endeavor
Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, iago, thwaak, marknau, Darcy Burgess, NeuroZombie, Zach, BeUrgaust, Dustfather, Dumirik, gwangi, Agent_Fresh, Tomas HVM, andrew_kenrick.

8/15/2006 abzu: In Praise of Brennan and Alexander
And Danielle, and Ralph, and Mike Miller. You all suffered for our greater glory and you made the booth so so so much better than it's ever been before. Three…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Iskander, inthisstyle, Jake Richmond, Malcolm, Meguey, Matt Wilson, Nathan P., Paka, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton, Dantai.

8/15/2006 jasonm: Demo scripts
I'm now obsessed with optimizing the demo as a sales and presentation resource.  To this end, this morning I wrote down from memory my demo as it was presented on…
In Conventions
Participants: jasonm, TonyLB, segedy, John Harper, David Artman, Paka, Justin D. Jacobson, iago, Malcolm, semioticity, iain, Nathan P., marknau.

8/15/2006 Hans: Dust Devils at GenCon
Ran this twice at GenCon; thanks to all who played.  The players I had for both sessions were fantastic; the first session turned into an action packed investigation of the…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, MagePro, ivan23, Matt Snyder, chris jiggy g.

8/15/2006 daemonchild: [Occupation] Call for Playtesters
Hello, Occupation is a game set in the year 2554 based on the philosophy of futurism. Drawn from multiple disciplines, the setting is my vision of what the world might…
In Connections
Participants: daemonchild.

8/15/2006 Hans: Psychadelic Capes at GenCon
The most gratifying moment in my GM'ing career?  Two women showing up for my very first time ever running a session at GenCon in COSTUME as flower children.  Oh my…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Bret Gillan, Vaxalon, LemmingLord, TonyLB, Gaerik.

8/15/2006 abzu: Gencon Feedback [Designers/Boothies]
OK folks, let's talk about what worked and what didn't. Share your stories of success and failure here, too. For the fans, please use this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20864.0 Thanks, -Luke
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Tim C Koppang, Meguey, jasonm, Blankshield, Justin D. Jacobson, Jake Richmond, Malcolm, Valamir, iago, Matt Wilson, Nathan P., jrs, Iskander, Lxndr, Paka, segedy, Gregor Hutton, inthisstyle, eruditus, lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, John Harper, DensityMan, timfire, Troy_Costisick, iain, Jonathan Walton, Jasper the Mimbo.

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.

8/15/2006 lumpley: DitV town challenge: massive supernatural carnage
The rules: Create a town and post it in this thread. Crank the supernatural up as far as you can. If your towns are usually supernatural-high, crank this one up…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon, iconoplast, oliof, Eliarhiman6, ffilz, David Laurence, jburneko.

8/15/2006 c: What is possible to achieve with game design? (Adult with some vulgarities)
So Gen Con was a great experience for me and cleared up a lot of issues I have been having with my game design, and lit a fire under my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, billvolk, Grand_Commander13, Nathan P., Sydney Freedberg, Paul Czege, Isbo, BeUrgaust, Falc, Tomas HVM, mikefernandez.

8/15/2006 epweissengruber: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
I will be running a Space Opera take on The Well of Souls shortly. I have posted my notes and my character sheets here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Space%20Opera%20and%20Well%20of%20Souls/ The labels allow players to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Der_Renegat.

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8/16/2006 iago: Spirit of the Century: Quick Info Thread
[b]Spirit of the Century [/b]is an upcoming Pulp RPG using a newly revised, fresh, potent version of the Fate system.  You can find out much more about the game here:…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: iago, RedPissLegion, arete66.

8/16/2006 Thomas D: [PTA] Actual Play Actual Examples?
I just posted something similar to this over at story-games.com, but thought I'd ask here. I'm in the process of selling PTA to my current gaming group as a game…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Thomas D, Aaron Smith, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, John Harper, Cabbagetom, Doyce, Christopher Kubasik, Alan.

8/16/2006 Jake Richmond: Panty Explosion (print version) available now
For those of you who didn't run into me at Gencon, the print version of Panty Explosion is available now from our site at Atarashi Games. It's a very handsome…
In Publishing
Participants: Jake Richmond.

8/16/2006 The Duke: Big Model and GNS
Hello. I'm new to the Forge and the GNS and Big Model theory(ies). I have read all but the top one of the articles in the Articles section, and I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: The Duke, Ron Edwards.

8/16/2006 daemonchild: GenCon 2006 Pictures
Hi, Not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this or not. Matt and I would like to extend an invitation to host pictures of GenCon and all its…
In Conventions
Participants: daemonchild, iago, RobNJ, Bankuei, Rob Donoghue, Matt-M-McElroy, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Gregor Hutton, Malcolm.

8/16/2006 ffilz: [DitV] Character generation and a positive sign
We wrapped up a frustrating RuneQuest session early last night (I'll be posting in Actual Play about that later when I have more time to compose a post). Since next…
In lumpley games
Participants: ffilz, oliof, Eliarhiman6.

8/16/2006 boredoom: Resolving Passions
I can't see that Mortal Coil has a mechanism for dealing with Passions that have run their course. For instance, what happens if a character with "Hate: Kill all vampires…
In Galileo Games
Participants: boredoom, inthisstyle, Nathan P..

8/16/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [HENSHIN! / Guardians] I have a resolution mechanic. I think.
Hokahey. In Guardians, previously titled HENSHIN!, you are the teenaged, Sailor Moon / Buffy / Spiderman-esque Guardians of a town under seige from forces supernatural, and for your characters at…
In First Thoughts
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Kesher, Troy_Costisick, anders_larsen, TonyLB, knicknevin.

8/16/2006 Lxndr: [Fastlane] Arabian Heists at GenCon
I'd brought a 20lb briefcase full of heavy casino-weight poker chips, cards, dice, and a roulette wheel to GenCon and carried it all over the place.  By Saturday night I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lxndr, Valamir, Eric J. Boyd, jasonm, segedy.

8/16/2006 pigames: Looking for Story Engine/Maelstrom material
Folks, PIG recently acquired the rights to Story Engine and Maelstrom Storytelling. I know that there were quite a few conversions and plug-ins created for it back in the day,…
In Connections
Participants: pigames.

8/16/2006 iconoplast: [DiTV] Prudence (Crystalline v2)
This is for the Supernatural Town Creation thing.  I liked what I read of Crystalline, but I... remixed it, slightly. I tried to involve the Steward more directly, I created…
In lumpley games
Participants: iconoplast, oliof.

8/16/2006 somniturne: Freelance artist seeking work
Hey guys, My name is Jeff Himmelman.  I just graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.  I work in both pen and…
In Connections
Participants: somniturne, iago, Wolfen, ValentineS, David C.

8/16/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Please Find Me a Typo in Burning Empires
It's not often that I'm humbled upon reading a game, but nevertheless here I am. I snagged a copy of BE at GC for a couple of reasons. Principally, I…
In Publishing
Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Iskander, abzu, Matt Wilson.

8/16/2006 Denise: Question- publisher #s vs. fans
I was just wondering, how many people are there here who do not have some sort of affiliation with a publisher? 
In Site Discussion
Participants: Denise, David Artman, Gaerik, Technocrat13, Dev, Valamir, Thunder_God.

8/16/2006 ffilz: [RuneQuest] A tortuous session
Last night we had a RuneQuest session that was very painful.  I’m curious if my read on things makes sense. Some background first: The players and their characters: The young…
In Actual Play
Participants: ffilz, Lamorak33, r_donato, Glendower, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2006 abzu: Agon Sunday Night at GenCon
I was invited to play Agon with Dave Turner, Jared Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Thor Olavsrud and Matt Wilson on Sunday night. Dave had run the game once before, Thor had…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Valamir, rafial, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Thor Olavsrud.

8/16/2006 Lamorak33: Pissed off Pendragon
Hi Had a funny gameexperience. I amusually a GM I suffer with control issues. That could explain this post. I am also very impulsive and can be a bit short…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lamorak33, Blankshield, Ron Edwards, eruditus.

8/16/2006 iago: [Sorcerer] Soulseller - The Game I'd Run (or the Supplement I'd Write?)
This might be an old idea, or it might be a new one.  If it's old, tell me! I'd love to go digest said old idea and make babies with…
In Adept Press
Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Dav.

8/17/2006 iago: [The Roach] Something interesting goin' on with them there stakes...
So, it's GenCon, and we're playing the Shab al-whatsit Roach, and I'm roached right from the beginning, and going in hard (5 status) on a particular conflict.  We know from…
In Actual Play
Participants: iago, jasonm, Mike Holmes.

8/17/2006 GestaltBennie: [Gen Con] The Mountain Witch
The Mountain Witch Gen Con August 10, 12 pm - 6 pm GM: Unknown Other players: Unknown (four others) One of the things I wanted to do at this year's…
In Actual Play
Participants: GestaltBennie, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Eric J. Boyd, timfire.

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