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8/30/2006 Technocrat13: [the Infected 2] Spanish Shadows
Last night Lisa and I got together with Mark and Remi for my second playtest of the Infected 2, my monster-movie game, inspired by a variety of zombie movies, but…
In Playtesting
Participants: Technocrat13, LeSingeSavant, jasonm.

8/30/2006 herrmess: A few questions from a pair of HQ newbies
Hi all, I had HQ for a year or so, and although Glorantha doesn't appeal to me much (I'm the guy with the EarthDawn conversion in a coma) I do…
In HeroQuest
Participants: herrmess, aaronil, sebastianz, Mike Holmes, soviet, Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, soru, Melinglor, Lamorak33.

8/30/2006 Sovem: Query: Indie Presses accepting submissions?
I was wondering, do indie presses every look for game ideas beyond their usual repertoire? My first thought is that, no, indie presses are too small and focused to branch…
In Publishing
Participants: Sovem, Clinton R. Nixon, Wolfen, Lxndr, Valamir, Paka, daMoose_Neo.

8/30/2006 Settembrini: [Rifts] Two and a half sessions at Odyssee Con, Berlin
Dear Readers, As I promised Ron some time ago, here is a Rifts Actual Play report. As I'm not deeply enough into terminology, I will reflect on the goings in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Settembrini, Frank T, Precious Villain, MSch, Noon, Ron Edwards, niddhogg, Glendower, droog.

8/30/2006 Ron Edwards: [Perfect] Neighbors gone wild!
Hello, Remember Brian and Eliza, from the The folks next door thread? Well, Eliza's out of town this week, and Brian's long-time pal James, whom I've met, is in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GB Steve, joepub, Paka, David Artman.

8/30/2006 DigitalDevilDog: Formulating A starting Point
Hello everybody. Im not saying Im new to the gaming industrie, namely tabletop gaming, but I am how ever still green when it comes to game design, which is why…
In First Thoughts
Participants: DigitalDevilDog, Troy_Costisick, Adam Dray.

8/30/2006 Nathan P.: [Countdown] Want An Easy Game To Playtest?
Hey all, I've been thinking about my 2006 Game Chef entry, Countdown (available to download here), and I think it would be worth doing some playtesting. Here's the "easy" part:…
In Connections
Participants: Nathan P..

8/29/2006 John Harper: [Agon] Under Consideration: Helping dice that really help
Here's a rule that I'm seriously considering for a Semi-Official Rules Change. Advantage, Helping, & Creative Ability Dice When you use an Advantage die, a Helping die, or a…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, iago, Valamir, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat.

8/29/2006 gains: Horizontal format books (split)
I have similar layout concerns to Jason's so I'd like to continue this discussion. I like the advice already given but there is a content reason that the landscape format…
In Publishing
Participants: gains, joepub, nikola, Ron Edwards, jasonm, MatrixGamer, David Artman, KeithBVaughn.

8/29/2006 demiurgeastaroth: [Agon] Oathbound
I've played Agon now twice with a group of 5 other players. Tonight, I had two friends over for a game of PTA, but one of them wasn't feeling up…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/29/2006 Wormwood: [Drift] Seeking Playtesters
I'm starting another round of public playtesting for Drift, a game of space travel and distance, both between worlds and the people on them. The crux is in the far…
In Connections
Participants: Wormwood.

8/29/2006 Myrmidon: Is TSOY no longer available online for free?
Clinton et al.,   On the old anvilwerks site there was access to the full text of TSOY (both original and revised).  But on the new site, I don't see…
In CRN Games
Participants: Myrmidon, Clinton R. Nixon, Twobirds, droog, r_donato, Clay.

8/29/2006 Hegar: Questions and a one sheet from a recent purchasee
So I just bought the Sorcerer book, having spent much time pawing over the apprentice pdf and these forums. Wonderful purchase, and very reasonably priced. I was a bit surprised…
In Adept Press
Participants: Hegar, Ron Edwards, Randulf.

8/29/2006 Kensan_Oni: Quandery of which direction to go...
Hello All! For the last couple of years, when not consumed by other, more important things, I have been writting a setting for a campaign that I would like to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kensan_Oni, dindenver, Qi Chin, Doug Ruff.

8/29/2006 Emily Care: Shooting the Moon at IPR
Hello, Shooting the Moon is now available from the good folks at Indie Press Revolution.  You can find it at the Black and Green page.  Many thanks to Brennan, Ed,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Emily Care.

8/29/2006 Jonathan Hastings: [WGP...] Blue Diamond and the Hypernaut, Continued...
So, this is somewhat late, but, over the course of two more sessions, we finished up the With Great Power... game I first posted about here. The short version: Blue…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, James_Nostack, Eric Minton, Lxndr.

8/29/2006 Zathreyel: [Criminal Element] Playtesters Needed
Okay, everyone, I've never done this before.  So, bare with me.  My name is Michael O'Sullivan and you may have never heard of me.  For those of you that fall…
In Connections
Participants: Zathreyel, xenoss, Paka.

8/29/2006 claes: Red Sky A.M. - what is it?
What is Red Sky A.M., if I may ask?
In lumpley games
Participants: claes, lumpley, Gaerik, Wolfen, demiurgeastaroth.

8/29/2006 Ron Edwards: Actual Play - special rule
this post is obsolete edited to un-sticky Hi everyone, This has been a rule for a while, but I want to emphasize it. In this particular forum, Actual Play, the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards.

8/29/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Yes, Yes, YES!!!! (and: NPC Heroic Abilities)
We played again last night, and during an epic battle one of the players reached Fate 12 and a Name of d10. On the way home afterwards, I realised I…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

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8/30/2006 eruditus: [Donjon] newbie question about PC death
Good afternoon, So I finally grabbed Donjon.  I like the perspective thus far although I will say that I haven't played yet.  TSoY is next on the list along with…
In CRN Games
Participants: eruditus, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/30/2006 forlorn1: UberCon
Will there be any Indie Explosion at UberCon October 20-22nd. I realize its not a Dex/Vinny Con, but it is in NJ, which seems a reasonable travel distance for alot…
In Conventions
Participants: forlorn1, abzu, M. J. Young.

8/30/2006 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Orthogonal & Oppositional Conflicts.
So, I've been following the conversation about the problem with Stakes setting over on Story Games and I noticed the little side bars about Orthogonal vs. Oppositional Conflicts.  A little…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Christopher Kubasik.

8/30/2006 Warren: [kpfs] Nastier than the Sabbat
As requested by Ron over on Story Games, this is the only game of kpfs I've played in, and overall, it went pretty well. The group was Me, Tom, Steve…
In Actual Play
Participants: Warren, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2006 Zebulon: Extra folks and The Sword
Hey all, I'm going to run my first demo game in two weeks, and there's a very real possibility that I'll have 6-7 players.  I'm excited about Burning Wheel, and…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Zebulon, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

8/30/2006 drnuncheon: Review & AP
Posted this over on my livejournal, but I'll put the relevant pieces here in case anyone is interested... Don't Rest Your Head (henceforth DRYH) is the latest release from Evil…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: drnuncheon, iago.

8/30/2006 ffilz: [DitV] Buttercup Overlook 2nd session
See Buttercup Overlook here and the first session writeup here. We had a second session, and at this point I'm at a loss. I think there are issues with the…
In lumpley games
Participants: ffilz.

8/30/2006 John Kim: ConQuest SF 2006 this weekend
[url=http://www.avalonconventions.com/conquestsf/]Conquest San Francisco[/url] is this weekend.  We've got myself running Buffy and Polaris, Brian Williams and Carl Rigney running Dogs in the Vineyard, Craig Randall running Burning Wheel and Hong…
In Conventions
Participants: John Kim, thwaak.

8/30/2006 Thunder_God: [Cranium Rats] Beta Version 3.0 now available.
Thanks to all of you who had given me feedback concerning the previous version's clarity. Most of it had been put into the <a href=http://craniumrats.pbwiki.com>new version, Beta 3.0</a>. Think of…
In Connections
Participants: Thunder_God.

8/30/2006 Grant: Trying to get a handle on crossover appeal
First of all, I'd like to apologize in advance if this isn't the right place for this kind of thing, but I've been thinking a fair bit about how to…
In Publishing
Participants: Grant, Jake Richmond, epweissengruber, JustinB, joepub.

8/31/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Character Sheet Request
Hey, John... Would it be possible to get a new version of the character sheet with the armour box as a standard trait box (one of those with the four…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.

8/31/2006 Aussigamer: Not sure what to say or do here so?
Hi, I have been designing a d20 based system for several years now. A lot of the ideas and writing are in place now but I need to refine the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Aussigamer, Kesher, Sydney Freedberg, Kintara.

8/31/2006 muddlepud: a quick MLWM
I'm running MLWM at a con in about a month. I've read some posts about sessions that might go for 4 hours. But, what about a session that goes for…
In Actual Play
Participants: muddlepud, Artanis.

8/31/2006 Manu: Fodder and out-of-play questions
Hello Nathan, I really enjoyed reading carry, and I can't wait to play it. However, I have a couple questions in mind: -Can fodder be harmed/killed in squad scenes? -How…
In ndp design
Participants: Manu, Nathan P..

8/31/2006 Manu: Crux questions
Hello, I immensely enjoyed reading shock:, and am looking forward to trying it out. I have a few questions though: -Can multiple protagonists occupy the same crux on the grid?…
In glyphpress
Participants: Manu, nikola.

8/31/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Hero's Banner] War for the Soul of Uran
Jason, Remi, and I played Hero's Banner this week, and, man, did we have fun! This Actual Play post will go best with some actual talk about our play. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jye Nicolson, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, LeSingeSavant, Nev the Deranged, Bret Gillan.

8/31/2006 Aussigamer: Nexus Needs You!
I am after a couple of willing players to play test my system I am developing. It is a fantasy based campaign but I would be willing to do a…
In Connections
Participants: Aussigamer.

8/31/2006 Adam Kleizer: Using the book in the system
Hey all! Ok, we all know that games (and game systems) come in the form of books. And we all know games use a lot of physical objects like dice,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Adam Kleizer, baron samedi, Nathan P., Castlin, David Artman.

8/31/2006 RedPissLegion: [DRYH] Playing Nightmares
Has I was explaining my game to my girlfriend and went on about the effects of Madness Dominance she came at me with this "cool, so if I became a…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: RedPissLegion, iago.

8/31/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] Gen Con 2006 15 minute demos
I’d like to talk about both the preparation for these demos and the actual play experience on the Forge/IPR booth. Prior to coming to Gen Con, there were several evenings…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm.

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