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9/17/2006 c: AP: Acts of Evil Sep 15th
I'm thinking this one will be useful as the playtest was a total crash and burn, but I get ahead of myself. For this session we had Tim and Len…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, Paul Czege, TJ.

9/15/2006 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim]Narration limits and general feedback. (adult)
Hello everyone, So I've been giving consideration to my game, Silence Keeps Me A Victim, and am in a place I'd like to get some feedback. The color/setting is of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Aussigamer, Isbo, nikola, Noon, dindenver, Tim M Ralphs, Wood, DAudy, Ron Edwards.

9/4/2006 c: Mechaton: The battle for Madison
So this isn't a roleplaying game per se. I did buy it at the Forge booth at Gen Con so I hope this post is alright. This isn't a post…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, brettspiel, Valamir, cdr, nikola, lumpley.

8/26/2006 c: AP: Acts of Evil August 25th 2006
This is likely to be very long so I'm going to make three posts. Pre-game Clyde questions, actual play, and post-game thoughts/positions. So here's some stuff I noticed while rereading…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, Paul Czege.

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.

7/26/2006 c: [MFUC] Mechanical ideas.
So I've got a thread about the initial ideas for setting and situation for My Fucked Up Childhood right here. Here's the few mechanical ideas I have so far. I'd…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Ron Edwards.

7/26/2006 c: [MFUC] First shot at situation + Setting (adult language + blasphemy)
So I've been thinking about how I would like My Fucked Up Childhood to be played. I would like it to be good for one-shot's or short campaigns. This seems…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, coldblackwind, Ron Edwards, slavemind.

7/23/2006 c: Getting design info from your website?
I was looking at my stats for my website, this morning, via a service called Awstats which is provided by my shared hosting company. I like to check from time…
In Publishing
Participants: c.

7/22/2006 c: [MFUC]The risk of hurting players (adult language)
So my game Outside is getting a name change to reflect my new understanding of what I've been subconsciously wanting to accomplish. More about those particulars here. So ... "My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, nikola, Noon.

7/17/2006 c: [Outside] Playtest Four, or Clyde get some direction. (Long)
So I just got in from riding my Bike home from today's playtest and was excited about the discussion I had with my players and wanted to see if other…
In Playtesting
Participants: c.

7/5/2006 c: Small production methods for making cards.
So after reading this closed post about printing cards in small runs I thought some info I just gained from a card and board gaming buddy might be useful…
In Publishing
Participants: c, daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games, Adam SBG, Thomas D, andrew_kenrick, Tony Irwin.

6/29/2006 c: Box Sets
I tried doing some searching for previous threads and didn't find anything that answered my questions, so.... What do we know about box sets? In my experience there are typically…
In Publishing
Participants: c, abzu, jasonm.

5/30/2006 c: [Outside] Getting beat up with blind spots.
So I conducted my first playtest of Outside on Saturday, and it was great because it went so horribly. That is great because I had been waiting for a semi-annual…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Jasper, jerry, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/12/2006 c: Actual play Anvil-Con. (Forge midwest)
Hi guys, This is late. It may end up long. It's my recollection of the Acts of Evil playtest we had at Anvil-Con. (A Forge is where you prepare the…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: c, chris_moore, Paul Czege.

3/24/2006 c: [outside] Brainstorming the Monster
Hello all, I'm trying to get all my thoughts together on what to do with The Monster in my game Outside. What I'd like to happen in this thread is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Paul Strack, Thunder_God, Castlin, Emmett.

3/24/2006 c: [outside] critiquing ownership
Hi guys, I'm getting closer to releasing my first game Outside, for playtesting via a creative commons license (Attribution, no-derivatives, noncommercial). I'm just trying to nail a few more things…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Paul Strack.

2/16/2006 c: [Outside] Need help with Power 19
Hi Everyone, I've been stalled for about 5 months, as I couldn't get my head around how I wanted to do conflict resolution. Thanks to Timfire's Mountain Witch, where he…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: c, talysman, Troy_Costisick, reaction, Czar Fnord, dindenver.

9/11/2005 c: [Outside] Need help with Conflict Resolution.
Hello Everyone, So I'm designing a game I'm calling Outside. I've got a good portion of the game done, but am stuck on conflict resolution. Lets take care of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: c, knicknevin, Technocrat13, Matt Wilson, Halzebier, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Simon W.

9/7/2005 c: [Outside] Alpha chargen test
Hello everyone, Background: 2 to 4 times a years some of my friends here in Wisconsin and some friends from another state get together and play boardgames all weekend. This…
In Actual Play
Participants: c.

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10/12/2006 c: Help me to sell your games.
This past Weekend, myself and my two other regular group members, went to a local convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin, called oddly enough Osh Con. *grins* Tim and myself came to…
In Publishing
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, timfire, Blankshield, Adam SBG.

10/13/2006 c: [Mortal Coil] Of Wolves, Dragons, and 11 year olds.
Last weekend at Osh Con we played several games of Mortal Coil and this game was the one I found most interesting. We had three players, myself, Len, and Derrick…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, Storn.

10/26/2006 c: [Rock-Con] November 3-5
Hi folks, Myself and my two partners in crime will be bringing Indy games to play at Rock-Con. We are planning on being there all day Saturday, November 4th. If…
In Conventions
Participants: c.

10/30/2006 c: [The Grey Man Wants You Dead] Initial thoughts
So the research for Silence Keeps Me a Victim is going a bit slower than I anticipated as it's taking me longer to get through suggested reading and resource materials…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, jasonm, Valamir, timfire, TroyLovesRPG.

12/9/2006 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] How to properly use metaphor.
Hello everyone, I'm working on my game after some research. Previous threads are located here and here. I'm using a metaphor, or some other literary term, in my game. The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, Valamir, dindenver, Ben Lehman, TroyLovesRPG, Simon C, contracycle, Tim M Ralphs.

1/2/2007 c: [Theory from the Closet] Seeking Listeners, and critics.
Hi folks, I've started a Netcast/Podcast specifically to discuss RPG theory and design. It's modeled loosely on Leo Laporte, and Steve Gibsons show Security Now . For those who don't…
In Connections
Participants: c.

2/6/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] How to turn procedure into dice mechanics?
Hi Folks, I'm a bit stuck on my game, "Silence Keeps Me A Victim," and want to get some feedback. Previous posts about the game are: What is possible…
In First Thoughts
Participants: c, contracycle, Simon_Pettersson, Yakk, Simon C.

2/10/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] First Mechanics Playtest of Act One.
After the help I got in this thread, I got excited and kept my friend Tim up after Friday night gaming to run a quick playtest of Act One of,…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, TJ, Simon C, Yakk.

4/23/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] [Forge Midwest] Cursing within.
So I got to run a playtest of Silence Keeps Me A Victim at Forge Con, this weekend. Here's a list of previous posts if you want to see how…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Valamir.

4/23/2007 c: Osh Con 2007
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23692.0]In this thread[/url], Keith B Vaughn asked, "As a side note: will anyone else be going to Oshcon in September? (Oshkosh, WI) I run my booth solo and that is…
In Conventions
Participants: c, KeithBVaughn, Adam SBG.

4/27/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim]A reworking in progress.
I've started over from square zero, on my game, "Silence Keeps Me A Victim." I'm really excited as my playtest failures and some feedback have got me feeling much more…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, anders_larsen, nitramwi.

4/29/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] First successful playtest, or I need math help.
Last night was a great experience. I playtested my game with some friends, and it kinda worked and got some positive results. It was my first actual play experience validating…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, Miskatonic, nitramwi, Willow, Valamir, TJ, Ben Lehman, anders_larsen.

5/4/2007 c: [Silence Keeps Me A Victim] Enabling I will not abandon you?
I've been thinking about how to enable, "I will not abandon you" in SKMAV. What are some of the key characteristics of games that enable this type of play?
In Playtesting
Participants: c, lumpley, nitramwi, Gregor Hutton.

5/14/2007 c: [Forge Midwest]Interview with Ron Edwards
Hi Folks, I did an interview with Ron Edwards, at Forge Midwest. It just went up late last night. We talked about a debacle that took place in these very…
In Adept Press
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Valamir, Paul Czege, Yokiboy, Gaerik, Nev the Deranged, James_Nostack, HighmoonMedia, brainwipe, Mick Bradley, Wolfen.

5/29/2007 c: Lake Geneva Gaming Convention (June 15-17th)
Hey folks, The Lake Geneva Gaming Convention is scheduled for June 15th to 17th, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Is anyone looking to go to this? My group of conventioneering buddies…
In Conventions
Participants: c, Adam SBG.

6/18/2007 c: [Other Worlds][Lake Geneva Con] Becoming Undead Means I Win.
I had lots of fun this Saturday. My friend Len and I went to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the Lake Geneva convention put on by Troll Lord Games. As per…
In Playtesting
Participants: c, nitramwi, Mike Holmes, Valamir, simon_hibbs.

7/12/2007 c: Evil Hats hung in the closet with care.
I did an interview with my Origins roommate Fred Hicks that is now available. We discussed some of the design choices for Spirit of the Century, and Fate, Jim Butcher,…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: c.

8/21/2007 c: [Gen Con][Steal Away Jordan]Clyde, Racism, and the threat of sex. (adult)
After lugging my damn equipment all over the convention all Gen Con, I was finally done with interviews on Sunday and stopped by the Forge booth. I asked about Steal…
In Actual Play
Participants: c, JC, Parthenia.

9/12/2007 c: Geek.Kon - Madison Wisconsin
Geek.Kon is taking place on October 6th through 7th. It's a first attempt at a local convention that is being put on by UW-Madison students. It's free of charge this…
In Conventions
Participants: c, Matt-M-McElroy.

2/5/2008 c: [Forge Midwest 2008] FMW08 Mentoring Project
Hey folks,  So at Dreamation, Gen Con, Origins, and other venues we have game design seminars where we get folks to feed themselves to the wolves. One person gets the…
In Conventions
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Matt Snyder, Blankshield, abzu, GamerChick.

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