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10/16/2006 jasonm: [Infected] Camp Nerdly: The Inwood Zombie Fortress and Drama Club
Mark ran a game of The Infected, Eric Provost's in-playtest game of survival horror, at Camp Nerdly, and I got a chance to throw down with Frank Manna, Kevin Allen…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, SNES Chalmers, Technocrat13, joepub, Narf the Mouse, Aman the Rejected.

10/16/2006 Eric J. Boyd: Shock: actual play - some clarifications please
I've posted a report of my group's first session playing Shock: here. We used a setting modeled on Shadowrun and had a rockin' first session that slowly interweaved the characters'…
In glyphpress
Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola.

10/16/2006 Nathan P.: Carry Audio Demo
Jeff and Judd of the Sons of Kryos recorded a 15-minute demo of carry with me at Gen Con 06. Check it out on this page. And I don't sound…
In ndp design
Participants: Nathan P., Yokiboy.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Getting Drunk
We got a great question about getting drunk in Roach play recently and I thought I'd lay it out here as well.  The drunk rule appears under "Resisting the Roach",…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] Camp Nerdly: Mayahuel's Revenge
I ran The Shadow of Yesterday for six players at Camp Nerdly:  Krista, Remi, Joe, Dave, Frank, and Andy.  Two players were quite familiar with TSOY but the other four…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, foucalt, TonyLB, SNES Chalmers.

10/16/2006 Noutaja: Phrases in dialogues
I was reading Polaris on my spare time and found myself thinking about the different ways to run dialogues for two or more persons in Polaris. So this is just…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Noutaja, Ben Lehman.

10/16/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Best Friends] Game in a pub
On Thursday, I met up with various forum people (Steve, Alex, Drew and Jukka) in a London pub. We had a quick game of Best Friends: which turned out to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Graham Walmsley, r_donato, Alex Fradera, Gregor Hutton, Merten, GB Steve.

10/16/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Temptation and Corruption
Alright first of all, i will try to give all needed information in this thread. If you want to know more, want to read through what i have, or want…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian_W, Troy_Costisick, Narf the Mouse, Xibalba.

10/15/2006 memolith: Print size for MLWM?
I admit it, I'm a cheapskate. I purchased the pdf of MLWM, to save a couple of bucks. Now I'm wishing I'd just bought the printed copy. Anyhow, I found…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: memolith, Thomas Lawrence, Paul Czege.

10/15/2006 xjermx: TSOY Wushu
I dont know why this did not occur to me earlier, or why I didn't grasp the idea sooner.. but it dawned on me suddenly that my destiny involved running…
In CRN Games
Participants: xjermx, Selene Tan, shadowcourt, Danny_K, Hans, Iskander, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper.

10/15/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.5] Badger, Goblin, Fight!
Our second D&D session is done, and much fun was had by all. The first session can be found here: Monster fight on the Open Sea! Before Play Here…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, ffilz, Steven Stewart, DAudy, Wolfen, Noon, cpeterso, James_Nostack, Gaerik, Melinglor, Narf the Mouse, r_donato.

10/14/2006 Wood: [Messenger] First Run: "A and B"
Ran my Messenger system for the first time tonight, and to my slight surprise, it went very well indeed. No hitches whatsoever.  Characters were a conscience-stricken "Liquidator" and a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Wood, Everspinner.

10/14/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spiel Essen] Demoing MLwM
This one took a bit of typing, but I thought it better to put my MLwM demo up here for checkup. I created this one in the spring of 2005,…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, ocasta.

10/14/2006 angelopampalone: reward table for HQ
Hi, can someone post a link to the thread where was proposed a table with selectable reward for the palyer based on the win or loss of a contest. I…
In HeroQuest
Participants: angelopampalone, Der_Renegat.

10/13/2006 charlesperez: Have Gun, Will Travel - Wire Paladin, San Francisco
The 50s western, "Have Gun, Will Travel" features the gunslinger Paladin, who appears to be a Dog in all but name. He begs for a Dogs writeup, provided below. Obviously,…
In lumpley games
Participants: charlesperez.

10/13/2006 wunderllama: [With Great Power...] Ragnarok meets teenage angst!
So we just finished up our first issue of With Great Power last week, and wow. I mean... wow. Fantastic.  We had The Valkyrie, my character, who was chosen by…
In Actual Play
Participants: wunderllama.

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.

10/13/2006 kalyptein: [Charnel Gods] Sarantium Wrap-Up
Since most of my questions here are about running a Sorcerer game, rather than more general topics about theory or dysfunctionality, I'm putting this here, rather than in Actual Play. …
In Adept Press
Participants: kalyptein, cpeterso, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

10/13/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Yesterday's Tomorrow] Interrogation as character creation
After a hiatus of 2 years I've finally gone back to Yesterday's Tomorrow, my game of a nuclear-powered, dystopian alternate now inspired by 1984, Brave New World, Children of Men…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Reithan, Paul Czege, James_Nostack, Narf the Mouse, TroyLovesRPG, Madheretic, Everspinner, Troy_Costisick.

10/13/2006 Sindyr: After much play - a disturbing trend is noticed
OK, gonna bring up something I have been noticing for some time.  At first, I was worried that it may be due to my inexperience with Capes - maybe because…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, oreso, Gaerik, Hans, James_Nostack, Andrew Morris, TonyLB.

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10/17/2006 Frank T: [BARBAREN!] Raiders in a foreign land
I ran the first playtest of the new revised playtest edition of BARBAREN! this Saturday at ConTor, a small local convention near Hamburg with a good mix of indie and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, JustinB, TroyLovesRPG, Noon.

10/17/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Dice for the Masses
I ran Over the Edge with my group last week, and it rocked hard. I unveiled and implemented a set of changes to the Experience Dice system that I discussed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, r_donato.

10/17/2006 bebbstar: [Alternate Setting] Gods in the Vineyard
Hello all... This is my first post on this forum and my introduction to all things DitV. First (off-topic) - Vincent what an amazing thing you've created in DitV. I've…
In lumpley games
Participants: bebbstar, lumpley, demiurgeastaroth, Ramidel.

10/17/2006 RedPissLegion: [Mortal Coil] Hexcity - First trial run questions
Last Saturday (October 16) we gather a play group in a local RPG store to try out Mortal Coil, no one had ever played before and during play I (the…
In Galileo Games
Participants: RedPissLegion, inthisstyle.

10/17/2006 Ancannios: Stuck on a resolution mechanic
Hi to all, I am currently designing my homebrew simulationist  rpg set in the early middle ages, but for 5 days now I just cant get any ideas for a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Ancannios, andrew_kenrick, iain, Narf the Mouse, drfelip.

10/17/2006 aedaren: My First Uni Game + Confusion about complications
Hey everybody, I've been having a good time playing Universalis for the first time with some guys from the indie net gaming group.  We're using a wiki to play, and…
In Universalis
Participants: aedaren, Valamir, Trevis Martin.

10/17/2006 Halzebier: [Spiel Essen] Forge Booth - which exhibition hall?
Hi there! I've just checked the official webpage of the Spiel 2006 but couldn't find the Forge among the exhibitors. I've heard the booth is called "PrO/Forge", but could not…
In Conventions
Participants: Halzebier, Frank T.

10/17/2006 baron samedi: [LCoE] Strange places: ideas ?
Hello Forgeites, After building a set of game mechanics that allows a game effect bonus for using a specific landmark or building, I'm trying to find ideas about strange places…
In First Thoughts
Participants: baron samedi, crowyhead, David Artman, Narf the Mouse, Simon C, TroyLovesRPG.

10/17/2006 crowyhead: [TSOY] New Ratkin shamanic secret
I'm kinda geeked because I wrote my first ever custom TSOY secret this week.  I'm playing an albino ratkin shaman named Lutra, and Josh (shadowcourt) and I have been having…
In CRN Games
Participants: crowyhead.

10/17/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: Seeking Playtesters for a Cardgame of Interstellar Domination
'Lo all!  Armored Wing, a strategy card game of interstellar domination... with mecha!... is hitting open playtesting. No, it's NOT going to be collectible.  To the great relief of the…
In Connections
Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

10/17/2006 Ludanto: [AFRAID] Victimization & Nightmarish Resources Questions
OMG this is awsome and I'm super sad that I have to wait for a book. :(  I'm going to try to run a game anyway. Questions: 1)When a victim…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ludanto, lumpley.

10/18/2006 MikeRM: [Errantry] Playtests wanted - medieval quests game based on TSOY rules
Announcing version 0.9* of Errantry, a game of knightly quests: http://www.csidemedia.com/files/Errantry.pdf This is medieval fantasy – as the medievals knew it. Play… a valiant Knight, a resourceful Lady, a talented…
In Connections
Participants: MikeRM.

10/18/2006 Remko: [Dust Devils]: Failing to get really intensive conflicts
I'm now back from a small con, where I ran a short Dust Devils session, and it didn't go as I had hoped. I made a short analysis, which I've…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Remko, Eero Tuovinen, Hans.

10/18/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] The Big Grid
I haven't talked about Grey Ranks much, but I feel like I'm getting close to playtesting and will start asking for feedback on bits and pieces.  So:  In GR you…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Hans, Narf the Mouse, Bill_White, Joshua BishopRoby, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman.

10/18/2006 Storn: My SotC character for upcoming game
Hi folks.  While I don't have the actual character in hand, I think I can get the gist of the character across.  Paka is holding the character sheets, just so…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Storn, iago, Paka.

10/18/2006 LeSingeSavant: [Agon] Camp Nerdly: The Island of Ithaka
We played Agon the first night of Camp Nerdly. After a half hour of prep, I was ready to go. Character generation went fairly smoothly, and we ended up with:…
In Actual Play
Participants: LeSingeSavant, foucalt, John Harper, rafial, jasonm.

10/19/2006 Kuma: Announcing the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge!
Kuma Pageworks is proud to announce the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge, a game design workshop and competition dedicated to stretching the boundaries of role-playing game design. Using the enigmatic <a href="http://mixotronic.elseworld.org">Mix-O-Tronic</a>, a…
In Endeavor
Participants: Kuma.

10/19/2006 Malcolm: [Contenders] This Must Be The Place
So after unanimous consent in the pub last week, this week we sat down to play Contenders. So there we sit round Per’s kitchen table drinking…ginger beer? Regardless of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Joe Murphy (Broin), pfischer, iain, Dantai, Yokiboy.

10/19/2006 Pelgrane: Call of Cthulhu survey
Pelgrane are doing a new version of Call of Cthulhu under license, and we've done a survey to get some idea of what people want. This data should be taken…
In Publishing
Participants: Pelgrane.

10/19/2006 Hans: [Donjon] Mind Control
Hi all: Here is a quick question; how have you all dealt with people trying out Mind Control type effects.  Specifically, when a person makes a casting roll, and has…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans, memolith, Markku Tuovinen.

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