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11/13/2006 jasonm: [Cold City] MACE game: Projekt Flakturm
I ran a convention game of Cold City at MACE in High Point, NC this weekend and it went very well.  I'd previously run a three session mini-campaign of Cold…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, JamesDJIII, Malcolm.

10/21/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Incentivizing Play
...which is a fancy way of saying that I'm thinking about bonuses and penalties. The core mechanic is a die roll that must exceed the current scene number (1 through…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Troy_Costisick, Hans.

10/19/2006 jasonm: Five players?
Hey everybody, My weekly group wants to go nuts with Agon, but I'm concerned that five players is too many - I've played with three and that seemed perfect.  Any…
In one.seven design
Participants: jasonm, demiurgeastaroth, LeSingeSavant, John Harper.

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.

10/16/2006 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 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.

9/26/2006 jasonm: [Cold City] Operation Holle-Kehle
First session of Cold City with the Durham 3 last night - me, Clinton, Remi, and Andy.  Yes, that's four - we invited Andy to join us because Cold City…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Jonathan Hastings, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski, Storn, LeSingeSavant, Gregor Hutton.

9/21/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] The Standard Family
I ran the first session of a Shadow of Yesterday mini-campaign last night and it went really well.  Five players, one new to our group but a friend.  We'd chatted…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Doyce, segedy, Isbo, r_donato.

9/20/2006 jasonm: Initiating Conflicts
There's an interesting discussion about initiating conflicts, and various rules hacks, going on over at Story Games.  You might want to check it out!
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

9/7/2006 jasonm: The Iron MACE Design Challenge
MACE is a local convention in High Point, North Carolina, USA.  The organizers are good people and it is a fun time.  Last year they ran a Game Chef style…
In Endeavor
Participants: jasonm, iago, David Artman, Andy Kitkowski.

8/24/2006 jasonm: Revision concerns
Hey independent designer-publishers, So The Roach has been available for a little while now and done well, and I'm getting a lot of good actual play and critical feedback on…
In Publishing
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, Justin D. Jacobson, abzu, Gregor Hutton, Doyce, Paul Czege, Lxndr, Marhault, Jake Richmond, Thunder_God, tj333, Jonathan Walton.

8/24/2006 jasonm: Nahuatl Pantheon
I'm all fired up about "interculturalizing" Agon.  To that end, goign with what I sort of know, here's the Nuahuatl pantheon: Tezcatlipoca, God of Fire Symbols:  Smoking mirror Abilities:  Might,…
In one.seven design
Participants: jasonm, coffeestain, John Harper.

8/21/2006 jasonm: From Game Chef to Gen Con [split]
Yeah, what she said, and also I'd love to hear about the transformation from Game Chef entry to functional, complete game. 
In ndp design
Participants: jasonm, Nathan P., ocasta.

8/18/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Gen Con Playtest
So I got together at Gen Con with a dream team of young Turks to try out Grey Ranks:  Gregor "Best Friends" Hutton, Kevin "Primitive" Allen Jr, Joe "Contenders" Prince,…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Technocrat13, Nathan P., Dantai, Gregor Hutton.

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.

8/2/2006 jasonm: [The Roach] Gameplay Questions
Emily Care Boss had some questions arise during her Roach game at Jiffy-Con.  THey are good questions, so I thought I'd share them here with y'all.  Here's what I told…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Emily Care, Doyce.

8/1/2006 jasonm: [Drowning and Falling] Now Available!
Drowning and Falling is now available for sale at Indie Press Revolution, so go snag a copy and help out a worthwhile charity.  Both Remi (art director) and I will…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

7/20/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Review at rpg.net
[url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12312.phtml]A nice review[/url] of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach has been posted over at rpg.net, FYI.
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

7/19/2006 jasonm: The Drowning and Falling Report
I wanted to share the specifics of our most recent game, Drowning and Falling, which will hit IPR in about a week.  The genesis of the game was an off-hand…
In Publishing
Participants: jasonm.

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12/3/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Mechanical Playtest
Me, Shane, Ian and Andy had a day of playtesting today, and I’ll be posting about the two games we kicked around separately.  We set it up as a sort…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards.

12/3/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Playtesting Thread
I'm starting to playtest Grey Ranks, so if you are interested in that project check here for updates, as well as the BPG site and the Forge playtesting forum.  Here's…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

12/3/2006 jasonm: [Business Solutions] First Playtest
Me, Shane, Ian and Andy playtested a little game I’m working on today.  It is called Business Solutions, and it is a comedic trifle about the lives and loves of…
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Participants: jasonm, Isbo, ShaneJackson.

12/13/2006 jasonm: Indexing
Hey friends, My next game is going to need an index.  Please give me advice on how to make that happen - can we leverage the tools in InDesign to…
In Publishing
Participants: jasonm, Eero Tuovinen, Justin D. Jacobson, nystul, segedy, David Artman, GreatWolf, MatrixGamer, abzu, selvi.

12/13/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Collective Mission rolls
So in Grey Ranks, you've got a collective Mission in each Scene.  It's framed by a Mission Leader, which is a role that rotates from player to player per Scene. …
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Malcolm, two_fishes, Graham Walmsley, redivider.

12/30/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Act II Playtest
Steve, Clinton and I ran through Act II (Scenes 4, 5, and 6) of Grey Ranks today.  It went very well and exposed some interesting soft spots. Steve played Alicja…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, segedy.

1/2/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] The Thing You Hold Dear
OK, I need to make an important change in Grey Ranks (one of the last, I hope!) and I'd like some feedback.  Right now each character has a Thing They…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Hans, segedy.

1/10/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Oakland Playtest
Mike Montesa organized a Grey Ranks playtest in California (I'll let the participants out themselves if they want to).  I asked for permission to re-post comments and suggestions I received;…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Mike Montesa, Paul Strack, Mychal.

1/18/2007 jasonm: Watership TSoY
Hey friends, I'm going to use TSoY to run a Bunnies and Burrows event at Camp Nerdly One.* Here's a .pdf of the Abilities, Secrets, and Keys I'll be using. …
In CRN Games
Participants: jasonm, segedy, Clinton R. Nixon, crowyhead.

1/19/2007 jasonm: [TSoY] Princess Hralroolimi's Betrayal
I ran my TSoY Bunnies and Burrows hack as a one-shot last night and it rocked the house.  We started from scratch - I had a little map and a…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm.

1/29/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Dreamation Playtests
If you played Grey Ranks at Dreamation I particularly invite your feedback here! I ran two sessions of Grey Ranks at Dreamation 2007, Friday and Saturday from 9AM to 1PM. …
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Bret Gillan, RobNJ, Mel_White, phredd, Emily Care.

1/30/2007 jasonm: What-the-Hell-Con 2007
I've never been but it sounds great.  Greg Stolze will be there and has a pair of panels about game design and publishing.  There will be fire dancers as well,…
In Conventions
Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, GregStolze.

2/21/2007 jasonm: Blood Saga of the Viking Instructional Technologists
The other day I had an academic job interview.  They asked me to put together a presentation and teach them something, preferably in a hands-on way.  Being an inveterate geek,…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Ben S..

2/21/2007 jasonm: Interview with Sons of Kryos
I got interviewed by the Sons of Kryos at Dreamation.  Thanks, Judd and Jeff!  My bit starts 34 some minutes in.
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Paka.

2/26/2007 jasonm: [Medical Hospital] Diagnosis playtest
So I'm working on this game called Medical Hospital.  The core conceit is that players create their own medicine-themed story by mashing together various mini-games, each of which takes 5-10…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Bryan Hansel, BabbageCliologic, Simon C.

3/2/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Full Playtest, Session One
I'm facilitating a local playtest of Grey Ranks and we had our first session last night.  The four players are members of my regular, long-time game group, and are all…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, madirishman, GreatWolf, Bryan Hansel.

3/6/2007 jasonm: [Contenders] New York, 1913
Clinton, Remi and I decided to play Contenders, based on our extremely positive play experience at Gen Con and the fun I had running it later at a local con. …
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Caesar_X, Dantai, ShaneJackson, LeSingeSavant, Uruush.

3/9/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Full Playtest, Session Two
We had our second session last night and it went great.  It covered chapters four, five, and six, 2-7 August 1944, the high water mark of the Uprising.  Everyone returned…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, segedy.

3/16/2007 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Full Playtest, Session Three
Last night my group wrapped up the Grey Ranks playtest with session three.  I'm am happy to report that they tore into it like starving hyenas and I saw some…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Valamir, segedy, Bryan Hansel, andrew_kenrick, GreatWolf.

3/23/2007 jasonm: Gen Con Roach Volunteers Needed!
Hey, I know no one runs a game of The Roach, but I'd love to find a couple of enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate formal, scheduled games at Gen Con.  If…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm, Hans.

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