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11/23/2006 andrew_kenrick: Editor seeks manuscript in need of a red pen
In between writing and designing games, I am a freelance editor, and it occurs to me that some of you guys might be looking for someone to cross out words…
In Connections
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

11/19/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] creating a 15 minute demo
I'm going to be attending Dragonmeet at the start of december with a few other UK indie designers. I'm going to be running 15 demos of Dead of Night throughout…
In Conventions
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

10/24/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Coyote Creek in triplicate
[url=http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=6282&src=theforge]Coyote Creek[/url] is the Dead of Night demo adventure that I’ve run countless times over the past year. I first ran it at Gencon UK, late 2005, and have finally…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Narf the Mouse, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Making a better bullet
I've been tinkering with the rules for conflict resolution in Six Bullets for Vengeance, mostly as a result of the last playtest we did (which is here ). Over the…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

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.

10/1/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] a retrospective playtest report
It's coming up to the first anniversary since the release of my first game, Dead of Night. I was going to post an article about the production of the game,…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, marknau.

8/25/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM]My Life with Sauron
I originally posted this over at Story Games but thought it might be a good plan to post it here too. I mentioned that I was debating whether to run…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/20/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Playtest 3 - a radical rethink
Six Bullets had its 3rd playtest late last night, and its first airing in face to face roleplaying. It was the same group who have run through the material a…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Technocrat13, Zathreyel.

8/10/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Second Playtest - this time with 100% more apes!
We played the second playtest game of Six Bullets last night. This time round we had the right number of players (7), and with a mix of veterans and newbies,…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/9/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM] My Life with Herr Doktor
So last night I ran my first game of My Life with Master, and all in all I think it went pretty well. I botched a couple of rules, including…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

8/9/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM] meeting no criteria for an epilogue
I ran my first game of MLWM last night, and it mostly went well (I'll post a report here later). We did find a slight hitch though ... When testing…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Jonas Karlsson.

8/5/2006 andrew_kenrick: [MLWM] Advice for a one session game
Hi guys - On Tuesday I'm running my first game of MLWM as a stopgap for our usual weekly game. I'm hoping to play a complete game in the space…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Michael S. Miller, Jonas Karlsson, aeble.

7/24/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] first playtest
I ran my first session of Six Bullets for Vengeance tonight, and all in all I think it worked very well. My regular group games online, so I have the…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, iain, Matt Wilson, Gregor Hutton, Warren, Zathreyel.

7/17/2006 andrew_kenrick: UK indie games conventions
If you're into your indie games (playing or running), there seems to be plenty of cons that cater for you in the US, whether indie games are at their centre…
In Conventions
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Matt, Arturo G., Graham Walmsley.

7/16/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Looking for playtesters!
I've got a first draft of Six Bullets for Vengeance up and ready for playtesting, and I'd like some people to take it and give it a run through. The…
In Connections
Participants: andrew_kenrick, iain, Zathreyel.

7/11/2006 andrew_kenrick: The merits of fulfillment houses
I'm toying with the idea of signing up to Indie Press Revolution, but am wondering if it's worth it? I mean, we already do business with Key20, so would we…
In Publishing
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, timfire, Justin D. Jacobson, Thor Olavsrud, Nathan P..

7/11/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] the mechanics for vengeance
I've been working through the basic mechanics for Six Bullets and wanted some input. More about the initial concept and the framework for play can be found in this thread.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel, PhilV.

7/9/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] very first thoughts
[i]"A man rides into town, a shooter at his hip. In it are six bullets, one for each of his enemies. Six bullets for vengeance."[/i] Insomnia has struck and with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Noon, Zathreyel.

2/10/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Inn at the Edge of Forever] Power 19
Ok, I've finished the Power 19 now. My questions are at the bottom. Inn at the Edge of Forever: Power 19 1.) What is your game about?** The Inn at…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Matt, Troy_Costisick.

2/7/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Inn at the Edge of Forever] Basic Mechanics
Hey all - I've lurked here for a long time but am finally getting around to actually making posts. The Inn at the Edge of Forever will be my second…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Jack Aidley, Matt, lumpley, ks13.

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1/22/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Contenders] Gladiators!
So over here we've been talking about a Gladiators conversion for Contenders. My sunday group wrapped up the first phase of our Burning Empires campaign just before christmas, so this…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Caesar_X, Yokiboy.

1/28/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Conception 07] The Collective Endeavour at Conception
I'll be at Conception next weekend (eek, so soon!) representing the Collective Endeavour (a group of UK indie publishers, for those of you who don't know about us). Hopefully I'll…
In Conventions
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

2/5/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets] Blood Shot Eyes - Conception playtest
The Setup On Saturday morning at Conception I managed to gather a group of enthusiastic players to playtest the latest rules for Six Bullets for Vengeance, my game about revenge.…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Geoff Hall, Rich Stokes.

2/16/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Spirit of the Century] The London Centurions in … Apes of Wrath!
This was the second session we played in our new SotC game, but the first one was mostly spent getting used to the system and beating up giant cockroaches in…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, iago.

3/12/2007 andrew_kenrick: [1st Quest] Wolves of the World Tree
Last night I ran a playtest session of 1st Quest, Judd's new game. We played through the World Tree Pack tutorial from the book - essentially you play members of…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Paka.

3/16/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] How best to make a pdf version?
So, ever since Dead of Night came out there have been requests for a pdf version of it. But I've long put off the idea for the simple reason that…
In Publishing
Participants: andrew_kenrick, iago.

3/29/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Grey Ranks] Conpulsion playtest
So Saturday afternoon at Conpulsion as part of the Indie Games Track we got to play Grey Ranks. We had 4 players so I faciliated, and 2 hours, so we…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, jasonm.

5/6/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Cold City] All that you leave behind
Cold City: all that you leave behind My Sunday night gaming group continued to work through my shelf of indie games last week, beginning a game of Cold City. We’ve…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Malcolm.

5/19/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Spodley Grange playtest
Saturday afternoon at Spodley Grange I got to run a playtest of Six Bullets for Vengeance, my game of bloodshed and vengeance, I think for the 5th time. Each time…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, GreatWolf, Zathreyel.

6/9/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Six Bullets for Vengeance] Firing Blanks
So last night I ran a playtest of Six Bullets for Vengeance with my regular gaming group. It was a spectacular failure, but a fascinating, if frustrating, playtest. First, a…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Graham Walmsley, Ron Edwards, Noon, Sydney Freedberg.

8/29/2007 andrew_kenrick: [Ordinary Angels] First playtest
So yesterday I had some friends over and we had a quick playtest of Ordinary Angels, my game of angelic cops. Me and Fred talk about it quite extensively on…
In Playtesting
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

11/18/2009 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Grendel, Alaska
At Indiecon at the weekend I ran my first game of Dead of Night II, as I'm affectionately calling the second edition of my horror game. I watched the Host…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick.

9/18/2010 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Bad Signal at Concrete Cow
One of the games I ran last weekend at Concrete Cow was one of the scenarios I'm writing for a Dead of Night scenario supplement, Bad Signal. The set-up was…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

10/30/2011 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] Salford's Lot
I ran a new Dead of Night scenario at Furnace the other week, named Salford's Lot (and yes, the name did come first!). The premise of the scenario was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: andrew_kenrick, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

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