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12/29/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Gangs of Rio de Janeiro
The third playtest, and the first online one (via Skype). Nearly four hours of play, including around 1.5h of prep and explaining stuff, plus an hour or so of post-play…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, Spooky Fanboy.

12/23/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] 2nd test - coherency, resolution and handling issues etc. (long)
I playtested Illumination again, this time using new shaping rules and setting, with two players. I wasn't pushing the rules in any particular direction and didn't focus on testing any…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

12/18/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Looking for guinea pigs for an online playtest
I'm interested in running an online playtest of Illumination (link in my signature), 22-23 and 27-31 December. My preferred medium is voice chat (Ventrilo or Skype) or IRC (#indierpgs channel),…
In Connections
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

12/10/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] An initial playtest of my Mage heartbreaker
Some days ago, I ran a one on one playtest of Illumination. Well, kind of. The game is my Mage: the Ascension heartbreaker, and it started as an alternative system…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

11/29/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Wushu] Angst, suffering and darkness over Skype
I ran a session of slightly modified Wushu last Saturday, by Skype, for a group that contacted me after finding my old notice on one Polish forum. Actually, I didn't…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

11/8/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Fastlane] A difficult beginning
Last Monday, after a nearly five-month break, I finally managed to schedule a game with my regular group. The players were: Michal - he's been into table-top RPGs for four…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.

11/2/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Spiritual opposition only game
(Sorry for flooding the forum with two new topics one after another, but I preferred to keep the ideas separate, for the eventual feedback not to be mixed.) During the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

11/2/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] King of Life does not throw dice
So, I've been thinking about a diceless resource bidding mechanic for my planned Mage: the Ascension game, and checking stuff like Sorcerer Diceless - and an idea occured to me…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Danny_K, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

10/25/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Themed roulette sheets
Making myself ready for running Fastlane (and I hope to get down to it this week) I've put together some themed roulette sheets, to "soften" the impact of casino imagery…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Lxndr.

9/28/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Character death, removal, transformation or cloning
I've been pondering how the game would work with Comic Code that would allow character death, in specific circumstances for specific characters, or without any limits. Actually, this could happen…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, TonyLB, dunlaing.

9/23/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Overdrawn houserule evaluation and rules question
In this thread Eric Sedlacek pointed at the negligible mechanical consequences of being overdrawn: The dirty little secret of Capes is that the effect of being overdrawn is mostly psychological. …
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Kai_lord, TonyLB.

7/9/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Donjon] Dice deviations
Now, I know that I may be frowned upon by everyone for creating such a heretical thread, but after yesterday's test I realised how slow, unwieldy and confusing the basic…
In CRN Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Iskander, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/17/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Jenga - competitive play switching to cooperative mode
This is not a role-playing AP, but the issue is valid, I think. Jenga. I played it at a convention. The game is incredibly simple and incredibly addictive. Players build…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Thunder_God, Blankshield.

4/21/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Reward system idea - mainstrem cinematic action games, competion and experience
If there is something similar to my idea in any game, simply let me know. Sorry, if something like that was discussed before. So, I'm a fan of mainstream cinematic…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, xzallion, TonyLB, Shreyas Sampat, Dav.

4/20/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [InSpectres demo] Solo play
Few weeks ago, while reading InSpectres demo it occured to me that the game could theoretically be played alone. And I tried it. All in all, it was fun and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Jared A. Sorensen, JMendes, greyorm, demiurgeastaroth.

4/19/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Threads] Competitive/Cooperative Story Interaction Game, Open Playtest v 1.0
I have finally finished the first English draft of my game. I'd be grateful for any comments, and if anyone tries to playtest the material, more so. Bear in mind…
In Connections
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

4/13/2006 Filip Luszczyk: Adversarial GM - incentives to win?
A thought occurred to me a few days ago, when I've been working out some new rules for my project. Basically, in my game GM has the following functions: -He…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, timfire, MatrixGamer, Noon, Thunder_God, Paul Strack, Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller, FlameLover.

3/24/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Alternativ (working title)] Power 19
OK, this is Power 19 for a project I've been working for about a year. It went through over 10 versions of the rules, and I changed practically everything but…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Shreyas Sampat.

3/3/2006 Filip Luszczyk: [Anima Hunters] Playtest
OK, I tested Anima Hunters a bit. As I see it, the system is: -cool and elegant. -fairly tactical (it could be more so, but I expect all the Kung…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman, TonyLB.

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1/16/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Immediate vs delayed rewards
I have a fanmail equivalent mechanic in the system I'm working on. Currently, whenever a specific unit of play is closed, everyone can give one "fanmail" award to some other…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Simon C, Ron Edwards.

3/3/2007 Filip Luszczyk: D&D, revisited (long)
Although I've put away D&D for quite some time, lately I've been finding myself in a mood for some good old powergaming feast. However, I've been exposed to Forge too…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Thenomain, Simon C, jerry, Eero Tuovinen, Noon.

4/9/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Once again, from scratch
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22928.0]The last playtest of Illumination,[/url] although it resulted in a major system collapse, gave me quite a lot of food for thought. However, it's only now that all the loose…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Spooky Fanboy.

4/13/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Re: [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse] Berlin 1939, prep session
I'm after the first full-session playtest of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, my Game Chef entry. Information about the game and link to the document itself can be found here. It was…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

4/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse] Berlin 1939, Moths and Candles
We continued our Skype playtest of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse. The report from the prep session and the list of Dramatis Personae can be found here. The session lasted about three…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, JackTheOwner.

4/24/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [UnSpeakable] Narrativising Mr. Cthulhu?
Last Friday, we played quite a fun session of UnSpeakable via Skype. The game was pretty spontaneous, as someone proposed we try out InSpectres, curious of how it works in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Noon, David Artman.

5/17/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Using 3/2 traits spread in 2nd edition?
So, I've been thinking about running PTA and I'm pondering going back to the 3/2 traits spread. Playing the game, I've felt that I had this feeling that I don't…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Matt Wilson.

5/20/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Back on tracks
It took me some time before I got down to writing this AP, but here it is. We playtested the new version of Illumination, my Mage: the Ascension heartbreaker game,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, ja-prozac, JackTheOwner.

5/23/2007 Filip Luszczyk: I need to make sure I get Belongings right
Am I right that: 1.Belongings are essentialy very specialized Traits, i.e. technically they are dice attached to the character and not to the actual object. 2.The only way to gain…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

5/26/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [TPK] An official Polish website?
Browsing CRN Games site I've found a link to an official Polish website of TPK, here: http://www.crngames.com/the_princes_kingdom/links Only, it links to one news about the game and that's all. Also,…
In CRN Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

6/15/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Absolute Apocalypse Academy] Change of the title and the new direction
Over a month has passed since I took a break from Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, and it’s a good moment for me to re-examine the game, consider its further development and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

6/18/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] The Pirate Game
An idea for a pirate mod came to my mind today. Dunno if I run it, but might just as well share. There are no Dogs as in "we go…
In lumpley games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, zornwil, Archer5280.

6/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [PTA] Sex, Drugs & No Remorse
We've closed our first successful PTA season. Both our previous attempts to play the game died in the midpoint. The first time one of the players was too strongly rooted…
In Actual Play
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, JackTheOwner.

7/17/2007 Filip Luszczyk: How many conflicts?
The procedure for initiating conflicts given on page 22 seems contradictory. In the second paragraph: Most scenes in which the protagonists find themselves should involve at least one, if not…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Lxndr.

7/18/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Design Challenge
Hello everyone! Inspired by the last year's Compact RPG Challenge hosted by The Forge, I want to propose System in a Can design challenge, from this point referred to as…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, xenopulse, anders_larsen, ja-prozac, Darcy Burgess, greyorm, Dave Cleaver, Lobo, Chainsaw Aardvark, Vulpinoid, Reprobus, preludetotheend, Primordia.

7/21/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] The Salad In My Head
Well, it's not the title of my game ;) After an evening of brainstorming, I have a salad of ideas in my head and I didn't settle on a single…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Reprobus, Vulpinoid, Primordia.

7/25/2007 Filip Luszczyk: System in a Can Entries
This is the submissions thread for System in a Can Design Challenge. Final versions of your entries go here. The deadline is Sunday 29th July. Once you're done with your…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, craigp, anders_larsen, Vulpinoid, Chainsaw Aardvark, ja-prozac, Primordia.

7/30/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [sic] Runic Realms - final opinions thread
This is my post-challenge feedback thread for Runic Realms (a.k.a. Sesame Sigils, heh). Name: Filip Luszczyk Title: Runic Realms Set: A Abstract: Primordial gods, once banished from Midgard, return to…
In Endeavor
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, anders_larsen, ja-prozac.

8/12/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Posts eating monster sighted?
So, this was posted by ODDin in another thread: Hmm, that's weird, I could swear I posted in this thread, yet I see no post, nor did I get any…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

8/20/2007 Filip Luszczyk: [Illumination] Memeplexes & Mindfucking
I've ran another playtest of Illumination yesterday, with Kamil as the player. The session wasn't long, but it gave us quite a blast fun-wise. The game had exactly the right…
In Playtesting
Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

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