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6/18/2007 Bret Gillan: [Gods] More Eyes and Playtesters
So it's been awhile, and I've been running it at cons and whatnot. Amusingly but not surprisingly, most of my "addon rules" ended up being confusing to players so they…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Gaerik, oreso.

3/3/2007 Bret Gillan: [Capes] The Greater of Two Evils - Con Scenario
After playing in Tony's badass Earth Prime con scenario, I came away with a new perspective on running con scenarios. Previously I'd let players create their own characters and frame…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Matthew Glover, hix.

3/2/2007 Bret Gillan: Character Creation Praise
So I've participated in character creation for Spirit of the Century and Don't Rest Your Head, and I believe you guys have perfected character creation in some way. Not only…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Bret Gillan, iago, C.W.Richeson, Rob Donoghue, Valamir, BastardToadflax.

1/31/2007 Bret Gillan: [Mortal Coil] Contested Magical Facts
So I got a quick question from Actual Play. An American sorcerer-spy (NPC) is trapped in a magical prison created for him by a Knight Templar (Bob). A Russian sorcerer-spy…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, inthisstyle.

8/22/2006 Bret Gillan: [The Apostles] Setting Good Stakes
The basic notion: this game is supposed to reward good stakes-setting. That's sort of the point of it. To take a scene, dig down beneath the layers of what's going…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bret Gillan, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB, Bill_White, LordRahvin.

8/11/2006 Bret Gillan: [The Roach] Gameplay Observations
So I got to play Shab Al-Hiri Roach last night and it was a blast. We were only able to play for two hours so we only made it through…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, oliof, segedy, jasonm.

8/1/2006 Bret Gillan: [Gods] The Myth Cycle
The following is the rough Myth Cycle I've come up with. The Myth Cycle covers the Comics Code that will be followed in the various Ages, and the Ages that…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, xeperi, Hans, TheCzech, Threlicus, oreso, newsalor.

7/26/2006 Bret Gillan: The Capes Dojo
For reference for this thread, the capes Tournament formula for scoring is: ((Story Tokens Earned x 2) - Debt Remaining) x Inspirations Earned) So since Capes has officially gone competitive…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Vaxalon, Hans, TheCzech, drnuncheon.

7/26/2006 Bret Gillan: [DitV] "Send 'em to Four Bridal Falls!"
This is a spin-off of a conversation I had with Jeremy Lahnum about his game, but I'm a little bothered by the "Send 'em to Four Bridal Falls" judgment that…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, baron samedi, Paka, Blankshield, Vaxalon, Liminaut, JMendes, Claudia Cangini, Valamir, Wolfen.

7/24/2006 Bret Gillan: Gods: The New Ideas
Because there really needs to be a thread in this forum where we don't argue with Sindyr. ;) So I came away from Dreamation with some cool ideas for Gods,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Hans, TonyLB, Tuxboy.

7/19/2006 Bret Gillan: [Burning Wheel] The Face-off
I ran my first Burning Wheel session, and it basically leapt right off the character sheets. I did no prep whatsoever, and it was one of the best first sessions…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, coffeestain, Iskander, Jeremiah Lahnum, abzu.

5/17/2006 Bret Gillan: [Gods] The Labyrinth, the Tuskers, and the King of the Black Citadel
Last night was supposed to be Charnel Gods night, but after some bullshitting and a couple of beers, we opted to playtest my Capes supplement/mod - Gods. It was just…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care, Valamir.

5/5/2006 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer] Charnel Gods - The Irthan Epoch
Last night was the first night of my Charnel Gods campaign, and it rocked. After my previous Sorcerer campaign left me feeling a little cold, I really wanted this one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Paka, Eric J-D, greyorm.

5/4/2006 Bret Gillan: Gods - A Capes Hack
For a long time I've wanted to create a game about world-building, and struggles between competing deities for control over events and creations. I've batted around quite a few ideas…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Gaerik, Hans, cpeterso, Zamiel, Paka, dunlaing, Kai_lord, TheCzech, Sindyr, nicolasfueyo.

4/25/2006 Bret Gillan: [Charnel Gods] The Irthan Epoch
I've moved to a new city, into a new apartment, paid for with money from my new job. College is over, and I feel like I'm stepping into life as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Valamir, Paka, Eric J-D.

1/26/2006 Bret Gillan: Screen Presence?
So in the main book, Screen Presence gets mentioned as a part of the Series Bible, along with the different types of Screen Presence a character can have in a…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy.

1/25/2006 Bret Gillan: Format for Small Game
Hey guys. I'm considering putting my Pundits and Pollsters game on the market. It's real small, approximately 2500 words, and is a simple but fun game with simple mechanics. An…
In Publishing
Participants: Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, MatrixGamer, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Blankshield, nikola, abzu, CSBone.

1/18/2006 Bret Gillan: [TSOY] Buyoff XP Amount
Wouldn't it be better to make a Key's Buyoff equal to two Advances of XP rather than a flat 10 XP? In a 5XP Advance game, buying off a Key…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon, Tancred, Eero Tuovinen.

1/9/2006 Bret Gillan: Forcing Heart Actions
Okay, a long time ago I asked about the sanctity of the Heart, and affecting the Heart's emotions, thoughts, and actions. In response Ben said the following. Similarly, it is…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman.

12/30/2005 Bret Gillan: [DitV] Cornfield Branch
Hey folks. First town. Wrote it up when I should have been working. I wanted a one-session town that went all the way to Hate and Murder. Not sure if…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Levi Kornelsen, Warren, ubergeek2012, jasonm, Arturo G..

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7/6/2007 Bret Gillan: Breaking Down Capes
So, in working on Gods I took a look at Capes and decided it could really do just about anything. Tony, I think you've said before that Capes will only…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB.

7/14/2007 Bret Gillan: Finally!
Emily, I finally got to play one of your games! Me and my friends Jere and Josh played Shooting the Moon and we played two professional wrestlers (Jere and Josh…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

9/19/2007 Bret Gillan: [Lacuna] I Learn About GMing
I ran Lacuna for my friends in the city the other night, and it was really interesting. One thing it did with it's minimal but awesome system was show me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Yokiboy, Graham Walmsley, Jasper Flick, Noon, Danny_K, The Dragon Master, Paka, Noclue, lumpley, Valamir, henshaw, FredGarber, Mike Holmes.

1/20/2008 Bret Gillan: [Gods] Here, have the PDF
Hey guys. I've been working on a Gods hack/supplement for a long time, and I've pretty much lost interest in publishing it, so I thought I would throw it up…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, oreso, Garth.

1/24/2008 Bret Gillan: [Burning Empires] Grinding Gears on Beliefs
So we did world burning for Burning Empires. We can up with a cool world where civilization grew out of a crashed spaceship fleet. This is a strict society, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Chris_Chinn, pfischer, Noon, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, schlafmanko.

2/1/2008 Bret Gillan: [IaWA] Oracle Creation
No rules/guidelines on creating your own oracles? Aww man! Okay, so we did our first situation. It was great. Now, what becomes of those elements of the oracles that were…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, DainXB, twilight, Valvorik, Garth.

11/3/2008 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Scenes and Endgame
I ran my first playtest of The Final Girl, my "pick them off one by one" horror movie game with Judd (of Paka fame), my college buddy Chris, and my…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, jasonm.

11/18/2008 Bret Gillan: [Trollbabe] Making the Trollbabes
I met with my two players for our first session of Trollbabe. Ellen, my girlfriend, and my friend Chris who just moved to area volunteered for a Sunday night game.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

11/26/2008 Bret Gillan: [Trollbabe] Save the Young Man! and wrestling with Scale
Related Thread: Making the Trollbabes First Trollbabe session! My living room was absolutely freezing and I had a migraine. Not the best way to start but after two cancellations…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Brand_Robins, Ron Edwards, ieatwithgusto, Markus.

2/11/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World]Setting and Characters
Me, Ellen, Bob, and Chris did Apocalypse World prep. Ellen's my girlfriend. She's done enough gaming so that it's not new and strange and foreign but she's not a scarred…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, Paka, Everspinner.

2/18/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World] First Session - Introducing Kartak and Rabbit
We played our first session Apocalypse World last night. Judd has backed out to pay attention to schoolwork and Chris couldn't make it because he had to take his girlfriend…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley.

3/2/2009 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Arcon Playtesting
So I got to go to Arcon this weekend at my old Alma Mater, SUNY Oswego, and hook up with some old friends and the new crowd of kids that…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

8/9/2010 Bret Gillan: [WGP] Questions
Hi! I've played a few sessions of With Great Power and I have some quick questions. Is the beginning of a Conflict Scene the only time you discard your hand…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

9/7/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Lukuls the Savage and troubles
So I played S/lay w/Me with Carly over the weekend. She's not particularly new to roleplaying since she's in my Apocalypse World game that's been going on for a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Say it yourself
So I know that coming up with your own Who is by the book. Can you also 'say it yourself' to the Where, or Ron do you encourage people to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn.

1/6/2011 Bret Gillan: [S/lay W/Me] Singly or In a Group
For the Monster and how it kills you, does Singly or In a Group refer to it being a group of monsters, or to the monster killing groups of people…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] Core Mechanic
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/cold-soldier]Game[/url] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30842.0]Design Discussion[/url] So after the first playtest, I found that the core mechanic is totally broken. Luckily it's not broken beyond repair. I have some ideas for fixes. I…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Noon, masqueradeball, whduryea, FetusCommander, Paolo D., Paul DuPont.

1/10/2011 Bret Gillan: [Dr. Chaos] and a parade of stupid superheroes
I gathered a group of five friends to play Dr. Chaos on Sunday. I was super excited and, in retrospect, should have put a little more thought or discussion into…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] The soldier who wouldn't
Cold Soldier got another go tonight with Carly. We didn't get to play a full session, but we did play a half session that gave up some interesting information and…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.

5/13/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] Playtest copy available
Just a heads up to anyone interested in Cold Soldier that the playtest document is going to be on http://gasmaskgames.com/ - just click on Cold Soldier on the top. I'd…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Bret Gillan, whduryea.

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