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6/27/2007 GreatWolf: Anyone out there using Scribus?
My wife does my layout work for me.  She is currently using PageMaker 6.  But that is starting to get dated, so she is considering switching to Scribus, an open-source…
In Publishing
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, jerry, zoom, scbenezra, David Artman, Jonas Karlsson, Clay, xenopulse, klapton.

6/7/2007 GreatWolf: So, about that Wraith game....
In a different thread, Ron said this: All that said, I am still quite motivated to play a game of Wraith one of these days.…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, HighmoonMedia, c, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, Thenomain, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.

4/26/2007 GreatWolf: [It Was A Mutual Decision] [Forge Midwest] Scared by rats
[i]So, yeah, I'm cross-posting this from another forum.  I figure that it's still my writing and, honestly, I'd like to get a conversation started over here.  So, here goes....[/i] "It…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, GamerChick, AJ_Flowers, Ron Edwards, Doyce, Nev the Deranged.

4/23/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] [Forge Midwest] Pediatricians and photographs
I got to playtest Dirty Secrets at Forge Midwest on Saturday.  My partners in crime were Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, John Stavropoulos, and Tod Olson.  (If I got your name…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Tod Olson.

4/11/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is in playtest
Hey, everyone.  My next game is currently in production.  It's entitled Dirty Secrets, and it's all about the classic detective story, in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald. …
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Hans, hix, Neil the Wimp, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik, Artanis, Finarvyn.

4/10/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] We wrap our first game
Last night we wrapped up our first game of Dirty Secrets.  It’s been a bumpy ride at times, especially since the rules have shuffled around during this particular playtest, but…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf.

4/9/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Reggie’s Bad Day
See, guys!  I used the right name! The last couple of Fridays, I was able to playtest Dirty Secrets with my regular gaming group.  Last session was particularly memorable, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir.

3/30/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] A painful reunion
Yay!  More playtesting!  And today, since I’m getting into the groove, I’ll actually do it up as a full-blown AP report.  Aren’t you happy? Quotable “I just want to see…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis.

3/24/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Resolving a Crime, or "Look! Look! I have a Grid, too!"
We playtested Dirty Secrets again on Monday.  (Our regularly scheduled playtest on Thursday night was cancelled, due to sick children.)  In this session, we finally got around to resolving a…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir.

3/16/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] A Sad Old Man
Last night we playtested Dirty Secrets some more.  Came across some more rules bumps, as expected, and lots of areas that need more clarity.  I still think that I'm on…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf.

3/9/2007 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Initial Playtest Process
In this thread, I said: In another post, I'll write up what I've done so far, and I'll scrawl notes as I go through my ongoing playtest as I…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, jasonm, sn0wshrew.

2/28/2007 GreatWolf: A playtesting lesson from Reiner Knizia
For those of you who don't know, I am a Eurogames nut.  These are the new wave of boardgames, mostly from Germany, that are breathing new life into the boardgame…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, jasonm, Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Thunder_God, ynnen, Jake Richmond, Michael Johnson, HeTeleports, Ron Edwards, Quizoid.

2/20/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria available at IPR
Dark Omen Games has joined the revolution!  Now you can purchase Legends of Alyria at Indie Press Revolution.  I am looking forward to a profitable business relationship with Brennan and…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Thalaxis.

12/14/2006 GreatWolf: [Dirty Secrets] Liar's Dice as Core Mechanic
I've been putting some work into a noir/detective game that I'm calling Dirty Secrets.  My specific sources of inspiration are the Philip Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler (particularly The Long…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, nystul.

11/21/2006 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria Actual Play
Please post all links to Legends of Alyria actual play in this thread.  This doesn't have to be only threads on the Forge.  If you post on your blog or…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Filip Luszczyk.

11/21/2006 GreatWolf: [Legends of Alyria] At last, some Alyria actual play!
At last!  For the first time in a while, I actually have a Legends of Alyria actual play report.  Rejoice! Last Friday, my family got together with some close friends…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Raquel.

11/15/2006 GreatWolf: [Trollbabe] Two-player GMful play?
On another forum, a discussion has broken out, recommending two-player GMless games.  Along the way, someone mentioned Trollbabe. This sparked a thought for me.  Honestly, it seems like the Trollbabes…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth.

11/15/2006 GreatWolf: At last, the print version is available!
It's been a while since I posted this update, wherein I discussed some problems with the proof. Well, Crystal and I both agreed that more needed to be done.  A…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, hix, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, M. J. Young.

10/20/2006 GreatWolf: New Universalis review...on Boardgamegeek?
Weird but true.  Here is the link.
In Universalis
Participants: GreatWolf.

10/9/2006 GreatWolf: [Trollbabe] Actual Play from the campsite
INTRODUCTION This weekend my wife Crystal and I went camping.  Among other things, we had scheduled a session of Trollbabe.  I bought this game for Crystal last Christmas, but so…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth, Tim Alexander.

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7/13/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets layout preview
My wife has been feverishly working on layout out Dirty Secrets, so I wanted to show off some of her work. This file is a preview of what we're working…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Hans.

7/16/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria review thread
Let's put all Legends of Alyria review links here. Here's an RPGnet review by Christopher W. Richeson to start.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

7/25/2007 GreatWolf: An early Dirty Secrets endorsement
Gerald Cameron (aka Linnaeus) writes about Dirty Secrets and has some very good things to say. In the interest of full disclosure, he did edit the book, but, as he…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, ynnen.

8/9/2007 GreatWolf: Being interviewed for The Score
I was interviewed by Matt Snyder for his podcast "The Score".  The first part of that interview is available here.  He's breaking it up into a few segments so that…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/21/2007 GreatWolf: [Breaking the Ice] Post GenCon indie love
[b][i]Indie[/i] love[/b] For my birthday, I was given a lot of money to take to GenCon to spend on games.  This made me very happy and allowed me to purchase…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets Actual Play
This is the thread where we will post links to actual play reports of Dirty Secrets, be they on the Forge or elsewhere. Here's a thread to start: Dirty Secrets…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, jburneko, Artanis, scottdunphy.

8/28/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Sharing missions?
Does it make any sense to anyone to compile a list of "off-the-shelf" missions somewhere?  It seems to me that this might be a helpful tool for Bliss Stage GMs.
In These Are Our Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

8/28/2007 GreatWolf: Downloadable character sheets?
I'm beginning to gather resources for my group to play Steal Away Jordan.  Something that I would find helpful is a PDF of the character sheet, so I can print…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Parthenia, Eliarhiman6.

8/29/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Saved through childbearing
[i]Right now, right this moment, right as you read these words, humanity is devastated by an alien attack from the edges of our understanding.[/i] [b]Introduction[/b] I’ve been really curious about…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Gabrielle, hix.

9/5/2007 GreatWolf: [Land of 1000 Kings] My children visit the Land of 1000 Kings
As my children grow older, I have been trying to think of ways to integrate them into my gaming hobby.  I don’t want to have games be a thing that…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman.

9/7/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Love and violence in Peoria
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  previous transmission located in database Gabrielle commented that she felt sorry for me.  I’m…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Gabrielle.

9/11/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] Jude gets better, plus alien tentacles!
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  Saved through childbearing Love and violence in Peoria Last week sometime, my…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Marhault, Gabrielle, pfischer, Ben Lehman.

9/17/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is back in stock
For those of you waiting with bated breath, Dirty Secrets is now back in stock at Indie Press Revolution.
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis.

9/18/2007 GreatWolf: [Bliss Stage] We wrap Bliss Stage
…incoming transmission … … Peoria Resistance Group… Bliss Stage makes me think of this. Broadcast Archive:  Saved through childbearing Love and violence in Peoria Jude gets better, plus alien tentacles!…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Gabrielle.

9/18/2007 GreatWolf: Voices from the Days of Slavery
So, I'm doing my research for Steal Away Jordan, specifically looking for MP3s of spirituals, and I came across this: Voices from the Days of Slavery I thought that this…
In Stone Baby Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Parthenia.

9/27/2007 GreatWolf: [Sons of Liberty Versus mode] Paine vs. Washington!
Okay.  So I have just a couple of minutes to scrawl this down.  But if I don't do it now, I'll forget and never do it. I taught Versus mode…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf.

10/4/2007 GreatWolf: [Robots and Rapiers] The Struggle for the Tapestry begins...
In the midst of all the other gaming that I’ve been doing recently, I’ve also begun the promised playtest of Robots and Rapiers, the forthcoming game from Ralph Mazza’s imprint,…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Wormwood.

10/9/2007 GreatWolf: [Shock: v 1.1] Be Careful Where You Litter
When I heard that Shock: was being released in its 1.1 edition, I was pretty excited.  I had heard some nifty things about the original edition of the game, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, Gabrielle.

10/12/2007 GreatWolf: [Sons of Liberty playtest] A Pyrrhic victory
Having made some comments over here and then listening to Joshua’s comments on the Master Plan podcast, I figured that I needed to sit down and write up a full…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Joshua BishopRoby, Heraldic Game Design, Valamir, DainXB, Gabrielle.

10/19/2007 GreatWolf: Rationale for initial character setup
In another thread, Per wrote: Seth, could you perhaps share your thoughts on how the initial characters in the game are written - why did you choose this approach,…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, pfischer.

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