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8/5/2007 JC: [DITV] Question about follow-up conflicts
hi folks :) had a most excellent time yesterday playing DITV over IRC! but here's my question: I've played about half a dozen DITV sessions so far (both player and…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

7/25/2007 JC: [DITV] Looking for a player for this Sunday
hey :) I'm playing Dogs via IRC this Sunday with a friend, and we'd like an extra player we'll be playing from 14:30 to 20:30 GMT if you're interested, give…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, damiller.

7/24/2007 JC: [DITV] Escalating (quick rules question)
hi :) a quick question about escalating I understand that you can escalate from any arena to any arena (clarified here on the forum) so starting out with shooting and…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, Gaerik, Filip Luszczyk, Valamir, lumpley.

7/19/2007 JC: [DITV] Question
hi :) had a little problem during our last session I'll go into the specifics of the scene, but I think the problem's more of a general one here's what…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, oliof, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Filip Luszczyk.

7/16/2007 JC: [Freeform] Two questions
hi! played in a pick-up game a couple of days ago it was on IRC, and there were three of us we went with freeform: no setting, no rules, no…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk, Paganini, Noon, LandonSuffered, David Artman.

7/10/2007 JC: [Carry] Controversial?
howdy :) I’m not sure how to phrase this question, but I’m going to try anyhow also, an imporant point: I’m not trying to talk about politics at all in…
In ndp design
Participants: JC, Nathan P..

7/10/2007 JC: [DITV] First IRC session
After my first (pretty negative) experience with DITV, I decided I had to learn how to play this game properly before trying it again. Nobody here in Paris seemed interested,…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Artanis, Filip Luszczyk.

7/7/2007 JC: Defining relationships with NPCs before play?
playing (GMing) my third game of Dogs tonight, via IRC... I'm excited :) a quick question: how does one go about defining relationships between PCs and NPCs before play? do…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, Pyromancer, lumpley.

6/2/2007 JC: [DITV / Afraid] Raising stats with experience
hi :) I noticed the option to raise one of your stats with experience fallout is missing from the "Afraid" PDF this caught my attention because it's one of the…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, lumpley.

5/20/2007 JC: [DITV] Failure
Hi there :) GMed my second game of Dogs yesterday (my first very short AP post can be found here: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=325133). This time around, it went all kinds of wrong.…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Eliarhiman6, The Mule, Adam Dray, Noon, Brand_Robins, Web_Weaver, oliof.

5/11/2007 JC: [DITV] Temple Creek Branch... advice? [long]
hi :) this is my first town, so I'd like a little advice even though I've stolen bits and pieces from other towns floating around the net, I'm worried it's…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC.

9/27/2005 JC: [The Mountain Witch] Newbie feedback
Six of us played TMW for the first time last Sunday. There was some good and some bad. But first, a little background. Although we are all experienced role-players, none…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Miskatonic, GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, Tim Alexander, Nev the Deranged.

9/7/2005 JC: [Mountain Witch] Bangs ?
hey :) I just bought TMW and I'm planning on running it soon for some…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13, Paka, Albert of Feh, timfire.

12/11/2003 JC: [FVLMINATA] What do I look like to you ?
ave :) first of all : I just got the 2nd ed. book, and it's great ! now here's my question about slaves : what keeps them from running away…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Michael S. Miller, Alan, Jason E. Roberts, John Kim.

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8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First game!
Tried the Roach today with two friends. I was the only who’d read the game before playing, and also the only one who’d had any experience with GM-less RPGs. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Graham Walmsley, jasonm.

8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First person narration
hi :) just played The Roach, and it was the first time for all of us so I'm curious: how much first-person narration do you usually get with this game?…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: JC, jasonm.

8/21/2007 JC: Indie summer!
Here’s some stuff I learned this summer. Part of my reason for posting is that it makes me write these things down, which in turn helps me understand them better.…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2007 JC: [One Can Have Her] First game!
I GMed “One Can Have Her” yesterday for two friends, M and P. Going in, their indie game experience was limited to a single DITV game I ran for them…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Jonas Karlsson, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2007 JC: [Bliss Stage] Teenagers?
hi :) I haven't bought the game yet, so maybe this is a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway... how important to the game is it that characters be teenagers?…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Nev the Deranged.

9/19/2007 JC: [Polaris] Soundtrack
how about a thread of recommended background music for Polaris? let me start with Black One, by Sunn O))) who's next?
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, 5niper9, Ben Lehman, Raquel, Mark Woodhouse, Artanis, Nev the Deranged, cydmab, shadowpriest, AXUM.

9/24/2007 JC: [Polaris] First game!
hey :) I'm playing Polaris this weekend, and I'm excited! all of us are new to the game, so we have a few hesitations here are my first questions: when…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, Ben Lehman, Garvey.

10/8/2007 JC: [Polaris] Three is a breeze
heya :) just thought I should let y'all know that I played Polaris for the first time, through IRC, and that it went very very well, even though there were…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, cydmab, Ben Lehman.

10/10/2007 JC: [Under the bed] Bottom of page 2?
hey :) looked around a bit but couldn't find it, so I'm asking here: what's the text missing at the bottom of page 2? I can sort of guess, but…
In glyphpress
Participants: JC, RussellGrieshop, jane566, nikola.

12/4/2007 JC: [DITV] Special edition cover?
hi :) a friend\'s birthday is coming up, and I\'d like to get him one of those special edition DITV books, with a different cover can anyone tell me if…
In lumpley games
Participants: JC, lumpley, David Artman.

12/12/2007 JC: [Polaris] One session data point
hey all :) just a data point, for those wondering if you can play Polaris in one single session: that's exactly what I did last Saturday in 11 hours: -…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Frank Tarcikowski.

1/12/2008 JC: [Lacuna] OK so I tried it... [SPOILER ALERT]
[SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER ALERT] if you want to play Lacuna and not GM it, you probably want to stop reading now [SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Darcy Burgess, Danny_K, Ron Edwards, FredGarber.

1/20/2008 JC: [MLWM] One session?
hey :) Polaris is designed to be played over multiple sessions, but fun can still be had with it in a single session, by upping the amount of experience the…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: JC, Peter Nordstrand.

2/6/2008 JC: [DRYH] Seeking advice for short game
hey :) I'm GMing a short game of DRYH this Saturday for two friends, and I'm looking for advice I'm thinking: - use higher Pain ratings - after the intro…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JC, iago.

2/9/2008 JC: [UTB] Can the toys lose?
hey :) in Under the Bed, can the toys lose? meaning: when a toy has 4 Favoritism Tokens, and is chosen for a final conflict, and loses, do the toys…
In glyphpress
Participants: JC, nikola.

2/18/2008 JC: [UTB] [DRYH] [TI] Three games in one day!
Hey people! I played three different games this Saturday, and I’d like to give some feedback. I also have a few questions. UNDER THE BED We started off with Under…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Technocrat13, nikola.

3/11/2008 JC: [DRYH] Delta Green (long)
hey there :) I'm thinking of using DRYH to run Delta Green I've come up with some ideas, and I'd like some feedback here's what I got: My name is...…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: JC, iago.

3/16/2008 JC: [MLWM] My life with the Tour de France
OK, I’m tired, so this is going to be a short one. I GMed a one-shot of MLWM for three other players this afternoon, before going on to play DRYH…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Paul Czege, Filip Luszczyk.

3/26/2008 JC: AP with questions
hey :) I put an AP with some questions up in the Actual Play forum, and I'd be grateful for some answers cheers!
In Half Meme Press
Participants: JC.

8/28/2008 JC: [A flower for Mara] A question about Grief
hi :) I've just read through A flower for Mara, and I don't see the link between the Grief the players choose and their Flower Soliloquys on the one hand,…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: JC, GreatWolf.

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