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7/24/2007 Willow: Power 19 For Kung Fu Game
Hey all, I'm brewing up a new game idea, and I'm pretty excited about it.  It started as something very traditional, but I've started taking it in some new directions. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, Adam Dray, vikingmage, Noon, Filip Luszczyk, DanielM.

10/28/2006 Willow: [Agon] Agon is a Harsh Mistress
Our first session writeup was here:  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21878.0 Tim, Len, and myself gathered for another session of blood, sweat, and glory. After spending many interludes allowing Alastor to regain his wounds…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/21/2006 Willow: Some More Rules Questions
After having actually played the game now: How much Glory does a PC get for beating an NPC in a simple roll?  1?  1, plus another 1 + NPC's cost…
In one.seven design
Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/21/2006 Willow: [Agon] First Try
Tim, Len, and myself met for a rousing session of killing things (and taking their stuff). The night started off a little humorously, Tim's computer couldn't be connected to both…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, rafial, John Harper, TJ.

10/2/2006 Willow: Island of Serifos
I'll post this over to the Island Thread once I've run it and have some more data to plop down (NPC traits, etc.)  A secondary reason for me posting it…
In one.seven design
Participants: Willow, John Harper.

10/1/2006 Willow: Some Rules Questions about NPCs
1)  The text mentions recurring NPCs, which I think is totally awesome.  Do they ever get to heal impairment or wounds? 2)  Can I spend extra strife for them to…
In one.seven design
Participants: Willow, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

9/30/2006 Willow: Magic in Agon?
From what I can recall from the Iliad and the Oddessy, oh, who am I kidding? Hercules and Xena, sorcerers are all over ancient Greece. Evil sorcerers are easy to…
In one.seven design
Participants: Willow, John Harper, Shreyas Sampat.

9/25/2006 Willow: What is Shattered Vistas?
What is Shattered Vistas? Shattered Vistas is a game about life.  Life that sucks hard and is an uphill battle, possibly filled with eldritch horrors and ninjas. In Shattered Vistas,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, James Holloway, baron samedi, Mike Holmes, coffeestain, nikola, Joshua BishopRoby, c, Noon, TroyLovesRPG.

8/26/2006 Willow: [Town] Whitechurch, Extended
Based on Vincents suggestions that starting towns should ramp all the way up to hate and murder, I took the Whitechurch Branch out of Dogs and ramped it up.  (In…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow.

6/12/2006 Willow: Pricing & Demand Curves
I was going back through old threads and wanted to respond to something I saw here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17728.0 While it is a very good look into the basics of pricing, there…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, lumpley, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards.

6/8/2006 Willow: Accomplishments: Does This Really Work?
In the character generation portion of the rules, there's talk of accomplishments.  (pg 28-32)  This is a fine part of the game, but something seems off about it.  For conflicts…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, coffeestain, Alex Fradera, Brand_Robins, Arturo G., lumpley, agony, Vaxalon, Warren, Blankshield.

5/26/2006 Willow: [Shattered Vistas] Bidding Mechanics?
The core mechanic of the Shattered Vistas is essentially a die pool with resource bidding:  you start with an initial pool of d6s, add extra dice by spending points from…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, c, Lewis Flanagan, J Tolson.

5/25/2006 Willow: Fantasy Atlases
Hey all- I don't recall what thread I read it in, and it was from a while back, but it was something to the effect of "alot of game designers…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, pells, Justin D. Jacobson, Joshua BishopRoby, Kobayashi, Wolfen, philaros, Ron Edwards, Dav, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic, Black Iris Dancer, Czar Fnord.

4/16/2006 Willow: On Editors Looking for Work?
I've been considering doing editing semi-professionally.  I found some useful threads here on the nature and general importance of editors, but nothing about how to get in touch with publishers. …
In Connections
Participants: Willow, Blankshield, Thunder_God.

4/8/2006 Willow: [Reserve] Distribution of Narration Rights
Hi all.  This is my first post about the Reserve System that I've been working on, so let me tell you a little bit about it.  It's a resource-spending (i.e.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, Paul Strack, Bryan Hansel.

4/4/2006 Willow: [DitV Town] New Prosperity
If you know me and you think there's any chance I might run this for you, DON'T READ THIS! That means YOU, Daniel! Anyway, everyone else, go ahead and read…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, ffilz, Alex Fradera.

3/28/2006 Willow: [Mountain Witch] Session Two: Four Ronin, Five Ghosts
Session one is here:  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19194.0 Everyone came back for a second helping of samurai melodrama. The second chapter opened up with the following requirements: *Everyone uses an ability that has…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow.

3/21/2006 Willow: [The Mountain Witch] Session One: Four Ronin, Three Peaches
See also my pre-game thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19023.0 We gathered at my apartment for a rousing game of the Mountain Witch. No one had ever played before, and I had never run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, coffeestain.

3/17/2006 Willow: [TSOY] Confused about Changing Intentions
Hey there.  Recently picked up TSOY.  It's a pretty cool read, but I have problems wrapping my head around a couple of the concepts.  (And no, I'm not talking about…
In CRN Games
Participants: Willow, coffeestain, Eero Tuovinen.

3/13/2006 Willow: Rummy Based Game Mechanics?
I'm working on a game in a very primal stage.  I realized that the mechanics I was kicking around were loosely similar to certain forms of rummy. I'm aware of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, JakeVanDam, Graham Walmsley, knicknevin, TroyLovesRPG.

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9/13/2007 Willow: Ethically Neutral Town Creation?
So, Dogs has it as a given that the players are the arbiter of morality right?  Yet in town creation, the GM passes judgement on a whole bunch of NPCs-…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, Danny_K, JC, Valamir, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

9/14/2007 Willow: [Ditv] Town- Zion's Stump
This wasn't written up using the normal town creation rules, but rather a method discussed under my Ethically Neutral Town Creation thread- http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24827.0 If you're in one of my Madison…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, Trevis Martin, lumpley.

9/26/2007 Willow: Oshcon Games on Demand: The Septathalon
(Crossposted over on www.grumblingdwarf.com) So, I've just got back from OshCon, up in Oshkosh Wisconsin, where Tim and I ran Games on Demand, where we lay out a whole bunch…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, Mike Holmes, John Harper, coffeestain.

9/29/2007 Willow: Use of SRD Text in a Published Product?
Hey all- I've been busy typing away on my manuscript for Awesome Adventures, a Fate 3.0 game, hoping to make this my first published product.  (And gaining yet more respect…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, greyorm, iago.

10/13/2007 Willow: It Was a Mutual Decision- Some Questions
I just got to try out IWaMD last night.  Good times were had, but there was some confusion about the rules and some awkwardness. 1)  How do those check mark…
In Adept Press
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards.

11/6/2007 Willow: Contracts for Art
It's been recommended to me that I get some contracts for myself and my artists. How do I do this?  Are there templates out there?  I know what rights I…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, pells, Ron Edwards, iago, Doc_Peck, rafael.

11/12/2007 Willow: Awesome Adventures needs Awesome Playtesters
Hey All- I'm developing a Fate 3.0 game called Awesome Adventures.  It's similar to Spirit of the Century, but with lighter, more focused rules, and no default setting.  If you…
In Connections
Participants: Willow.

11/26/2007 Willow: Articles for Wargame Design?
I've been pondering my next design, a hybrid wargame/rpg.  I'm pretty clear on where I want the rpg mechanics to be, but the wargame part is taking up more of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, Valamir, J Tolson, Simons.

1/4/2008 Willow: [The Hunger] Zombies, Vampires, Ghouls- Help My Idea Work
So, with Awesome Adventures finishing up and being ready soon, I'm setting my sights on my next project: The Hunger. The Hunger is a story-game about vampires.  The player characters…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, c, lumpley, GregStolze, masqueradeball, apeiron, Bret Gillan, Grinning Moon.

1/16/2008 Willow: Embedding Fonts
The Situation:  I'm doing my layout in Open Office.  It's what I know, it's what I have, and it's working for what I'm trying to do.  It also exports documents…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, Eero Tuovinen, Yokiboy, David Artman, OnnoTasler, btrc.

1/19/2008 Willow: Awesome Adventures- Cover Art HELP!
Here's my cover art as it stands currently:  http://www.willowpalecek.com/images/cover3.JPG (It looks better in an image program, without the white background of the cover on the white background of the browser.)…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, Selene Tan, Ken, MKAdams, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/21/2008 Willow: Llulu/Print on Demand File Formatting
So, when I upload my PDF file, which is the interior of the book, is the first page the inside of the cover, or is it the first physical paper…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards.

3/2/2008 Willow: Cute PDF Resizing Pages
Hey all- For Awesome Adventures, I set up my layout in Open Office, and exported to Cute PDF so I can upload it to Lulu.  What I've found, is that…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow.

4/14/2008 Willow: [Forge Midwest] Trollbabe- Player Choices, and a Question for Ron
At Forge Midwest, I finally got to play Trollbabe, which was ran by Ron himself.  Yay! For plot, Frunhilde, badass Trollbabe Axe-Warrior, found herself at Everyone's Inn, a haven for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, rafial, Arturo G., Alan, FredGarber.

7/18/2008 Willow: Best Dogs Towns?
I know there's a collection of towns, but there isn't much of a idea of what the towns are like, or if they play well. Any towns out there that…
In lumpley games
Participants: Willow, 5niper9, lumpley, cdr.

7/23/2008 Willow: [Warriors from the Mystic Mountain] Deeply Struggling With My Game
[url=http://willowrants.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/am-i-writing-the-wrong-game]Almost a year ago,[/url] I had the same doubts I am now experiencing.  In the past year, my system has crawled along.  I've worked on it, but it doesn't feel…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, jag, greyorm, StrongBadMun, dindenver, jasonm, visioNationstudios, SpoDaddy, Eero Tuovinen, chance.thirteen, Greg 1, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2008 Willow: Playtesting Misery Bubblegum
Tim and I recently got the deck of Misery Bubblegum cards, and looked over the rules & stuff. Tony, we're going to play on Tuesday.  Is there any specific questions…
In Playtesting
Participants: Willow, TonyLB.

10/8/2008 Willow: Sign In Stranger- Life on Zharm
So, we started up our game of Sign in Stranger today.  We used the playtest pdf from 2007 I found on the web, but used a few updates I recalled…
In Playtesting
Participants: Willow, Emily Care.

10/19/2008 Willow: First Thoughts: Dystopia, Personal Drama, and Die Pools- Setting and Rules Help
So, the idea for this setting came to me in a dream.  I rarely remember my dreams, so when I do, I know I've got something good. You've got an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Willow, VoidDragon.

10/28/2008 Willow: Layout for Dummies?
If you've read Awesome Adventures, you may have noticed that it's not the most beautifully laid out book.  That's because I laid it out myself, using Open Office. So, I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: Willow, iago, lev_lafayette, jerry, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton.

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