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8/15/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto Takes on FanPro Expo (Toronto)
Who: IndieRPG Toronto will be there represented by Erik Weissengruber, Dave Lucas, and Mark Muller The Where and When: When: Friday, August 24, 2007, 4:00 PM 20070824T200000Z Where: Metro Toronto…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/12/2007 epweissengruber: CAPES Toronto: Superdungeon Adventures
I remember reading a post where a D&D fan proposed treating high-powered characters as veritable superheroes. So I went with that and proposed a Superdungeon Avengers session for our next…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: epweissengruber, Gaerik.

8/3/2007 epweissengruber: Capes in Toronto -- Underground Comix instead of "Greater Evil"
IndieRPG Toronto was all fired up to do the "Greater Evil" scenario.  But the facilitator couldn't make it and we were down to two players.  This is what we came…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: epweissengruber.

6/19/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto moving to Yahoo.
IndieRPG Toronto is migrating from Meetup to Yahoo. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/indierpgtoronto/
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

5/23/2007 epweissengruber: Indie RPG Toronto Takes on Universalis: AGAINST THE 13th REICH!
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998 We had a good experience with the game and I hope to pull it out again for our next social meeting.
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber.

5/21/2007 epweissengruber: Universalis and IndieRPG Toronto: Against the 13th Reich
The full details of our tenents, etc. can be found here: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998 - feel: Buck Rodgers Raygun Sci-Fi Tenents * Science-fictiony space adventure * Buck Rodgers Rockets and tight 1-piece…
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, rycanada, Tony Irwin, Valvorik.

4/11/2007 epweissengruber: [Sorcerer One Sheet]
These are the first steps towards a one-sheet for IndieRPG Toronto.  Comments welcome Life Under the Double Sun - j"stone age" post-apocalypse, coming out of ice age and hurtling towards…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2007 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 27 (Toronto, Canada) February 23-25
Pandemonium 24 http://www.warhorn.net/pandemoniumconvention24/ Pre-Registration is now open! Register for your events before February 9, 2007 and you will receive our pre-registration price of $30 for the entire weekend. Registration after…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, Hans.

11/15/2006 epweissengruber: DitV -- applicable quote from Georges Bataille
These quotes come from the "Chance" section of the French post-surrealist's book Guilty: "  If Good didn't question itself it would be the judge's power of execution.   Take Good…
In lumpley games
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/30/2006 epweissengruber: Burning Wheel in Toronto: Fantasy Japan Setting
If anyone is interested, IndieRPG Toronto will be starting up a BW game:  Original thread: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/boards/view/viewthread?thread=2348962 Here is the spiel.  If you are interested, PM me here or sign up…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: epweissengruber.

10/12/2006 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 2006
IndieRPG Toronto will be running a series of indie games and demos at the upcoming Pandemonium convention in Toronto. Volunteer to run a game or just show up to play. …
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

9/17/2006 epweissengruber: Template for Generic Heroquest Character Backgrounds
I am hoping to run a Heroquest setting with heavy player input.  That means generation of homelands, professions, common magic, etc. I am hoping to have fairly experienced characters too,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, soru, Vaxalon.

8/19/2006 epweissengruber: [Heroquest Genericized] Kung-fu and Sci-Fi Game in Toronto
Erik Weissengrube here. I am opening a thread for discussion of the games I ran at the Toronto Roleplayers Alliance's "Fun Day" The two games were - Kung-fu Assault on…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber.

8/15/2006 epweissengruber: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
I will be running a Space Opera take on The Well of Souls shortly. I have posted my notes and my character sheets here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Space%20Opera%20and%20Well%20of%20Souls/ The labels allow players to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Der_Renegat.

8/13/2006 epweissengruber: HQ and the Mountain Witch setup.
I love the mechanics of this ronin-meets-Resevoir Dogs game: http://www.timfire.com/MountainWitch/MW_resources.html It's a great way to capture the play between trust and betrayal in samurai movies, westerns, and dark action stories.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

8/3/2006 epweissengruber: Collaborative Setting and NPC Creation for A Heroquest Conspiracy Game
Hi, I tried to set up a campaign based in the Lunar Empire but it fizzled.  I came up with some very elaborate setting-creation plans under the inspiration of Vincent…
In HeroQuest
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes.

7/22/2006 epweissengruber: [Donjon] Dice Probabilities
One of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has done a good job of breaking down the dice probabilities of Donjon.  I, Erik Weissengruber, Lord Grand Pooh Bah of Indie RPG…
In CRN Games
Participants: epweissengruber, Hans, Sonja.

7/3/2006 epweissengruber: Phantasm 15 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Torontonians, Eastern Ontarians, Quebecois, and Ottawanians!  Get down to Peterborough for Phantasm 15! Phantasm is held September 23rd & 24th, 2006 Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Midnight Sunday 10:00 AM…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber, eyebeams, Ned, Mister Hoppe, walkerp.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [Cascadia] IndieRPG Toronto playtests an (anti-)Pool variant
Joshua, one of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has us experiment with a new game that adds a narrative structure and a linked resource management mechanic to the (Anti-)Pool variant.…
In Playtesting
Participants: epweissengruber, jaw6, cpeterso.

4/18/2006 epweissengruber: [MLwM] My Appartment Con
Toronto IndieRPG Group played a session of MLwM during the Easter Break Con. at my pad. We tried to do a 1-shot using the recommendations in the rulebook: high fear,…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Paul Czege, two_fishes, Michael S. Miller.

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10/4/2007 epweissengruber: Bringing Uncanny Horror to the Gaming Table [Gumshoe Rules]
I am prepping a horror game and would like anyone's input to the challenges such a game poses to all participants. I am playtesting Hite’s Trail of Cthulhu, which adapts…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Noon, Danny_K, David Artman, Graham Walmsley, LostSoul, Pelgrane, Ron Edwards.

11/26/2007 epweissengruber: [Inspectres] A marial arts metaphor for Inspectres game play
IndieRPG Toronto has started up an Inspectres mini-campaign. Play reports and characters will be available here: (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/indierpgtoronto/message/439) One of our players came up with a martial arts metaphor to describe…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Artanis.

11/26/2007 epweissengruber: Ice-O-Hedron: a mid-winter d20 mini-con
This is a proposal.  Hopefully some Torontonians get back to me and/or I get some feedback on the potential of this proposal to gather players. ********************************************************************** I haven't seen any…
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/27/2007 epweissengruber: Ice-O-Hedron: a mid-winter d20 mini-con
Ice-O-Hedron: a mid-winter d20 mini-con This is a proposal.  Hopefully some Torontonians get back to me and/or I get some feedback on the potential of this proposal to gather players.…
In Conventions
Participants: epweissengruber.

7/1/2010 epweissengruber: Sorcerer and Steam
I am setting up the basics for a Sorcerer session at an upcoming convention.  It will be a 2-parter: Part 1 will be the set-up of a 1 sheet and…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2010 epweissengruber: [Freemarket] X-Altar and the Arts of Memory and of Promotion
On Thursday the 12 I and 3 friends started up a short run of Freemarket.  I am scheduled to run it at an upcoming convention and wanted to get familiar…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Paul T, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, lachek.

9/14/2010 epweissengruber: In this Sign I Conquer: Story Game of Galactic Conquest
I want to see a game where the GM is a referee between two species competing for domination of the Galaxy. The inspirations are * Theory from the Closet's interview…
In First Thoughts
Participants: epweissengruber, stefoid, contracycle, Gregor Hutton.

10/4/2010 epweissengruber: How can a SS-derived system make failure interesting?
Hey Eero, I was thinking of setting up a game where players were in competition with each other. When one teams obtains its objectives, I wanted the characters to be…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: epweissengruber, Eero Tuovinen, Courage75, mreuther.

10/13/2010 epweissengruber: [WoD & Exalted] Currency and Dice Pools
After a session of Sorcerer a player and I got into a casual discussion of dice probabilities and system. His contention was that in the recent White Wolf WoD games,…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Abkajud, Noon, SamuelRiv, Eero Tuovinen, Filip Luszczyk.

10/28/2010 epweissengruber: [In this Sign, Conquer] Toronto Area Gamers Playtest
The setting: 2nd floor of a restaurant with 5 sets of RPG ers getting down.  D&D, WoD High Fantasy, Deliria, .44, and ItSic. I am not presenting the game to…
In Game Development
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/10/2010 epweissengruber: Wanted: Play-by-post Playtesters for "In this Sign, Conquer"
I am hoping to get 8 persons to help me work out the conflict and scene mechanics for ItSiC. The central visual display for the conflict and various modes for…
In Connections
Participants: epweissengruber.

1/7/2011 epweissengruber: [Freemarket] X-Altar Puts on a Big Show
I am opening up a thread for a 1-shot extension of a short Freemarket run I conducted back in August. On the agenda: - drawing attention to the memory upgrade…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/7/2011 epweissengruber: [DFRPG] Occult Toronto
Opening up a thread about the Dresden Files game I am running and am setting in Toronto. Heavy on the supernatural, but with low-powered PCs.  Promises to be a challenge…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, pkalata, Paiku, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, jburneko, Roger, Porterhaus.

10/27/2011 epweissengruber: Crowdfunding, from the Computer Gaming Industry
I have seen the kickstarter method work well. But this article suggest ways to integrate fundraising with promotion. http://tinyurl.com/3fgp2q8 Hope it is of use.
In Publishing
Participants: epweissengruber.

11/9/2011 epweissengruber: FATE Actual Plays: How Differently Does Diaspora Play Out
A recent thread on Dresden Files brought up comments on the paucity of FATE discussion at the Forge.  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30851.0 In that thread I outlined what functional FATE/SotC Gm-ing might look…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber.

1/9/2012 epweissengruber: [Heroquest 2] Pass/Fail and Setting-Heavy Story Now
Can it be done? My first thoughts are here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/for-clan-kin-and-the-gods/wikis/first-thoughts These are in preparation for an HQ2 campaign I am trying to start up.
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Web_Weaver, JoyWriter.

4/24/2012 epweissengruber: Back to Basics: Relationship of Commitment to Initial Intent and Defections
I had a good run of Sorcerer games.  But I still do not have the relationship of the mechanics down; this, despite Christopher Kubasic's notes on playing Sorcerer. Bear with…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

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