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1/10/2008 Paul Czege: My Life with Master: The Architecture of Protagonism
Hi all, The article I wrote about <i>My Life with Master</i> for <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262083566">Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media</a> (MIT Press, 2007) is <a href="http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson/protagonism">now up</a>…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege.

1/10/2008 JamesDJIII: [dogs] A question about Taking The Blow and fallout dice size
I'll post the AP for the Dogs game I ran with David Artman and another buddy later. Right now, I have questions! Situation is that David's dog makes a Raise…
In lumpley games
Participants: JamesDJIII, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, David Artman, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth.

1/10/2008 David Artman: Alternate Rules For Healer Fallout Dice
So, having heard that healer fallout is d4s (we ended a session in doubt), I have considered a few alternate fallout dice rules for healers, just for grins: Take the…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Artman, lumpley.

1/10/2008 Greymorn: Drifting toward a better Sim
Damn. I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted this thread. High time for an update! First, I can't thank you all enough for your help and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Greymorn, Noon, davidberg, Ron Edwards, dindenver, Caldis, contracycle, anansi, Silmenume.

1/10/2008 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Three Ladies
I got a chance to playtest Business Solutions last night with my regular Wednesday night group.  We were down by two due to childbirth and sickness respectively, so three guys…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, GreatWolf.

1/10/2008 ODDin: Creating My Character an Interesting Situation - Director Stance in Sim?
This issue arised while I was talking with a friend of mine about the GNS and our prefernces. At first, she said she was likely a Simulationist who enjoys a…
In Actual Play
Participants: ODDin, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2007 Philippe Tromeur: One-page RPG's: once a week!
[quote author=Philippe Tromeur link=topic=23516.msg244963#msg244963 date=1197934780]I'll write 52 1-page RPGs next year, one per week...[/quote]In fact, since I'll post them on Mondays, there will be 53 games : http://tromeur.com/53/
In Endeavor
Participants: Philippe Tromeur, Ron Edwards, Eldrad, Emily Care, GregStolze, LukeSineath, Noon, maldito.

1/9/2008 GreatWolf: [A Flower for Mara] Jump-starting the game
"She died that night.  She was the light of my days, the glory of my existence, cut down like a flower in the prime of her life.  And now I…
In Playtesting
Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, jasonm, Noon.

1/9/2008 Ranko: Sorcerer Without Demons, Magic Or Demons
For a while now I keep thinking and rethinking Sorceror. There is an undefined bug going around my head and I can't make it stop. I keep thinking about Sorceror…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ranko, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin, smonsoon.

1/9/2008 ctone: Considering Buying Fae Noir - Combat question
As the topic says, I am considering buying Fae Noir.  My favorite part of gaming is combat, and I like my games to be fast and furious.  I was reading…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: ctone, JustinB.

1/9/2008 lumpley: Mr foot, welcome to mouthville (an interview)
A couple weeks ago Rob Bohl interviewed me about In a Wicked Age, and now he's put the interview up online: The Independent Insurgency Episode 002. I'm happy to answer…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Nathaniel, John Harper, RobNJ, sirogit, GreatWolf, Wolfen, Artanis.

1/9/2008 apparition13: SW D6 Dogfights (split)
[quote author=contracycle link=topic=24843.msg242110#msg242110 date=1192025486] Hmm, the presumption that once you have caught someone you should retain that status appears strong and recurrent, too intuitive to resist.  It may be something…
In Actual Play
Participants: apparition13, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

1/9/2008 Morrius: Generic Game Engine - Impulse RPG
Hi there.  I've been working on my own generic system for a while now, and I've managed to build it up into something fairly substantial.  On a whim, I made…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Morrius, Ron Hammack, dindenver, Noon, Necromagvs.

1/9/2008 Melinglor: Mother-May-I and 20 questions: Games GMs play
A little over a year ago, in the thread Drugs, hugs, knives, and Zu, Ron was talking about some GMing techniques and principles, and he said…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, David Artman, Noon, contracycle, Ron Hammack, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Gaerik.

1/9/2008 arthurtuxedo: [Tensided] Serenity Springs
Session start is about a quarter of the way down. Chat log for Session 1. Played August 7, 2005. Serenity Springs was the first campaign to use the new superhero…
In Actual Play
Participants: arthurtuxedo, Noon.

1/9/2008 walruz: Range-based system for duels
Note: I'm not interested in discussing the merits with rules light systems vs rules heavy systems, and I don't want to step on any toes by bringing up GNS theory.…
In First Thoughts
Participants: walruz, contracycle, dindenver, Hereward The Wake.

1/8/2008 Murrquan: D20 Variant for Kids and Console RPG Gamers
It's yet another d20 variant! This one is going to be based on Mongoose Publishing's OGL System, however, allowing it to contain character creation and levelling rules out of the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Murrquan, Noon, David C, masqueradeball.

1/8/2008 David Artman: Why Relationships With People?
Or, to be more specific, why would I ever want to establish my unassigned Relationship dice with an individual in a particular Town? OK, I see the basic benefit of…
In lumpley games
Participants: David Artman, Ben Lehman, devonapple, lumpley, zornwil, Noclue.

1/8/2008 GreatWolf: [Grey Ranks] Joyriding in tanks and other skylarks that will get you killed
Our Friday night group sat down and planned out the next stretch of roleplaying that we’re going to do.  We agreed to give Grey Ranks a whirl and then head…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, Valamir.

1/8/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - AP-based rules questions.
Hi John, These questions come straight out of my experience on the Island of Skyros. 1. It became apparent that since Players are free to angle towards contests that they…
In one.seven design
Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

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1/11/2008 chronoplasm: Hi! First RPG: Pathodyne.
Hi! I'm new here. I'm also fairly new to the experience of creating my own RPG (played quite a few, made my own settings but always with out of the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Phil.

1/11/2008 devonapple: [Dogs/Afraid]
In "Afraid," I am assuming it is implicit that the Victims are all developed with the same Stats/Traits/Belongings/Bonds as other NPCs, yes?  The sections on developing Slaves and Acolytes mention…
In lumpley games
Participants: devonapple, lumpley.

1/10/2008 Spikey: Noir: What Does it Mean?
Hey Justin. An apology back at you for my own delay in posting. I have been in similar straights and was snowed under. Also, I cannot reply to the PM…
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: Spikey, JustinB, ctone, Caesar_X, Dunefan, Thenomain.

1/11/2008 Marshall Burns: [Super Action Now!] Bubba Bad's bad day, + hobo clones & son of sasquatch
Playtest #2 of Super Action Now! last night.  Did I say the first one was a blast?  Well, I was wrong.  THIS was a blast.  I mean, DAMN we had…
In Playtesting
Participants: Marshall Burns, davidberg, Noon, jag.

1/12/2008 Nev the Deranged: Seminar on the impact of Forgeish theory stuff on online social gaming
I'll save the story of how I ran across this, but I found it interesting. It's a seminar, held on M*U*S*H (an online massively multiplayer text based social environment), about…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

1/12/2008 chronoplasm: Hi! New here. Heres the last D&D game I played.
Now, I can't remember my stats exactly, but I was a rogue/bard named Neviik. I recall getting into a lot of arguments with my DM (Richard) over my character's backstory.…
In Actual Play
Participants: chronoplasm, sirelfinjedi, Caldis, Noon, Noclue, masqueradeball, Valvorik, Selene Tan, contracycle.

1/12/2008 Adral: [TSoY] Doubts about using keys
Hello everyone, I am thinking on running a TSoY campaign soon enough, but I really cannot understand properly a certain section of the rules regarding the Keys. The section in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Adral, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/12/2008 Landon Darkwood: [In a Wicked Age] Setting and events...
Vincent, I noticed that the current draft of IAWA sort of leaves out or glosses over all the discussion about setting elements that was in your 'Creating Situation: a practical…
In lumpley games
Participants: Landon Darkwood, lumpley, John Harper, Nathaniel, DainXB.

1/12/2008 sirelfinjedi: Wizards vs. Supers
I usually run a d20 game set in a super-fantasy world where the heroes - generally having super-powers - face an occasional wizard. For a few years now I've been…
In First Thoughts
Participants: sirelfinjedi, chronoplasm, Dormammu.

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.

1/12/2008 Capulet: First Con as Publisher, Looking for Advice
Hello all. Well, I've sprung for my first table at my first con (Con of the North). I'm seeking general advice as to make the most of the experience. My…
In Conventions
Participants: Capulet, M. J. Young, JustinB, GreatWolf.

1/13/2008 guildofblades: Any Linux Server Experts?
Hi Everyone, Anyone here know the ins and outs of setting up a linux server? We've been setting up a linux (ubuntu) server that we're hoping to migrate our online…
In Connections
Participants: guildofblades.

1/13/2008 devonapple: [Afraid] Cthulhu Live conversion - feedback appreciated
I am converting a Cthulhu Live plot into the Afraid system, and I wanted any feedback: http://www.hyperwerx.net/cthulhu/script_jontomes.html I'm having trouble assigning traits and bonds.  Here's what I have so far:…
In lumpley games
Participants: devonapple.

1/13/2008 Thomas Lawrence: [In A Wicked Age] IRC Play
[url=http://wiki.stryck.com/InAWickedAge/ChapterOne]http://wiki.stryck.com/InAWickedAge/ChapterOne[/url] (At the above link, find the in-character logs, plus a list of character ideas an the oracles used, for the first session of the game.) So, I play a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thomas Lawrence.

1/13/2008 algi: Please play 'Mighty Ones'
[url=http://"http://algi.web.elte.hu/rpg/teszt/mighty_test.pdf"]This is my first "complete" RPG[/url], but it is not yet fully developed. The last playtest left the notion in me that the game is already very enjoyable and highly…
In Playtesting
Participants: algi, greyorm, Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Kevin Smit.

1/14/2008 Sonja: Adapt to TMNT?
How easy would it be to play a TMNT game using the Capes system? Any ideas on how to implement?
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sonja, TheCzech.

1/14/2008 Noon: [No name yet] Dance of death
This is kind of an extension of this playtest, except I've added two player rules which add a very distinct dynamic. My son set up the area again, getting some…
In Playtesting
Participants: Noon, Marshall Burns, davidberg, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid.

1/14/2008 Willem: [PTA] Storms of Hokkaido
Hey. Played my first PTA game this evening. I've just started experimenting with indie role playing games after not having played one of any kind for about 15+ years. I've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Willem.

1/14/2008 MKAdams: Conflicted About Multiplayer Conflicts
I'm in the process of designing a "story-telling game."  The game is set in a generic European low fantasy setting that recalls Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: MKAdams, VoidDragon, sirelfinjedi.

1/14/2008 VoidDragon: Pawning NPCs to Crunch up Social Conflict
Greetings, all. Lately I've been working on a game where players: i. Choose what drives their character into conflict ii. Contribute to the conflict of other players by hitting these…
In First Thoughts
Participants: VoidDragon, Noon, Vulpinoid.

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