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2/18/2008 Mel_White: SOTC at Dreamation
Pardon the self-promotion, but I can't help but point to the latest episode of Virtual Play.  I use the Spirit of the Century adventure "Rex Rich and the Warlord of…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Mel_White.

2/18/2008 Troels: [TSoFading Suns] Secrets and Mysteries
Yesterday, my Shadow of Fading Suns group played the second round (third session) of our Science Fantasy intrigue campaign. We use the system of The Shadow of Yesterday, but the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Troels, Ron Edwards, Kevin Smit, pfischer.

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.

2/18/2008 Marshall Burns: [kill puppies for satan] the terror of Consequence
So, the other night, my group had just wrapped up a Super Action Now! scenario (the first one to span over one session), and we still had a couple hours…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marshall Burns, lumpley.

2/18/2008 Alan: How to create an Oracle?
Over at Story Games I started a discussion aimed at creating a complete Oracle with images derived from Robert Howard's Conan stories ( Help me create a Conan Oracle…
In lumpley games
Participants: Alan, DainXB.

2/18/2008 JackConrad: Open License...
I am curious how many independent artists and/or publishers out there have tried to produce and release work under an open license; that is, how many of said individuals released…
In Publishing
Participants: JackConrad, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/17/2008 theMonk: Game Diaries
Since starting my rpg over a year ago, I've been keeping a game diary to capture some of the creative process along the way.  I was wondering, however, if anyone…
In First Thoughts
Participants: theMonk, fig, jasonm, brainwipe.

2/17/2008 Age of Fable: The All-Seeing Eye - the classic game you've never heard of.
Hi, Just for fun, I've put the rules for a retro-clone game on my website. European gamers in particular may find it familiar. It's at www.apolitical.info/webgame/eye
In First Thoughts
Participants: Age of Fable, Vulpinoid, Rafu.

2/17/2008 Alan: [IaWA] Question on Consequences
In a chapter yesterday at ConQuest story games lounge, I GMed this situation: An NPC priestess declared that she and Balthior, a PC pass through a marriage arch and say…
In lumpley games
Participants: Alan, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Christopher Kubasik, Ben Lehman.

2/17/2008 angelfromanotherpin: [Dictionary of Mu] Alone against the Khan of Khans!
This is the second session of the game whose first session is described here.  So, it was another no-prep session, riding the Dictionary's inspiration.  When we left Vornorin and Ket,…
In Actual Play
Participants: angelfromanotherpin.

2/16/2008 fig: perception
To me, perception-based skills always walked the line between being mentally and physically based. On one hand, being blind or deaf is a physical condition. On the other, a dim-witted…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig, chronoplasm, OnnoTasler, Axe4Eye, VoidDragon, Alfryd, Peter Nordstrand.

2/16/2008 rycanada: [Wicked] PStr question
I kind of get the difference but have had a hard time explaining it to players. What is the difference between what you should write in the Description of a…
In lumpley games
Participants: rycanada, lumpley.

2/16/2008 Trevis Martin: Yet another IAWA Question and Love Fest
Well not a fest exactly, but it sounded more dramatic that way. Vincent, thanks for this game.  My two friends and I had a great time playing tonight and it…
In lumpley games
Participants: Trevis Martin, lumpley, Valvorik.

2/16/2008 Corsair1564: GameStorm 2008 release 02/02/08
The Northwest’s Premiere Social and Strategic Games Convention March 28-30, 2008 Red Lion on the Quay, Vancouver WA Game Storm Gathering Strength in the Northwest Portland metro area bracing for…
In Conventions
Participants: Corsair1564, Ron Edwards.

2/15/2008 Keiko: Story Tokens
Do players have any Story Tokens when a game first begins? (the first session of a new game).
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Keiko, 1of3, JohnUghrin, TheCzech, Gaerik, TonyLB.

2/15/2008 Dunefan: Soundtrack
Any recommendations for a soundtrack/background music to a Fae Noir game?
In Green Fairy Games
Participants: Dunefan.

2/15/2008 sirogit: [Mortal Coil]Black Pegacorn
INSTIGATION Near the end of my previous roleplaying game, I asked my girlfriend what sort of game would be good. She said "Changeling sounds really neat!". I talked to her…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, Lord_Steelhand, Madheretic.

2/15/2008 mooeythecow: Steam: A game of beautiful logic.
I'm new here but heres an idea I'm working on My original post at RPG.net I've always been a logical ordered person, and I know that doesn't help for making…
In First Thoughts
Participants: mooeythecow, Velcanthus.

2/15/2008 Thor: [Loqui] the system-y stuff
At the end of last year, I promised my gaming group that we would only play one setting this year. We had played a different Game/Setting/Character every session and they…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Thor.

2/14/2008 davidberg: [Swashbuckler] Big Model describes boardgame?
I played the Swashbuckler boardgame with my dad a lot when I was maybe 10-13 years old.  It's a game where you have a board filled with objects, and you…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, SirValence.

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2/19/2008 Mick Bradley: A Harping Monkey and His Lovely Wife Want to Edit Your Manuscript!
Hi, I'm Mick Bradley from the Harping Monkey Web site. I'm diving deeper and deeper into the whole indie-hippie-story games scene and based on some encouragement from recent self-publishing seminars…
In Connections
Participants: Mick Bradley, jasonm.

2/19/2008 GreatWolf: [A Flower for Mara] Actual Play videos
When we playtested A Flower for Mara last month, we videotaped the whole thing.  I'm still working on assembling footage, but these are approximately the first half of the game:…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf.

2/19/2008 masqueradeball: A Language for "The Package"
I've really been thinking about SIM play a lot lately and one thing that struck me is that creating a group language for how define a package might be a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: masqueradeball, Ron Edwards, Rich F, davidberg, Marshall Burns.

2/19/2008 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] The Durham Crew
(Cross-posted at Story Games) We played the first three chapters of Grey Ranks last night – me, Clinton, Remi, and Joe. Our plan is to play a complete, ten chapter…
In Actual Play
Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, fjj, Mk1.

2/19/2008 fig: scaling attributes and skills
I have two tiers of attributes and one of skills that I’m trying to get to play nice together. I’ll explain what I have so far, and then why it…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig, Catalyst N.

2/19/2008 Geoff Hall: [Anarchy] Charatcer creation questions
Okay, so a bit of background.  A long time ago now (really, we're talking well over a year) I started to work vaguely on a game called Anarchy.  I even…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Geoff Hall, Grinning Moon.

2/19/2008 fig: Combat Schools
This is the premise on which I’m currently operating. This is predominantly for a low-fantasy medieval setting, but it will carry over (at least in principle) to a modern setting…
In First Thoughts
Participants: fig, jasonm, JustinB, opsneakie, Ben Lehman, walruz, Creatures of Destiny, Llogres, Latigo.

2/19/2008 Morte: [Shock]
Hi, I've been reading through Shock 1.1 getting ready to play my first game on Sunday. There are a few things I'd like to clarify. 1. Can more than one…
In glyphpress
Participants: Morte, nikola, newsalor, Nocker.

2/19/2008 Gabe McKean: Scenario generator for sci-fi action game
I've started thinking about designing a science-fiction action game, possibly using d20 (specifically D&D 4th edition, which is coming out in a few months) as the basis to start working…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gabe McKean, Everspinner, brainwipe, Age of Fable, greyorm.

2/19/2008 Yokiboy: [Dirty Secrets] Print Issues?
Hello, Is it just my version of Dirty Secrets or do the rest of you have doubles of pages 53-54 and 127-128 as well? TTFN, Yoki
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Yokiboy, GreatWolf.

2/20/2008 Marshall Burns: [Nicotine Girls] Wow. Ouch. Wow.
Paul, I just wanted to let you know that I just read Nicotine Girls, and it's brilliant.  So brilliant that I don't think I'll ever be able to play it. …
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Marshall Burns, jburneko, Wolfen, Paul Czege.

2/20/2008 Axe4Eye: Destroy your EGO. Size matters not, or does it?
[b]I need help with a Body/Size/Strength/etc. stat[/b].  I have experimented with a lot of Ideas over the years.  I need it to be universal, like Mayfair's MEGS system (covers an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Axe4Eye, Ron Edwards, Creatures of Destiny, chronoplasm, MKAdams.

2/20/2008 hix: [In a Wicked Age] Help me understand dice matching
I'm enjoying reading through the game, but the "Dice, Action & Consequences" chapter still baffles me after several readings. My basic confusion is whether the person who is answering compares…
In lumpley games
Participants: hix, Eliarhiman6, Alan, Wolfen, lumpley.

2/20/2008 Eliarhiman6: [Contenders] Confused by the only connection
Hi! I am going to play CONTENDERS this saturday, and I am confused by the rules for the "connection scenes" at page 23. Previously (page 13) the manual says that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy.

2/20/2008 rafael: Looking for a MySpace guru
My current MySpace page needs a revision. If you can build me a new one from scratch, I will give you a free copy of my game (and a free…
In Connections
Participants: rafael.

2/20/2008 _haroharo_: System is Completed and Being Playtested -What Now?
  The main reason I am here is because I hAve created an RPG system which I want to somehow sell to the masses whether that be through PDF, print-on-demand,…
In Publishing
Participants: _haroharo_, lachek.

2/20/2008 williamhessian: my first post, my CCG, and pictures!
this is my first post. i am so excited to find this forum (i found it by searching google). In the last ten years i have designed 4 CCG (or…
In Publishing
Participants: williamhessian, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, _haroharo_, Willow, masqueradeball, btrc.

2/20/2008 jburneko: [OrcCon 2008][Spione] Hey, it worked again!
So, I ran Spione in the 8pm Sunday slot of OrcCon here in Los Angeles.  It worked out really well again.  Hey, that's two successful runs of a Ron Edwards…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

2/20/2008 Capulet: Post Con of the North 2008
Or, What I learned at my first Con as an indie game publisher. Follow up to: "First Con as Publisher, Looking for Advice" (Full blog post with photos: http://othercourt.livejournal.com/ )…
In Conventions
Participants: Capulet.

2/21/2008 MKAdams: Use These Dice!
So I was looking at some of the stranger dice available on the market, and I found these: Double Dice.  They're translucent, hollow dice with a smaller opaque die inside,…
In Endeavor
Participants: MKAdams, GreatWolf, Nev the Deranged, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid, Solamasa, Valamir, _haroharo_, sirogit, davidberg, newsalor, Kevin Smit, hix, Artanis, GregStolze, Marshall Burns.

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