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3/5/2008 lumpley: [Poison'd] Burning down Cartegena
This is about a problem with Poison'd that Ralph raised, here. I have zero interest in talking right now about how well the text communicates. I'm going to go back…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Piers Brown, rafial.

3/1/2008 lumpley: For Rafial: interesting play in Poison'd
Here's the conversation so far: Okay I had gotten as far as:  If the system is handing back results to the fiction, then if Dirty Pete…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, rafial.

2/11/2008 lumpley: [GenCon Indy 08] kicked out of the Forge Booth nest?
Don't panic. You can still be in a booth in the exhibitors' hall at GenCon if you want to. You have a couple of choices. Choice 1: make your own…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, iago, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/6/2008 lumpley: Persuasion rules
Here's an old friend of mine. He's speaking of In a Wicked Age but it's a great general topic across my games: So there's no mechanic…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Troels, PorterO, Valvorik, Aman the Rejected, David Artman.

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.

1/7/2008 lumpley: [Mispent Youth] Five predictions about Rebekah, Molly and Larry
Rebekah, 14, played by Julia: "new kid." Molly, 16, played by Meg: "hardened cynic." Larry, 16, played by Vincent: "den mother." Mispent Youth, GMed by Rob. Before the predictions, some…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, RobNJ, Paka, jenskot.

1/2/2008 lumpley: In a Wicked Age now preorderable
Anybody feels like preordering In a Wicked Age, you can, here. Or you can click the link just to see the cover illustration. I'm proud of it. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Yokiboy, kallisti_dk, Nev the Deranged.

12/28/2007 lumpley: [IaWA] A genetic nanopotion, mind tricks and Han Solo as a lesbian
Me, Emily, Julia and Rob Bohl played space opera In a Wicked Age last night. It was fun. It was set on this aquatic alien planet with increasingly bad relations…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Anders, RobNJ, Emily Care, foucalt.

12/14/2007 lumpley: With combined race and class, choose from 7 unique character types!
I've been playing D&D with some kids, ages 7-12. It's fun, but, well, there are a couple of ways D&D works that I wish it worked differently. So I set…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, GreatWolf, jasonm, Nev the Deranged, Paul T, Elizabeth, Filip Luszczyk, Artanis, Tobias, John Harper.

9/4/2007 lumpley: Tomato Judgment in the Garden Kingdom
(This is my last GenCon play writeup for the year. The others are non-nostalgic D&D, Ganakagok AP, and GenCon Poison'd, but you don't get the whole story.) Not…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, Meguey, ironick, GB Steve, wunderllama, RobNJ, Elliott.

9/4/2007 lumpley: GenCon Poison'd, but you don't get the whole story
Me, Rich, Julia, John, Matt. Some other people watching for some of it, Julie, Ben, Ram. I was the GM. If you weren't at the table with us, then some…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, John Harper, contracycle, Ron Edwards, drnuncheon, wreckage, Parthenia, Matt Wilson, Temple.

8/24/2007 lumpley: Poison'd errata and Q&A
I've just posted a cruel fortune change and some GM techniques on my blog, here, check it out. I welcome questions either here in the lumpley games forum or there…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, rafial, markus_cz, Temple, Willow, coffeestain, Ignotus, phargle.

8/22/2007 lumpley: non-nostalgic D&D
I never played D&D. I played some AD&D 2E in college but it was hardly even a thing, it was all GM handwaving and <i>role-</i>, not roll-. But now it's…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, rafael, James_Nostack, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Gugliandalf, TonyLB, Eliarhiman6, GreatWolf, Parthenia, greyorm, TwoCrows, GB Steve.

7/27/2007 lumpley: Dogs fans: wanna see something cool?
[url=http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=117]Fair Game: Designing for Dogs[/url] -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, JC, David Artman, The Bane, Andrew Morris, Meguey, Ben Lehman.

5/14/2007 lumpley: The new server: banned words
The Forge's new server, by default, disallows posts containing certain spam-common words. I don't know the exact list of words; all I know is that I just had a post…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley.

5/3/2007 lumpley: [psi run] cold and rainy in San Francisco
Meg, Emily, Julia and I played Psi Run last night. I GMed. Meg's character, Charlotte: What's in the box that's handcuffed to my wrist? Who is Donovan? Where are my…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, chris_moore, Caesar_X, Parthenia, michael lingner.

2/26/2007 lumpley: Three things I'm really enjoying about my Mountain Witch character
Before I tell you the three things, this: instead of samurai, we're a high-end circus freak show, and instead of climbing Mt Fuji to kill the Mountain Witch, we're touring…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Parthenia, John Harper, Nev the Deranged, Simon C.

8/15/2006 lumpley: DitV town challenge: massive supernatural carnage
The rules: Create a town and post it in this thread. Crank the supernatural up as far as you can. If your towns are usually supernatural-high, crank this one up…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon, iconoplast, oliof, Eliarhiman6, ffilz, David Laurence, jburneko.

7/28/2006 lumpley: GenCon Booth - Awards Banner
[quote author=abzu link=topic=20622.msg214869#msg214869 date=1154097391] Also, I think we* should put a display together similar to what Vincent had last year -- the hanging panels that described Dogs and its accolades.…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, Paka, Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman, timfire, Nathan P., jasonm, Valamir, btrc, Paul Czege, Dantai, c, Emily Care, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

7/3/2006 lumpley: [DitV] I should stop getting my friends shot
...Because this most recent time, it was scary. They both lived, but if there hadn't been a big, excellent midwife nearby they'd both be dead now, and it'd be all…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Noon, Parthenia, Meguey.

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3/25/2008 lumpley: Why you don't roll two particular strengths
I've been saying "because it reduces the value of the advantage die." But what I really mean is, "so that there's still doubling on round 1 and (especially, given the…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, rycanada.

3/28/2008 lumpley: Calendar Trial Period
I've enabled the forum's calendar function. You can see a link up there at the top of the screen underneath the Forge logo. I clicked on and off some arbitrary…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Troy_Costisick, David Artman, Artanis.

4/17/2008 lumpley: [IaWA] Breaking Bad Habits
Bad for In a Wicked Age, that is. All of them are good habits for other games, variously. These are some rules restrictions I recommend if you're having trouble breaking…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Valvorik, jburneko, Troels, Mike Holmes, Alan, GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, Brand_Robins, oliof, Peter Nordstrand, David Artman, jenskot, Eliarhiman6, Jonathan Walton, Marshall Burns, Piers Brown, John Harper, Noclue, Valamir.

9/1/2008 lumpley: New Poison'd PDFs
Hey Poison'd people, the first edition PDFs are now online. Go back and download them afresh. There's also a nice Poison'd character sheet here that you can use. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Yokiboy, higgins.

9/12/2008 lumpley: The recent outage
Hey so we were out recently, then we came back, and there was a database error. It lasted most of the day today. I give it a 9 in 10…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley.

10/9/2008 lumpley: Storming the Wizard's Tower playtest rules
I've put the playtest rules for Storming the Wizard's Tower online. They're here: www.lumpley.com/storming/. If you haven't heard of Storming the Wizard's Tower, it's my own personal take on D&D.…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

10/11/2008 lumpley: The Bad Service
Hey. This thing where the forge is not connecting intermittently all day for two-going-on-three days now? It's a thing. The webhost knows about the problem, has identified the cause, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley.

11/3/2008 lumpley: Have we already reached everyone?
Here's Jesse from another thread: ...what I've observed is a general attitude that "everyone who can be reached, has been reached."  ...just last con I ran…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, preludetotheend, Cynthia Celeste Miller, iago, Pelgrane, Jake Richmond, greyorm, guildofblades, Valamir, jburneko, eyebeams, Ron Edwards.

11/11/2008 lumpley: Announcing: the Indie Rpgs Un-store
Hi everybody. I'm launching a new service here under the banner of indie-rpgs.com. It's the indie rpgs un-store, and it lives at games.indie-rpgs.com. Go, check it out. Be sure to…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Eero Tuovinen, wunderllama, Artanis, Hituro, guildofblades.

12/10/2008 lumpley: Apocalypse World: Mary and Roark
Apocalypse World was SO FUCKING GOOD last night. Julia's character Mary let Roark and Birdie loose. I can't possibly explain just how good that is to you. But, like, here…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, Parthenia, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Artanis, Emily Care.

1/5/2009 lumpley: Error 412 - anti-spam exceptions
Hey everybody. If you get an Error 412 Precondition Failed message, you've triggered the Forge's (actually, the server's) anti-spam measures. I've specifically allowed the word "gambling" through. If you want…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards.

4/1/2009 lumpley: Vector movement in Mechaton
For anybody who's not following my blog but interested: I've just posted my vector movement rules for Mechaton, here. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, chance.thirteen, Eero Tuovinen.

4/16/2009 lumpley: Database of independent rpgs
This is a call for software suggestions. I'm willing and excited to put some time and work into this, as the Forge's tech admin. I…
In Connections
Participants: lumpley, Graham Walmsley, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, The Magus, Adam Schiller, Eliarhiman6, Wordman, David Artman, c, Welkerfan, sirogit, Curufea, visioNationstudios, jmilum.

5/29/2009 lumpley: [Time sensitive] a Live Interview
Hey. Clyde Rhoer is going to interview me live tomorrow night (Saturday May 30). The topic is creative agendas. You'll be able to listen live and to call in with…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

6/22/2009 lumpley: Psi*Run at a creepy-odd angle
A little while ago I ran Psi*Run for Meg, Julia, and Rob. We played it in 3 sessions. I was thinking that Psi*Run would be really good for survival horror,…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Marshall Burns, John Harper, RobNJ, Darcy Burgess, Meguey, jdfristrom, ophidian_flux.

7/3/2009 lumpley: Atomic Array
Go check out the current Atomic Array. It's an interview with me and John Stavropolous about Dogs in the Vineyard. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

11/23/2009 lumpley: IMPORTANT: Scheduled Downtime
Hey everybody. I'm going to be moving the Forge to its new hosting situation this weekend upcoming. I'll bring it down on Thursday the 26th and bring it back up…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, northerain, Frank Tarcikowski, xenopulse, alef0, Miskatonic.

1/5/2010 lumpley: The articles and reviews are back
So that's good. -Vincent
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Jasper Flick, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Artanis, M. J. Young.

2/1/2010 lumpley: We're playing Pokemon Sorcerer
We made characters last night and I've got a pageful of 1st-session prep here in my notebook. We're all more-or-less experts on the source material - some of us unwillingly…
In Adept Press
Participants: lumpley, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, RichD.

2/24/2010 lumpley: Moreno, a Hero of the Forge
Moreno is vigilant about flagging spam so that Ron or I can come remove it from threads. If you haven't seen spam, it's because Moreno saw it first. Thanks, Moreno!…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper Flick.

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