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3/10/2008 Gaerik: [IGE] GenCon first deadline approaching...
This announcement is for everyone who is planning on running something under the Indie Games Explosion banner at GenCon this year.  The first deadline rather snuck up on me.  The…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, iago, segedy, Ron Edwards, SaintandSinner, Jared A. Sorensen, Parthenia.

2/14/2008 Gaerik: [GenCon Indy 08] Games on Demand
[quote]Choice 3: you don't HAVE to be in the exhibitors' hall. I expect that Games on Demand is going to be a thing again this year. I don't know who…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, JustinB, Andy Kitkowski.

2/12/2008 Gaerik: I finally figured out what I wanted...
I've been a part of The Forge for around 4 years now and during that time I've had the itch to design a game.  That shouldn't surprise anyone here.  Lot's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gaerik, chronoplasm, opsneakie, masqueradeball, jag, Valamir, OnnoTasler, fig, contracycle.

10/16/2007 Gaerik: [BWr] Mostly Homogametic Rrole-playng
I played Burning Wheel Revised this weekend and the result was a mixed bag.  That's not a bad thing or a good thing really.  It's just a thing.  My wife…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Noclue, Vulpinoid, GreatWolf, rekyl.

7/24/2007 Gaerik: [PTA] Story game skillz are hard.
So I got to play PTA for the first time at Go Play Southeast this weekend.  I had an excellent time.  The players were me and Lindsey (a young lady…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, dikaiosunh, jasonm, GreatWolf, LeSingeSavant, Sydney Freedberg.

5/23/2007 Gaerik: Giving in DitV
There are a couple of threads in Actual Play concerning DitV and one of them is discussing Giving during a conflict and the conversation there is making me think that…
In lumpley games
Participants: Gaerik, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

4/17/2007 Gaerik: [Power and Influence] Playtesters needed
Many moons ago I wrote down some rules to a game I called Balance of Power.  It was my first real shot at game design and it was an interesting…
In Connections
Participants: Gaerik.

4/5/2007 Gaerik: Combat without the Fight! mechanics
At the end of the basic rules section of the BW book, Luke suggests going and burning characters and playing the game.  That's cool because the core rules really aren't…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Gaerik, rafial, abzu, xenopulse.

12/26/2006 Gaerik: Dividing the Traditional GM Tasks
In recent history here at the Forge I've read several threads on how many of the social and game related tasks generally get shoved onto 1 person's shoulders and defined…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Filip Luszczyk, Eric J., dreamborn, Andrew Morris, Glendower, Noon, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, GreatWolf, r_donato, David Artman, AdAstraGames, Charrua, lev_lafayette.

11/21/2006 Gaerik: Dogs on RPOL
Just for general consumption, I'm running a 3 player Dogs game over on RPOL.  RPOL is a bulletin board system developed to expedite Play by Post.  If you'd like to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Gaerik, womble, claes.

8/30/2006 Gaerik: [AGE] Playtesting the combat mechanics
I'm putting this in Playtesting because just sitting down to do combat without any story going on doesn't seem like Actual Play to me.  It is playtesting the rules though.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Gaerik.

8/8/2006 Gaerik: My GoD sessions...
Hello Game Designers! GenCon gets kicked off tomorrow night and I'm stoked.  One of the things I'm doing is manning the Games on Demand table for a single session on…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, jasonm, Kat Miller.

8/3/2006 Gaerik: [TSoY] Mobsters and Double Agents
Greetings, I recently ran an introductory session of TSoY for my group and received positive feedback on it.  Thus, I decided to start a longer running campaign style game and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, Ron Edwards, oliof.

7/3/2006 Gaerik: New Fanboy
I got my hands on a copy of Dogs in the Vineyard this weekend and have read it almost twice through now.  When I first heard about Dogs, I was…
In lumpley games
Participants: Gaerik, lumpley, Gary N. Mengle, GamerChick, Taltos.

7/1/2006 Gaerik: Actual Play Post
I put an Actual Play post up on the Forge General Forums.  I didn't want to recreate the whole thing here but I did want to direct some attention to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Gaerik.

7/1/2006 Gaerik: [TSOY] The very first session
Last night, I got together with 3 friends and played The Shadow of Yesterday for the first time.  Overall things went very well and there were a few questions that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, TonyLB, Doyce, zmook.

6/3/2006 Gaerik: [Adventure Game Engine] Tempting your opponent into Conflict
You can read some basic information about AGE on my blog, http://kairoscreative.blogspot.com/.  Here's my quandary though... AGE play revolves around Quests.  Quests don't necessarily mean "Get the McGuffin."  They can…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Gaerik, John Harper, TonyLB, oreso, Filip Luszczyk, Joshua BishopRoby, Mike Holmes, Gasten.

5/24/2006 Gaerik: Descriptors: What's the big deal?
I've been reading advice on creating one sheets and prepping for Sorcerer play and creating new Descriptors customized for the setting gets a fair amount of press.  Why is this? …
In Adept Press
Participants: Gaerik, Alan, Valamir, jburneko, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, Sydney Freedberg, Paka, Old_Scratch.

2/6/2006 Gaerik: [FATE] Fate of the North...
A few weeks ago I posted about a game of Fantasy Capes I played using the Forgotten Realms as the setting.  One of my players really doesn't like Capes-style games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik.

1/16/2006 Gaerik: [Capes Fantasy] Actual Play Post
I've put an Actual Play post up in the Actual Play forum.  Just thought I'd point to it here also.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Gaerik.

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6/5/2008 Gaerik: [GenCon] Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand volunteers
All but two of the IGE events have been approved and assigned space.  (Two of them were shot back to me because the name of the event can't match the…
In Conventions
Participants: Gaerik, Blankshield.

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