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3/25/2008 Darcy Burgess: [CanGames 2008] - Indie Games Explosion in Ottawa
Hi, After the pleasant success of last year's Indie RPG Demo Table at Cangames, we've expanded our GM crew and are returning for a full-on Indie Games Explosion. In fact,…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

3/22/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Dogs] I will brook no Dissent.
[url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/]Gone Baby Gone[/url] = Dogs In every important way. Submit! D
In lumpley games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, GreatWolf, lachek.

3/17/2008 Darcy Burgess: [GenCon 2008] - The Helping Hand of G.o.D
Hi, The ugly truth is that I was cleverly tricked into doing this.  The beautiful truth is that I'm really glad that I was tricked into it -- this should…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Mike Holmes, Double King.

3/13/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Cards of Fate
Hi, Something that's crept into my mind during my last batch of Black Caddies playtests is a disatisfaction with the way a certain segment of the mechanics requires a small…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Ned.

2/7/2008 Darcy Burgess: [CanGames 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario] IGE needs GMs!
The thread title more or less says it all. CanGames, Ottawa's annual gaming con is going to have an Indie Games Explosion this year. I'm not 100% sure what form…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

2/3/2008 Darcy Burgess: [AGON] - The Poor, Over-worked GM
Hi, Ben's questions about armour got me to thinking a some more about my recent experiences with Agon (ap and questions). The first issue is John's answer to my "Do…
In one.seven design
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Robbins, John Harper.

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.

1/8/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - Fun & Death on the Island of Skyros
I recently had the pleasure of teaming up with my pre-fatherhood gaming group; we got together five days ago.  We started early (10am), and in a nod to days of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper, Valamir, Noclue, Mel_White, hermes, demiurgeastaroth.

1/2/2008 Darcy Burgess: Looking for Graphic Design Guidance
Hi, I'm working on the logo for my imprint, and I could use some guidance.  I've started a thread over at Story Games, since participants can include images without seeking…
In Connections
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

11/21/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Squamous] - the unspeakable horror of the thing that should not be!
[i]Squamous[/i] is my take on Lovecraftian exploration.  It's all about ashen shores, unthinkable evils, nefarious cultists, and misshapen appendages.  Its roots are a weird mash-up of the [i]Anti-Pool[/i] and [i]Lacuna[/i].…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Simon C, Noon, Vulpinoid.

11/12/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] Things not to do in Kon Tum when y'ain't dead
Hi, A few weeks back, I had an opportunity to run a one-off playtest of Black Cadillacs at a friend's birthday party-slash-mini con.  I've posted some early (effusive) reactions to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

10/30/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Lacuna] Learning to re-love Task Res
Two saturdays ago, I got to play my first game of Lacuna at HoundCon, a birthday party for a long-time friend. I'll lead by saying that the setup was not…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, M Jason Parent, Danny_K.

10/24/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - Let's talk about balance
Hi John, Would you mind lifting the hood a bit on your decision to not include a mechanic to give the GM more Strife as the Heroes improve? Thanks, Darcy
In one.seven design
Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

10/5/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Barbed Wired & Bayonets
Hi, Black Cadillacs is a game I've been working on for about a year now.  It's my attempt to make some sense out of war.  By "make sense" I don't…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Noon.

8/10/2007 Darcy Burgess: [the Infected] Zombies of the Carribean
[b]Social Set-Up[/b] For my second game of [u]the Infected[/u], I was back with my regular gaming group.  In fact, this game marked my return to "regularly scheduled gaming" from a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Technocrat13, TomTancredi.

7/20/2007 Darcy Burgess: [the Infected] Corporate Whores!
[b]Social Set-up[/b] This past Wednesday (July 18, 2007), I had the opportunity to run the ashcan version of [url=http://www.ericsrpgs.com]The Infected[/url] for a mixed group - the players included a long-time…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Tim Sellmer, Technocrat13, lee-anne.

6/26/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Gathering Storm] -- That Gut-Wrenching feeling
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24100.0]The original genesis thread[/url]. [b]What the game's about[/b] Telling short (brutal?) stories set in Britain during the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz]Blitz[/url] (1940-41). [b]What's changed since the genesis?[/b] The game will be driven by…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Darcy Burgess, BigElvis, Zeigfreid, Sane, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg.

6/10/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Gathering Storm] -- can't shake the war!
So, here's the deal:  I just can't shake war as a theme.  It's in all of my design ideas -- it just won't go away. And here's its latest iteration. …
In First Thoughts
Participants: Darcy Burgess, jasonm, Noclue.

5/25/2007 Darcy Burgess: [BtI] - You proved me wrong!
Hi Emily, This is part-AP and part-confession.  Let's do the confession part first. When I initially heard about Breaking the Ice however-long-ago that was, my immediate gut reaction was "Oh,…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lee-anne, Emily Care, Andrew Morris.

5/24/2007 Darcy Burgess: [MLwM] - The Horror Revealed
I had the pleasure of experiencing my first My Life with Master game this past weekend.  It was a wonderful romp, with friends old and new, as well as new…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, lee-anne.

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5/7/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Go-Play Ottawa] Spooling Up
Hey! Go-Play Ottawa is looking for GMs and players! Not only that, we're looking for a venue and a date! Wow, we're really organized. But we're Ottawa's only casual gaming…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ned.

5/28/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Death in the PM
Hi, A couple of weekends ago, I got to run two one-shots of Black Cadillacs at the CanGames IGE. The timing couldn't have been better, as I'm in the middle…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Aise.

6/1/2008 Darcy Burgess: Ashcanning with Saddle Stitch
Hi, I'm looking at the feasibility of Saddle Stitching the ashcan of Black Cadillacs. I'm aware of this neat device, the Booklet Stapler, specifically the Stanley Bostitch B440SB. Here's my…
In Publishing
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Ron Edwards.

7/17/2008 Darcy Burgess: Cross-referencing in InDesign
Hi, This is a very specific question.  I don't want advice about how to do this in other software packages.  I need help with Adobe InDesign specifically (FYI, I'm using…
In Publishing
Participants: Darcy Burgess, iago.

8/2/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Games at GenCon Indy 2008
Hi, Black Cadillacs is coming to GenCon Indy.  I'm a member of the Ashcan Front (booth #2039), and I'll be demo'ing and selling the ashcan there. Here's the back cover…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

8/27/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Three Games at GenCon
Hi, Black Cadillacs saw play three times at GenCon.  Two of the games were scheduled through the IGE (quick shout-out to Mike Holmes: thanks for making this happen!)  Sandwiched between…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, jasonm.

10/10/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Blood for the Blood God!
Hi, Last weekend, three nice people signed up to play Black Cadillacs at Phantasm. First aside, Phantasm was a real eye-opener for me. This was the first "little" convention I've…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, jasonm.

10/29/2008 Darcy Burgess: [My Life with Master] Beating the Love out of a Minion
So, we kicked off our new MLwM game on Monday night.  We've got a nifty Master.  He's an enormous lump of a man, with sausages for fingers and a penchant…
In Actual Play
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis.

11/2/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Go-Play Ottawa] - November 8
We're baaaaaaack... We had a riotous good time during the summer, so GPO is back for its second installment. We're looking for more folks willing to run games!  We've got…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ned.

1/14/2009 Darcy Burgess: Go-Play Ottawa: February-ish
Hi, Go-Play Ottawa, which prides itself in being so casual as to almost never get organized, is rearing its head some time in February.  Our last two playcons were immensely…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

2/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: CanGames 2009 - Can we sell your games?
Hi, I'm coordinating an Indie Games Explosion at CanGames in Ottawa, Ontario.  The convention happens over the May long weekend (15-17). We've amassed a great slate of games, and I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

2/27/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] -- Streamlining Data Management
Hi, Man, I wish that the thread title was a clever allusion to a cyberpunk-esque game of bringing down megacorps (watch this space!)  I'm actually here to continue a thought…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, JoyWriter, agony.

3/5/2009 Darcy Burgess: Feature Request
Hi Vincent, Here's a feature I wish the Forge had. That "jump to" pulldown list that appears at the bottom of just about every page? I wish that it was…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

3/11/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Acts of Evil] - Scene Framing Shennanigans
Over the February 20th weekend, six gamers from Ottawa, Detroit and Toronto converged on an unsuspecting suite hotel in Toronto to consume sushi and to playtest Paul Czege's Acts of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Valamir, DWeird, JoyWriter, C. Edwards, hix, Michael S. Miller, Piers Brown.

3/16/2009 Darcy Burgess: [StWT] - Treasure-as-Dingus
Hi Vincent, So, I had this super-cool idea for a treasure.  Which quickly led to a super-cool adventure to undertake...using the treasure. Do you see any pitfalls around using a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

4/29/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Go-Play Ottawa] - Like a Thief in the Night!
Last outing, The Slushy Maelstrom, was a big pile of fun! GPO returns sometime in the May-August nebula. I'm trying to step back from the GM/Facilitator role a bit this…
In Conventions
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

5/24/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Kagematsu] - Local Farmer warns Dragon attack imminent! Bleeds on town!
Hi, Waaaaaay back in the mists of time (ok, about two month ago, but it feels longer), I coaxed my wife (Kirsty) and one of my friends (Jason) to play…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess.

6/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Mechaton] - Why yes, it *is* Lego. And no, I didn't have to paint them!
That was pretty much my elevator pitch about Mechaton at CanGames 2009.  I ran one game, and had a hell of a lot of walk-up traffic.  (Note to self and…
In lumpley games
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley, David Artman, Mantisking.

7/23/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] Code genius needed
Hi, Are you really smart with web stuff? Can you build me something that will: - let people post content (sort of like a 'blog or a wiki) - let…
In Connections
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lachek.

8/30/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] - Get those Vikings outta Egypt!
Glenn H, Glenn W, Jason, Steve and I just wrapped our Verradheim campaign of Storming the Wizard's Tower.  We ended up playing three adventures, and never made it to level…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

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