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9/2/2008 Ron Edwards: [The Path of Journeys] The game I always carry around with me
The Path of Journeys made its only appearance, to my knowledge, at the Ashcan Front booth in 2007. It is a small white booklet, rather attractive and neat, with a…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, jrs, Doplegager.

8/30/2008 Ron Edwards: [The Fisherman's Wife] Everything you can possibly imagine
On the final night of GenCon, I showed up a little late to the Embassy Suites and play opportunities were thin. I could have hopped into some games but they…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Parthenia.

8/28/2008 Ron Edwards: [Rustbelt] Opium, haunted memories, hatred in the dark, and killing your friend
Hello, Jari Tuovinen stayed with me for a few days after GenCon, and we tried out a number of games at a superficial level, carrying out the setup rules in…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Krippler, Valamir, ( o Y o ), davidberg.

6/18/2008 Ron Edwards: Erick Wujcik
Many of you know that Erick Wujcik died June 7, of pancreatic cancer. I ran across this passage that I hope will be a reminder to the community here, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid.

4/27/2008 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2008] Forge Booth: The rules and ways for this year - let's go!
Hello, Well, I ran a little bit behind schedule this year. Finally - here is the thread about signing up for the Forge booth this year. 1. The only eligible…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, iago, Eero Tuovinen, JustinB, wunderllama, rafael, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc.

4/14/2008 Ron Edwards: [Forge Midwest 2008] All things afterwards
Let's follow up! I enjoyed myself greatly and invite all comments about the event. Let's put actual play talk into the appropriate forums (Actual Play, Playtesting), but the event itself…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, buzz, Matt-M-McElroy, Blankshield, Malky, Willow, williamhessian, Nev the Deranged, Miskatonic, TJ, GreatWolf, Peter Nordstrand, Zach, SabreCat, Tim C Koppang, coffeestain, jerry, tylure, GamerChick.

1/22/2008 Ron Edwards: Game content and Forge policy
I've decided to address some points made in another thread, Satanic Panic! (Power 19 answered). It's better handled here because it touches on my policies and I think will gum…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

11/24/2007 Ron Edwards: Interview with Vincent and me
Hi there, Clyde has now posted his GenCon interview with Vincent and me at Theory from the Closet; it's Show 025. I really enjoyed the discussion here following my previous…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Artanis, Wolfen, Valamir, Darcy Burgess, Nev the Deranged, Noon, lumpley, Noclue, Christopher Kubasik, Marshall Burns, c, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen.

8/23/2007 Ron Edwards: GenCon demos that I ran, 2007
Hello, This thread is about demos I ran at the booth, not counting the demos I merely played in. The latter covered quite a few titles, although not Fae Noir…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

8/22/2007 Ron Edwards: The Ashcan Front
Hi everyone, The Ashcan Front project debuted at GenCon 2007 to great acclaim. Now, however, the buzz will diminish and it will be time to get to work. Rather than…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, TwoCrows, Eero Tuovinen.

7/15/2007 Ron Edwards: [Grey Ranks] Third and final session
Hello! What a great game. You can read about our first two sessions in Another playtest for first two sessions. We'd completed seven out of the ten missions.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm.

7/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [Dust Devils] A brutal morality play in pre-San Francisco
Tim K, Chris, and I convened about two months ago with a very strong desire to play Dust Devils, using the new book. Now, my experience with Dust Devils is…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis.

5/11/2007 Ron Edwards: [Shock] Gerald is a boy / Annette is married
One of our crew, the usual host, couldn't make it, and my wife was in Hawaii for the week, so I had Tim A and Tim K join me at…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, nikola, jrs, Alan.

2/26/2007 Ron Edwards: [carry] Gun-butts, dope, non-mutual masturbation, and massacres
Hello, I've been trying to organize a game of carry for ages, but keep screwing it up or getting blocked by hassles. Finally, last Tuesday night, we sat down to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Tim C Koppang, Nathan P., jasonm, Artanis, MatrixGamer, Noon, Calithena.

1/8/2007 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2007] The plan for this year - important
GENCON 2007 - FIRST POST I'm getting started early this year for a couple of reasons. The first is to make sure we hit the early-bird deadline for signup, which…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, TonyLB, c, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, Troy_Costisick, jasonm, abzu, JustinB, DensityMan, spaceanddeath, Travis Brown, inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon, Blankshield, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, nikola, Matt Gwinn, andrew_kenrick, Gregor Hutton, iago, Nev the Deranged, Jasper the Mimbo.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Dead of Night] Werewolves! Men with guns! Mom!
Hello, Last week, Tim A's household was laid low by kid crud, so Tim K, Chris, and I met to play a one-session game in the interim between Shadow of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, inthisstyle, Yokiboy, andrew_kenrick, rumble, charlesperez, Web_Weaver, Tim C Koppang, Tancred.

10/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Drugs, hugs, knives, and Zu
At last! Despite a whole bunch of schedule conflicts, we finally got our game going, with me, Tim A, Tim K, and Chris. Setting up for it reminds me a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Frank T, Matt Wilson, pfischer, pedyo, buzz, Miskatonic, Paul T.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: [Forum News] Announcement
Hi guys, Due to changes in Issaries publishing policy, which have been in place for a little while now, this forum can't be held at the Forge any more. I'm…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, boredoom, WildElf, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, alexandre santos, lev_lafayette, Mike Holmes, MrWrong, tzunder, sebastianz, Web_Weaver, Ian Cooper, Ward, Blake Hutchins, rylen dreskin.

9/17/2006 Ron Edwards: Forge vision
Hey everyone, Recently, I engaged in a discussion at Story Games in which I was asked by Kuma why "the Forge" is not being leveraged as an actual commercial brand…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, r_donato, Blankshield, joepub, abzu, Frank T, Hans.

9/15/2006 Ron Edwards: Forge retrospective project - please join in!
Hey, I had an idea. Sort of a community project, really. Pick any single six-week period during the Forge's history. Check out all the Forge threads during that time, including…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Paka, Alex Fradera, Eliarhiman6, Troy_Costisick, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, jrs.

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10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution
This is a companion thread to The New Thing and The Forge Booth 2009. Over the years, I've posted about issues of fulfillment and distribution, including The Nuked Apple-Cart, Channel…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, iago, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, nikola, Valamir, Pelgrane, Meguey, lumpley, inthisstyle.

10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: The Forge Booth 2009
This is a companion thread to Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution and The New Thing. Well, as painlessly perceived and agreed upon during GenCon this year, IPR won't…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jag, nikola, Valamir, Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, Gregor Hutton, RobNJ, Nathan P., JustinB.

10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: The New Thing
This is a companion thread to Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution and The Forge Booth 2009. At GenCon this year, Vincent Baker, Julie Stauffer, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, lumpley, iago, HighmoonMedia, Meguey, nikola, Pelgrane.

11/13/2008 Ron Edwards: [Dead of Night] Nice Mr. Fitzgerald
This was my third full non-demo time for this game. As part of my GenCon prep in case we had a chance to devote an evening to it, I'd decided…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley, andrew_kenrick, Noon, davidberg, Melinglor, jrs, Paka.

11/27/2008 Ron Edwards: [Legends of Alyria] The quiet and unquiet dead
Hi everyone, Perhaps you do not know about Seth Ben-Ezra's fantasy/SF setting, Alyria. Imagine any standard fantasy map like you'd see in some mass-market novel - continents, shores, seas. Now…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, greyorm, JoyWriter, jrs, daMoose_Neo, Noon.

12/30/2008 Ron Edwards: Color-first character creation project
As moderator, I officially waive the no-images policy for purposes of this post. I’d like to do a little discussion project here. It won’t be any fun unless a bunch…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm, Vulpinoid, Rod Anderson, Peter Nordstrand, tonyd, Paul Czege, Graham Walmsley, Kobayashi, wunderllama, Melinglor, lilomar, Rafu, KCassidy, ghashsnaga, sirogit, greyorm, davidberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Wolfen, Christopher Kubasik, lumpley, Willow, Frank Tarcikowski, Darcy Burgess, jrs, ejh, Ben Lehman, cthulahoops, Meguey, Clinton R. Nixon, Antoine F, bluegargantua.

1/7/2009 Ron Edwards: Color-first character, part 2: Getting this far
Amazing. Thank you so much for all this great work. Here she is again, but … http://www.bloodredcomics.com/Frostlick-inkedcolored.jpg … now we know her name! The Solar System: Eleta the Jungle Girl,…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, jrs, Christopher Kubasik, Graham Walmsley, ejh, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Vulpinoid, Kobayashi, davidberg, greyorm, Wolfen, KCassidy, Antoine F, ghashsnaga, tonyd, Darcy Burgess, Melinglor, Frank Tarcikowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Lehman, sirogit, Paul Czege, Peter Nordstrand.

2/10/2009 Ron Edwards: [3:16] Home is for the hating
Hello, For previous threads, see Way Too Easy Or Just Got the Rules Wrong? and Semi-Captain, Lt.-Captain, almost-Captain on deck, sir! A few weeks ago, we played a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, agony, GreatWolf, Noon, Gregor Hutton.

6/3/2009 Ron Edwards: [Thy Vernal Chieftains] Passion and politics
Hello, Tim Koppang and I decided to give Thy Vernal Chieftains a whirl last night. It turned out that, curiously, I did not possess some of the items required to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Paul Czege.

6/15/2009 Ron Edwards: [Nicotine Girls] If you want it hard enough, and you try hard enough - and?
Hello, Julie, Maura, and I played Nicotine Girls. I asked Julie to be a GM for a number of reasons, one of which was that I wasn't inclined to be…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, jrs, Paul Czege, Evlyn, greyorm, C. Edwards, Noon, d.anderson, Melinglor.

6/25/2009 Ron Edwards: [Mars Colony] Just a little lying, this once
Hello, 1. I know they've always been around, but lately it seems to me as if a number of game designers have been turning their attention to, for lack of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Tim C Koppang, Willow, Dev.

8/27/2009 Ron Edwards: [Spione] Pronounced "kah-guh-beh"
Hello, One evening at the Embassy Suites lobby, a couple of friends and I came to a table where a bunch of people were choosing from a pile o'games. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Simon_Pettersson, JoyWriter.

1/22/2010 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2010] Forge booth, first thread
Hello, Last year's booth showed me some things. 1. The popular interest in the Forge and whatever might be at the booth is undiminished. People showed up, bought stuff, participated,…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, SaintandSinner, Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick.

2/16/2010 Ron Edwards: Walking Eye interviews me
Kevin Weiser interviewed me at the excellent game store Chicagoland Games, The Dice Dojo here in Chicago. It's the usual marathon, hours-and-hours thing that my interviews tend to become. These…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paka, Troy_Costisick, greyorm, Joe Murphy (Broin), Gregor Hutton, The Dragon Master, Noon, Artanis, Calithena, epweissengruber, Melinglor.

2/17/2010 Ron Edwards: How about some love for Sex?
Hello, Here's an old thread to check out: Sex and Sorcery -- this book rocks!. Pride aside, restricted only to looking at the responses to the text, higher praise for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Frank Tarcikowski, greyorm, jburneko, hix, The Dragon Master, Roger, James_Nostack, Calithena, ejh.

3/24/2010 Ron Edwards: [Bliss Stage] Men and girls
I’d hoped to get a chance to play this, partly because I’m working on a pretty big project regarding science fiction role-playing, and partly because Ben was available at Forge…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, CedricP, Simon C, hix, Filip Luszczyk, Nev the Deranged, Ben Lehman.

7/28/2010 Ron Edwards: Adept Press thoughts and projects for Sorcerer
It occurred to me that 2011 is a significant anniversary for me. I published the first available version of Sorcerer in fall 2006, and I published the book version in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paka, jburneko, greyorm, Paiku, Paolo D., Troy_Costisick, Nocker, Darcy Burgess, Finarvyn, Aaron, hansel, Eero Tuovinen, pfischer, Marshall Burns, Bret Gillan, epweissengruber, Motipha, Courage75, James_Nostack, The Magus, The Dragon Master.

7/30/2010 Ron Edwards: [With Great Power ...] Brief but strong play in Sweden
During our recent three-weeks-plus visit to Sweden, my family and I enjoyed a six-day stay at a summer house by a gorgeous lake near Mellerud, in Dalsland. Peter Nordstrand came…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jaakko Koivula, James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., Peter Nordstrand, Bret Gillan.

8/10/2010 Ron Edwards: [In a Wicked Age ...] Out-of-sequence episode play
Hello, I've posted a previous thread about our ongoing game in Particular strengths accumulating through the stories. In this one, I'm staying consistent with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, Valamir.

8/18/2010 Ron Edwards: As yet unnamed Shadow of Yesterday hack
I found myself musing again over fantasy games and fantasy settings. I wanted to make one, for no particular reason except for fun, and it struck me that the weird,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Paolo D., Simon C, contracycle, Chris_Chinn.

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