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10/16/2008 Ron Edwards: [Space Rat] Femme babe action at GenCon
I demonstrated Space Rat quite a bit at the Forge booth. It was a reasonably strong draw, with a brightly-colored cover, intriguing name, and the quick pull of the femme…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Rusty, Markus.

9/25/2008 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe website - ideas solicited
First, the news you're interested in: I've really hammered out some new stuff for the new version of Trollbabe. I'm really happy with it, and have passed it about to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Miskatonic, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, skatay, rafial, Finarvyn, Eliarhiman6, GreatWolf, Markus, Peter Nordstrand, sirogit, ejh.

9/18/2008 Ron Edwards: [Kagematsu] The playtest questions in the book
Hi Danielle, I went through the design questions in the Kagematsu book, and decided to start a new thread. Here are my thoughts based on our game and on subsequent…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, SNora.

9/5/2008 Ron Edwards: [Zombie Cinema] Birthday game
Hello, Yesterday was my birthday, and as it was a weeknight, my wife Cecilia and I decided to save any partying for the weekend and relax for the evening. Our…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

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.

9/2/2008 Ron Edwards: [A Dirty World] Brief play, fun with the numbers
After GenCon, Jari and I were relaxing for a little while at a picnic table by Lake Michigan, rolling dice and trying out some mechanics out for A Dirty World,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards.

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.

8/27/2008 Ron Edwards: NPCs in Rustbelt play
Hi Marshall, Jari Tuovinen and I are playing Rustbelt in a kind of quick-and-dirty way, beginning a scenario and skipping through to a later time. It's just me and him,…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

8/21/2008 Ron Edwards: [Kagematsu] GenCon, Thursday night
Hello, We gathered at the Embassy Suites in the time-honored tradition to playtest the game, including Danielle Lewon (the designer), Anna Kreider, Darcy Burgess, and me. Curiously, a 50-50 male-female…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Darcy Burgess, wunderllama, Nev the Deranged, SNora.

7/10/2008 Ron Edwards: [Steal Away Jordan] Brutality in all its forms
We played on the same day as described in Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K!, but later in the evening, in my living room. The players were…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Graham Walmsley, jrs, Jumanji83, Parthenia, Valamir.

7/9/2008 Ron Edwards: [3:16] Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K!
Hello, After way too much time not gaming, we played 3:16! I'd been reviewing the manuscript as it approached publication readiness, and Gregor sent me the latest, just-pre-press copy in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Valamir, Paul Czege, Matt.

6/29/2008 Ron Edwards: [The People's Hero] Playtesters sought
Hello, I'm seeking ruthless playtesting. I've done what I can with the design of The People's Hero, and I am absolutely certain that I don't have the intuitive skill to…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/23/2008 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe help wanted
Hi there, I'd like to bust out a GenCon 08 version of Trollbabe. The problem is that we have to do it really fast and that the files are in…
In Connections
Participants: Ron Edwards, Artanis.

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.

6/10/2008 Ron Edwards: [Barbaren] My manly guy
Hello, This is essentially a question thread for Frank, but I also hope it turns into minor system showcase for the game as well, depending on the answers. Here is…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, ( o Y o ).

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.

4/17/2008 Ron Edwards: [My Life With Master] Radium power
Hello, When I arrived at Forge Midwest, people were playing Handy ("the game that lets gamers touch each other" as I call it), and eventually it turned into a conversation…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, coffeestain, jerry, Frank Tarcikowski.

4/15/2008 Ron Edwards: [Spione] Follow-up and musing about the Forge Midwest game
Hello, I will come clean: this is an unabashed promotion thread. We played a game of Spione (pronounced "shpee-oh-neh," or "-nuh"; the last syllable isn't "ee" or "ay") during Forge…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, c, TJ, Malky.

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.

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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.

10/28/2008 Ron Edwards: [L5R, The Pool, and others] A new look at Drift
Hello, I've chosen to begin a new thread using one of Markus' final posts in Can someone explain the true reason behind "traits" (PTA-style) to me? as the starting point.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Simon C, Noon, Tim C Koppang, jag, Artanis.

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.

11/16/2008 Ron Edwards: [Sweet Agatha] Stars, diamonds, and death
Hi everybody, I bought the ashcan in 2007 and felt bad about never getting to it; then again, the twins were born that September, after all. So on last week's…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Kevin Allen Jr.

11/22/2008 Ron Edwards: [3:16] Semi-Captain, Lt.-Captain, almost-Captain on deck, sir!
Hello, I'm continuing the details of our game here; you can read about the first two sessions at Way Too Easy Or Just Got the Rules Wrong? in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Tim C Koppang, Chris W, greyorm, Gregor Hutton, Wolfen, Noon, Eero Tuovinen.

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.

11/27/2008 Ron Edwards: [Legends of Alyria] Traits! Traits!
Hello, As some of you know, a relevant and sophisticated conversation is occuring about a key aspect of game design, so far undiscussed until raised recently by Markus. Can someone…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Valamir, JCunkle, Markus, Artanis, otspiii, lumpley, Noon.

12/4/2008 Ron Edwards: [Escape from Tentacle City] Too bad about the Ferrari
Once upon a game night, four guys who usually role-play together didn't have one of their number, so the three remaining playtested Escape from Tentacle City, a game in design…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Noon, Willow.

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.

1/16/2009 Ron Edwards: Mental powers (reply to Trevis' inquiry)
Hi Trevis, I apologize for the horrendous delay in getting back to you about this. Mind-control I made some points a while ago that weren't very popular (or necessarily understood)…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Greymorn, Artanis, Trevis Martin.

1/29/2009 Ron Edwards: Color-first character, part 3: ready for action
Hello! Here's the relevant image: http://www.bloodredcomics.com/Frostlick-inkedcolored.jpg Here are the starting threads: Color-first character creation project Color-first character, part 2: Getting this far And Vincent is also maintaining the page of…
In Endeavor
Participants: Ron Edwards, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Wolfen, Darcy Burgess, Kobayashi, Ben Lehman, wunderllama, tonyd, Frank Tarcikowski, Melinglor, Brimshack.

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.

4/13/2009 Ron Edwards: Forge booth 2009: sign-ups begin!
Hello! In a nutshell, the offer goes like this. You've designed a game and the idea of selling it at GenCon sounds fun. You either have the game ready as…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, jasonm.

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.

6/4/2009 Ron Edwards: [Dirty Secrets] A few days ago in Chicago ...
Hello, I'd given the book a good read yet again, this time with an eye toward what I wanted to tell people just prior to play. What I decided to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris W, jburneko, GreatWolf, Tim C Koppang.

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.

6/25/2009 Ron Edwards: Game parameters icons (Euro-style)
Does anyone know how to find and use those icons frequently seen on the backs of European games? They denote number of players, minimum age suggested, time to play, difficulty,…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Chris S, Eero Tuovinen.

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