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1/5/2009 Melinglor: Posting test
I've been having trouble sending a post, so Vincent asked me to post this as a test. So here we are, Vincent! This post works fine, and I've posted a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Melinglor, lumpley.

11/22/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk post-mortem
So my Sorcerer game is dead. We only managed a handful of sessions, separated by delays of up to a month at a time, and in short never gained sufficient…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, JoyWriter, Ron Edwards, davidberg.

11/12/2008 Melinglor: [IAWA] Exclusivity of Forms?
Hi! I'm playing In a Wicked Age tonight (first time GMing) and I had a question: how exclusive are the Forms supposed to be, in terms of narrowing down narrative…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, David Artman, lumpley, Valamir, Eliarhiman6, GreatWolf.

10/4/2008 Melinglor: Anti-Humanity elements of Ritual
So in the Sorcerer game I'm GMing, we've defined Humanity as Empathy. Our Sorcery is defined as attemptable from any discipline imaginable, from punk voodoo to Native American spiritism to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Melinglor, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

8/8/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk: New Wrinkles and Old Habits
We played the second session last night. First session can be found here. It was pretty fun, but I have mixed feelings about some emerging play trends and how I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Reithan.

7/25/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk (specifics)
Well, my post is up in actual play. The Happy Sunshine portion is complete. . .I'll be posting some questions and stuff later tonight. I'll relate some relevant stuff here…
In Adept Press
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk!
I GMed my first session of a Sorcerer game last week, which a bunch of players all new to Sorcerer as well. It was cool and fun! The players were:…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2008 Melinglor: Ken Hite's Sorcerer reviews?
So in the wake of that other review thread, I went hunting for Ken Hite's review of Sorcerer & Sword. I couldn't find it, and the links from the Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Melinglor, Eliarhiman6.

6/26/2008 Melinglor: Prep for first-time Hellblazer-ish Sorcerer
OK, I'm getting ready to run my first game of Sorcerer this weekend. It'll be at a large group gathering for the Portland Indie Gamers crowd, with the intention to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Melinglor, angelfromanotherpin, jburneko, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

4/11/2008 Melinglor: [Bliss Stage] First Impressions from the Last Sale of Gamestorm
So I've bought and read Bliss Stage, after playing a fifteen minute demo with Ben at Gamestorm. I've been ruminating, and I just wanna say this game us fucking fantastic.…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman.

4/6/2008 Melinglor: [TSoY] I fought "The Party" and "The Party" won
I ran a Shadow of Yesterday one-shot for Portland/Vancouver's Gamestorm con this weekend last. It was my second time running the game. In some ways it went better than the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Christopher Kubasik, Willem, elegua, dindenver, Marshall Burns.

4/3/2008 Melinglor: Capes play at Gamestorm!
Hi, all. I just ran my favorite Capes game ever, at Portland/Vancouver's Gamestorm con. I posted it up on Storygames. I encountered some nuances, both good and bad, that I…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Melinglor, TonyLB.

3/19/2008 Melinglor: Epic Fighty Robots game in the embryonic stage
Hi! I've had an idea buzzing about my brain for some time now, but unable to see how to proceed with it. I couldn't get my head above the fiddly…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, dindenver, opsneakie, Mike Sugarbaker, Ben Lehman, Creatures of Destiny, wyrdlyng.

1/9/2008 Melinglor: Mother-May-I and 20 questions: Games GMs play
A little over a year ago, in the thread Drugs, hugs, knives, and Zu, Ron was talking about some GMing techniques and principles, and he said…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, David Artman, Noon, contracycle, Ron Hammack, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Gaerik.

11/8/2007 Melinglor: Felexibility of Key Buyoffs?
I'm preparing to run Shadow of Yesterday and I've been thinking about Key Buyoffs. I love the wholeidea,but it nags at me that the stated Buyoffs for some of the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Melinglor, Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.

10/27/2007 Melinglor: [D&D 3.5] Gamist Non-Affirmation
I played in my regular D&D 3.5 game last week. We had a lot of fun, but it also gave me a lot to think about. First off, we had…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Mel_White, Chris_Chinn, Noon, Precious Villain, Eliarhiman6, contracycle, Valamir, Caldis, James_Nostack, xenopulse, Grex, Wolfen, Jasper the Mimbo, Daztur, Barlennan, Bjorn, Peter Nordstrand, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

7/25/2007 Melinglor: [DitV] Narrativist Blueballs
A couple of weeks ago, I GMed my first Dogs town. Well, half of it, anyway. Which is all I'm gonna get. Which is frustrating. Maybe I should back up…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Web_Weaver, Alan, JC, jasonm, lumpley, GregStolze, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, FredGarber, Noon.

6/14/2007 Melinglor: [Dogs] Fire and Hammer, Visions and Faith
Hi! I haven't been around here much lately, but it seemed appropriate to return "home" for this play report. And I certainly do miss me some Forge-style AP. So! I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, JC, Noclue.

1/6/2007 Melinglor: So I lost my Capeginity on New Years' Eve. . .
Hey, everyone! Been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to say: as I've been gushing about elsewhere, I played my first game of Capes (Lite) this week!…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Melinglor.

1/5/2007 Melinglor: First-time Capes: Rocking!
I played Capes for the first time on New Year's Eve! It was awesome! I love it and can't wait to play again! OK, actually I played Capes Lite, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic, TonyLB.

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7/27/2009 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] What's a little piracy among peaceful peoples?
You know, I have been very, very stupid. I've been working on game design for a couple of years now, and I have completely ignored the Forge as a mine…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor.

8/11/2009 Melinglor: [Nicotine Girls] Daddies for Babies who aren't Baby Daddies
At Go Play NW I got a chance to play Nicotine Girls with Michael, Ogre and Johnstone. I'd been wanting to for ages, but shied away for fear of making…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, JoyWriter, Johnstone.

8/12/2009 Melinglor: Seeking playtesters for Spectre of the Beast!
I'm in great need of some solid outside playtest of my 2008 Game Chef entry, Spectre of the Beast. I've been having fun playing it with my own friends and…
In Connections
Participants: Melinglor.

8/27/2009 Melinglor: Gut-Punching Fairy Tales
Hi! I've been tooling around with an idea for Jake's Awesome Fantasy Game Contest (that'd be Jake Richmond of Panty Explosion, Sea Dracula and Ocean fame). I doubt I'll complete…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman, Vladius, Skull.

9/5/2009 Melinglor: Oracles for Outdoorsmen
So the folks that hired me to work at Middle-earth Camp asked me to come to an adult camp one evening next week, and lead them in a Storyjam. They…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, Paul T.

10/5/2009 Melinglor: In a Feral Age. . .playing fluently with trackers
A couple of weeks ago I ran a storyjamming* workshop for TrackersNW, an organization that teaches wilderness skills and encourages a primitive lifestyle (I've blogged about the general emotional tenor…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, jasonm, JoyWriter.

12/30/2009 Melinglor: [MLwM] First play, with some awkwardness
So I played a one-off game of My Life With Master the other night. It wasn't as fulfilling as a full game (as one might expect), but it did give…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Melinglor, jburneko, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray.

1/29/2010 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] the structure of play, from text to practice
Awhile back Paul Czege told me he was planning a playtest of Spectre of the Beast, my game in development about grand ambitions fueling the bloody march of civilization (you…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, Paul Czege, Tim C Koppang.

3/23/2010 Melinglor: [Tragic Dominion ] Gut-punching Fairytales and character authority
I've been laboring over this concept for some time, but just recently had all the wheels click into place in my head. First, the Color pitch: Growing up. It's a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, stefoid, PeterBB, Brendan Day.

4/9/2010 Melinglor: Spectre of the Beast final playtests!
Last year I wrote and published the roleplaying game Spectre of the Beast, about the spectre of violence in civiliaztion, and the role that death and suffering plays in its…
In Connections
Participants: Melinglor.

4/14/2010 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] Robust GMless situation?
I played a session of my game Spectre of the Beast at Vancouver, WA's Gamestorm last month, on the anniversary of the game's public debut. I played with Tyler and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, Mobius, FetusCommander.

6/14/2010 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Same Seeds, different fruit.
[b]Note: this post is the first in a series: rather than pack every issue to explore into a single post, I'm going to examine the same two play instances from…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, hansel.

6/16/2010 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Know thy role
[b]This is the second in a series, examining different aspects of the same two play instances. The first, addressing the use of Seeds, is [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=29881.0]here[/url]. I'll reproduce the rules explanation…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, davidberg, hansel.

3/22/2011 Melinglor: Poison'd: cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?
So, I GMed my first (one-shot) game of Poison'd a couple of weeks ago. I'm planning on running a con game this week, so I thought I'd take a look…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, hix, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

5/26/2011 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Trauma and celebration
[b]Trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse of children.[/b] In the thread Poison'd: [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31331.0]cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?[/url], Ron addressed my struggles with hitting [url=http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=32]I Will Not Abandon You[/url]…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2011 Melinglor: "A Man's Office" A game of Shakespearean gender rebellion.
Proto-idea: When I read the ingredients, Daughter, Foresworn, & Nature stand out, and make me think of this: "Is he not approved in the height a villain, that hath slandered,…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2011
Participants: Melinglor, hansel, Nathan P..

7/22/2011 Melinglor: [A Man's Office]
I think I've got a design direction on my game, but I need to brainstorm some material. Help me fill out these two lists, if you please! First, a list…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2011
Participants: Melinglor, Wilper.

4/11/2012 Melinglor: Crowdsourcing my ingredient threads
OK, I'd like help pulling inspiration out of these threads, and I could use some fresh eyeballs and different perspectives. So if you'd be so kind, scan these threads (certainly…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor.

4/11/2012 Melinglor: My initial ideas--which ones grab ya?
THese are the rough concepts that popped out on my readthrough of my ingredients. I def don't hav e time to do all of them, so tell me which ones…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor, Troy_Costisick, Dev, Jason Pitre, JeffR, Mathalus.

4/14/2012 Melinglor: My main entry: The Lady and The Tower
Here's what I've got so far: The Lady and the Tower lngredients: Lantern Doctor Dark Ages Describing Credibility From Trials Distilled Thread: "At the top of the castle…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor, dmkdesigns, Mathalus.

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