Previous Topics 1/17/2009 Peter Nordstrand: Mechaton Heaven?
I saw this article at Film Roster and immediately thought of Mechaton. ”Mark Borlase has built a 5' x 10' Hoth base diorama consisting of between 55,000 to 60,000 pieces…
In lumpley games
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.
12/18/2008 Peter Nordstrand: While We Were Fighting Video Chat Demo
I am thinking about running a short demo of While We Were Fighting, and am looking for participants. It will be a video chat, and I intend to record the…
In Connections
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.
11/21/2008 Peter Nordstrand: While We Were Fighting Q&A
Altaem (what's your name?) asked me some questions about While We Were Fighting in another thread:
Do player characters gain resources by stealing them from each other, or are NPCs…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Altaem.
11/4/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Lovecraft, copyrights, trademarks, and other horrors
If I wanted to make a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, could I do that? Or are his stories still covered by copyrights? What about trademarks and such, such as…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Dementia Games, Graham Walmsley, Pelgrane.
11/3/2008 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting]Playtesting With Strangers
I've done a number of playtests with strangers, people at conventions that ended up playing my game without really knowing anything about it. I've discovered a few things that seem…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Altaem.
10/23/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Traits in While We Were Fighting
I've thought a bit about how traits are used in While We Were Fighting (here's the link, but don't tell anyone), especially after reading the thread called "Can someone explain…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Noon, Ron Edwards.
10/18/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Prepping Tunnels & Trolls
I am preparing a Tunnels & Trolls game for the first time, trying to follow the good advice I got in the thread apltly named Tunnels & Trolls advice.
Are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Noon, Ante.
10/15/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Tunnels & Trolls advice
I'm about to start a Tunnels & Trolls campaign. I've wanted to try it out ever since Ron published his actual play reports a few years back. We are aiming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Ante, rafial, Noon, Finarvyn, Ron Edwards.
10/12/2008 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] Sodomizing the Renaissance
I played While We Were Fighting at Stockholms spelkonvent. (Yes, the game is still called While We Were Fighting.)
I played with a group of four young men, all in…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.
8/13/2008 Peter Nordstrand: While We Were Fighting — Ties of Blood?
I have friends whose excellent and very funny cardgame Spank the Monkey turned out to be almost unsellable in the US, while it is a great commercial success in the…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.
5/10/2008 Peter Nordstrand: [Sorcerer] Mind Games
Måns wanted to play Sorcerer, so I called Johan, and the three of us got together last Tuesday for character generation. Måns had mentioned Philip K. Dick, and I came…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, pfischer.
3/25/2008 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] GM Dice Pool
[i]While We Were Fighting[/i] is a game about powerful people intriguing in a fictional Italian renaissance city. It is a decidedly narrativist game, drawing inspiration from such perennial favourites as…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Anders, Marshall Burns.
2/22/2008 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] Scene Framing the Renaissance
So we played While We Were Fighting at OmniCon, and it went really well. (See footnote for a description of WWWF.) I learned a lot from this session, but I'll…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Marshall Burns, Anders.
12/22/2007 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting]A Board Roleplaying Game
Is While We Were Fighting (see here and here) a boardgame or a roleplaying game? Apparently this is something that makes a lot of people nervous. As if there was…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.
11/27/2007 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] A Bad Day for the Gherardini Family
I've had a first playtest of While We Were Fighting. (See this thread for first thoughts on character generation.) Over all the playtest went very well. I had a lot…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, hix, Måns.
11/23/2007 Peter Nordstrand: [While We Were Fighting] Character Generation
I am designing this game. It is called While We Were Fighting. I've scheduled two playtest sessions next week with different groups. Problem is that character generation is flawed. I'll…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, hix.
6/3/2007 Peter Nordstrand: One Can Have Her
We playtested Jonas Ferry's (the artist formerly known as Jonas Karlsson) Ronny winning game One Can Have Her. The short version of this report is that the game went very…
In Playtesting
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.
5/4/2007 Peter Nordstrand: Playingcardsonly/playingcardsindia
Hi there!
Long time no see. I've been preoccupied with ... things. Nevermind.
Here's the question
Have any of you used, or considered using, playingcardsindia.com (apparently they are the same…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, cambridgegames, Thenomain, Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo, darnest.
4/29/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Anal Retentive Me
Hi,
Is bumping old threads permitted in Connections? I am asking because I have seen it done several times with no moderator visibly moderating. I'm just, you know, wondering.
Peace,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.
4/11/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Entering Convention Mode
Hi Roach-players,
I am hoping to play the Roach a lot this friday on GothCon. It is a drop-in event, and I intend to attract hordes of innocent players. At…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Alex Fradera, jasonm, Technocrat13, LeSingeSavant, Sydney Freedberg.
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