Previous Topics 8/27/2009 RobNJ: Where to post this?
Mod-folks, Joshua A. C. Newman and I have a new project that's both a podcast and a developing game design. I think it's pretty new and interesting and I wanted…
In Site Discussion
Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, lumpley.
8/8/2009 RobNJ: [Gen Con] Designers: Do you want GOD to run your game?
[url=http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/]Scott Acker[/url], [url=http://tckroleplaying.com/Games.html]Tim Koppang[/url], and [url=http://playcollective.org/]The Play Collective[/url] are getting together to run [url=http://www.museoffire.com/Games/GoD/]Games on Demand[/url]* at [url=http://gencon.com/]Gen Con[/url] this year. We'd probably** love to run your game.
If you…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ, Darcy Burgess, Ben Lehman, SaintandSinner, Gregor Hutton.
7/31/2009 RobNJ: Chaosium's Cthulhu license?
Hey folks,
I've heard rumor that Chaosium claims to be able to license the word "Cthulhu" for use in role playing game publications. Is that true? Given that HPL's shit…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Adam Dray, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, chance.thirteen.
7/23/2009 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] I want to credit you
I'm writing up a thank yous and acknowledgments section in the final edition of Misspent Youth. If I played the game with you, or if you played without me and…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ.
4/28/2009 RobNJ: Tied motifs?
So I have to decide something in Misspent Youth. At the end of the series, you are going to count up the number of motifs The Authority owns and the…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards.
4/15/2009 RobNJ: Forge Midest 09 report
Here's my little report, pasted from my LJ, about my experience at FMW this year. I was going to put it in the retrospective thread, but that felt more procedural/planning:…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ.
1/27/2009 RobNJ: The deashcanification of Misspent Youth
I'm giving myself a goal. I intend to get the full-and-final version of Misspent Youth out in time for JiffyCon Greenfield 09, in June. If you've played a game (or…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ, HiQKid.
12/9/2008 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Rule tweak
Right now, I'm running the first (as far as I know) ongoing series of Misspent Youth. This is giving me several ideas for what to do with the final version…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ.
7/14/2008 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Reservations! (Don't call it a preorder)
So I'm doing what I'm calling reservations (sort of but not really a preorder) for the Misspent Youth ashcan.
I'm going to be selling the ashcan for $10 at Gen…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ.
7/1/2008 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Ashcan: Gen Con 2008
Anyone who knows enough to even come here probably knows this already, but Misspent Youth will be available as an ashcan at the Play Collective/Ashcan Front booth at Gen Con…
In Robert Bohl Games
Participants: RobNJ.
5/7/2008 RobNJ: How to do preorders?
I am (almost certainly) going to do preorders for the ashcan of Misspent Youth, which I am planning to release at Gen Con. How does one go about doing preorders?…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, iago, guildofblades.
1/28/2008 RobNJ: Freeware/open source thing like InDesign?
I've recently decided I want to do Misspent Youth as an ashcan for Gen Con, and further that I want to try to do the layout on the ashcan (though…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, GreatWolf, KeithBVaughn.
1/7/2008 RobNJ: [Dreamation 2008] Indie Games Explosion games lineup
Emily Care Boss is hosting the list of games being run in the IGE at Dreamation 2008. I'll repaste here in a completely lazy and unedited way:
Dreamation 2008
January…
In Conventions
Participants: RobNJ, c, JustinB, Parthenia.
12/13/2007 RobNJ: [Galactic] Central NJ playtest reportage
So I'm going to write here about the playtest run I have going of Galactic. It's using the alternate "dice record sheet" rules that Matt posted. First, I'll talk about…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: RobNJ, Paka, Matt Wilson, Danny_K.
10/20/2007 RobNJ: [Galactic] Big problem
Unless I'm misreading, the places on pages 52 and 53 where conflicts resolution is described doesn't actually state the conditions for winning a conflict. They say that the example conflict…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: RobNJ, Matt Wilson, Brad Murray.
10/12/2007 RobNJ: Use of the Myers-Briggs trademark
Hey folks,
From what I can tell by reading http://www.mbtitoday.org/FEB2004TMGuidelines.pdf it looks like if I use Myers-Briggs in my game design, I may do so as long as I use…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Vulpinoid, c, MatrixGamer.
10/4/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Putting the "story game" in story games
So something I noticed recently is that most Story Games do not focus so much on creating a story as they do on a) giving you tools to affect story-substance…
In Playtesting
Participants: RobNJ, Emily Care.
9/27/2007 RobNJ: [PTA] Rule drifts, also strategies (some for cons)
So I've run a whole lot of Primetime Adventures at cons, and it is probably the single indie game I've played or run the most. Over the course of all…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: RobNJ.
6/28/2007 RobNJ: [Misspent Youth] Power 19
1.) What is your game about?
Misspent Youth is a game about friendship, rebellion, and growing up.
2.) What do the characters do?
The Youthful Offenders stand up to The…
In Playtesting
Participants: RobNJ, Emily Care.
6/12/2007 RobNJ: Epigrams and The Law
As I finally begin to write the text of my sci-fi game of youthful rebellion, <a href="http://indie-insurgent.livejournal.com/1768.html">Misspent Youth</a>, I am coming up against a concern I would imagine a number…
In Publishing
Participants: RobNJ, Gaerik, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, jasonm, David Artman, rafael.
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