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2/23/2010 dindenver: [Solar System] New Secrets Question
Eero,   I was reading your advice on making new secrets and you advised not to change the pool cost based on pre-requisites of the Secret.   So, my question…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

2/15/2010 dindenver: [Zombie Cinema] Awesome!
We played Zombie cinema this weekend! I drew: Such an Opportunity History and something else.   I decided I would be a Russian Mail Order Bride of the guy having…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis.

2/15/2010 dindenver: [WoN]
Wow!   I have moorcock-ian ideas about Inselberg. and I have a group that is interested in playing Solar System.   I am still trying to wrap my head around…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

1/5/2010 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] Structure of Play
Hi!   I am posting the initial outline of my Structure of Play section. What I would like to do is ask two questions concerning it: 1) Does it make…
In Playtesting
Participants: dindenver, Locke, David C.

9/27/2009 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] Notable People
OK,   So, I had a list of 290 possible people, I narrowed it down to 87 (hooray for me).   The problem I have is Quantity vs. Quality and…
In Playtesting
Participants: dindenver, Catelf.

9/14/2009 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] How do you play?
All,   Here is the basic mechanics for setting the scene. The reason I have it set up like this is that I want players to be able to call…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, Adam Dray.

8/20/2009 dindenver: [SteamPunk Crescendo] I think I have my mechanics down, what do you think?
All,   Here is the basic outline of my mechanics (sorry it is so long):   There are six possible outcomes that can happen when a player declares their character's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, Mike Sugarbaker, 7VII7.

5/25/2009 dindenver: [SteamPunk Crescendo] Multi-player conflict idea
Hi!   OK, so I have the 1 vs 1 conflict rules set and tested. Its a tweak on Otherkind. It works the way I want it to and the…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, brianbloodaxe, davidberg.

3/30/2009 dindenver: [SteamPunk Crescendo] Mechanical Conundrum
Hi!  OK, this is basically a gut check.   The system I am making will use a modified version of Otherkind (I already checked with Vincent and he is cool…
In First Thoughts
Participants: dindenver, Egonblaidd.

2/20/2009 dindenver: [TSOY] Sharing
Hi!   Running two games of TSOY at the same time is hard...   I made a couple of observations: 1) What is the deal with ties? I've only has…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

2/8/2009 dindenver: [otherkind] Design questions
Vincent,   I just had a couple of questions about this design: 1) There are 5 rules about bonus dice, one about adding to the value of those dice and…
In lumpley games
Participants: dindenver, lumpley.

1/9/2009 dindenver: [TSOY] Ritual Question
Hi!   I have a Qek in my group. They have the secret of Wolozi. Do the Rituals cost advances?
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

12/17/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Importance of keys
All,   I ran last night and it went well. The one question I have is, this:   I had 3 players, one got 6 XPs, one got 8 XPs…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Rich F, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

12/15/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Two Elves in a more "traditional" Party, ugh
All,   I am not sure what kind of pandora's box I have opened.   So, I have two gamers who are still, more or less, into traditional gaming. I…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

12/10/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Um, is this a problem?
Hi!   I am set to GM this next week, I have myself (SG) and two other players, is that a big enough group to get the full Solar System…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T, Yokiboy.

12/6/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] Is this broken?
All,   Secret of the Unwalked Path for urban setting In other words it counters Secret of Shadowing.   Is this broken? Has anyone tried it? Any caveats?
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

12/5/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Can characters feel their Vigor beign depleted?
All,   Or any other pool for that matter? Part of me thinks that this is a luck/meta stat and the characters can't sense when it is low. And for…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

11/20/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Harm x 3
All,   So, I am confused if the character sheet should have one Harm Track or 3.   It seems like there should be one Harm track and the source…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, oliof, simonjberger.

11/20/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Armor as Effect
Eero,   I saw you write how armor crafted using an Ability check could be considered an Effect as opposed to becoming Gear with an Armor bonus.   This makes…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

11/16/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] World-wide Maldorian Empire: Local myth or slice of history?
All,   If we look at the descriptions of the various cultures, two things strike me: 1) Each of the nations have their own localized history in their description 2)…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.

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3/10/2010 dindenver: [Zombie Cinema] Good times
We played again on Monday. I was a idealistic cop, we had a 10-year old Latchkey kid, a sex addict and an African-American nerd. We never really explained how the…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

6/21/2010 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] First big playtest
We had out first big playtest. Our group consists of 6 people plus the GM (me). We began by sharing our expectations for this adventure, we came up with: Repression…
In Playtesting
Participants: dindenver.

9/6/2010 dindenver: [MLwM] Question
So,   I played this for the first time today.   Is it normal to roll d6 for Love, Fear, Self-Loathing and Weeriness?   And, if so, is it normal…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: dindenver, Artanis, Adam Dray.

9/13/2010 dindenver: [Edge of Mystery] Dave's Game thread
All,   My game is inspired by Harry Potter and other such magical fantasies. You can see my working Draft here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EsslLQ4dSs8CwzH6bkV9XJg0W5nFDlqM8cUm5Wv4naY I am finishing up the first draft tonight…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: dindenver, masqueradeball, Darla Shockley, Vulpinoid, Shreyas Sampat.

9/21/2010 dindenver: [City in Darkness] aka Edge of Mystery
Hi!   I found a new name that better highlights the themes of my game.   Basically, the game is about graduating from a school of magic in a Harry…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: dindenver.

11/1/2010 dindenver: [WoN] Inselbeg/Melnibone
All,   My Inselberg campaign is back on!   I will have players in a week or two, so I need to prep up!   I am going to go…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.

12/14/2010 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Conflict Flow
Here is what I have so far: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ouEJchAXRJ4/TQWJLueU9vI/AAAAAAAAAA0/14Gh5k7GUks/s1600/LoL-Conflict%2BFlow%2B-%2BAdvanced.png Conflict Flow 1) Agree that there is a conflict 2) Players declare their Stakes (what are they fighting for?) 3) Judge declares…
In Game Development
Participants: dindenver, Ron Edwards, Noon.

12/20/2010 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Character Creation
[center][b]Character Creation[/b][/center]   1. Come up with a basic character concept, what is the character you will play like?   2. Name - What is your character’s name?   3.…
In Game Development
Participants: dindenver, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, Noon.

12/29/2010 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Destiny Points
So,   This is the most significant non-conflict mechanic in my new fantasy game Legends of Lanasia.   Destiny Points are designed to be the players' reward for good play.…
In Game Development
Participants: dindenver, Chris_Chinn, Dan Maruschak, masqueradeball.

1/2/2011 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia] Talents
Action Type Replacement Instead of rolling using one of the listed Aspects, you will roll using the Talent. These Talents should be specialized versions of existing skills (fencing for instance).…
In Game Development
Participants: dindenver.

9/6/2011 dindenver: [Do] The Journal
So, I played Do: Pilgrams of the Flying temple for the first time on Thursday and later again on Saturday. The first time, the Journal seemed to enhance play. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: dindenver, Ron Edwards.

1/10/2012 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] Out on a limb
So,   I just purchased an ISBN for Steampunk Crescendo.   Within a week it will be available for purchase.   The questions I have is, how do I market…
In Publishing
Participants: dindenver, davidberg, Dan Maruschak, Eero Tuovinen.

4/6/2012 dindenver: [World Police] My Randome ingredients
It took me a few tries to get ingredients that I cold figure out a solution for. I got some really great 2/3-ingredient comboes, but there was always some rogue…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: dindenver, UserClone, jackson_tegu, joepub.

4/11/2012 dindenver: [InGendarme] Screne Framing Flow
OK,   So, what I have is an expansion of UN Charter Article 42. Which allows the UN Security Council to create other organs (their term for sub organizations) in…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: dindenver, Jason Pitre.

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