Previous Topics 6/24/2010 Malcolm: [Okhrana] A New First Draft
Inspired by a chat with Gregor Hutton, I've decided to re-boot my long moribund game of political radicals and secret policemen, Okhrana. The old system (sort of like Contenders and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Malcolm.
5/11/2010 Malcolm: [Shipwreck] The Wreck of HMS Aurora
Last night saw the second playtest session of Shipwreck. The first playtest session is discussed here. You can download the version of the mechanics that we were using here. As…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm.
5/4/2010 Malcolm: [Shipwreck] The First Playtest
Shipwreck, as the name might suggest, is my game-in-design of shipwreck tales. It's inspired by the fiction such as Lord of the Flies and The Coral Island, films such as…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm, Gregor Hutton.
3/16/2010 Malcolm: Conpulsion, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 26-28
For those of you in the UK, I thought I'd give a quick rundown of some stuff that's on offer at Conpulsion in a couple of weeks. The con takes…
In Conventions
Participants: Malcolm.
8/1/2008 Malcolm: [Gen Con 2008] The Play Collective is back
Yes, at Gen Con Indy 08, we're back!
The Play Collective returns for its second year, a juggernaut of gaming goodness, enthusiasm and energy! And this time, we've brought a…
In Conventions
Participants: Malcolm.
11/4/2007 Malcolm: [Umlaut] Playtest In Wellington
This report has also be cross-posted to a thread at The Collective Endeavour.
It was a Friday night in Wellington when we sat down with a quantity of beers and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm.
5/28/2007 Malcolm: [Okhrana] Playtest at Spodley Grange
A few weeks ago, the Spodley Grange weekend playtesting event saw the first ever playtest of Okhrana, a game I initially wrote for the 24 Hour Espionage RPG competition hosted…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm, Graham Walmsley, Jonas Karlsson.
5/16/2007 Malcolm: [Everlasting Empire] The First Playtest
[i]This thread might provide some help in understanding the basics of Everlasting Empire:
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=22506.0]Everlasting Empire Power 19[/url][/i]
Last weekend saw the first ever playtest of Everlasting Empire. In truth, it…
In Playtesting
Participants: Malcolm.
1/30/2007 Malcolm: [Cold City] Operation Violine, convention play
This is a report on a cold City game played in a 3 hour slot at Warpcon, Cork, Ireland.
Con games in the standard 3 – 4 hour slot are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Yokiboy, jasonm, komradebob, Kami-no-Mark.
1/5/2007 Malcolm: Umlaut: Setting Challenge review
Every one of the settings I was given made me feel something different and out of all of them, Umlaut, by Rich Stokes, produced the most wry smiles, nods and…
In Endeavor
Participants: Malcolm, talysman, Sam!, Graham Walmsley, Rich Stokes, Dantai, Ben Lehman, Everspinner.
12/10/2006 Malcolm: [Everlasting Empire] Power 19
For quite some time now, I've had an idea for a game called Everlasting Empire. A game of quintessentially British heroes and heroines in a future where the Empire still…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Malcolm, Troy_Costisick, anders_larsen, davidberg, jasonm.
12/3/2006 Malcolm: Dragonmeet 2006 - Post Con Thoughts, Sales and Suchlike
Dragonmeet, in London, is a very friendly and successful one day convention that runs on the first Saturday of December. With 600 - 800 (approx.) attendees, there's a goodly number…
In Conventions
Participants: Malcolm, iago, Pelgrane, Matt, Dantai, Gregor Hutton, andrew_kenrick.
11/25/2006 Malcolm: Launching The Collective Endeavour
So, it seems that the small press/indie games scene in the UK and Ireland isn't quite as vibrant as it is in the US. So what can we as a…
In Connections
Participants: Malcolm.
10/24/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] - Fade To Grey
So, character creation was somewhat staggered over a couple of weeks for this game. Some players created their characters when we sat down to discuss stuff a week ago, other…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Shevaun.
10/19/2006 Malcolm: [Contenders] This Must Be The Place
So after unanimous consent in the pub last week, this week we sat down to play Contenders. So there we sit round Per’s kitchen table drinking…ginger beer?
Regardless of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Joe Murphy (Broin), pfischer, iain, Dantai, Yokiboy.
10/11/2006 Malcolm: [Perfect] Three Crimes & A Soiree
So, we sat down to play Perfect at GEAS, the Edinburgh University games society last Sunday. Hugo, Shevvy and Vicky had all expressed keenness the previous week, so this time…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, joepub, David Artman.
8/31/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] Gen Con 2006 15 minute demos
I’d like to talk about both the preparation for these demos and the actual play experience on the Forge/IPR booth.
Prior to coming to Gen Con, there were several evenings…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm.
8/23/2006 Malcolm: [Cold City] Gen Con After Hours Game
On the Friday night of Gen Con Indy, I had the good fortune to run what turned out to be a very intense game of Cold City for an excellent…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, nikola, Yokiboy, GB Steve, RobNJ, Rob MacDougall.
5/14/2006 Malcolm: [GenCon] Thread Clarification
Hi,
Starting a new thread so as to avoid asking tangential questions in other threads were Luke has specifically asked that information only be posted.
As regrads the 'Booth Monkeys…
In Conventions
Participants: Malcolm, abzu.
5/1/2006 Malcolm: [DitV] For the kids!
There's a group in Edinburgh called the Open Roleplaying community which exists to bring new blood into the hobby and give a place where younger gamers can flourish. All ages…
In Actual Play
Participants: Malcolm, Paka, Dumirik.
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