Previous Topics 9/11/2009 droog: PbP: I need some help with structure
Okay, I'd never run a PbP game before. I had a sudden whim a few months ago and decided to run my Dark Ages hack of HQ at a small…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Noon, JoyWriter.
5/16/2009 droog: A small clash of vision
I've written before at greater length about an RQ game I used to run. I'd like to consider one issue here. Out of many years of play it sticks out…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Noclue, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Abkajud, Noon, Alex Abate.
1/30/2009 droog: Trollbabe: a seven-yr-old GMs
I've written before about playing TB with my daughter. We have played a few times since, and something happened that I'd like to record.
Jemima started to ask me about…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Arturo G., Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Wolfen, Paul T, JoyWriter.
6/9/2008 droog: Trollbabe: a six-year old plays Story Now
Hi, all. I'd like to report on the game of Trollbabe I have recently been playing with my daughter, who I'll call Jemima (since that's her name). She is seven…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Arturo G..
4/9/2008 droog: [TPK] Black Island
Hello! This is my first attempt at an island of the Kingdom, and I'd like to submit it for comments. It is for a game with my wife and daughter.…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog.
4/5/2008 droog: [TPK] Black Island
Hello! This is my first attempt at an island of the Kingdom, and I'd like to submit it for comments. It is for a game with my wife and daughter.…
In CRN Games
Participants: droog.
11/2/2007 droog: Trollbabe and leaving the adventure
It's my understanding that the rule is that trollbabes are not allowed to leave a given adventure until the Stakes are resolved. I can't find this rule in the book,…
In Adept Press
Participants: droog, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.
8/2/2007 droog: [InSpectres] Something old, something new
I'm back in my home town for a week to attend a funeral, of a guy who was a true believer when it came to roleplaying. So tonight, a few…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, FredGarber.
12/2/2006 droog: Lessons of a Neverending Game
Hi, all. In this thread I'd like to write about and analyse my long-running game set in Greg Stafford's Glorantha. It's something I've been thinking through for a while, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, r_donato, James_Nostack, screen_monkey, Ron Edwards.
10/3/2006 droog: Con newbie runs Sorcerer
I just attended my first con on the weekend, so I thought I'd try to get down my impressions in an actual play context.
Unicon is a small con run…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, muddlepud, Ron Edwards.
8/2/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - The fog of war
On Friday night we played the fourth session of our HeroQuest Dark Ages game. Reports on previous sessions can be found here and here.
For a number of reasons to…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, TonyLB, beingfrank.
6/30/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - The storm gathers
Tonight we played the third session of our Dark Ages HQ game, and I realised that I'm just starting to get a good handle on what I'm actually doing.
There…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, sebastianz, beingfrank.
6/16/2006 droog: Species keywords--a kludge?
I've been wondering about the species keywords and their ungainly list of separate ability scores. Would there be any obstacle to having them act like all other keywords, ie at…
In HeroQuest
Participants: droog, Vaxalon, soviet, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, Web_Weaver, Jane.
6/2/2006 droog: [HQ] Dark Ages - historical narrativism
I've been working up to playing a game set in the 'real' 5th century AD for quite some time. It all started with Pendragon, which, while I enjoyed the schlocky…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Mike Holmes, Tancred, beingfrank, Nigel Evans.
2/27/2006 droog: [DitV] Red Creek Falls
I wrote up our initial chargen/accomplishments session in this thread here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?board=14.40 . This week--our first town.
For various reasons I've studiously avoided looking at any sample towns apart from…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, agony, beingfrank.
2/11/2006 droog: Dogs in the Salon
As suggested by GM Claire Bickell, I am writing up our experiences today with Dogs in the Vineyard.
Claire took the initiative by posting on various forae about her idea…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, beingfrank.
12/9/2005 droog: 'You're the heroes' vs 'You're mortal too'
Hi folks
I have a question put to me by a friend via email. He is a very experienced GM in the illusionist vein, but has never encountered the BIg…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Caldis, Warren, Sydney Freedberg, contracycle, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon.
10/14/2005 droog: 'Game', 'simulation' and DitV
On a certain forum, Vincent wrote:
If you mean a 100% narrativist game to have no game and no simulation, Dogs in the Vineyard surely is not one.
Any…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, lumpley.
10/9/2005 droog: [Nicotine Girls] From A to C and back
I had a really good game tonight, but so unexpected!
We have a friend staying with us tonight, lovely woman, completely non-geek, non-roleplaying. My wife was in bed, A was…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, Ron Edwards, Roger.
9/26/2005 droog: Charnel Gods--What's Love Got to Do with It?
Well, we started our Charnel Gods game (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16866.0) down one player. Who knows where A. was, but he did have Grand Final tickets for the night before so I suspect…
In Actual Play
Participants: droog, hardcoremoose.
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