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2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: February round: reflection after the first rush
Realization Dawning, Moral Dawn, The Secret Lives of Serial Killers, MurderWing, Haunted, Murder: A Game About Crows, The Cycle of Seasons, They Became Flesh, Deathbird Black, Air Patrol, The Volume…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, jburneko, stefoid.

2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: [MurderWing] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/murderwing]MurderWing[/url][/b] by Joe J. Prince is a whole different sort of "other" from the entry that shared this category. It's the first setting-supplement entry for any Ronnies round, which I…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Dantai, Gregor Hutton.

2/21/2011 Noon: On moderation and extent
I was going to type this awhile ago, but thought nah, it'll smooth over so it'll be fine. The thing is, by my measure the only reason moderation on any…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Noon, Willow, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2011 Ron Edwards: [Memory Quest] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/memory_quest]Memory Quest[/url][/b] by David Berg works off the incomplete-knowledge model of play, which we've all seen brought to jaw-dropping fruition with Sunshine Boulevard (or TSLOSKs for those in the know),…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, Ghostlight Games, davidberg, Nathan P..

2/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [Uncle Louis] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/uncle-louis]Uncle Louis[/url][/b] by Steve Mathers received the cryptic judgment of "other" in the results thread, but that's actually an honorable category in Ronnies history. Some of the really fascinating and…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, stefoid.

2/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Volume of Secrets] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-volume-of-secrets]The Volume of Secrets[/url][/b] by J. P. Mullen threw me into a tizzy of evaluation much like the characters themselves, flitting through a fog of unknowns and uncertainties. I'm not…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Kensan_Oni.

2/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [The Cycle of Seasons] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-cycle-of-the-seasons]The Cycle of Seasons[/url][/b] by Nathan Paoletta is going to be the hardest judgment to justify. Why not a Ronny? Or if I think it's unsuccessful, why almost a Ronny?…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

2/18/2011 F33: Game Lacking Content and In Development
I am not a professional, but I like to play games. I've played D&D and maybe too many RPG video games than my share. Me and some friends wanted to…
In Game Development
Participants: F33, Ghostlight Games, Chris_Chinn, Noon, dreamborn.

2/18/2011 lumpley: lumpley games' 2010
Hi. Here's how 2010 went for lumpley games, business-wise. I'd be happy to talk about it here, if anybody has any questions or observations. -Vincent
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Miskatonic, Ghostlight Games, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn.

2/17/2011 dreamborn: Omnificent Role-playing System ruleset free to download
Just a note. The Omnificent Role-playing System ™(ORS™) rule set is now available for download.  Currently only the ORS Standard Rules™ is up on the site, but as my web…
In Game Development
Participants: dreamborn, SteveCooper, ssem, Sarashinai.

2/17/2011 Gregor Hutton: [Lord of the Rings] Oh, CODA!?!
Ugh, so I got my friend Conor a copy of the CODA version of Lord of the Rings RPG (from 2001/2002) for Christmas. He's trying to get a short run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, masqueradeball, Noon, Finarvyn, Ghostlight Games, Silmenume, davidberg, contracycle, Caldis, Anders Gabrielsson, pawsplay.

2/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Realization Dawning] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/realization-dawning]Realization Dawning[/url][/b] by Gregor Hutton, as a Ronnies entry, was clearly a snapshot taken in the middle of a design process. Enough is there for me to see where it's…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton.

2/17/2011 Ron Edwards: [Murder: A Game About Crows] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/murder]Murder: A Game About Crows[/url][/b] by Michael Mullen is a pleasure to look at, but I had a hard time reading it. I found myself overwhelmed by minor questions -…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid.

2/16/2011 robotsunshine: Mechaton Rules Questions
So the book says when calculating VPP, for ties, both people bump. So if we both have the most mechs, we both bump down one. Cool. What about in a…
In lumpley games
Participants: robotsunshine, lumpley, Mantisking, Robert Beckett.

2/16/2011 Ron Edwards: [Anathema] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/anathema]Anathema[/url][/b] by Devon Oratz wins a Ronny! This one gets the Sheer Guts award for this round, which given some of the other entries, is really saying something. I kind…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, charlesperez, pkalata.

2/16/2011 Cliff H: Gamism vs Simulated Gamism
After many scheduling snafus, I finally am heading out to game again tonight with my die hard crew of 7th Sea players who claim to want to live on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Cliff H, Chris_Chinn, stefoid, jburneko, contracycle, Noon, davidberg, Jeff B, mani, Alfryd, Warrior Monk, Ron Edwards.

2/16/2011 Artanis: Can't access some forums on the Archives
Hello there I can't seem to "unroll" the Archive and Inactive Forums categories on the archived Forge forums. I get the error message Unable to verify referring url. Please go…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Artanis, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen.

2/15/2011 Ron Edwards: [Air Patrol] Ronnies feedback
[b][url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/air-patrol]Air Patrol[/url][/b] by Patrick Gamblin is a Runner-Up, and if there were an award based strictly on a setting's fun color and zappiness, it would win it. And that's saying…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, Gryffudd, baxil, davidberg.

2/15/2011 Grimcleaver: Help me Ron Edwards, You're My Only Hope
Okay so I've dabbled twice with contributing here. Really I'm a pretty likable, knowledgable and experienced gamer with tons of theory and help I can provide, and I'm eager to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Grimcleaver, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ghostlight Games, davidberg.

2/13/2011 Ghostlight Games: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Playtest
I "played" this recently with my regular gaming group. I was ostensibly an audience member but I kind of wound up as a co-facilitator at the end. (For the final…
In Game Development
Participants: Ghostlight Games, Willow, mccleverly, johnthedm7000, Ron Edwards, Noon, jburneko, stefoid, tzirtzi.

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2/22/2011 The Wolf: Non combat interactions
Hi there, First post however in my usual manner I lurk for a while before diving in. I have run many games, being pretty much a full time GM unless…
In Actual Play
Participants: The Wolf, Cliff H, Gregor Hutton, stefoid, Alfryd.

2/22/2011 jburneko: [Doctor Chaos] OrcCon 2011
At OrcCon this weekend I had the opportunity to play Doctor Chaos.  Overall the game was very successful.  I'll go over some of the highlights. First the social context.  There…
In Game Development
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2011 Noon: [Secret lies of roleplayers ( SLORP )] Flowchart check and verbal coherancy
Any points in the flowchart that lead to a dead end? Any opaqueness/unclear meaning in the text? Does it disappear up it's own arse, like a news report on news…
In Game Development
Participants: Noon, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2011 Paolo D.: [SS], [TSoY] and "safety net"
Hi people! :-) First of all, what do I mean with "safety net"? I mean a mechanic or a procedure (or more than one of them) of a game, meant…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: Paolo D., Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, P.Jeffries, Galwinganoon.

2/25/2011 Marshall Burns: [Badass City] how do you design price lists?
[url=https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1vQg_kLsuZB8rsGLRwhUjCaqIS4foEYZh4n1q69i8lMk]Badass City[/url] is a Step on Up RPG about a city full of badasses competing to be the most badass. Your life basically consists of competing with badasses in fights…
In Game Development
Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn, dindenver, JackTheOwner.

2/25/2011 ssem: a game originally called: adventure in the land of Jan
I started writing a specific fantasy novel in a game world of my design back in the early 80s. this failed mostly to my lack of imagination, 90% English fluency…
In Game Development
Participants: ssem, Gregor Hutton, dreamborn, Ron Edwards.

2/25/2011 Roger: [The Secret Lives of Serial Killers] Rational musings (split)
Maybe I've just seen Inception too many times, but this makes me wonder how deep you could go. Could there be /another/ layer, in which the 'victim' is the guy…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Roger, Ron Edwards, pkalata, Ghostlight Games.

2/26/2011 MrNay: Making a game
I am a bit curious. This is a bit longwinded, sorry about that, I am not sure where to start. I having been playing rpgs for a while now, starting…
In Publishing
Participants: MrNay, Ron Edwards, Jason Pitre, ssem, Chris_Chinn, Nathan P., Airafice, Arauka_Gurtha.

2/6/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe barrage II (split)
New questions! 1) A Trollbabe can be harmed only by a failed reroll. But what about a Relationship? Can the well-being (or even the liberty or the life) of a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2011 Sarashinai: Long loves and heartbreakers
Hello all! I've been playing games for years. D&D 3 was my first introduction to table-top RPGs and I've been hooked ever since. I played quite a few PC games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sarashinai, Frank Tarcikowski, Unforgivingmuse, Jeff B.

2/27/2011 Sarashinai: A heartbreaker to call my own
Hello all! I've been gaming for a good number of years now. I started out with D&D 3 but moved on to Vampire and others shortly after. I ran a…
In Game Development
Participants: Sarashinai, Jason Pitre, happysmellyfish, stefoid, Paul Czege.

2/27/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] The soldier who wouldn't
Cold Soldier got another go tonight with Carly. We didn't get to play a full session, but we did play a half session that gave up some interesting information and…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2011 Chris_Chinn: [Primetime Adventures] Dark Fragrance
Hi, We just wrapped up our second campaign of Primetime Adventures (the first was based on Star Wars).  The group consists of myself, Sushu, and Jono, all of us are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Chris_Chinn, Roger, Jono, Artanis.

2/27/2011 horomancer: Simple System rework
After much down time I've gotten the gaming itch once again and have set about cobbling on my own system. Below is a link to the Googledoc that I'll update…
In Game Development
Participants: horomancer, Paul Czege, Ar Kayon, ssem, Sarashinai, contracycle.

2/28/2011 Ron Edwards: Third round - soon
Hi everyone, I find myself quite torn between two things: 1. Encouraging and providing a personal example of enthusiastic, critical play and feedback for many of the games generated so…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ghostlight Games, pkalata, davidberg, stefoid, Gryffudd, tzirtzi, Roger, Elizabeth, Ross Cowman, Ben Lehman.

2/28/2011 Natespank: [D&D 4e] Balance Issues
Hello. Sorry to begin a new thread while the other is still active. I need advice on something that came up in tonight's game- it's about balance problems in 4e.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Natespank, Eero Tuovinen, Chris_Chinn, Alfryd, Noon, epweissengruber, Ron Edwards, Jeff B, LostSoul.

2/28/2011 Paul Czege: Ronnies participants, I'm curious
Ronnies participants, What did you learn from your participation (completion and submission of a game) in either round one or two of the Ronnies this year? I'm curious. Paul
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: Paul Czege, Bret Gillan, Paolo D., whduryea, davidberg, Troy_Costisick, Willow, Ben Lehman, Cliff H, Elizabeth, Ghostlight Games, jburneko, Vulpinoid.

3/2/2011 Ben Lehman: [Beloved] [Solo RPG] In a dream ...
I have been putting off playing <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gnPx8AlhF1TMarQ165Y1vGM382c6epUvCu1-HkXvICI/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJDYi58F&pli=1#">Beloved</a> because, honestly, the game scares me a bit. Plus, it's very hard for me to follow the first directions of the game:…
In Game Development
Participants: Ben Lehman, dreamborn, hix, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, baxil, Nathan P., lumpley, jrs, davidberg, Gregor Hutton, Roger, Altaem, jburneko.

3/3/2011 kensanata: One Page Dungeon Contest 2011
I'm not sure whether there are any independent games published that allow for dungeon crawling adventures. None of the ones I tried seemed to afford (suggest, encourage) it. Nevertheless, I'd…
In Publishing
Participants: kensanata, Ghostlight Games, Enker.

3/3/2011 baxil: [Deathbird Black] The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is On Fire
So I wrote this 24-hour game about comedy, murder, backstabbing, and throwing dice across the room.  It's called Deathbird Black.  (Ronnies thread here; game here.)  Some deity must have deemed…
In Game Development
Participants: baxil, Paolo D., Ron Edwards, enderbean, Eliarhiman6.

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