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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.

1/10/2011 Bret Gillan: [Dr. Chaos] and a parade of stupid superheroes
I gathered a group of five friends to play Dr. Chaos on Sunday. I was super excited and, in retrospect, should have put a little more thought or discussion into…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2011 Bret Gillan: [Cold Soldier] Core Mechanic
[url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/cold-soldier]Game[/url] [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30842.0]Design Discussion[/url] So after the first playtest, I found that the core mechanic is totally broken. Luckily it's not broken beyond repair. I have some ideas for fixes. I…
In Game Development
Participants: Bret Gillan, Noon, masqueradeball, whduryea, FetusCommander, Paolo D., Paul DuPont.

1/6/2011 Bret Gillan: [S/lay W/Me] Singly or In a Group
For the Monster and how it kills you, does Singly or In a Group refer to it being a group of monsters, or to the monster killing groups of people…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Say it yourself
So I know that coming up with your own Who is by the book. Can you also 'say it yourself' to the Where, or Ron do you encourage people to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn.

9/7/2010 Bret Gillan: [S/lay w/Me] Lukuls the Savage and troubles
So I played S/lay w/Me with Carly over the weekend. She's not particularly new to roleplaying since she's in my Apocalypse World game that's been going on for a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2010 Bret Gillan: [WGP] Questions
Hi! I've played a few sessions of With Great Power and I have some quick questions. Is the beginning of a Conflict Scene the only time you discard your hand…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

3/2/2009 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Arcon Playtesting
So I got to go to Arcon this weekend at my old Alma Mater, SUNY Oswego, and hook up with some old friends and the new crowd of kids that…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

2/18/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World] First Session - Introducing Kartak and Rabbit
We played our first session Apocalypse World last night. Judd has backed out to pay attention to schoolwork and Chris couldn't make it because he had to take his girlfriend…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley.

2/11/2009 Bret Gillan: [Apocalypse World]Setting and Characters
Me, Ellen, Bob, and Chris did Apocalypse World prep. Ellen's my girlfriend. She's done enough gaming so that it's not new and strange and foreign but she's not a scarred…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, Paka, Everspinner.

11/26/2008 Bret Gillan: [Trollbabe] Save the Young Man! and wrestling with Scale
Related Thread: Making the Trollbabes First Trollbabe session! My living room was absolutely freezing and I had a migraine. Not the best way to start but after two cancellations…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Brand_Robins, Ron Edwards, ieatwithgusto, Markus.

11/18/2008 Bret Gillan: [Trollbabe] Making the Trollbabes
I met with my two players for our first session of Trollbabe. Ellen, my girlfriend, and my friend Chris who just moved to area volunteered for a Sunday night game.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

11/3/2008 Bret Gillan: [The Final Girl] Scenes and Endgame
I ran my first playtest of The Final Girl, my "pick them off one by one" horror movie game with Judd (of Paka fame), my college buddy Chris, and my…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, jasonm.

2/1/2008 Bret Gillan: [IaWA] Oracle Creation
No rules/guidelines on creating your own oracles? Aww man! Okay, so we did our first situation. It was great. Now, what becomes of those elements of the oracles that were…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, DainXB, twilight, Valvorik, Garth.

1/24/2008 Bret Gillan: [Burning Empires] Grinding Gears on Beliefs
So we did world burning for Burning Empires. We can up with a cool world where civilization grew out of a crashed spaceship fleet. This is a strict society, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Chris_Chinn, pfischer, Noon, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg, schlafmanko.

1/20/2008 Bret Gillan: [Gods] Here, have the PDF
Hey guys. I've been working on a Gods hack/supplement for a long time, and I've pretty much lost interest in publishing it, so I thought I would throw it up…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, oreso, Garth.

9/19/2007 Bret Gillan: [Lacuna] I Learn About GMing
I ran Lacuna for my friends in the city the other night, and it was really interesting. One thing it did with it's minimal but awesome system was show me…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Yokiboy, Graham Walmsley, Jasper Flick, Noon, Danny_K, The Dragon Master, Paka, Noclue, lumpley, Valamir, henshaw, FredGarber, Mike Holmes.

7/14/2007 Bret Gillan: Finally!
Emily, I finally got to play one of your games! Me and my friends Jere and Josh played Shooting the Moon and we played two professional wrestlers (Jere and Josh…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

7/6/2007 Bret Gillan: Breaking Down Capes
So, in working on Gods I took a look at Capes and decided it could really do just about anything. Tony, I think you've said before that Capes will only…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB.

6/21/2007 Bret Gillan: [TSOY] Don't Make Me Fuck You Up With My Crane Style
Hey guys. I wanted a game that I could play while I listened to rap, so I tinkered with The Shadow of Yesterday (for its brilliance, tinkerability, and consistently awesome…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bret Gillan, xjermx, Eero Tuovinen.

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12/15/2011 Bret Gillan: [HeroQuest 2] System and Story Tug of War
Hey guys. I recently got a Glorantha game going. We're using the HQ2 system and man is it weird. It does this judo on the way we determine obstacle levels…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Eero Tuovinen, Neil the Wimp, Abkajud, Noon, epweissengruber.

3/20/2012 Bret Gillan: [Lamentations of the Flame Princess] Dungeon Crawl Tension
I have never gotten to play classic dungeon crawls! I grew up in a household where D&D was forbidden, so I learned about roleplaying through other games like Marvel Superheroes,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bret Gillan, Noon.

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