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10/29/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: Setting and emergent stories
Hi Ron, as James pointed to your new article over in his actual play thread, I figured I'd just start talking about it here. When I was reading your step-by-step…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Paka.

6/5/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: [Dresden Files] It‘s not Zilch play, but what is it?
I played Dresden Files on a convention the other day. It was my first real FATE game. I did like it quite well, temporary aspects were nice and consequences are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, stefoid, Noclue, Noon, epweissengruber, Abkajud, Warrior Monk, Roger, wholeridge, Paolo D., Dan Maruschak, sirogit, ShallowThoughts, Anders Gabrielsson, pawsplay.

1/11/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: [Space Adventures] Making the larger reward cycle work
I was going to contribute to the Solitaire Challenge but then I decided to spend the time on my current “serious” project instead. You can take a look at what…
In Game Development
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

11/2/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [nWoD] Post-Apocalyptic Participationism in Salt Lake City
I wanted to talk a little about this session which was a major inspiration for me to start designing my new RPG. It was last year on another one of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski.

9/27/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [Reign] In-Character Acting and the Higher Level
I started to write a bit of a spin-off to the thread Roll-Playing Versus Roleplaying with an actual play report of my own, but then it seemed more fitting to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon.

9/11/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: Frank‘s Game Thread: And then Columbus arrived at the Edge of the World
Damn. I‘ve got an exam coming up on 5 October, a tough one at that. And so I thought, next year. And then I thought, edge, edge. What if you…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Jason Pitre, PeterBB, Kevin Allen Jr.

2/24/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [TRoS] Destiny Spiritual Attribute
No, I don't have an actual play account (yet) where the Destiny spiritual attribute played a role. I will be running a game on Friday in which several characters have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, Paka, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

1/23/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] I don't get Necromancy
Hi there, can someone help me out on the necromancy rules in Sorcerer & Sword? I don't get them. I've read the examples, and in them I don't see where…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Paiku, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

1/22/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: So BARBAREN! will be in English, but not self-published
Hi there, Those of you who have been following BARBAREN! might be interested that it's finally going to be published in Engish (the German version was released in October). We…
In Publishing
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Tim C Koppang, Emily Care, KeithBVaughn.

1/6/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: Humanity and Society
Check me on this. I have this understanding of Humanity as something that, within the setting, is generally thought of as something good/right. So when someone does things that warrant…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, James_Nostack, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paka.

9/1/2009 Frank Tarcikowski: [BARBAREN!] Who was in the GenCon 2005 playtest?
Hi there, After five years, BARBAREN! is finally finished and will be released at Spiel Essen 2009 in October. I am filling out some blanks in the manuscript last minute.…
In Connections
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, jrs, Fuseboy.

2/11/2009 Frank Tarcikowski: [Liquid] Well, I just rolled the dice for show
Every once in a while I think back to this game I played in in 2004. At the time, everybody was talking about “cinematic” role-playing, where, at last, you got…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, oliof, Paul Czege, lumpley, Peter Nordstrand, gsoylent, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, JoyWriter, Silmenume.

7/29/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: Prepping for The Pool: Hogwarts Class of ’79 (long)
Over in this thread there was a question about prepping for The Pool. As I’m in the middle of prepping for an ambitious game of The Pool which I’ll be…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, charles ferguson, Demiurges.

6/9/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] Possessors out of Host
In yesterday’s Sorcerer game, we had a powerful possessor demon (Power 8) try to get to a new host. The demon’s telltale was crawling insects, so I pictured this as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] Two actions at once
Rules question. How do you handle a character trying to do two things at once? Examples: 1) Our sorceress is wielding a demon sword and also has a ranged attack…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Sorcerer] The Live Tattoo
Ron Edwards asked me to post about a Sorcerer game we played when he visited me in Germany last December. I didn’t post about it yet because I didn’t feel…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Arturo G., pfischer, MrSandman666, Artanis.

3/3/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Mud Planet / Sorcerer] The Rules Work!
So I finally got to run the refined version of my Ronnies entry Mud Planet, using Sorcerer rules. Conditions were kind of not ideal: It was the evening slot in…
In Playtesting
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

3/2/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Polaris] Transcending the Rules
I just returned from another one of those German forum meet-ups. Yesterday’s Polaris game was a blast (what people call a homerun these days). Here are some highlights and a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, oliof, Ben Lehman, ( o Y o ), Eliarhiman6, Troels, cydmab, Hendrik D..

2/24/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: Special Damage Less Lethal
Okay, so in my group I've got four players with demons of power 6-9 and each has special damage (lethal). There's also lots of armor and protection around. If I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

2/6/2008 Frank Tarcikowski: [Das Schwarze Auge] Making the best of a pointless character death
This was originally posted over at the knife fight in a thread about character death, but I think it might be worth its own Forge thread, so here goes. The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, LandonSuffered, Marshall Burns.

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