Previous Topics 4/11/2012 Melinglor: My initial ideas--which ones grab ya?
THese are the rough concepts that popped out on my readthrough of my ingredients. I def don't hav e time to do all of them, so tell me which ones…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor, Troy_Costisick, Dev, Jason Pitre, JeffR, Mathalus.
4/11/2012 Melinglor: Crowdsourcing my ingredient threads
OK, I'd like help pulling inspiration out of these threads, and I could use some fresh eyeballs and different perspectives.
So if you'd be so kind, scan these threads (certainly…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: Melinglor.
7/22/2011 Melinglor: [A Man's Office]
I think I've got a design direction on my game, but I need to brainstorm some material. Help me fill out these two lists, if you please!
First, a list…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2011
Participants: Melinglor, Wilper.
7/16/2011 Melinglor: "A Man's Office" A game of Shakespearean gender rebellion.
Proto-idea:
When I read the ingredients, Daughter, Foresworn, & Nature stand out, and make me think of this:
"Is he not approved in the height a villain, that
hath slandered,…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2011
Participants: Melinglor, hansel, Nathan P..
5/26/2011 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Trauma and celebration
[b]Trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse of children.[/b]
In the thread Poison'd: [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31331.0]cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?[/url], Ron addressed my struggles with hitting [url=http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=32]I Will Not Abandon You[/url]…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards.
3/22/2011 Melinglor: Poison'd: cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?
So, I GMed my first (one-shot) game of Poison'd a couple of weeks ago. I'm planning on running a con game this week, so I thought I'd take a look…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, hix, lumpley, Ron Edwards.
6/16/2010 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Know thy role
[b]This is the second in a series, examining different aspects of the same two play instances. The first, addressing the use of Seeds, is [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=29881.0]here[/url]. I'll reproduce the rules explanation…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, davidberg, hansel.
6/14/2010 Melinglor: [The Dreaming Crucible] Same Seeds, different fruit.
[b]Note: this post is the first in a series: rather than pack every issue to explore into a single post, I'm going to examine the same two play instances from…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, hansel.
4/14/2010 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] Robust GMless situation?
I played a session of my game Spectre of the Beast at Vancouver, WA's Gamestorm last month, on the anniversary of the game's public debut. I played with Tyler and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, Mobius, FetusCommander.
4/9/2010 Melinglor: Spectre of the Beast final playtests!
Last year I wrote and published the roleplaying game Spectre of the Beast, about the spectre of violence in civiliaztion, and the role that death and suffering plays in its…
In Connections
Participants: Melinglor.
3/23/2010 Melinglor: [Tragic Dominion ] Gut-punching Fairytales and character authority
I've been laboring over this concept for some time, but just recently had all the wheels click into place in my head. First, the Color pitch:
Growing up. It's a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, stefoid, PeterBB, Brendan Day.
1/29/2010 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] the structure of play, from text to practice
Awhile back Paul Czege told me he was planning a playtest of Spectre of the Beast, my game in development about grand ambitions fueling the bloody march of civilization (you…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor, Paul Czege, Tim C Koppang.
12/30/2009 Melinglor: [MLwM] First play, with some awkwardness
So I played a one-off game of My Life With Master the other night. It wasn't as fulfilling as a full game (as one might expect), but it did give…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Melinglor, jburneko, Eliarhiman6, Adam Dray.
10/5/2009 Melinglor: In a Feral Age. . .playing fluently with trackers
A couple of weeks ago I ran a storyjamming* workshop for TrackersNW, an organization that teaches wilderness skills and encourages a primitive lifestyle (I've blogged about the general emotional tenor…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, jasonm, JoyWriter.
9/5/2009 Melinglor: Oracles for Outdoorsmen
So the folks that hired me to work at Middle-earth Camp asked me to come to an adult camp one evening next week, and lead them in a Storyjam. They…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, Paul T.
8/27/2009 Melinglor: Gut-Punching Fairy Tales
Hi! I've been tooling around with an idea for Jake's Awesome Fantasy Game Contest (that'd be Jake Richmond of Panty Explosion, Sea Dracula and Ocean fame). I doubt I'll complete…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman, Vladius, Skull.
8/12/2009 Melinglor: Seeking playtesters for Spectre of the Beast!
I'm in great need of some solid outside playtest of my 2008 Game Chef entry, Spectre of the Beast. I've been having fun playing it with my own friends and…
In Connections
Participants: Melinglor.
8/11/2009 Melinglor: [Nicotine Girls] Daddies for Babies who aren't Baby Daddies
At Go Play NW I got a chance to play Nicotine Girls with Michael, Ogre and Johnstone. I'd been wanting to for ages, but shied away for fear of making…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, JoyWriter, Johnstone.
7/27/2009 Melinglor: [Spectre of the Beast] What's a little piracy among peaceful peoples?
You know, I have been very, very stupid. I've been working on game design for a couple of years now, and I have completely ignored the Forge as a mine…
In Playtesting
Participants: Melinglor.
3/7/2009 Melinglor: [Dogs] Buildin' towns and settin' dials.
Hi! I played a game of Dogs for the first time in a while. It was my second time GMing, and my first time GMing through a whole Town. I…
In lumpley games
Participants: Melinglor, Noclue, jburneko, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Graham Walmsley, Wolfen.
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