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4/14/2012 davidberg: [Area 51 Dark] 3 characters in one body
In 1955, the Govt set up Area 51, a giant area in southern Nevada where strange lights and sounds are occasionally seen and heard for miles around.  Nearby towns have…
In Last Chance Game Chef
Participants: davidberg.

4/2/2012 davidberg: [Pitfighter] SBP: reward system options
Hello, I've been recounting some key features of the d20-based homebrew Pitfighter game I ran in college here in Actual Play, to serve as a springboard for discussing ways in…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, mael.rimbault, JoyWriter, Anders Gabrielsson.

3/23/2012 davidberg: idea for a new Endeavor
Hi Ron & Vincent, Two months probably isn't enough time, but what the heck, I'd like to give it a shot. I think it'd be fun to do a group…
In Site Discussion
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, mael.rimbault, Dan Maruschak.

1/26/2012 davidberg: [Within My Clutches] my game can be won, so they played to win it
[url=http://shrikedesign.com/games/Within_My_Clutches_v2.pdf]Within My Clutches[/url] (old; still revising current version) Oops.  This game operates on a structure of pursuing your protagonist's goals, and there are some strategic decisions you make that impact…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, Noon, Sp4m, Rubbermancer.

12/17/2011 davidberg: [Pitfighter] SBP: the GM's role in resolution
"SBP" stands for Story Before Participationism.  It's basically gaming where (a) the GM makes certain things unavoidably happen in play as a part of getting across a "story" (by which…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, contracycle, Anders Gabrielsson, JoyWriter, happysmellyfish, Noon, DWeird, Motipha.

11/14/2011 davidberg: [Pitfighter] how I learned to push my GM plots into play
Hello, This post is part background for my other Pitfighter threads, part summary of my take on a classic problem in RPG play, and part response to Jamie's recent encounter…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Web_Weaver, Roger.

11/9/2011 davidberg: [Pitfighter] SBP: is there anything better to roll for than success?
"SBP" stands for Story Before Participationism.  It's basically gaming where (a) the GM makes certain things unavoidably happen in play as a part of getting across a "story" (by which…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, stefoid, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Dan Maruschak, contracycle, Noon, Roger, Jeremy S, Anders Gabrielsson, mael.rimbault.

10/16/2011 davidberg: decoupling Reward Systems from broad-scale Story Arcs
I've been chatting recently with some GMs who pre-plan all the major plot points in their scenarios, and communicate what they're doing to the players in such a way that…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, stefoid, happysmellyfish, Noon, contracycle, Paul T, Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, Dan Maruschak, Frank Tarcikowski.

8/24/2011 davidberg: [Sign in Stranger] this moon may not mean what you think it means
We knew we were going to an arboreal moon, which included the non-native, dominant Tylaxmeearks, as well as the Tridlians and Arcopaths.  We knew we were requested as Life Judges…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, Noon.

8/19/2011 davidberg: [Sorcerer] emergent climax
This account is going to come through in bits and pieces across several posts, so in the interest of not burying the lead, let me start by saying that my…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, James_Nostack, Roger, Ron Edwards.

6/8/2011 davidberg: [Within My Clutches] golf club domination, mansion bison, death & taxes
This is a report on the first playtest of Within My Clutches, which I created for the April 2011 Ronnies (thread here). Here's the current draft of the rules. For…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, Hailen.

3/17/2011 davidberg: [Memory Quest] grand theft masterpiece; first contact
Two nights ago, I got to try Memory Quest for the first time.  It was definitely a unique social experience.  I've never had a roleplaying session like it. It worked…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, baxil.

2/10/2011 davidberg: More reflections on round two (split)
I'm really curious to see what folks did with Whisper.  I couldn't get away from it as "information asymmetry as a core dynamic of play".  It took me forever to…
In Endeavor: Ronnies 2011
Participants: davidberg, whduryea, Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Ghostlight Games, Elizabeth.

2/7/2011 davidberg: [The Eye in the Pyramid] how to document ad-lib without stalling play?
[url=http://www.shrikedesign.com/games/The_Eye_in_the_Pyramid_v4.pdf]The Eye in the Pyramid - latest rules text PDF[/url] And, if anyone's curious, here's the [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31091.0]first playtest report[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30958]Ronnies feedback thread[/url], and the [url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/the-eye-in-the-pyramid]original rules text[/url]. The first playtest…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, happysmellyfish, baxil.

1/28/2011 davidberg: [Apocalypse World] uncertainty and immersion
So, my friend Matt has been running an AW for me and 3 other friends.  He's itching to play a character, and mine is nicely poised to retire to safety…
In lumpley games
Participants: davidberg.

1/24/2011 davidberg: [The Eye in the Pyramid] Bananites
I learned some things today.  I learned that only smoking banana peels can protect you from the nanites your prosthetics use to control you.  I learned that the evil tech…
In Game Development
Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, jenskot.

10/25/2010 davidberg: Pass the Ball, Tick the Clock
I wonder how much fun it would be to play a game where no one must (or can) invent setting features.  You play your characters and choose what they encounter…
In First Thoughts
Participants: davidberg, chronoplasm, Noon, Bloomfield, stefoid.

9/16/2010 davidberg: David Berg's game
[b]Core mechanic idea: Secret tribunal.[/b] 1. Each player leaves the room, while the other players (in character) briefly discuss them. - 1a) If they disobeyed the last vote, assign them…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: davidberg, Frank Tarcikowski.

9/13/2010 davidberg: fiction-based rule use (one fun option)
Here's an approach that I enjoy: 1) Everyone discusses and agrees on the state of the fiction, covering relevant details.  Who's where, etc.  Authority here comes from, (a) first, what…
In Actual Play
Participants: davidberg, Chris_Chinn, masqueradeball, Roger, Frank Tarcikowski, Noon, Marshall Burns.

6/26/2010 davidberg: [Delve] Is there any Theme here? Should there be?
Thanks to Simon's recent threads on the topic of Theme (here's the most recent), I've been thinking about the place of Theme in my game, a game in which Theme…
In Playtesting
Participants: davidberg, Simon C, Noon, Paul T.

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