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8/27/2002 Blake Hutchins: X-Games and the Dying Earth
Okay, I'm in crunch mode here at work, so can't put as much time as I'd like into this, but we just played a pick-up game of Dying Earth this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, GB Steve, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/5/2002 Blake Hutchins: Ron credited for Kickers at Skotos
Hey all, Unsure which forum is the appropriate place to put this, but for what it's worth, Travis Casey has credited Ron for the concept of Kickers in the latest…
In Adept Press
Participants: Blake Hutchins, efindel, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

7/25/2002 Blake Hutchins: X-Games back in the Pool
Hello, With the stress and long hours incumbent with founding a startup company, I've found little time for gaming. Some of you may recall the short-lived X-games group I ran…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Valamir.

5/29/2002 Blake Hutchins: Split from the split-split
Heh. Nothing to do with the old posts. However, Evan brought up a point regarding computer games that I think warrants a comment. He mentioned that MMORPG's like Everquest and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Walt Freitag, Evan Waters, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, xiombarg.

5/15/2002 Blake Hutchins: Doo-dads in Hero Wars
A comment by Ron in the Hero Wars 101 thread got me thinking about how one handles increased scores in "stuff" owned by a character. Does an increased score with,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs.

4/12/2002 Blake Hutchins: Werewolf: the Appearance
In another recent thread, Mage: the Descent, Jared asserted that Werewolf is about Humanity, same as Vampire. If you look at the books and White Wolf's marketing of the line,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Laurel, Gordon C. Landis, Fabrice G..

4/8/2002 Blake Hutchins: More setting conversion thoughts
So here I am with a couple of players again at last, and we've agreed to run a long-term game in White Wolf's Exalted setting, featuring their elementally-aspected "Dragon-Blooded" Exalted.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Seth L. Blumberg, Ayrizale.

12/21/2001 Blake Hutchins: Tesseraction Games
I mentioned in another thread that our start-up company, Tesseraction Games, looks to be up and running officially next month. In brief, it's a computer game company. I can't tell…
In Publishing
Participants: Blake Hutchins.

12/20/2001 Blake Hutchins: Alternate settings
OK, I have a group interested in Tribe 8. (This is a different group than the X-Games crowd, for what it's worth.) I'm intrigued by some aspects of the Silhouette…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards.

12/20/2001 Blake Hutchins: X-Games temporarily stalled
Hey all, I've had a few kind inquiries regarding the next X-Games update. Thanks for the interest and encouragement. I'd love to be posting, but unfortunately, my group's schedule and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

12/7/2001 Blake Hutchins: Hero Wars in S-F setting
Hey all, I've been bitten by the idea that Hero Wars might work very, very well as a substitute rules set for White Wolf's Trinity setting, in which the players…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Ian Freeman, Ayrizale, GB Steve, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

11/6/2001 Blake Hutchins: X-Games Thoughts (repeat thread)
Hello all, Thought I'd repost the thoughts and feedback from our first session of the Pool. The complete thread is in X-Games Update (1) under the Actual Play thread. This…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Blake Hutchins, James V. West.

10/29/2001 Blake Hutchins: X-Games Update (1)
We finished the characters and played our first session of The Pool: Irongate yesterday. Wow. VERY cool experience. I have a lot to relate, so let me get started. Characters…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

10/21/2001 Blake Hutchins: Hero Wars 2nd Edition changes
Just curious: the Issaries website refers to Animist rules being totally rewritten and Sorcery rules being partly rewritten. Does anyone know the gist of what these changes will be? Thanks,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins.

10/21/2001 Blake Hutchins: The Pool question
Two, actually, since I'll repeat the one from "X-Games" over under Actual Play. 1. How would you suggest The Pool handle player v. player rolls? 2. Do zero dice Traits…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

10/20/2001 Blake Hutchins: X-Games
I've put a group together to run a series of short-run games where we experiment with some of the narrativist-focused systems out there. We're starting with The Pool, followed by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

10/19/2001 Blake Hutchins: Intuitive Continuity
This may belong in the Actual Play forum, but I'll start here. I'm interested in comparing concrete methods (meaning what you've actually tried in gameplay) for implementing the intuitive continuity…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Blake Hutchins.

5/18/2001 Blake Hutchins: Getting started
Alright. Thanks to Clinton for putting up this forum. Since I asked for it, I'll get the ball rolling. One of the things that intrigues me about the design of…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, james_west, Clinton R. Nixon, Alai, contracycle.

5/17/2001 Blake Hutchins: Hero Wars Forum?
Hey all, Just picked up Hero Wars and am riding a wave of excitement after dissecting the mechanics. Issaries Press is an indie outfit, and as far as I can…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff.

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10/18/2002 Blake Hutchins: Playtesting tonight
Hey all, Finally getting something up and running tonight. It's a bit rushed, and none of the players has ever experienced anything like MLWM before. Only one of them has…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege.

10/21/2002 Blake Hutchins: Blake's playtest game
[u]CHARACTERS FOR “THE MASTER OF NIGHTMARES”[/u] Decided to start a new thread to get this going. See the "Playtesting tonight" thread for the setup of the Master, the setting, and…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Seth L. Blumberg.

11/9/2002 Blake Hutchins: MUSE: some thoughts on heroic fantasy
It's finally happened. I've been mulling over a game design, primarily as a design exercise that incorporates techniques and ideas I've learned on the Forge. My goal is to produce…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Jonathan Walton, Gwen, ADGConscience, Mike Holmes.

4/11/2003 Blake Hutchins: FATAL Review on RPG.net
Not sure where to post this link, but it's a damn funny review, though the subject matter's mere existence probably soils us all as gamers, and says something about an…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Thomas Tamblyn, Ron Edwards, Evan Waters.

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