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2/16/2003 Paka: Riddle of the Dark Sun
Okay, some day I'd love to run Planescape with the Riddle but right now I am intrigued with Riddling the ole boxed set, Dark Sun. I'll have to tinker with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, prophet118, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Tree.

2/7/2003 Paka: SA Question
Okay, the character is about to get into combat with his arch-nemesis who stepped on his puppy and slapped his father around. He spends his Passion - Hatred of vile…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Bankuei, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

2/7/2003 Paka: Welcome to Marsui ([b]TROS[/b])
We made up characters and all agree that the character generation system makes a whole lot of sense and was fun. Beginning the process as an e-mail asking the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, hyphz, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2003 Paka: Marsui
[i]If and when I get to run TROS:[/i] In our ancestors’ days there was a fine pantheon. They worshipped a fatherly Sun Deity, a mysterious Moon Goddess, a cunning Trickster,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Jim DelRosso, Brian Leybourne.

1/23/2003 Paka: Riddle of Steel at RPG.net
Just some links to some RPG.net discussions going on right now: The word is out and the word is good. ROS, How's it playing? http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30499&perpage=20&pagenumber=1 George RR Martin: A Song…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Ashren Va'Hale.

11/7/2002 Paka: Death & GNS
okay, one moment, let me get this straight in my head: In Gamist terms the game is about winning and death would probably mean losing. In Simulationist terms the game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paka, Tim Denee, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

11/6/2002 Paka: octaNe - Boys of Roswell High
The GM who runs our intense Unknown Armies game needed a well-deserved break. A buddy of the group's came in from out of town. I posted three game trailers for…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/19/2002 Paka: Well-Met in Mu's Bed (a Sorcerer & Sword Campaign)
We decided that the character had known each other and had travelled most of the way across the Red Waste together towards Mu's Bed. The last Sorcerer & Sword game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

10/18/2002 Paka: Actual Play - Mu's Bed One Shot
I ran a one-shot set in Marr'd, home of Mu's Bed, with the guys I began gaming with. These were the guys who had long hair and wore Iron Maiden…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Zak Arntson, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2002 Paka: Teenage Super-Heroes using Sorcerer Rules
I run an After-School Program and have been thinking about how I could introduce Sorcerer to middle school and high school students. On my ride home from work I thought…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Grimlok.

10/6/2002 Paka: Comic Book Super-Hero Game
I dream of: A comic book game written in comic book format, 24 pages and a whole game. The supplements would be found in new issues. The system would entail…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paka, James V. West, Henry Fitch, Sidhain, Le Joueur, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton.

10/4/2002 Paka: Wyrding West Dust Devils
This is the e-mail I sent out to the gamers involved: Buddy Balterset is everybody's friend. You all have memories of Buddy that ring fond in your mind. Somehow everything…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Valamir.

9/18/2002 Paka: Mu's Bed
I am tinkering with an e-mail to send the players in a possibly forming Sorcerer & Sword game. Here's the first draft with comments below: Mu's Bed is the capital…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

9/17/2002 Paka: After-School Universalis
Bought Universalis about an hour ago. I run an after-school program for grades 7-12 and I just bought Universalis in hopes of putting it out there and seeing if they'll…
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2002 Paka: 1st Game of Dust Devils
We played with the Wyrding West setting I've been posting on RPG.net and the game went really well, really fun. The system was good and I will re-write the game…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

9/12/2002 Paka: Dusty Ka, Wyrding West, or Destinatus in the Dust
I am going to playtest Dust Devils using my Egyptian/Norse/Roman (and Greek) Western that I've been chipping away with some enthusiasm and feedback at on RPG.net. I am thinking of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder.

9/9/2002 Paka: Just Downloaded octaNe and have a game concept...
I've only skimmed it but... The world ended on a Saturday and the rejects of Roswell High were attending their Saturday Detention. It is Breakfast Club meets Six-String Samurai. At…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/7/2002 Paka: Definitions of Forge Gaming Vocabulary
Could we compile a list of terms that Indie Gamers use such as sim, GNS, and/or narrativist for us newbies. I am intrigued by the gamespeak here but I want…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, kaworuiskool, Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paganini.

9/5/2002 Paka: Relinquishing Control in Dust Devils
I have got to admit that the mechanic in Dust Devils in which the player takes over narrative control of a scene until conflict is resolved troubles me. The game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes, Valamir, jburneko, Matt Snyder.

9/5/2002 Paka: Excited to see this game work.
I have given alot of thought about what makes a game work and what makes it fail but I had not ever thought about the narrative structure underlying our hobby…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Eddy Fate, Jared A. Sorensen, mahoux, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

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2/24/2003 Paka: Turning it Over to the Players (at times)
My Sunday D&D game just hasn't been popping. I have a lovely group, a lovely set of alternate games that feed my other gaming needs. It has occurred to me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka.

3/9/2003 Paka: The Riddle in Marsui Again
Ran another game of the Riddle. The first game was 8 hours long and it felt just about right. A good blend of blood, politics, swashbuckling and heroism. The players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ian Charvill, Tor Erickson, Jake Norwood.

3/10/2003 Paka: Overbrewing the Homebrew World
I am most certainly a GM who is a frustrated writer and enjoys creating worlds in order to creatively stretch my toes in the sand. However, I find that the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, Jack Spencer Jr, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Paganini.

3/12/2003 Paka: Universalis World Building
Has anyone ever built a world with a a copy of Universalis, some tokens and a blank map? Ideas, suggestions, thoughts?
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes.

4/7/2003 Paka: Unknown Armies, The Intro Adventure in the back of the book
Played the adventure in the back of the 2nd Edition book, Bill in Three Parts and it was brilliant. It made for a really nice intro for the game and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Drastic, Mike Holmes, Rob MacDougall, Thomas Tamblyn.

8/7/2003 Paka: Mythic Gates - Campaign Concept and Alternate SA Uses
[b]The Mythic Gates [/b] [i]The Riddle of Steel [/i] Your mother is a Dragon. She gained her Draconic status from her years as a hero. The way she fought, hoarded,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka.

8/15/2003 Paka: One-Shot - Angry Assassins
I'm going to run this game next week for a one-shot with people who have never played the Riddle before: Angry Assassins You've heard of parties gathering in taverns…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Dan Sellars, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2003 Paka: I wince as I type - Sorcerer for Harry Potter RPG
I am sure someone must have said this already but I haven't been watching the site as closely lately. Anyway, here's my swing. Humanity - Living up (or down) to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2003 Paka: Using Universalis to Create the Game's Setting
The Riddle of Steel game never got to be played because the brothers I was running the game for had a meltdown before the game got going. However, we used…
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes.

10/2/2003 Paka: Re-discovering a Forgotten Sport - Intro Campaign Setting
The Sorcerer Kings, Wizards and Witches have ruled the world for as long as anyone can remember, casting mighty magicks that take months and years off of their lives. They…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Irmo.

12/1/2003 Paka: Kingdom of Twilight (TROS Fae-based Campaign idea)
A buddy is coming into town and asked for a game concerning the Fae. I remember someone had an Actual Play of TROS used in a Fae game and it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

12/3/2003 Paka: Universalis as a Pre-RPG Setting Maker (Sort of)
This is a spin-off of Andy's thread which is a spin-off of Ralph's thread on RPG.net. I didn't want to hi-jack Andy's thread with my tale of woe. I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka.

12/5/2003 Paka: A Different Aging Effect
In a Fae game, aging becomes a big deal, chipping away at their immortality. It is a cup out of the pool of eternity. Its a big honkin' deal, man.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Jasper the Mimbo, Jake Norwood, Krammer, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Vanguard, Ingenious, Ian.Plumb, kenjib, Ben Lehman, Caz, Mike Holmes, Stephen.

12/7/2003 Paka: Introducing Players to TROS
I've gone over the threads in the sticky at the top of the forum. They are tremendously helpful and led to an epiphany concerning Sorcerery. What I would like in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

12/11/2003 Paka: Riddle of Midnight
[b]Character Creation and Game Background Set-up[/b] When a buddy of mine, JJ, broke his hip last year I began a game with him, set in Fantasy Flight Game's Midnight setting,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, MonkeyWrench, DaGreatJL, Rob MacDougall, Sigurth, Valamir.

12/12/2003 Paka: Chat Room Gaming the Riddle
As my gaming buddies become more and more scattered around the globe we have begun to look into ways to continue gaming together. I've downloaded the free software off of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Wolfen, Mikaboshi.

12/14/2003 Paka: Unlock the Wordhoard - New Gift
[u][b]Unlock the Wordhoard (Major and Minor)[/b][/u] Characters with this Gift are able to stand before men and women before a conflict and rouse them with words, stirring them to new…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, StahlMeister, Caz, Jake Norwood, Ingenious, toli.

12/17/2003 Paka: Gangster Sorcerer
I tried to Search around to find a campaign concept like the one I'm about to outline. If anyone knows what it was called, I'd love to get a link…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, ross_winn.

12/19/2003 Paka: Fiddling around with Priority choices for Social Class
I am thinking of running a bloody and tragic high fantasy with Fey as PC's. I am thinking of how to fiddle with the Social Class and Priorities. THe A…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka.

1/5/2004 Paka: New Vagaries
I'm enjoying tinkering with the TROS system lately, just prodding here and there. I tinker because I love. Tonight I'm thinking about new Vagaries, two sets of four under the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Ingenious, kenjib, Krammer, AnyaTheBlue.

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