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3/7/2003 Rob Donoghue: How many stories in a setting?
Assuming you've got a persistant group of players, how many campaigns are you looking to run in any given setting (defined, for this purpose, as a fixed set of pre-written…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Johannes.

3/21/2003 Rob Donoghue: Paladin Setting
So, it looks like I'm not going to get a chance to run this before I move, so I might as well do somethign with it. As such: The Badlands…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, jdagna, anonymouse.

9/30/2003 Rob Donoghue: Genre Question: Techno Thrillers
Ok, so I'm finding myself at a point in my game where I've realized that I think my players are looking for a techno thriller, a genre I'm almost completely…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Rob Donoghue, xechnao, jdagna, Jack Spencer Jr, Dev, contracycle, Marco.

6/16/2005 Rob Donoghue: Playtest Guidelines
Ok, so my search fu has failed me. If there's already a decent thread on this, I'd be glad to go absorb it. Here's the situation. We just started the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rob Donoghue, buddha, Ben Lehman, Spooky Fanboy.

7/20/2005 Rob Donoghue: Quick Dice Questions
Is there any particular reason to count odds rather than, say, count 6+, or whatever number happens to give you a 50% outcome?  I ask because I was considering switching…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards, BlackSheep, Chris Goodwin, johnmarron, demiurgeastaroth.

9/15/2005 Rob Donoghue: Revised Colophon
And on a completely non-mechanical note, what were the fonts used for the revised edition? -Rob D.
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Matt Wilson.

2/2/2006 Rob Donoghue: Out of Stock!
So, Polaris is currently out of stock at indie games.  This is problematic because I have the only local copy, and I fear for it's safety - the drool alone…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, faerieloch, cthulahoops.

7/19/2006 Rob Donoghue: Mortal Coil Player's Screen
So, MC was a big hit at Dexcon, but I didn't really dig the "Hide the chips with your arm" part of things.  It just seemed clumsy, so there was…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Rob Donoghue, Paka, Nathan P., inthisstyle.

7/27/2006 Rob Donoghue: [Mortal Coil] The City of Alexander
I don't usually do AP, but I figure it's a good habit. So, Mortal Coil got played last night.  Everyone had fun, I think, but it was a bit of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rob Donoghue.

8/23/2006 Rob Donoghue: [DitV] Jericho Mills, my first swing at a town
Too stoned on cold medicine to put together a coherent AP, but I figured I'd toss up my town writeup: Jericho Mills Jericho Mills is a small mill town, with…
In lumpley games
Participants: Rob Donoghue.

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