Subsequent Topics 6/12/2003 ScottM: Universalis for the first time
We played Universalis for the first time. This post covers "what happened"-- in the next I'll link to a couple of "good to read before your first time" kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, John Harper.
10/27/2003 ScottM: Captures- What do I aim for?
[quote="Rules"]"When ever a conflict resolution results in a minion’s Weariness increasing to a value greater than Reason, the minion is captured by the Townspeople or Outsiders."[/quote]
But there's additional text…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: ScottM, Paul Czege.
11/6/2003 ScottM: MLwM: Irish Mines (game setup, Long)
We managed to coordinate a creation session for My Life with Master. It didn't go exactly as I'd imagined, but it worked out well. It 'stuck' in places; some things…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, Paul Czege.
11/18/2003 ScottM: [MLwM] Irish Mines: First Game Session
This game follows the setup in Irish Mines: Setup.
We started play last night. It was interesting, and some of the particular problems that I thought we'd encounter didn't actually…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, jrs.
3/13/2004 ScottM: Game framing, particularly by Wiki
The original Universalis Arena game ran out of steam. Currently we're working on planning out the framework for the next game-- the last wasn't a failure by any means, other…
In Universalis
Participants: ScottM, kwill, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.
3/30/2004 ScottM: Quiet around here
Are people out playtesting this puppy, or mostly waiting for the revision? Do you want to release the DiTV rewrites in chunks, or are you trying to finish it all…
In lumpley games
Participants: ScottM, Emily Care, lumpley, nikola.
10/15/2004 ScottM: [DiTV] Beginning in Fresno
Dogs seems to be a game that blurs the line a bit between actual play and prep. Here's the chargen session from last Friday, up through the end of initiatory…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM, lumpley.
10/15/2004 ScottM: [DiTV] Fresno
This is the crunchy end of the Beginning in Fresno thread.
First up, the characters:
Benson Smith, Complicated History
Acuity 4, Body 4, Heart 3, Will 4
Smooth…
In lumpley games
Participants: ScottM, lumpley.
10/29/2004 ScottM: [DiTV] Fresno Group: Destiny Branch
This is a continuation-- the Dogs in our ongoing game moved on to the next branch. This is the the crunchy & town planning end, while this is the…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM.
11/5/2004 ScottM: [DiTV] New Gidea (the Fresno group)
There are several threads related to this one; I used Paka's New Gidea this time. I had a few reasons, among them raw curiosity-- would the way my players…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM.
1/18/2005 ScottM: [General theory] How RPG rules work
Vincent began an interesting discussion on his blog, here about how RPG rules work. He laid out his premises…
In lumpley games
Participants: ScottM, pfischer, Bankuei, lumpley.
9/13/2005 ScottM: [GenCon Socal] Indie RPGs
I've been considering Southern California's version of GenCon (since it's within driving distance), but a quick look at the listings doesn't indicate many Indie RPGs at all.
Are any Forge…
In Conventions
Participants: ScottM, Joshua BishopRoby, abzu, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.
9/19/2005 ScottM: Membership Database
I finally scrolled all the way down and found "The Forge - Info Center", which contained (among other things like who's online) the Membership Database. Unfortunately, the field that interests…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ScottM, Andrew Morris.
10/4/2005 ScottM: [GenCon Socal] Indie RPGs (split)
Thursday is now the open gaming day, which makes it perfect for starting something without convention coordination.
I'm proposing a DitV game starting Thursday at…
In Conventions
Participants: ScottM, Ron Edwards.
7/7/2006 ScottM: [D&D] Sons of Grumsh over the 4th of July weekend
[b]The gathering:[/b]
Zach got his grandparent's trailer for the weekend. Seven of us showed up; Katie and Jonathon, Scott (me) and Jennifer, Zach, Jim (my Dad), and Tony. The goal…
In Actual Play
Participants: ScottM.
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