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5/29/2003 hanschristianandersen: Charging ahead with 3e... here's why.
This post is meant as a spiritual cousin, and a response of sorts, to Jason's "Plodding away with 3e... why?" thread. So, last night a bunch of us took a…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Nev the Deranged, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Jeph, ADGBoss, Patrick O'Duffy.

3/19/2004 hanschristianandersen: [Musketeers!] Who gets to do the scene framing?
This is my first earnest attempt at RPG design, and it's pretty close to the point where I start rounding up folks for playtesting. However, I'm stumped on a core…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hanschristianandersen, RaconteurX, Rexfelis, quozl, Jonathan Walton, clehrich, Bluesboy.

4/6/2004 hanschristianandersen: Cute/Clever Mechanics Swap Meet
In the spirit of "Tell me about... your unfinished game ideas"... What's a clever, cute, interesting unfinished mechanic that you're rather fond of, but that you haven't put into an…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: hanschristianandersen, montag, Rich Forest, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Marhault, talysman, Lxndr, Walt Freitag, Umberhulk, Jeph, taalyn, Sean, gobi, Dev, ADGConscience, Shreyas Sampat, Harlequin, timfire, jasonm, Doug Ruff, nikola, Kit, daMoose_Neo, Tobias.

5/5/2004 hanschristianandersen: [IGC:Snow Day] Postmodern? Huh?
First of, another hearty round of applause for Mike Holmes for staging and judging the Iron Game Chef contest! from Mike's review of my IGC game "Snow Day": Who…
In RPG Theory
Participants: hanschristianandersen, clehrich, John Kim, Peter Hollinghurst, talysman, Mike Holmes.

5/20/2004 hanschristianandersen: [Musketeers!] Playtest - Ruffians, Spies, and… Nuns?
With the twin distractions of Iron Game Chef and Big Work Deadline out of the way, I rounded up three friends, Monte, Thea, and Gordon, to test-drive an early version…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Jeph, TonyLB, Paul Czege, Matt, Valamir.

5/23/2004 hanschristianandersen: [Musketeers!] Towards a third draft
In last week's episode, Tony asked a very relevant question: In other words are they duelling the Cardinals men because that's what musketeers do? Or are they duelling…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Zebigone.

6/7/2004 hanschristianandersen: [Snow Day!] First actual play report - long
I got a pleasant surprise in my email inbox this afternoon, when my brother sent me emails linking to some accounts of an actual game of Snow Day that his…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Mike Holmes.

9/21/2004 hanschristianandersen: [The Pool] A very satisfying first attempt.
(This is my "First attempt at The Pool post". There are many like it, but this one is mine.) A few months ago, I was back in California visiting with…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Paka, Caynreth.

9/28/2004 hanschristianandersen: [DitV] "Goin' to war? On a Sunday???"
DitV turns out to be quite the crowd-pleaser. The Big Thing that everyone latched onto was the ability to win a conflict without raising a hand against your opponent. Most…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Doyce, lumpley, Vaxalon, Jonathan Walton.

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