Subsequent Topics 12/11/2003 redivider: 26 Ways: the Game of Alphabetic Action (looking for feedback
Hi,
I’m posting a 2 page summary of a game I’m working on. The 12 page pdf with all the rules and more examples is available on line at
http://home.earthlink.net/~markvalli…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider, Emily Care, MachMoth, Paul Czege.
5/18/2004 redivider: [Nine Games about Tyrants]: design notes & game summarie
[b]Nine Games About Tyrants[/b]
[b]Design Notes:[/b]
I'm writing a game about tyrants. I wanted to explore the psychology and pathology of despots, the corruption inherent in absolute power, and…
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Participants: redivider, hanschristianandersen, ethan_greer, Sydney Freedberg, JamesSterrett, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.
5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 1: Crimes against Humanity
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.
5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 3: the Palace Gates
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.
5/19/2004 redivider: Tyrants 2: New Edition
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
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Participants: redivider.
10/12/2004 redivider: [Heads of State] draft of all nine games
I’ve posted a draft of my game Heads of State: nine short games about Tyrants in pdf form at: http://home.earthlink.net/~markvalli
To quote from the intro,
“Presidents for Life. Coups. Cults…
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Participants: redivider.
12/3/2005 redivider: [Wine Dark Sea]: inspirations + design goals + 'homeric' combat
Wine Dark Sea: the final voyage of Odysseus
This posting discusses the background of a game I’m working on, my design principles, and includes a draft of combat rules. I…
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Participants: redivider, Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Sean, Ice Cream Emperor.
12/12/2005 redivider: [wine dark sea] characters and conflicts
This is the second posting on my game-in-progress The Wine Dark Sea: the final voyage of Odysseus. A previous post dealt with my design goals and the combat rules. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17850.0…
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Participants: redivider, Valamir, Ice Cream Emperor.
12/12/2005 redivider: [wine dark sea] mortality & wanderlust
This is the 3rd posting of draft ideas for Wine Dark Sea: the final voyage of Odysseus
design goals for the game at: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17850.0
These fate rules, now split into…
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Participants: redivider.
1/3/2006 redivider: In-person game writing group, Los Angeles region
I'm interested in setting up an in-person writing group focusing on rpgs. The goal would be to hold monthly meetings in the L.A. area to provide feedback on game drafts,…
In Connections
Participants: redivider, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards.
1/28/2006 redivider: [Heads of State: rest & relaxation] first play test
Summary: the table was strewn with a week’s worth of the L.A. Times, a pop-psyche pyramid graced the white board, the players were engaged & entertained (I think) but left…
In Actual Play
Participants: redivider, Joshua BishopRoby, Christopher Kubasik.
3/9/2006 redivider: Heads of State: Subversive Words
Last weekend Josh, Judson and I playtested Subversive Words.
Pasting from the summary paragraph of my draft: “Subversive words is two games in one, linking a dissident writer and the…
In Playtesting
Participants: redivider, contracycle, Joshua BishopRoby.
3/25/2006 redivider: Cage of Reason: 1st playtest
Three of us from our lagames group (Judson, Joshua & me) plus in-town-for-a-few-days Jason Morningstar tried out Cage of Reason, a game I wrote for the 06 game chef contest.…
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Participants: redivider, Joshua BishopRoby, jasonm, Noon.
5/7/2006 redivider: Heads of State: Palace Gates & As I Lay Dying
Last weekend Alex, Josh & I played two Heads of State games in succession, using the same dictator (Alex's Star of Freedom). A small milestone in passing the half-way point…
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Participants: redivider, alejandro.
6/7/2006 redivider: Heads of State: editing great leader Kim Jong Il
Judson, Joshua & I played New Edition, one of my 9 short games about tyrants. The dictator has died, and players are members of a committee of high-ranking regime officials…
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Participants: redivider.
6/18/2006 redivider: [heads of state] Coup d'Etat
Josh, Judson & I playtested Coup d'Etat, the 7th of my 9 Short Games about Tyrants to get a try-out.
Players each control a member of a junta of military…
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Participants: redivider.
6/24/2006 redivider: [Heads of State] Sic Semper Tyrannus + Crimes against Humanity
the tyrant has left the building... I'm very happy to have tests of all nine games complete, and grateful to the folks who have played these games & all the…
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Participants: redivider.
9/19/2006 redivider: Joy Division: monkey-moms, pocket universes & corn-of-life
Joy Division is a near-future role playing game of technological horror. Characters are agents of the Joy Division, a small but well-funded transnational espionage agency set up to neutralize major…
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Participants: redivider, David Artman, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby.
11/21/2006 redivider: [Heads of State] GenCon SoCal playtest
On Saturday I ran games of Palace Gates and Sic Semper Tyrannus at Gencon Socal. Both games were part of a single session. During Palace Gates, players invented a fictional…
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Participants: redivider, jasonm.
12/27/2006 redivider: [Wine Dark Sea]: first playtest , Odysseus vs. the fly demon
First playtest of wine dark sea
Jim, Judson, and I (mark) played a short test run of Wine Dark Sea, my game of the final voyage of Odysseus. We played…
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Participants: redivider.
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