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10/11/2003 Paganini: [TQB] Non-anthropomorphic Arthurian
So, after Anonymouse's Donjon game it was still kind of early, so I volunteered to run TQB. The players voted for something on the serious side after our silly Donjon…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, AgentFresh, C. Edwards, Bob McNamee, Dana_mun, suffusionofyellow.

8/2/2003 Paganini: The Lumpley Principle Goes Wading
Ejh posted to this old thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=6537 And here is my reply: Ejh, I think you're on the right track, but are in semantic danger. The thing is, it really…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, kamikaze, ejh, John Kim, C. Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, lumpley, Lxndr, Marco, Valamir, Matt Snyder, contracycle, Mike Holmes.

8/2/2003 Paganini: Finding Characters
This reference thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4738 Is pretty much a theoretical description of a practical approach to creating thematic play. In a nutshell, the goal was to create characters that would produce…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, John Kim, Windthin, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2003 Paganini: Indie Net-gaming - Come join our playground!
Indie-netgaming is an unmoderated discussion forum at Yahoo Groups devoted to the actual play of independantly owned, designed, and published role-playing games. This is not (usually) a forum in which…
In Connections
Participants: Paganini.

5/25/2003 Paganini: NTOI - Setting Notes
Whupps. Somehow my addenda to the play report appeared as a separate thread the first time I tried to post it. So, No Text Of Importance is contained herein.
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini.

5/25/2003 Paganini: [Indie Net-gaming] The Pool - Wierd West Supers - Session 1
One of the things that makes the Pool so cool is that with a little pre-game discussion, narrative technique, and some good relationships, you can sit down with people you've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Drastic, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Nev the Deranged, Lxndr.

5/4/2003 Paganini: Gamism: Exploration and Competition
Some reference threads: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=6269 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=6330 By GNS definition, all role-playing is Exploration; that is, creation of a fictional reality via communal imagination. Given this, it makes sense to me to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Emily Care, Bankuei, lumpley.

4/3/2003 Paganini: SOAP
So, are we role-players or what? Maybe we can't have a real-life celebration, but we can sure role-play a virtual one. I propose SOAP... it's modular format is perfect for…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paganini, C. Edwards.

4/3/2003 Paganini: Timing
Darn you all for having a party on the very day that I have to leave for work! I'll just have to see if I can't dig up a computer…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paganini, szilard.

3/31/2003 Paganini: Horror Games
So we're playing SQUEAM again over at Indie Net-gaming. So far it's going real well, I learned a lot about how to use it in the last game we did…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Christoffer Lernö, talysman, dragongrace, Bob McNamee, M. J. Young.

3/21/2003 Paganini: Wingnut Games and Ferry Bazalmans
I ordered a hardcopy of SOAP from Wingnut games about 2 weeks ago. I never recieved a confirmation email for the order. The followup email I sent to Wingnut hasn't…
In Connections
Participants: Paganini, Ferry Bazelmans.

3/14/2003 Paganini: Realizing Charnel Gods
[i]Ack! I had a whole bunch typed up, and my computer crashed. Time for the short short version.[/i] The myths are all reall. Evidence: the Carion Fields and the Fell…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, b_bankhead, hardcoremoose.

3/13/2003 Paganini: Charnel Gods - Fell Weapons
Charnel Gods has been bubbling away in the back of my mind for a while, and I got it out again today to have another look. There's one thing I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Ben Morgan.

3/11/2003 Paganini: [Indie-netgaming Elfs] Lord of the Rings
We played Elfs. Lord of the Rings. That's all I'm gonna say. Transcript is here. Read it. Unless you're faint-hearted. Especially Ron. Remember those predictions about Granny the Green? ;)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Ace, C. Edwards, Walt Freitag, efindel, James V. West.

3/8/2003 Paganini: More Elfs Questions
Couple of things that aren't clear to me from the game text: Armor Page 21 is a little unclear about armor. It says "a single success has no effect…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

3/8/2003 Paganini: Elfs and Stance
I'm prepping for an Elfs game on Monday, and going over the rules something struck me. Ron talks about Elfs being an experiment in Director Stance. But... Don't the mechanics…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards.

3/5/2003 Paganini: Real Color
I like miniatures. And game cards with cool artwork. And dungeon floor-plans. And actual dungeon / landscape layouts. I don't typically like your standard fantasy wargame, or your standard skirmish…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Matt Wilson, C. Edwards, John Kim, Le Joueur, Cryostorm, contracycle, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Sylus Thane, Jared A. Sorensen, bluegargantua.

3/4/2003 Paganini: [Cornerstone] To Mars and Back
We just wrapped up a three session IRC playtest of Cornerstone in a Wellsian Victorian Sci-fi setting. These were very instructive sessions, as we drifted and tweaked the game slightly…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Trevis Martin, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes.

1/9/2003 Paganini: [Cornerstone] - Theory Results
Okay, so Cornerstone is back, kind of. The name is, anyway, and just a little bit of the content. If you saw the old game, you might recognize a few…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, ethan_greer, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2003 Paganini: Indie Net-gaming Theory Chat (Long Post)
So last night's Indie Net-gaming session got off to a late start (We made some Torchbearer characters, but Shreyas didn't get there til later). While we were waiting for more…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Le Joueur, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis, J B Bell.

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11/10/2003 Paganini: Fatalism and Narrativsm
The discussion at the end of this thread caught my eye, but Ron closed it afore I could post: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8494 There was some talk about Boewulf and Huck Finn not…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, John Kim, M. J. Young, Marco, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Charvill, pete_darby, Walt Freitag, Gordon C. Landis, fusangite, C. Edwards.

11/20/2003 Paganini: Narrativism for the Soul
So, all these recent threads have really been great, but they're very deep, and awfully technical. Last night I was thinking about all this, and a new way of communicating…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, John Burdick, Calithena, ejh, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young.

11/28/2003 Paganini: Is it as fast as they say?
So, I know it's really late to be thinking about buying TROS. It's been out for ages, it's got 2000+ posts at RPG.NET - I mean, heck, I've even *designed*…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paganini, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Ian Charvill, Thanaeon, A.Neill, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Jim, Salamander, Tim Gray, deltadave, Jake Norwood, Draigh, Wolfen, Ben Lehman, The Flashing Blade, Jaif.

11/30/2003 Paganini: Pag designs a game... again!
No character creation as yet, but the engine is looking like playtest shape. I'm think I'm going to use this for a dragon slayer game, since Scott never did anything…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Sparky, Bob McNamee, MachMoth, Jeph, Lxndr, gobi.

12/2/2003 Paganini: [indie-netgamin] Pag's Dragon Game
I need a name for this game. Yup, yup, I do. Because I think it's gonna be worth keeping. Has "Draconum" been taken? Anyway, we made characters, and one scene…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, contracycle.

1/1/2004 Paganini: Program Problems
So, none of the TROS programs will run because they're hardcoded to look for the installation directory on the "C:" drive, when my main OS is installed on the "D:"…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paganini, Lxndr.

1/4/2004 Paganini: Pag's Dragon Game - Again
More playtesting! This time it was Chris (Jemmen) and Dana (Acidra). We got some rules tweaks: Characters are now limited to a maximum of 8 passions. Starting characters assign 20…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, C. Edwards.

1/13/2004 Paganini: TROS musings and questions and stuff...
So, I finally got it. Bad stuff first... I was kinda disappointed with the editing. Bad grammar, misspellings, too wordy, and stuff. Better than a lot of indie publications, true,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paganini, Brian Leybourne.

2/6/2004 Paganini: Technique and setting
It's a given that Setting is fundamental. The existence of Characters depends on Setting; so does Situation, since Situation is an interraction between Character and Setting. The core of Narrativist…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Bankuei, Valamir, coxcomb, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

2/13/2004 Paganini: Not getting "it"
[quote="In another thread, Ron"]Regarding hybrid play, I think that I see the term a little differently from the way Mike does. I think he's talking about the "little g, little…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Bankuei, Rob Carriere.

4/5/2004 Paganini: Party live, doods
So, party, birthday, happy, etc. I see some of my boys, and a lot of folks I don't know. Why don't you guys drop by the #indierpgs IRC channel on…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paganini, Lxndr, Mike Holmes.

4/13/2004 Paganini: Pag's Standard Rant - Scene Framing
It seems like we're always getting posts in the various forums about Scene Framing. What it is, how to do it. These questions are invariably met with links to old…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, coxcomb, FredGarber, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

5/11/2004 Paganini: Thor the Barbarian
So, Ron, when do you start your own radio talk-show? I gotta say, your voice is way more well-suited to broadcasting that Thor the Goober's. But, anyway, in the interview…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards.

6/16/2004 Paganini: [Trollbabe] Conflicts and Pace
One of the things that I've never understood about Trollbabe caught my attention again tonight. I'm getting ready to run it again (a vampire game, this time, in fact). The…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, rafial, Ron Edwards.

6/18/2004 Paganini: Narrativism: Theme under the microscope
It ocurred to me over the last couple of days as I've been reading and posting to these Narrativism threads that possibly a source of confusion has to do with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, pfischer, contracycle.

7/3/2004 Paganini: Wushu and Fortune at the End
I'd never really encountered Fortune at the End in practice, until I bought Wushu. When I read about it in the GNS essay my response was basically "yeah, ok, that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Andrew Martin, Shreyas Sampat, C. Edwards, Tony Irwin, hanschristianandersen, Dev, John Harper, ReverendBayn, Bob McNamee, Drew Stevens, ejh, MR. Analytical.

7/6/2004 Paganini: [Narrativism] Premise and Stance
So, it occurs to me that a much simpler and clearer way of explaining and supporting what I've been saying all week has to do with the three Stances.Ron had…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, lumpley, clehrich, Marco, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, contracycle, C. Edwards.

7/23/2004 Paganini: Player ignorance, Lumpley Principle, and Setting
So, according to the Lumpley Principle, System is the means by which the contents of the SiS is negotiated into place. The purpose of System is not to model the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Noon, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, John Kim, M. J. Young, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

7/27/2004 Paganini: System - what it is - a Rant
All this flap about system is really bugging me. So I will commence ranting. Also, last night on IRC, Vaxalon explained to me that he feels frustrated 'cos the Forge…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Vaxalon, xiombarg, John Kim, lumpley, contracycle, mindwanders, Nicolas Crost, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Apocalypse.

8/18/2004 Paganini: Advancement Systems and D&D, Advancement Systems and Des
So, if you think about it, D&D advancement (of ANY incarnation) is basically a scaling / pacing mechanic. I think we've had that discussion before, but to do a basic…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, contracycle, Mark Johnson, NN, Marco, Shreyas Sampat, anonymouse, Russell Impagliazzo, Zak Arntson, Noon, Precious Villain, Eric J., M. J. Young, timfire.

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