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3/8/2003 JamesDJIII: Tanscripts of Actual Play
I find that I learn a heck of lot from reading about other GMs style just from their descriptions of game play. I was wondering, does anyone have transcripts of…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Tor Erickson, kregmosier, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn.

3/11/2003 JamesDJIII: Co-GMing
Just to put my $0.02 in: I used to play with a group in which I was the youngest and newest player. All previous RPG experiences were pretty good, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Simon W, arxhon, Ben Morgan, Dr O.

3/16/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!
Just finished our first Sorcerer game. The results were very fun. A lot of the plot developments stem directly from McAlister's Kicker. We hand't touched much else in the time…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Dr O, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

3/30/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!, Part 2
An actual transcript of actual play. Things get ugly. http://thejeffers.dyndns.org/~jjeffers/Games/Sorcerer/Gaslight/ Enjoy!
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

4/9/2003 JamesDJIII: The Angry Pinball
Names has been ommitted to protect the innocent: I've been a player in a more-often-than-twice-a-month (is that bi-monthly or semi-monthly?) FRPG. Most of the characters are keen, deep, well played…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, rafial, Ian Charvill, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Marco, cruciel.

8/8/2003 JamesDJIII: The Not-As-Angry Pinball
This is a response to the last post in: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5962&highlight= Ron: I would have to say that the pain experience in "not" versus "bad" is a personal one, and that…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Marco.

10/3/2003 JamesDJIII: Blood, Magic and Sandals
Last night was the second of a long term Fantasy Hero game. Here are my observations that I think are relevant to folks in this forum. Our group: diverse set…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, RaconteurX, John Kim.

10/14/2003 JamesDJIII: A Question about Sorcerer, Demons, and Humanity Loss
Forgive me if this material is covered elsewhere but in re-reading and re-reading Sorcerer, I think I understand the concept of humanity loss, but I'd like to hear from you…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

10/19/2003 JamesDJIII: When Demons Scheme
Here's another question for Sorcerer GMs out there: The Sorcerer rules mention that sometimes its good to know, as a GM, what the demons are up to or aiming for.…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2003 JamesDJIII: Pools Up, Skills Down - Comment by a First Time Reader
I purchased a copy of TROS and began to digest. One point stood out (to my thinking): as I undertand the rules, when you must make a contested roll, you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: JamesDJIII, Spartan, Thanaeon, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/30/2003 JamesDJIII: MACE - High Point, NC
Is any one from the Forge going to show up and run games? http://www.justusproductions.com/ Lookes like they could use an indie game injection.
In Conventions
Participants: JamesDJIII, xiombarg.

11/7/2003 JamesDJIII: When Words Failed Me
Last night we played Exalted, and I had the hardest time coming up with "cool" ways to describe what I wanted to do. (A lot like games like Sorcerer, Exalted…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ben Lehman, rafial, jdagna, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, John Burdick, greyorm, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2004 JamesDJIII: Those D*mned Laptops!
I've noticed that when our group runs a game, there's a lot of people who like to read rulebooks (for other games and the current one) and have their laptops…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Matt, Scourge108, rafial, Bob McNamee, Bankuei, Malechi, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Sean, Andrew Norris.

5/17/2004 JamesDJIII: When You Can See the Rails
I played last Thursday in a Star Trek RPG, run by one of our rotating GMs. I must admit, the game had a lot going against it (from my perspective).…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Bankuei, Eric J., coxcomb, DannyK, neelk.

5/28/2004 JamesDJIII: Helpful and Enjoyable? Bah humbug!
I was re-reading the responses to this thread http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11255. Ron, you said: ...One of the topics I'm forever maundering about concerns the plain-old-people dialogue that surrounds or grounds a role-playing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, greyorm, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, montag, Noon, bcook1971, Ravien, ethan_greer, iambenlehman, Cemendur, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, John Kim, Valamir, neelk, xiombarg, contracycle.

6/11/2004 JamesDJIII: We Can Laugh About It Now
Last night I GM'd for our gaming group. We were doin' Fantasy Hero. At one point, the players realized that the game had deviated from a predetermined path (in this…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, ethan_greer, DannyK.

6/22/2004 JamesDJIII: Forking the Build
It's been a long time coming, but I think my patience with sub-standard gaming has come to and end. I've complained long and bitterly in the past about some pretty…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, hanschristianandersen, quozl, Bankuei, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh, Jack Spencer Jr, jeffd, xiombarg, simon_hibbs, John Kim, Blankshield.

6/25/2004 JamesDJIII: Forking the Build and Social Context
From thread http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11705... Last night I agreed to return to and continue to GM for our Thursday night group. I made several statements earlier to the group about my desire…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, ADGBoss.

7/2/2004 JamesDJIII: Laying Out the Story Bones
One of the recommendations I've read in the Sorcerer books was to get the back stories "laid out" in the first or second session of play. I think this is…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/6/2004 JamesDJIII: Thanks, Forge
Split from http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11810 ...was someone somewhere babbling something about the Forge being a bunch of niche navel gazers with no relevance to the hobby at large? I don't get…
In Site Discussion
Participants: JamesDJIII, Andy Kitkowski, MR. Analytical.

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