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12/20/2001 Joe Murphy (Broin): Fortune in the Middle vs Stunt Rewards
Assuming one is using the Fortune in the Middle approach, is there any way to then offer PCs rewards for well-described actions? In Exalted and Feng Shui, well-described actions get…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Tor Erickson, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Laurel, Zak Arntson, Blake Hutchins, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Garbanzo.

12/21/2001 Joe Murphy (Broin): cats in the cradle
(awful subject line, sozz) I haven't bought Little Fears, because I can't see my group liking it at all, alas. I'll probably pick it up in a month or three,…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Uratoh, Jason L Blair.

12/28/2001 Joe Murphy (Broin): Three-way Plotting in AvP2 (long)
I *think* this is the best forum for this observation. This post will have some spoilers for the AvP2 game. A dear friend gave me a copy of 'Aliens vs…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Bankuei, Epoch.

1/11/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Character Sheets - Rubbish?
Why are character sheets so ungodly awful? Last year, I had a plan to write a scenario for a games convention. One of the cuter gimmicks for this TransFormers-inspired…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

1/12/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Big robots?
In the Sorceror rulebook, there's a list of different kinds of demons people have used in the past. One of the examples is robotic fighter jets. Can someone expand on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Bailey, Bailywolf, contracycle.

1/16/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Those automated mails?
Do you think it would be possible to change the automated mails I get when I'm 'watching topics'? If they could say: You are receiving this email because you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin).

1/25/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): First fumbling steps
Yesterday, my 4 players and I had our first meeting to decide what game I'll be running for the next ~6 months. And lo, it was good. I do have…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), contracycle, AndrewDucker, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Manu, Paul Czege, Fabrice G., Tim Denee, Gordon, joshua neff, Ian O'Rourke, Valamir.

2/6/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Modern Things
Just to give y'all some background... a rush of ideas came to me this evening for a Sorceror supplement. Without giving too much away, a song by Bjork inspired…
In Adept Press
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, lumpley, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Bankuei, Manu.

2/21/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Narrativism = few stats?
There's a simple subject line for y'all. A game like Sorceror has 4 stats. Donjon Krawl has about half a dozen. Is more than a few stats necessarily a bad…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/9/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Sorceror: A Diana Jones Award Nominee
Subject: 2001 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced From: Diana Jones Award committee <dianajones@erstwhile.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.advocacy,rec.games.frp.industry,uk.games.roleplay,fr.rec.jeux.jdr,rec.games.design PRESS RELEASE London, 2002-04-09 DIANA JONES AWARD 2001 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED The four shortlisted nominees…
In Adept Press
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, David Howard, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Misguided Games.

4/10/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): [TROUBLEshooters] - Playing with Time
Hola. I took a little break from The Forge for the last month or so, thanks to the thrills, spills and melodrama of my last game exploding. TROUBLEshooters is a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), joe_llama, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): My Sim experience: Emmet
Since coming to The Forge, I'd assumed that most of my previous gaming experience sat well in the proto-Narrativist camp. As a GM, I wanted players to cooperate in support…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

5/23/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Etiquette for Newbies?
The 'charter' of Forge etiquette at the top of this forum is excellent. Is there any way to ensure that newly registered people see this? I don't remember how my…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

3/22/2006 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Polaris] A convention game
Sunday afternoon, I'm due to 'run' an introductory session of Polaris. This is taking place as part of the 'Indie Games Track' at Conpulsion, a gaming con in Edinburgh. I…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ben Lehman.

3/27/2006 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Polaris] In an hour at a convention
Phew. THAT was marvellous. I had signed up to run two indie games at Conpulsion, a con in Edinburgh. The Shadow of Yesterday ran on Saturday, and Polaris was Sunday…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ben Lehman, Matt, Arturo G., Malcolm, catfink, netwomble.

6/22/2006 Joe Murphy (Broin): The 1/3 and 1/2/5 Keys
What's the difference between keys where the awards are in increments of 1/3 and 1/2/5? I'm writing up new keys and would like some way to get my head around…
In CRN Games
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Clinton R. Nixon, Myrmidon, Eero Tuovinen, Glendower, demiurgeastaroth.

10/14/2007 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Contest] Make Game$ Fast
Hello, dear Friend! bored tonight? At last you will never worry about your size any more. We have a new product that will make all your ga^mes dreams come true.…
In Endeavor
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), lumpley, mwhite, Ron Edwards.

1/23/2008 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Nerdinburgh '08] Spione
Spione Last Saturday evening, five of the Nerdinburgh attendees played Spione. Gregor ran the game, and the players were Jenny, Joe Prince, Gordon and me. JoeP and I picked out…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), GreatWolf, Valamir, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Noon, Reithan, JC, mindwanders, Gregor Hutton.

2/18/2009 Joe Murphy (Broin): [DitV] NPCs can escalate, right?
Following the thread on escalation in Poison'd, I wondered if NPCs can escalate at all in Dogs? I can't see this in the rulebook, and I wondered if the GM's…
In lumpley games
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), lumpley.

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