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5/31/2005 Melinglor: One of these things is REALLY not like the others. . .
OK, I'm a newcomer to the forge, having stumbled onto the Lumply site and from there meandered over to here, and read up on a bunch of Ron Edwards' essays.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Melinglor, Valamir, Noon, komradebob, Alan, John Kim, Sean, GB Steve, Troy_Costisick, ethan_greer, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

3/11/2006 Melinglor: [Over the Edge] Killing the Dilemma
Hi, my name's Joel, sometime Forge lurker and varyingly credulous Big Model neophyte. I was away from studying the Theory for awhile, but it worked its way back into my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Noon, abzu, Glendower, Danny_K, knicknevin, drnuncheon.

3/16/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley (long)
[i]The full moon at midnight. Some eerie background noise, but no music. We pan down to gently sloping grassland, mist rising off the dew-soaked blades. There is a distant, muffled…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Glendower.

3/29/2006 Melinglor: [Middle Earth] choice of system
OK, I'm not sure exactly where I should post this, but I picked AP because my questions are at least about preparing to play. So I've been wanting to run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Nathan P., Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards, Jasper the Mimbo, Lamorak33, khelek, Silmenume, Blake Hutchins, madviking, Durgil.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Heroquest purchase question
Hi, I'm strongly considering purchasing Heroquest in the very near future. However, I am planning on using it to run a game set in Middle Earth, and was wondering: 1)…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Melinglor, Paul King, droog, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Hobbitboy, simon_hibbs, Vaxalon, lightcastle, fredrikr.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Every title I came up with sounded sappy.
And believe me, it gets sappy enough on the inside. Something I just posted in AP is inspiring me to indulge in a little hero worship. See, I was introduced…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Melinglor, droog, lumpley.

4/15/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley-session 1.5
Nightshade Alley Session 1.5 Concept in brief: Trolls and Faeries and Bogies and Things that go Bump, are all real in a sort-of modern, sort-of Victorian, sort-of-London. Everyone knows they’re…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson.

5/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] Nightshade Alley, Episode 1
Ok, it took us two game sessions, for reasons that will be made clear, but Jenni, Nate and I managed to complete Episode 1 of our show, Nightshade Alley. AP…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Everspinner, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

6/10/2006 Melinglor: Chasing Heroquest
I had a couple of delightful moments in my (non-HQ) roleplaying recently, that made me feel good about running Heroquest in the near future. Last week, I was playing with…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Melinglor, Mark Galeotti, Vaxalon, rstites, Mike Holmes, Tim Ellis.

6/25/2006 Melinglor: [Over the Edge] Bangs or Wimpers?
So it's been rather a while since I ran my OTE game. In fact, this AP (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19018.msg200097#msg200097) was almost the last session. We have a huge group; something like 11…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, zmook, Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2006 Melinglor: [OTE] Cats Successfully Herded.
[i]WARNING: This is a long'un. I tried to break it up as best I could for easy reading.[/i] So I played Friday night with almost the whole group. Some good,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor.

7/19/2006 Melinglor: [OTE] A Paper Trail to Nowhere
As mentioned in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20465.0 I hit a snag in my Over the Edge game when one player, Travis, didn't show, and it caused another player, Joe, to basically…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Paul T, Noon, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes, dunlaing.

8/3/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Rewards
I'm considering overhauling Over the Edge's mechanical reward system with my group, with the main goal of vitalizing play, getting people jazzed about cool stuff happening, and rewarding them tangibly…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, r_donato, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2006 Melinglor: Shameless praise and some first-timer questions
Hi! I've been poring over the available (free) Capes material as well as this forum for the last few months, and I must say, Tony, this game is brilliant. Delicious,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Melinglor, Kai_lord, drnuncheon, AaronLehmann, TonyLB.

9/22/2006 Melinglor: Keys and Griefers
Over in this thread, Joao Mendes was describing one player's reaction to the use of Keys in Shadows of Yesterday: - Isidro stated the opinion that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Eero Tuovinen, Brand_Robins, TonyLB, r_donato, Storn, Hans, Noon, Precious Villain.

9/29/2006 Melinglor: Confessional: I was an Illusionist Wanker!
I've been mulling this over for while, and finally decided to post about it. I think I just need to get it off my chest. Apologizes if it takes awhile…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Precious Villain, Noon, Ron Edwards, Barlennan, Glendower, Frank T, Call Me Curly, Joe Dizzy, Caldis, komradebob, contracycle.

10/8/2006 Melinglor: And somewhere, Mike Holmes' ears burned. . .
So I sat down to explain/describe roleplaying the other day with my girlfriend. I laid out the basics of four systems, D&D3E, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Heroquest, and PTA, to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Melinglor, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

10/17/2006 Melinglor: [OtE] Dice for the Masses
I ran Over the Edge with my group last week, and it rocked hard. I unveiled and implemented a set of changes to the Experience Dice system that I discussed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, r_donato.

10/19/2006 Melinglor: [PTA] the Penultimate Nightshade Alley
This is apparently the week for awesome Actual Play for me. Two days after I had this killer Over the Edge session with my regular group, I played PTA with…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Paul T, hix, Kami-no-Mark, cydmab.

1/5/2007 Melinglor: First-time Capes: Rocking!
I played Capes for the first time on New Year's Eve! It was awesome! I love it and can't wait to play again! OK, actually I played Capes Lite, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic, TonyLB.

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