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10/8/2005 oliof: [DitV][Blue Rose] Keepers of the Flame or 'Dogs in the Veran Marshes'
So, yesterday I had the first meeting with a group of people who wants to try out forgite games and stuff. I thought we had planned on FrankT GMing Dogs…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg.

10/12/2005 oliof: [DitV] The Territorial Authority
Hello, it seems that not many of the sample towns and branches here have the T.A. as part of the town setup. Do You regard the T.A. as an important…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, James Holloway.

10/29/2005 oliof: [DitV][Blue Rose] Keepers of the Flame visit High Rockton
Just a little teaser to have some follow up posts. First, transposing Dogs to Aldea/Jarzon is a snap. Just replace names. Second, Eric Provosts towns rock. Without his hard work…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, Frank T.

11/14/2005 oliof: inter party conflicts in DitV
Hello, this is the first of a couple of threads that are the result of playing DitV at a convention this weekend. The convention itself is the annual meeting of…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Vaxalon, Christopher Weeks, nikola, lumpley, Neal.

11/14/2005 oliof: Conflict Narration and Fallout Disparity
I have had it happened twice to me now: A conflict is resolved, fallout dice are rolled and a completely unexpected result comes up - normally something that is too…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, Frank T, lumpley, Tindalos, Christopher Weeks.

11/14/2005 oliof: How do I avoid slicing the conflict to a fun-defying bore?
Sorry for the flurry of posts folks, but I had a very compelling game running that caused some qustions of course. One of the things I genuinely mishandled in my…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Vaxalon, Eero Tuovinen, nikola, Neal.

11/23/2005 oliof: [PtA] Eiffel City, the worlds' capital
Hello, a short report on my  experience with PtA on a weekend con. There was tremendous interest in PtA, and I had a whopping seven players at the table. Some…
In Actual Play
Participants: oliof.

11/25/2005 oliof: Being a Dog is a Full Time Job (slightly off topic)
One of the players from my yet-to-submitted Olive Grove run pointed out this book to me: Being a Dog is a Full Time Job. Definitely an interesting resource.
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof.

12/22/2005 oliof: Announcement: indie rpg planet (alpha)
Hello, I have set up a planet where the goal is to have all the feeds of indie design/discussion blogs collected people deem interesting. I would call the current setup…
In Site Discussion
Participants: oliof, joepub, Nathan P., RobMuadib, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2006 oliof: [DitV] Clover Fields Branch
Hello, this is my first try at a self-written branch, which I am going to play this afternoon Clover Fields Branch Clover Fields is a prospering, big Congregation not far…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof.

1/8/2006 oliof: [DitV] Clover Fields Branch
Tonite, we played Clover Field Branch in the Keepers of the Flame alternate setting. It was the second town I played with the group. The first was …
In Actual Play
Participants: oliof, Frank T.

1/16/2006 oliof: Giving a Talk about Dogs in the Vineyard
Hi there, I will be giving a talk about Dogs in the Vineyards next weekend at FROST, a convention in southern germany. To be more precise, I'll be the co-host…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, Frank T, lumpley, cdr.

5/22/2006 oliof: Roach Demo at NordCon - some not so great, and a lot of great moments.
OK, on saturday night, I was offering a game of 'Shab Al-Hiri Roach' at NordCon, the biggest rpg convention in northern germany for ten years. We were six players -…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, jasonm.

6/25/2006 oliof: "Have a good friend nearby who's done it before" [sort of an AP]
Hello, I tried a game of Capes today with two friends, Martin and Verena. Unfortunately, the rules turned out to be big stumbling blocks for us. Nobody of us had…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: oliof, TonyLB, Glendower, Bret Gillan, Hans.

7/10/2006 oliof: [TSOY] dubious rules fragment
Hello, I am in the process of translating TSOY to german, and I stumbled about this paragraph in the rules: The third and final step is actually rolling the…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, zmook.

7/25/2006 oliof: [DiTV] Actual Play: Hurricane
I had the opportunity to play Dogs with Vincent this weekend when he was in Berlin, and it was the first time for me not to run the game but…
In lumpley games
Participants: oliof, lumpley.

8/2/2006 oliof: [TSoY] Rat Moon Rising (single session run! -possibly spoiler content)
Hi, this weekend, Frank T ran Rat Moon Rising for us. In short: The game rocked! Players were Martin, Ron (our Ron, not Ron Edwards), and me. Martin and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: oliof, Frank T, JasperN..

9/28/2006 oliof: Gigantic Roach seen in germany! News at 11
Hi, a new kind of sumerian roach has been successfully put on photograph: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Germany&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=48.857868,10.205666&spn=0.003551,0.010364&t=k&om=1 enjoy,     Harald
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, jasonm.

10/19/2006 oliof: [Spiel Essen] The first impressions
Hello, a late night first report from Spiel Essen. To start with something you all like to hear: We have sold about thirty units, and sold out one game line…
In Conventions
Participants: oliof, Justin D. Jacobson, inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, ocasta, Ben Lehman, StefanS, Frank T, Matt, Jürgen Mayer, Daniela Nicklas, JasperN., Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

10/23/2006 oliof: [Roach] Rules additions and game handling propositions.
Hi, in some conversations at Spiel Essen I talked to people that played the Roach and complained about it being too random. I gather this is because of some things:…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: oliof, jasonm.

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