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3/22/2006 Web_Weaver: [Prince Valiant] Children as Narrators
The current thread "Young Children: Actual role-play, Actual Play?" has reminded me of my attempt to encourage my brother to roleplay with his friends, many years ago. I had bought…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, MatrixGamer, Noon, Ron Edwards.

5/14/2006 Web_Weaver: The danger of Maximum Game Fun
I considered throwing this straight into the toolbox thread, but think it may require some discussion. I believe there is an inherent danger in the "Maximum Game Fun" maxim, as…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes.

7/24/2006 Web_Weaver: Removing attributes from HQ
I am moving this more general idea from out of the Species keywords--a kludge? thread, to avoid hijacking the keyword debate. I have discussed there, that it may be an…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Mandrake, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

9/12/2006 Web_Weaver: Extended Contests - Mining HQs Narrativist core
There have been many discussions here that have focused on utilising HeroQuest for a narrativist agenda, and many have expoused the view that the best way to facilitate this is…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Lamorak33, Melinglor, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Valamir, soru.

9/21/2006 Web_Weaver: [HeroQuest] Lifting the Veil
I have an interesting dilemma in my Heroquest game, that I would like to discuss here. So, I guess the only way to do so is to provide the Actual…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Noon.

10/12/2006 Web_Weaver: [HeroQuest -modified] Scene Framing Questions
Hi all, This time out I am not expressing a problem, as I am confident that the game is on track here, but I have little twinges of doubt and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, Lamorak33, sebastianz, Gaerik.

10/20/2006 Web_Weaver: GM as Facilitator, looking for signposts in the unknown
This post falls between Actual Play and First Thoughts. I place it here because primarily I am involved in adaptation of rules, and a radically altered game is likely to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Web_Weaver, timfire, TroyLovesRPG.

11/24/2006 Web_Weaver: [DitV] Narrating Giving + Fallout. Was this valid?
Last night I ran my first town, and we began to get to grips with how DitV actually plays. I chose to run the Whitechurch Branch straight out of the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Web_Weaver, Tim M Ralphs, womble.

1/13/2007 Web_Weaver: [DitV] Escalation, Group Conflicts, and Timing. Help!
HI all, The - Escalation question thread has left me confused when it comes to group conflicts. Staying focused on DitV for now, because that's what I am playing,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Web_Weaver, lumpley.

6/22/2007 Web_Weaver: Quest Based Card Game
Whilst getting bored on a Coach journey and wishing I had a deck of cards I began to imagine a card game that engaged the players on more than a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Web_Weaver, vertigo25.

7/28/2007 Web_Weaver: SotC - Situation Diagrams Question
Hi all, Been flicking through Spirit of the Century and am very impressed with the Tips and Tricks section, and have a quick question. Could someone tell me where the…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Web_Weaver, iago, Rob Donoghue.

11/26/2007 Web_Weaver: [SotC] - Narrativist growing pains - seeking advice
I have been running a game of Spirit of the Century for the last couple of months and have been quite surprised by the results. The intention was to run…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Valamir, Landon Darkwood, Noclue, Filip Luszczyk, Roger.

4/28/2008 Web_Weaver: [DitV/Glorantha] Con game question
I am going to be running a DitV/Glorantha mash-up at Tentacles (German convention) and I am planning a quick but intense 2.5 - 3 hour game. I plan to use…
In lumpley games
Participants: Web_Weaver, travisjhall, newsalor, Eliarhiman6, Mike Holmes, chriscrouch.

11/12/2011 Web_Weaver: How Glorantha both inspired and frustrated my play.
Story before  Have been reading David's thread: Decoupling Reward Systems from broad-scale Story Arcs And Ron's thread: Incipient Narrativism and its discontents In the latter I asked if Story Before…
In Actual Play
Participants: Web_Weaver, Ron Edwards, Abkajud, Noon, Paul Czege, contracycle, davidberg.

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