Subsequent Topics 9/5/2002 Paka: Excited to see this game work.
I have given alot of thought about what makes a game work and what makes it fail but I had not ever thought about the narrative structure underlying our hobby…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Eddy Fate, Jared A. Sorensen, mahoux, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.
9/5/2002 Paka: Relinquishing Control in Dust Devils
I have got to admit that the mechanic in Dust Devils in which the player takes over narrative control of a scene until conflict is resolved troubles me.
The game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes, Valamir, jburneko, Matt Snyder.
9/7/2002 Paka: Definitions of Forge Gaming Vocabulary
Could we compile a list of terms that Indie Gamers use such as sim, GNS, and/or narrativist for us newbies.
I am intrigued by the gamespeak here but I want…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, kaworuiskool, Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paganini.
9/9/2002 Paka: Just Downloaded octaNe and have a game concept...
I've only skimmed it but...
The world ended on a Saturday and the rejects of Roswell High were attending their Saturday Detention.
It is Breakfast Club meets Six-String Samurai.
At…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.
9/12/2002 Paka: Dusty Ka, Wyrding West, or Destinatus in the Dust
I am going to playtest Dust Devils using my Egyptian/Norse/Roman (and Greek) Western that I've been chipping away with some enthusiasm and feedback at on RPG.net.
I am thinking of…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder.
9/16/2002 Paka: 1st Game of Dust Devils
We played with the Wyrding West setting I've been posting on RPG.net and the game went really well, really fun.
The system was good and I will re-write the game…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.
9/17/2002 Paka: After-School Universalis
Bought Universalis about an hour ago.
I run an after-school program for grades 7-12 and I just bought Universalis in hopes of putting it out there and seeing if they'll…
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes.
9/18/2002 Paka: Mu's Bed
I am tinkering with an e-mail to send the players in a possibly forming Sorcerer & Sword game.
Here's the first draft with comments below:
Mu's Bed is the capital…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, James V. West.
10/4/2002 Paka: Wyrding West Dust Devils
This is the e-mail I sent out to the gamers involved:
Buddy Balterset is everybody's friend.
You all have memories of Buddy that ring fond in your mind. Somehow everything…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Valamir.
10/6/2002 Paka: Comic Book Super-Hero Game
I dream of:
A comic book game written in comic book format, 24 pages and a whole game. The supplements would be found in new issues.
The system would entail…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paka, James V. West, Henry Fitch, Sidhain, Le Joueur, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton.
10/18/2002 Paka: Teenage Super-Heroes using Sorcerer Rules
I run an After-School Program and have been thinking about how I could introduce Sorcerer to middle school and high school students.
On my ride home from work I thought…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Grimlok.
10/18/2002 Paka: Actual Play - Mu's Bed One Shot
I ran a one-shot set in Marr'd, home of Mu's Bed, with the guys I began gaming with. These were the guys who had long hair and wore Iron Maiden…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Zak Arntson, RobNJ, Ron Edwards.
10/19/2002 Paka: Well-Met in Mu's Bed (a Sorcerer & Sword Campaign)
We decided that the character had known each other and had travelled most of the way across the Red Waste together towards Mu's Bed.
The last Sorcerer & Sword game…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.
11/6/2002 Paka: octaNe - Boys of Roswell High
The GM who runs our intense Unknown Armies game needed a well-deserved break. A buddy of the group's came in from out of town. I posted three game trailers for…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.
11/7/2002 Paka: Death & GNS
okay, one moment, let me get this straight in my head:
In Gamist terms the game is about winning and death would probably mean losing.
In Simulationist terms the game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paka, Tim Denee, Valamir, Ron Edwards.
1/23/2003 Paka: Riddle of Steel at RPG.net
Just some links to some RPG.net discussions going on right now:
The word is out and the word is good.
ROS, How's it playing?
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30499&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
George RR Martin: A Song…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Ashren Va'Hale.
1/29/2003 Paka: Marsui
[i]If and when I get to run TROS:[/i]
In our ancestors’ days there was a fine pantheon. They worshipped a fatherly Sun Deity, a mysterious Moon Goddess, a cunning Trickster,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Jim DelRosso, Brian Leybourne.
2/7/2003 Paka: Welcome to Marsui ([b]TROS[/b])
We made up characters and all agree that the character generation system makes a whole lot of sense and was fun.
Beginning the process as an e-mail asking the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, hyphz, Ron Edwards.
2/7/2003 Paka: SA Question
Okay, the character is about to get into combat with his arch-nemesis who stepped on his puppy and slapped his father around.
He spends his Passion - Hatred of vile…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Bankuei, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.
2/16/2003 Paka: Riddle of the Dark Sun
Okay, some day I'd love to run Planescape with the Riddle but right now I am intrigued with Riddling the ole boxed set, Dark Sun.
I'll have to tinker with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, prophet118, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Clinton R. Nixon, Michael Tree.
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