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stories about my life
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Stories about my life. Raven swallows the sun. Sunday, Oct. 8th 06:58 pm. She spells it with a 'w'.". With a 'g' you mean.". Listen, Bertie," said Aunt Dahlia earnestly, "I'm an older woman than you are well you know what I mean and I can tell you a thing or two. And one of them is that no good can come of association with anything labelled Gwladys or Ysobel or Ethyl or Mabelle or Kathryn. But particularly Gwladys.". Sunday, Sep. 17th 10:07 pm. Across the top a. Wide panel the maiden and. Then later I go...
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Avoiding Trivial Stakes - John's RPG Journal
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Avoiding Trivial Stakes - Johns RPG Journal. December 9th, 2005. 12:06 pm - Avoiding Trivial Stakes. So there's been some more talk on stakes and resolution mechanics on Actual Play. Nathan Paoletta had an interesting post, Never Going Back. It throws into clear relief one of the greatest things about recent, indie, conflict-resolution based RPGs. When clear intent and stakes are determined, it excises boring play. More specifically, should I push for change in the HârnMaster game, and if so how? Some ge...
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Chapter 15 - An arrival remembered: shaolin_burning
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Chapter 15 - An arrival remembered. It almost worked. As is so often the case it was simply a matter of time. If the journey had lasted a few more days then things would have gone perfectly. Improvised plans rarely work out as well as you wish. But with only one day of travel left, things had to be rushed. It was pushing too hard too fast that alerted the girl. She looked up suddenly, her eyes clearing. She looked intently at the short monk with the large face. The thin faced monk laughed nervously, "Wha...
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End of Part 1: shaolin_burning
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End of Part 1. Hey Folks. Thanks for reading the first part of our on-going young adult wuxia novel. Big thanks go out to those who signed up to be regular readers: Ben, Rafe, Marta, Maddy, Leigh, and Nat. It's good to know that you guys are along for the ride. I'd like to also thank the great folks who've contributed to the process so far: Shreyas (. That said, if anybody wants to write for Ashes. That's linked on the left side of the screen. The other current writers and I are going to work up a 20...
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Chapter 8 (Girl): Dancing in Yesterday: shaolin_burning
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Chapter 8 (Girl): Dancing in Yesterday. We walked into the central courtyard. The signs of battle were evident: broken stone, spatters of blood, and trails in the dirt were still clearly visible despite the clear efforts of the resident monks to clean up. The Master turned to me, Tell me of the battle fought here, child. Another test, I prayed that I would not disappoint him. There, by the steps. Two men and a young woman walked together. And two children? The soldiers called out, and then-. Look at the ...
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RPG theory/design/philosophy journal
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Disentangling "system" as it relates to design and play. Lumpley Principle and SIS. The 20 By 20 Room. Troupe berkeley: an experimental gaming group. Disentangling "system" as it relates to design and play. This is prompted by a current thread at theRPGsite, where I took Levi to task for bringing up "Lumpley Principle"-esque definitions. Also, they're just a stepping stone to talking about the underlying concepts as they relate to design and play, in less jargonistic fashion. However, once we move to act...
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How About a Change? - Game Design Heretic
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How About a Change? August 15th, 2007 (04:51 pm). The ground covered by the Lumpley Principle. Is well trod. But what if it isn't the center of your game theory? What if the whole idea of apportioning 'credibility' and the conflict over whose 'turn' it is, doesn't fit your ideal at all? I've been playing around with these consequences for some time, but a great blog tipped it over for me. In his essay Burning Spotlight. The idea was that the parts you assemble into a chara are both you statement of 'what...
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Series Bible Entry: "Bai Hua": shaolin_burning
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Series Bible Entry: "Bai Hua". Dai Qiuluo, Awaiting Autumn's Descent. Wandered the garden paths restlessly. It was late, the moon shone brightly, almost cheerfully, as if welcoming him to share its company. Teacher Qiu shook his head ruefully, all the energy it took to teach the new students and he still couldn't sleep properly at night. Teacher Qiu smiled to as he recalled the respect in Bai Hua's voice when she adressed him during classes: Qiu Laoshi , Teacher Autumn. Hai Feng's humor was evident as he...
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Chapter 11 (Girl) - The Lonely Path: shaolin_burning
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Chapter 11 (Girl) - The Lonely Path. Request was that of a man who knew he would die. Do you think that you and I could speak privately before you kill me? He asked. I could see in his face and hear in his voice that he knew his death was not in question. What do you wish of me? I need you to leave me for a while, child, perhaps a long while. My heart froze. I would do anything for the Master. But leave him. He responded with a smile, Child, my other duties take too much time. If you are to reach you...
