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Title: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: iago on February 11, 2008, 10:30:17 PM
Rick Neal has started a blog to talk about his experiences:

http://www.rickneal.ca/

Jeramy Ware posts about Dresdenified Austin Texas:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=378250

Rob Bohl of the Independent Insurgency has Dresdenized Newark New Jersey:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=377474
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Priscellie on February 12, 2008, 08:57:50 PM
Just read Neal's full blog, and wow.  I wish my gaming group was a bit more open-minded with respect to new gaming systems, because this sounds absolutely amazing!  Maybe if I start wooing now, I'll have convinced them to give it a shot by the time the RPG comes out. XD  *grabs a big stick*
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: MonaLS on February 13, 2008, 05:14:58 AM
I've got to get a gaming group again - all my gaming friends have moved!
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: iago on February 21, 2008, 01:15:25 AM
Rick Neal continues to go to town with lots of good peeks & observations about the game -- we've got a big mortal cast and some commentary on the conflict system up there now:

http://rickneal.ca/

And Mick Bradley has started airing some character writeups, the first being a changeling info-broker:

http://mickbradley.livejournal.com/57456.html
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Rel Fexive on February 23, 2008, 09:46:55 PM
Rick Neal has some great stuff up.  Most informative and interesting!
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: VengeanceGOD on February 26, 2008, 05:35:21 PM
*silently prays his application to test is approved*

After reading Rick's blog, I drowned my roommate and fiance in chatter about the Dresden RPG all freaking day.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: prophet224 on March 11, 2008, 08:29:34 PM
After reading Rick's blog, I drowned my roommate and fiance

I'm sorry, and I know it's inconsequential, but when I saw this, I have to say that I was worried for a second! :)

:-Þ
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: kingpaul on March 11, 2008, 09:58:09 PM
I've got to get a gaming group again - all my gaming friends have moved!
I have a slightly different problem. We all got married and had kids, and the kids all now have activities. Very difficult to get a gaming group together. We end up playing Catan instead.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Ren on March 13, 2008, 09:35:25 PM
rotflmao....how funny...dun check here for several months and when i do...find a guy I games with when I first moved here to Austin is running Playtest for the DFRPG...need to go yell at him now...
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: dkfitch on March 14, 2008, 03:57:25 PM
I noticed an alpha playtest will be held at OmegaCon (Birmingham, AL) this weekend. http://portal.omegacon.us/index.php

Sure wish I could be there!

*Donna*
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: dkfitch on March 18, 2008, 03:29:11 PM
I haven't heard anything about how the Dresden Files RPG playtest at OmegaCon went. Was anybody on this forum there? I'm anxious to know how "The Magic City" fared.

Donna
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Mick Bradley on March 19, 2008, 07:13:02 PM
Hi, I'm Mick Bradley, one of the Alpha Bleeders for DFRPG. If anyone is interested, I've just released episode 3 of my rpg journal-podcast (http://harpingmonkey.com/tgtmb/?p=23), The Game That May Be, where I spend the last half of the show talking about DFRPG.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: SaintAndSinner on March 19, 2008, 07:13:52 PM
I haven't heard anything about how the Dresden Files RPG playtest at OmegaCon went. Was anybody on this forum there? I'm anxious to know how "The Magic City" fared.

Information about the OmegaCon playtest (Birmingham, AL) is trickling out on my LJ account http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/ (http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/).  I've got a full time job and 5 kids (3 recently adopted from Ukraine) so I'm not as quick or as verbose as some of the other playtest groups.  It went very well even for the majority of players who were interested mainly in the setting rather than a specific rules set.  I'm getting through the characters and will move on to my thoughts about the rules test over the next few days.

BTW, are you local to Bham?  If so, I'm looking for a few more players (not only for Dresden).  Drop a comment over on my LJ if your interested.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Rel Fexive on March 19, 2008, 08:04:38 PM
Hi, I'm Mick Bradley, one of the Alpha Bleeders for DFRPG. If anyone is interested, I've just released episode 3 of my rpg journal-podcast (http://harpingmonkey.com/tgtmb/?p=23), The Game That May Be, where I spend the last half of the show talking about DFRPG.

An interesting piece, that!
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: MatthewD44 on March 19, 2008, 11:49:39 PM
Cool, I didn't know we had anyone in Alabama play testing...
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: dkfitch on March 20, 2008, 01:31:02 PM
Information about the OmegaCon playtest (Birmingham, AL) is trickling out on my LJ account http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/ (http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/).  I've got a full time job and 5 kids (3 recently adopted from Ukraine) so I'm not as quick or as verbose as some of the other playtest groups.  It went very well even for the majority of players who were interested mainly in the setting rather than a specific rules set.  I'm getting through the characters and will move on to my thoughts about the rules test over the next few days.

BTW, are you local to Bham?  If so, I'm looking for a few more players (not only for Dresden).  Drop a comment over on my LJ if your interested.

Thanks for the info! Sounds cool so far. And congrats for getting that much done--sounds like you have your hands full!

Donna
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Robert Bohl on March 21, 2008, 06:21:04 PM
I did a separate post (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,6620.0.html) on this here forum for this, but I have an SOTC interview with Fred & Rob on my podcast, in which there's a good deal of DFRPG stuff too.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: Robert Bohl on March 24, 2008, 04:13:22 PM
I posted on my LJ about character creation (http://indie-insurgent.livejournal.com/10829.html) for my Dresden Files game.
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: R00kie on March 24, 2008, 05:18:15 PM
I posted on my LJ about character creation (http://indie-insurgent.livejournal.com/10829.html) for my Dresden Files game.

I'm really curious about the Specializations and Foci for Wizards and how its handled. I'll be keeping a close eye on this Live Journal to see how these three wizards shape up. Thanks for posting. Its always nice to see where the game is going.

If you get round to playing them, please post again. I'm curious to know if they all feel like individuals given that they will all have the same stunts.

Also some nice aspects there. I particularly like: Faux Demon Slayer but I'm curious - does this mean hes a fake slayer or that he slays imitation demons?


Cheers,

R00kie
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: SaintAndSinner on March 26, 2008, 07:09:31 PM
The characters used for the playtest are out.  You know you want to see them...   ;D

http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com
Title: Re: Dresden Files Alpha Playtest Sightings
Post by: SaintAndSinner on March 26, 2008, 07:16:08 PM
I'm really curious about the Specializations and Foci for Wizards and how its handled. I'll be keeping a close eye on this Live Journal to see how these three wizards shape up. Thanks for posting. Its always nice to see where the game is going.

If you get round to playing them, please post again. I'm curious to know if they all feel like individuals given that they will all have the same stunts.


I think you're on the right trail.  The Aspects, Skill levels, Specializations, Foci, Rotes, etc will (hopefully) give each wizard a different feel.