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| What We Played, May 10-15 - Preview not available | Ben R | May 16, 2012 |
| What We Played, May 3 - Preview not available | Ben R | May 9, 2012 |
| What We Played, Apr 17-28 - Preview not available | Ben R | May 2, 2012 |
| What We Played, April 3-14 - Preview not available | Ben R | Apr 19, 2012 |
| What We Played: Mar 29-Apr 1 - Be warned, that Fiasco game may include some of the most charming drawn props we've seen in a while. Sailing to Capella (Polaris) | Ben R | Apr 4, 2012 |
| What We Played, March 15-27 - Yes, the next logical step is having Story Games every single day of the week. And maybe twice on Sundays. Don't think we're not thinking about it. Mission to Me | Ben R | Mar 29, 2012 |
| What We Played, March 6-8 - Were we able to focus on gaming with a squid-rich party raging downstairs? Not for long! Kneel Before Utu! (In A Wicked Age / Archipelago mashup) | Ben R | Mar 14, 2012 |
| What We Played, March 1-3 - It's Thursday night. Let's do some crime! Earth and Fire, Heart's Desire (Perfect) | Ben R | Mar 7, 2012 |
| What We Played, Feb 23-27 - We had no idea it was Microscope's birthday when we played all these games. It was sheer coincidence . For Better or For Worse (Microscope) | Ben R | Feb 29, 2012 |
| What We Played, Feb 16-21 - We gamed Thursday. We gamed Saturday. We gamed Tuesday. What did we play? Funny you should ask. Mostly Shipping (Shock) | Ben R | Feb 22, 2012 |
| What We Played, Feb 9 - We thought we might have set a new record, but no, 17 people is actually a tie for meetup back in October. Next time, gamers, next time... Monsters from the id! | Ben R | Feb 16, 2012 |
| What We Played, Feb 2 - Wow. You thought we gamed a lot before. Our calendar just exploded . What We Played: 'The Brain Frame' (Shock) | Ben R | Feb 9, 2012 |
| What We Played, Jan 26-30 - Overflowing the Gamma Ray loft, yet again: What We Played: Two Deaths And A Botched Suicide (Penny For My Thoughts) | Ben R | Feb 1, 2012 |
| Snow Day, Meetup Cancelled - Just got the word that Gamma Ray is doing a short day today because of SNOWMAGEDDON, so no Story Games tonight. See you all next week! -Ben | Ben R | Jan 19, 2012 |
| What We Played, Jan 5-12 - "It's always a party foul to compare the game you're playing to Star Trek." What, I never mentioned that rule before? What We Played: Nothing To Do With Star Tre | Ben R | Jan 18, 2012 |
| What We Played, Dec 29 - There are rumors that this was the largest Story Games Seattle meetup ever. 18 people? Or only a measly 15 people? Accounts vary. Either way, way to leave 2011 with a bang. | Ben R | Jan 4, 2012 |
| What We Played, Dec 15-22 - How do story gamers ring in the holidays? "with a prostitute, a case of near-lethal assault, and a middle-aged woman abandoned. Merry Christmas!" What we played: | Ben R | Dec 23, 2011 |
| What We Played, Dec 8 - So much gaming. The unicorns are actually a late arrival from last week, but we didn't have the heart to leave them out. What We Played: The Colonization of the | Ben R | Dec 14, 2011 |
| What We Played, Dec 1 - Shuo takes the helm while I'm out of town. Verdict? Win. What We Played: Finished By Another Hand (Fiasco) | Ben R | Dec 6, 2011 |
| What We Played, Nov 17 - Is Thanksgiving the only Thursday of the year we don't game? Just about. What We Played: Villains of Pemberton (The Shab-al-Hiri Roach) | Ben R | Nov 27, 2011 |
| What We Played, Nov 10 - "Wow, it's so quiet tonight!" No, they're just all over at Capitol Club, gaming and drinking. What we played: Every life has value (Shock) | Ben R | Nov 15, 2011 |
| What We Played, Oct 27-Nov 3 - This is maybe a third of the games we've played in the last two meetups and it's already game time again tonight! What We Played: Love in the Time of Magic (Whil | Ben R | Nov 10, 2011 |
| What We Played, Oct 20 - Is that the owner of Gamma Ray Games lurking in the corner, refusing to play but absorbing story game goodness by proxy? Why yes, I think it is. What We Played: | Ben R | Oct 26, 2011 |
| What We Played, Oct 13 - I think there was another game of Shock and a game of Microscope over in Gamma Ray North (aka Capitol Club). What We Played: The First (It's a Greek Tragedy!) (S | Ben R | Oct 19, 2011 |
| What We Played, Oct 6 - Is 17 people too many for weekly pickup games? Not when those people are awesome and bring the fun, one and all. What We Played: The Drowning Kraken (Fiasco) | Ben R | Oct 12, 2011 |
| What We Played, Sept 29 - Yep, that's more games than we had groups. Some people got so excited they played a game, finished it, and then went ahead and played another. Hardcore. What We | Ben R | Oct 4, 2011 |
| What We Played, Sept 15-26 - So many games! I'm shocked (shocked!) to hear there was a French Munchausen game. Is nothing sacred? What We Played: Bacon-wrapped gaming (Munchausen) | Ben R | Sep 29, 2011 |
| What We Played, Sept 8 - Yeah, that's us, spilling over the rails of the Gamma Ray loft and story gaming out in the street. What We Played: Get Your Rabies Away From My Heroin (Fiasco) | Ben R | Sep 13, 2011 |
| What We Played, Aug 25-Sept 1 - Fifteen people last Thursday. Gaming overflowed the loft and spilled into the Capitol Club across the street. Kudos to Marc for running things in my absence -- you're a trooper! | Ben R | Sep 7, 2011 |
| What We Played, Aug 18 - That's the third week in a row we've packed the loft to capacity and beyond! What we played: the Ronin from the Sea (Kagematsu) | Ben R | Aug 24, 2011 |
| What We Played, Aug 11 - Another packed night at Gamma Ray, this time with guests from far off lands. Yes, even farther than Portland. What We Played: Collapse on the Canopus (Polaris Ha | Ben R | Aug 17, 2011 |
| What We Played, Aug 4 - If this wasn't the most packed Story Games Seattle event then it must be tied for first place. I'm not even counting the gamers who showed up late and just stuck their heads in. Don't take my word for it: there are pictures. | Ben R | Aug 10, 2011 |
| What We Played, July 21-30 - We packed in a trifecta of gaming venues this week: Cafe Racer, Capitol Club and our beloved Gamma Ray Games. What We Played: The Peace of Circinus & The Azu | Ben R | Aug 3, 2011 |
| New Meetup: Saturday Gaming @ Cafe Racer - Announcing a new Meetup for Story Games Seattle! What : Saturday Gaming @ Cafe Racer When : Saturday, July 30, 2011 1:00 PM W | Ben R | Jul 24, 2011 |
| What We Played, July 14 - Technically I should say what they played, since I helped get the ball rolling but then left it in the crew's capable and creative hands. How did it go? Generally it's a pretty good sign when every single game has a thread up in less than 24 h | Ben R | Jul 20, 2011 |
| What We Played, July 3 & 7 - The calm before the storm of Go Play NW. Our idea of calm: burning heretics at the stake. What We Played: Medieval Mind-games (Montsegur 1244) | Ben R | Jul 12, 2011 |
| What We Played, June 30 & July 3 - Our first weekend meetup at Card Kingdom. I'm thinking it's a winner. Any other feedback from folks who were there? What We Played: Unisex Thought-Nations & | Ben R | Jul 6, 2011 |
| What We Played, June 18-27 - We've got a smattering of What We Played threads from Saturday, Thursday, and Munchausen Monday. What We Played: Romance, adventure, and forty-thousand elephants | Ben R | Jun 29, 2011 |
| New Meetup: Sunday Gaming @ Card Kingdom - Announcing a new Meetup for Story Games Seattle! What : Sunday Gaming @ Card Kingdom When : Sunday, July 3, 2011 5:00 PM | Ben R | Jun 23, 2011 |
| What We Played, June 16 - There were a bunch more games from the epic Saturday meetup too, but they don't have threads yet: What We Played: Drowned Like a Dog (A Taste for Murder) | Ben R | Jun 21, 2011 |
| What We Played, June 9 - To boldly go where no man has gone before... yep, Apocalypse World sans GM. What We Played: Icarus, Mission to the Missing Moons (Apocalypse World hack) | Ben R | Jun 12, 2011 |
| Saturday gaming returns! - By popular demand, Saturday gaming is back on the schedule. RSVP if you're interested! Saturday Gaming @ Cafe Racer, June 18 We'll t | Ben R | Jun 10, 2011 |
| What We Played, June 2 - Brave new players take Polaris for a spin. What We Played: The Bull & The Maiden (Polaris) There's been a surge of demand for Saturday m | Ben R | Jun 8, 2011 |
| What We Played, May 26 - Scientists believed it was mathematically impossible for one character to survive two Fiasco games. Take that, science! What We Played: Reconstruct This (Fiasco) | Ben R | May 29, 2011 |
| What We Played, May 19 - Pat and Shuo rock the organizer chair. What We Played: Crimson Spring (Microscope) | Ben R | May 24, 2011 |
| What We Played, May 12 - We're on a roll of Polaris hacks. This makes 4-for-4 settings that work great with the Polaris concept. What We Played: A Couple 'a Damn Fine Cops (Polaris) | Ben R | May 17, 2011 |
| What We Played, Apr 28 & May 5 - Yep, no Polaris, no Shock. Instead of the staples, we've been busting out the strange games. What We Played: Terra Reformed (Conquer The Horizon) | Ben R | May 10, 2011 |
| What We Played, April 21 - Superheroes, ghosts and harlots. We've pretty much got it all. What We Played: Don't ask why, ask Weillach (Microscope) | Ben R | Apr 27, 2011 |
| What We Played, April 14 & 16 - The Polaris hack streak continues and some heretics burn. What We Played: The Women of Montsegur | Ben R | Apr 20, 2011 |
| What We Played, Apr 7 - Remember when we said we always break into small groups to play? Well sometimes we don't. What We Played: Carnival of Regret (Geiger Counter) | Ben R | Apr 12, 2011 |
| What We Played, March 28-April 2 - Another triple meetup week (mon-thu-sat). We are a blazing fireball of story gaming. What We Played: Adventures in Babysitting (Mountain Witch) | Ben R | Apr 5, 2011 |
| What We Played, Mar 17 - Three cheers for the new sturdy new chairs in the Gamma Ray loft! Buckets be damned. What We Played: Rise of Nuala (Archipelago II) | Ben R | Mar 23, 2011 |
| What We Played, March 9, 10 & 12 - Yep, that's three nights of story games last week. It's craaaazy. What We Played: Stop Aggregating Yourself (Microscope) | Ben R | Mar 15, 2011 |
| What We Played, March 3 - The Gamma Ray loft practically boiled with glorious games. Boiled, I say. High-concept sci fi back-to-back with teen rampage and low down dirty cyberpunk: Wh | Ben R | Mar 8, 2011 |
| What We Played, Feb 17 & 24 - And the story games award for "Realistic Portrayal of a Cat (or other household pet)" goes to... What We Played: Cops & Crooks, Kids & Kitt | Ben R | Mar 1, 2011 |
| What We Played, Feb 10 - Only one game this week, but it's a hot one: What We Played: Love in the Time of Seid Yep, involuntary incest. That's why we give that Vei | Ben R | Feb 11, 2011 |
| What We Played, Feb 3 - In which we magically pack four games on to three tables. What We Played: Hexodus (Shock) | Ben R | Feb 6, 2011 |
| What We Played, Jan 27 - We forgot to integrate absent player input! I knew something was missing. What We Played: Junkyard Utopia (Lady Blackbird) | Ben R | Jan 31, 2011 |
| What We Played, Jan 20 - This week: craft-time with Capes! The verdict seems to be: craft-time good, complex rules bad (although the second Capes table hasn't weighed in yet). What W | Ben R | Jan 25, 2011 |
| What We Played, Jan 13 - Absent players demand squids, alien plagues, and other oddities. We split the difference and give them squids and vampires. What we Played: Blue Collar Worke | Ben R | Jan 18, 2011 |
| What We Played, Jan 6 - First meetup of 2011, post holidays. Welcome back everybody! What We Played: Kidnapped for Love (Remember Tomorrow) | Ben R | Jan 10, 2011 |
| What We Played, Dec 30 - Last meetup for 2010! What we played: the Liche Queen (In a Wicked Age) That's 43 gaming meetups this year (plus one social). Not bad at a | Ben R | Jan 5, 2011 |
| What We Played, Dec 23 - I'm out of town, but Mike is minding the store and keeping the fun going: What We Played: Beware the Green Room Snacks (Fiasco) | Ben R | Dec 29, 2010 |
| What We Played, Dec 16 - Shock / Shock / Fiasco on Thursday, and as a special bonus, the first ever playtest of Coasters and Cocktails: What We Played: Rosetta & Babel (Shock) | Ben R | Dec 20, 2010 |
| What We Played, Dec 9 - Kudos to Pat, Josh and Jamie for stepping up and taking the helm this meetup: What We Played: Down With the King (Polaris) | Ben R | Dec 13, 2010 |
| What We Played, Dec 2 - There was also a Shock game at the second table that sounded pretty interesting, but no thread yet for it: What We Played: Mages of the Isles (Micro | Ben R | Dec 8, 2010 |
| What We Played, Nov 18 & 20 - Not just double but triple-play Shock on Thursday! (yeah, we're missing a thread for one of them) What We Played: Trouble in ParadiseTM (Shock) | Ben R | Nov 23, 2010 |
| What We Played, Nov 11 - Our "same game" streak continues with twin tables of Fiasco: What We Played: Bring Me The Head of Horace Heizelberg (Fiasco) | Ben R | Nov 13, 2010 |
| Story Games "Social" Meetup - Hi everyone! We've been throwing around the idea of a "social" meetup for the Story Games group, and we've finally set up an event. We'll be meeting at Elliott Bay Books in Capitol Hill on Sunday the 14th at around 7:00. Check out the meetup pa | Mike Kimmel | Nov 9, 2010 |
| What We Played, Nov 4 & 6 - Our twin games of Halloween Microscope worked well, so we tried twin games of Polaris on Thursday (plus some more Microscope on Saturday): What We Played: The | Ben R | Nov 8, 2010 |
| What We Played, Oct 28 - We continue to push the limits of how much fun Gamma Ray can contain: What We Played: Hell Hath No Fury (Fiasco) | Ben R | Nov 1, 2010 |
| Story Games Seattle Will Not Die! - Hey everybody, ignore that scary message you got from meetup.com, saying that Story Games Seattle was closing down. That was a false alarm: Alan and I were changing over organizer roles, and the system misfired. All is well, and Story Games Sea | Ben R | Oct 30, 2010 |
| Ben R added a post - There was a snafu on the site that deleted all our future meetups (grrr), but I should have everything back in place shortly. | Ben R | Oct 29, 2010 |
| What We Played, Oct 21 & 23 - Yep, that's tandem tables of Microscope horror last Thursday: What We Played: Come into the Light (Microscope) | Ben R | Oct 26, 2010 |
| What We Played, Catching Up October - We've been doing a mess of story gaming, but I've fallen behind on sending them out, so here's a raft of What We Played to catch us up: What We Played: Southe | Ben R | Oct 18, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Saturday @ Gary's Games - Announcing a new Meetup for Story Games Seattle! What : Saturday @ Gary's Games When : Saturday, October 16, 2010 4:00 PM Where : | Ben R | Oct 2, 2010 |
| Gaming Every Thursday - Have you looked at the meetup calendar? No, that is not a mistake: we're going to try Thursday games every week , starting mid October. Is that crazy? Is it too much gaming? We'll see. We've had such a strong turnout that providing more s | Ben R | Sep 22, 2010 |
| What We Played, Sep 16 - Polaris, by popular demand. Lots of good discussion about the game and Polaris in general: What We Played: Go South Young Man (Polaris) The | Ben R | Sep 22, 2010 |
| What We Played, Sep 2 & 11 - Some of the games from the Sept 2 and Sept 11 meetups: What We Played: Trogs & Uranium (Shock) | Ben R | Sep 14, 2010 |
| What We Played, Aug 19 & 28 - Falling behind on reporting what we played, because we've been too busy gaming. Not a bad problem to have: What We Played: Prophecy of Phoenix (Polaris) | Ben R | Sep 2, 2010 |
| Meetup Cancelled: Saturday Gaming @ Wayward, Aug 14 - I'm canceling tomorrow's meetup (Sat, Aug 14). I overlooked the conflict with Dragonflight when I scheduled, and it looks like lots of people will be over there instead. Sorry for the late notice, and see everyone next time! | Ben R | Aug 13, 2010 |
| What We Played, Aug 5 - We pretty much packed the Gamma Ray loft: What We Played: Angel-A is Dead (Remember Tomorrow) | Ben R | Aug 12, 2010 |
| What We Played, July 29 & 31 - Serious "Remember Tomorrow" mayhem at nearly back-to-back meetups: Thu, July 29 What We Played: Our Reputation Precedes Us (Remember Tom | Ben R | Aug 2, 2010 |
| What the heck are Story Games? - I started a discussion thread to answer the age-old question: What the heck are Story Games, anyway? It's a loose definition with room for | Ben R | Jul 27, 2010 |
| What We Played, July 17 - Nine people at the July 17 meetup, so we split into two groups: What We Played: Stars Are Always Greener (Shock) | Ben R | Jul 23, 2010 |
| Cancelled Meetup: Thurs July 22 - Because of a space conflict at Gamma Ray, we have to cancel this Thursday's meetup. To make up for it, we're adding a meetup next Thursday (July 29). Sorry for the scheduling snafu! What : | Ben R | Jul 19, 2010 |
| What We Played, July 3 - What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with unjust incarceration? What We Played: Tartarus Prison Asteroid (Danger Patrol) Did | Ben R | Jul 6, 2010 |
| What We Played, June 12 - Massive turnout on Saturday. So many people we had to split into three games: What We Played: Switched Off (GHOST/ECHO) | Ben R | Jun 14, 2010 |
| What We Played, June 3 - Dual games from the Thursday meetup: What We Played: Give Me Slavery Or Give Me Death! (Shock) | Ben R | Jun 5, 2010 |
| What We Played, May 29 - Discussion thread's up for Saturday's game: What We Played: Oil, Oil, Everywhere (Shock) Just slightly ripped from the headlines... | Ben R | May 31, 2010 |
| What We Played, May 20 - Started the discussion thread for Thursday's game: Eating Suns (Microscope) Beat you to it, Susan! | Ben R | May 22, 2010 |
Ben R added a post - Beer meetup tomorrow of folks going to Go Play NW. Meet a bunch of story gamers, chat, drink beer, repeat. http://www.goplaynw.org/index. php/2010/05/
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| What We Played, May 15 - Discussion thread for Saturday's meetup: What We Played: Mark of the Devil (Shock) That's three Shock games now, and each one has been ent | Ben R | May 17, 2010 |
| What We Played, May 6 - Tandem games of hot Fiasco fiasco: What We Played: Cops and Killers (Fiasco) | Ben R | May 7, 2010 |
| What We Played (May 1) - Thread for yesterday's game, including a somewhat fuzzy picture of the map: What We Played: No Rest for The Wicked (Geiger Counter) "I | Ben R | May 2, 2010 |
| Go Play NW 2010 - Go Play NW 2010 isn't a meetup event, but I'm putting it on the calendar as a reminder that it's where all the story gamers of Seattle are going to be that weekend. | Ben R | Apr 26, 2010 |
| What We Played (Apr 22) - The post-game thread for yesterday's meetup is up: Slave Gaea (Shock) Great game. Another big win for Shock. | Ben R | Apr 23, 2010 |
| What We Played (Apr 17) - Started the post-game thread for yesterday's meetup: What We Played: Your Father's Sun-sword (Polaris) Crushing civilizations with key phra | Ben R | Apr 18, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Thursday Gaming @ Gamma Ray - What: Thursday Gaming @ Gamma Ray When: Thursday, May 6, 2010 6:30 PM Where: Gamma Ray Games 411 E. Pine Seattle, WA [masked] Come join us for Thursday night story gaming at Gamma Ray! Ev | Ben R | Apr 13, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Saturday Story Gaming - Announcing a new Meetup for Story Games Seattle! What: Saturday Story Gaming When: Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:00 PM Where: Wayward Coffee House 8570 Greenwood Ave N. E. side of the street Seattle, WA 98103 | Ben R | Apr 1, 2010 |
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