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4/29/2002 jburneko: Inspectres - Starting Interview Question
Hello, I have some questions about the purpose of the starting interview. Now, from what I can tell the starting interview is NOT the same thing as the initial approach…
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Participants: jburneko, mahoux, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/26/2002 Henry Fitch: Problem with In-Speckers characters
I don't have a problem with these characters being encouraged to skip out on classes, or even get their siblings in trouble. That's okay. Even the whole exclusive club thing…
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Participants: Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob McNamee.

4/25/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Red / White / Blue
While driving home to and from work (about an hour each way), I like to listed to heavy metal CD's...especially the super-cool but kinda-cheesy epic metal albums from bands like…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Henry Fitch, Valamir, Paul Czege.

4/24/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sneak peak at InSpectres, the first draft
Wow, found this while looking through my hard drive. Hop into the ol' way-back machine with me folks...we're going back in time to September, 27 2000! ----------------- InSpectres! Fighting the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

4/22/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Werewolf (the card game)
Heard about it this weekend...just found out that it is a published game. It sounds like a blast. http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Werewolf/About.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Galfraxas, reptile2k1, morien, Henry Fitch.

4/17/2002 reptile2k1: The iSystem Games Thread
I did it! After five hours of work (not including the stuff I had to do in order to get a new word-processing program and a pdf-writer) I completed the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: reptile2k1, Bailey, Andrew Martin, Balbinus, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/15/2002 Galfraxas: It's Finished!
Howdy InSpectres Fans, Just thought I'd drop the In-Speckers news to the people. Jared and I just finished discussing some edits for it, and it is now completed. Jared is…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Valamir.

4/14/2002 Ben Morgan: Just read the iSystem Manifesto...
I'll have to quote you directly from your email regarding the character sheet, Jared: If you were here right now, I'd have to kiss you. The link to this is…
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Participants: Ben Morgan, Jared A. Sorensen, reptile2k1, jburneko.

4/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Mmmm...parsley.
http://memento-mori.com/games/parsley.html It's like Zork or Adventure, except as a face-to-face role-playing game.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Jürgen Mayer, Seth L. Blumberg.

4/12/2002 Galfraxas: The First In Speckers Update
Howdy Peoples, Just thought I'd keep everybody updated on the progress I'm making with In Speckers. Well, I've finished doing all the minor adjustments to the terms and stuff that…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/11/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres: Open for Business!
You know what it is so I'll spare the hoopla... http://memento-mori.com/inspectres/order.html All you playtesters should have a copy a'waiting for ya in your email client's In Box. If you don't,…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Jürgen Mayer, Balbinus, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, Nathan.

4/11/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Get down and party at the Monster Party!
A really weird little game where you EAT and GRAB STUFF. Uh, okay. http://memento-mori.com/games/monster_party.pdf Thanks to Zak for listening to me babble about STUFF.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg.

4/2/2002 Galfraxas: In Speckers: A Guide To Playing InSpectres at School
Howdy InSpectres Fans, After looking over the latest version of InSpectres, I became inspired to write a new supplement for the new version of the game. Be prepared for In…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Galfraxas, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Jürgen Mayer.

3/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: SQUEAM FOR ME!
In honor of the 2nd anniversary of the original SQUEAM... SQUEAM 3 An ode to slasher films and the people who love them. No art, no frills, no taste. 10…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

3/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: SCHISM revised
SCHISM is the dark roleplaying game of body horror and psychic turmoil, a Sorcerer mini-supplement inspired by the existentialist sci-fi/horror of David Cronenberg, JG Ballard and others. SCHISM is now…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer.

3/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Gratuitous Sex & Violence
Updated! http://memento-mori.com/sex/ Needs a lot of playtesting, of course. But I think it's better now...more focused. We'll see, won't we? - J
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, reptile2k1, Matt Steflik, sdemory, jburneko.

3/14/2002 Tim Denee: The new look
Very cool. Nice work. The logos on the frontpage are looking especially slick.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: "Why is there a watermelon there?"
Okay, finally I'm on track with a project (for once). The rules for octaNe and Blood & Steel are D-O-N-E. Now I'm re-writing the default octaNe setting. Just to give…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

3/1/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: PbEM
So I was reading Alex's post o'er on the Sorcerer forum and I had an idea: A Play-by-Email game of octaNe, 'cept done in the style of some truckers yakking…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Ferry Bazelmans.

2/28/2002 Tim Denee: Old jack dungeon
A redundant topic, I know, but I just felt like saying... Applying this to the Burke series of novels, here's the character breakdown (using some of the more prevalent characters):…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen.

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5/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Kapow! Zam! Flonk!
Points of Articulation: the action figure RPG http://www.memento-mori.com/games/poa.pdf
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko.

5/7/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: pings and knocks
Okay, the good news is that octaNe is pretty much rarin' to go. The system is done, the text is written and its all very cool. Blood & Steel is…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, unodiablo, Rich Forest, Joe Murphy (Broin), xiombarg, reptile2k1, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Ben Morgan, Bailey, Galfraxas, Matt, Ace.

5/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Pieces of Eight
No, this isn't a collection of snippets from my doomed fantasy RPG. *sigh* On the way home, I had an idea for some funky die mechanic. Usually, die mechanics bore…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Bankuei.

5/13/2002 xiombarg: Create Work For Jared! (iSystem Wargame?)
While puttering around on BOUNCED something struck me, a chord that seemed to connect to some of Jared's theories. I've always referred to Diplomacy as the roleplayer's wargame. There aren't…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

5/23/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: (second)idoru
from my LiveJournal: - - - - - there are 99 paper swans that swim along the cool, blue skin of the pond. they dip their beaks into the water,…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, erithromycin.

5/30/2002 Valamir: octaNe
Any update on when I can get my grubby paws on a copy?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg.

6/5/2002 Nathan: InSpectres Superhero?
I was flipping through the boob toob last night - and I flipped over to TV Land and caught a couple of episodes of Batman and Robin (the old show).…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/6/2002 Tim Denee: Muscle cars. Oh, yeah.
Got my first OctaNe prop. When I play OctaNe, I want to drive this baby
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee.

6/6/2002 Zak Arntson: Real Life InSpectre
[url]http://orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livghostbuster060502jun05.story[/url] This woman screams InSpectres more than any real life ghost hunters I've ever read about.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/8/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Shadow Boxers
I woke up with the word "shadow boxers" in my head. Only instead of being what a boxer does when training, it turned into a sect of martial-artists who fight…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, Jürgen Mayer.

6/9/2002 Henry Fitch: InSpectres: The Whispering Vault
Just a thought. Come to think of it, Nobilis might work too.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/11/2002 Paganini: Indie Netgaming - SQUEAM!
Just a heads up that we played a big SQUEAM game in the #indierpgs IRC channel last night. Play report is up over in actual play.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/14/2002 Petter Sandelin: InSpiration
I've always seen the show Freakylinks as a very good source for InSpectres inspiration. I just ocurred to me that I don't think I've seen it mentioned around here. In…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Petter Sandelin, Tim Denee.

6/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: New InSpectres ID badges from Ben Morgan!
Individual graphic http://www.ad1066.com/images/misc/badge.gif Full sheet http://www.ad1066.com/download/pdf/sheets/inspectresbadge.pdf
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

6/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Tooth & Claw: Extinct?
The Chronicle is an even better source for InSpectres. As for Age of Reptiles, yep. I have both books (they're fantastic). T&C (which has permanently shelved) was going to be…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Valamir, xiombarg, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

6/19/2002 Tim Denee: InSpectres bank dice question
In the text and on the character sheets it has a bank roll of 1 listed as "Account Overrun! Ignore all other results and lose all Bank dice rolled". I…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan.

6/20/2002 Bailywolf: InSpectres Throwdown Dustup and Slugfest
I reread the two Hellboy comics they had at Borders last night, and started watching the complete second season of Buffy on DVD (oh, the sublime pleasure, my heart trembles).…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/23/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe is frickin' done
Yikes! 53 pages, before edits and layout. But the game is "done" enough to start proofreading. Anyone have any questions or other stuff?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Galfraxas, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir.

6/24/2002 Bailywolf: InScoobies
I spent nearly the whole weekend curled up in front of the TV- Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the Complete Second Season) on DVD. With only a brief break for some…
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Participants: Bailywolf.

6/25/2002 Bailywolf: octaNe- the skinny please
Hey Jared, How about a quick lowdown on what the new octaNe looks like. As I understand, it will be using a variant on the system you used in InSpectres.…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen.

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