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7/9/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe, GenCon and the future of MMT
Wow, sounds dark and dire, eh? octaNe is really close to being done. I just sent out the (possible) final draft for editing. It's 55 pages of balls-out rockin'. :)…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

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.

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.

6/23/2002 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?
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Galfraxas, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir.

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).…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen.

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…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan.

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…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Valamir, xiombarg, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

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
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Participants: 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…
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Participants: Petter Sandelin, Tim Denee.

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.
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Participants: Paganini, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/9/2002 Henry Fitch: InSpectres: The Whispering Vault
Just a thought. Come to think of it, Nobilis might work too.
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Participants: Henry Fitch, 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.

6/6/2002 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.

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

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).…
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Participants: Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen.

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

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.

5/13/2002 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…
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Participants: xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

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…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Bankuei.

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…
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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.

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7/11/2002 Galfraxas: Thought this was funny, had to share...
Okay, I'm a regular (uh.... lurker) here at the Forge, and I'm also a regular (again, lurker) at Bad Movie Reviews, http://www.badmovies.org/, and I found this one day while reading…
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Participants: Galfraxas, Jürgen Mayer.

7/13/2002 Tim Denee: Small World
Are the insects full-on anthropomorphic, full-on insects, or somewhere in between (like, say, Antz or A Bug's Life)? Or is it a case of "whatever works for you; it's your…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/14/2002 Jake Norwood: Confessionals in InSpectres
How often in a single game session should players be using the confessional? Once each? Once each per scene? No rule about it? I ask because when we did it…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

7/18/2002 Jhilahd: Broomstix - advancement and other quirks
Just out of curiosity(maybe I glazed over it too quickly), but how do we advance characters in Broomstix? I know, I know... they go on to the next school year.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jhilahd, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee.

7/18/2002 TSL: For your amusement...
The Epic Level Handbook has an epic level spell listing that I thought you'd get a kick out of: DC 86 Memento Mori- A thought that kills.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: TSL, Dave Turner.

7/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Short Squeam Review
There's a short Squeam review up on gamingreport.com which says "Buy it, live it, love it." and awards it 4 outta 5 stars: http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=263
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/25/2002 Matt Steflik: Inspectres - Interview variant
This is just the nugget of an idea, but I'd like to share it and see what folks think. Instead of starting with a franchise, player characters start the game…
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Participants: Matt Steflik, Bailywolf.

7/31/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: free iNtro (chapter one)
Chapter 1 is now available to all you psychotronic boys and ghouls... It's a brief overview of the game, a few of the metagame "rules" (heh!) and a look at…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Seth L. Blumberg, Tim Denee, Bailywolf, Eddy Fate, Mike Holmes.

8/5/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: GenCon Swag 4 Sale
After some crazy "run around like a chicken wit his head cut off" antics, I'm finally getting 'round to finishing up pre-Con preparations. To wit, I'll have the following swag-in-tow…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

8/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Black Lipstick
It's still way in the formative stages but I'm working on a new free RPG called "Black Lipstick." It's a game about the goth scene and all it entails. Some…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, amiel, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Adam, Matt.

8/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe on sale now!
Yup, it's ready. http://memento-mori.com/octane/index.html Thanks to everyone for their amazing salescraft at the Forge booth, especially Mssrs. Blair, Luikart and Mayer for going above and beyond (and probably scaring some…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: octaNe dice question
Jared, When facing Hazards, do you reduce the number of dice rolled by the Hazard Rating, or do you roll your normal dice, and remove a number of dice (highest…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/14/2002 Bailywolf: Printing Question
Please forgive me this morning...I'm feeling like the last pumpkin in the patch (the one with the smooshed side and the strange odor). What is the best way to print…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, Chris Passeno.

8/16/2002 Adam: You can't have just Luchadors. . . [Additional Roles]
Well, it was a given that I would buy octaNe when I read the blurb - mexican wrestlers? Shit, any game that includes wrestlers is a-okay in my books, and…
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Participants: Adam, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/16/2002 Bailywolf: OctaNe Resources online
Check this site out. http://www.pimpadelicwonderland.com/home.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe screen-ready version
The screen version of octaNe has just been made available. And thanx to Clinton Nixon at http://www.anvilwerks.com, octaNe may be downloaded by paying customers! No more bouncing emails! Yaaay! While…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Adam, Seth L. Blumberg, Tim Denee.

8/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Rockin' new octaNe website
http://memento-mori.com/octane/index.html Yeah! To wit: the uncompleted sections will be for supplements, new Roles (ala Adam's cool new wrasslin' Roles) and other jazz, fan art/fiction/actual play examples and cool links. -…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Dave Turner, Jürgen Mayer.

8/19/2002 Tim C Koppang: octaNe errata
...and a question. First of all, just wanted to let you know Jared that I'm very happy with the game. At least three times while reading the rules, I stopped…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

8/21/2002 Adam: GPS?
Although I know you're a big fan of letting people wing it, I'm wondering about your thoughts about GPS in octaNe, Jared I tend…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Adam, Balbinus, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

8/24/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: first look: black lipstick
black lipstick the goth roleplaying game by Jared A. Sorensen Nights Each Night (game session) is comprised of three stages: Getting Ready: the stage when preparation for the night’s festivities…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin).

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