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10/15/2002 Tim C Koppang: Inspectres Narrativist?
My question was provoked by this thread: Let's Talk About "Meaningful" Choice http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3842&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= Now here's the question: What makes Inspectres a narrativist game? This really bothers me and I've gone…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/11/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Permission?
Heya Jared, I'm working on the concept for a game about Disposal Teams (Running Man, Judge Dredd and Hardcopy all rolled into one) and I think the idea of hogging…
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Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Gordon C. Landis, Paganini.

10/9/2002 Adam: octaNe :: west coast map
Well, I started working on this the week after GenCon, but decided to dust it off and do a little more work tonight. It's definately not finished but I decided…
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Participants: Adam, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/3/2002 Alan: OctaNe: Playing for Points
Hi, I haven't played OctaNe yet, but I noticed some things about the Stunt system: Low Hazard rating rolls generate Plot Points more often and allow player narration more often,…
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Participants: Alan, Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff.

9/19/2002 Matt: I saw this, and thought of OctaNe
[url]http://www.odessafilmworks.com/jcvh/[/url] -Matt
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Participants: Matt, TSL, mahoux.

9/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe review at GamingReport.com
A very positive review of octaNe is up at GamingReport.com: http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=318 Neat!
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

9/9/2002 xiombarg: OctaNe and space
Finally got around to reading the rest of OctaNe. Very nice. The system is very InSpectres, which should lure in my players; they liked InSpectres. In fact, we might be…
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Participants: xiombarg.

9/9/2002 Paka: Just Downloaded octaNe and have a game concept...
I've only skimmed it but... The world ended on a Saturday and the rejects of Roswell High were attending their Saturday Detention. It is Breakfast Club meets Six-String Samurai. At…
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Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/5/2002 Russell Hoyle: RPGNet review of Inspectres
MetalMan's Review of "InSpectres" by Memento Mori Theatrics He seemed to like it :) http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7040.html Rusty
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Participants: Russell Hoyle.

9/3/2002 xiombarg: Binding OctaNe
Okay, I just picked up OctaNe, and it's hellva cool, but I have to admit that the "print and fold into a tiny booklet" format was sort of a pain…
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Participants: xiombarg, Paka, Tim Denee, Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, mahoux, drake113, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2002 morien: Octane rules question and possible new themes
Hem. Hem. First post... Forgive me for my present and future broken english posts. Greetings all, When Octane was released, I quickly paid for it. This is the third game…
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Participants: morien, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/26/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Getting up to speed with InSpectres
Finally getting around to posting about the InSpectres game I ran a few weeks ago. I've been too busy until now. Everybody enjoyed it, and agreed that they'd gladly play…
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Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

8/26/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: octaNe character advancement
Okay, so you can spend Plot Points for new Skills. Is there any way to add Style Points? (I ask because the section on Styles in character creation says that…
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Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/26/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Blood & Steel is now available!
Check out the octaNe site for this free download. http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/kustom.html
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Blake Hutchins.

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).

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…
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Participants: Adam, Balbinus, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

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…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

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.

8/16/2002 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…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Adam, Seth L. Blumberg, Tim Denee.

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

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10/19/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Halloween-inspired RPG
COS: the CosPlay Roleplaying Game http://memento-mori.com/games/COS.pdf I'm making this available from now til Halloween...then it goes away! EDIT: Fixed the darn URL!
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2002 morien: What's up with "Against the Reich" ?
Hi, Jared. I curious to see your forthcoming pulp supplement for Octane. How is this progressing ? Do you have any idea about the release date ? I am particulary…
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Participants: morien, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/23/2002 WhistlinFiend: Just Downloaded octaNe
WOW!! I kept putting off getting this game...kung-fu monkeys? What the hell is that. I finally bit the bullet and bought it. Holy Schnikies! Jared, this is one of those…
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Participants: WhistlinFiend, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

10/27/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Against the Reich! is available for purchase!
[i]"Take this, Nazi scum!" [/i] Paul Elliot's Against the Reich! presents a world of two-fisted action and adventure in the pulp 1930's! Travel the globe and join the fight against…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, WhistlinFiend.

10/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres at RPG.net 's "Bent Pages" column
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/bent30oct02.html An overview of the game in a "documentary" format.
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

11/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: New RPG project I'm proud to be a part of...
Here's a teaser. More images are available on the Studio Ronin site. http://www.studioronin.com/catalogue2/prints/Print103.htm Quite the list of Forge luminaries. ;) We're very much in the prelim. design phase but it's…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Valamir, Rich Forest, Jason L Blair, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Seth L. Blumberg, Spooky Fanboy, reptile2k1, kamikaze.

11/6/2002 Paka: octaNe - Boys of Roswell High
The GM who runs our intense Unknown Armies game needed a well-deserved break. A buddy of the group's came in from out of town. I posted three game trailers for…
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Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/7/2002 Alan: Space Trek - InSpectres variant
Space Trek - An InSpectres variant. INTENT Players play the crew of a starship in the tradition of Star Trek, Blake's Seven, and Andromeda. Each four hour game session attempts…
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Participants: Alan, Le Joueur, Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin).

11/12/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: superhero gaming without superhero characters
And I'm not talking about The Code. In a nutshell, the player characters are people in a city where superheroes exist. Think of it like the series "Marvels" where the…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Tim C Koppang, Derek Devlin, Clinton R. Nixon, gospog, Maurice Forrester, xiombarg.

11/15/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Jesus Christ! Another kick-ass exploitation film site!
http://www.teleport-city.com/movies/reviews/action/ This one is goooooooooooooood.
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, unodiablo.

11/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Game design notes for Hep Catz & Hell Kittenz
Hey, peeps. Here are some preliminary design notes on the game. The game is a furry-take on life in America in the late fifties and early sixties. More to the…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Cynthia Celeste Miller, ^mortis^, Paul Czege, billslates.

12/2/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Real honest to gosh books
I'm going to try my hand at DIY bookbinding, folks. If all goes well, InSpectres will be the first MMT game to see print (it'll be the easiest one to…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, xiombarg, quozl, ethan_greer, Chris Passeno, DaR.

12/4/2002 FruitSmack!: Thanks Jared!
I finally got to play Inspecters. I *could* go into great detail about the game, but Ill sum up its super fun-ness with this one line: "Quick! Cover me in…
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Participants: FruitSmack!, Jürgen Mayer.

12/10/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Double-barrel update shotgun: octaNe, Mad Max 4
From my journal: octaNe Styles are not necessarily keyed to character ability. I mean, I already KNEW this (it's mentioned in the rules) but I never looked at it from…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

12/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Tombs of Terror!
The second Playset for Against the Reich! is done (the first, Invasion Hollow Earth, was included in the main supplement). Tombs of Terror! describes adventures in lush jungles and barren…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

12/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Love, water, land
Hi Jared, So ... 1) there are these dolphin-like beings who transform, slowly, into land-dwelling human-like beings. It's a one-way process, although its rate can vary and sometimes it doesn't…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

12/13/2002 Matt Wilson: octaNe clarification
[quote="the dude who wrote octaNe"]A Die Result of five will net your character a number of Plot Points equal to the Style used. A Die Result of six will net…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Got bored, want donuts (did logo spoof instead)
[img]http://www.memento-mori.com/krispy.gif[/img]
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair.

12/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Amazing Monkey Adventures is up at Key20.com
http://www.key20.com/12games
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

12/17/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Swordfighting
Something I thought up while driving home tonight. A swordfighting mechanic based around the concept of healing damage with damage that would ordinarily affect your opponent. At this point, "damage"…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

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