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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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Cynthia Celeste Miller, ^mortis^, Paul Czege, billslates.

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.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, unodiablo.

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.

11/7/2002 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).

11/6/2002 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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Paka, 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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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.

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.

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.

10/23/2002 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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: WhistlinFiend, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

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.

10/19/2002 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!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2002 King Pumpkin: Pumpkin Town
Hey, Pumpkin Town is cool. is what's on Memento Mori all we're ever gonna see?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: King Pumpkin, Jared A. Sorensen.

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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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.

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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…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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]
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
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"…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

12/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: SCHISM: Unleashed
Yup, I'll be re-writing SCHISM, the "body-horror" supplement for Sorcerer. I learned a lot after writing the original and I want to take advantage of that newfound knowledge and confidence.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, Bailywolf.

12/22/2002 Curt Thompson: Low octaNe ideas?
Hi all. I'd like to say how impressed I am with octaNe, first up. That is a lot of game to pack into that little .pdf. Anyway, to the point.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Curt Thompson, Jared A. Sorensen, Sidhain, Derek Devlin.

12/23/2002 Jason L Blair: octaNe is Out of the Box
Check it out here at: http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/2/2003 Spooky Fanboy: www.biohorror.com
New sight up devoted to interesection of science, ethics, and horror, fantasy or science fiction films. Good as a resource for octaNe or Schism. Have a look. www.biohorror.com
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy.

1/6/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Prelininary peek at Hep Katz & Hell Kittenz
I just finished a really rough document of the basic rules and such. If you'd like to check it out, send me an email and I'll add you to the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

1/7/2003 Zebigone: InPotter's
Hi, I'm thinking about adapting InSpectres to a Harry Potter game. I think most elements are already here. Players would be students at Hogwarts (probably belonging to the same house),…
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Participants: Zebigone, Jared A. Sorensen, gospog.

1/9/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Heliopolice
I had a dream. Last night, I mean. In the dream, I was a forensic investigator...kinda like CSI or something. 'Cept instead of investigating crime scenes in order to determine…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Derek Devlin, Maurice Forrester, jburneko.

1/10/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: New site design
Just a head's up that the Memento Mori Theatricks website has been re-designed. It's not 100% done...but when have I ever finished something?* Thanks to Zak Arntson for invaluable coding…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, gospog, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson.

1/11/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: The Lost Art of octaNe!
The Story: Back when I was getting octaNe ready for GenCon 2002, I was schlepping fake-punk merchandise at Hot Topic. Yeah, I know...the irony. Anyway, I met a very nice…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Derek Devlin, Ron Edwards.

1/17/2003 Rob MacDougall: Miskatonic High: InSpectres variant w/ help from Dust Devils
Hi, folks. Been lurking for a while, but this is my first post to The Forge, and since I found this place via Jared’s very groovy games, it seemed appropriate…
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Participants: Rob MacDougall, b_bankhead, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/29/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Wanted: octaNe reps
Man, I've been quiet lately. WELL ENOUGH OF THAT BUSINESS! Okay, so I've gotten in contact with a few stores across New England and they're all very interested in the…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Gonster, Matt.

2/6/2003 ascendance: Playing/Running octaNe?
After looking through octaNe, I think its the perfect IRC game. The back-and-forth action resolution system is perfect for the back-and-forth nature of IRC. The system of total and partial…
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Participants: ascendance, Derek Devlin, gospog.

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