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3/5/2003 Spooky Fanboy: octaNe: Going to the mat for Might and Magic
I love octaNe. Because I love octaNe, when I see something in there that in any small way diminishes my love and enthusiasm for this diamond in the rough, even…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/5/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: NEW OCTANE ROLES HERE PLEASE.
Just a request that all new Roles for octaNe go in this thread. Thanks! - J
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Colin Chapman, Derek Devlin, b_bankhead.

3/5/2003 Matt Wilson: TV show offshoot idea
This game I'm working on depicts a space adventure TV show. While brainstorming ideas, I came up with a few that would work better as some sort of InSpectres spinoff.…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair.

3/3/2003 Steve Dustin: octaNe soundtrack
So I'm preparing my octaNe soundtrack for my octaNe game in a couple of weeks. I'm taking the Rule of Rock'n'Roll very seriously. Anyway, I've got it all worked up…
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Participants: Steve Dustin, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, Valamir, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Rob MacDougall, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

3/2/2003 markb: Inspectres Suiting Up question
Hi, This may be a daft question (haven't managed to play yet) - but how does the "Suiting Up" phase work? It looks like the players could just make an…
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Participants: markb, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, xiombarg, Drew Stevens, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Bankuei.

3/1/2003 Colin Chapman: Carnivals in OctaNe.
Hey, I was just thinking that a wandering Carnival would fit OctaNe brilliantly. It'd have that entire freaky, weird, trash culture vibe. I can see it now: mutant hot dogs…
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Participants: Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/1/2003 Comte: le mon mori
recently I had my freind order a copy of the .pdf version of Le Mon Mori from the webpage...http://memento-mori.com/lmm/index5.html. We haven't received any news about it since. It has been…
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Participants: Comte, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/28/2003 Drew Stevens: InSpecteres- Bugs or Features?
So, I ran a lil' InSpecteres one shot a few nights ago, and it went reasonably well. Some of the players much more clearly 'got' the mood and feeling and…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Drew Stevens, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller, Tim C Koppang.

2/26/2003 quozl: Forge review of octaNe
I guess I'm a little late but I just read Ron's review of octaNe. I haven't bought octaNe yet and this review kind of shattered my image of what I…
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Participants: quozl, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Man-Thing
Hey, C'mon, you know this baby: Toxic Avenger, Swamp Thing, Dark Man, etc. Role: Man-Thing Profile: You were working hard on an experiment that would've helped so many people. But…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Gun-totin' Nun
Got the sudden flash of inspiro for this one, so I whipped it up quickly before I turn in for the night: Role: Gun-totin' Nun Profile: Mother Superior always told…
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Participants: Colin Chapman, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Intergalactic Enforcer
My final new Role, this time inspired by the bounty hunters in the various Critters flicks, and (sickeningly) by Hulk Hogan in Suburban Commando: Role: Intergalactic Enforcer Profile: You're an…
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Participants: Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen, Drew Stevens.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Righteous Sister
Because movies like Cleopatra Jones, Coffy, and Foxy Brown rock, we present you with: Role: Righteous Sister Profile: The Man is keeping your people down, but you're fighting the good…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Psycho Child
Inspired by Pet Cemetary and Child's Play, here is the... Role: Psycho Child Profile: You like to play, but your friends, they don't seem to last very long. You've had…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Fearless Vampire Killer
Vampires are found in plenty of B-movies, and so are those devoted to killing them... Role: Fearless Vampire Killer Profile: Vampires, the lords of the undead, are a plague on…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Uncontrolled Psychic
Here's another... Role: Uncontrolled Psychic Profile: The powers you have were once weak, but the fools took you, they gave you those tablets and injections, treated you like an experiment.…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/26/2003 Colin Chapman: Cannibal Hillbilly
You knew it had to happen... Role: Cannibal Hillbilly Profile: You were raised to be a proud member of your family, respecting your Ma and Pa, and always being polite…
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Participants: Colin Chapman.

2/25/2003 Derek Devlin: New Xbox game may be psychotronic
New for the Xbox is Kung-fu Chaos, a brawler/party game from British game developers Just Add Monsters. A semi-retired Hong Kong filmmaker is shooting his big comeback picture, using a…
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Participants: Derek Devlin.

2/24/2003 Colin Chapman: Feral Kid
Hey, Yeah, I know it's an obvious Role, but one of my players wanted to be the Feral Kid ala Mad Max II. As I worked it up for him,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose.

2/21/2003 reptile2k1: DECAY: Status update?
So how far is DECAY? Can we see some playtesting snippets? Just interested...
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Participants: reptile2k1, Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen.

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3/12/2003 Spooky Fanboy: More Decay info...
RE: Decay Since I've read the thread again, and I still can't figure out quite what it's all about, could you, now that it's near completion, give us an expanded…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/19/2003 Bob McNamee: indie netgaming folks played a pickup game of Inspectres
The folks on the indie netgaming group- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indie-netgaming/- played a pickup game of Inspectres last night! Mike Holmes GMing, Nathan (Paganini), Bob McNamee, and Chris E(dwards?) playing. Fun stuff! High…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bob McNamee, Jared A. Sorensen, Paganini, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/27/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe now in print!
The psychotronic game of post-apocalyptic America is in print and on sale on April Fool's Day, 2003. This handsome tome is a 116-page digest-sized paperback and sells for $20 (shipping…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, Jason L Blair.

4/15/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Decay - latest news
Jurgen (the Mad German who Walks) and I have finally hashed out the basic mechanics for Decay. I'm not sure when I'll be able to post additional info. (or send…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, hardcoremoose, Jürgen Mayer.

4/21/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Schism: Unleashed
Curious as to how this was developing. I hope everything is gelling nicely, and I look forward to seeing what you've done with this.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/21/2003 Drew Stevens: I just saw Six String Samuari...
*whimper* I have a physical need for high octaNe gaming now... Physical, heartfelt need. Which demands instant gratification. But- I like physical books too, and it's twice as long... What…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Drew Stevens, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan.

4/27/2003 wyrdlyng: House of 1000 Corpses
If you like over the top horror that's both disturbing and gory then I can highly recomend this film to you. It's a throwback to old grindhouse horror flicks with…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Spooky Fanboy.

5/9/2003 Paul Czege: too many Agent Smiths
So, I just did a quick Google looking for a link to Red, White, and Blue (for my post here), and I discovered that the web is teeming with…
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Participants: Paul Czege.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Squeam3
Howdy. Big Squeam3 fan, for some reason. I hang out with a group of people who really dig all the dead teener movies, and I've written a few really weird…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: AmazingJake, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Jurassic Deliverance - Squeam3
Jurassic Deliverance A group of teenagers take a class canoeing trip down the Southern Muskogee River, which is heavily wooded and the object of much speculation. Dinosaurs from a nearby…
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Participants: AmazingJake.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Resident Feeble - Squeam3
Resident Feeble A group of teenagers volunteer to help out at the local old folks home. In the middle of their shift, all of them fall unconcious. They awaken in…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: AmazingJake.

5/28/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres book
Hey, gang. Just a heads-up. The guys working on the art for InSpectres have sent me a few sample pics...really cool stuff. No teasers though, 'cause they want to refine…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

6/4/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Based on Feedback from octaNe play
Hi. I like octaNe. I really do. But I had a friend of mine run the game for me, and he came up with a nice elaborate backstory. My six…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/9/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres: What now?
InSpectres is going to be available at GenCon (and off my site as well) as a punk-press paperback and yes, it will have art and interior graphics (courtesy of Ben…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Jonathan Walton, Joe Murphy (Broin).

6/14/2003 Matt Steflik: Nifty octaNe-ish Images
Hopeful nobody has posted this before - if this is old hat, my appologies. The link below goes to a homebrew miniatures ruleset called "Axles and Alloys" - a game…
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Participants: Matt Steflik, Jared A. Sorensen, arcadia.

6/19/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: revved up and revised rules
After playing octaNe once and running it twice, I'm a bit concerned with how things work. Not game play, per se...I think that the game itself is pretty cool and…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Robert Leal.

6/24/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres artwork sneek peek
You can see Manning Krull's artwork here (in the B&W section): http://www.jerkbox.com/manningkrull/illustration/ And Jon Morris' work here: http://wheoum.com/alien/InSpectres.html A big thank you to the guys for their outstanding work! -…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Rob MacDougall, Matt Snyder, Matt, Ben Morgan, Jürgen Mayer.

7/8/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres field agent t-shirts!
Check it out at http://www.cafeshops.com/mementomorigear
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair.

7/8/2003 Matt Snyder: InSpectres layout sneak peek
Jared let me out of the basement long enough to post these layout samples for the upcoming InSpectres print edition for GenCon. The artwork is killer, and I finally had…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Matt Snyder, Trevis Martin, Jared A. Sorensen, Chris Passeno.

7/10/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Disposable Heroes: a setting for Schism
While I wait for the streamline and hopped-up version of Schism to hit the streets, I came up with a setting imminently playable for Schism, either version. Basically, it's a…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

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