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11/11/2002 James V. West: The Pool--hardcore
Let the beatings begin. Here is the hardcore version of The Pool. Most everything is restored to its original form, with some differences. I've read it over and over but…
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Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, J. Backman, Paganini, Mark Withers, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Zoetrope10.

11/6/2002 Mark Withers: Dragons and Dreamers - My take on the anti-pool rules
Hi again! Here are the rules that I'm planning to use in Dragons and Dreamers - and all future games that I write. They are written with inexperienced roleplayers in…
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Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Henry Fitch.

10/27/2002 J. Backman: The Pool -- extended
I made a post to the design-forum about a project called Theatrum, which is basically The Pool extended. The post (with download link to 1st draft) can be found here:…
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Participants: J. Backman.

10/23/2002 Paganini: Comics & Games
Cool beans James! It arrived today... it do indeed pay to be first. And it even has snazzy little Halloween stickers! I was a little surprised by the shape of…
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Participants: Paganini, James V. West, joshua neff, lumpley, jrients.

10/22/2002 Mark Withers: Can I take a dip in your pool?
The Birmingham(UK) university Roleplaying Society is planning a convention, roughly scheduled for the new year. Since this is a *massive* undertaking for a very inexperienced society we would appreciate whatever…
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Participants: Mark Withers, Matt, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Paul Czege.

10/6/2002 James V. West: Pool Party--everyone's invited!
Hey What I want to do here is just sort of survery everyone interested in The Pool and find out what your idea of the game is. What rules tweaks…
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Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, Paul Czege, Paganini, Michael Bowman, Zoetrope10, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/3/2002 Michael Bowman: The most recent revision
There's a lot of rewriting in this version of The Pool. I like the fuller descriptions of MoVs now. It makes things nice and clear. Dice refreshing at the beginning…
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Participants: Michael Bowman, James V. West, Zoetrope10, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

9/30/2002 James V. West: The Pool in print in new comic zine
Hey! My new comic zine Random Order Comics and Games is now available and it features the first ever printed version of The Pool. This newest…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

8/31/2002 James V. West: TQB errata
I found another mistake in the draft of The Questing Beast: Under the playtesters/brainstormers listing I listed Mike Holmes as Mike Hall. This was a mental burp by me. Mike…
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Participants: James V. West.

8/31/2002 James V. West: Quotes for The Questing Beast
Hey everyone I'll be printing copies of TQB soon. I have a bit of finishing up to do, including some simple examples of play, a few more sample Romances, and…
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Participants: James V. West, Mike Holmes.

8/30/2002 Michael James Bogue: Everway & The Pool
Hi everybody! I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. First off lemme say I read "The Questing Beast" and the Pool and loved it. A great idea for a…
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Participants: Michael James Bogue, James V. West, Paul Czege.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game based on The Pool
In case you guys haven't seen it, Mike Gentry's been actually writing his hobo game, Hard Travellin'. A long time ago, it had a different name, and used Fudge, and…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, James V. West.

8/7/2002 James V. West: TQB GenCon Draft
I've posted the latest draft of The Questing Beast. This is the draft that will be hanging out at GenCon even though my sorry ass will not be.
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Participants: James V. West.

7/15/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon plans?
Hi there, What's the plan for GenCon? Are we still on for selling copies of The Questing Beast? If so, some fees have to be discussed, as per the GenCon…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

7/6/2002 James V. West: playtester roll call
If you've ever played The Pool or TQB and posted about the experience, or contacted me personally about it, please send an email to this address: players@randomordercreations.com Include your name…
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Participants: James V. West.

6/20/2002 Paganini: Dice probabilities in the Pool
I took the Pool with me on vacation and tore it apart pretty thourghouly. I see a potential problem with the gambling mechanics, and I wondered if anyone has run…
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Participants: Paganini, Paul Czege, Buddha Nature, Valamir, Michael Bowman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Jeffrey Straszheim.

6/14/2002 Paganini: Color?
Maybe I just missed this somehow, but it's driving me crazy. I read through the rules pretty thourghouly, and skimmed over them again a couple times looking. The very first…
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Participants: Paganini, Buddha Nature.

5/13/2002 Zoetrope10: Gambled rolls still mandatory (sometimes)?
James I see that in the latest version of The Pool, you ditched the rule about requiring a gamble on a player-requested roll. The updated rules don't make this clear,…
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Participants: Zoetrope10, James V. West, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Andrew Martin, Christopher Kubasik, Fabrice G., joshua neff, Buddha Nature.

5/7/2002 Paul Czege: no option to add dice with requested rolls
Hey James V., I was glad to see your recent posts clarifying the location of the official rules. Now upon reading them, I have a question. Can you explain your…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Henry Fitch, Blake Hutchins.

5/6/2002 James V. West: Random Order Creations Central
For quick reference, here are a couple of links to my stuff: Random Order Creations My games Or, more specifically: The Pool The Questing Beast Thanks…
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Participants: James V. West.

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12/20/2002 Ron Edwards: Black Wind
Hi James, Here are some of my thoughts about Black Wind, which I'd really, really like to play. Please take all of these as suggestions - toss out what doesn't…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, J. Backman, Seth L. Blumberg, James V. West, Spooky Fanboy.

12/30/2002 James V. West: Random Order Comics and Games #2
Hey everyone! Random Order Comics and Games #2 is finished and available. This issue features a game called Visions. This is a very simple game based on fantasy (or other)…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, jrients, lumpley, Paganini.

1/4/2003 Paganini: Woohoo! Here it be!
And was it worth the wait? Ah yes! James, I continue to be impressed not only by your graphical skills, but in the dramatic construction of your tales. They're in…
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Participants: Paganini, jrients, Ron Edwards, James V. West, hardcoremoose, lumpley.

1/6/2003 aplath: Multiple players requesting rolls at the same time
Hello all, First of all James, I think the Pool rocks! I've just played it in a one-on-one session with a friend (we've been meaning to test it for some…
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Participants: aplath, James V. West.

1/8/2003 Cassidy: MOVers and Shakers
Hello James, One of these days I think I'm going to dip my toe in the Pool. Before I do, I'd like to ask a couple of questions if I…
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Participants: Cassidy, James V. West, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee.

1/12/2003 Cassidy: GMing the Pool
Hello all, I'm in the process of preparing to run with the Pool and I find myself wondering about how best to actually do it. Normally, if I was DMing…
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Participants: Cassidy, Ron Edwards, Paganini, James V. West.

1/13/2003 Cassidy: Do MOVs need to be Monologues?
I've been considering how I currently try to engage and encourage player narrative in the game I run, and how MOVs will fit in. At the moment conflict/task resolution in…
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Participants: Cassidy, James V. West, Paganini.

1/16/2003 Cassidy: Number of Conflicts
Hey all, How many times do you find yourself as GM calling for a die roll during play? How often do you find your players requesting die rolls? I know…
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Participants: Cassidy, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, James V. West.

1/20/2003 Florian Edlbauer: [The Pool] First playtest impressions
Hi all, I'm new here. I discovered The Pool last week and ran my first game yesterday. This is a short report of how it went. If such things bore…
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Participants: Florian Edlbauer, James V. West, Bankuei.

1/21/2003 Cassidy: The Pool: First Play Session Comments
Ran my first Pool session on Monday. Nothing too heavy. I plan it to run 4, maybe 5, sessions tops. Setting: Middle Earth. Location: Dunedain Kingdom of Rhudaur, Spring 1408…
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Participants: Cassidy, James V. West, Florian Edlbauer, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2003 Cassidy: Random Thoughts on the Pool
After playing the Pool I threw a question to James about GM dice. Question about GM dice. I handed out 1-3 GM dice as per the rules and I…
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Participants: Cassidy, James V. West, Bob McNamee.

1/23/2003 Cassidy: Questions regarding trait bonus's
[quote="The Pool"]Five: THE CONTINUING STORY If you have 9 dice or more left in your Pool at the end of a session, you start the next session with the same…
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Participants: Cassidy, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

1/24/2003 aplath: Played the pool with multiple players
Hello all, Well... I finally got to play The Pool with more than one player. It almost didn't happen though. It was a last minute gathering of some people from…
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Participants: aplath, James V. West.

1/26/2003 Cassidy: Sorry Players, No More Freebies from Mr GM
Hey all, Before running my first pool session I bought a bunch of D6s, same sizes, 3 different colours. I had about 50 of so black dice to represent pool…
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Participants: Cassidy, James V. West.

1/27/2003 Colin the Riot: PBEM possibilities
Note: I originally went fishing for interested people in actual play with this, but got no response. I'd like to find a couple of people interested in playing a slow…
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Participants: Colin the Riot, James V. West.

1/29/2003 Cassidy: The Pool: 2nd Play Session Comments
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4889][b]The Pool: First Play Session Comments[/b][/url] Quick update on my 2nd play session running the Pool. First off, made some tweaks based on ideas I wanted to try... 1. Dispensed…
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Participants: Cassidy, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Blake Hutchins.

1/30/2003 Cassidy: Bad Stuff
What is bad stuff? All the stuff that players seem loathe to mention about their characters. The flaws and quirks that really don't help characters achieve success in the conventional…
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Participants: Cassidy, Bankuei, James V. West.

2/4/2003 Cassidy: The Pool: 3rd Play Session Comments
Previous threads... The Pool: 1st Play Session Comments The Pool: 2nd Play Session Comments Ran my 3rd session with The Pool. No rules changes from 2nd session. Comments...…
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Participants: Cassidy, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Trevis Martin, Bankuei.

2/5/2003 Cassidy: Trait question
One of my players posed this to me at the end of last session. Vlesic is... A former capain of the guard and seasoned veteran of the Drenai wars (+1)…
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Participants: Cassidy, Paganini, Bankuei, James V. West, Mark Withers.

2/6/2003 Mark Withers: Another Anti-Pool variant.
I'm really sorry, I can't help fiddling with things! Here's how I play the Pool nowadays! Your Character Write a story about the character that you’re going to play. The…
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Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Cassidy.

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