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5/28/2004 Azmodan: Using a well-know background
It is very easy with Universalis to use an existing background from a book, a TV serie or a movie. Those backgrounds are filled with pre-existing components (characters, locations, and…
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Participants: Azmodan, hix, kwill, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

5/20/2004 Azmodan: How to play Uni on IRC ?
I ordered Uni two weeks ago and I suppose I will get it really soon. I plan to play a game on IRC. I was wondering which rule modifications are…
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Participants: Azmodan, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee.

5/5/2004 Azmodan: wikipedia
Wikipedia is an awesome encyclopedia on the web where the content is added by users. With it's ever-increasing popularity, you can now find great informations on most topics. Try it…
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Participants: Azmodan.

5/4/2004 Andrew Morris: My first experience with Universalis
I had the chance to play Universalis this past weekend at A Gazebo of Games, a mid-size convention in Central New Jersey. The individual hosting the event (obviously, I can't…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, ScottM, Valamir, Tony Irwin, Christopher Weeks.

4/12/2004 Emiricol: Uni and kids?
Hi, just curious - how appropriate would Universalis be, possibly simplified, as a tool for storytelling with children? Say, 7 years, and then junior high/high school age. I haven't seen…
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Participants: Emiricol, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

4/12/2004 komradebob: Experiences w/newgamers vs.oldgamers and Uni
HI I'm looking to introduce Uni to some folks, most of which have little RPG background. I'd also like to introduce the system to some old gamer hands, folks that…
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Participants: komradebob, Mike Holmes, kwill, Tony Irwin, Valamir.

4/12/2004 komradebob: Has anyone "opensourced" a premade adventure produ
Here is what I mean by open sourced: A group of players takes a product (adventure/module) for a game, but instead of playing it with an old school players +…
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Participants: komradebob, Mike Holmes.

4/12/2004 komradebob: Minimalism,color, and Pre-existing Settings
Basically, I want to use Uni as my primary system. I want to use it with settings from other games (Primarily Jorune). Now, I've already seen some discussions of bringing…
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Participants: komradebob, Mike Holmes, kwill.

4/12/2004 komradebob: Approaches to assigning Traits
For game purposes regarding complications, are these two following things the same?: 1) Werewolf Pack and 2) Werewolf Pack Enraged, Eco-Terrorist, Lycanthropes I'm assuming there are no Master Components…
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Participants: komradebob, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, kwill, Mike Holmes.

4/10/2004 Bob McNamee: Universalis Arena 2- Shards are Building- regular Play soon!
We are rapidly developing some cool Shards for the multiverse jumping City of Hope to visit! Shard list http://www.anvilwerks.com/index.php/TUA2/Shards Overarching Tenets http://www.anvilwerks.com/index.php/TUA2/FrameworkTenets Home page for Universalis Arena II http://www.anvilwerks.com/index.php/TUA2/HomePage We…
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Participants: Bob McNamee.

4/3/2004 komradebob: Anybody experimented with a GM add-on?
I'm really new to Uni, and come from a more oldfashioned GM+Players style of play. I bought a copy of Uni because I wanted to see how a more open…
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Participants: komradebob, Bob McNamee, kwill, Lxndr, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

4/2/2004 Valamir: Minimilist Trait use
Split from Universalis Drinking Game Second follow up question: Has anyone run into problems in games due to minimalist play style issues for some things with rather more expanded descriptions…
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Participants: Valamir, Bob McNamee, komradebob, Christopher Weeks.

3/31/2004 kwill: universalis drinking game
based on a very quick discussion after our recent game where templates were abused horribly (Vampires had Martial Arts, Super Strength, Something Else and would Die If Burnt (otherwise immortal),…
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Participants: kwill, Valamir, Tony Irwin, komradebob.

3/31/2004 kwill: single versus sets of gimmicks
what is the difference between adding a single rules gimmick and an set of rules gimmicks? I'm assuming it's dependent on the playgroup as to the cost (hmmm... so you…
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Participants: kwill, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

3/24/2004 kwill: two player universalis: like tennis
just finished a short session of universalis that dropped from three to two players right at the beginning I found a very different dynamic with two players than the usual…
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Participants: kwill, Valamir.

3/13/2004 ScottM: Game framing, particularly by Wiki
The original Universalis Arena game ran out of steam. Currently we're working on planning out the framework for the next game-- the last wasn't a failure by any means, other…
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Participants: ScottM, kwill, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

2/1/2004 John Harper: The UniPool -- It's Universalis! It's The Pool! It's both!
I started this thread over in the Random Order Creations forum, but I figure it's just as applicable here. If any Uni folks wanna jump in, here it is: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9558…
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Participants: John Harper.

1/30/2004 Christopher Weeks: The absolute best part of playing Universalis
There is this moment in time. An agonizing moment stretched into an eternity when all you can do is wait and watch. When everything is going to shit and you're…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Valamir, ScottM.

1/30/2004 Dave Versace: [Actual 'Play'] Worldbuilding using Uni
Since it's been a bit quiet here lately, and since I *finally* got the weekly group back together after a long hiatus (which commenced when the most enthusiastic player left…
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Participants: Dave Versace, Valamir, RaconteurX, Mike Holmes.

1/16/2004 Brian Leybourne: Book Arrived
Just a quick note to say that my book arrived and in good condition. I've completed one read through. Some questions are bubbling away already, but I'll wait until another…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Christopher Weeks.

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6/4/2004 Christopher Weeks: How many tenets?
Hi all, I'm curious about the numbers of tenets that games typically incorporate. What got me to thinking about this is that there are58 basic tenets in TUA2 -- which…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes, The Wah, CPXB, hix.

6/6/2004 CPXB: Negentropic Gaming -- First Night With Universalis
Last night I played Universalis with some friends -- including Adrienne and John Marron from this board -- over at my place. John M. is an experienced narrativist grognard; I'm…
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Participants: CPXB, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

6/11/2004 Jürgen Mayer: New Universalis review at rpg.net
[url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10384.phtml[/url]
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes.

6/12/2004 Tony Irwin: Universalis - what does it do best?
Below I've typed out some paragraphs from Robert McKee's book "Story". By this point in the book he's already defined story conflicts in terms of inner conflict (with the mind,…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, Valamir.

6/12/2004 Valamir: Universalis Picked up by Alliance
As some of you are aware, earlier this year I hooked up with Key 20 Direct, a new consolidator run by Jason Blair and his partner Jason Valore. They rep…
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Participants: Valamir, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards, Mark Johnson, Tony Irwin.

6/13/2004 Tony Irwin: Ramshead playtesting
I had never heard of Universalis until it was already a gorgeous little blue book with lovingly drawn, kooky fantasy art pics of robot pirates and laser artillery on lizard…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Bob McNamee, Valamir.

6/19/2004 Andrew Morris: Is a Universalis LARP possible?
I was discussing Universalis with a friend the other day and he asked if it would be possible to run Universalis as a LARP. I immediately dismissed the idea and…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Christopher Weeks, Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, kwill.

6/22/2004 Grog: Excited again! But a few questions
Looks a good game, excited about the possibility of sitting around a table with my mates again. Havent done that for over 5 years. But before I delve into Universalis,…
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Participants: Grog, Christopher Weeks.

6/23/2004 Grog: Known Setting
Ok this may be a painfully obvious fact... But, I was wondering if any of you have used a known setting and run with it? Like The Belgariad, or Lord…
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Participants: Grog, CPXB, Valamir, hawklord2112, Mike Holmes, Tobias.

6/23/2004 CPXB: Universalis Redux
I played Universalis, again, last night with a slightly different group of people. In particular, John Marron was absent and his replacement was not as good as John, shall we…
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Participants: CPXB, Valamir, hix, Christopher Weeks.

6/23/2004 Grog: d10s
D10s? I got a few. D6s! I got buckets of them. Can I use d6s instead of d10s?
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Participants: Grog, rafial.

6/25/2004 Grog: Meaty Examples
I was wondering/hoping if someone had a link to an example of Universalis play? The ones on the web site are good but dont give any 'game mechanincs'. Things like…
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Participants: Grog, Christopher Weeks.

6/28/2004 Christopher Weeks: Universalis at GenCon?
Hiya, What are the chances of getting some Universalis veterans together at GenCon for a few hour game? I'd love the opportunity to play face to face with some of…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, CPXB, Mike Holmes.

6/30/2004 The Wah: Adding Traits to Characters you don't control
Is it possible to add a trait onto a character that you do not control? Or do you first have to take control with a coin and then spend more…
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Participants: The Wah, Christopher Weeks, CPXB, Mike Holmes.

7/1/2004 Christopher Weeks: Who takes to Universalis with ease? (gamers or non-gamers?)
In the number of tenets thread, Given that my group includes two people who are new to gaming, the authority with which they approached plotting the game I found…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, CPXB, Nyrath, Bankuei, Paganini, Bob McNamee.

7/2/2004 Bob McNamee: Spam killed the Universalis Arena II
Regrettably, the Universalis Arena II wiki based Universalis game has ended. The Shard(dimension)-hopping city of Hope game was killed by wikispam bots. On two separate occassions in the past 2…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Trevis Martin, JackBauer, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, Mike Holmes, ScottM, J B Bell, Dev, kwill.

7/3/2004 Hudson Shock: Dialog and creating traits
Hi. I just got Uni a few days ago. I'm loving it so far and am looking forward to introducing my friends to it. But I'm trying to get everything…
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Participants: Hudson Shock, Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, CPXB.

7/3/2004 Hudson Shock: Superman and Batman
Any suggestions on how to handle, say, Superman and Batman in the same story, as far as physical strength goes? Someone buys Olympic-level Strength for Bats (1 Coin). Someone else…
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Participants: Hudson Shock, Eero Tuovinen, CPXB, Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

7/4/2004 hive_mind: Universalis PDF?
Sorry if this is a Taboo Topic, but i was wondering if Universalis will ever be available in PDF format? I find myself gravitatinng to this format more and more…
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Participants: hive_mind, Nyrath, Valamir, Mike Holmes, dunlaing.

7/8/2004 CPXB: The Single Flip of a Coin
One of the big differences between Univeralis and most other games is how complications are handled in pretty much one flip of the coin. You roll and the other guy…
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Participants: CPXB, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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