Previous Topics In Universalis 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… In Universalis Participants: CPXB, Valamir, hix, 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… In Universalis Participants: Grog, CPXB, Valamir, hawklord2112, Mike Holmes, Tobias.
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,… In Universalis Participants: Grog, Christopher Weeks.
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… In Universalis Participants: Andrew Morris, Christopher Weeks, Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, kwill.
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… In Universalis Participants: Tony Irwin, Bob McNamee, 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… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards, Mark Johnson, Tony Irwin.
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,… In Universalis Participants: Tony Irwin, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, Valamir.
6/11/2004 Jürgen Mayer: New Universalis review at rpg.net [url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10384.phtml[/url] In Universalis Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes.
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… In Universalis Participants: CPXB, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.
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… In Universalis Participants: Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes, The Wah, CPXB, hix.
5/31/2004 Bob McNamee: Universalis Arena 2- Last day in the Before Vesuvius Shard Today, May 31, 2004 is the last day for the dimension shifting city of Hope in its first Shard Before Vesuvius...a greco-roman Shard complete with meddling gods.
Tomorrow it transitions… In Universalis Participants: Bob McNamee, ScottM, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, C. Edwards.
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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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 +… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis Participants: komradebob, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, kwill, Mike Holmes.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis 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… In Universalis Participants: CPXB, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir.
7/9/2004 Nyrath: Universalis accouterments I was trying to jazz up the occasion, so I tried to find some useful accessories at the arts n' craft stores.
Some places sell bags of multicolored transparent discs… In Universalis Participants: Nyrath, Christopher Weeks, Andrew Morris, Tony Irwin, Hudson Shock, Valamir, The Wah, Mike Holmes, OnyxFlame, Tobias, Arvid.
7/12/2004 Mike Holmes: Sim UniWiki (Split from "Spam Killed...") [quote="Christopher Weeks"]I'm interested in playing because I'd like to see what Universalis does with a different set of parameters. But honestly, without story, it's hard for me to envision the… In Universalis Participants: Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, Bob McNamee, Christopher Weeks, kwill, Dev.
7/16/2004 Adrienne: Good experience with newbies. This week, I ran a Universalis game for a couple of high school students as part of my job. I'm working for a summer program that serves upperclassmen or just-graduated… In Universalis Participants: Adrienne, Mike Holmes.
7/16/2004 Valamir: GenCon Catalog material In this thread the plan was outlined to create a catalog of games for the GenCon booth that included 2-3 pages of (digest sized) additional content for each game (rather… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin.
7/21/2004 Valamir: Web Site Down The Universalis Website is down.
From appearances it looks like Nathan didn't pay the dues on the ActionRoll domain.
I am attempting to get in touch with him to get… In Universalis Participants: Valamir.
8/2/2004 Karasu: Alternate Dice Gimick? I picked up Universalis a several months back and I've been dying to play it ever since. Now that I might have the chance to try it out with my… In Universalis Participants: Karasu, CPXB, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Arvid.
8/6/2004 Don D.: Our first Tenet Phase and a request I am new to Universalis but am excited about playing. I usually go for roleplaying games but find as I get older that I have less inclination to spend hours… In Universalis Participants: Don D., Valamir, Mike Holmes, CPXB, Bob McNamee, Nev the Deranged, hix.
8/14/2004 simproductions: Available in the UK? I'm looking to buy Universalis but am looking for a UK supplier or UK based site as P&P accounts for a lot of my money gone when making purchases of… In Universalis Participants: simproductions, Valamir, DigitalMage.
8/26/2004 Christopher Weeks: LEGOversalis OK,
So I screwed up my GenCon with too much responsibility for or dveotion to our (Game/LEGO User Group) track of LEGO games and didn't get to spend anywhere near… In Universalis Participants: Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Blankshield, Tobias, ffilz, Mike Holmes.
8/29/2004 hix: Actual Play: The Cat who could End the World This continues an Actual Play write-up from about ten months ago A Russian Fairytale. That thread has the first two chapters. In this one, I’ll post the last three.
Our… In Universalis Participants: hix, Mike Holmes, Tobias, Valamir.
8/31/2004 Hudson Shock: Aargh! Lost my book! My first game is tonight! The title says it all.
Okay, the basic rules are easy enough - I even wrote a summary of them a few weeks ago.
The only thing I don't remember… In Universalis Participants: Hudson Shock, Eero Tuovinen, hix, Valamir, Mike Holmes.
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