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In Universalis 10/15/2007 Robotech_Master: Counter suggestion: party money
My brother first suggested this to me, and I tried it out today and found it works pretty well. A local party supply store has a pack of 144 shiny…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, David Artman.
10/14/2007 Robotech_Master: Third Game: "Sid Loves Nancy"
Today at a local geek picnic fest, I started a game of Universalis. Four of us hadn't played it before, two of us had.
My friend Sandy, the other one…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master.
9/19/2007 Robotech_Master: Wholescale RPG conversions: who pays?
Say that I wanted to do a Robotech roleplaying game.
And that I wrote up the master-class templates for all the various mecha.
Who pays for all these things? And…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Valamir.
9/16/2007 Shane Boone: iChat Universalis
I recently started playing Universalis with my wife and son and I love the game. I am thinking of playing using iChat on a Mac, but have a couple of…
In Universalis
Participants: Shane Boone, demiurgeastaroth, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.
9/16/2007 rycanada: Card-based
I did the search and read the old thread on this, but I have a different idea for making Coins and Dice into cards.
Here's the deal:
Facedown cards are…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, twilight, Valvorik, Mike Holmes.
9/14/2007 rycanada: Universalis Flow Charts
Well, here they are. This is as far as I'm going to take the concept until I have an actual play session coming up.
I hereby pass yon torch to…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Mike Holmes.
9/7/2007 rycanada: Two questions
Does there exist a master flowchart for the game? I'm working on one to get my head around the flow, it's going to be quite large (but helpful for my…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, hix, Trevis Martin, Valamir.
9/6/2007 Valvorik: Complication question
Sorry if this was answered (went back 6 pages and couldn't find something).
Once a complication is declared, it is the case that you can "buy dice" narrating and get…
In Universalis
Participants: Valvorik, Valamir, rycanada, epweissengruber, Robotech_Master.
9/3/2007 rycanada: Shut up and Tenet
I finally (finally finally finally) got a physical copy of Universalis (so I don't have to go off of my recollections of others games and a few handouts anymore). I…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Valvorik.
8/25/2007 rycanada: Rules Gimmicks for a scribe?
My wife, who loves to host and listen in on games but hates playing them (strange and wonderful at the same time) is very interested in scribing for a game…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, Mike Holmes.
5/23/2007 epweissengruber: Indie RPG Toronto Takes on Universalis: AGAINST THE 13th REICH!
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998
We had a good experience with the game and I hope to pull it out again for our next social meeting.
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber.
5/21/2007 ( o Y o ): Re: [Robots & Rapiers v2.3] some questions
Hi Valamir,
I mean the Difficulty. Your comment on RAM9 suggests that the "other way" round (Bonus is my Bonus and Difficulty is my Difficulty) it would be more intuitive.…
In Universalis
Participants: ( o Y o ), Valamir.
5/21/2007 epweissengruber: Universalis and IndieRPG Toronto: Against the 13th Reich
The full details of our tenents, etc. can be found here: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3087998
- feel: Buck Rodgers Raygun Sci-Fi
Tenents
* Science-fictiony space adventure
* Buck Rodgers Rockets and tight 1-piece…
In Universalis
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, rycanada, Tony Irwin, Valvorik.
5/14/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Robots & Rapiers v2.3] Session I
Due to a logistical error, John took the notes for this last session and is now in Hawaii, so I’m just going to touch on some of our major findings…
In Universalis
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Valamir, Ron Edwards, ( o Y o ), Iskander, mtiru, Matt Wilson.
4/24/2007 LukeSineath: Idea for a Conflict-based historical game
I'm interested in roleplaying in historical periods. I started to think about a way to run a game based on the fall of the Roman monarchy using Burning Wheel, but…
In Universalis
Participants: LukeSineath, Mike Holmes.
4/22/2007 Robotech_Master: Second Game: Zombies of Orion
This game had four players, at a gaming-group picnic a friend put on.
I proposed as the the first tenet, "Orion needs to be rescued."
The guy to my left…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Valamir, Mike Holmes.
4/7/2007 Valamir: ROBOTS & RAPIERS BETA V2.3 NOW AVAILABLE
At long last, Robots & Rapiers is nearing completion of the design stage. The game has gone through major revisions the last couple of years but is now at a…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.
4/2/2007 Thor Olavsrud: [Robots & Rapiers Playtest v2.3] Character Creation
So we held another playtest session on Thursday. I had not had a chance to read through the revised document, and the revisions didn't update the sample characters we'd been…
In Universalis
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Iskander, mtiru.
4/1/2007 Valvorik: Adding traits during complication and elimination costs
If a complication is about eliminating a component (e.g., character), and during the resolution the component is narrated as having additional traits (the controller seeking to give them traits resisting…
In Universalis
Participants: Valvorik, Valamir.
3/22/2007 Robotech_Master: Ficlets!
I've recently started writing on ficlets.com. You get to write stories in 64-to-1024-character chunks ("ficlets"), then someone else gets to write a follow-up sequel or prequel chunk. And multiple people…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, Mike Holmes.
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In Universalis 10/15/2007 David Artman: Alternate Ideas for Coins
A recent thread has me wondering (ALERT! POLL THREAD!)....
Coins are fairly common and are easy to acquire and cost relatively little (as low as 1¢ per coin--or even lower,…
In Universalis
Participants: David Artman, rycanada, Valvorik, Robotech_Master.
11/6/2007 rycanada: Lots of questions
1) What happens when you tightly limit the number of Traits a Component can have? (I'm thinking 5 for a non-named, 10 for a named character, max 3 named characters…
In Universalis
Participants: rycanada, David Artman, Valamir.
11/28/2007 Valamir: Neat thread on Board Game Geek
[url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/243289]Thread on Gimmicks to make Uni more competitive, like Once Upon a Time[/url]
Check it out if you're interested.
Ralph
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.
12/5/2007 wburdick: Universalis + PDQ + FATE
We've combined all three in our current campaign and it's working out swell! I posted about it on the FATE group, but here are some more details. As GMs (there…
In Universalis
Participants: wburdick, Valamir, David Artman.
12/24/2007 Knoble: Few quick ?s
Hi Guys,
I just got the book and stayed up waaay too late last night reading the first 5 chapters.
I'm very excited about this game, and look forward to…
In Universalis
Participants: Knoble, Valamir.
2/22/2008 derthnada: PDF...again
I see that this has been brought up a few times over the years, but I just wanted to share my opinion, in case it matters:
If this game was…
In Universalis
Participants: derthnada, Valamir, snej, Robotech_Master, David Artman.
5/29/2008 Maitresinh: Universalis Vs setting as a RPG scenario
hi there
First of all sorry for my english.
i've discover Uni after making some search in order to find a way to play RPG quickly/easily, ( -> without preparation…
In Universalis
Participants: Maitresinh, Valamir.
7/27/2008 Jumanji83: Advice sought for introducing Universalis in a con
This fall, I will be running games for the first time at a con (Draconis, in Montreal), and one of the game I'm thinking of maybe running is Universalis.
Now,…
In Universalis
Participants: Jumanji83, David Artman.
10/14/2008 LemmingLord: Zero or Less on One Side of a Complication
The question came up recently - what happens if one side of the complication is at 0 or less dice at the time everyone decides to resolve?
Is it just…
In Universalis
Participants: LemmingLord, Valamir.
11/2/2008 EvilCat: Are there any Universalis gaming communities online?
I got to know this wonderful system during an RPG event in my city, but currently I reside in other, smaller town with no RPG community. Suffice to say, I…
In Universalis
Participants: EvilCat, Lord Goon, Trevis Martin.
11/10/2008 fuxoft: "My Queen,the fire was set as per your orders" - Confused about Rulebook example
Hello there.
I am fascinated by Universalis and I just tried our first game (after translating the main game terms into Czech for my fellow players). We made many mistakes…
In Universalis
Participants: fuxoft, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.
11/22/2008 deinol: Universalis Review
Just posted my Universalis Review: http://www.apathyblogs.com/2008/11/22/universalis/
In Universalis
Participants: deinol, Valamir.
1/10/2009 daemonjax: Rules (Challenge/Interrupt/Tenet/Gimmicks) Clarification Request...
Forgive my ignorance of the rules as written, but just to cement these things in my head...
1) You can challenge another player's introduction of a fact at any time…
In Universalis
Participants: daemonjax, Valamir.
1/23/2009 Robotech_Master: Universalis @ VisionCon, Springfield MO, this weekend (maybe)
I'm going to be at VisionCon at the Clarion in Springfield, Missouri with a copy of Universalis, a bag of D10s, and a box of poker chips. I'll be staffing…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master.
1/23/2009 Robotech_Master: Universalis + Ficlets
You know, I wish I had thought to propose this while ficlets.com was still alive.
Up until earlier this month, there was a website run under the auspices of AOL…
In Universalis
Participants: Robotech_Master, snej.
3/27/2009 EvilCat: A game of naval horror looking for more players!
Game is already in process, but just began. You can read it here.
Tenets:
Story elements -
Naval adventure.
Lovecraft-esque horror.
Pseudo-historic setting of Elizabethan time.
Moral choice between…
In Universalis
Participants: EvilCat.
5/7/2009 Valamir: Blood Red Sands Beta V3.0 is now available.
A competitive, in your face, testosterone fueled role playing experience in a brutal, over the top, heavy metal world of savagery and dark sorcery.
Download the playtest rules and play…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Troy_Costisick.
5/22/2009 EvilCat: Trait questions
After several games, there is one thing that bothers me.
Traits. They describe components, pump their importance, and can be drawn upon for dice in complications. Other facts cannot be…
In Universalis
Participants: EvilCat, Valamir, David Artman.
7/31/2009 Jedyte: How do you record?
Hi guys,
Just played my first Universalis game. The thing my group had some difficulty with doing in a clear way, is keep the Record. How do you guys do…
In Universalis
Participants: Jedyte, EvilCat, Valamir.
9/7/2009 fealoro: Universalis by Forum
Hi all
Has anyone tried to run some Universalis game by forum? How does it run? There is some gimmick that could be useful?
Thanks
In Universalis
Participants: fealoro, EvilCat.
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