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8/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Universe Alice art contest
Ha! My first post in the new public forum. Here's my deal: Adept Press will pay (Dr. Evil moment) $50.00 to the artist who delivers the best portrayal of ...…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/9/2002 Ron Edwards: Universalis play at Origins
Hi there, So I finally lost my Universalis cherry, thanks to Mike's "No means Yes" approach to running a demo. Here are some of my thoughts and questions, and bear…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/26/2002 Valamir: Universalis goes to layout ---> ATTN Playtesters
The final version of Universalis has been sent for layout (we snagged Matt Snyder for the job which means it will look a hell of alot better than the draft…
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Participants: Valamir.

5/15/2002 Mike Holmes: Final Draft Feedback
Hello all, Well, Ralph and I feel that we want to write the final beta and move to Actual Version 1.0. We're looking closely at all suggestions so far. Given…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Ayrizale, amiel, Bankuei, joe_llama, Blake Hutchins, Valamir.

4/11/2002 Valamir: Capitalization
[quote="joe_llama"] [quote]There's way too many Capitalised Words of No Real Importance. [/quote] Yeah man. Drop the Capitals. Do it for real this time. [/quote] Ok, I'm listening. Convince me. I've…
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Participants: Valamir, joe_llama, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin.

4/11/2002 Andrew Martin: Questions and Comments
How does one create X-use items, like fuel, healing potions, firewood, lack of health (injury)? There seems to be five different methods in the rules, which are the example for…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Valamir, Ayrizale, joe_llama, Mike Holmes.

4/10/2002 Andrew Martin: Alternative mechanics
From Universalis 6.1: For example: The game is set in a dark and twisted future. Andrew has framed a scene where two characters, Croc and Rat, are exploring a ruined…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/3/2002 Valamir: Refreshment
I'd like to ask playtesters to really look hard at the Refreshment mechanic because as it is completely new to V6 it has never been tested. Particularly the amounts given…
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Participants: Valamir.

4/2/2002 Valamir: True Story
I have this non gamer girlfriend. For the last nine years she's been amazingly indulgent of my mistress...er...hobby, and while she occassionaly will join us for a board game or…
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Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Ayrizale, joe_llama, Bankuei.

3/31/2002 amiel: Playtest info
I finally got down to it, myself and the space monkeys. First the social contract, we decided to do a fantasy game. We also decided on few silly elements. Next,…
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Participants: amiel, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/30/2002 Valamir: Version 6.1
Well, it took me almost a week longer than I thought it would, but that was primarily because I decided to go back in and add alot of the stuff…
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Participants: Valamir.

3/24/2002 Ayrizale: First Playtest, First thoughts
Hi, We got to play for a little while yesterday and I just wanted to pass along the general first impressions. Overall it played very well. My first concern on…
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Participants: Ayrizale, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/20/2002 Valamir: Complications
I'm working on a way to integrate Complications more closely with the normal scene framing turn. These are my current thoughts on it. Instead of spinning off into an entirely…
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Participants: Valamir, Ayrizale.

3/19/2002 Bankuei: Possible complication options
Here's a bunch of ideas and possibilities, play with, alter as you will. Alternate Complication/Bonus Pot rules These rules are not set in stone, just some random thoughts that might…
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Participants: Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2002 Valamir: Providing Focus to the story
One of the assumptions that Universalis makes is that players will provide their own focus, both initially in setting up the nature of the game to be played, and subsequently…
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Participants: Valamir, Ayrizale, Bankuei.

3/19/2002 Ayrizale: First Post. Haven't yet played, but hope to soon
Hello, As I said, I have not yet had the chance to play, though there is the possibility that I'll be able to run it past a group this weekend…
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Participants: Ayrizale, Bankuei.

3/17/2002 Bankuei: yaay. First playtest
A friend and I were fiending for some roleplaying, so I broke out Universalis 5.0 last night. I explained the rules in under 10 minutes, which wasn’t hard to grasp,…
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Participants: Bankuei, Valamir, joe_llama, Mike Holmes.

3/17/2002 joe_llama: The Man with the Twelve (no, Six!) Silver Darts
Hello everyone, I was looking forward to playtest Universalis for quite some time and I finally got around to actually do it. I gathered three friends (2 guys, 1 girl)…
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Participants: joe_llama, Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/28/2002 Bankuei: Diceless Complications
On the note of dice pools vs. diceless... I've kinda had that sitting on the back burner, just because I could see this game working great as a travel game(stuck…
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Participants: Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/25/2002 Valamir: Traits as resistances
One of the things we tried to accomplish was to create a game with no real need for "hit points" or other such measures. Yet given the semi competitive nature…
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Participants: Valamir.

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8/21/2002 Mike Holmes: Web Site
Ralph and I continue to try and improve our web site for Universalis, and already we have quite a bit of support up. Check out Ralph's essays that didn't make…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Roy, Valamir, Ayrizale, Matt, Fabrice G., Tony Irwin, Jason L Blair, Bob McNamee.

8/23/2002 Ayrizale: Lael's Game
[quote="Mike Holmes"]Lael, I hope you get your play in. Looking forward very much to your review. [/quote] Actually, I'm planning to shanghai a small group of players (me and two…
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Participants: Ayrizale, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

8/29/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Universalis Review at rpg.net
Look what I found: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7015.html
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Andrew Martin, Ayrizale, Mike Holmes.

9/1/2002 Ayrizale: Does this sound about right? :)
Just a doodle I worked up while playing a game tonight. Will post some more details of the game once I can sort it all out and make some sense…
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Participants: Ayrizale, Mike Holmes.

9/2/2002 Roy: Roy's First Game
Wow! That's the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Universalis. Ralph and Mike, Universalis just takes my breath away! I can honestly say I've never…
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Participants: Roy, Valamir, J B Bell, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

9/2/2002 Ayrizale: Men-In-Black
Ok, let me see what I can make of this past weekend’s game. I’ve got a half-inch thick stack of index cards that I need to go through and see…
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Participants: Ayrizale, Roy, Mike Holmes, Noah Wan.

9/2/2002 Ayrizale: Alternate Startup Idea that we were kicking around
Hi, A friend and I were talking about an alternative way to get the game started and one idea that we came up with that sounded like it might be…
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Participants: Ayrizale, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Noah Wan.

9/3/2002 jburneko: What Impresses Me Most
Hello All, I'd just like to note that what impresses me most about Universalis is that it finally gives us a "storytelling" game that: A) Really IS a storytelling game.…
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Participants: jburneko, Mike Holmes, Roy.

9/4/2002 Roy: Roy's First Game -- The End
Well, we ended up finishing the game tonight instead of last night. We just got finished and it was a blast! I'm just going to post the scenes we created…
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Participants: Roy, J B Bell, Mike Holmes.

9/4/2002 Noah Wan: Another Alternate Idea
[color=darkred]Good Morrow, If I remember correctly I have brought this up with Lael durring one of our Universalis sessions. I'd like any comments I can get on the idea. I…
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Participants: Noah Wan, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ayrizale.

9/6/2002 Noah Wan: Universalis "Starter Box"
[color=darkred] Hello All, I'm either cracked or I like this game very very much. I went out today and bought index cards and an Index Card Box (hence 'Starter Box').…
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Participants: Noah Wan, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ayrizale, Bob McNamee.

9/6/2002 Valamir: Universalis Art Contest
Due to certain logistics issues, we are extending the "Universe Alice" Art Contest. Ron Edwards of Adept Press has graciously offered a $50.00 prize to the winner. The rules are…
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Participants: Valamir, Jason L Blair, Bob McNamee.

9/7/2002 Matt Gwinn: Universalis, D20 and The Wheel of Time
For the last month or so my Friday gaming group has been playing The Wheel of Time. Things where not very exciting and we didn't accomplish very much in the…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

9/9/2002 J B Bell: IRC add-on
Just a few minutes ago I wrapped up a nice session of online Universalis. An invisible world, laid over our own, with inhabitants bound to unbreakable laws and vows; 1920s…
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Participants: J B Bell, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paganini.

9/9/2002 Bob McNamee: Bob's First Game (2 player)
Hi all! I finally got the chance to play Universalis. It was a two player game with just myself and my wife (who is fairly a novice to roleplaying, but…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Valamir.

9/12/2002 J B Bell: Role vagueness & cost to change
My last (and first) game of Universalis had me coming up with the excruciatingly boring Roles of "Man #1" and "Man #2". I characterized them with dialogue (talking for two…
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Participants: J B Bell, Bob McNamee, Roy, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/13/2002 Tony Irwin: Tony's first game
Greetings from Scotland folks. You'll be pleased to know that you now have 6 "Universalis Otaku" on the other side of the world. Nice (and perhaps a little weird) to…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2002 Tony Durham: The "PC Gimmick"
What exactly is the PC Gimmick I keep seeing mentioned in other posts? I've gotten hold of the rules, and think I might be able to get a small group…
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Participants: Tony Durham, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin.

9/16/2002 Paganini: Universalis
Okay guys, I'm going to have to demand a refund. The occaisoinal missing apostrophe I can put up with, but when you start misquoting Star Wars dire things must happen.…
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Participants: Paganini, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Roy, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Jason L Blair.

9/17/2002 Paka: After-School Universalis
Bought Universalis about an hour ago. I run an after-school program for grades 7-12 and I just bought Universalis in hopes of putting it out there and seeing if they'll…
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Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes.

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