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10/10/2002 Valamir: RPG Net Review
Just noticed JB has review of Universalis up at RPG.Net today. Check it out here. Thanks JB. Much appreciated
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Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

10/10/2002 Valamir: Need your help and your thoughts
Ok...I'm happy to report that we are officially running low on copies of Universalis. That means Mike and I are actually pretty close (haven't crunched the numbers yet) to break…
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Participants: Valamir, quozl, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tony Durham, ethan_greer, Bankuei, Paganini, ejh, Tony Irwin.

10/9/2002 Alan: Questions: Scene Framing & Event Complications
Hi, I was reading over the rules and discovered some things I'm not clear on. 1) The rules say that "the framer can't be interrupted until at least one character…
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Participants: Alan, Paganini, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin.

10/8/2002 Mike Holmes: Plot Components
Just thinking a bit today, and I realized that there is a simple and effective way of introducing a lot of plot and pacing to a game that uses the…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Tony Irwin, Valamir.

10/6/2002 Bankuei: Enigma Trait Add-on idea
This rule allows players to simulate the hidden fact about a character. You can buy traits for characters that you create, or other character's that the creator agrees to, that…
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Participants: Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/1/2002 Bob McNamee: Temple of Bast - Session 1- Narrative Revised
Rewrite of Session 1 Temple of Bast – Universalis Game – Session 1- (2hrs approx) Players: Bob, Pat Scene 1 Location: The Temple of Bast Time: Midnight Characters: Pi Wa…
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Participants: Bob McNamee.

9/30/2002 Bob McNamee: Temple of Bast - Session 2 - Narrative
Temple of Bast – Universalis Game – Session 2 Players: Bob, Pat, Sue (visiting player) Scene 4 Location: The Temple of Bast Time: immediately following Scene 2/3 Characters present from…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Valamir.

9/26/2002 Bob McNamee: Add-on idea
Its Better to Create than Destroy This is an add-on similar to "PC Plot Protection", but with more far reaching effects. All aspects of the game require double the number…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

9/26/2002 Jason L Blair: Just in case you missed it (Out of the Box)
http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php Nothing too supercool, yet, but check out the very last paragraph.
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/17/2002 Roy: Chateau de Sorcerie -- First Session of Universalis Serial
Hey, everyone! Here's the first session of our Universalis serial, "Château de Sorcerie". This is our first attempt at a campaign game of Universalis. Has anyone else been playing one?…
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Participants: Roy, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Tony Irwin, Valamir.

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.

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.

9/16/2002 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.

9/13/2002 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.

9/12/2002 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.

9/9/2002 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.

9/9/2002 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.

9/7/2002 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.

9/6/2002 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.

9/6/2002 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.

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10/13/2002 Alan: 3x5 Index Cards for Components
Hi, Had my first game of Universalis yesterday ("The Ghost of Haunted Gulch"). It went really well and the new players had no problem picking up the rules. We used…
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Participants: Alan, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2002 Valamir: Support Issues
Just wanted to announce that my home PC has officially died in a most heinous and unrecoverable way. Spent a week with several different tech friends of mine and it…
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Participants: Valamir.

10/26/2002 ejh: first uni game
Just finished playing my first (very short) game of Universalis. Really just did the background design and one scene. Even just doing the background design was a lot of fun…
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Participants: ejh, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

11/8/2002 ejh: Quick Complication question
OK, trying to understand the rules here... Basic rules: 1. Complication with two Targets, therefore a total of three Dice Pools. The Targets win, the Complication does not succeed in…
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Participants: ejh, J B Bell, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

11/18/2002 Tony Irwin: Uncontested Complications
Guys what happens when I initiate an event targetting a pc (or in fact any component controlled by another player) and they've no interest in contesting it? Its never actually…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

11/25/2002 Ron Edwards: Universalis review at the Forge
Review's up!! Best, Ron
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Alan.

11/30/2002 Valamir: Thanksgiving 2002 Actual Play – The Pregnant Pope.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to play a game of Universalis with Ron Edwards of Adept Press, Jake Norwood of Driftwood Publishing and Jake’s wife Earta. Unfortunately…
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Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

12/5/2002 quozl: New printing
From the thread on Civilization RolePlaying, you know I've been looking at Universalis and heard there was only one copy left of the old printing and there will be no…
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Participants: quozl, Valamir, Tony Irwin.

12/12/2002 Valamir: Universalis Enters Second Printing
[b]Universalis Enters Second Printing!! [/b] Ramshead Publishing is pleased to announce that the first print run of Universalis: the game of unlimited stories has sold out. Universalis's popularity has exceeded…
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Participants: Valamir, Paganini.

12/12/2002 Tony Irwin: Universalis: Fellowship of the Coins
With Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, only a few days away I’ve been thinking desperately about how to play in a game like that. I was trying to…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

12/20/2002 GreatWolf: Just a historical note
As far as I can recall, some of the initial Universalis seeds germinated here. I thought that some of you might appreciate the trip through history to see where it…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Jason L Blair.

12/26/2002 rafial: Avoiding inflation
Well, I've played in two games of Universalis so far, and while I enjoyed both experiences, I did notice that both times, the game eventually degenerated into some final catacylsm…
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Participants: rafial, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Alan, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

12/28/2002 eef31415: Dice Apocalypse: Bug or feature?
After my first Universalis game, I noticed a big artifact of the rules systems; the dice apocalypse. Once I control a character in a conflict, it makes sense to spend…
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Participants: eef31415, rafial, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Michael S. Miller.

12/30/2002 ejh: Uni Light?.... Unisynthesis?
I'm trying to think about directions I could jump from Universalis... I like the game and have had some success playing it but it seems to operate at a fairly…
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Participants: ejh, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

12/30/2002 quozl: D6 instead of D10?
First, I've read the book but haven't played it yet. I wonder if 6-sided dice can be used instead of 10-siders. If so, what adjustments would need to be made?…
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Participants: quozl, rafial, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Valamir.

1/3/2003 ejh: scene record keeping
I mentioned this in another thread but would like to see people's input... would anyone care to show off what their "scene records" look like? I'm interested in an idealized,…
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Participants: ejh, Shieldage, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

1/7/2003 quozl: Winning
Since Universalis rules can be developed in play, has anyone devised a rule that would allow a player to "win" a game of Universalis? My wife enjoyed The Extraordinary Adventures…
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Participants: quozl, Valamir, Michael S. Miller.

2/4/2003 Tony Irwin: Universalis Simulationist or Narrativist?
I just read Ron Edward's essay "Simulationism: The Right to Dream". Is Universalis simulationist? Every time I think I have this stuff figured out I realise I don't have a…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, xiombarg, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

2/7/2003 Drew Stevens: Shipping alerts?
Okay, Universalis sounds more cool than English contains words to readily express. Like, whole barrels of fun. So, I ordered it (yay me! yay second printings!) Question, thus- are there…
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Participants: Drew Stevens, Valamir, Paganini, James V. West.

2/9/2003 Buddha Nature: Universalis Transcripts?
Hey, I just got Universalis and having read through it once woud love to see transcripts of actual games--are there any? I know some people have played online--any transcripts? It…
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Participants: Buddha Nature, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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