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In Scattershot 5/19/2003 lumpley: Missing the Lumpley Principle Boat
Hey, I just wanna pop in and defend my little principle.
Fang, I'm with you ab-so-lutely when it comes to participation and inspiration. The only reason to play with mechanics…
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Participants: lumpley, Le Joueur, ejh.
5/19/2003 Bankuei: New Narrativism and the GNS's Closeted Sister
Hi Fang,
Ok, looks like we're on the same page with a lot of stuff, that was the clarification I needed.
What about a different perspective that takes the…
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Participants: Bankuei, Le Joueur, Gordon C. Landis, clehrich.
5/16/2003 Le Joueur: Mike - DO NOT READ Until After the Judging! - The Critique
The Critique of "In Your Element, Out of this World" (or IYEOW)
I'm attempting to show how to use the 'tools' from the "Deliberateness and Elegance" thread in the making…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.
5/16/2003 Le Joueur: Vive La Resistance or System Doesn't Matter
Pretty much all of the below grows out of an understanding of the many works of Ron Edwards...and dissent from them.
System Doesn't Matter
As far as I can tell…
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Participants: Le Joueur, greyorm, Garbanzo, M. J. Young, clehrich, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, damion, Mulciber.
4/30/2003 Le Joueur: No Myth Gamemastering
First, let's see if we can centralize the No Myth Gamemastering Style.
The most important thing to remember about gaming is that it's all made up! Every bit of gaming…
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Participants: Le Joueur, Bankuei, clehrich, Emily Care.
4/9/2003 Le Joueur: Important Annoucement
Scattershot is undergoing a major rewrite; I've taken it back to formula. Don't worry, none of the parts will change, just the presentation (and a major, if defining, addition).
If…
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Participants: Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Valamir, greyorm, Mike Holmes.
2/13/2003 Le Joueur: The Official Scattershot Reading List
This is The Official Scattershot Reading List. As a Forum 'topper,' I intend to keep modifying it's content to keep it as up-to-date as possible; feel free to add comments…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.
2/13/2003 Le Joueur: All Things in Moderation
It's about time I got around to posting the Scattershot Forum's moderation guidelines. Without further ado:There are no 'dead threads' (unlike the remainder of the Forge). If you have any…
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Participants: Le Joueur.
2/5/2003 clehrich: Solomon's Auction
[quote="In reference to a post by Paul Czege, 7/22/02, Fang"]While I am tempted to include Solomon’s Auction as an appendix to every product, I only see it being “comfortable” in…
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Participants: clehrich, Le Joueur.
2/3/2003 clehrich: Committed Passive Players
Hi,
I'm slowly reading through all of the Scattershot material, and I'm working now on Ambitious Approaches. It's been quite a while since this appeared, so I'll give the passage:The…
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Participants: clehrich, Le Joueur.
1/17/2003 Le Joueur: GenEx: Not Just 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
I've been asked to whip up a GenEx for Jack and the Beanstalk. While that's too narrow for me to create (beyond my meager abilities, but not impossible), I thought…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.
12/7/2002 damion: Here's Another One; Luckily, It's Short
If you don't want any more of these, just get rid of it. It occured to me that this just seemed like a really good match, also, it it might…
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Participants: damion, Le Joueur.
11/10/2002 MK Snyder: Scattershot Gaming Model
Continuing discsussion of the Gaming Model
Just a stylistic suggestion that might make some of the ideas easier to grasp--consider adding some graphic elements such as axes or tables so…
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Participants: MK Snyder, Le Joueur.
11/9/2002 M. J. Young: Responding to the Invitation
Please don't think me ungracious; I really do appreciate being invited to the forum. I have too much on my plate as it is, and my wife would shoot me…
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Participants: M. J. Young, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.
10/31/2002 Le Joueur: We Take You Now, Live...
It's alive! It's alive!
That's right folks, the secret's out. I got me a webpage.
You're all welcome to come on down to Uncle Fang's Playtest Emporium, better known as…
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Participants: Le Joueur.
9/27/2002 Eddy Fate: Angels
I'm still a bit behind, but I'll try to keep up. :-)
As requested, I'm taking a private conversation open here.
I offer up "Angels and the Second War of…
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Participants: Eddy Fate, Le Joueur.
9/23/2002 Ron Edwards: Genre Expectation - a Sketch of "Cosmic Zap"
Hi Fang,
I've been considering what I'd like to use for a fairly-Sim genre game (close as I'll ever get anyway). Since I don't want the metagame stuff to be…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy, Bob McNamee.
9/24/2002 Mike Holmes: Splitting Threads can be Hard
Um, how'd my posts get over in "Site"?
Mike
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.
9/23/2002 Mike Holmes: Converting to Scattershot Science Fantasy
Can I get an order of Traveller, please? And can you have it ready by Thursday night? Scattershot will replace GURPS, which I'm currently using.
Mike
In Scattershot
Participants: Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg.
9/24/2002 Le Joueur: Scattershot Time Travel - Maybe in the Future
Hey Paul,
Maybe you should toss in your idea anyway; if it took that long, perhaps your players might be ready.
Well...in my opinion, the great unmet need…
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Participants: Le Joueur, Paul Czege.
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